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762 <br />Mr. Malone's strong point is his ability to hire good people, let them <br />do their job, and leave them alone. <br />Bill Bone, 580 33rd S. E., came forward said that Mayor Clifford <br />-- mentioned a lot of good changes that he certainly helped to bring <br />about. Bill Bone said another thing is that Manager Malone came to the <br />Council and wanted the job so bad he would take it for $25,000.00 a <br />year and furnish his own vehicle, he wanted the job, so over his <br />protest because he was not a City Manager, had never been one, and had <br />really never held a job, and he did not recommend him for city council, <br />but he was hired by four members of the Council. Mr. Bone stated that <br />Mr. Malone has just about caught up with Mr. Doty at his current <br />salary, and you will have to look up his perks, you will have to figure <br />those, he is right at $100,000.00 a year if you count his perks. Mr. <br />Bone said that they talked to over 2,000 citizens on the street, and in <br />his getting petitions signed there were three names came up at the <br />city, Mr. Haynes was number one, Mr. Clifford was number two, and Mr. <br />Malone was number three to get rid of, and probably the biggest mistake <br />the Council has made was using Reed and Stowe. <br />Councilman Jenkins, Councilman Neeley, Allen Boyd, and Councilman <br />Fulbright spoke to the audience assuring them that the City of Paris is <br />being operated properly, and that the City Manager was doing an <br />excellent job. <br />Mr. Henry Burress came forward telling the Council and the audience <br />that he came to Paris in 1950, and said he had worked with the city on <br />occasions, and he looks at Paris with much pride because we have a good <br />town. Mr. Burress pointed out that our parks and streets are nice, and <br />we are not giving enough credit for the good things that are being <br />done. Mr. Burress said he knows Mr. Conder real well, and he knows <br />that he is sincere, but he hated to see the city have this much <br />turmoil. Mr. Burress said he wants to enjoy Paris, and he wants pride <br />in Paris when he drives through, and said Paris is a good place to live <br />with a lot of features. <br />There being no further business, ;the adjo urned. <br />ERIC S. CLI , MAYOR <br />ATTEST: <br />MATTIE CUNNINGHAM, CITY ERK <br />