03 Council Min 09-13-04 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

City Council Meeting September 13, 2004 Page 3 lights, water and funding. Since that time, he related that they have moved and built 7 new fields. He cited the Optimist Baseball Organization as one that teaches parents how to parent and children how to play fair. He asked the City to keep their original agreement with Woodall Field. Mayor Pro Tem Guest asked City Attorney Schenk to address some of the issues the Council had with the contributions. City Attorney Schenk said the City will probably require a letter of agreement from the recipients of the funds because of a constitutional question that prohibits the gift of public funds unless it is tied within serving a public purpose for the City. Mayor Pro Tem Guest said these will probably be tied into the appropriate department of the City. Mr. Schenk said the written agreement will show what public impact the disbursement of these funds would have. Mayor Pro Tem Guest introduced Larry Shaw, Interim City Manager for the City of Paris. Mr. Shaw said these contributions should be allocated in the Department they benefit. Councilman Bell said the funding the City gives these organizations does not reflect how valuable they are to the City. Also appearing before the Council were: 1. Tanner Belt of Powderly - asked Council not make Woodall Field raise registration fees by not giving them enough funding. 2. Bill Sanders of 3775 Eagle Bend -asked Council to support Woodall Field. 3. Neil Belt - Powderly - reminded the City Council how much revenue the baseball tournaments bring into the City of Paris. He said the V&CC has paid what it costs to bring those tournaments to Paris. Asked reinstatement of full payment of electric bill. rd 4. John Phillips of 355 NE 33 - reminded that Woodall Field was for the children of Paris.