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Regular City Council Meeting <br />August 19, 2003 <br />Page 10 <br />of Paris or other taxing entities. Mr. Haynes said they have filed liens on <br />these properties where the inmates have become involved with private property <br />where people have not acted on mowing their property. Those liens are in <br />various amounts up to $35,000.00. Mr. Haynes explained that they are not <br />allowed to charge labor of the inmates as an amount, but they do have a <br />$220.00 administrative fee that they place on that plus a$10.00 fee. The two <br />Code Enforcement officers have worked over 1200 cases. He said they were <br />involved in working illegal dumping cases. They have had 8 cases filed in <br />Municipal Court and $2,750.00 in fines and they have two cases pending, 8 <br />cases pending in County Court, and one felony Grand Jury indictment of the <br />eyesore of Paris on South Church where there is glass piled up and they are <br />hoping that will be moved before long. They have been involved in 8 dump <br />site clean ups. He said that Millie McDonald serves on the ARK-TEX Council <br />of Government Solid Waste Advisory Board and that grants paid for her salary <br />the year before last. He said that this past year they received a grant that paid <br />for equipment and she has been filing liens also. <br />Mr. Haynes said he serves as the Director of Community Development and is <br />also serving as Historical Preservation Officer for the City of Paris and advises <br />the Building and Standards Committee. He is also involved in writing a lot of <br />the grants for the City. There are several grants through the Texas Department <br />of Housing and Community Affairs such as the Home Buyers Assistance <br />Program and he is involved with grants for the Police. <br />Mr. Haynes said as far as rubbish goes, they have filed 43 cases in Municipal <br />Court for $8,420.00 in fines. <br />Mr. Haynes said since the ordinance were written the Historic Preservation <br />Commission and the Building & Standards Commission have become quite <br />active. He said that they have gone out and identified a number of burned out <br />homes in the City of Paris where they have taken several through the Historical <br />Group to make sure they do not fall into the category where they are involved <br />with that. The Legal Department has been involved in developing a manual <br />