00 AgendaCITY COUNCIL AGENDA
Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Paris shall meet in regular session
on Monday, August 25, 2008, at 5:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the City Council
Chamber, 107 E. Kaufman Street, in Paris, Texas. The matters to be discussed and acted
upon are as follows:
Work Session 5:00 p.m.
The Council will conduct a work session to discuss items on the Regular
Agenda. No action will be taken during the work session.
Regular Meeting 6:00 p.m.
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, ar
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 meeting on
August 11, 2008.
6. Receive and deliberate on reports and/or minutes from the
following boards, commissions, and committees:
a. Board of Adjustment. (4-8-2008)
b. Building and Standards Commission. (4-21-2008)
c. Historic Preservation Commission. (5-14-2008, 6-11-2008, 6-
23-2008, 6-30-2008)
7. Deliberate on drainage ditch maintenance report.
8. Deliberate on Casa Bonita update.
9. Deliberate and act on the final plat of Covenant Christian Church
located at 4055 S.E. Loop 286.
Regular Agenda
lO.Presentation of the Water and Sewer Rate Study. Deliberate on
first reading of an ordinance establishing new water/sewer rates
and fees for the City of Paris.
1 l.Deliberate on first reading of an ordinance approving a negotiated
resolution between the Atmos cities steering committee and Atmos
Energy Corp.
12. Deliberate and act on first reading on an ordinance repealing
Article II of Chapter 22, adopting a new Article II entitled
Regulations for Special Vehicles to Chapter 22, adopting new
regulations for the parking and storage of special vehicles
including but not limited to: motor homes, buses, travel trailers,
camper trailers, camper shells, utility trailers, horse or livestock
trailers, fifth wheel trailers, boats, golf carts, all terrain vehicles,
utility vehicles or other similar vehicles.
13.Deliberate and act on appointment of an auditor to conduct the
Independent Annual Audit as required by Section 35 of the Charter
of the City of Paris for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008.
14.Deliberate and act on a resolution authorizing an Interlocal
Agreement with North Lamar Independent School District for
provision of School Resource Officer Services, and authorizing the
City Manager to negotiate and execute all necessary documents.
15.Deliberate and act on a resolution authorizing an Interlocal
Agreement with Paris Independent School District for provision of
School Resource Officer Services, and authorizing the City
Manager to negotiate and execute all necessary documents.
16.Deliberate and act on a resolution approving the proposal of Hayter
Engineering to provide engineering services for plans and
specifications for water, sewer and roadway replacement projects,
and authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute all
necessary documents.
17.Deliberate and act on a resolution authorizing the procurement of
easements for the West Washington Sewer Line Replacement
Project located in the 700 block of West Washington Street area.
18.Deliberate and act on a resolution approving the bid and awarding
the contract for the Trail de Paris 0.8 Mile Extension Project to the
lowest responsible bidder, and authorizing the City Manager to
negotiate and execute all necessary documents.
19.Deliberate and act on first reading of an ordinance imposing a one
hundred (180) day moratorium on the issuance of permits under
the Code of Ordinances and Specific Use Permits under the Zoning
Ordinance for the placement of mobile homes or HUD-Code
manufactured homes on any property located within the corporate
limits of the City of Paris, Texas.
20.Deliberate and act on a resolution requiring two readings before
adoption of ordinances, allowing for a supermajority vote of five to
suspend the rule and allow for one reading, and establishing a pre-
meeting workshop to be held one hour prior to regular council
meetings.
21.Consider and approve future events for City Council and/or City
Staff pursuant to Resolution No. 2004-081.
22.Deliberate on possible future agenda items.
23.Adjournment.
Certi6cation
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 5:00 p.m. on August 22, 2008.
Janice Ellis, City Clerk
Saecial 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.