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MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL September 9, 2003 The City Council of the City of Paris met in special session, Tuesday, September 9, 2003, 5:00 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, Jay Guest, 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 advised that the Council would drop down and take up Agenda Item No. 3A and 3B first, which is consideration of and action on resolutions for the Paris Visitors and Convention Council's Budget, and a resolution accepting and approving the Paris Economic Development Corporation's budget. 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 and if there was anyone in the audience who would like to speak on a particular item to come forward. Gary Vest, representing the Paris Visitors and Convention Council, came forward, advising the City Council that the Civic Center is also part of the V&CC budget. He asked the Council to look at the proposed budget for 2003-2004. The Motel Tax Receipts are estimated to be about $317,000.00 for the year, which is down about $35,000.00 from the current budget. The other income items are very negligible, he said, so they did not place anything in the budget for those items. For other income, they have about $5,500.00 for selling souvenirs and things like that. The Tour de Paris is budgeted at $12,000.00 income and that is a wash, as they spend about $12,000. 00 putting the Tour on. Mr. Vest advised that the Visitor Guide, which is line item No. 5, is approximately $20,000.00 and they make a slight profit on the Visitor Guide. He asked Council to look at the $19,300.00 in expense item number 22 and stated that they anticipate a$700.00 profit. Mr. Vest said that Item Number 6 is cashing in a CD of $17,948.00 and advised they had to cash one of their certificates of obligation and deposited it in order to meet the budget for this coming year.