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Regular Council Meeting January 24, 2022 Page 5 Portugal asked those in favor of the Commission determining the dates and times of their meeting after the initial meeting, 4 ayes — 0 nays. Ms. Harris said criteria that was sent to them on Friday and included the Commission Member had to be a registered voter, but that had previously been included. She said the changes included that the Chair would be appointed by the City Council; each Council Member would appoint two members with the Mayor and Mayor Pro -Tem appointing the fifteenth member. She said that current and former Council Members and current and former employees would not be eligible to be appointed to the Commission. She also said each member would be required to attend 75% of the meetings. Council Member Pankaj inquired if they would be selecting appointees who lived in their districts or would the appointments be made from the entire city. Ms. Harris said as written, they would be selecting appointees from the City at -large but she could make that change if Council decided to do so. Council Member Knox favored appointments being made from the city at -large, as did Mayor Portugal, Mayor Pro -Tem Hughes and Council Member Pankaj. Ms. Harris said she understood they wanted both option ones. A Motion to approve both option ones was made by Council Member Pankaj and seconded by Mayor Pro -Tem Hughes. Motion carried, 4 ayes — 0 nays. City Clerk Janice Ellis said at the prior meeting she had expressed concern about getting the Charter Amendments on the May Election because of the number of amendments, the time it would take for the attorney consultant to write the ballots, the translator to write the language in Spanish and the publication of booklets that must take place and the mailing to over 14,000 registered voters. Ms. Ellis said due to balloting issues, redistricting throughout the State and a conversation with the County Elections Administrator that day, that it would be almost impossible to get the Charter Election on a ballot for the May 2022 Election. She also said staff was still waiting on answers about the ballot from ES&S, the company who electronically writes the ballots and staff was informed they did not know when they would be able to provide answers due to redistricting and the primary elections coming up. Ms. Ellis closed with there was nothing that City Council needed to do at this point, and that Staff would be bringing information back to them in early fall so they could call an election for November 2022. Ms. Harris reiterated Ms. Ellis and said that staff wanted to make sure the Charter Election was done properly and legally so as not to have any challenges. 20. Discuss and act on an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas, authorizing the issuance of a solid waste collection permit to NETX Dumpster Rentals, LLC for the purpose of engaging in the business of collecting and/or transporting solid waste from commercial and industrial units within the city limits of the City of Paris, Texas; finding a public necessity and convenience for issuance of said permit; making other findings and provisions related to the subject; and declaring an effective date. Mayor Portugal said this item required five affirmative votes and since only four Council Members were in attendance, they would continue this item to the next meeting. 21. Discuss and act on ORDINANCE NO. 2022-005: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION 6.01.001,