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Regular City Council Meeting June 13, 2005 Page 7 fund is for a bailiff position. Currently the bailiff is served by an officer with the Police Department. This ordinance creates an official bailiff position and authorizes the expenditure of that fund to pay for the cost of that position. Tony Williams explained this was a state mandated fee for fines and that we were limited in how we could use those monies, but that security was approved. He further stated this would allow the police officer that is currently serving as bailiff to return to the street. Councilman Wilson wanted to know how much money was in the fund. Judge Hunt told Council as of June 10th they had collected year to date $7,094.34 and . that the fund balance was approximately $100,000.00. Judge Hunt explained that they had different options as to hiring a bailiff, such as hiring a non-certified person who has a police or military background. Mayor Fendley wanted to know how much money would be expended per year. Judge Hunt anticipated $15,000.00 per year which would cover about 20 hours a week, a part-time person with no benefits. Councilman Poston, Councilman Wilson and Councilwoman questioned as to why they were not informed previously of this fund and the fact that it could be used for a bailiff. Judge Hunt said for the last several years he had discussed a bailiff position. Councilman Wilson told Judge Hunt that he believes they would have gotten a bailiff, had Council known he needed one and the money was there. Motion to approve by Councilman Wilson. Councilman Poston - second. Motion carried, 6 ayes - 0 nays. 8. Consideration of and action on the following resolutions: A. RESOLUTION NO. 2005-067: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, RATIFYING OR REPEALING THE PRIOR AWARD OF THE BID AND AUTHORIZATION FOR A CONTRACT FOR THE FURNISHING AND DELIVERY OF LABOR, MATERIALS, AND EQUIPMENT AND FOR PERFORMING ALL WORK REQUIRED FOR APPLYING HERBICIDES ON CITY OF PARIS PROPERTY; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Tony Williams told Council that the morning after the last meeting, he went to the Plaza to look at the grass. He informed Council that the grass was not dead, but instead burnt. Tony said the spraying contractor did what the city staff asked them to do and that there had been mis-communication between the staff. Tony said that spraying should not have been done in a high profile traffic area like the Plaza or I