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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-11-27 MINUTES OF COUNCIL NOVEMBER 27, 2001 The Batesville City Council met in regular session on November 27, at 5:30 PM at the Municipal Building. Mayor Joe Biard presided over the meeting. Councilmember Watkins gave the invocation. Upon roll call the following Councilmembers answered present: Jim Cargill, R.L. Carpenter, Gerald Gaither, Jim Mitchum, Jerry Pectol and Jim Watkins. Councilmembers Bone and Ford were absent. Also present were the City Clerk Denise Johnston and the City Attorney Scott Stalker. Councilmember Cargill moved to approve the minutes from the last meeting. Councilmember Pectol seconded and all voted for. Councilmember Cargill moved to approve the prepared agenda. Councilmember Gaither seconded and all voted for. BATESVILLE ARTS COUNCIL Mayor Biard asked if anyone from the Batesville Arts Council was present. After no response, the Mayor said they would go to the next item on the agenda. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Mrs. Debbie Allen, Executive Director of the Batesville Area Chamber of Commerce, addressed the council. Mrs. Allen said the chamber was lowering their grant request from $15,000.00 to $13,500.00 for 2002. Mayor Biard said her request would be considered in the budget process. BATESVILLE AIRPORT COMMISSION Mrs. Mary Amos, Manager of the Batesville Regional Airport, addressed the council and asked for continue support for the airport. Mrs. Amos said the airport was struggling in part for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York City causing fuel sales to be down. Mayor Biard said they would also be considered in the budget process. DRUG FREE WORKPLACE POLICY— SHARON TAYLOR Mrs. Sharon Taylor, Batesville Safety Director, addressed the council regarding a city drug testing policy. Mrs. Taylor went over the policy with the council and after a few minor changes asked the clerk to have an ordinance ready to adopt the policy at the next meeting. PRESENT 2002 BUDGET Mayor Biard gave the council a copy of the proposed 2002 budget. The Mayor went over several areas of the budget and told the council it will placed on the next agenda for discussion. CONSIDER 4-WAY STOP SIGN AT RAMSEY AND BATES Councilmember Cargill moved to place 2 stop signs on Ramsey Street at the intersection of Bates and Ramsey making a 4 way stop. Councilmember Pectol seconded and all voted for. EXECUTIVE SESSION Councilmember Gaither moved to go into executive session and Councilmember Mitchum seconded. All voted for. Upon returning from executive session, Cargill moved to appoint Randy Luster to replace Von Clouse whose term expired November 9 on the Airport Commission. Councilmember Watkins seconded and all voted for. Mr. Luster's term will be 11/27/01 through 11/09/2006. Councilmember Mitchum moved to appoint Alan McNamee to the Utility Commission. Mr. McNamee will be filing the unexpired term of Jim Douglas who was transferred out of town. The term will be from 11/27/01 through 5/10/2004. Councilmember Watkins seconded and all voted for. CONSIDER RE-ZONING ORDINANCE Councilmember Gaither introduced an ordinance to re-zone certain property of Irene Ball, Bob and Martha Bales, Robert Garcia, Ricky Middleton, Ronald and Patsy Bennett and Marcus Bowers from R-2 to C-2. The Mayor read the ordinance in full and Councilmember Watkins moved to suspend the rules and place it on the second reading by title only. Councilmember Gaither seconded and the roll call was 6 for and 0 against. The Mayor read the ordinance for the second reading and Councilmember Watkins moved to further suspend the rules and place the ordinance on the third reading. Councilmember Cargill seconded and the roll call count was 6 for and 0 against. The Mayor read the ordinance for the final reading and Councilmember Gaither moved to adopt the ordinance. Councilmember Cargill seconded and the roll call count was 6 for and 0 against. The ordinance was given 42001-11-2. CONSIDER RE-ZONE ORDINANCE Councilmember Watkins introduced an ordinance to re-zone certain property of White River Medical Center from R-2 to C-2. The Mayor read the ordinance in full and Councilmember Cargill moved to suspend the rules and place the ordinance on the second reading. Councilmember Watkins seconded and the roll call count was 4 for (Gaither, Mitchum, Watkins and Cargill and 2 against (Carpenter and Pectol). The motion failed. Mayor Biard said the ordinance would be placed on the agenda at the December 11 meeting for the second reading. FINANCIAL STATEMENT The council was given a copy of the financial statement for October 31, 2001. CEMETERY RESOLUTIONS The council considered a cemetery resolution for Nadene Hedges, Certificate 42001-331-1, for $600.00. Councilmember Cargill moved to adopt the resolution and Councilmember Gaither seconded. All voted for. COUNCIL COMMENTS Councilmember Cargill recognized Mr. Phillip Finch in the audience who asked to address the council. Mr. Finch said he would like to express his support for the city's animal control officer, Bill Burrus, in light of the recent controversy when Mr. Burrus shot a dog in Quail Valley. Mr. Finch said that Mr. Burrus was not treated fair by our local radio stations, WRD Entertainment, and felt they owed Mr. Burrus an apology. 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