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Minority Recruitment Committee Meeting <br />August 7, 1999 <br />Page 7 <br />that what the City has been doing has not been fair so far, and it is not <br />going to be fair. <br />City Manager Malone said he did not agree with that, but he certainly <br />would look to the committee's recommendations as to how we can <br />improve the attractiveness of the employment and how the City could <br />recruit applicants. City Manager Malone said the City's problem is that <br />there has not been minority applicants applying to take the test for the <br />Fire Department. <br />Mr. Armstrong again pointed out that you have to sell Paris. Convince <br />the applicants this is the place where they want to live, work, and raise <br />a family. <br />Mr. High agreed with Mr. Armstrong that applicants are looking for a <br />safe community in which to live and raise their family, and those are the <br />applicants to recruit. Mr. High also said there were a lot of kids from <br />Mt. Pleasant, Sulphur Springs, Greenville, Sherman, and Bonham who <br />will apply for employment with Paris Independent School District <br />because they have family or relatives or other ties to this community. <br />These kids want to be close to home, but far enough away so the family <br />is not in their business. <br />Mr. Burgin said he was a trained firefighter. That is his focus, he is not <br />a personnel oriented person, but he has taken any and every <br />suggestion that he could get, and would follow through on those <br />suggestions. Mr. Burgin said he was at East Texas University last year <br />and they told him about a job fair that was coming up. He asked to be <br />placed on their mailing list and they started sending him information. <br />Mr. Burgin asked those on the Committee if they hear of an opportunity <br />that they think might work or a contact person to get on a mailing list <br />to let him know. Mr. Burgin also said that he would be glad to go with <br />any of them to job fairs. <br />Mr. Graves told the Committee that they were going to have to forget <br />about the past and look to the future and if it takes a recruitment officer <br />like Paris Independent School District has, then maybe Mr. Malone <br />