05-Council Minutes from the meeting of July 27, 2009

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Regular City Council Meeting July 27, 2009 Page 4 A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Kear and seconded by Council Member Brown. Motion carried, 7 ayes - 0 nays. 11. Public hearing, first reading, deliberate and possibly act on ORDINANCE NO. 2009-025: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, APPROVING A SITE PLAN FOR A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT COMMERCIAL CENTER (PD-al PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED BY THE ENACTMENT OF ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 88-005, ON LOT 5 AND 10.5 FEET OF LOT 6, BLOCK 1, HAYES HEIGHTS ADDITION, LOCATED AT 3051 LAMAR AVENUE, PARIS, TEXAS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Mayor Freelen opened the public hearing and asked for anyone wishing to speak in support of this item to please come forward. Stuart Dodson, representative for the Easlons, spoke in support of this item. Mayor Freelen asked for anyone wishing to speak in opposition of this item, to please come forward. With no one else speaking, Mayar Freelen closed the public hearing. A Motion to invoke the super majority rule was inade by Council Member Brown and seconded by Council Member Rogers. Motion carried, ? ayes - 0 nays. A Mation to approve this item was made by Council Member Rogers and seconded by Council Member McCarthy. Motion carried, 7 ayes - 0 nays. 12. Second reading, deliberate and possibly act on AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING SECTION 34-22(b), WATER RATES, AND SECTION 34-23(a), (b) and (c), SEWER RATES, TO REFLECT CHANGES RECOMMENDED BY THE 2009 COST OF SERVICES RATE STUDY; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. A Motion to bring this item from the table was inade by Council Member Rogers and seconded by Council Member Biard. Motion carried, 7 ayes - 0 nays. After diseussing this item at length, the City Council decided to take no action. Instead, City Council elected to address the $620,000 deticit during budget meetings. It was a consensus of Council to do a onetime equity transfer from the expected FY 2008-2009 budget surplus in order to avoid the one percent increase in water rates and a four percent increase in wastewater rates recommended by the cost of service study. Gene Anderson said that at the time Council takes action, that he will need specific wording for the auditor.