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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, <br />JULY 9, 2001 <br />The City Council of the City of Paris met in regular session Monday, July 9, <br />2001, 6:00 P. M., Paris Junior College, Applied Technology Building, Room <br />1016, 2400 Clarksville Street, Paris, Texas. Mayor Michael J. Pfiester called <br />the meeting to order with the following Council Members present: John F. Bell, <br />Joe E. McCarthy, Richard Manning, Kevin Gray, John A. Carter, Jr., and <br />Benny Plata. Also present were City Manager Michael E. Malone, City <br />Attorney Larry W. Schenk, and City Clerk Mattie Cunningham. <br />Invocation was given by W. E. Anderson, Director of Finance for the City of <br />Paris. <br />Mayor Pfiester asked if there were any corrections or additions to the minutes <br />of previous meetings, there being none, a motion was made by Councilman <br />Bell, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Manning, that the minutes be approved as <br />presented. The motion carried 7 ayes, 0 nays. <br />City Manager Malone announced that the City Council had been furnished <br />minutes for the Paris Public Library Advisory Board, Airport Advisory Board <br />and the Paris Economic Development Corporation with no action being <br />required. <br />Under personal appearances, Skip Ogle with Southwestern Bell Telephone <br />Company, appeared before the City Council reporting on the improved service <br />to the City of Paris community. Mr. Ogle reported that Southwestern Bell has <br />certainly had their share of weather related problems such as the ice storm in <br />December of 2001, and severe thunderstorms that did considerable damage. <br />Mr. Ogle said both storms forced Southwestern Bell into the emergency stage <br />and put them into a reactive mode of repair of the infrastructure that serves the <br />City of Paris. He advised that today they are in the process of repairing and <br />replacing their antiquated lines, replacing several terminals and reconditioning <br />equipment for advanced services. Mr. Ogle said they have more than nine <br />miles of line projected to be replaced and nearly one-third of those have been <br />replaced already. Mr. Ogle stated that they handled 4200 service orders and he <br />