00 AGENDAREGULAR MEETING
CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER
107 E. KAUFMAN
PARIS, TEXAS
MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2008
6:00 0'CLOCK, P.M.
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SHOULD GIVE NOTICE T0 THE CITY FORTY-EIGHT (48) HOURS IN ADVANCE BY
CALLING (903) 784-9202, OR (903) 784-6688.
A G E N D A
(NOTE: It is respectfully requested that presentations before the City Council
be confined to two minutes or less.)
1. Call meeting to order.
2. Pledge of Allegiance and invocation.
3. Recognize Bobby Myers for years of service on the Planning & Zoning
Commission.
4. Citizens Forum.
(Citizens desiring to appear under this item must limit their presentation to
two (2) minutes in duration. Underthe Open Meetings Law, because advance
notice of the subject matter of.. each presentation was not received in time to
appear on the agenda, City Council is limited in its response to referring the
matter to a future agenda, to an existing policy, or to a staff person with
specific factual information. Claims against the City and individual personnel
appeals are not appropriate for Citizens Forum).
5. CONSENT AGENDA
~Matters of a routine nature are placed on a single consenf agenda for
Cify Council consideration. Ifems appearing on a consenf agenda are
approved by a single vofe of Council, with such approval applicable to
all ifems appearing on said agenda. If any Council member desires to
discuss and consider separa~fely any item appearing on fhe consent
agenda, that Council member may do so by requesfing that the item be
removed from fhe consent agenda and considered as a separafe item.]
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A. Approval of minutes from previous City Council meetings. (1-14-
08)
B. Receipt of reports and/or minutes from committees, boards, and
commissions.
(1) Airport Advisory Board. (3/15/07; 11/15/07)
(2) Building and Standards Commission. (4/16/07)
(3) Historic Preservation Commission. (9/24/07; 10/22/07)
(4) Task Force on Code Enforcement. (1/3/08)
C. Consideration of and action on the fflllowing Ordinances:
(1) Approving a Settlement Agreement between the ATMOS Cities
Steering Committee and Atmos Energy Corp., Mid-Tex Division
regarding the company's statement of intent to change gas rates
in all cities exercising original jurisdiction, declaring existing
rates to be unreasonable, adopting tariffs that reflect rate
adjustments consistent with the Settlement Agreement and
finding the rates to be set by #he attached tariffs to be just and
reasonable.
(2) Approving the petition of Oncor Electric Delivery Company, LLC,
to modify its lighting service tariff pursuant to the Energy Policy
Act of 2005.
D. Consideration of and action on the following resolutions:
(1) Affirming that the City of Paris has complied with the
requirements of the Public Funds Investment Act; amending the
City's Investment Policy.
THIS ITEM WAS TABLED AT THE JANUARY 14, 2008, REGULAR
MEETING. SHOULD THE CITY COUNCIL WISH TO CONSIDER
THIS MATTER TODAY, A MOTION TO BRING THIS ITEM FROM
THE TABLE IS REQUIRED.
(2) Ordering the regular municipal election for the City of Paris,
Texas, to be held on the second Saturday in May 2008, same
being the 10t'' day of May, 2008, between the hours of 7:00
o'clock a.m. and 7:00 o'clock p.m., by the qualified voters of
Districts 1, 2, 3, and 6 of the City of Paris, Texas with early voting
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for the same being conducted in the City Hall Annex West from
the 28th day of April, 2008, through the 6th day of May, 2008,
Monday through Friday, between the hours of 8:00 o'clock a.m.
and 5:00 o'clock p.m. with additional hours of 7:00 o'clock a.m.
until 7:00 o'clock p.m. on the 30th day of April, 2008 and the 1st
day of May, 2008, for the purpose of electing the Council
Members from each of said districts to serve as members of the
City Council for the ensuing two years.
E. Proclamation recognizing and acknowledging support of Project "GET
FIT" at Justiss and Aikin Elementary Schools.
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6. Consideration of and action on appointments to the Code Enforcement Task
Force to fill vacancies.
7. Discussion and possible action on establishing a new procedure for
appointments to the various boards and commissions within the City of Paris.
8. Consideration of and action on the following ordinances:
A. Adding a new Chapter 22.5 Outside Storage to the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Paris, Texas.
9. Consideration of and action on the following resolutions:
A. Approving and Supporting the position of Coordinator of Community
Health Services at the Paris/Lamar County Department of Health.
B. Approving and authorizing Addendum No. One to the Lease between
Air Direct (formerly leased to Mark Buster) and the City of Paris for
property at Cox Field Airport extending the lease for two (2) additional
years.
C. Consideration of and action on a resolution authorizing an application
to the Texas Department of Housing and Community AfFairs for a 2008
Homebuyer Assistance Program (HOME/ADDI) grant and authorizing
the City Manager to negotiate and execute all necessary documents.
10. Discussion and possible action on procedures, qualifications, and
appointment of a Lake Pat Mayse Study Committee.
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11. Discussion and action on establishment of car allowances for certain
positions.
12. Discussion and action on establishment of unified non-civil service pay plan.
13. Discussion and action on reclassification of certain positions.
14. Possible future agenda items.
15. Adjournment.
POSTED: FRIDAY, JANUARY 25 2008 _~'6a O'CLOCK M CITY HALL BULLETIN
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