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Regular Council Meeting July 23, 2018 Page 4 He said no certificate of occupancy would be required. Mr. Godwin said there were citizens in Paris living in abominable conditions, and he believed the City had a responsibility to do what it could to prevent serious safety and health issues. Mayor Clifford asked about if an owner had a roof in need of repair and he could not afford to fix it and he had started the eviction process, would the owner be in violation. Mr. Godwin said only if there was imminent danger. Mayor Clifford said he was going to support this ordinance. Council Member Portugal said they could not have people living in dangerous situations. Council Member Stone wanted to know what would happen if the repairs were not done in seven days. Mr. Godwin said they just have to begin action within seven days. Michael Glatfelter said he started complaining about this in 2011 and every rental until should require a certificate of occupancy, because rental property was a business. Dana Brown said she and her dad, Ted Brown, had low income rentals for years and spent a lot of money after people moved out, because the property would be inhabitable. She said sometimes there was no way you could make people take care of your property and it was up to the landlords to make sure their property was maintained. Judy Malone said she supported good housing. A Motion to approve this item was made by Mayor Clifford and seconded by Council Member Portugal. Motion carried, 6 ayes — 0 nays. 12. Discuss and provide direction to staff on the FY 2018-19 budget for the City of Paris. Mr. Godwin reviewed the budget highlights as being no change in the existing tax rate of $55.195 per $100 of valuation; quicker top -out for sworn police, effective 1/1/19; increase firefighter pension contribution from 12% to 14%; cancer screening program for firefighters and protective firefighter equipment; programmed increase in debt on fire engines; replacement of a sanitation truck; CDBG sidewalk grant match; increased costs for third -party plan reviews and inspections; expanded downtown grants; park grant match; one new full time employee in EMS to manage increased calls for ambulance transports; one replacement ambulance and associated equipment; the remainder of construction costs for replacement EMS station in northwest Paris; rate increase for water and sewer; capital maintenance improvement at the water treatment plant, installing VFDs on Pat Mayse intake pumps #3 and #4; filter effluent valves and sedimentation basin valves, replaces sludge disposal pumps, rebuild transfer pump; final year of funding for mechanical bar screen/headworks improvements at the waste water treatment plant; and belt filter press at wastewater treatment plant. Mr. Godwin said in addition to their two regular meetings and in order to meet the budget calendar, City Council would need to conduct two special meetings on September 4 and September 17. 13. Convene into Executive Session pursuant to Section 551.087 of the Texas Government Code, (1) to discuss or deliberate regarding commercial or financial information that the governmental body has received from a business prospect that the governmental body seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in or near the territory of the governmental body and with which the governmental body is conducting economic development negotiations; or