00 AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS
LOVE CIVIC CENTER
2025 S. COLLEGIATE DRIVE
PARIS, TEXAS
MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2005
6:00 O’CLOCK, P.M.
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(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.
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[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 City Council meetings. (3-14-
05; 3-21-05)
3.Receipt of reports and/or minutes from committees, boards, and
commissions:
A.Historic Preservation Commission. (3-9-05)
4.Consideration of and action on the following resolutions:
A.Approving a proclamation declaring the month of April as
Fair Housing Month.
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B.Approving the execution of an application for a Gang
Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) Program
Grant.
C.Appointing a member to the Airport Advisory Board to
serve the unexpired term of Victor Abeles, which expires
December 31, 2005.
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5.Consideration of and action on the following ordinances:
A.Declaring unopposed candidate in District 5 for the May 7, 2005,
General Election elected to office and determining that no election be
held in District 5.
6.Public Hearing to consider an application to the Edward Byrne Memorial
Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program.
7.Consideration of and action on the following resolutions:
A.Approving and authorizing an application to the Edward Byrne
Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program.
B.Awarding the bid and authorizing the execution of a Contract of Sale
and a Deed for the purchase of City of Paris property being a portion of
Lot 5, City Block 179-A, located at 36 and 40 East Kaufman Street.
C.Approving and authorizing the execution of a Professional Services
Agreement with Hayter Engineering, Inc. for the preparation of a
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan at Cox Field Airport.
8.Staff Reports.
A.Director of Public Works/City Engineer Shawn Napier re: status of
ongoing City projects.
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9.Presentations.
A.Don Taylor - Alternate duty for firefighters.
B.Citizens Forum (Citizens desiring to appear under this item must limit
their presentation to two (2) minutes in duration. Under the 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 are not appropriate for Citizens
Forum).
10.Convene in Executive Session pursuant to Section 551.071 of the Texas
Government Code, Consultation with Attorney, to receive advice of legal
counsel pertaining to pending or possible litigation and to receive advice of
legal counsel pursuant to the duty of an attorney to his client under the Texas
Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas,
regarding the following matter:
A.The City of Paris vs. Standard Life & Accident Insurance Company
and Brokers Risk Placement, Inc., Cause No. 72052, pending in the
62nd Judicial District Court for Lamar County, Texas.
Following the executive session, the Council will convene in open session
to consider and take necessary action as deemed appropriate.
11.Possible future agenda items.
12.Referrals.
13.Adjournment.
POSTED:THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2005, O’CLOCK, P.M., CITY HALL
BULLETIN BOARD.
BY:_______________________________
WITNESS: ___________________________