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1 40 r7 A 11 Regular Council Meeting March 14, 2011 Page 7 19. Deliberate and provide direction to the City Manager on amending the City of Paris Personnel Policies_ and Procedure Manual to include a new policy regarding discrimination and/or racial harassment in the work place. Council Member Jason Rogers said he had reviewed Gene Anderson's proposed policy change. Council Member Jason Rogers said he would like the policy to include definitive punishment. Council Members discussed suspension, punishment and the process for dealing with complaints involving racial harassment and sexual harassment. It was a consensus of the City Council that an employee who is investigated and is found to have committed harassment in the work place, will receive three days off from work without pay for the first occurrence. If an employee is investigated and found to have committed harassment in the work place, he or she may be suspended or terminated for the second occurrence. It was also a consensus of the City Council that an employee who is being investigated may be suspended with pay during the investigation. They also agreed the employee who feels that he or she has been harassed must file a written complaint within his or her supervisor. Once a written complaint is received by the supervisor, the supervisor has three days to forward the complaint to the city manager and that an investigation must be completed within thirty days of the city manager receiving the written complaint. Mayor Biard asked Gene Anderson to make the changes discussed and bring the amendment back to the next Council meeting. 20. First reading, deliberate and possibly act on ORDINANCE NO. 2011 -006: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 21 BY ADDING A NEW ARTICLE VII, ILLEGAL SMOKING PRODUCTS, TO PROHIBIT THE USE, PURCHASE, POSSESSION, AND SALE OF THE SYNTHETIC CANNABINOID KNOWN OR SOLD UNDER SUCH NAMES AS "K -2," "K -2 SUMMET," "K -2 SEX," "GENIE," "DASCENTS," "ZOHAI," "SAGE," "KO KNOCK -OUT 2," "SPICE GOLD," "SPICE DIAMOND," "YUCTAN FIRE," "SOLAR FLARE," "PEP SPICE," "FIRE N' ICE," AND "SALVIA DIVINORUM" FOR PUBLIC HEATLH AND SAFETY PURPOSES; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE; A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Chief Hundley said that the police department had been watching for any problems associated with K2 since discovering that it was being sold in the community. He also said they had been in contact with the health care community and in the last two to three months, there had been eight to ten. adverse reactions. Chief Hundley stated that narcotics officers were seeing a sudden and tremendous increase in the use of synthetic cannabinoids on the streets in Paris. A Motion to invoke the super majority rule was made by Council Member Jason Rogers and seconded by Council Member Rhonda Rogers. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Rhonda Rogers and seconded by Council Member McCarthy. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays.