05 - APPROVE MINUTES FROM COUNCIL MEETING ON 05/11/2015

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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS May 11, 2015 The City Council of the City of Paris met for a regular session at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, May 11, 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; Jerry McDaniel, Public Works Director; Doug Harris, Utilities Director; and Thomas McMonigle, Deputy Fire Chief Opening Agenda 1. Call meeting to order. Mayor Frierson called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. 2. Invocation. Gene Anderson gave the invocation. 3. Pledge of Allegiance. Council Member Plata led the pledge. 4. a. Citizens' Forum. Grover Michael Glatfelter, 1345 S.E. 6t` Street, vice -chair for Historic Preservation Commission — he said there were several historic buildings in downtown in which permits were issued to HWH, and they did not go through the Historic Preservation Commission. Mr. Glatfelter asked City Council to place this item on a future City Council agenda to find out why they did not go through the Historic Preservation Commission review. A.J. Hashmi, 4510 FM 195 — he said he had received a couple of letters from citizens who could not be at the meeting. The first letter he read was from Boyd and Debbie Hudgens "who were asking that the City disannex their property due to lack of services. When annexed in 1998, we were promised all city services. In March Of 2013, we applied for disannexation and we were denied. In September 2013, our disannexation again was placed on the agenda and I spent a lot of time gathering documents, we spent over $8,000 in attorney fees, were promised city services, and were denied disannexation. We voted yes on the 45 million dollar bond project