A resolution approving an amendment to Regulation No. 8 of the Metropolitan Board of Health to reduce the fee charged for emissions inspections of light-duty motor vehicles and approving a contract amendment between the Metropolitan Government and SysTech International, LLC, for the provision of services relating to automobile emission testing.

WHEREAS, Section 10.56.240 of the Metropolitan Code authorizes the Metropolitan Board of Health to adopt and promulgate regulations for a program of inspection and maintenance (I&M) of internal combustion engines and requires that any such regulation be approved by resolution of the Metropolitan Council; and,

WHEREAS, the Board of Health adopted and promulgated its Regulation No. 8 that established the I&M program; and,

WHEREAS, Regulation No. 8 and subsequent amendments thereto have been approved by resolutions of the Metropolitan Council; and,

WHEREAS, Section 8-9 (a) of Regulation No. 8 currently sets the fee charged for emissions inspections of light-duty motor vehicles at $10.00 per inspection; and,

WHEREAS, at the request of the Metropolitan Council, the Board of Health has reviewed the fee charged for inspections and has determined that Regulation No. 8 should be amended to reflect a reduced fee of $9.00 per inspection; and,

WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Government previously entered into a contract with SysTech International, LLC, for the provision of services relating to automobile emission testing; and

WHEREAS, both parties wish enter into an Amendment to the contract, as evidenced by the signatures on the contract attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and incorporated herein; and

WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that this amendment to Regulation No. 8 and to the contract Amendment with SysTech International, LLC, be approved.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:

SECTION 1. That Section 8-9 (a) of Regulation No. 8 of the Metropolitan Board of Health, attached hereto an incorporated herein, be amended to reduce the fee for emissions inspections from $10.00 per inspection to $9.00 per inspection.
SECTION 2. That the contract Amendment by and between the Metropolitan Government and SysTech International, LLC, attached as Exhibit 1 to this resolution is hereby approved and the Mayor, or his designee, is authorized to execute it on behalf of the Metropolitan Government.

SECTION 3. This resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.

Sponsored by: Ryman, Brenda Gilmore, Billy Walls

Attachment(s) on file in the Metropolitan Clerk's Office

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
Referred:	Budget & Finance CommitteeHealth, Hospitals & Social Services Committee
Introduced:	June 5, 2007
Adopted:	June 5, 2007
Approved:	June 8, 2007
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