The chronicle., 1963-12-26

the City OF Pascagoula In that area
bounded by q line parallel to and
800 feet North of the right Of way OF
the U. 8. Highway No. 90. East OF the
present corporate limits Of the City
Of Pascagoula.
2. The County agrees TO pay for the
purchase Of the aforesaid system and
properties the sum Of s1i6.229.54. The
City shall make adequate provisions
for the payment in full Of Its out
standing $61e, 900 Bonds Of the $628, 600
Combined Water and Sewer Bonds OF
the City dated March /. 1860, by Is
suing refunding bonds of the City
prior to or simultaneously with such
purchase. simultaneously with the
payment to the County for and the
delivery to the purchasers OF the $5,-
900, 600 Combined Water and Sewer
Revenue Bonds of jackson County.
Mississippi, issued under authority OF
the Resolution adopted by the County
on September II. 1868, the city shall
execute and deliver q Bill of Sale
conveying to the County all of the
City's municipality owned water and
sewerage systems and facilities In the
unincorporated area as described in
\ a. OBJ GRA k4) AClCA1ldOOfC W I'LL Co.
crow agent to be designated by the
County to be held by said escrow
agent and the County shall deposit
with such escrow agent the sum Of
$ll6,229.54 in payment thereof which
sum shall be held by sucn escrow
agent. AS soon as such unincorporated
territory can be served by the new
water and sewerage facilities being
c. hxy hn
agent, upon being notified thereof, in
writing Dy Barth and Associates, inc,
engineers for the County, snail i'm
meuiateiy deliver the Bill of sale from
the City for sucn facilities 10 the
Ccdnty and pay the sum of $ll6,-
229.54 to the CITY. 80 long as sad
sum of $ll6,z29.54 is held by the es-
crow agent 1t may be invested as
authorized by Section II tnJ o. the
Resolution a1op.eu by the CouuGy on
SepCem0er II, 1905, with the lncome
theretrom TO be paio to the County
and oeposited in the Water and Sewer
Bond ana interest flund.
3. Until the separate county system
has been compleveu and the un4Acur-
porated territory can be served by such
new separate county system, aud the
present users of the municipality own
co wafer and Sewerage syS.e4As are
disconnected from the municipal sys-
tenn and are connected to the CounIy's
separate system. the users OF munlci-
paliy owned waver and sewerage sys-
TENS HEREBY conveyed shan continue
10 be cnaroed the same rates as now
IN Icrce by the City or. in the sent
OF tne annexation OF Sucn territory by
the City. the same rates as now in
1orce within the municipality, AID
the City shall continue to receive all
OF SucA revenues. on compile .on
OF the separate county syste.h and
the delivery OF the Bill OF Sale from
the City by the escrow agent TO the
Coul4sy as provided by Paragraph 20
hereinabove, the rates auop.ed py the
County unoer its Resolutions o. SD
temoer IL. 1868 ana SEPTEMBER rs.
1905, shall then become IN e4lect as
TO ali users connected to sucn sepA-
rate county system. and all funds
shall be collected ana discussed In
accordance with Sucn resolutions.
I. Ine County agrees to construct
comprehensive water and seweraa
sys.em within the Bayou Caso.te area
and within that area bounded by a
line 800 1eet North of the right OF way
OF U. s. Highway No. 80 and East OF
the present corporate limits OF the
City OF Pascagoula, substantially in
accordance with the County engineer
plans and Specifications dateu May
~, 1868, with such notifications as
may be agreed in writing upon by
the City and County.
.. The County hereby appoints the
City as its agent for the maintenance
and operation of such combined water
and sewerage facilities being con-
structed by the County in the area as
described In Paragraph a. herein
ABOVE as well as the aforesaid system
ana properties to be acquired by the
County from the City and the CITY
agrees to serve as such agent. The
CITY as such agent shall operate such
system separately and apart from its
other utility systems, and shall handle
the billing and collections OF the
rates charged for such separate sys-
tenn in accordance with Sections 8 and
II OF the Resolution adopted by the
County on September IL, 1868 in the
matter OF the issuance of 1000, 00C
Combined Water and Sewer Revenue
Bonds Of Jackson County. Mississippi
All monies collected by the City shall
be deposited within ten Q0) days
after collection, thereof into the vari-
GUS accounts of the County set UP
under Section of said Resolution
adopted by the County of September
Il, 1868. All rates charged and col
| lected by the City shall be the rates
set out and adopted by the County
2F
and rs, 1868 and shall be subject to
such rate changes as may be made by
the County under the authority OF
such Resolutions. Any extension to
such system after It's completion shall
be first authorized by the annual bud
get to be adopted by the County and
shall be made by the City and paid
for out of the operating funds OF such
system as so budgeted. In the event
Of an emergency if any extensions are
necessary and have not been previ-
ously authorized by the budget. then
such extensions may be made by the
city upon approval being granted by
the County by Resolution adopted by
the Board of Supervisors. Nothing
herein shall be construed however to
prevent the City from making any ex-
tensions to the system. the cost OF
which shall not be chargeable to the
systems, but not without approval of
the County.
6. The County shall annually adopt
budget as required by Section IL OF
its Resolution adopted by September
II, 1868, which budget shall separately
provide for the maintenance and
h, operation of the Combined Water and
! Sewerage Systems in the Bayou Ca
| sotte area and the other Combined
Water and Sewerage System of the
County. In the adoption Of the ini-
tial budget by the County, provision
shall be made for the proper proper
tionate part of the water and Sewer
Operation and Maintenance Fund" in
which there Is to be deposited $25. 600
to be budgeted separate for the sepa-
rate system in the Bayou Casotte area.
The City shall be bound by such bud
get in the maintenance and operation
of such system in the Bayou Casotte
| area, and the City agrees that salaries
| Of executive and administrative per-
sonnel Of the City shall not be
charged to the maintenance and opera
tion of such separate system in the
Bayou Casotte area, nor shall any
part Of the costs Of operating any
other utility system Of the City be
charged against such separate County
system.
z. The County agrees that the En-
gineer Of the City may check and in
spect the construction work involved
in this contract from day to day as
tie same progresses; however, the
Engineer Of the City shall not have