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MINUTES OF COUNCIL MARCH 26, 2002 The Batesville City Council met in regular session on March 26, at 5:30 PM at the Municipal Building. Mayor Joe Biard presided over the meeting. Councilmember Ford gave the invocation. Upon roll call the following Councilmembers answered present: Jim Cargill, R.L. Carpenter, Robert Ford, Gerald Gaither, Jim Mitchum, Jerry Pectol and Jim Watkins. Also present were the City Clerk Denise Johnston and the City Attorney Scott Stalker. Councilmember Ford moved to approve the minutes from the last meeting. Councilmember Cargill seconded and all voted for. Councilmember Ford moved to approve the prepared agenda as amended. Councilmember Watkins seconded and all voted for. NOMINATIONS FOR CITY COUNCIL, WARD #1, POSITION #1 Mayor Biard opened the floor for discussion regarding the appointment of a Councilmember to represent Ward#l, Position#l. The Mayor said there were a few options that the council could take. As of this afternoon, two people have filed for the position as democrats. The Mayor said if the council so desired, they could postpone the appointment until after the May primary and let the people decide. There will be 3 council meetings between now and the May primary. Secondly, they could go ahead and do the nominations tonight or thirdly they could table the nominations until the next meeting to have time to consider their options. After a discussion, Councilmember Watkins moved to wait until after the May primaries to make an appointment to the council position. Councilmember Cargill seconded and all voted for. UPDATE ON BATESVILLE RIVERWALK Mr. Herman Lee with Lee and Associates Architects gave the council a copy of some drawings for the Batesville Riverwalk Mr. Lee said the work should begin soon and the contractors have been given 6 months to complete the project.