00 AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
CITY COUNCIL. CITY OF PARIS. PARIS. TEXAS
LOVE CIVIC CENTER
2025 S. COLLEGIATE DRIVE
PARIS. TEXAS
MONDAY. MAY 23.2005
6:00 O'CLOCK. P.M.
CITIZENS NEEDING SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS DUE TO DISA81L1TIES SHOULD GIVE
NOTICE TO THE CITY FORTY-EIGHT (48) HOURS IN ADVANCE 8Y CALLING (903) 784-
9202, OR (903) 784-6688.
AGE 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.
Receipt of reports and/or minutes from committees, boards, and
commissions:
A.
Airport Advisory Board. (3-17-05; 4-21-05)
B.
Paris Economic Development Corporation. (4-27-05)
C.
Paris Public Library Advisory Board. (4-20-05)
D.
Building and Standards Commission. (4-14-05)
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3.
Personal Appearance(s).
A.
TxDOT representative to discuss Audible Signals to be installed in the
Plaza area.
4.
5.
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B.
Hayter Engineering report on the 24th Street Drainage Project.
Consideration of and action on the following ordinances:
A.
Amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas by
repealing Sections 31-31 and 31-32 of Chapter 31, Article II, Division 2
and adding a new Division 3, Sections 31-50 through 31-57 providing
for truck routes through the City.
B.
Amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris by revising
Sections 17-25 and 17-27(a) of said code, providing that the notice
requirements for public nuisances be amended, providing that the City
be required to provide only one notice per year to property owners prior
to abatement of a nuisance.
Consideration of and action on the following resolutions:
A.
Declaring certain personal property surplus and approving an
Auctioneer Service Agreement.
B.
Approving and authorizing the execution of Change Order No. One to
the contract for rehabilitation and reconstruction of the City Hall and
Central Fire Station Building.
C.
THIS ITEM WAS TABLED AT THE MAY 18, 2005, REGULAR MEETING.
SHOULD THE COUNCIL WISH TO CONSIDER THIS MATTER TODAY, A
MOTION TO BRING THIS ITEM FROM THE TABLE IS REQUIRED.
Approving and authorizing the execution of Texas Department of
Transportation final plans for the construction of miscellaneous work
consisting of audible traffic signal installation (State Project No. C 45-9-
84) in the Plaza area of downtown Paris.
D.
Awarding the bid and authorizing the execution of a contract for the
furnishing and delivery of labor, materials, and equipment and for
peñorming all work required for grounds maintenance (Mowing) on City
of Paris parks and facilities.
E.
Awarding the bid and authorizing the execution of a contract for the
furnishing and delivery of labor, materials, and equipment and for
peñorming all work required for applying herbicides on City of Paris
property .
F.
G.
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Approving and authorizing the execution of a Lease Agreement
between CJ Real Property, Inc. and the City of Paris, Texas, the City of
Sulphur Springs, Texas, Lamar County, Texas, Hopkins County, Texas,
and Delta County, Texas, acting in consort as the Red River Valley Drug
Task Force for office and storage space for the Drug Task Force.
Authorizing the execution of a contract for the collection and disposal
of solid waste.
6. .
Discuss the status of personnel re~uctions in the fire department.
7.
Discuss recently adopted changes in health insurance for retired city
employees.
8.
9.
Consider, discuss, and provide direction to City staff regarding potential
disannexations.
Presentations.
A.
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 and individual personnel appeals
are not appropriate for Citizens Forum).
10. Possible future agenda items.
11. Referrals.
12. Adjournment.
POSTED:
FRIDAY MAY 20 2005
BOARD.
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