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06 - Boards & Commissions - MinutesItem No. 6 On airis-Lamar County Health District " 400 West Sherman Street, Paris, Texas 75460-5646 Health District: (903) 785-4561 and Fax: (903) 737-0978 Women, Infant and Children (WIC): (903) 784-1411 and Fax: (903) 784-1442 www.,�arislama rtleal th.com The Paris -Lamar County Board of Health held a regular meeting on Monday, November 18th, 2019. Dr. White called the meeting to order in open session at 5:34 p.m. See the following chart for board members in attendance and not in attendance. Name Susan Bellene Dr. Jay Carpenter Dr. Eric Salzman, Vice -Chairman Nancy Stallings ........................._��. Connie Stauter, Stq!a"ra Dr. Marc White, Chairman Dr. Ross Williams In Attendance I Not in Attendance x x Also in attendance were Mrs. Gina Prestridge and Cheryl King. x Mrs. Prestridge informed the members that ECOLAB has sent in a public information request for Little Caesar's and Chili's. Dr. White signed. Mrs. Prestridge informed the member that we had received a letter from Texas Health and Human Services Commission stating that the Fiscal Monitoring Unit had completed it fiscal monitoring review. (See attached letter). Mrs. Prestridge asked the members to adopt the clarification to the retirement section of the PLCHD Policy and Procedures Manual. The old policy listed Texas Municipal Retirement System as the PLCHD retirement provider and the new clarification list Edward Jones — Simple IRA plan as the new provider. (See attached) Mrs. Prestridge informed the board members that the current inter -local agreement stated that $75,000.00 would be contributed by the City of Paris and the County of Lamar for 3 years and we are past the 3 years so that statement was removed. (See attached) Mrs. Bellene made the motion and was seconded by Mrs. Stallings. Motion carried. 5 ayes, 0 nays. Paris - Lamar County Board of Health Members Susan Beliene,:o::j Dr. ray Carpenter p: q Vice -Chairman - Dr Eric Salzman,:..., Nancy Stallings „a,. ,, Secretary - Connie Stauter Chairman - Dr. Marc White Dr. Ross Williams uo:o, Ms. Prestridge advised the board on the following monthly report(s): October reports — o WIC served 1,207 plus o WIC had 123 drive-thru clients a Health District served 1032 clinical clients o Health District Issued 54 restaurant permits and23 complaints o Health District Issued 14 septic permits and 1 complaints o Reported 0 rabies cases. Total liability and equity is approximately $1,614,000. Mrs. Stallings made the motion and was seconded by Dr. Williams for the meeting to be adjourned at 6:02 p.m. Motion carried. 5 ayes, 0 nays. Respectfully submitted by: 1121 Ukery Dr. Jay Carpenter made the approval motion and was seconded by Mrs. Susan Bellene at the January 21St , 2020 meeting. Motion carried. 4 ayes and 0 nays. NOTE: Filed with City Clerk, City Annex. Paris - Lamar County oun Board of health Members Susan Bellene anz) Dr. Jay Carpenter Vice-Chalrman - Dr Eric Salzman c ozo� Nancy Stallings Secretary - Connie Stauter,zozo, Chairman - Dr. Marc White irm.,.zoZ73 Dr. Ross Williams c:ozo, GULAR M ETING CITY F PARIS HIST RIC P VATION COMMISSI N CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS WEDNESDAY JANUARY $ 2 Present: Chris Dux, Chairman Matt Coyle, Vice Chair Randy Hider, Secretary Glee Emmite Linda Vandiver Mike Lazar Laura Caffey Staff: Cheri Bedford nt i Knox, Council liaison Commissioner Dux called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. The November 13, 2019 minutes were approved by acclamation. Cheri Bedford answers questions on Certificate of Appropriateness approved in house from November 2019 to January 2020. The commission also reviewed the Certified Local Government program evaluation from Maria Mougridis at the Texas Historical Commission after her site visit November 2019. Actions items for Paris were to send commissioners resumes to the THC, site appropriate standards when making decisions on Certificates of Appropriateness, and address the historic resource survey and consider updating it. Cheri informed the commission that the design staff from Texas Main Street program will be up from Austin to do a site visit with several downtown property owners. The commission discussed hosting an educational wooden window workshop and the logistics. More information and scheduling details will be given at the February 2020 meeting. A motions was made to adjourn at 4:55 p.m. Signe Christopher W. Dux, Chairman Minutes .ofmthe Main Street Advisory Board Tuesda .Lanu 14,.,2020 4:30P.M. Present: Absent: Glee Eremite, Chair John Brazile William Walker, Vice Chair Carolyn Patterson, Secretary Laurie Redus Kari Daniel Kaydee Tate Cheri Bedford, Program Coordinator Paula Portugal, Council Liaison 1. Glee Emmite called the meeting to order at 4:33 p.m. 2. During Citizens Forum, Cheri introduced the recently assigned City Council liaison, Mrs. Paula Portugal. Mrs. Portugal had introduced herself to the members prior to the meeting. 3. A motion to approve the minutes of the November 2019 meeting was made by William Walker, seconded by Laurie Redus, motion carried. 4. Board Member Activity Report Glee Emmite gave a brief design report about the Dr. Pepper mural and potential partnership on an event for unveiling the new mural. John Brazile was absent -There will be a promotions meeting following the board meeting. Will Walker is working on the Downtown Map. Has some questions on some of the properties. He will be in touch with Cheri for direction and clarification. Laurie Redus is organizing the sign -up -genius for Wine Fest and will make it go live after the review by Cheri Bedford. She will send thank you notes to those who help with the event. Karen from the Chamber of Commerce gave information on the indoor archery tournament starting on January 31, 2020 at North Lamar High School. 5. Cheri reviewed the National Accreditation survey for the Paris Main Street Project with the board that was sent to the Texas Main Street Program in December 2019. She will send a copy of the report to the Paris Main Street Advisory Board members following the meeting. 6. Hearing no other business, the meeting adjourned at 5:25 p.m. Signed this 1._...... day of ,., , 2020 _r. .� Chair �f mSubmige• d b Cheri, Bedford HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF PARIS REGULAR MEETING BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING 1.00 GEORGE 'WRIGHT HOMES MINUTES OF December 17, 2019 Present at the Meeting: Gary Savage —Chairman of the Board of Commissioners Dewayne Dangerfield — Commissioner of the Board of Commissioners T. K. Haynes — Vice Chairman of the Board of Commissioners Sally Ruthart — Executive Director Kim. Snow— Housing Inspector Patricia Pridemore —Program Manager 1. Meeting Called to order at 12:35 pm on Tuesday, December 17, 2019 by Chairman of the Board of Commissioners, Gary Savage. 2. Having three Board Members present. a quorum, Mr. Savage thanked and welcomed everyone to the meeting. 3. Citizens' Forum Opened and closed with no one present to speak. 4. Minutes from the September 17, 2019 Meeting Minutes were approved with a motion made by Mr. Haynes and seconded by Mr. Dangerfield. Passed 3-0. 5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: NONE 6. NEW BUSINESS: a. Occupancy Report on Public Housing and Section 8 was given to the Board b. Financial Report was discussed and reported to the Board with bank statements and graphs for PH and Section 8. Mrs. Ruthart told the Board that the audit had been done but the report was not completed. There were no findings.. c. Mrs. Ruthart reported to the Board that the MUD/RI. AC; inspection was done on August 21, 2019 and that the PHA received the score of 87 which was 24 points better than 2018 REAL Inspection. d. Mrs. Ruthart reported to the Board of the PHAS Score which was 84 for FYE 06/30/2019. This score was up 7 points from FYE 06/30/2018. e. Mrs. Ruthart reported that the Off -Duty Officers that are patrolling the George Wright Complex are naw sending reports of their patrol every Monday morning. f; Electric/Oncor issues were reported to the Board of Commissioners.. g. Damage to 1405 Neathery during a recent windstorm was reported to the Board. h. Absences of employees due to medical issues were reported to the Board and explained that it has been a rough year but with all the employees help the PITA held up well as reflected by recent scores. i. Longevity bonuses for employees — Motion was made by Mr. Haynes to choose Option 1 and this was seconded by Mr. Dangerfield. Passed 3-0. 7. RESOLUTIONS: NO RESOLUTIONS: S. No further business or questions, a motion for adjournment was made by Mr. Haynes and seconded by Mc. Dangerfield. Motion passed 3-0. The meeting, was adjourned at 1;05 pm. APPROVED THIS ;� day of ...____ 2020. G ry age, Ch, rma Sally R than, Sf;cretary _ PARIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MONTHLY MEETING Board Members Present: Tim Hernandez, Chairman Shay Bills, Vice -Chairman Mihir Pankaj, Secretary/Treasurer Marion Hamill A.J. Hashmi (Arrived at 5:35 p.m.) Community Room (Next to the PEDC Office) 1125 Bonham Street Paris, Texas 75460 Monda Januar 20?AZO ,. 5:30 O'CLOCK P.M. MINUTES Staff Present: Michael Paris, Executive Director Chris Stout, Economic Development Associate Paula Brownfield, Administrative Assistant Ex -Officio Members Present: Guest(s) Present: Paul Allen, Lamar County Chamber President Mary Madewell, The Paris News Steve Clifford, Mayor Kelli Mallicote, BodyGuard Truck Accessories Pam Anglin, PJC President Legal Counsel: Call to Order. City Council Liaison: Paula Portugal Mr. Hernandez called the monthly meeting of the Paris Economic Development Corporation to order at 5:29 p.m. on January 20, 2020. Invocation Ms. Bills gave the invocation. Citizens' InLut Mr. Hernandez invited those present to speak during Citizens' Input. No one came forward and the Citizen's Input was closed. Discuss and pRks'blw Vprove Nnutes of the December 18, 2019, Monthly Meeting #4414c January 7,. 2020 SI�ecis! Meeting, Mr. Hernandez asked if everyone had a chance to look over the minutes. Mr. Pankaj made a motion to approve the minutes of the December 18, 2019, and the January 7, 2020, meetings as presented. Ms. Bills seconded the motion. Vote was 4 -ayes to 0 -nays. PEDC Board Meeting Minutes January 20, 2020 Page 2 of 3 iscuss _ap�n �1oqss.ibl� a j pgraovvee November 2019 F�ina..nc�iamls mm Mr. Pankaj stated that the November 2019 financials had been in question. Mr. Hernandez said the November financials are still in question. Mr. Pankaj stated that they were presented before and he wanted to know what the options were. Mr. Hernandez commented that the Board will have a special meeting on the financials and the item should be tabled. Mr. Pankaj made a motion to table the November 2019 financials. Ms. Bills seconded the motion. Vote was 4 -ayes to 0 -nays. Discuss andossiibly sttrove December 2019µFinancals. Mr. Pankaj presented the December financials. The total expenses for December were $78,550.71. New Industry Projects took up a large portion of that amount. Mr. Hernandez asked about the Other Income of $5,044.58. Mr. Pankaj explained the money was at Liberty National Bank under an old account for the Paris Industrial Foundation. Mr. Anderson had communicated in an email that the bank wanted to close the account and decided to give the money to the PEDC for economic development. Dr. Hasbmi made a motion to approve the December financials. Ms. Bills seconded the motion. Vote was 5 -ayes to 0 -nays. Discuss andossibi _ajisrove commitment of $50 000 rniatchinwmmrant towards TWC'spfLhwwDemand Mr. Hamill recused himself from the discussion or the voting on this item stating conflict of interest because of his employment with the TWC. Mr. Paris told the Board that Texas Workforce Commission is soliciting applications from each of the workforce areas in Texas. We will be collaborating with Sulphur Springs EDC and Mount Pleasant EDC to maximize the impact of the application. The Paris EDC would pursue "coding" for students in our area with the goal of certification for these students as C++ Certified Associate Programmers. Mr. Paris recommended that the Board Consider using the $25,000.00 already budgeted for the High Demand Training along with $25,000.00 from our Marketing budget to match the $50,000.00 if the grant is awarded to us. Mr. Hernandez asked what type of jab could be obtained because of this certification. Mr. Paris explained that coding is used with robotics in manufacturing. Dr. Anglin stated that increasing the level of skills for the young people in our area is vital to their success. Mr. Hernandez asked if it would be an associate's degree. Dr. Anglin said it would be a certificate, but it could get them interested in other programs to help expand their learning. Mr. Paris said that the CNC machines, robotic arms, and other manufacturing processes use the "coding". Mayor Clifford asked why it was suggested to take $25,000.00 from Marketing to do this. W. Paris suggested using the Marketing budget so we would stay within the current budget. Mayor Clifford added that it would be appropriate if the money was redefined by a budget amendment. Mr. Pankaj made a motion to make an amendment to move $25,000.00 from the Marketing budget into the High Demand Job Training category. After a lengthy discussion on the issue, Mr. Pankaj amended his motion to include Mayor Clifford and Dr. Hashmi's recommendations to put conditions on the students who take the "coding" program. Dr. Hashmi seconded the motion. Vote was 3 -ayes to 1 -nays. Ms. Bills cast the nay vote. Mr. Hamill recused himself. Discuss boards expectations for Annual Resort and Plan of Work. Mr. Paris stated that the agenda packet has a sample Plan of Work that was completed several years ago. We will prepare a plan with a June 2020 deadline. He recommended that two Board Members be designated to oversee both the Annual Report and the Plan of Work. This would be for Board review in June at our monthly meeting. The documents will be submitted to City Council in September. Dr. Hashmi and Mr. Pankaj volunteered for the committee to draw up a Plan of Work to present to the Board. PEDC Board Meeting Minutes January 20, 2020 Page 3 of 3 American S alWek i ie U date: Phase H Transfer of the Brownfield to ASWP — Pursing Signatures - Mr. Paris stated that Stone Title has all the paperwork for the transfer. The signatures should be complete in the next week or two. Rail Construction Agreement Signed: Goal October 2020 Completion - The rail construction agreement is signed. Our goal is to have our part of the rail completed by October 2020. ASWP would like to start testing the equipment and plans to use rail to ship the steel in to the plant. We have the scope of work for our part of the rail and will be putting the RFB ad in the paper this Sunday. Discuss Future Agenda Items. No future agenda items were discussed. Adowrn Dr. Hashmi made a motion to adjourn. Mr. Pankaj seconded the motion. Vote was 5 -ayes to 0 -nays. The meeting adjourned at 6:02 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Paula Brownfield Administrative Assistant Paris Economic Development Corporation PARIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION SPECIAL MEETING Paris City Council Chambers 107 East Kaufman St. Paris, Texas 75460 Tip rsdaI A"Mary 302020 5:30 O'CLOCK P.M, r� Board Members Present: Tim Hernandez, Chairman Shay Bills, Vice -Chairman Mihir Pankaj, Secretary/Treasurer A.J. Hashmi Marion Hamill Ex -Officio Members Present: Paul Allen, Lamar County Chamber President Gene Anderson, Interum City Manager Pam Anglin, PJC President Legal Counsel: Stephanie Harris Call to Order. Staff Present: Michael Paris, Executive Director Chris Stout, Economic Development Associate Paula Brownfield, Administrative Assistant Guest(s) Present: Mary Madewell, The Paris News City Council Liaison: Mr. Hernandez called the special meeting of the Paris Economic Development Corporation to order at 5:30 p.m. on January 30, 2020. Ms. Bills gave the invocation. Discuss and aossibly a�,_j j ve the Lionshead performance aAreement. Mr. Hernandez stated that this item should be tabled because we do not have all the information. Dr. Hashmi made a motion to table this item. Mr. Pankaj seconded the motion. Vote was 5 -ayes to 0 -nays. Convene into Executive Session: Pursuant to Section 551.074 of the Texas Government Code: 1) to deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline or dismissal of a public officer or employee: or 2) to hear a complaint to charge against an officer or employee. Executive Director Chairman Hernandez convened the Board into Executive Session at 5:31 p.m. He immediately brought the Board back into Open Session. Dr. Hashmi made a motion the exclude the Ex OiLicios from the Executive Session. Ms. Bills seconded the motion. Vote was 5 -ayes to 0 -nays. Chairman Hernandez convened the Board into Executive Session at 5:32 p.m. PEDC Board Meeting Minutes January 30, 2D20 Page 2 of 2 ReconveneintoOgen Session and ossibiv take action on ite . s . discussed in Executive Session. Chairman Hernandez reconvened the Board into open session at 6:07 pan. Mr. Hernandez thanked Mr. Paris for the contributions he made to the PEDC and the City of Paris. He went on to say that the Board feels that new blood is needed in the PEDC and Mr. Paris' services were no longer needed. Mr. Hernandez made a motion to terminate the employment of Mr. Paris. Dr. Hashmi seconded the motion. Vote was 5 -ayes to 0 -nays. Adjourn Dr. Hashmi made a motion to adjourn. Ms. Bills seconded the motion. Vote was 5 -ayes to 0 -nays. The meeting adjourned at 6:09 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Paula Brownfield Administrative Assistant Paris Economic Development Corporation