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MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 2, 1979 A special meeting of the City Council was held April 2, 1979, 3:30 P.N. Playor Malone called the meeting to order with the following Councilman present: Billy Joe Burnett, David Philley, Raymond S. Wunsch. Also present were Judge Brady Fisher, County Commissioners Gene Buster & Jimmy Sparks, City Manager, Robert W. Sokoll, City Attorney, T. K. Haynes and City Clerk, 11. C. Greene. Mayor Maione announced that a joint meeting % -.as being held between the City Council and the County Commissioners for the purpose of discussing the Funding of the Paris Lamar County Health Unit. Dr. Joe Hillhouse, acting Director of the Paris Lamar County Health Unit, appeared before the Council and commission stating that the present funding was not sufficient-to cover the 1978 -79 budget requirements of the Health Unit; that the City was contributing $4,868.00 per month and the County $2,002.00 per month; that if the funding was to be on 60- 40 basis has had been customary in the years passed that the County contribution should be $3,245.00 per month. Dr. Hillhouse stated that addition help for the Health Unit was received from the Region 7, State Health Department, through funding of Family Planning,. TB and VD Programs amounting to approximately $49,190.00. Dr. Hillhouse introduced Dr. Marietta Crowder, Director of Region 7, State Department of Health. Dr. Crowder appeared before the Council stating that` of the $103,000.00Region.7 budget that the City of Paris and Lamar County Health Unit was receiving $49,190.00 for Family Planning programs and other programs. Councilman Walter Williams and George Fisher entered the Council chambers and assumed their seats at the council table. Mr. W. C. Pursiful Sanitarian, Lamar County Health Unit appeared before the Council and stated that CETA employees had assisted the Health Unit in its financial operation and had in fact created some fund balance. After discussion by the Council and the Commissioners, it was generally agreed that further meetings by the joint committees would be in order to discuss the funding of the Health Department as well as to attempt to come to an agreement as to future funding with a goal of a formal contract between the County and City. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned. MICHAEL E. MAL0 E, MAYOR ATTEST: H. C. GREENE, CITY CLERK