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Regular Council Meeting December 12, 2011 'Puke 6 TO RODEO ARENA SIX DAYS PRIOR TO THE EVENT AND TWO DAYS AFTER THE EVENT FOR SETUP AND CLEANUP; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Mindey Moree from the Visitors Convention & Council asked that VC &C be authorized to bring the first ever Professional Bull Riding -Rodeo Event to the Red River Valley Fair Grounds Arena. Ms. Moree said the agreement would be with Mr. Lee Podon/D &H Cattle Company and the cattle company would provide liability insurance. She also said this event would stimulate the local economy by bringing in about 3,000 people to the city. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Wright and seconded by Council Member Pickle. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays. 17. Deliberate on new equipment in the Public Works Department. Mayor Hashmi displayed several photographs taken at the Public Works Department. He said he did not display the photos to embarrass anyone, but wanted to stress the importance of cleaning up the yard at Public Works. Mayor Hashmi said that he had asked that the yard be cleaned up on three different occasions. He said that the vehicles should be fueled and cleaned everyday upon return to the yard. Mayor Hashmi also said a piece of new equipment had been purchased for the Public Works Department and that he wanted to ensure everyone that it was going to be kept clean and well maintained. Mayor Hasbmi asked Public Works Director Ron Sullivan if he would like to comment. Mr. Sullivan said a lot of the vehicles went out during the night on work assignments. He said that Public Works would take better care of the equipment and during the budget year would develop a plan. 18. Deliberate and provide direction on the changing of Alert Notification Systems for the City of Paris. Chief Hundley told City Council the only issue with CodeRED was the high cost and the lack of text messaging or e-mail capability. He said that "WENS" Wireless Emergency Network was less expensive and received favorable reviews from references. A Motion to discuss this item was made by Council Member Pickle and seconded by Council Member Frierson. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays. Council Member Pickle inquired if a convenience store was robbed, would there be an alert system that could notify other convenience stores as to what was going on. Chief Hundley answered in the affirmative.