03/13/2001 Resolutions 2001-70
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RES 0 L UTI 0 N 2001-70
WHEREAS, state law requires the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality
(DEQ) to collect an annual emission fee based on emission amounts of regulated pollutants; and
WHEREAS, fee levels can be adjusted annually by the DEQ after factoring for
program costs incurred in the previous fiscal year in carrying out the air quality permit program; and
WHEREAS, the City of Grand Island has disputed the emission fees set out by DEQ
for the years 1998, 1999 and 2000; and
WHEREAS, in an effort to reach a resolution to such dispute, a Memorandum of
Understanding between the City of Grand Island, the City of Hastings Utilities, and the Nebraska
Department of Environmental Quality has been drafted.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, that the Memorandum of Understanding by and
between the City of Grand Island, a Municipal Corporation, the Board of Public Works for the City
of Hastings Utilities, a Proprietary Entity, and the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality,
an Agency ofthe State of Nebraska, for the resolution of the 1998, 1999 and 2000 air emission fees
is hereby approved; and the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute such Memorandum
of Understanding on behalf of the City of Grand Island.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Grand Island, Nebraska on March 13, 2001.
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RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
Approved as to Form 'f Crf{:S
March 9, 2001 .. City Attorney