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HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF PARIS BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING Thursday, February 21, 2002 12:00 p.m. Chairman Curtis Fendley called the meeting to order at 12:00 p.m. with the following Board members present: Curtis Fendley, Rick Poston, Jeff Hoog, , and Syble Bills. Also attending was Acting Executive Director Denny Head, Legal Council T.K. Haynes and TARC representative Amoes Sheppard. Agenda Item 2. Receipt of the monthly financial report. Acting Executive Director Denny Head, presented the financial report to the board. Denny explained that the financial report from Miller & Associate was not accurate due to them using our old budget. In addition, the financial report that was given to the Executive Director was for only five months leaving financials two months behind. Alternative fee accounts services other than Miller & Associates were discussed. Agenda Item 3-A. Approving Contract for Architectural Services. Executive Director Denny Head presented Architectural Services proposal from Cameron Architectural Services from Ft. Worth. He also indicated the Housing Authority had used this firm in the past, their services Were excellent, and recommended the Board accept the proposal. Motion was made by Jeff Hogg to accept the proposal, and seconded by Rick Poston. The vote was unanimous to accept as presented. Agenda Item 3-B. Approving the Memorandum of Agreement with the Memphis Troubled Agency Recovery Team. Denny Head, Acting Executive Director, presented the revised memorandum agreement to the board for approval. Rick Poston had several questions concerning the time tables, required for responses. These were discussed by the board and the board was in agreement that the time tables were within reason and the Acting Director concurred. Rick Poston made the motion that the board approve and sign the MOA as presented. Jeff Hoog seconded this motion. The Board then voted unanimously to execute the MOA effective March 1, 2002. Agenda Item 3-C. Adopting the revised Pet Policy. Denny Head Acting Executive Director presented the revised Pet Policy and explained why the changes were necessary from the prior policy. The representative from TARC indicated that the PHA could choose not to allow pets in their policy. Mr. Head indicated he felt that this was incorrect and that the Code of Federal Regulations issued in January 2001 required the Housing Authority to allow for pets. It was decided to table at this time and Mr. Head would verify at the next meeting that a pet policy allowing pets was required per CFR. A vote was taken to table the item and it was tabled until the next meeting. Agenda Item 4-A. Vacancies and Agenda Item 4-B. Offers of Public Housing, Mod Rehab, Section 8. Denny Head explained the process of time consumption that is involved in the acceptance of offers made to the applicants. In addition, Denny gave a breakdown of each site