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Regular City Council Meeting May 27, 2008 Page 2 the Consent Agenda for discussion. Council Member Strathern said he wanted to pull items 7 and 8 out for discussion. 7. Deliberate and acceptance of April financial report. Council Member Strathern inquired if the City was going to meet the budget at the end of the fiscal year. Gene Anderson said if the City continues the current pace, that it will come in under budget. Mayor Freelen wanted to know the impact of increasing price of fuel on the budget. Gene Anderson said he could not answer that question with certainty; however, could look at what was budgeted and look at what had been spent. Mr. Anderson said that staff had anticipated a fuel increase during the budget process, because it was just beginning to increase at that time. 8. RESOLUTION NO. 2008-041: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH HDR ENGINEERING, 1NC. FOR WATER SUPPLY PLANNING CONSULTING SERVICES; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Council Member Strathern wanted to know whether or not HDR had a conflict of interest and Shawn Napier told him they did not. Council Member Strathern wanted to know if the Lake Pat Mayse Water Study Committee had been informed about HDR Engineering being hired as a consultant. Mr. Napier told him there was an item on the Committee's next agenda regarding HDR Engineering. Council Member Strathern inquired about HDR Engineering's fee. Kent McIlyar said there was a$75,000.00 cap on their fee and they could not exceed that amount without further written authorization by the City Manager. Mayor Freelen inquired if there were any other items that Council wished to move forward. Council Member Pickle referenced the minutes of May 12, 2008, and asked that the caption in item 18 be corrected to reflect the subject matter discussed was the tax freeze initiative petition. Subject to the correction of the minutes of May 12, 2008, Council Member Biard made a Motion to approve the Consent Agenda and Council Member Strathern seconded the Motion. The Council voted seven (7) for and none (0) opposed to approve and adopt the Consent Agenda Items 5, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 7, 8, and 9. 5. Deliberate and act on the approval of minutes from the meetings on May 12, 2008 and May 20, 2008. 6. Receive and deliberate on reports and/or minutes from the following boards, commissions, and committees: oonnn3