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Regular Council Meeting <br />September 26, 2011 <br />Page 3 <br />A Motion to invoke the super majority rule was made by Council Member Pickle and <br />seconded by Council Member Frierson. Motion carried, 7 ayes - 0 nays. <br />A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Pickle and seconded by <br />Council Member Frierson. Motion carried, 7 ayes - 0 nays. <br />11. First reading, deliberate and possibly act on an ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br />OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 20 LIBRARY OF THE <br />CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, BY ADDING A NEW <br />SECTION 20-4, LIBRARY USER FEES, TO SET ANNUAL FEES FOR NON-PARIS <br />RESIDENT USERS OF THE PARIS PUBLIC LIBRARY; SUCH FEES WOULD <br />REPRESENT THE COST OF OBTAINING A LIBRARY CARD WH1CH IS <br />NECESSARY TO CHECK OUT MATERIALS FROM THE LIBRARY OR USE THE <br />PUBLIC COMPUTERS LOCATED IN THE LIBRARY; MAKING OTHER <br />FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A <br />REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A <br />PENALTY CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />Gene Anderson explained that staff brought this item forward at the direction of City <br />Couneil. After additional consideration, Mayor Hashmi said that he was not in support of <br />charging for library cards. Mayor Hashmi expressed his concern for educational needs of <br />children and said that he wanted a11 children to have access to the public library. Library <br />Director Priscilla McAnally said approving this ordinance would be bad publicity for the City of <br />Paris and it was not a revenue generator. City Council discussed this item at length including the <br />eirculation numbers, educational purposes, revenue, and cost of initiating and tracking annual <br />fees. Council Member Wright said he would like to get the opinion of City Council Student <br />Liaison, Ms. Kate Maxwell, on this item. Ms. Maxwell said she agreed with Mayor Hashmi, <br />because children needed access to the library for educational purposes. Following additional <br />discussion, it was a consensus of City Council that next year they would approach the County <br />about contributing to the public library. <br />A Motion to deny this item was made by Council Member Pickle and seconded by <br />Council Meinber Frierson. Motion carried, 7 ayes - 0 nays. <br />12. First reading, deliberate and possibly act on ORDINANCE NO. 2011-041: AN <br />ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, <br />AUTHORIZING THE 1SSUANCE OF A SOLID WASTE COLLECTION PERMIT TO <br />WASTE MANAGEMENT OF TEXAS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENGAGING IN THE <br />BUSINESS OF COLLECTING AND/OR TRANSPORTING SOLID WASTE FROM <br />COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL UNITS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE <br />CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; FINDING A PUBLIC NECESSITY AND CONVENI:ENCE <br />FOR ISSUANCE OF SAID PERMIT; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND <br />PR4VISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE <br />DATE. <br />