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Regular Council Meeting May 22, 2017 Page 5 PROVIDING A PROCEDURE FOR REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS TO APPLY TO LIVE IN LONG -TERM CARE FACILITIES; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Chief Hundley explained the ordinance was originally passed in 2010 and the purpose was to restrict registered sex offenders from establishing residence with 1000 feet of a school, a child care facility, child care institution, park or playground. He said there had been a recent situation in which an individual needed to be in a nursing home and that was the reason for the requested amendment. Chief Hundley said a registered sex offender wishing to establish temporary or long -term residence in a facility would be required to come to the police chief for a waiver, and if the person was non - ambulatory the residency would be allowed. Mayor Clifford confirmed with Chief Hundley this would allow the person to receive needed medical health care. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Trenado and seconded by Council Member Mayor Clifford. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays. 18. Receive presentation from NewGen Strategies & Solutions, LLC regarding the 2017 Water and Wastewater Cost of Service Study. Finance Director Gene Anderson explained that the treated water contracts the City had with water customers required this cost of service study. Chris Ekrut with NewGen Strategies & Solutions presented to City Council the 2017 Water and Wastewater Cost of Service Study. In summary, Mr. Ekrut said a rate increase was not recommended for water or wastewater, but that might not be the case next year. He emphasized the importance of abiding by the rate maintenance policy. Council Member Portugal inquired of Utilities Director Doug Harris about water loss and how it was handled. Mr. Harris said water loss was less than 7% and the City had a conservation plan, as well as handled this through replacement of distribution lines. 19. Discuss and possibly act on amendments to the policies for Boards, Committees and Commissions. City Manager John Godwin explained that he had made some minor changes, which included changing "shall" to "may" as related to City Council appointing liaisons, because some of the boards were advisory in nature. He also said he had taken out liaisons making presentations to boards, because this sometimes resulted in board members refraining from presenting their ideas. Mr. Godwin said there was the addition of board members being required to be a registered voter in Paris or Lamar County depending on the board requirement for residency membership. He also said he added an orientation type of training which would be conducted in July or August because it was only fair to provide training in addition to the State required open government training. Under the meetings section, Mr. Godwin said he had removed "a majority of the body," because doing so would violate the open meetings act.