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MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br />OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS <br />May 4, 2010 <br />The City Council of the City of Paris met for a joint special session with Paris Economic <br />Development Corporation at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 4, 2010, at the Chamber of Commerce <br />Community Room, 1125 Bonham Street, Paris, Texas. <br />Present: Mayor: Jesse James Freelen <br />Council Members: Joe McCarthy; Stephen Brown; Edwin Pickle; and <br />Rhonda Rogers <br />City Staff: Kevin Carruth, City Manager; Kent McIlyar, City <br />Attorney; and Janice Ellis, City Clerk <br />Absent: Council Members Kevin Kear and Will Biard <br />Present: PEDC Members Dan Smith; Rick Poston; Chad Brown; Pike <br />Burkhart, Sr.; and John Wright <br />PEDC Staff Steve Gilbert, Executive Director; Shannon <br />Barrentine, Community Development Specialist; <br />and Rachel Schory, Economic Development <br />Specialist <br />1. Call meeting to order. <br />Mayor Freelen and PEDC President Dan Smith called the meeting to order at 11:38 a.m. <br />A Motion to recess for lunch was made by Chad Brown and seconded by Pike Purkhart. <br />Motion carried. The City Council and PEDC Board recessed at 11:39 a.m. and reconvened <br />at 11:58 a.m. <br />Also present were Chuck Superville, County Judge; Kenney Dority, Chamber President; <br />Mindy Moree, Executive Director of the Chamber; Kay O'Dell, Executive Director for <br />Northeast Texas Workforce Commission; Mark Homer, State Representative; and Blake <br />Lewis, CEO of Lewis Public Relations Firm. <br />2. Convene into Executive Session pursuant to Section 551.087 of the Texas Government <br />Code, as follows: <br />(1) To discuss or deliberate regarding commercial or financial information that the <br />governmental body has received from a business prospect that the governmental body <br />seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in or near the territory of the governmental body <br />