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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA <br />Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Paris shall meet in regular session <br />at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, September 14, 2020. The meeting will be held at the City Council <br />Chamber, 107 E. Kaufman Street, in Paris, Texas. Due to the CoVID outbreak; facemasks <br />are encouraged for those in attendance of the meeting. Access to the meeting will also be <br />available through live stream on https://paristexas.gov/public. The matters to be discussed <br />and acted upon are as follows: <br />Opening Agenda <br />1. Call meeting to order. <br />2. Invocation. <br />3. Pledge of Allegiance. <br />4. Citizens' forum. <br />(Persons desiring to address the Council must limit their presentation to no more than two minutes. Unless <br />an item is posted on the Agenda, the Texas Open Meetings Act prohibits the Council from responding to <br />any comments other than to refer the matter to a future agenda, to an existing policy, or to a staff person <br />with specific factual information. Claims against the City, Council Members, or employees, as well as <br />individual personal appeals are not appropriate for citizens' forum.) <br />If necessary, the City Council may convene into Executive Session under Chapter 551 of the Texas <br />Government Code regarding any item on this agenda. <br />Consent Agenda <br />Items on the Consent Agenda are approved by a single action of the Council, with such approval applicable <br />to all items appearing on the Consent Agenda. A Council Member may request any item to be removed <br />from the Consent Agenda and considered as a separate item. <br />5. Approve minutes from the meetings on August 17, 2020 and August 24, 2020. <br />6. Receive reports and/or minutes from the following boards and commissions: <br />a. Library Advisory Board (7-15-2020) <br />b. Airport Advisory Board (5-21-2020) <br />c. Paris Visitors & Convention Council Board of Directors (6-15-2020 & 7-15-2020) <br />d. Housing Authority (3-15-2020 corrected & 6-16-2020) <br />Regular Agenda <br />7. Conduct a public hearing on the City's proposed tax rate for 2020-2021. <br />Conduct a public hearing on the City Manager's proposed budget for fiscal year 2020- <br />2021. <br />9. Discuss and act on an Ordinance adopting a budget for the ensuing fiscal period <br />beginning October 1, 2020 and ending September 30, 2021. <br />