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the airport workers city employees effective March 1St and enroll them in the Municipal Health <br /> insurance program and APERS retirement. Councilmember Shetron seconded and all voted for. <br /> Secondly, Councilmember Matthews moved to reallocate the funds and move the bookkeeping to the <br /> clerk's office. Councilmember Insell seconded and all voted for. <br /> D) ENGINEER'S REPORT <br /> City Engineer Damon Johnson addressed the council with his engineer's report. Mr.Johnson said he <br /> didn't have anything new to report from the previous meeting. With no questions from the council, <br /> Mr.Johnson was excused. <br /> E) EXECUTIVE SESSION <br /> Councilmember Matthews moved to go into executive session. Councilmember Bryant seconded and <br /> all voted for. <br /> Upon returning from executive session, Councilmember Shetron moved to re-appoint Mr. Larry Morris <br /> and appoint Mr. Kenny Smothers to the City Tree Board. Mr. Smothers will be replacing Mr. Brian <br /> Langston. Councilmember Henley seconded and all voted for. Both terms will expire 09/08/12. <br /> Councilmember Shetron moved to re-appoint Mr. Butch Duncan to the Batesville Appeals Commission. <br /> Councilmember Insell seconded and all voted for. Mr. Duncan's term will expire 9/8/15. <br /> F) REVIEW PAID BILLS REPORT FOR JANUARY,2011 <br /> The Council reviewed the paid bills report for January, 2011. <br /> G) STATE OF THE CITY—MAYOR ELUMBAUGH <br /> Tonight it is my honor to be presenting to you the State of the City address. I take great pride in having <br /> served this wonderful community as your mayor for the last four years. Together, we have made much <br /> progress during this time, but there is always work yet to be done in moving a community forward. <br /> 2010 was a challenging year with several large and unexpected expenditures including certification of <br /> the levee, and substantial improvements required for the Municipal Building, which included the <br /> replacement of the thirty year old roof. I would like to report to you, the citizens, our current status on <br /> economic development, transportation, infrastructure, zoning, recreation and our growing healthy <br /> community. <br /> The city continues to encourage economic development and the retention of existing jobs; as well as <br /> assisting the county economic development efforts with securing new jobs. The ongoing construction of <br /> the Department of Human Services Call Center is a great example of the cooperative effort between the <br /> city and county. The city annexed the property along with five other parcels of land, and is providing <br /> the water and wastewater services for this new facility, which represents over one hundred new jobs. <br /> The city continued participating in the AEDC Tax-Back Program which encourages new investment by <br />