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Regular Council Meeting August 28, 2023 Page 2 Melba Harris, 3552 Clarksville — she said a couple of years ago the City added an assistant city manager and now there was a request to add another one, with that person getting an additional $20,000.00 in salary. Ms. Harris said it was nothing against the person because she. had confidence in him but there were people here that could not afford a gallon of milk. She said she did not support adding another assistant city manager. Ken Kohls, 3935 Brandyn Place — said he would appreciate Council supporting Sanitation Solutions, because they were a local business. Ronnie Walters — he said he had worked at Sanitation Solutions for 10 years and he wanted to continue to work for them. Jason Fitzgerald — he said he was from CARDS and they would like to be housed here and would have the opportunity to hire locally, if awarded the contract for trash. Jeff Martin — he said he owned four Subways in the community and everyone was fighting costs. He said commercial trash was added to decrease the cost of residential costs and asked that Council table this item to everyone could better understand the full impact to business owners. Billy Dicken — he said he owned Hillbilly Inflatables. He said this year public works would not allow them to put up water slides in the park and asked that someone look into this. Wayne Kerby, 390 N.E. 30th Street — he said he opposed the zoning change in item 18. Consent Agenda Mayor Hughes said that Council Member Moore had a conflict with regard to item 13, and asked that she be recused from discussing and voting on that item. A Motion to recuse Council Member Moore was made by Mayor Pro -Tem Pankaj and seconded by Council Member Pilgrim. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays. Mayor Hughes inquired of Council Members if they wished to pull any other items from the consent agenda for discussion. There being none, a Motion to approve the consent agenda with the exception of item 13, was made by Mayor Pro -Tem Hughes and seconded by Council Member Kessel. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays. 5. Approve minutes from the meetings of August 14, 2023. 6. Receive reports and/or minutes from the following boards and commissions: a. Main Street Advisory Board (7-11-2023) b. Historic Preservation Commission (7-12-2023) c. Paris Economic Development Corporation (7-18-2023) d. Airport Advisory Board (5-18-2023)