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Regular Council Meeting April 12, 2021 Page 6 Thrasher said there had been no cost to any person or insurance company for vaccinations through the Paris Lamar County Health District. He covered the demographics, planning and logistics of the clinic, reviewed key dates from DSHS, and stated that as of April 9 the total vaccine doses given were 17,978. Mr. Thrasher also said PLCHD had gone on-site to administer vaccinations to We -Pack, Paris ISD, North Lamar ISD, several banks and many other locations. He also said the PLCHD and the City were planning two more large scale clinics for April 16 and April 30, with future clinics being scaled back and perhaps done at Prime Time and/or the PLCHD office. Mr. Thrasher depicted a list of people and organizations and explained the project was made possible because of these individuals, volunteers and organizations. Council Member Knox said Mr. Thrasher did a beautiful job and expressed her appreciation to Mr. Thrasher. Council Member Portugal said she enjoyed working with him while volunteering at the call center. Council Member Stone said it was an amazing operation and the longest time she had to wait was fifteen minutes. City Manager Grayson Path said from the list that Mr. Thrasher depicted there was one very important name missing and that was the name of Russell Thrasher. Mr. Path commended Russell Thrasher for the tremendous job he had done spearheading this operation. 15. Discuss and act on extending the Families First Coronavirus Relief Act (FFCRA) CoVid- 19 sick leave program. City Manager Grayson Path said the City continued to have employees impacted by CoVid-19 and needing to take time off for testing and possibly quarantine periods. He explained that 42 employees utilized the FFCRA between January 1, 2021 and March 31, 2021, with 90% of those employees using the Covid time in January. He said this would be an extension of the 2020 FFCRA and there would not be a new bank of hours for hours already used. Mr. Path asked that this be extended through June 30, 2021 and make it retroactive to April 1, 2021. Mayor Clifford asked if all of the employees had received the vaccine, and Mr. Path said he did not have that information. Mayor Clifford encouraged everyone to get the vaccine. Council Member Portugal said she realized that it was not mandatory but at some point each person had to be responsible his or herself, when vaccines are available to everyone. A Motion to extend the FFCRA CoVid-19 sick leave program through June 30, 2021 and make it retroactive to April 1, 2021, was made by Council Member Savage and seconded by Council Member Hughes. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays. 16. Convene into executive session pursuant to: A. Section 551.087 of the Texas Government Code, (1) to discuss or deliberate regarding commercial or financial information that the governmental body has received from a business prospect that the governmental body seeks to have located, stay, or expand in or near the territory of the governmental body and with which the governmental body is conducting economic development negotiations; or (2) to deliberate the offer of a financial or other incentive to a business prospect described by Subdivision (1), as follows: First National Bank Building and associated properties.