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Regular Council Meeting November 14, 2011 Page 5 Dr. Strom said the Health Department could not be managed by the hospital, because the hospital was an organization for profit and the Health Department's grants prohibited the Health Department from being managed by an entity for profit. He also said employees had come to the Board telling them they would leave if their retirement was affected. Dr. Strom told the Council that the Health Department also did inspections of day care centers, inspection of restaurants, mosquito control, and inspections of water sources. He said the Health Department would not be able to serve as many people if they had to incur additional expenses. He said they had examples of interlocal agreements and would be willing to provide the City with several examples. Council Member Pickle said it seemed they had three issues to consider and that was 1) entering into an Interlocal Agreement; 2) letting the County handle all of the bookkeeping services; and 3) ensuring that the City was named as - an additional insured on the Health Department's policy. Council Member Frierson said he favored putting together a task force comprised of all of the entities and a TML representative to study theses issues and make a recommendation. He also said that he had not seen any examples of Interlocal Agreements. Council Members Wright and Avila said they wanted everything to remain the same. Council Member McCarthy liked Council Member Frierson's idea and said they did not need to rush into anything, but take time to study all options. Council Member Grossnickle amended his Motion to include the three issues brought up by Council Member Pickle. Council Member Pickle said if they tabled the matter everything would remain the same, allowing time for the issues to be studied. Mayor Hashmi said Council Member Grossnickle had amended his Motion and asked if anyone seconded the Motion. Motion failed for a lack of second. A Motion to table this item was made by Council Member Pickle and seconded by Council Member McCarthy. Motion carried, 6 ayes — 1 nay, with Council Member Wright casting the dissenting vote. A Motion to move item 10 forward was made by Council Member McCarthy and seconded by Council Member Pickle. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays. 10. Deliberate and provide direction on an application for disannexation of approximately 17.250 acres of land located on Smallwood Road, forming a portion of the current outer boundaries of the City limits of the City of Paris in response to an application for such disannexation filed by Bob and Martha Crockett. City Engineer Shawn Napier said the City had received an application from Bob and Martha Crockett for disannexation of 17.250 acres on Smallwood Road. He said the properties north and east were both in the City limits. He also said that Smallwood Road was to the north of the property and a section of Smallwood Road was not in the city limits. He said according to the Lamar County Appraisal District, the property had not had any improvements. Mr: Napier