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of their strongest allies in Economic Development, they plan on working with the World Economic Development Line, and they have entered into a partnership with them to do trade shows. Mr. Vest advised the Council they are currently doing a labor survey, and they hired a company out of Irving, and will start surveying people in our community later this week, and in conjunction with that, they are also conducting a wage and benefit survey of local industries, and those forms went out last week. This will help in marketing our community and know what is prevailing benefit practices are along with what the prevailing wages are in our area. Other things that happened in the area, they had a warehouse location from the Exide Corporation, they opened up a warehouse operation in Paris and employed about twenty people. They presented their Annual Industrial Appreciu ;.ion Award to Kimberly Clark for their expansion over the last three years. They had a planning retreat to develop their program of work for the PEDC for the first time that they had actually done this since the beginning of the PEDC. Greyhound Bus service has been restored to Paris, and they completed their first quarterly report in the American Chamber of Commerce Research Association survey which is a cost of living survey, and that goes out and you can compare cities all over the United States as to what the cost of living is. Mr. Vest said there were current expansions underway. Kimberly Clark is in the process of expanding their production line, and Flex -o -lite has major expansion going on at their plant. Also We Pack has a major expansion on the drawing board, and Contractors Supply which was located out in the rural part of North Lamar County have relocated in the City. Roy Sparks, District Manager for Texas Utilities Electric Company, appeared before the Council giving them handouts. Mr. Sparks told the Council that this is a good settlement, it is fair to the customers and shareholders, lowers the customers cost provides regulatory certainly for two years, caps TU Electric earnings at a reasonable level, and allows them to began mitigating potential stranded cost as they move to a more competitive industry. The settlement is supported by the diverse group of parties. Mr Sparks said after lengthy