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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL FEBRUARY 14, 2000 The City Council of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, met in regular session, Monday February 14, 2000, at 6:00 P. M., City Council Chambers, City Hall, Paris, Texas. Mayor Charles H. Neeley called the meeting to order with the following Council Members present: Richard Manning, Mary Ann Fisher, Michael J. Pfiester, Kevin Gray, and Gene McWaters, Jr. Also present were City Manager Michael E. Malone, City Attorney Larry W. Schenk, and City Clerk Mattie Cunningham. Invocation was given by W. E. Anderson, Director of Finance for the City of Paris. Mayor Neeley asked if there were any corrections to the minutes of previous meetings, there being none, the minutes were approved as presented. City Manager Malone announced that the City Council has been furnished minutes for the Paris Public Library Advisory Board, and the Paris /Lamar County Board of Health with no action being required. Mayor Neeley announced that the next item on the agenda was presentation of a Proclamation to Sydney Young, President of the 1999 -2000 class of Leadership Lamar County, and Mindy Moree, Chairperson of the Complete Count Committee, expressing support for the successful formation of the Complete Count Committee for Census 2000 by the 1999 -2000 class of Leadership Lamar County. Ms. Sydney Young, President of the 1999 -2000 class of Leadership Lamar County came forward, explaining that this class chose generating publicity for the census as their project, and by doing that, they could also benefit the beautification process for the City of Paris. Ms. Young further explained that if the census comes back with accurate numbers that it will benefit the City of Paris. Ms. Young said that is one of the reasons for becoming the committee that publicizes the census effort here in Lamar County. It is not just the fact of the money that has been talked about in the newspaper, but with the return of an accurate census, the city will get better government funding, businesses look at the population count to determine whether it is a good area to place a business in. Ms. Young pointed out that the City of Paris now has a yellow dot on the State of Texas map and if we do not get a 25,000 or more census count in population, this dot will be removed. Ms. Young said that is one of the reasons they were approaching the City