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City Council Regular Meeting November 11, 2002 Page 6 opened in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, 135 S.E. 1st Street S.E. Paris, Texas and bid will be tabulated and presented to the City Council at a later date for the purpose of letting such bid, was presented. A motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Manning, seconded by Councilman Weekly, for adoption of the resolution. The motion carried 7 ayes, 0 nays. Resolution No. 2002-173, appointing Kevin Gray to serve the unexpired term of Keith Williamson, which ends June 30, 2004, as a member of the Library Advisory Board of the City of Paris, was presented. A motion was made by Councilman Plata, seconded by Councilwoman Neeley, for approval of the resolution. The motion carried 7 ayes 0 nays. Mayor Pfiester called for consideration of and action on the following Aviation Permit request for 2002- 2003 and approving the requested exemptions from Sec. 6-22 (d) and 6-28 (2) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris. A. David Jones d.b.a. Air Direct, LLC (1). Mr. David Jones, Powderly, Texas, came forward telling the City Council that he was awarded an air carrier certificate by the Federal Aviation Administration, which allows him to do on demand air charter services for northeast Texas to anywhere in the 48 states. As a result of receiving the certification, he visited with the Jim Collier, Airport Manager at Cox Field Airport, and was informed by him that he needed to get a commercial operators permit from the City of Paris to operate off of the airport. Mr. Jones said when he applied for the permit, it referenced requirements under city ordinances, and upon reviewing those requirements, he asked the City Council to consider waiving two of those requirements. Mr. Jones told the City Council that his official base of operation is at Powderly, and the name of his company is Direct, LLC. The requirement that he was asking to be waived is the one that requires him to be a part of the volunteer fire department and rescue crew to answer all emergencies and to take annual recurrent training related to that. He said he was not a firefighter nor does he have a desire be one at this point in his life, and asked that this requirement be waived. The next requirement was one that requires a twelve- hour dispatch. Mr. Jones said that if someone called him and wanted to take a charter flight, he