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Regular Council Meeting January 24, 2022 Page 6 "COMPOSITION," OF CHAPTER 6, "FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION," OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Fire Chief Thomas McMonigle explained that the fire marshal's office was currently staffed by one Deputy Chief holding the title of Fire Marshal and he was responsible for everything related to fire prevention, plans review, fire inspections, and fire investigations. He said he was requesting the addition of one person to the Fire Marshal's office and believed the demands of the office justified an additional full-time position. Chief McMonigle also explained this position would hold the rank of Captain, and the cost would be absorbed in the approval budget for the 2021-2022. Council Member Knox inquired if this position would be filled from someone already in the fire department. Chief McMonigle said yes, it would be a promotion for a captain. A Motion to approve this item was made by Mayor Pro -Tem Hughes and seconded by Council Member Pankaj. Motion carried, 4 ayes — 0 nays. 22. Discuss and act on an Interlocal Agreement between the City of Paris and the Paris Independent School District, Paris Junior College, and Lamar County, as authorized by Texas Tax Code Section 34.051, consenting in advance to the re -sale of tax foreclosed properties to persons and entities for the purpose of developing affordable housing in accordance with the City of Paris,' "5 in 5 Housing Infill Development Program." Mr. Path said the City was seeking an interlocal agreement with the Paris Independent School District, Lamar County, and Paris Junior College to streamline the implementation steps necessary for the 5 in 5 Housing In -Fill Development Program. He explained that when a property was in trustee status and as an individual wishes to purchase it that all four taxing entities must meet separately to approve the sale price. Mr. Path said that any one entity could deny it, thus ending the transaction. Mr. Path also said this required coordination based on separate board meeting dates, which added time to the process. Working with the delinquent tax attorney and city attorney, Mr. Path said they had drafted an interlocal agreement under the Tax Code that would allow the City to streamline this process for developers and sell the property for low cost under the terms of the interlocal agreement and the 5 in 5 Housing In -Fill Development Program. Mr. Path explained this would eliminate several weeks of time, allowing the developer to move forward with other steps in development. He said the Tax Code provides restrictions for this interlocal agreement, the primary of which being that the property in consideration of a low cost sale must have not less than 6 years of delinquent taxes. He also said if all criteria were met, as provided in the agreement, the City could then proceed on behalf of all taxing entities to sell the property for a low cost. He said if the property does not meet the criteria under the Tax Code, then the developer would need to come to all four taxing entity's governmental body meetings and make their request. Mr. Path said the interlocal agreement had been approved by Lamar County and PISD and PJC would be considering it later in the evening.