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SPECIAL MEETING <br />OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF PARIS <br />August 13, 2009 <br />The City Council of the City of Paris met for a special session for a budget workshop at 5:30 <br />P.M. on Thursday, August 13, 2009, at the City Council Chamber, 107 E. Kaufman, Paris, Texas. <br />Present: Mayor: Jesse James Freelen <br />Council Members: Joe McCarthy; Kevin Kear; Stephen Brown; <br />Will Biard; Edwin Pickle; and Rhonda Rogers <br />City Staff: Kevin Carruth, City Manager; Kent McIlyar, <br />City Attorney; Janice Ellis, City Clerk; Gene <br />Anderson, Finance Director; Shawn Napier, <br />City Engineer; Ronnie Grooms, Fire Chief; <br />Bob Hundley, Police Chief; Doug Harris, <br />Utilities Director; and Kent Klinkerman, EMS <br />Director. <br />1. Budget workshop - Deliberate on the proposed 2009-2010 Budget. <br />Mayor Freelen called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. and asked for a moment of silence in <br />memory of fallen solider Jay Hoskins. <br />Mayor Freelen inquired if City Council wanted to hear from individual departments heads <br />prior to proceeding with review of the budget. <br />A Motion to allow department heads to speak for twenty minutes was made by Council <br />Member Kear and seconded by Council Member Rogers. Motion failed, 2 ayes - 5 nays, with Mayor <br />Freelen and Council Members McCarthy, Brown, Biard and Pickle casting the dissenting votes. <br />Council Member Biard preferred that City Manager Kevin Carruth present the budget and if <br />needed, Council could ask questions of department heads. <br />A Motion to proceed with the budget process in order as presented by the City Manager was <br />made by Council Member Biard and seconded by Council Member McCarthy. Motion carried, 5 ayes <br />- 2 nays, with Council Members Kear and Rogers casting the dissenting votes. <br />City Manager Kevin Carruth gave a summary of the proposed budget including estimated <br />revenues, estimated expenditures and personnel changes. Mr. Carruth reviewed in detail the <br />individual departmental budgets for the City Council, City Manager, City Attorney, Court Clerk, City <br />Clerk, Finance Department, Police Department, Fire Department and Community Development. City <br />Council did not complete the review of Community Development and decided to complete it at the <br />next budget workshop. <br />0 ~y - 10 <br />