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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS <br />July 8, 2019 <br />The City Council of the City of Paris met for a regular session at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, <br />July 8, 2019, at the City Council Chamber, 107 E. Kaufinan, Paris, Texas. <br />Present: Mayor: Steve Clifford <br />Council Members: Derrick Hughes; Renae Stone; Billy Trenado; Linda <br />Knox; Paula Portugal; and Clayton Pilgrim <br />City Staff: John Godwin, City Manager; Stephanie Harris, City <br />Attorney; Janice Ellis, City Clerk; and Gene <br />Anderson, Finance Director <br />Opening Agenda <br />Call meeting to order. <br />Mayor Clifford called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. <br />2. Invocation. <br />Finance Director Gene Anderson gave the invocation. <br />3. Pledge of Allegiance. <br />Council Member Portugal led the pledge. <br />4. Citizens' forum. <br />Cara Olfert, 575 Harvard Dr., Reno Texas — she said she was a Sociology graduate <br />student at Texas A&M Commerce and gave crime statistics about sexual assaults against women. <br />Ms. Olfer said these were real people, not just numbers. She also spoke about Rape Aggression <br />Defense Classes. <br />Logan Iles, 201 CR 33590, Sumner, Texas - she said she was a Sociology graduate <br />student at Texas A&M Commerce — she proposed classes for women which involved awareness <br />and defense of themselves. Ms. Iles asked that the City partner with the police department and <br />PJC to bring those classes to Paris. <br />Consent A )enda <br />Mayor Clifford inquired of Council Members if they wished to pull any items from the <br />consent agenda for discussion. There being none, a Motion to approve the consent agenda was <br />