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Regular Council Meeting July 23, 2012 Page 4 Godwin's apology was accepted, but that they still expected an apology from the other staff. Mayor Hashmi apologized to the Stripland family and all others affected by this incident. 13. Presentation and discussion of the Paris -Lamar County Health Budget for the fiscal year 2012 -13. Director Gina Prestridge presented the Paris -Lamar County Health budget for the fiscal year 2012 -13 (see Exhibit "A" attached). Ms. Prestridge explained the budgeted program areas as being the number of clients serviced by the department, grant money received, WIC vouchers, potential risks not included in the budget, and potential opportunities not include in the budget. Ms. Prestridge said the Health Department needed to move from the current building due to its condition and would like to consider purchasing the building at 400 SW 4' Street. Ms. Prestridge answered questions from City Council about the personnel overhead, expenses of fixing the building on 4`h Street, the potential of using inmate labor, and the potential of using skilled city employees. Council Member Wright asked Ms. Prestridge about the increase in 15% traffic over the previous years and whether or not the result was an increase in money for the Health Department. Ms. Prestridge answered in the affirmative. Council Member Wright confirmed that if the traffic continued to increase it would lower the burden on the City and the County. Ms. Prestridge said her main goal was to find the most cost efficient plan for a building and she believed the building on 4t' Street fit that plan. She said the building was 22,000 square feet and they wanted $200,000 for the building. Ms. Prestridge closed by saying that her long term goal was that eventually the Health Department would be able to support itself. 14. Report on asbestos abatement crew for the City of Paris. Mayor Hashmi said he had recently requested Gene Anderson to address this issue when he was interim city manager. Mayor Hashmi said he had read the briefing sheet and to him it reflected that the City might not want to do asbestos abatement in- house. He said he wanted to know if it would cost more to perform abatement in -house or to contract it out. Mayor Hashmi asked that the City Manager make a presentation comparing the costs involved in performing the work in -house and contracting it out. He asked that the item be tabled until Mr. Godwin could bring something back to them. A Motion to table the item was made by Council Member Wright and seconded by Council Member Drake. Motion carried, 5 ayes — 0 nays. 15. Discussion of the Chamber of Commerce and Santa Fe Depot Lease Agreement. Mr. Godwin stated for a number of years the Chamber of Commerce had leased from the City the old Santa Fe Depot building for $1.00 a year and in turned leased that building to the PEDC for $60,000 a year. Mr. Godwin said they were not making $60,000 a year, because maintenance cost them between $45,000 and $48,000 a year. Mr. Godwin said PEDC notified the Chamber they want to change that relationship. He said the options included leasing the building directly to the PEDC for $1.00 a year or $60,000 a year and that someone would need to pay for operating and maintenance costs. Also, Mr. Godwin said that Mr. Gilbert had suggested