05 - City Council minutesItem No. 5
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS
December 12, 2022
The City Council of the City of Paris met for a regular session at 5:30 p.m. on Monday,
December 12, 2022, at the City Council Chamber, 107 E. Kaufman, Paris, Texas.
Present: Mayor: Paula Portugal
Council Members: Shatara Moore; Mihir Pankaj; Linda Knox; and
Clayton Pilgrim
City Staff: Grayson Path, City Manager; Robert Vine,
Assistant City Manager; Janice Ellis, City Clerk;
Gene Anderson; Finance Director; Randy Tuttle,
Assistant Police Chief; Andrew Mack, Director of
Planning & Community Development; M.A., Smith,
Public Works Director; Thomas McMonigle; - Fire
Chief; Duke McGee, Building Official; Paul
Strahan, Airport Manager; and Celso Arrieta, IT
Manager; Cheri Bedford, Main Street Coordinator;
and Clyde Crews, Fire Marshal
Absent: Mayor Pro -Tem: Reginald Hughes
Council Member: Gary Savage
Opening Agenda
1. Call meeting to order.
Mayor Portugal called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.
2. Invocation.
City Manager Grayson Path gave the invocation.
3. Pledge of Allegiance.
Council Member Moore led the pledge.
4. A. Presentation of the Texas Treasure Business Award to First Federal Community
Bank.
Main Street Director Cheri Bedford explained the qualifications for being a recipient of
the Texas Treasure Business Award. Mayor Portugal acknowledged the First Federal
Community Bank for their continuous contribution to the City of Paris for 100 years. She
presented Mr. Amos, past president and director of First Federal Community Bank, with the
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honorary award issued by the Texas Historical Commission. Mr. Amos gave a brief history of
the bank and said it was an honor to accept the award.
B. Citizens' Forum.
Glee Emmite — she said he had been in Paris for forty-four years, had two businesses and
that downtown was dangerous without stop signs.
Ruth Ann Alsobrook, 208-5t' S.W. — she said she was definitely in support of downtown
stop signs.
Marshall Dougherty, 2905 Oak Creek — he said he was in favor of downtown stop signs
or some other method of slowing people down.
Laura Hutchings, instructor at Paris Community Theater — she said she witnessed drag
racing downtown withoutthe stop signs in place and that she actually got"hitin a stop walk.
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Kari Daniel, 111 Lamar Avenue — she said she and her family lived downtown, had two
businesses and pedestrians ,were not safe without stop signs. She said the people downtown
wanted the stops signs back in place.
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Dustin Broadway; owner of Deadcat Media — he said he was in favor of stop signs..
Suzy Harper, 545 Johnson Woods — she said she was disappointed in the survey and
asked if the City could work with TxDOT and rethink this.
Martha Hallison, 1125 -34th S.E. — she said she went downtown every day and it was safer
with stop signs.
Lea Emerson, 27 Clarksville Street, partner at Deadcat Media — she said it was safer
downtown with stop signs.
Matt Coyle, 1127 Main Street, owner of Loft Apartments downtown — he said having
stop signs was a huge impact for the safety of pedestrians.
Judy Daniel, Chamber employee — she said 18 wheelers gas -it when they are trying to
make the green lights downtown, and on one occasion had she not been paying attention, she
would have been a grease spot in the street.
Mayor Portugal asked for everyone in support of stop signs to please stand.
Consent A Benda
Mayor Portugal inquired of Council Members if they wished to pull any items from the
consent agenda for discussion. There being none, a Motion to approve the consent agenda was
made by Council Member Pankaj and seconded by Council Member Knox. Motion carried, 5
ayes — 0 nays.
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5. Approve minutes from the meeting of November 14, 2022.
6. Receive reports and/or minutes from the following boards and commissions:
a. Love Civic Center Board (8-18-2022)
b. Airport Advisory Board (9-16-2021 & 9-15-2022)
c. Paris Visitors & Convention Council Board of Directors (10-17-2022)
d. Paris -Lamar County Board of Health (8-15-2022)
e. Planning & Zoning Commission (11-7-2022)
7. Confirm the appointment of Melba Harris to serve on the Civil Service Commission.
8. Approve a professional services agreement with Malone Maxwell Dennehy Architects in
the amount of $16,500.00 for abatement and assessment services for the Grand Theater,
and authorize the City Manager to execute Al necessary documents.
9. Receive quarterly update as to the status of the Vacant Building Registration.
10: Receive October 2022 monthly financial report.
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11. Approve the Final Plat of the Bannon Addition City Block 167, Lot 1, Block A, located
in the 2300 Block of S.E. 6th Street.
12. Approve the Final Plat of the Bean Addition. City Block 294, Lot 1 Block A, ilocated in
the 200 Block of N.E. 30a' Street. '
13. Approve the Replat of the Northwest Paris Industrial Park, Lots 1R Block A,located at
15555 N.W. 30th Street.
14. Approve the Replat of the Westview Addition, Lots 15 and 16, Block B, located at 1750
W. Houston Street.
15. Approve the Replat of the Park Place Shopping Center Unit One Addition, Lots 3A, 3B
and 3C, located at 3064 Clarksville Street.
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16. Receive presentation from Barbara Nitis with U.S. Small Business Administration about
federal disaster assistance.
Public Information Officer Barbara Nitis explained the disaster assistance available to
businesses, homeowners and renters who suffered losses caused by the severe storms and
tornadoes that occurred on November 4b.
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Mayor Portugal said she would like to move item 23 up, if agreeable with Council. A
Motion to move item 23 up was made by Council Member Pilgrim and seconded by Council
Member Moore. Motion carried, 5 ayes — 0 nays.
23. Receive presentation about the Downtown Stop Sign Study.
City Manager Grayson Path said TxDOT was at this meeting and he appreciated them
and staff for working hard on this controversial item. Mr. Path said City Planner Andrew Mack
and Cheri Bedford would give them a presentation about the study.
Main Street Coordinator Cheri Bedford explained that the scope of the 90 -day stop sign
study was a Public Awareness Campaign. She said it was a partial test of Toole Downtown Plan
recommendations to convert one-way streets to two-way streets, which was not doable due to the
installation of ADA features on the lights and at the crosswalks downtown. Ms. Bedford said the
slogan was Stop -Look -Be Safe. Planning Director Andrew Mack reviewed the cost of the study
of $16,000;00 being the only monetary cost which was for temporary portable" stop signs. He
said the brochure work was provided at no cost through the Chamber and estimated, donated
labor hours was 20 hours by the Chamber, 30 hours by TxDOT and 70 hours by the City. Mr.
Mack said copies of the survey were available for, public review and the next steps were to
continue to works with TxDOT to explore short4erm low cost measures for traffic calming. Mr.
Path said that TxDOT had expressed concerns about changes at crosswalks due to the hearing
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impaired and they were willing to work with ,the City to create ideas. Council Member. Pankaj
inquired if they could put together a sub -committee to work on this and Mr. Path answered in the
affirmative. Mayor Portugal, Council Member Pankaj and, Council Member Knox expressed an
interest in serving on the sub -committee. Council Member Knox they might not want her on the
sub -committee because she would not be able to meet until 4:30 p.m. Mayor Portugal said they
would work around her schedule. Mr. Path said they would want to include the Traffic
Commission, Historic Preservation Commission, Main Street Advisory Board and TxDOT.
Council Member Knox said if it was not possible to serve, that she had some suggestions she
would like to share with TxDOT. Council Member Pankaj said he hoped they could figure out
how to get it done and keep everyone safe.
17. Discuss, conduct a public hearing and act on ORDINANCE NO. 2022-086: AN
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS
CONSIDERING THE PETITION FOR A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT
FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL (LDR) TO MEDIUM DENSITY
RESIDENTIAL (MDR) IN THE CITY OF PARIS, BLOCK 281, LOT 6, LCAD #18409,
LOCATED AT 1610 AT 1610 N.E. 15TH STREET; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS
AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER
CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Planning Director Andrew Mack explained the applicant was seeking a minor
amendment to the Future Land Use Map to provide for a medium-high density residential use of
the property and for the zoning to be consistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan. Mr. Mack
said the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval, as did staff.
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Mayor Portugal opened the public hearing and asked for anyone wishing to speak in
support or opposition of this item, to please come forward. With no one speaking, Mayor
Portugal closed the public hearing.
A Motion to approve this item was made by Council member Pilgrim and seconded by
Council Member Pankaj. Motion carried, 5 ayes — 0 nays.
18. Discuss, conduct a public hearing and act on an Ordinance regarding the petition of
Mitch Milam, Texas Land Direct, LLC for a change in zoning from a One -Family
Dwelling District No. 3 (SF -3) to a Two -Family Dwelling District (2F) in the City of
Paris, Block 28 1, Lot 6, LCAD 18409, located at 1610 N.E. 15'h Street.
Mayor Portugal said the applicant had requested to revise the zoning application so sta
recommended the City Council pass over this item. i
19. Receive presentation from Jay Hodge regarding the Sulphur RiveTI. Regional Mobility
Authority, discuss and provide' direction to staff.
Mr. Path said SuRRMA Presiding Officer Jay Hodge,.Would be giving Council
presentation about SuRRMA. Mr" Hodge explained that in 2012,, the Sulphur River Region
Mobility Authority was fooned and included the counties of Delta,, Hunt and Lamar. He al
said since that time, Fannin County had been included in SuRRMA. Mr. Hodge said the goal
SuRRMA was to finance, acquire, design, construct, operate� maintain, expand or exte
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transportation projects and that SuRRMA was a partnership between the State and its loc,
partners to meet the transportation needs. He said they were responsible for the completion
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the 19/24 Project, as well as initiating the loop project. Mr. Hodge also said there were ni
members on the board co�inprised of: counties and cities. Mr. Hodge reported that Curtis Fendl
was a lon -time member -whose terrnhad exj*,ired and he n I not-,rwantmi ,ir
Mr. Path said the goal was to discuss the manner in which to fill Mr. Fendley's vacant positi
on the board. He said they could advertise or accept recommendations. Mr. Hod
recommended Council Member Pilgrim serve on the board. Several Council Members favor
that recommendation. Council Member Moore suggested they wait to have the full Council
the meeting. Mr. Path said the city attorney was out sick and prior to appointing Counc,
Member Pilgrim, he would like for her to do some research to detennine if that would be
conflict. Mr. Hodge said their first meeting was in February and they really needed to get t.
vacancy filled in January. Mr. Path said he would get with the city attorney and they won
bring an item back to the City Council on January 9th. 11
The City's tax attorney Tracy Pounders explained that in March 22, 2021, private offers
to purchase several trustee properties were received and approved. He further said more than one
year had passed and not all of the taxing units had approved the sales as required by the Texas
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Property Tax Code. Mr. Pounders said Mr. Mack had identified some of these properties as
possibly being able to be used in the 5 In 5 Program. He also said if the Resolution before them
was approved, the City would withdraw prior approval for sale of these properties as the City
desired to re -purpose some of the Trustee properties as part of the 5 In 5 Program.
A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Pankaj and seconded by
Council Member Pilgrim. Motion carried, 5 ayes — 0 nays.
21. Discuss and act on a request from Tekmak Development for a variance from distance
restrictions under Article 5.03 Alcoholic Beverages Section 5.03.003.
Council Member Pankaj said he had a conflict and needed to be recused on this item. A
Motion to recuse Council Member Pankaj was made by Council Member Pilgrim and seconded
by Council Member Moore. Motion carried, 5 ayes — 0 nays.
Mr. Mack explained Thomas Kirkland, President of Tekmak Development Company,
requested,a variance to City Code Section 5.03.00.3 pertaining to the restrictions for -proximity of
establishments selling alcoholic beverages to the site of the new Marriot Hotel in order, to receive
a TABC license, Mr. Mack said that North Lamar ISD High School property line was slightly
less than the 300' requirement but if you measure from the high school building to the hotel
building, the distance was far greater than 300'. Mr. Mack also said the area within the hotel
devoted to alcohol service was very small and would serve to provide on-site service to the hotel
and community patrons utilizing the event center space. He reported that the notice was sent to
North Lamar ISD well in advance to the City Council meeting but as of this date, there had been
no response. Mr Mack said staff recommended. approval of the variance.
A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Pilgrim and seconded by
Council Member Moore. Motion carried, 4 ayes — 0 nays.
A Motion to return Council Member Pankaj to the meeting was made by Council
Member Pilgrim and seconded by Council Member Moore. Motion carried, 4 ayes — 0 nays.
22. Discuss and act on RESOLUTION NO. 2022-071: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, APPROVING ADDENDUM NUMBER
THREE TO THE SEWER SERVICE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PARIS
AND THE CITY OF TOCO DATED DECEMBER 8, 1969 AND AUTHORIZING THE
MAYOR TO EXECUTE SAME; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS
RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
City Manager Grayson Path gave a brief history of this item beginning with December 8,
1969, when the City of Paris entered into an agreement with W.E. Thompson on behalf of the
Toco Water Supply Corporation for wastewater services. He said the agreement included that
Toco would construct and own all sewer lines within their jurisdiction and also construct the
necessary transmission infrastructure to feed wastewater to Paris for treatment. As part of that
agreement, Paris would own and maintain the transmission infrastructure outside of Toco. Mr.
Path said Paris was working through the Lamar County Water Supply District for them to bill
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Toco for the wastewater service but at some point Paris began billing Toco directly. He said
they were uncertain how or why this change occurred, but it was the current practice. Mr. Path
reviewed the amendment entered into on February 13, 2006 and an additional amendment of
April 10, 2006. Mr. Path said pursuant to the City of Paris' records beginning August 14, 2014,
Toco became delinquent in paying the entire balance of their wastewater bill to Paris and this had
remained true ever since. Mr. Path reported in January 2020 that the delinquent amount began to
escalate which corresponded to the City's increase in wastewater rates because of the new Waste
Water Treatment Plant.
Mr. Path said staff reached out to Toco representatives earlier this year to discuss the
growing delinquency and learned at that time that the City of Toco pays for all of its residents'
water, wastewater and trash bills. He also said Toco's source of revenue to cover this was a
natural gas franchise fee, liquor store sales and donations but this revenue was insufficient to
cover all three bills. Mr. Path said Mayor Portugal, Mayor Pro -Tem Hughes, Rob Vine, Gene
Anderson and himself met with the entire Toco City Council on November 10, 2022 and that
meeting went very well. Mr. Path said Toco recognized that they could not continue' to be
delinquent with their sewer bills and were eager to develop a solution to prevent this _from
escalating further.
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Mr. Path reported that they discussed several options and agreed that the City of Toco
would pay about $2,800.00 a month until the approximate amount of $80,000-$85,000 was paid
back, the City of Paris would beginning billing Toco residents directly for their usage, the City of
Toco would agree to purchase water meters from the City of Paris and authorize Paris to read
and maintain these meters on a monthly basis; there -would be a small customer service charge
added on each account because of maintaining the water meter while not collecting water
revenue, and the City of Paris would install the meters and bill the City of Toco for their
installation adding to the amount owed so that it would be,paid back in the next two to' three year
period.
Mr. Path explained that Paris and Toco believe this option would be best because the City
of Paris would be reimbursed for the delinquent amount owed, 2) it establishes a solution
whereby sewer bills would be paid going forward, 3) it would give Paris the ability to shut off
water should someone become delinquent in their sewer account and 4) would give the residents
of Toco a fair means of being billed for sewer actually produced vs. a pro -rata approach. Mr.
Path reviewed the next steps should Council approve this agreement and also said he needed to
reword Section 10 to be clearer that the delinquent amount would be paid to Paris.
A Motion to approve Addendum Number Three with the revised wording in Section 10
as recommended by Mr. Path, was made by Council Member Pankaj and seconded by Council
Member Pilgrim. Motion carried, 5 ayes — 0 nays.
24. Discuss and act on ORDINANCE NO. 2022-087: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, ISSUING A LICENSE TO DAVID L.
THOMPSON D/B/A LONE STAR CAB COMPANY TO OPERATE A VEHICLE FOR
HIRE BUSINESS ON THE PUBLIC STREETS OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS;
FINDING A PUBLIC NECESSITY AND CONVENIENCE FOR ISSUANCE OF SAID
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City Clerk Janice Ellis said the companies in items 24 and 25 were returning companies.
She explained that they both applied for a vehicle for hire license, had submitted their insurance
certificIi['s and payment. Ms. Ellis said staff recommended approval of both of these items, and
stated they would require separate votes with five affirmative votes for passage.
A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Pankaj and seconded by
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Council Member Pilgrim. Motion carried, 5 ayes — 0 nays.
Airport Manager Paul Strahan said TxDOT visited a in 2019 and determine
that the primary runway, primary taxiway, taxiway connectors, and apron were in need
rehabilitation. He also said staff was preparing for the design portion of the project and th
TxDOT requires funding approval for the overall project in the form of a resolution prior to t
work being accomplished. Mr. Strahan said the cost of the proposed runway project was $2.9
million and would be funded by a grant of 90% with a required 10% match from the City. M
Strahan said the 10% match would be $294,000 which would come from the ARPA (Americ
Rescue Plan Act) funding that had been set aside for this purpose. Mr. Strahan said sta
recommended option one, which was approving a resolution for funding of the runw
rehabilitation, taxiway, taxiway connectors and apron project.
A Motion to approve option one was made by Council Member Pilgrim and seconded by
Council Member Knox. Motion carried, 5 ayes — 0 nays.
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27. Discuss and act on an amendment to the Hangar Waiting List Policy to reduce the
number of days a City owned T -hangar can remain vacant from 180 days to 90 days.
Mr. Strahan said the current airport policy allowed a city owned T -hangar to be vacant
without housing a plane for 180 days. Mr. Strahan explained that one of the ways the airport
generates revenue is selling avgas and jet fuel and when T -hangars were vacant, potential fuel
sales could be lost. Mayor Portugal said having been a previous Airport Advisory Board
member and a Council liaison to the board, that she totally supported this amendment.
A Motion to approve the amendment was made by Council Member Knox and seconded
by Council Member Pankaj. Motion carried, 5 ayes — 0 nays.
28. Discuss and act on ORDINANCE NO. 2022-089: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING APPENDIX A, "FEE
SCHEDULE," OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION
AND DEVELOPMENT FEES; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS
RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND
DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE r
Mr. Mack said Building Official Duke McGee would be giving a presentation to Council
about the amendment to the fee schedule. He said an increase was needed because of `staffing in
part, and the increase of materials for water taps.
Duke McGee said his presentation was mainly from a building department standpoint and
one of the -90 als was to combine all of the development fees into one place. He explained that
there was now an applicable fee associated with each permit because some of the permits that
were issued had no fee at all. He said they had separated commercial from residential. Mayor
Portugal inquired if the fees were comparable to other cities the size of Paris. Mr. McGee said
they were because Paris was charging a flat fee where most cities had an additional fee for
different parts of a permit. Mr. McGee also said the commercial fees were standard across the
board throughout the United States because Paris uses the ICC. Council Member Knox said she
noticed that the vacant building fee of $500.00 was included but the historic district vacant
building registry reflected $250.00 and inquired as to why that was reduced. Mr. Mack said that
was a typo and should read vacant residential historic district, and that staff would make the
correction. Mr. McGee pointed out that would be Section 9.6.2 on the fee schedule. Council
Member Pankaj said staff was doing a great job and the rates seemed fair. Council Member
Knox said with the exception of the vacant residences in the Historic District because that was
counterproductive of what they had been trying to do with rehabilitation of the neighborhoods.
She said they were supposed to be protecting the Historic Districts from deteriorating.
Council Member Pankaj suggested they go back and look at the fees for vacant
residences in the Historic District. Mr. Path said they could do that. Council Member Knox said
she very sensitive to the Historic District but that did not impact the work that staff had done on
the fees and processes.
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29® Discuss and act ®n an agreement with Vyve to provide internet services for the City of
Paris.
IT Manager Celso Arrieta said the City currently utilizes a point-to-point system, which
is an antenna system to connect different buildings to the network and to the internet. He
explained that this particular system had challenges because the bandwidth was shared with other
users outside of the City's network and antennas could be inconsistent and/or fail prompting
replacement and additional costs. Mr. Arrieta said City Council recently approved entering into
agreements with Claro to upgrade the City's network and telecommunications systems, and in
order to support the implementation of these two solutions it was vital to have access to a reliable
and robust internet service. He said staff recommended option one, which was to approve the
agreement between the Cfty and Vyve.
A Motion to approve option one, an agreement between the City and Vyve was made by
Council Member Pilgrim and seconded by Council Member Moore. Motion carried, .5 ayes — 0
nays.
30Discuss and act on ORDINANCE NO. 2022-090: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS,,, ADOPTING REVISIONS.. TO THE
CITY'S HOME RULE CHARTER JN CONFORMANCE WITH ORDINANCE NO.
2022-084 AND: ORDINANCE NO.- 2022-085; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS
RELATED TO' THE SAME;,, PROVIDING' A REPEALER CLAUSE, A
SEVERABILITY, CLAUSE, . A,� PENALTY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
City Manager Grayson Path said approval of the Ordinance before them was the final
step in the Charter Amendment process. Mr. Path said this Ordinance was essentially a clean-up
provision as some Charter sections had been deleted and others had been added.
A Motion to approve this itern was made by Council Member Pankaj and seconded by
Council Member Pilgrim. Motion carried, 5 ayes — 0 nays.
31. Convene into executive session pursuant to Texas Local Government Code pursuant to:
Section 551.072 of the Texas Government Code, to deliberate the purchase,
exchange, lease, or value of real property if deliberation in an open meeting would
have a detrimental effect on the position of the governmental body in negotiations
with a third person.
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or near the territory of the governmental body and with which the governmental body
is conducting economic development negotiations; or (2) to deliberate the offer of a
financial or other incentive to a business prospect described by Subdivision (1), as
follows: Project Red Maple.
• Section 551.071 of the Texas Government Code, Consultation with Attorney, to
receive legal advice from the City Attorney about (1) pending or contemplated
litigation and/or (2) on matters in which the duty of an attorney to her client under the
Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly
conflict with this chapter, to -wit:
A. City of Paris v. Essent Healthcare
B. Houchins v. City of Paris
Mayor Portugal said the city attorney was not at the meeting due to illness. She
announced that the City would be consulting with outside litigation attorneys, both in person and
by telephone as permitted by the Texas Open Meetings Act.
Council Member Pankaj said he had a conflict with regard to the lawsuit involving Essent
Healthcare and asked that he be recused from discussing that item. A Motion to recuse Council
Member Pankaj from discussion of Essent Healthcare was made by Council Member Pilgrim and
seconded by Council Member Knox. Motion carried, 5 ayes — 0 nays.
Mayor Portugal convened City Council into executive session at 7:38 p.m.
Council Member Pankaj left the executive session at 8:28 p.m.
32. Reconvene into open session`and possibly take action on matters discussed in executive
session.
Mayor Portugal reconvened City Council into open session at 9:07 p.m. A Motion to
return Council Member Pankaj to the meeting was made by Council Member Pilgrim and
seconded by Council Member Knox. Motion carried, 4 ayes — 0 nays. Council Member Pankaj
returned to open session at 9:07 p.m.
With regard to real property discussed in executive session, a Motion to authorize PEDC
to proceed with finalizing the purchase of land was made by Council Member Pankaj and
seconded by Council Member Knox. Motion carried, 5 ayes — 0 nays.
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33. Adjournment.
There being no further business, a Motion to adjourn was made by Council Member
Pilgrim and seconded by Council Members Knox and Pankaj. Mayor Portugal adjourned the
meeting at 9:08 p.m.
PAULA PORTUGAL, MAYOR
JANICE ELLIS, CITY CLERK