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Special Meeting of the City Council September 22, 2004 Page 2 and bring the candidates in on Sunday so they would have an opportunity to see Paris. There was another discussion of the Open Meetings implications and Mr. Hartung said the candidates will have the expectation that their names will be known when they come for the interview and that their interviews will be conducted in a public meeting. It was the consensus of Council to go ahead with the meetings on Monday, th October 4, at 9:00 a.m. and have them one hour apart and then have a meeting for the interviews later that afternoon. Mayor Fendley called for consideration and discussion of and direction to staff on the 2004-2005 Fiscal Year Budget. Interim City Manager Shaw said that at the last meeting, the Council had questions as to the staffing ordinance pertaining to the Fire Department. He called the Council’s attention comparing the staffing, overtime and various aspects of the Paris Fire Department with Fire Department of Tyler, Texas. He explained that a lot of overtime in the Paris Fire Department was caused by the 7-day pay cycle. He went over the options. Interim City Manager Shaw said he recommended changing the ordinance tonight and eliminating the three positions and going to the 28-day pay cycle. The Council discussed the sick leave and accident policy. Mr. Shaw said that the Sick Leave Policy for the City of Paris was very liberal. He mentioned that would be addressed in the new Personnel Policy. Councilman Wilson said the accident policy was unique to Paris. He said there were 6,000 hours off time for accidents and that was way too much. He explained that when a person is off more than seven (7) days for an accident, the person is paid 65% of their salary by Workers Comp, but the City