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Regular Council Meeting February 25, 2015 Page 2 was a difference of 521 jobs. Mr. Banks said he went to the source that Mr. Wilson showed on his chart and couldn't find it, but he did finally find it on the Department of Labor site. He said Mr. Wilson had written the 2012 number down incorrectly, there was a difference of 300 jobs; the number should have been 221 rather than 521. Mr. Banks said he called the Paris News and asked them if they would be willing to reprint that chart with the correction on it. They never said yes or no, but said they would be writing some more articles on the situation. Mr. Banks said Mr. Wilson called and thanked him, that he did write it down wrong, and he was correcting it on all future charts. Mr. Banks said the income level on Mr. Wilson's information showed Paris gained $8,357,100 and if you divide that number by 221 jobs that comes out to a total of $909 per hour, if all those jobs are full time. Mr. Banks said he was questioning if those were actual jobs or was it just payroll information where someone worked a few hours and it was recorded that way. Don McCaskill, 7440 CR44850 - he said he felt sure everyone read the comments of the P &Z Commission meeting last week regarding recycling zoning. Mr. McCaskill referenced The New Testament, "Matthew 12:25 Jesus said every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined and every city or household divided against itself will not stand." He suggested that the Council put aside personal issues and work together for all concerned. Louise Hagood, 556 Fitzhugh Avenue - she said she had two points to make. Mrs. Hagood said she did not live in Morningside, but as a resident of Paris for 65 years was confused by the action of the P &Z Commission last week, as well as the Paris News article. She said one speaker called the recycling depot a mere junkyard and called attention to the traffic problem it would create on Lamar Avenue and the only descending voice in the audience was the attorney for the company. She said was paraphrasing his words when he said they operated a very good trash company. Mrs. Hagood said she wanted desperately for Paris to be a desirable city in which to live and several months ago she spoke and by nodding, Mr. Frierson agreed that if Paris was not pretty it would not attract newcomers and would not therefore increase the tax base. Mrs. Hagood said the City Council was elected because the people thought they had to wisdom to do the right thing for Paris. Ann Ford, 4240 Primrose - she said her front door was approximately 60 yards from the back of this proposed junkyard. She challenged the Council to go to their front door, their front window, look out and visualize what a junkyard would look like at their front doors. She said there was no way metal could be handled in a quiet manner. Ms. Ford said Mr. Godwin admitted that a mistake had been made and now, she was asking the Council to do the right thing. Marcus Roden, 3930 Holbrook — he said property values would definitely be affected if this business was allowed to exist in the proposed location. Mr. Roden said values of their homes would decrease, tax rates would suffer, and there were approximately 225 homes in Morningside. He told the Council they ran for office, and they were to represent the people of Paris. Mr. Roden asked the Council to do the right thing.