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Batesville's first community garden, a walk ability survey, and maps in order to identify the walking and biking trails in the Batesville area. In conclusion, the state of our city is by far better than many across our nation. We have been fortunate that our community has been able to gain jobs over the last year and that city revenue has been reasonably stable. This has allowed the city to continue without any reduction in city services. Batesville is one the few cities of its size in Arkansas without a general operations and maintenance sales tax. We have been fortunate that our general budget has been in the black the last four years, and has allowed the city reserves to increase slightly; however, the unexpected expenditures on the Municipal Building underscored the need for the city to have a larger reserve fund. The city will continue to work closely with the county on economic development and many other things that benefit our community. We will continue to support local industry in job retention and meet the many other challenges we face in light of the current economic climate. We will continue to study the recreational needs of our community and develop plans for moving progress forward in this area. We will continue studying ways to make sure taxpayer dollars are being spent wisely, as we are currently doing with the evaluation of the police inter-local agreement with the county. The city council members continue to work extremely hard. They take great pride in representing the citizens of Batesville. The city employees, from the administration to our crews on the streets, continue to amaze me with their dedication and tireless efforts to make our city run efficiently, both day and night. Once again, it's an honor to begin my second term as your mayor. My hope is that God will continue to bless our great city and county. MAYOR COMMENTS Mayor Elumbaugh said in search for a used bucket truck,they found several that were going to be auctioned on February 17th in Memphis,TN. The Mayor asked for out of state travel for Johnny Abbott, Don Martin and Johnny Coles to travel to Memphis on the 16th to look over the vehicles and then back on the 17th to bid. Councilmember Henley moved to approve the out of state travel. Councilmember Bryant seconded and all voted for. The Mayor also asked for out of state travel approval for him to attend the National League of Mayor's Conference in Washington, DC on March 12-16. Councilmember Shetron moved to approval the out of state travel and Councilmember Bryant seconded. All voted for. The Mayor said there were several conflicts with the February 22nd scheduled council meeting. After a discussion, Councilmember Bryant moved to cancel the scheduled meeting and Councilmember Insell seconded. All voted for. LIAISON REPORTS Councilmember Shetron reported on the recent Interlocal meeting with the City and the County. Mr. Shetron said both sides were working together to work out the problems with the current Interlocal