The City of Lafayette will extend the lease agreement contract they have with TennPlasco for six months.
Don Roberts, TennPlasco plant manager and Gene Noland, plant owner, appeared before the Lafayette City Council last Tuesday night when the council met for the regular October meeting.
TennPlasco has had one of their customers reduce their schedules with the plant. Last week, the company announced that they had laid off 75 employees. The plant will remain in operation with 115 employees.
Both men spoke to the council and requested that the city extend their lease agreement for six months at a cost of $5,758.55 per month or a total cost of $34,551.30.
Mayor Bill Wells informed the council that the company has never been late on any payments and that he feels this revised contract would give the business time to regroup and hopefully bring those 75 employees back.
The motion was then made and approved to suspend the contract for six months with the stipulation that if at the end of the six months the plant wishes to give up the lease they must pay the full amount. It was also stated at the meeting that if the business increases at the plant before the end of the six months the company will pick the lease back up.
Several bids were opened and approved including the bid to purchase a new drug dog for the police department.
Another bid pertained to the janitorial services at both city hall and the police department. The low bidder for city hall was Emily Johnson. Joyce Coulter had the low bid for the police department. A motion was made to hire both women after they show proof of insurance and when the current employee's contract expires.
Ricky White with Professional Engineers addressed the council concerning the orders received from the state involving the moratorium placed on the city in June of this year.
Due to several violations found in the sewer department, the moratorium was placed on new connections, line extensions and increased flows to Lafayette's wastewater collection system.
White said that as of last week the city still had the moratorium system wide. He did say the state would consider a modified order when the department tests each drainage basin and can prove there are no violations. The wastewater department is in the process of making repairs by upgrading the Carter pumping station and smoke testing the Akersville Road station. The Akersville Road station still has some problems and the department is currently working to make the repairs.
The Paige Durham station, according to White, will remain under the moratorium because it has several problems that will take some time to correct. A contractor has been hired to upgrade the station.
In other business, the mayor reminded everyone that the city clean up week is this week and if anyone has any items to be picked up they need to call city hall by Friday at 666-2194.
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