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MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL June 12, 1975 A Special Meeting of the City Council was held on June 12, 1975 at 5:15 P M. Mayor James M. Brunette called the meeting to order with the following Councilmen present: - Joe King, Brad Hutchison, W. M. (Dub) Moore, Sam M. Stone, Doyle Whitaker, and Lloyd Sterling. Also present were City Manager K. R. Sweatt, City Attorney T. K. Haynes, and City Clerk H. C. Greene. -- City Manager Sweatt presented the proposed budget for the fiscal year 1975 -76. Mayor. Brunette declared the public hearing open on the proposed budget. Mr. Harvey Cavender, representing the Downtown Merchants Association, appeared before the Council requesting that meter attendants be provided to regulate downtown parking. Mrs. Caroline Thornton and Mrs. Gano Lightfoot, representing the King's Daughters, appeared before the Council requesting an increase of $1,000.00 over the $3,000.00 in the proposed 1975 -76 budget. Mr. F. D. Mallory, III, appeared before the Council, requesting that the Council recon- sider $2,400.00 welfare amount included in the budget for child welfare. Mrs. Dahlia Jenkins appeared in behalf of the Child Welfare Committee, stating that the committee had requested $3,600.00 and was grateful for the $2,400.00 included in the budget; that the appropriation would be used for the care of abused and neglected non - welfare children and children not cared for under any other program. Mayor Brunette declared the public hearing closed and called for discussion among the Council. Mayor Brunette reminded the Council, speaking in reference to the parking attendant request that the Paris Police Department had relieved one man during the day of Cox Field responsibilities and felt that this responsibility was one for polic administration. -- In response to the King's Daughters request, a motion was made by Councilman Sterling and seconded by Councilman Stone that the increased cost of the King's Daughters move to new quarters be favorably considered after July 1, 1975. The motion carried: 7 ayes, 0 nays. Councilman Whitaker stated that he opposed across the board.salary increases and that - he opposed money proposed for expenditure in the Revenue Sharing budget for new street signs and for new fire department structure to house equipment,.alert warning equipment, lighting controls at the tennis courts, and animal shelter construction. Councilman King stated that he objected to across the board salary increases as well as construction of airport hangars as contained in the Cox Field Airport Fund budget. Councilman Hutchison reminded the Council that every item wi.T1 not necessarily be ap- proved when the bidding process is followed. Ordinance No. 2229: "AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE ENSUING FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 1975, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 1976, IN ACCOR- DANCE WITH THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PARIS, APPROPRIATING