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Regular Council Meeting March 14 ge 6 12 73 Council Member Rhonda Rogers said that PJC had entered into an agreement with Guinn & Morrison, and that the firm had already begun work. She also said that PJC and the City had the same boundaries. Council Member Rhonda Rogers said that PISD indicated that they wanted to use the same firm as the City. Council. Member Wright said he had spoken with Paul Trull and it was his understanding that PISD was going to use Allison Bass and that they were less expensive. A Motion to accept the proposal in the amount of $12,500 from Allison Bass was made by Council Member Brown and seconded by Council Member Wright. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays. 15. Deliberate and possibly act on RESOLUTION NO. 2011 -032: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, APPROVING A CHANGE ORDER NO. ONE TO THE CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TRAIL DE PARIS EXTENSION PROJECT FROM S.E. 8TH STREET TO S.E. 12TH STREET; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member McCarthy and seconded by Council Member Pickle. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays. 16. Deliberate on the hiring of a professional consultant to advise and coordinate the City's efforts in hiring a new City Manager. Gene Anderson asked City Council is they wanted to continue advertising the job or if they wanted to consider using an outside consultant. Council Member Brown asked Mr. Anderson if he had received any applications. Mr. Anderson answered in the affirmative and said that he would be providing copies to the Council. Mr. Anderson also told Council he welcomed their input on any changes to the job description. Council Member Wright said he would like the job description to include pursuit of economic development. Council Member Jason Rogers said he would like to it to include EOC experience. He also wanted to know if the minimum qualifications could be changed to substitute education for a lesser number of years experience. Council Member Rhonda Rogers asked that the requirement of a masters in public administration be preferred. Mayor Biard agreed with Council Member Jason Rogers, in that the job description be changed to include related work experience. Mayor Biard inquired Council if they wanted to continue to advertise or hire a consultant. It was a consensus of City Council to first review the applications being provided by Mr. Anderson. Mr. Anderson said that he would make changes to the job description and e-mail it to Council for review and return to him with any changes. Mayor Biard asked for a Motion to move items 17 and 18 to the end of the Agenda. A Motion to move items 17 and 18 to the end of the Agenda was made by Council Member Rhonda Rogers and seconded by Council Member Jason Rogers. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays.