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Regular City Council Meetrng Nov. 12, 2001 Page 12 separate from the other attorneys. He felt that the latter would be an excellent method. Mr. Bragg said that if the City of Paris selected their firm, he would be the city's attorney and would not have allegiances with anyone one in the community as he is from out of town. Tab Bell and Ted Hudson, with the firm of Perdue, Brandon, Fielder, Collins & Mott L.L.P., came forward telling the City Council that in their proposal they are associated with a local attorney, Robert Scott, who lives in Paris and practices in Greenville, Texas, and he is the City Attorney of Greenville. Mr. Bell said that he and Mr. Scott will be doing the actual day-to-day collection work, and the City of Paris account would be serviced out of Tyler, Texas. Mr. Bell gave a brief history of their firm, which consists of eight offices and about thirty-one attorneys and advised the City Council that they have been doing delinquent tax work since 1970. Mr. Bell also stated they were interested in the "homestead program" and felt that they could use their computer resources to benefit the city greatly by identifying accounts that are either delinquent for a number of years, or based upon their GO code as to what part of the city they are located. Mr. Hudson came forward telling the City Council that he will be the attorney that will be coming to Paris from Tyler most of the time. He will be working the accounts with the firm and he was looking forward to that opportunity and the chance of coming to Paris and be an aggressive tax collector for the City of Paris. T. K. Haynes, Attorney, Paris, Texas, appeared before the City Council stating that he has been the Delinquent Tax Collection Attorney, and he had worked cooperatively with the attorney for other taxing entities which have concurrent jurisdiction with the City of Paris . Mr. Haynes said, if selected, he sees no