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, June 13, 2011. 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:
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 meeting on May 23, 2011.
6. Receive and deliberate on reports and/or minutes from the following boards,
commissions, and committees:
a. Building and Standards Commissions (3-21-2011)
b. Board of Adjustment (3-23-2011)
c. Paris Public Library Advisory Board (3-16-2011; 4-20-2011)
d. Historic Preservation Commission (4-13-2011)
e. Planning & Zoning Commission (5-2-2011 j
Regular Agenda
7. Presentation of water and sewer rate study by J Stowe & Company. First reading,
deliberate and possibly act on an Ordinance establishing residential and commercial
water and sewer rates in accordance to the cost of service study conducted by J Stowe &
Company.
8. Deliberate and act on the Preliminary Plat, Final Plat and Right-of-Way variance request
for Lot 1, Block A, Burress 128 Addition, located at 1215 Bonham Street.
9. Deliberate and approve City staffls proposal to address the existing two-way radio
communication issues.
10. Deliberate and act on a Resolution appointing members to the various Boards,
Commissions and Committees of the City of Paris.
11. Deliberate and act on a Resolution approving and authorizing the execution of a
Professional Management Services Agreement to Implement a Contract Administration
System under the general direction of the TDHCA Home Program.
12. Deliberate and act on participating in the funding of the Paris Diversity Initiative
sponsored by PEDC and the Texas Workforce Commission. (A mot;on co remove cnis item t'rom
the table is required before deliberating.)
13. Consider and approve future events for City Council and/or City Staff pursuant to
Resolution No. 2004-081.
14. Adjournment.
Certitication
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 5:30 p.m. on June 10, 2011.
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J nice 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.