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Regular City Council Meeting January 14, 2008 Page 4 Irving and they needed to find out if it was even feasible. Council Member Biard said they owe it to the citizens ofParis to find out ifit was available to Paris. Council Member Brown said he seconded it for that reason. He said they owed it to the citizens of Paris to see if there was a possibility of raising the outflow pipe or the dam to make sure that forty or fifty years from now Paris had water. Council Member Fisher said if Irving was willing to pay the City up to $200,000.00 for an exclusive right to negotiate, they should probably look around. Council Member Wilson said North Texas Municipal District contacted Paris, but he did not know if they had made any offers. Kevin Carruth added that it was his understanding several years ago North Texas Municipal District initially approached the City about buying the affluent and those conversations were ongoing until Tony Williams' departure. Kevin said the City had not had any contact with them until he contacted them this past week to find out if they had an interest. Kevin said they told him they would be interested after the negotiations with Irving had run its course. Council Member Strathern said he had worked on this for the past three weeks and it was an extremely complex issue. He said he did not like rushing into this and wanted to have more information priar to going to work with Irving. Council Member Strathern said they did not know what the future needs of Paris were and they needed to know that first. Mayor Freelen stated that once the study was done and if Paris did not have the water, they would not sell water. Mayor Freelen asked if there was any additional discussion. There was not and he asked for a vote. He stated he had a Motion to approve the MOU by Council Member Biard and a second by Council Member Brown. Motion carried, 4 ayes - 2 nays, with Council Member Fisher and Council Member Strathern casting the dissenting votes. Mayor Freelen recessed City Council at 8:00 p.m. for a break and reconvened at 8:12 p.m. Mayor Freelen opened the Citizens Forum. 7. Citizens Forum. David Nabors, 1822 E. Polk - asked Council to get clarification on the first paragraph of the Memorandum of Understanding prior to signing it. 8. Presentation and recognition of annual Police Deparhnent employee awards. Chief Louis presented "Officer of the Year" award to Billy Pillars; he presented "Civilian Employee of the Year" award to Karen Brewer; and he presented the "Top Marksman" award to Officer David Wolfe. 9• Presentation and recognition of 1,000 days ofno lost time accidents by Wastewater Treatment Plant Department. In recognition of 1,000 days of no lost time due to accidents, the employees of Wastewater Treatment Plant Department were presented a plaque by Kevin Carruth. Doug Harris, Interim Director Utilities accepted the plaque on behalf of the employees. City Council asked those