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Regular Council Meeting October 27, 2025 Page 5 Mayor Pankaj opened the public hearing and asked for anyone wishing to speak about this item to please come forward. With no one speaking, Mayor Pankaj closed the public hearing. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Norment and seconded by Council Member Attebury. Motion carried, 6 ayes — 0 nays. 20. Receive a presentation about the proposed Belle Vue Housing Development. Stephen Smith representing Belle Vue gave a presentation regarding a possible housing development. Patrick Boerne, PID consultant, stated they would like to come back to the Council next month regarding consideration of a PID. 21. Receive a presentation from Connie Lawman about the Paris Public Library. Library Director Connie Lawman reviewed ongoing programs, passive programs, pop- up programs, SWAPS and announced that from 2021 to 2024 the library had an additional 10,000 people come to the Library because of the programs. 22. Discuss and act on ORDINANCE NO. 2025-022: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO TRANSFER UNENCUMBERED FUNDS FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OR RESERVES TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO OVER -EXPEND THEIR ORIGINAL BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE; A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Interim Finance Director Gene Anderson said this was the year end "housekeeping" ordinance, which increased certain general fund departmental budgets to cover expenditures. He also said these increases were mostly offset by decreasing other general fund departmental budgets which have an appropriation surplus. He reported that however, the 2024-25 budget was increasing by $218,656.00 to cover the anticipated expenses. A Motion to approve this item was made by Mayor Pro -Tem Savage and seconded by Council Member Norment. Motion carried, 6 ayes — 0 nays. 23. Discuss and act on a contract with Sterling in the amount of $154,084.73 for professional services and equipment related to the renewal of the City's Dell infrastructure and the implementation of the Police Department's Disaster Recovery Plan. IT Manager Celso Arrieta explained the existing Dell server infrastructure would be out of support as of October 2026. He said after evaluation, staff recommended moving forward with Sterling to provide the required equipment and professional services for implementation.