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, February 13, 2023. The meeting will be held at the City Council
Chamber, 107 E. Kaufman Street, in Paris, Texas. Due to the CoVID outbreak, facemasks
are encouraged for those in attendance of *the meeting in the City Council Chamber. Due to
the pandemic concerns, one or all Council Members may be attending remotely, but the feed
will be available for live viewing at littps:Hparistexas.gov/public. 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 personal 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 of January 23, 2023.
6. Receive reports and/or minutes from the following boards and commissions:
a. Paris Visitors & Convention Council Board of Directors (1.1-21-2022)
b. Planning & Zoning Commission (1-3-2023)
c. Board of Adjustment (1-3-2023)
d. Historic Preservation Commission (1-11-2023)
Approve the final change order for the Love Civic Center Restoration Project with
Tegrity Contractors, reducing the contract amount by $20,403.00 from $1,398,454.00 to
$1,378,051.00; and authorize the City Manager to execute all necessary documents.
8. Approve a Resolution waiving the civil penalties against 1204 Fitzhugh Street, in the
approximate amount of $34,000.00.
9. Approve a Resolution entering into a multi-year agreement for the South Main Street
closure with TxDOT for Steak Wars on the second Friday and Saturday of April 2023-
2027.
10. Approve a Resolution extending the Interlocal Agreement with Lamar County for the FY
2023 Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority Grant from the State of Texas; and
authorize the City Manager to execute all necessary documents.
11. Approve a professional services agreement with DeadCat Media, LLC for branding
manager service in the amount of $14,000.00; and authorize the City Manager to execute
all necessary documents.
12. Receive quarterly update as to the status of the Vacant Building Registration.
13. Approve a Resolution approving the Re -Sale of Three Properties, previously bid -off to
the City of Paris, Trustee, to Paris/Lamar County Habitat for Humanity pursuant to the 5 -
In -5 Infill Housing Program.
Regular Agenda
14. Discuss and award a bid in the amount of $72,225.00 to Adams Lawn Service to mow
89.39 acres, and award a bid in the amount of $14,060.00 to Green's Lawn Service to
mow 12.02 acres.
15. Discuss and act on an Ordinance Amending Chapter 2, Article 2. 10, Divisions 2, Section
2.10.033 regarding Peace Officers' TCOLE Certification Pay; Amending a New Section
2.10.034 thereto regarding Lateral Seniority Pay; providing a repealer clause, a
severability clause, a savings clause; and providing an effective date.
16. Discuss and act on a Resolution authorizing the Paris Police Department to pay a hiring
incentive of $10,000.00 to newly hired Paris Police Officers; making other findings and
provisions related to the subject; and providing an effective date.
17. Discuss and act on a Resolution authorizing the Paris Police Department to pay a
relocation expenses incentive of up to $1,000.00 to newly hired Paris Police Officers who
live further than one hour from the Paris Police Department; making other findings and
provisions related to the subject; and providing an effective date.
18. Convene into executive session pursuant to:
A. Section 551.072 of the Texas Government Code, to deliberate the purchase,
exchange, lease or value of real property.
B. Section 551.087 of the Texas Government Code, (1) to discuss or deliberate
regarding commercial or financial information that the governmental body has
received from a business prospect that he governmental body seeks to have locate,
stay, or expand in 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 Clydesdale.
19. Reconvene into Open Session and possibly take action on those matters discussed in
Executive Session.
20. Consider and approve future events for City Council and/or City Staff pursuant to
Resolution No. 2004-081.
21. Adjournment.
Certification
1 certify that the above notice of meeting was posted on the bulletin board in the City Hall Annex, 150 First
St. SE, Paris, Texas and on the City's website at www.paristexas.gov, no later than 5:30 p.m. on February
10, 2023.
nice 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 or jellis@paristexas.gov for assistance.