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MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL August 24, 2001 The City Council of the City of Paris met in special session Friday, August 24, 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, Kevin Gray, John A. Carter, Jr. and Benny Plata. Also present were City Manager Michael E. Malone, City Attorney Larry W. Schenk, and City Clerk Mattie Cunningham. The invocation was given by Gene Anderson, Director of Finance for the City of Paris. The Mayor invited public input from interested citizens with regard to the budget. There was no input from interested citizens of Paris proposing services or projects to be included in the 2001-2002 City of Paris Budget. Mayor Pfiester presented a visual aid on character building to the City Council and those in the audience. City Manager Malone advised that they would be considering the Engineering Department's budget at this time and said there were no additional changes to what was proposed. He went over the personnel that was in the proposed budget. City Manager Malone advised that there is $26,800.00 budgeted for Machinery, Tools and Equipment, and $24,000.00 for a vehicle. On a question by Mayor Pfiester regarding the breakdown of the Machinery, Tools and Equipment, Gene Anderson advised that when they looked at that account, the city did not have a City Engineer, and in order to create a budget for this department, they brought forward items that were requested in the previous year that were not purchased this year, or not budgeted. He said there was a computer projector for $5,000.00, there were four PC workstations at $20,000.00, and $1,800.00 for a push cable for the TV sewer camera. Terry Townsend, Director of Public Works said that the computer projector