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MINUTES OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING SEPTEMBER 10, 1999 The Budget Committee met in special session, Friday, September 10, 1999,5:30 P. M., City Council Chambers, City Hall, Paris, Texas. Michael J. Pfiester, Chairman, called the meeting to order with the following members present: Councilman Gene McWaters, Jr., Councilman Kevin Gray, Donald G. Wilson, James Baker, and Vincent Battles. Committee member Corby Severance was absent. Also present was City Manager Michael E. Malone, Director of Finance Gene Anderson, and City Clerk Mattie Cunningham. Chairman Pfiester called for discussion of City Manager's proposed 1999 -2000 budget for the City of Paris. Chairman Pfiester stated that the Committee was satisfied with the City Manager's budget except for the areas of concern previously mentioned and it was agreed that there was a general consensus on that. City Manager Malone gave the Committee a copy of the amendments that he has proposed at the public hearing that was held before the City Council. City Manager Malone said there has been discussion at the committee meetings regarding privatization of the trash pickup portion of the sanitation services. Mr. Huddleston, Director of Public Works, is working to pull together those figures that we want to analyze and the method of breaking out the various costs of the different services the City performs. City Manager Malone said that the feed -back he has received indicated that we provide a good trash pickup service and there is a question as to why we would want to change it. Others point out the benefits of privatization. The City Manager said there are benefits to the proposed automated system, if the city is going to continue the trash pickup, but that there are also some negatives associated with that. City Manager Malone pointed out that if the city pursues the automated system, we need to go into it with the consensus of the Council Members and the public that we are committed to making it work. City Manager Malone said we need to examine all the options of privatization and see how the automated systems are working or not working in other places. City Manager Malone said that the City is still having the problem of the amount of brush being put curbside and that is a separate issue from the trash pickup system. The City Manager proposed to reduce the expenditure in the Sanitation Division of