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Regular Council Meeting June 22, 2015 Page 12 if there was no plan to ever give them services, he was inclined to favor disannexing them. Council Member Plata said he could see the residents' point, but as a City leader he also saw this as a loss of revenue for the City and could not really support disannexation. Council Member Lancaster said if they were not going to be provided services she favored disannexation. Mayor Hashmi said he thought if the City was not going to provide them services, they should be allowed to disannex from the City. Citizen Debbie Hudgens, who resides at 6445 FM 1508 (also known as Airport Road) spoke on this subject. She expressed appreciation to Mayor Hashmi for his efforts on this matter. With regard to Mayor Hashmi's earlier presentation, she said some of the Council Members lacked interest and some lacked respect for each other. She said this saddened her. Mrs. Hudgens also said she believed Mayor Hashmi was looking out for the best interests of the citizens. She also said they owned their property way before they were annexed, and respectfully asked that all of them be disannexed due to lack of services. Mr. McIlyar said with disannexation, you normally look at the majority of property owners seeking disannexation in the area and then he questioned how long the Council wanted to keep the process open prior to the requests being brought back for consideration. It was a consensus of the Council to leave the process open for two more weeks prior to proceeding with the process. Council Member Plata emphasized that it was the responsibility of the property owner to get in touch with the City with regard to disannexation of their property. 22. Discuss and act on RESOLUTION NO. 2015 -029: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, APPOINTING MEMBERS TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIN 16 OF THE CITY ZONING ORDINANCE AND THE CITY'S POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR STANDING BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. City Clerk Janice Ellis explained that City Council should decide how many regular members they wanted on this Board but had to have a minimum of five, and whether not they wanted to appoint alternates. It was a consensus of the City Council that the Board should consist of five regular members and no alternates. She further explained that the appointments and re- appointments would need to be made by resolution and that there were three current members who were eligible to serve on the Board. It was a consensus to re- appoint David Hamilton, Jerry Haning and Marilyn Smith to the Board. Mayor Hashmi opened the floor for nominations to fill the two vacant positions. Council Member Clifford nominated Louise Hagood and Council Member Lancaster nominated Deanna Manning. There being no other nominations, Mayor Hashmi closed the floor for nominations. Mrs. Hagood and Mrs. Manning were appointed to the board.