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MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS 1489 March 5, 2012 The City Council of the City of Paris met for a special session at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, March 5, 2012, at the City Council Chambers Conference Room, 107 E. Kaufman, Paris, Texas. Present: Mayor: A.J. Hashmi Council Members: Joe McCarthy; Robert Avila; John Wright; Richard Grossnickle; Matt Frierson; and Edwin Pickle City Staff: Gene Anderson, Interim City Manager/Finance Director; Kent McIlyar, City Attorney; and Janice Ellis, City Clerk 1. Call meeting to order. Mayor Hashmi called the meeting to order at 5:31 p.m. 2. Convene into Executive Session pursuant to Section 551.074 of the Texas Government Code, to deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a public officer or employee as follows: conduct interviews of candidates for the position of City Manager. Mayor Hashmi convened City Council into Executive Session at 5:32 p.m. 3. Reconvene into open session, deliberate and possibly take action on those matters discussed in Executive Session. Mayor Hashmi reconvened City Council into open session at 7:35 p.m. Mayor Hashmi said all three candidates were good candidates for the city manager position, but that candidates two and three both had more experience. He asked Council who was in favor of offering the position to candidate one. He asked Council who was in favor of offering the position to candidate two, and Council Member Wright, Council Member Avila and Mayor Hashmi all favored candidate two. Mayor Hashmi asked Council who was in favor of offering the position to candidate three and Council Member Pickle, Council Member McCarthy, Council Member Grossnickle and Council Member Frierson all favored candidate three. Mayor Hashmi called candidate three and offered him the position of city manager and told him that Gene Anderson would contact him with the details. Council expressed that they liked candidate three's leadership skills, honesty, experience and progress made in his current city.