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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AUGUST 26, 2003 The City Council of the City of Paris met in regular session, Tuesday, August 26, 2003, 6:00 P.M. at Paris Junior College, Bobby R. Walters Applied Technology Building, Room 1206, 2400 Clarksville Street, Paris, Texas. Mayor Curtis Fendley called the meeting to order with the following Council Members present: Jim Bell, Joe E. McCarthy, Francine Neeley, Willie Weekly, Sr., and Benny Plata. Also present were City Manager Michael E. Malone, City Attorney Larry W. Schenk, and City Clerk Mattie Cunningham. Mayor Fendley announced that the special meeting was called for the purpose of having a budget workshop session. Mayor Fendley called for receiving input from interested citizens of Paris proposing services or projects to be included in the 2003-2004 City of Paris Budget. No one appeared and the City Council moved into the budget workshop. Mayor Fendley announced that the first department to be considered was the Warehouse. Mr. Anderson passed out a budget narrative and the budget for the Warehouse and advised it is actually down from last year. Mr. Anderson said he would like to focus on the Water Billing Office. He said on Page 235, Account No. 10-02-9-81-00, Minor Apparatus, that the thousand dollars is for a phone tree set-up. He explained that it is an automated dialing set-up utilizing a PC and it is a software item. Their intention is to reduce delinquent turn-off lists. At a certain point they would download the information, and call persons who are delinquent reminding them to pay their water bills before service is discontinued. Mr. Anderson said there are no complaints on the paper notice except that some people say they do not receive the notice. He said they are just trying, with the reduction of one meter reader, to keep the cut off list as small as they possibly can in order to physically be