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MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS April 25, 2025 The City Council of the City of Paris met for a workshop session at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, May 9, 2025, at the Depot Community Room, 1125 Bonham Street, Paris, Texas. 2. Present: Mayor: Mihir Pankaj via remotely Mayor Pro -Tem: Gary Savage Council Members: Mickey Ellis, Alix Putnam, and Rudy Kessel City Staff: Rose Beverly, City Manager; Rob Vine, Deputy City Manager; Stephanie Harris, City Attorney; Janice Ellis, City Clerk, and Osei Amo-Mensah, Director of Planning & Community Development Absent: Council Member: Call meeting to order. Shatara Moore and Rudy Kessel Mayor Pankaj called the meeting to order at 1:36 p.m. Discuss revisions to the 5 -In -5 Housing Program guidelines as related to neighborhood uniformity. Mr. Mensah reviewed proposed amendments to the guidelines, with additional discussion about a catalog that would reflect examples of homes in different neighborhoods. Discuss amending the policy for public speaking at the citizen's forum. Ms. Harris explained the need for a rule for speakers and attendees at public meetings. She also explained that disrupting a meeting or procession was a Class B misdemeanor and set out options for the governing body to handle these types of interruptions. City Council discussed enforcement of the two minute rule, limitation of remarks to item on the agenda, pre -registration of speakers, and rules of decorum. 4. Discuss past due water bills. Ms. Rose reported there were two master meter water bills that were past due, one being a mobile home park and the other an apartment complex. Tammy Strickland, from water billing said other cities did not treat apartment complex any different than residential past due water bills. Ms. Rose said the City was going to post a notice on every door and went on to say this was a situation in which the landlord collected from the tenants for water, but did not pay what was owed to the City. Following discussion, Ms. Beverly said each tenant would be given 30 days' notice prior to their water being shut off.