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1094 <br />MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS <br />April 5, 2010 <br />The City Council of the City of Paris met for a special session at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, <br />April 5, 2010, at the City Council Chamber, 107 E. Kaufman, Paris, Texas. <br />Present: Mayor: Jesse James Freelen <br />Council Members: Joe McCarthy; Kevin Kear; Stephen Brown; Will <br />Biard; Edwin Pickle; and Rhonda Rogers <br />City Staff: Kevin Carruth, City Manager; Kent McIlyar, City <br />Attorney; Janice Ellis, City Clerk; Shawn Napier, <br />City Engineer; Bob Hundley, Police Chief; and <br />Ronnie Grooms, Fire Chief <br />Opening Agenda <br />1. Call meeting to order. <br />Mayor Freelen called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. <br />2. Deliberate on administration of building permit and plan review services. <br />City Council discussed plan reviews, permit fees for residential and commercial <br />properties, requirements for building a residence, requirements for residential renovations, and <br />the comparison cost of Bureau Veritas and hiring in -house employees to perform inspections. <br />Ty Chapman and Lee Swaim of Bureau Veritas answered questions from City Council. <br />Mr. Chapman explained that a residential inspection fee was a one -time fee and that the builder <br />was not charged additional costs for each time the inspector was called to the location. Builder <br />Gene McWaters said that he did not like having to wait twenty -four hours to get a permit and on <br />one occasion it took him 17 days to set an electrical pole. Shawn Napier explained that this was <br />when the city first began using Bureau Veritas and that the incident was the result of <br />miscommunication between city staff, BV and the electric provider. Council Member Rogers <br />inquired of Mr. McWaters the number of houses he had built over the last two years in the city <br />and in the county. Mr. McWaters said he had built 7 or 8 houses in the city and 30 to 40 houses <br />in the county. Contractor Jerry Haning said he did not have anything against Bureau Veritas, but <br />he preferred city staff. He said that in the past, there were city employees who could answer <br />questions and were available to do so. Mr. Haning also said hiring city inspectors would be less <br />expensive than contracting with Bureau Veritas. Lee Swaim interjected that he received 30 to 40 <br />phone calls a day and that he did not see a problem with availability. Council Member Rogers <br />