00 AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS
LOVE CIVIC CENTER
2025 S. COLLEGIATE DRIVE
PARIS, TEXAS
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2004
6:00 O’CLOCK, P.M.
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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.
~~~~~ CONSENT AGENDA ~~~~~
[Matters of a routine nature are placed on a single consent agenda for City
Council consideration. Items appearing on a consent agenda are approved
by a single vote of Council, with such approval applicable to all items
appearing on said agenda. If any Council member desires to discuss and
consider separately any item appearing on the consent agenda, that Council
member may do so by requesting that the item be removed from the consent
agenda and considered as a separate item.]
2.Approval of minutes from previous meetings. (8-16-04; 8-17-04;8-
23-04; 8-24-04; 10-4-04; 10-7-04 Spec.; 10-7-04)
3.Receipt of reports from committees, boards, and commissions:
A.Paris Economic Development Corporation. (9-10-04)
B.Paris/Lamar County Board of Health. (10-13-04)
C.Board of Commissioners, Housing Authority of the City of
Paris. (5-15-04; 6-15-04; 7-21-04; 8-17-04)
D.Building and Standards Commission. (9-20-04)
E.Airport Advisory Board. (6-17-04)
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4.Consideration of and action on the Final Plat of Lots 10, 11, and
12, Block I, and Lots 2, 3, and 4, Block J, Oak Creek-Phase X.
5.Consideration of and action on the following resolutions:
A.Approving and authorizing a Professional Services
Contract with regard to City health insurance for the
performance of a benefits review and to provide additional
consulting services relating thereto.
B.Declaring surplus that property located at the corner of
First Street and Kaufman Street, also known as Lot 5-A,
City block 179-A, the same being numbers 36 and 40 East
Kaufman Street, within the city limits of the City of Paris,
Texas, authorizing the appraisal, survey, and
advertisement for bids for the aforesaid property.
C.Approving and authorizing a supplemental grant
application to the Office of the Governor, Criminal Justice
Division, to add Rains County to the Red River Valley Drug
Task Force Grant.
D.Approving and authorizing the Mayor to execute a
Functional Classification Update and Urban Boundary
Consultation Verification Form - Small Urban Area, as
required by the Texas Department of Transportation.
E.Traffic Commission Appointment.
~~~~~ END OF CONSENT AGENDA ~~~~~
6.Consider, discuss and take possible action implementing a modified longevity
pay plan for non-civil service employees.
7.Consider, discuss and take possible action on authorizing creation of a
system of tax abatements or tax exemptions for properties located in the
historical districts or of historical significance.
8.Consideration of and action on the following ordinances:
A.Consideration of and action on an ordinance amending Chapter 30 to
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the Code of Ordinances, entitled Taxation, to repeal the existing Article
IV thereto, entitled “Tax Abatement”, and adopting a new Article IV
thereto, entitled “Tax Abatement for Historical Structures”; providing
for an abatement of the increase in the assessed value of certain
properties for tax purposes which result from appropriate repairs,
renovation, or rehabilitation to said properties of areas of the City
designated as Historic Districts pursuant to the City’s Historic
Preservation Ordinance and the City’s Zoning Ordinance; and
establishing guidelines and criteria for tax abatement.
B.Authorizing the extension of certain boundary limits of the City of Paris,
Paris, Texas, and the annexation of certain territory consisting of 5.187
acres, more or less, as requested by petition of the owners.
9.Consider, discuss and take possible action on changing the schedule for City
Council Meetings.
10.Consideration of and action on the following resolutions:
A.Authorizing a change in the schedule of regular meetings of the City
Council Meetings.
B. Rejecting all bids for construction, re-construction, and rehabilitation
of the UARCO Building to convert said building to a new municipal
courts and police building; authorizing the receipt of competitive
sealed proposals pursuant to Section 271.113 et seq. of the Local
Government Code.
C.Designating a name for the entrance road to Cox field Airport.
11.Conduct personal interviews with City Manager candidates.
12.Consider, discuss and take possible action or provide direction to City staff
regarding City Manager selection process.
13.Consider, discuss and take possible action regarding selection of a new City
Manager.
14.Possible future agenda items.
15.Consider and approve future events for City Council and/or City Staff pursuant
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to Resolution No. 2004-081.
16.Referrals.
17.Adjournment.
POSTED:FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2004, O’CLOCK, P.M., CITY HALL
BULLETIN BOARD.
BY:_______________________________
WITNESS: ___________________________