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Regular Council Meeting June 13, 2011 Page 2 James Price, 1230 Shiloh, and President of the NAACP local chapter - he invited everyone to attend the June 19th celebration by participating in the parade on Saturday, June 18th, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Charlotte Coyle, 3090 Oak Creek — she invited everyone to attend the next diversity dinner table scheduled for August 18th. Kenneth Rogers, 3115 Stacy Lane, Pastor for St. Paul Baptist Church, NAACP Member, and Diversity Task Force Member — he said he supported the diversity initiative for the City, he hoped that the Seattle Company was successful and encouraged the City to help fund the initiative. He said a person should be able to ask questions about a process, without getting personally attacked. He said his issue with the Council was that a few weeks ago the NAACP accused one of the Council Members of having racist behavior, and that person retaliated against him and his church. He said he would like a public apology for his church and for his family from the City of Paris. Ruth Ellen Grant, 625 S.E. 26th Street — she said would hope that the definition of diversity would expand beyond the definition of race, and include gender, national origin and religion. She said if not, the lessons of Challenge Day had not been learned. Ray Banks, 3450 Robin Road — he questioned why the Code of Ethics wasn't mentioned when We -Stow had an item before the Council and questioned that the City Council could pass the water and sewer rate ordinance with a super majority vote. Billy Bell, 2054 Cleveland — he said he had a problem with the $7,500 for diversity training being funded from the Council training budget. Consent Agenda Mayor Pro -Tem McCarthy inquired of Council Members if they wished to pull any items from the Consent Agenda for discussion. There were none. A Motion to approve the Consent Agenda was made by Council Member Rhonda Rogers and seconded by Council Member Pickle. The Council voted six (6) for and none (0) opposed to approve and adopt Consent Agenda Items 5 and 6. 5. Deliberate and act on the approval of minutes from the meeting on May 23, 2011. 6. Receive and deliberate on reports and/or minutes from the following boards, commissions, and committees: a. Building and Standards Commissions (3 -21 -2011) b. Board of Adjustment (3 -23 -2011) c. Paris Public Library Advisory Board (3-16-2011; 4 -2011)