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MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MAY 7, 2001 The City Council of the City of Paris met in special session Monday, May 7, 2001, 6:00 P. M., Paris Junior College, Applied Technology Building, Room 1016, 2400 Clarksville Street, Paris, Texas. Mayor Michael J. Pfiester called the meeting to order with the following Council Members present: John F. Bell, Joe E. McCarthy, Richard Manning, John A. Carter, Jr., Kevin Gray, and Benny Plata. Also present were City Manager Michael E. Malone, City Attorney Larry W. Schenk, and City Clerk Mattie Cunningham. Invocation was given by W. E. Anderson, Director of Finance for the City of Paris. Mayor Pfiester announced the purpose of the special meeting was to receive a Salary and Wage Study for the City of Paris prepared by the Waters Consulting Group, Inc. City Manager Malone introduced Patrick Simmons from Waters Consulting Group, Inc., located in Dallas, Texas. The City Manager said that council members know the Waters Consulting Group from attending the TML annual meetings. The company has a booth that everyone gravitates toward because it displays an internet site listing salaries and wages of various cities. The Waters Consulting Group maintains the internet site for the Texas Municipal League and does a lot of work for cities in Texas. Mr. Simmons will present the report which compares salary and wages in Paris to other cities in the same market. He will also make a recommendation regarding a grade-step pay plan. Patrick Simmons with the Waters Consulting Group, Inc., came forward introducing Kevin Russell, who is also a member of the Waters Consulting Group, and was present to help answer any questions that the Council might have. Mr. Simmons said that the City Council had been furnished a copy of the Final Report of the Comprehensive Compensation and Classification Study