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

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Regular City Council Meeting July 27, 2009 Page 7 water, they should not do so before lVlay 2010 in order to allow time for questions from the public to be answered. Council Member Kear said he wanted the citizens to know that the Council would not be making the decision to sell or not sell water, but that the citizens would be the ones making that decision. Council Member Biard added that City Council could decide that it was not in the best interest of the citizens to go forward with the possibility of selling water and should that be the case, Council would not put it to a public vote. Mayor Freelen said this process had benefitted the community in that they have learned about what water resources they actually have. Council Member Brown reiterated Mayor Freelen's comment. 19. Deliberate and act on funding, hiring, or outsourcing the positions for Main Street Director and Community Development Directar. Council Member Biard said that he had asked for this item and due to Pete Kampfer's resignation, Pike Burkhart and Kevin Carruth had been working on the Main Street Director position. Council Member Biard requested that ihis item be placed on the next Agenda. A Motion to table this item was made by Council Member Biard and seconded by Council Member Kear. Motion carried, 7 ayes - 0 nays. 20. Convene into Executive Session: a. Pursuant to Section 551.087 of the Texas Government Code to discuss and deliberate an offer of a financial or other incentive to business prospects to locate, stay, or expand in Paris/Lamar County and consider any commercial and financial information related to the business prospects, b. Pursuant to Section 551.072 of the Texas Government Code to discuss and deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property. After a brief recess, Mayor Freelen convened City Council into executive session at 6:53 p.m. 21. Reconvene in open session to deliberate and possibly act on matters discussed in Executive Session. Mayor Freelen reconvened City Council into open session at 7:40 p.m. and announced that there was no action to be taken at that time. 22. Consider and approve future events for City Council and/ar City Staff pursuant to Resolution No. 2004-081. Mayor Freelen said that Commissioner Todd Staples would be recognizing Paris as a Certified Retirement Community on Wednesday, August 5, 2009, at l 1:30 a.m. at the Lamar County Chamber .M., - - - 8