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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-01-11L MINUTES OF COUNCIL JANUARY 11, 2005 The Batesville City Council met in regular session on January 11, at 5:30 PM at the Municipal Building. Mayor Joe Biard presided over the meeting. Councilmember Pectol gave the invocation. Upon roll call the following Councilmembers answered present: R.L. Carpenter, John Cooke, Fred Krug, Douglas Matthews, Jim Mitchum, Dana Mynatt, Jerry Pectol, and Paula Terrell. Also present were the City Clerk Denise Johnston and the City Attorney Scott Stalker. Councilmember Pectol moved to approve the minutes from the last two meetings. Councilmember Terrell seconded and all voted for. Councilmember Mitchum moved to approve the prepared agenda as amended. Councilmember Pectol seconded and all voted for. Mayor Biard welcomed the newly elected Councilmembers to their first meeting. SHERIFF'S REPORT Chief Deputy Steve Jeffery addressed the council with their monthly departmental report. Chief Jeffery said they have 2 metro cars that are no longer usable and one they would like to transfer to the Sheriff's Reserve Officers. The council decided to run an ad for sealed bids on units M-5 and M-6 to sell to the highest bidder. They then discussed the reserve officers using unit M-8. Chief Jeffery said M-8 would be fine to serve warrant but not for patrol. He said the reserve officers serve warrants inside and outside the city limits. The City Clerk said she would check to see if the City's vehicle insurance will cover a reserve officer. If not, the city could decide to donate the vehicle to the county. CODE ENFORCEMENT REPORT Code Enforcement Officer Chad McClure gave an update on several pieces of property that the council has been discussing. The Rowlett property on College has been bulldozed off and almost completely cleaned up. Steve Bryant called the Mayor today and said he believes he has his property sold and hoped the transaction will take place by the end of the week. Mr. Bryant said if the sell does not go through, he has received two demolition bids. The council decided to give Mr. Bryant two more weeks and discuss the property at the next meeting. Mr. McClure said a public hearing is set for the next meeting on the Pearl Flemming property on 9th Street. He also said that Billy Marlin has made arrangements to have his property on Central Avenue torn down. Mr. McClure said he would have an update on the Landers Theater at the next meeting. AMEND CHILDREN'S PARK ORDINANCE Councilmember Terrell introduced an ordinance that would amend the hours that the Children's Park at Riverside Park is open. The Mayor read the ordinance in full. After a discussion, Councilmember Terrell recommended to also change the hours during daylight savings to 8:00 A.M. With that change added to the ordinance, Councilmember Terrell moved to suspend the rules and wave the second and third readings. Councilmember Carpenter seconded and the roll call count was 8 for and 0 against. Councilmember Carpenter moved to adopt the ordinance and Councilmember Pectol seconded. The roll call count was 7 for and 1 (Mynatt) against. The ordinance was given 42005-1-1. Councilmember Pectol moved to adopt the emergency clause and Councilmember Carpenter seconded. All voted for. CONSIDER ORDINANCE TO WAVE COMPETITIVE BIDDING Councilmember Carpenter introduced an ordinance that would wave competitive bidding during the calendar year of 2005 on the purchases of used equipment, motor fuel, SB-2, hot mix asphalt, cold mix asphalt, property insurance and employee health insurance. Mayor Biard read the ordinance in full and Councilmember Carpenter moved to suspend the rules and wave the second and third readings. Councilmember Terrell seconded and the roll call count was 7 for and 1 (Cooke) abstain. Councilmember Carpenter moved to adopt the ordinance and Councilmember seconded and the roll call count was 8 for and 0 against. The ordinance was given 42005-1-2. Councilmember Pectol moved to adopt the emergency clause and Councilmember Carpenter seconded. All voted for. STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS As required by law, Mayor Biard gave his State of the City address. MAYOR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS The Mayor told the council that in their packets were the appointments to the 2005 Liaison Representative to Commissions and other public bodies. He said he was still working on the appointments to the new Budget Committee. He then appointed Jerry Pectol, R.L. Carpenter, Dana Mynatt and Fred Krug to the new Special Planning and Projects Committee. EXECUTIVE SESSION Councilmember Terrell moved to go into executive session. Councilmember Carpenter seconded and all voted for. Upon returning from executive session, Mayor Biard said they were discussion the appointment to a commission and a decision would be made at the next meeting. CEMETERY RESOLUTIONS The council considered a Cemetery Resolution for Kirk McDougal, 4 2005-11-1 for $200.00. Councilmember Mitchum moved to accept the resolution and Councilmember Terrell seconded. All voted for. PAID BILLS REPORT The council was given a copy of the paid bills report for December 31, 2004. There being no further business, Councilmember Mitchum moved that the meeting be adjourned. Councilmember Carpenter seconded and all voted for. JOE M. BIARD, MAYOR DENISE M. JOHNSTON, CITY CLERK