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Regular Council Meeting <br />August 22, 2011 <br />Page 6 <br />were okay with Plan 1C. City Council discussed Plan 1C further and expressed concern about <br />the upcoming timeframe. It was a consensus of the City Council to move forward with Plan 1 C. <br />City Attorney Kent Mcllyar explained that adopting Findings and Fact and an Order <br />calling for the Redistricting of Political Boundaries was required for the redistrieting process and <br />submission to the Departrnent of Justice. <br />A Motion to approve the item was made by Council Member Grossnickle and seconded <br />by Council Member Pickle. Motion carried, 5 ayes - 1 nay, with Council Member McCarthy <br />casting the dissenting vote. <br />15. Deliberate and possibly act on RESOLUTION NO. 2011-067: A RESOLUTION OF <br />THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; ADOPTING CRITERIA <br />FOR REDISTRICTING OF POLITICAL BOUNDARIES WITHIN THE C1TY OF <br />PARIS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 2010 CENSUS DATA ISSUED BY THE UNITED <br />STATES CENSUS BUREAU AND STATE AND FEDERAL LAW AND SECTION 8 <br />OF THE CITY CHARTER; AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE SAID <br />ORDER AND THE CITY CLERK TO ATTEST TO SAME; MAKING OTHER <br />FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING <br />AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Pickle and seconded by <br />Council Member Grassnickle. Motion carried, 5 ayes - 1 nay, with Council Member McCarthy <br />casting the dissenting vote. <br />16. First reading, deliberate and possibly act on ORDINANCE NO. 2011-033: AN <br />ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, <br />ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE ENSUING FISCAL PERIOD BEGINNING <br />OCTOBER 1, 2011, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2012, IN ACCORDANCE WITH <br />THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PARIS; APPROPRIATING THE VARIOUS <br />AMOUNTS THEREOF; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS <br />RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A <br />SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN <br />EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />A Motion to invoke the super majority rule was made by Council Member Wright and <br />seconded by Council Member McCarthy. Motion carried, 6 ayes - 0 nays. <br />Subject to the following caveats: a) the 3% COLA be funded only after every employee <br />has had a performance evaluation; b) the additional 1% increase in retirement will not be funded; <br />and c) any capital expenditure over Fifteen Thousand ($15,000) Dollars will come back to City <br />Council for re-evaluation prior to spending the funds. Council Member Wright seconded the <br />Motion. Motion carried, 5 ayes - 1 nay, with Council Member McCarthy casting the dissenting <br />vote. <br />10 <br />