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SPECIAL MEETING <br />OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF PARIS <br />November 17, 2008 <br />The City Council of the City of Paris met for a special meeting at 5:00 P. M. on Monday, <br />November 10, 2008, at the City Council Chamber, 107 E. Kaufman, Paris, Texas. <br />Present: Mayor: Jesse James Freelen <br />Council Members: Joe McCarthy; Stephen Brown; Will Biard; <br />Edwin Pickle; and Rhonda Rogers <br />City Staf£ Kevin Carruth, City Manager; Kent McIlyar, <br />City Attorney; Nicki Brown, Deputy City Clerk <br />Absent: Council Member Kevin Kear <br />Opening Agenda <br />Call meeting to order. <br />Mayor Freelen called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. <br />2. Invocation. <br />Council Member McCarthy gave the invocation. <br />3. Pledge of Allegiance. <br />Council Member Rogers led the pledge. <br />Regular Agenda <br />4. Canvass the returns of the Special Election; deliberate and act on RESOLUTION NO. 2008- <br />099: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, <br />CANVASSING THE RETURNS FOR THE NOVEMBER 4, 2008, CITY-WIDE SPECIAL <br />ELECTION ON A PROPOSITION CALLING FOR THE ADOPTION OF AN <br />ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A LIMIT ON THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF TAXES THAT <br />MAY BE IMPOSED ON THE RESIDENCE HOMESTEAD OF A DISABLED PERSON <br />OR PERSON SIXTY-FIVE (65) YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER PURSUANT TO ARTICLE <br />8, SECTION 1-b(h) OF THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION AND TEXAS TAX CODE <br />SECTION 11.261; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE <br />SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />City Attorney Kent McIlyar canvassed the returns for the special election. Mr. McIlyar <br />reported that 2,281 total votes were cast in favor of the proposition and 156 total votes cast in <br />a UOU026 <br />