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Regular City Council Meeting March 10, 2008 Page 7 24. RESOLUTION N0.2008-021: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, APPROVING SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION FOR $60,000.00 OF RURAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE GRANT-REVOLVING L ON FUND (RBEG-RLF) FUNDS TO PURCHASE A COMMERCIAL BUILDING IN ORDER FOR A LOCAL BUSINESS TO EXPAND ITS OPERATION; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Council Member Biard asked to be recused. A Motion to recuse Council Member Biard was made by Council Member Brown and seconded by Council Member Wilson. Motion carried, 5 ayes - 0 nays. Council Member Biard left the room. Lisa Wright explained the City of Paris was the recipient of $200,000.00 in Rural Enterprise Grant -Revolving Loan Fund (RBEG-RLF) funds to assist small and emerging business. She went on to say the City had provided a $100,000.00 loan to Charles Fulbright in 2003, leaving a balance of $100,000.00 funds available to the City. Ms. Wright stated Kenneth White d/b/a White's Flooring Depot had inquired about assistance in the amount of $60,000.00, to help him purchase a new building in order to expand his business. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Brown and seconded by Council Member Fisher. Motion carried, 5 ayes - 0 nays. A Motion to return Council Member Biard to the meeting was made by Council Member Fisher and seconded by Council Member Brown. Motion carried, 5 ayes 0 nays. Council Member Biard returned to the room. 26. Presentation of the annual report on status of racial profiling policy. Dr. Eric Fritsch presented the Paris Police Department's Annual Racial Profiling Analysis Report. Dr. Fritsch reported that the Paris Police Department was fully in compliance with Texas Law and based on the analysis, there was no evidence of racial profiling within the Paris Police Department. 27. ORDINANCE N0.2008-007: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, REVISING SECTION 26-6(a)(2) TO ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 26 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, ENTITLED ASSIGNMENT PAY; CHANGING THE RATE OF ASSIGNMENT PAY FOR FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS WITHIN THE PARIS POLICE DEPARTMENT TO COINCIDE WITH 12 HOUR WORK DAYS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Chief Louis stated this was not an increase in pay, but a housekeeping issue. He said it was necessary to synchronize the assignment pay for Field Training Officers with the change from 8 hour to 12 hour shifts.