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Regular City Council Meeting <br />August 19, 2003 <br />Page 9 <br />Mayor Fendley announced that the Council would consider the budget of the <br />Planning and Zoning Department. <br />Tommy Haynes, Director of Community Development, came forward and <br />briefly reviewed what the Community Development Department consists of. <br />He said they were responsible for issuing all permits for buildings, signs, <br />demolition, gas permits, sprinklers, sewer taps, plumbing permits and those <br />types of things. As of October l, 2003, they have issued 651 of those and <br />received $109,000.00 in revenue. He said they were involved in Planning and <br />Zoning items. Steve Methven, Chief Building Official for the City of Paris, <br />who also serves as the head of zoning and conducts a lot of inspections of <br />buildings, plumbing, gas, HVAC,and lawn inspections and has made 1873 <br />inspections. Being in the position, he is in he is required to be a licensed <br />plumber, a licensed master electrician, certified air conditioner technician, <br />certified building official, and Texas licensed code enforcement officer, and he <br />has to keep those licenses up to date. He is also involved as the City Planner <br />and Chief Building Official, and he helped write the Comprehensive Plan for <br />the City of Paris, helps with updating the Zoning Maps and Ordinance and <br />serves as the staff person at the Planning and Zoning Meetings and at the City <br />Council Meeting. Mr. Haynes said that Mr. Methven is probably one of the <br />first persons someone coming to town, if they are thinking about building a <br />building here in Paris or developing property, would come into contact with. <br />Mr. Haynes said Rick Hundley is the city's electrical inspector for commercial <br />and residential wiring of all new buildings and any disconnects where they <br />have to be reconnected. He has done 1300 inspections for this year. <br />Mr. Haynes said they have two Code Inspectors that are involved with doing <br />all types of code work. Mike Alexander works primarily with the inmates from <br />the the Buster-Cole State Prison. They have done more than 600 mowings <br />since October last year, which has saved the city an enormous amount. He <br />said about 60% of those 600 mowings are on property that is owned by the City <br />