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MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL August 27, 2001 The City Council of the City of Paris met in special session Monday, August 27, 2001, 6:00 P. M., Paris Junior College, Applied Technology Building, Room 1016, 2400 Clarksville Street, Paris, Texas. Mayor Michael J. Pfiester called the meeting to order with the following Council Members present: John F. Bell, Joe E. McCarthy, Richard Manning, Kevin Gray, John A. Carter, Jr. and Benny Plata. Also present were City Manager Michael E. Malone, City Attorney Larry W. Schenk, and City Clerk Mattie Cunningham. Invocation was given by Gene Anderson, Director of Finance for the City of Paris. Mayor Pfiester announced that he had asked several gentlemen from out of town to come and speak regarding the character initiative, and he requested that Agenda Item No. 7, receive input from interested citizens of Paris proposing services or projects to be included in the 2001-2002 City of Paris Budget, be brought forward. A motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Manning, seconded by Councilman Carter, to bring Agenda Item No. 7 forward. The motion carried 7 ayes, 0 nays. District Judge Robert Newsom came forward telling the City Council that he was present to talk about the character initiative. Judge Newson said the way they were introduced to this program was because of some of the things that they had seen happening in Hopkins, Delta, and Franklin County where juvenile crime was up and the crime stats were going up and their people lacked morals. He said the response that they have seen has been remarkable, and they are really sold on teaching and encouraging character among their employees. Judge Newsom said they need to encourage moral development and some of those character traits such as truthfulness in their work. Judge Newsom said that some people say that you can not teach character, but he disagreed with that. He said that he