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Regular Council Meeting September 9, 2019 Page 4 cost of demolition, with the caveat that it be done by a certain time. Ms. Harris said legally that could be done, but in all probability that was not going to happen. Following additional discussion, it was a consensus of the City Council to lower the minimum bid to $20,000 and place it back up for the sheriff's auction, with the stipulations required by the resolution adopted in March by City Council. Council Member Pilgrim said if this property does not sell at the auction, he wants this item back on the agenda. Due to public notice requirements, Ms. Harris said it might be November before it goes to auction. 12. Discuss and act on re -appointment of Judge Hunt to serve as Municipal Court Judge and Judge Biard to serve as Associate Municipal Court Judge. Council Member Portugal said Council had given Judge Hunt an evaluation in May and they were to review changes made with regard to code enforcement. She inquired what Council wanted to do. Council Member Pilgrim said he was fine with the re -appointments. 'A Motion to re -appoint Judge Hunt to serve as Municipal Court Judge and Judge' Biard to serve as Associate Municipal Court Judge was made by Council Member Pilgrim, and' seconded by Mayor Cliffdrd. Motion carried, 5 ayes — 0 rays. a' a _ 13.' Discuss and act on ORDINANCE NO. 2019-027: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, APPROVING A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT BETWEEN THE i ATMOS CITIES STEERING CO IVIIVIITTEE ("ACSC") AND ATMOS ENERGY CORP., MID-TEX DIVISION REGARDING THE COMPANY'S 2019 RATE REVIEW MECHANISM FILING; DECLARING EXISTING RATES TO BE UNREASONABLE; ADOPTING TARIFFS THAT REFLECT RATE ADJUSTMENTS CONSISTENT WITH THE NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT; FINDING THE, ,RATES TO BE" SET BY THE SETTLEMENT TARIFFS TO BE JUST AND REASONABLE AND IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST; APPROVING AN EXHIBIT ESTABLISHING A BENCHMARK FOR PENSIONS AND RETIREE MEDICAL BENEFITS; APPROVING AN ATTACHED EXHIBIT REGARDING AMORTIZATION OF REGULATORY LIABILITY; REQUIRING THE COMPANY TO REIMBURSE ACSC'S REASONABLE RATEMAKING EXPENSES; DETERMINING THAT THIS ORDINANCE WAS PASSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT; ADOPTING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND REQUIRING DELIVERY OF THIS ORDINANCE TO THE COMPANY AND THE ACSC'S LEGAL COUNSEL. Mr. Anderson explained that on April 1 Atmos made a filing requesting for 39.3 million dollars in additional revenues from its Atmos Cities Steering Committee customers. He said that negotiations between Atmos and ACSC resulted in a 3.9 million dollar reduction of requested revenues from ACSC customers. Mr. Anderson also said the typical residential customer would see a $2.05 monthly bill increase, and typical commercial customers would see a monthly increase of $6.18. He said the effective date of the increase was October 1, 2019.