05-Council Minutes from the meeting of March 08, 2010

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Regular Council Meeting March 8, 2010 Page 5 Regular Agenda 8. First reading, deliberate, and possibly act on ORDINANCE NO. 2010-010: AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, SERIES 2010; LEVYING AN ANNUAL AD VALOREM TAX FOR THE PAYMENT OF SAID CERTIFICATES; APPROVING AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT; AND ENACTING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member McCarthy and seconded by Council Member Rogers. Mayor Freelen said in order to pass this ordinance, there would need to be a motion to invoke the super majority rule. A Motion to invoke the super majority rule was made by Council Member McCarthy and seconded by Council Member Biard. Motion carried, 7 ayes - 0 nays. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member McCarthy and seconded by Council Member Rogers. Motion carried, 5 ayes - 2 nays, with Council Members Brown and Pickle casting the dissenting votes. A Motion to adjourn for a short recess was made by Council Member Biard and seconded by Council Member Pickle. Motion carried, 7 ayes - 0 nays. City Council adjourned at 5:55 p.m. A Motion to reconvene into open session was made by Council Member Rogers and seconded by Council Member Pickle. Motion carried, 7 ayes - 0 nays. City Council reconvened into open session at 6:06 p.m. 9. Deliberate and act on administration of building permit and plan review services. Council Member Brown said that he had requested this item, because he had received negative comments about Bureau Veritas prior to the first of the year. Council Member Brown also said that since the first of this year, he had received positive comments about the manner in which Bureau Veritas was handling business. He said he did not have a problem tabling this item to allow Council additional time to study information they received in their agenda packets. Council Member Rogers said that she would like to hear from more contractors, and would like comparative information frorn Blossom, Reno and Lamar County. Council Member Pickle said he would also like information from the cities of Bonham and Mt. Pleasant. Lee Swain of Bureau Veritas told Council that he did advise contractors and sub-contractors of the meeting, and was surprised that more contractors were not in attendance. Mr. Swain said he felt that some of the contractors and sub-contractors would be more comfortable putting their comments in writing. Council Member Brown said that would be fine. It was consensus of the City Council to schedule a special meeting for Monday, April 5, 2010, at 6:00 p.m. to deliberate on this matter. ~OOP['6