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Regular City Council Meeting June 27,2005 Page 2 Mayor Fendley called for discussion regarding the City Manager, Tony Williams. There was none. Mayor Fendley called for discussion regarding the City Attorney, Larry Schenk. Council Member Wilson said the Paris News reported that we forgot to write an ordinance and it cost us $190,000.00 and asked Mr. Schenk ifhe was suppose to write the Ordinance. Mr. Schenk responded in that they had requested fonn ordinances from TMRS on all the matters Council asked to be done and had received three ordinances from them, but none of which addressed that issue. They all had to do with the service credit and were adopted. Mr. Schenk further stated that he had now received a model ordinance but that it will have to be for next year. He further stated he had not previously known there was an end date and that Gene had been dealing directly with TMRS. Council Member Wilson said this fell through the cracks and it cost us $190,000.00. Mr. Schenk said we did have an ordinance to do this, that it was in the form of our budget ordinance and that he was convinced that we were correct on the law concerning that issue. Mr. Schenk also said that the City appealed TMRS' decision. Council Member Wilson told Mr. Schenk he was not satisfied with the amount of work he generates and the timeliness of it. Mr. Schenk addressed his evaluation with regard to filing the case against the insurance company. He infonned Council the matter was not officially referred to the Legal Department by TML until August 2003, and that a lawsuit was filed in November 2003. Council Member Wilson told Mr. Schenk he should be pro-active instead of re-active. Mr. Schenk told Mr. Wilson he had documentation reflecting the time- line pertaining to the lawsuit. Council Member Ray said he did not know anything about this until he read it in the paper. Council Member Ray said the newspaper article stated Mr. Williams knew about this in February, but wanted to know why it was June before anyone else knew about it. Mr. Schenk said they were between managers and that they had gone through two or three administrative level of appeals with TMRS. Council Member Wilkerson said she had experienced personally with some department heads their frustration with the slow and tardiness of Mr. Schenk's response to them about various issues. She suggested they review Mr. Schenk again in about three months and give him the opportunity to make corrections in the way he handles his business at this time. Council Member Wilson wanted to know how long it took Mr. Schenk to get the building across the street done, the Neilson Building. Mr. Schenk responded that the deed ~ i I