00 AGENDACITY COUNCIL AGENDA
Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Paris shall meet in regular session
on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the City Council
Chamber, 107 E. Kaufinan Street, in Paris, Texas. 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. 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 personnel appeals are not appropriate for citizens' forum.)
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. Deliberate and act on the approval of minutes from the meetings
on May 12, 2008 and May 20, 2008.
6. Receive and deliberate on reports and/or minutes from the
following boards, commissions, and committees:
a. Joint City Council and City Council Task Force on Code
Enforcement minutes from the meeting on May 6, 2008.
b. Lake Pat Mayse Water Study Committee minutes. (5-1-08)
c. Historic Preservation Commission minutes. (1-28-08; 2-13-08;
3-12-08; 3-24-08)
d. Building and Standards Commission minutes. (2-18-08)
7. Deliberate and acceptance of April financial report.
8. Deliberate and act on a resolution approving and authorizing the
City Manager to execute a professional services contract with
HDR Engineering, Inc. for water supply planning consulting
services, and authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and
execute all necessary documents.
9. Deliberate and act on appointment to the Code Enforcement Task
Force.
Regular Agenda
10. Second Reading on an ordinance amending the existing gas
franchise between the City of Paris and Atmos Energy
Corporation, and authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and
execute all necessary documents.
1 l.Deliberate and act on a resolution approving an application for an
Automobile Burglary & Theft Prevention Grant for continuation of
our existing Auto Theft Task Force in the amount of $138,915.00
with $51,729.00 to be provided by the City of Paris in the form of
cash and $14,400.00 in the form of in-kind services; and
authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute all
necessary documents.
12.Deliberate and act on setting dates and times for workshops of city
facilities and council and staff development.
13.Consider and approve future events for City Council and/or City
Staff pursuant to Resolution No. 2004-081.
14.Deliberate on possible future agenda items.
15 . Adj ournment.
Certification
I certify that the above notice of ineeting was posted on the bulletin board in the City Hall Annex, 150 First
St. SE, Paris, Texas, no later than 6:00 p.m. on May 23, 2008.
Janice Ellis, City Clerk
Suecial 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 (903) 784-9291 for assistance.