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REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF PARIS November 12, 2007 The City Council of the City of Paris met for a regular session at 6:00 P. M. Monday, November 12,2007, at the City Council Chamber, 107 E. Kaufman, Paris, Texas. Present: Mayor: Jesse James Freelen Council Members: Will Biard; Mary Ann Fisher; Don Wilson; Stephen Brown; Kevin Gray; and Bill Strathern, Mayor Pro Tern City Staff: Kevin Carruth, City Manager; Kent McIlyar, City Attorney; Janice Ellis, City Clerk; Gene Anderson, Finance Director; Shawn Napier, City Engineer; Lisa Wright, Community Development Director; Karl Louis, Police Chief; and Jon Clack, Director of Utilities 1. Call meeting to order. Mayor Freelen called the meeting to order at 6:02 p.m. 2. Pledge of Allegiance and invocation. Mayor Freelen asked for a moment of silence in memory of the U.S. Veterans. Gene Anderson gave the invocation and Council Member Fisher led the pledge. 3. Citizens Forum. Billy Bell, 2054 Cleveland - opposed the ordinance giving code enforcement the ability to issue citations and opposed the changes in the trash service. 4. CONSENT AGENDA Mayor Freelen inquired if there were any items that Council Members wanted to pull from the Consent Agenda for discussion. Council Member Wilson wanted to know if the City went out for bids on item 4D(2) for the expenditure of $72,264.00 with Pumps Unlimited. Kevin Carruth said the City did not, because it was an emergency situation. He also stated the Company had done work in the past for the City. Council Member Strathern referenced item 4D(l), in that the Community Theater was conducting a play at the same time as Holiday in Paris. He expressed a concern for adequate parking ..-.--- ---'.T y-~-- ...-.