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Regular Council Meeting October 12, 2020 Page 5 Council Member Portugal inquired with the passing of these amendments, would possession of fireworks still be illegal. Fire Marshal Clyde Crews said it would still be illegal to possess fireworks. With the exception of number five, a Motion to approve the amendments was made by Mayor Clifford and seconded by Council Members Portugal and Pilgrim. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays. 15. Discuss and act on ORDINANCE NO. 2020-053: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 25, "PLUMBING AND GAS," ARTICLE II, SECTION 25-17, "SAME — AMENDMENTS," OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, _A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. t 3 With the,,exception of number five, a Motion to approve the amendments was made by Mayor Clifford and seconded by Council Member. Pilgrim. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays. 16 Discuss and act on engaging the services of a third party engineer firm to review the utility bond project. ` City Manager Grayson Path said following the last City Council meeting, it was clear there was concern about the performance on this project and at one point there was discussion of engaging a third party engineer to audit the project. Mr. tPath said as City Manager, he felt he should place an item on the agenda to seek guidance on how the City Council wished to proceed. Council Member Knox said she thought Public Works Director M.A. Smith had been involved with this project and inspections. Mr. Path said Mr. Smith had not been involved in the entire project. Mayor Clifford expressed concern about the project not being done according to contract. He gave examples of the requirement to fill in ditches at the end of the work, a requirement to have traffic flaggers and another requirement all materials be made in the United States. He said he had seen photographs that depicted material used was not made in the United States, even though the contract required it. Mayor Clifford said that corners were cut with significant savings for the contractor, and he was concerned about the quality of the work. He said the contractors bid this project with the understanding they were to do everything in the contract, but they did not and the people on 171' Street suffered. He said he wanted a report of what was not done and suggested that maybe, a lawyer could do this task. Mayor Clifford said he wanted to hire someone completely independent of any firms previously used. Mr. Path said he had spoken with a firm if Council wanted to meet with them. He said if they wanted to hire the firm they could, or they could choose another firm. Council Members Pilgrim and Portugal said they were in favor of doing this. Council Member Knox inquired if this was something they were going to have to do on the entire project. Council Member Hughes said the engineer design