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<br />Cily Council Meeting <br />Sep"'mbcr 16. 1998 <br />Poge 5 <br /> <br />deleted from the budget. <br /> <br />No one else appeared, and the public hearing was declared closed. <br /> <br />Mayor Neeley declared Ule public hearing open on Ule proposed tax rate 01'$.55342 on each <br />and every One Hundred Dollars (100.00) of the assessed valnation of all property of every <br />description subject to t.u:llion witllin the corporate limits of the City of Paris for the calendar <br />year 1998. <br /> <br />No one appeared, and the public hearing was declared closed. <br /> <br />Mayor Neeley :llmounn'd that Ule City Couucil would go into a budget workshop at this time. <br /> <br />Mayor Pro Tem Thomas asked city staIr to finish out the question asked by .Joe Dupree, <br />exactly what percentage of the budget disregarding gl'ants is for Uw payroll. <br /> <br />Gene Anderson, Director of Finance, advised that is was under 40%. <br /> <br />Councilman Gray complemented ule City's Police Department. Councilman Gray said he felt <br />that the city should take the fire stationllloney and complete Martin Luther King Dr., get <br />water and sewer sel'vice to the Margraves Addition, along with passing a certificate of <br />obligation bond issue and tixing everybody's streets, and put the fire stations on hold. <br /> <br />Councilman Clifford pointed out Ule City Council made a commitment to the citizens of Paris <br />specifically to South and Northeast Paris when the main station was closed and moved to N. <br />Main Street, it was acknowledged by everyone on the Councilumt there were significant <br />portions of the City without adequate protection. Councilman ClilTord said the Councilll'as <br />dealing with a safety item, and he thinks the City Managel"s budget should be adopted with <br />the lire slntions being left in the budget because this is a safety item if you look at Paris High <br />ScllOOI and Paris Jr. College. Councilman ClilTord said he would be the first one to say, have <br />a meeting the first of October and decide if the Council is going to do a bond issue or go with <br />certificate of obligation bonds, and get started with the Martin Luther King Drive Project. <br /> <br />Mayor' Pro Tem Thomas pointed out that there has been a request that a 5% reduction in the <br />budget be made. and tn take that money develop streets, curb and gutter, sidewalks. and to <br />beautify Paris. <br /> <br />After fUl1her diseussiou. a motion was made by Councilman ClilTord, seconded by <br />Councilwoman Fisher to close the budget workshofl, and go to the next item on the :lgenda. <br />The motion eamed 7 ayes, () nays. <br /> <br />Mavol' Neelev announced Ihat the next item onlhe agelllla was consideration of and action on <br />- . . <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />f <br />