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00 - AGENDACITY COUNCIL AGENDA Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Paris shall meet in regular session at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, July 10, 2017. The meeting will be held at the City Council Chamber, 107 E. Kaufman Street, in Paris, Texas. The matters to be discussed and acted upon are as follows: Opening Agenda 1. Call meeting to order. 2. Invocation. 3. Pledge of Allegiance. 4. Citizens' forum. (Persons desiring to address the Council must limit their presentation to no more than two minutes. Unless an item is posted on the Agenda, the Texas Open Meetings Act prohibits the Council from responding to any comments other than to refer the matter to a future agenda, to an existing policy, or to a staff person with specific factual information. Claims against the City, Council Members, or employees, as well as individual personnel appeals are not appropriate for citizens' forum.) If necessary, the City Council may convene into Executive Session under Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code regarding any item on this agenda. Consent Agenda Items on the Consent Agenda are approved by a single action of the Council, with such approval applicable to all items appearing on the Consent Agenda. A Council Member may request any item to be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered as a separate item. 5. Approve minutes from the meeting on June 26, 2017. 6. Receive reports and/or minutes from the following boards, commissions, and committees: a. Love Civic Center (6 -15 -2017) b. Paris Economic Development Corporation (5 -16 -2017) c. Paris Public Library Advisory Board (5 -17 -2017) 7. Appoint Doug Schuler to the Civil Service Commission. Regular Agenda 8. Conduct the first public hearing on a petition for disannexation filed by Jason and Whitney Boehlar for a 6.941 acre tract of land out of the John W. Williams Survey, Abstract No. 1001 in Paris, Lamar County Texas, known as 6055 Clarksville Street, Paris, Texas. 9. Receive presentation about the Street Bond Program. 10. Discuss and act on an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas; Amending Chapter 12 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris; Amending Article III, "Fire Code," to Repeal the 2006 Edition of the International Fire Code and to Adopt the 2015 Edition of the International Fire Code; Establishing Local Amendments to the 2015 Edition of the International Fire Code; Providing for Enforcement; Making Other Findings and Provisions Related to the Subject; Providing a Repealer Clause, a Severability Clause, a Savings Clause, a Penalty Clause; and Providing for an Effective Date. 11. Discuss and act on an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas; Amending Sections 7 -16 and 7 -18 of Article II Building Code, Chapter 7, Buildings and Building Regulations of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas to adopt the 2015 International Building Code, the 2015 International Existing Building Code, 2015 International Residential Code, and the 2014 National Electrical Code, as Amended herein as the Official Building, Residential, Existing Building and Electrical Codes for all Construction within the City of Paris, Texas as Required by State Law; Making Other Findings and Provisions Related to the Subject; Providing a Repealer Clause, a Severability Clause, a Savings Clause, a Penalty Clause; and Providing for an Effective Date. 12. Discuss and act on an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas; Amending Chapter 25, "Plumbing and Gas," of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas to adopt the 2015 International Plumbing Code and the 2015 International Fuel Gas Code, as Amended herein, as the Official Plumbing and Gas Codes for all Construction within in the City of Paris, Texas as Required by State Law; Making Other Findings and Provisions Related to the Subject; Providing a Repealer Clause, a Severability Clause, a Savings Clause, a Penalty Clause; and Providing for an Effective Date. 13. Discuss and act on a Resolution of the City of Paris, Texas; Finding that Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC's ( "ONCOR" or "COMPANY ") Application to Change Rates Within the City Should be Denied; Finding that the City's Reasonable Rate Case Expenses Shall be Reimbursed by the Company; Finding that the Meeting at which this Resolution is Passed is Open to the Public as Required by Law; Requiring Notice of this Resolution to the Company and Legal Counsel. 14. Discuss and authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with RBIS Construction Company, for construction of the Southeast Lift Station and Force Main Replacement Project and related change orders for an amount not to exceed $2,500,000. 15. Consider and approve future events for City Council and/or City Staff pursuant to Resolution No. 2004 -081. 16. Adjournment. Certification I certify that the above notice of meeting was posted on the bulletin board in the City Hall Annex, 150 First St. SE, Paris, Texas, no later than 5:30 p.m. on July 7, 2017. Janice Ellis, City Clerk Special Accommodations This facility is wheelchair accessible and accessible parking spaces are available. Requests for special accommodations or interpretive services must be made forty-eight (48) hours prior to this meeting. Please contact Janice Ellis at (903) 784 -9248 orjellis@paristexas.gov for assistance.