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659 <br /> <br /> contemplated coming to Paris, Texas, they were looking more from the <br /> perspective of being an outbound provider of services and not so much as they <br /> have progressed being inbound. Mr. Rattigan said in that context, they had not <br /> planned to be offering employee benefits. He said at the beginning of this year <br /> they implemented an employee benefit program, which includes medical, dental, <br /> and life insurance. <br /> <br /> Mr. Meares came forward and gave an overview of the programs that they are <br /> servicing. Mr. Meares advised that they have created 125 additional support <br /> functions where they are in the process of working with employees by training <br /> them on Microsoft Office. <br /> <br /> Mr. Rattigan said they had expanded in terms of the fact that they have opened <br /> the first international location in Canada. He said another factor that the Board <br /> might be interested in is that they have 844 employees on their payroll, of those <br /> 56% or 474 show their address as Paris, Texas, and they would like to continue <br /> to grow that proportion. Mr. Rattigan stated that it is likely that with the <br /> management practices of Mr. Meares that he is putting in place, and the third <br /> party verification program coming in, hopefully they can increase that <br /> percentage. Mr. Rattigan advised that some of their workstations are not being <br /> utilized at night and would like to bring in a program where they can make <br /> outbound calls in the evening hours. <br /> <br /> Mr. Rattigan said they have had a very successful first year. He advised that he <br /> has furnished Mr. Vest with the results of operations. Mr. Rattigan told the <br /> Board-that they have enhanced themselves legally with the community by <br /> offering a minimum of 35 hours a week as opposed to the outbound work that <br /> they were doing where it was anywhere from 20 to 35 hours a week, so it is <br /> really different set circumstances· that they are working with, that they really do <br /> have 35 hours work offered to people that introduced the employee benefits. <br /> Mr. Rattigan said in consideration of two factors and the fact that they are now <br /> well over 700 jobs, Mr. Rattigan respectfully requested that the Board consider <br /> a new grant in addition to the one that they are working with of 200 additional. <br /> jobs. Mr. Rattigan said that he would happy to formalize the request in a letter, <br /> <br /> <br />