02-27-2023 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Regular Council Meeting February 27, 2023 Page 13 21. Discuss and act on the appointment of a City Council liaison to serve on the Paris Development Code Planning & Zoning Sub -Committee. Mr. Mack said at its February 6 meeting, the Planning & Zoning Commission discussed and formed a sub -committee consisting of two members to undertake a process to consolidate the Zoning and Subdivision Ordinances and other development design standards into a unified development code known to be the Paris Development Code. He said the first organizing meeting was scheduled for Thursday, March 2, at 5:30 p.m. He said it was recommended that two or three Council Members serve on the sub -committee. Mayor Portugal asked Council if anyone wished to volunteer. Mayor Pro -Tem Hughes, Council Member Pankaj and Council Member Pilgrim volunteered to serve on the sub- committee. A Motion to appoint Mayor Pro -Tem Hughes, Council Member Pankaj and Council Member Pilgrim to the sub -committee was made by Council Member Savage and seconded by Council Member Knox. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays. 22. Receive the Paris Economic Development Corporation 2022 Annual Report. Paris Economic Development Director Maureen Hammond presented to the City Council the 2022 Annual Report. Ms. Hammond outlined the 2022 Highlights and Impact, Land Committee works, Marketing Committee works, and Policy Review Committee works. Next, she covered business attraction projects, business retention and expansion, the job fair, job impacts, economic trends, revenue trend, statistics of the total job growth over a five-year period, average wages for 2010-2022, positive economic date and 2023 priorities. 23. Discuss and take possible action regarding a proposal to enter into a contract with Solid Waste Specialists to prepare an RFP for outsourcing the collection of residential and commercial garbage; and authorize the city Manager to execute all necessary documents. City Manager Grayson Path said at the May 23, 2022 City Council meeting, the City Council heard a situational update on the status of the City's Solid Waste Sanitation Department. He said at that time, the City was struggling to staff its department and had to pull employees from streets, traffic, parks and CIP daily to maintain a twice -per -week pickup schedule. Mr. Path said at that time, this had been going on for a year and had become unsustainable. He said staff requested that they be permitted to go to a once -a -week pickup schedule and City Council authorized the reduction. Mr. Path explained this change cut the staffing needs in half, and was a number better manageable in the sanitation department. Mr. Path said it was determined that a pay increase was also needed in order to attract and keep staffing, and he administratively instituted that change on July 14, 2022. He said that had helped tremendously but they were getting ready to go into the hot months of the year and that was challenging. Mr. Path said at the May 23rd meeting, City Council asked staff to look at outsourcing the service and gather information. He reported that over the last several months, staff had researched this and presented their findings to Council on November 14th, which led to a presentation on January 23, 2023, by