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Regular City Council Meeting January 12, 2009 Page 4 These items will be read for a second time and considered for action at the meeting of January 26th. 19. RESOLUTION NO. 2009-002: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING THE EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PARIS AND THE LAMAR COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR TO ASSIST, COORDINATE, SUPERVISE AND HANDLE CERTAIN ASPECTS OF ADM_ INISTERING THE GENERAL ELECTION FOR MAY 9, 2009, FOR THE CITY OF PARIS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. City Clerk Janice Ellis explained that citizens frequently complained about having to go to multiple locations to vote for different entities. She said Lamar County created the office of County Elections Administrator in September of 2008, and that she had been working with him to combine polling places. Ms. Ellis also said the estimated cost for the General Election in May 2009 was $4,353.00 and that $10,000.00 had been budgeted. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Biard and seconded by Council Member Rogers. Motion carried, 6 ayes - 0 nays. Council Member Brown returned to the meeting at 6:22 p.m. 20. RESOLUTION NO. 2009-003: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, APPROVING AND RATIFYING THE ACCEPTANCE OF TWO TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (TXDOT) CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM GRANTS; APPROVING AND RATIFYING TWO AIRPORT PROJECT PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS NOS. 09MPPARIS AND 0901 PARIS WITH TXDOT; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member McCarthy and seconded by Council Member Pickle. Motion carried, 7 ayes - 0 nays. 21. Deliberate and act on a request to amend Section 10 -110 of the Zoning Code to allow the use of additional paving materials for non - residential parking and driveway areas. Council Member Biard said he had requested this item be placed on the Agenda, because businesses with gravel lots were being required to pave their parking lots prior to obtaining a sign permit. Council Member Biard and Mayor Freelen expressed concern about losing businesses to other towns, because of the requirement.