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Special Meeting November 13, 2025 Page 2 Discuss Homeless Ordinances. Ms. Beverly said staff was not ready to discuss this item and asked that it be continued to the next workshop. City Clerk Janice Ellis said she prematurely placed it on the agenda. 4. Discuss "no littering signage." Ms. Beverly asked for direction on this item. Mayor Pankaj said people were littering all over the place and asked if Staff could reach out to TxDOT to get no littering signs erected pursuant to City Ordinance. Ms. Beverly said she would get with the Police Department and Public Works to figure out where to strategically place the signs. Mayor Pro -Tem Savage said M.A. Smith talked about identifying areas and placing cameras in certain areas. Mayor Pankaj said the no littering ordinance needed to be enforced. Ms. Beverly said in order to enforce the Ordinance, the Police have to see it but that the City would start campaigns. 5. Discuss financial balances of the City. Ms. Beverly provided a handout to the City Council entitled "City of Paris Funds" (see attachment A). Ms. Beverly said there were a lot of misconceptions going around about the amount of funds the City had on deposit, and what was being said was not true. She reported the facts about the City's funds on deposit, she outlined 88 items, which included the balances, the payments due, donations tagged for certain projects, and restricted use. Ms. Beverly estimated that the City would be going into three or four million of the City's seven million dollar reserves to fund operations which would negatively impact the City. She emphasized this was not as a result of decisions made by the current City Council nor current management staff. Ms. Beverly reported that with the situation of EMS and not being able to hire and retain paramedics, the City was going to lose revenue this year. She said year after year the City had cut the tax rate while expenses continued to go up. She also said Paris was competing with the metroplex and they were taking the City's employees. She further said that those cities had a higher tax base. She explained that the City was unable to fund projects such as street repairs and provide services if the City did not have the money to do so. Council Member Attebury confirmed with Ms. Beverly that the solution was to raise the tax rate. Mayor Pankaj said if people could see where the tax dollars were being used in the community, he felt they would understand the necessity. Ms. Beverly said $.20 would not be enough, and that she was waiting on data. She said she was not sure what they could ask for but would let them know once she learned that information. 6. Adjournment. There being no further b%jxxc8s;,Nayor Pankaj adjourned the meeting at 1:50 p.m. 1 VIE Cl )-k ANKAJ, MAYOR ------------- NICE ELLIS, CITY CIERK �TEOS 0\�