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, April 24, 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 https://paristexas.rov/ ublic. 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. A. Recognition of Mary Madewell.
B. 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 meetings of March 27, 2023 and April 10, 2023.
6. Receive reports and/or minutes from the following boards and commissions:
a. Building & Standards Commission (2-23-2023)
b. Main Street Advisory Board (3-14-2023)
c. Paris Economic Development Corporation (3-21-2023)
7. Receive March monthly financial report.
8. Receive March drainage report.
9. Receive demolition and code enforcement activity reports.
10. Approve the Professional Services Agreement with Pridemore Construction for concrete
demolition and construction services; and authorize the City Manager to execute all
necessary documents.
11. Approve the Final Plat of the K & S Investments Cherry Street Addition CB 227E, Lot 1,
Block A, LCAD Property 17643, located at 1958 E. Cherry Street.
12. Approve the Replat of the Fuller & Dohoney Addition, Lot 2A, Block C, LCAD 11455,
located at 1125 W. Henderson Street.
13. Approve the Replat of the Gibbons and Braden Addition, Lots 4 & 5, Block 5, LCAD
11558, located at 1244 S. E. 14th Street.
14. Approve the Replat with amended conditions for the Park Place Shopping Center Unit
One Addition, Lots 2A, 3B and 3C, LCAD 18578, located at 3064 Clarksville Street.
Regular Agenda
15. Discuss and act on a Resolution approving and authorizing a Tax Abatement Agreement
with Ametsa Packaging, LLC, a Texas Limited Liability Company,
16. Discuss and act on an Ordinance amending Appendix A, "Fee Schedule," Section
A3.002(b), "Engineering Department Fees," of the Code of Ordinances.
17. Discuss and act on an Ordinance amending Chapter 4, "Building Regulations," Section
4.02.002(a), of the City of Paris, Texas Code of Ordinances to Delete the Residency
Requirement for Serving on the Building Board of Appeals.
18. Convene into executive session pursuant to:
A. 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
• Project Star Port
B. Section 551.074 of the Texas Government Code, to deliberate the appointment,
employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a public
officer or employee as follows: City Manager.
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
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 and on the City's website at www.paristexas.gov, no later than 5:30 p.m. on April 21,
2023.
J cc 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 jell is((�paristexas.gov for assistance.