05 - COUNCIL MINUTES FROM 07/13/2015

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Regular Council Meeting July 13, 2015 Page 11 Council Member Clifford said he understood the passion that drives Mr. Glatfelter and appreciated it. He also said Mr. Glatfelter was clearly familiar with the massive waste and abuse of the public funds at PEDC over the last several years, and that Mr. Glatfelter wants those responsible for the waste and abuse to be held accountable. Council Member Clifford said unfortunately he could not condone Mr. Glatfelter's actions during the recent PEDC meeting, because they still have to maintain civility even if they disagree. Council Member Plata agreed with Council Member Clifford and Frierson citing you should conduct yourself with professionalism. Council Member Lancaster agreed with Council Member Clifford and stated she thought everyone should always be civil to each other and maintain decorum. Mayor Hashmi inquired of the City Attorney about the procedure for removal of a board member. Mr. McIlyar advised it was addressed in the policies Council adopted, which was they could remove a board member with a majority vote of the Council. Citizen Carol Hufnagle said she was at the meeting and after the exchange of words and as Mr. Glatfelter was walking out the door, that the public was frightened. Colton Wicks, a downtown owner, said the HPC no longer serves it purpose and could be better served by a city employee. Board Member Cindy Allcorn said that Ruth Ann Alsobrook had nominated Mr. Glatfelter to serve as the HPC Chair because he had the longest tenure, but that Ms. Alsobrook had not been aware of what had taken place at the PEDC meeting. A Motion to remove Michael Glatfelter from the Historic Preservation Commission was made by Council Member Pickle and seconded by Council Member Frierson. Motion carried, 6 ayes — 0 nays. 17. Receive presentation from Council Member Plata, discuss and act on possible organizational and compensation changes in the police department. Council Member Plata said with the permission of Chief Hundley and the City Manager, for the past 2 % weeks he had been meeting with police officers, both current and past. He said these meetings were initiated because of retention problems with police officers in the City of Paris. Council Member Plata reported the biggest complaint was the way security jobs were selected for police officers, because the highest ranking officers were allowed to sign up for four jobs first, leaving the junior officers with no security jobs to sign up for or for less desirable jobs. Council Member Plata further reported that Chief Hundley indicated he was going to make a change with regard to this issue. Secondly, there was a complaint that no additional pay or incentive was offered for bilingual interpretation, when that officer ends up having to come in on an off day and render interpretation services. Council Member Plata said the third complaint was how the Emergency Detentions were handled, but after meeting with Chief Hundley they could not come up with an easy solution to this problem. He said the fourth issue was the concerns from junior officers that the people that had been there for a long time got preferential treatment, which brought about the issue of no trust in upper management. He said this exemplified itself in that when he spoke with the officers they wanted to remain anonymous. Council Member Plata said the first two points were something that needed to happen as soon as possible, and he knew there would always be disgruntled people. Council Member Plata referenced growth of the Hispanic population and said they should attempt to work with these people instead of being