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<br />RESOLUTION NO. 2001-034
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<br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
<br />PARIS, TEXAS, APPOINTING MEMBERS TO THE BAND COMMISSION
<br />OF THE CITY OF PARIS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS
<br />RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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<br />WHEREAS, Section 308.002 of the Texas Local Government Code currently provides for
<br />the establishment and funding of bands by municipalities, and Section 308.007 of the Texas Local
<br />Government Code provides for the appointment of a citizen commission to assist in the operation
<br />and maintenance of said Band; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris did heretofore, on the 29th day of October,
<br />1929, by adoption of Ordinance No. 873, and in accordance with then state law, establish a Municipal
<br />Band for the City of Paris and provide for the appointment of a Band Commission; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, because of significant revisions to state law since the creation of the City's
<br />Municipal Band and the accompanying Band Commission, and in order to enhance the effectiveness
<br />of the Band and the Band Commission, and in order to include the Band Commission as a duly
<br />authorized board or commission pursuant to the City's Code of Ordinances, the City Council did
<br />heretofore codifY and amend the operative provisions of Ordinance No. 873 creating the Municipal
<br />Band and the Band Commission by adding Article XI to Chapter 2, Sections 2-550 through 2-574
<br />to the Code of Ordinances; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, as a result of the aforesaid amendment and codification, State law and Sec. 2-
<br />551 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris provide for the creation of a Band Commission
<br />of five (5) members to be nominated by the Mayor and appointed by the City Council, one (1)
<br />appointee to be a representative of the Visitors and Convention Council of the Lamar County
<br />Chamber of Commerce, one (1) member to be an active member of the Band, and three (3) members
<br />to be appointed at -large; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, Sec. 2-551 of the Code of Ordinances further provides that each appointee to
<br />the Band Commission shall be appointed thereto for a two (2) year term, provided that Commission
<br />members initially appointed shall begin their service the date of their appointment and such service
<br />shall end June 30, 2001, and thereafter each of the initial Commission members shall determine by
<br />the drawing oflots, two (2) members whose first full term shall be one (1) year in duration, three (3)
<br />members whose first full term shall be two (2) years in duration, and the staggered two (2) year terms
<br />thereby established to be thereafter maintained; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, desires to make the necessary
<br />appointments to the restructured Band Commission of the City of Paris; NOW, THEREFORE,
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<br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS,
<br />TEXAS,
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<br />Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all things
<br />approved.
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<br />Section 2. That there is hereby appointed five (5) members to the Band Commission of the
<br />City of Paris, the same being Linda Suarez as a representative of the Visitors and Convention Council
<br />of the Lamar County Chamber of Commerce; T. R. Randy Bunch, who is an active member of the
<br />Municipal Band; and Edmond Castleberry, Dr. James M. Brunette, and Albert Nichol, as at-large
<br />members of the Commission
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