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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS <br />February 9, 2015 <br />The City Council of the City of Paris met for a regular session at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, <br />February 9, 2015, at the City Council Chamber, 107 E. Kaufman, Paris, Texas. <br />Present: Mayor: Matt Frierson <br />Council Members: Richard Grossnickle; Aaron Jenkins; Sue Lancaster; <br />Benny Plata; Edwin Pickle; and A.J. Hashmi <br />City Staff: John Godwin, City Manager; Kent McIlyar, City <br />Attorney; Janice Ellis, City Clerk; Gene Anderson, <br />Finance Director; Shawn Napier, City Engineer; <br />Jerry McDaniel, Public Works Director; Larry <br />Wright, Fire Chief; Bob Hundley, Police Chief, <br />Doug Harris, Utilities Director; and Kent <br />Klinkerman, EMS Director <br />Opening Agenda <br />1. Call meeting to order. <br />Mayor Frierson called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. <br />2. Invocation. <br />Reverend Leddy gave the invocation. <br />3. Pledge of Allegiance. <br />Council Member Pickle led the pledge. <br />4. Citizens' Forum. <br />Rev. James Price, 1230 Shiloh — he wanted to know what the City was going to do about <br />Westgate, because they owned it. He said he started a petition to make the mayor a city -wide <br />elected position. He also said they did not want the recycling center in West Paris. <br />Dr. Hashmi, 4510 FM 195 — he said as a private citizen, he found it very distressing they <br />would disfigure the entrance to a residential neighborhood by placing a recycling business at its <br />entrance. He also said it was distressing to put the same recycling facility in the fastest growing <br />retail part of the City, and this should not happen for any reason. Dr. Hashmi said as a citizen he <br />understood that it may conform to some code, but with all due respect there needed to be another <br />section added to the code that should say common sense. Dr. Hashmi reiterated that this should <br />not happen for any reason. As a Council Member for District 7, he said he called the meeting of <br />