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1102. Regular Council Meeting April 12, 2010 Page 6 19. Deliberate and act on A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, APPOINTING MEMBERS TO VARIOUS CITY OF PARIS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR STANDING BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Kevin Carruth told Council that staff had only received 10 applications and recommended postponing appointments until the April 26th Council meeting to allow more time to receive applications. Council Member Brown agreed with staff. Council Member Rogers said she would like to know how many of the current committee members whose terms were expiring would like to serve another term. Council Member Pickle said he thought they should not fill the vacancies until the new Council was seated. Mayor Freelen disagreed. He said the new Council Members would be in a learning process. Mayor Freelen asked staff to bring this item to the next Council meeting, along with a new item to address the possibility of changing the date of the appointments. A Motion to table this item was made by Council Member Brown and seconded by Council Member Rogers. Motion carried, 6 ayes — 0 nays. 20. Deliberate and act on administration of building permit and plan review services. Council Member Brown stated that Bureau Veritas was doing a great job and that the Council should take its time to evaluate the need to make any changes. Several Council Members expressed an interest in reviewing the fees, increasing fees and charging fees for plan review services. Shawn Napier said once the Building and Fire Review Code Committee was completed with their work, that he would get with the Fire Chief and would hope to be able to supply information to the City Council prior to June 1 st. A Motion to table this item was made by Council Member Brown and seconded by Council Member Kear. Motion carried, 6 ayes — 0 nays. 21. Deliberate and possibly act on adoption of a code of ethics for City Council, boards, commissions and committees. Mayor Freelen, Council Member Rogers and Council Member McCarthy, all agreed that this was the right thing to do and was needed. Council Member Pickle differed in opinion. A Motion to table this item to the next meeting was made by Council Member Brown. A Motion to proceed to develop a code of ethics was made by Council Member Rogers. Staff recommended a workshop prior to the next meeting. A Motion to table this item and schedule a workshop was made by Council Member Brown and seconded by Council Member McCarthy. Motion carried, 6 ayes — 0 nays.