05 - COUNCIL MINUTES FROM 03/23/2015 MEETING

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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS March 23, 2015 The City Council of the City of Paris met for a regular session at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, March 23, 2015, at the City Council Chamber, 107 E. Kaufman, Paris, Texas. Present: Mayor: Matt Frierson Council Members: Richard Grossnickle; Aaron Jenkins; Sue Lancaster; Benny Plata; Edwin Pickle; and A.J. Hashmi City Staff. John Godwin, City Manager; Kent McIlyar, City Attorney; Janice Ellis, City Clerk; Gene Anderson, Finance Director; Shawn Napier, City Engineer; Larry Wright, Fire Chief, Bob Hundley, Police Chief; Doug Harris, Utilities Director; and Kent Klinkerman, EMS Director Openine Agenda 1. Call meeting to order. Mayor Frierson called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. 2. Invocation. Pastor Aldridge gave the invocation. 3. Pledge of Allegiance. Council Member Plata led the pledge. 4. Citizens' Forum. James Price, 1230 Shiloh — he said the City had been operating under a dictatorship and referenced Section 16 of the City Charter. Mr. Price said only 2 non -Anglo men and no woman had ever been mayor of the City. He asked the City Council to call an election to change the Charter so that all people could vote for mayor. He said if that did not happen there would be a committee formed to work on a petition to make amendments to the Charter. Ray Banks, 3450 Robin Road — he inquired if item 12 was for the nursing home and then stated the nursing home was purposely built outside the City. He also inquired if they would have to come into code and if the City was going to put in curbs and gutters. Edwin Pickle, 220 Johnson Woods Drive — he invited everyone to the Keep Paris Beautiful trash -off scheduled for Saturday, April 1 lth beginning at 7:30 a.m. at the Home Depot.