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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL June 9, 1986 The City Council of the City of Paris met in regular session, Monday, June 9, 1986, 7:00 P. M. City Hail. Mayor Billy J. Burnett called the meeting to order with the following Councilmen present: Jeff Hoog, W. C. Francis, Bill Bone, Travis Wortham, Addie Bufford, and Mike Folmar. Also present were City Manager, David H. Doty, City Attorney, T. K. Haynes, and City Clerk, Mattie Cunningham. Prayer was offered by Reverend Lynn Hitt, Mayor Burnett asked previous meetings, presented. if there were any corrections to the minutes of there being none, the minutes were approved as Roy Sparks, District Manager, Lone Star Gas Company, appeared before the Council and stated that the Lone Star, Gas Company's franchise with the City of Paris provides a 100 foot main extension without a direct charge for each new customer, and that the current charge to extend beyond this point is currently $5.40 a foot and that the cost has increased to $5.50 per foot and requested the Council.adopt an Ordinance to this effect. W. M. Lightfoot, Architect for the Library Improvement Project appeared before the Council and presented proposed Plans and Specifications for the project. Mr. Lightfoot stated that the Plans and Specifications have been approved by Dick Waters, Library Consultant, Library Advisory Board, Tina Williams, Librarian, and Dick Boots, Director of Facilities City of Paris. Mr. Lightfoot.stated that $780,000.00 had been budgeted for the new construction and remodeling and $166,000.00 for furnishing and landscaping. Mr. Lightfoot requested approval of the Plans and Specifications and authorizing taking of bids from general contractors for the constructing and taking of bids at a later time for the furnishing and landscaping. Hack Blankenship, Chairman of the Advisory Board of Health of the Paris Lamar County Health Department appeared before the Council and discussed the Health Department funding. Mr. Blankenship requested that the City include the Health Department another year in their budget to help off set their void. Dr. Joe Hillhouse and Dr. Rick Casey also appeared before the Council and discussed the medical service that the Health Department provides. John Gabbert, representing the Red River Valley Home Health Service Inc. appeared before the Council and presented a proposal for ambulance transfer service. Mr. Gabbert proposed that the City take all Emergency, ALS Transfers, and Charity ambulance calls, and that the private sector be given the reimbursable transfers. Mayor Burnett said that this was not an action item on the agenda and called for a special Council meeting Monday, June 16, 1986, 7 :00 P. M. 0173