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Regular Council Meeting April 9, 2012 Page 3 City of Paris. Mr. McGreal answered questions from the City Council with regard to the ADA Coordinator. 9. Deliberate on presentation of FY 2010 -2011 audit report. 1 o 5 Gene Anderson explained that Section 35 of the City Charter charges the Council with selecting a qualified public accountant to conduct an independent audit of the City's financial records and that Section 69(4) of the City Charter directs the finance director to prepare a complete financial report as of the end of each fiscal year. Mr. Anderson presented the report and said that the requirements had been met. He introduced Tom Hensel from McClanahan and Holmes, who gave a summary of the report. 10. Report by Hayter Engineering on the Engineering Feasibility Report for Pat Mayse Lake Raw Water Pump Station. Mr. Anderson said last August the City Council authorized an engineering study to evaluate the feasibility of upgrading the raw water pump station at Pat Mayse Lake to address current and future needs. He introduced Mike Tibbets from Hayter Engineering, who presented the findings to Council. Mr. Tibbets told the Council that currently not all four pumps could be operated at one time, that the pumps were around fifty years old and had been reburished one time. Council discussed cost of replacing the pumps and costs to dredge. Mr. Tibbets answered questions from Council and said the options depended on whether or not the City wanted to be aggressive about attracting industry. He recommended that the City should at least implement option one, which includes re -use of existing pumps, two -400HP pumps and two -250HP pumps; that pumps would be on time delays to prevent more than one motor being in the start mode at one time; that pump sequencing would allow all existing pumps to be able to run at one time, the service voltage to the pump station would be 480/277V, three phase, 4 wire; motor starters would remain as existing; and emergency power costs from the local electric utility would be included in the estimated costs of the new plant equipment. 11. Deliberate on handbill distributor permitting process by Mayor Hashmi. Mayor Hashmi said that he wanted to inform everyone of the current ordinance that requires people running for office to get a city permit prior to distributing cards or door hangars. Mayor Hashmi asked the City Clerk Janice Ellis if there was a fee, to which she responded there was an application fee of $25.00 per Jeanna Scott of Community Development. Council Member Pickle said he did not think that the Girls Scouts and Boy Scouts should have to pay a permit fee, but only register with the City. City Engineer Shawn Napier said he did not believe there was a fee for "information only" handbills. Mr. Napier said there was a registration statement that must be completed and that originally it was set up through the City Manager's office, but that his office now maintained it. City Attorney Kent McIlyar said his opinion was that the door knockers for political campaigns should fall under the information only section, because information only was being distributed about political candidates. Shawn Napier said he would speak with Jeanna Scott to get clarification, because the ordinance states if you are doing handbills door to door other than information only, you pay $25.00. Mr. Napier said if