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Regular Council Meeting March 9, 2020 Page 4 Mayor Clifford proposed a third option, which was the City purchase the compression chest machines from City reserves and that EMS pay back the reserves with interest, instead of interest being paid to the bankers. A Motion to approve purchase of the five chest compression machines under option three was made by Council Member Pilgrim and seconded by Council Member Knox. Motion carried, 5 ayes — 0 nays. 11. Discuss and act on collection of the 1% fee for a public, educational, and governmental channel. Mayor Clifford said he had this placed on the agenda, because since he had been on City Council the City had been collecting this fee, and no one knew what was going to be done with it. Mayor Clifford said the City had collected nearly $600,000 and the money had to be spent on specific capital items and someone had to be hired to run the channel. Mayor Clifford asked Mr. Anderson what he proposed they do with the money. Mr. Anderson said that staff could see if it could be used to offset franchise fees with regard to Suddenlink, and said he would check into it. It was a consensus of City Council to discontinue collecting this fee, and leave it up to Mr. Anderson to explore ideas about what they could legally do with the money that had been collected, and report back to Council. 12. Discuss and act on ORDINANCE NO. 2020-009: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE XI OF CHAPTER TWO, SECTIONS 2-551, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS TO PROVIDE FOR THE CITIZENS OF LAMAR COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO SERVE ON THE MUNICIPAL BAND COMMISSION; TO PROVIDE THAT ALL BAND MEMBERS SHOULD SERVE WITHOUT A TERM LIMIT; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Mayor Clifford said he brought this item forward because he was the liaison to the band. Mayor Clifford explained the band commission needed people with musical ability and without term limits to retain those people. Mayor Clifford said he would like to see membership opened to Lamar County to attract more people with musical talent. Council Member Portugal favored that idea, citing that the municipal band was a treasure to the City. A Motion to terminate term limits and to open membership to Lamar County residents was made by Mayor Clifford and seconded by Council Member Portugal. Motion carried, 5 ayes — 0 nays. 13. Discuss and act on one appointment to the Building & Standards Commission.