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MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS May 29, 2025 The City Council of the City of Paris met for a workshop session at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 29, 2025, at the City Council Chamber, 107 Kaufman Street, Paris, Texas. Present: Mayor: Mihir Pankaj Mayor Pro -Tem: Gary Savage Council Members: Rebecca Norment, Mickey Ellis, Alix Putnam, and Tracy Attebury City Staff: Rose Beverly, City Manager; Bruce Ballard, Finance Director; Janice Ellis, City Clerk; and Stephanie Harris, City Attorney Absent: Council Member: Shatara Moore 1. Call meeting to order. Mayor Pankaj called the meeting to order at 5:02 p.m. 2. Discuss monthly financial reports. City Manager Rose Beverly presented the City Council with an example of the new layout for financial reports. Finance Director Bruce Ballard reviewed the document and answered questions from City Council, along with Ms. Beverly. 3. Discuss special projects to be funded out of the $400,000.00 received from the Solar Farm Disannexation Project. Ms. Beverly reported that Rob Vine had been working on this and she would place the item on a future workshop, as he was no longer with the City. 4. Discuss the eligibility requirements and criteria for the residential tax abatement program. Ms. Beverly explained the program was established in 2013 and it was clear from the minutes that the abatements were for additions to single family homes or construction of a new single family home. She said this tool was not intended for subdivisions, apartments or duplexes. Ms. Harris added that the Council at that time did not want to include subdivisions. City Council discussed this subject at length and more specifically, repealing the residential tax abatements and developing a new residential abatement policy and tax abatement agreement. Ms. Harris said she would have an ordinance repealing the current program ready for the next City Council meeting.