04-A City Council Special Mtg Min
SPECIAL MEETING
OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF PARIS
September 17,2007
The City Council ofthe City of Paris met for a special budget workshop meeting at 6:00
P. M. Monday, September 17,2007, at the City Council Chamber, 107 E. Kaufman, Paris, Texas.
Present:
Mayor:
Jesse James Freelen
Council Members: Will Biard; Mary Ann Fisher; Stephen
Brown; Don Wilson; Kevin Gray; and Bill
Strathern, Mayor Pro Tern
City Staff: Kevin Carruth, City Manager; Kent
McIlyar, City Attorney; and Janice Ellis,
City Clerk
1. Mayor Freelen called the meeting to order at 6:05 p.m.
2. Pledge of Allegiance and invocation.
Mayor Freelen moved to item 3, because the pledge and invocation were given at the 3:30
meeting.
3. Consideration of and action on proposed amendments to the proposed budget.
Mayor Freelen stated the budget Council was proposing was less than the budget proposed
by Ernie Clark, Interim City Manager. He said the amount was $20,925,034.00. Gene Anderson
told Council the Water and Sewer Fund line items for water lines and sewer lines were increased by
$133,898.00, and that funding for those increased was obtained by reducing line items. Gene
Anderson said anytime you increase a line item, you have to have a public hearing. In the general
fund, Council wanted to eliminate the lease purchase equipment and vehicles in this year's budget
by paying for them out of cash. Council also wanted to payoff year two of the previous lease
purchase. In order to accomplish this, Gene said there would have to be a line item increase in the
general fund for six police package cars, one-halfton pickup truck in Engineering, one pickup truck
in Parks, one dump truck in the Street Department, one ambulance in EMS, and an oil storage tank
in the Street Department. Gene went on to say there were two options, one being to not adopt the
budget and posting a notice of public hearing for a meeting on Monday night. The other option
would be to adopt the budget and come back in October to amend the budget to allow for capital
purchases.
Both Mayor Freelen and Council Member Strathern expressed they wanted to adopt the
budget with all Council Members present. Prior to making changes to the budget in October,
Council Member Biard said he would like to have a public hearing.
It was a consensus of the Council to adopt the budget without increases and bring back the
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capital items in the amount of$397,359.00 in October for review and consideration.
4. ORDINANCE NO. 2007 -029: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PARIS, TEXAS, ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE ENSUING FISCAL PERIOD
BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2007, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2008, AS
AMENDED, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PARIS;
APPROPRIATING THE VARIOUS AMOUNTS THEREOF; MAKING OTHER
FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
A Motion to adopt the budget in the amount of $20,523,176.00 was made by Council
Member Strathern and seconded by Council Member Biard. Motion carried, 7 ayes - 0 nays.
5. ORDINANCE NO. 2007-030: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PARIS, TEXAS, FIXING THE TAX RATE AND THE TAX LEVY AND LEVYING
AD VALOREM TAXES FOR THE CITY OF PARIS FOR THE YEAR 2007 UPON ALL
TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OF PARIS IN CONFORMITY WITH THE
CHARTER PROVISIONS AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY; MAKING OTHER
FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
A Motion to adopt the proposed tax rate of$0.56 was made by Council Member Wilson and
seconded by Council Member Biard. Motion carried, 7 ayes - 0 nays.
6. Adjournment.
There being no further business, Council Member Biard made a Motion to adjourn and
Council Member Brown seconded the Motion. Motion carried, 7 ayes - 0 nays. The meeting was
adjourned at 6:30 p.m.
JESSE JAMES FREELEN, MAYOR
JANICE ELLIS, CITY CLERK
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