HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-06-08 MINUTES OF COUNCIL
JUNE 8, 2015
The Batesville City Council met in regular session on June 8, at 5:30 P.M. in the Municipal
Building. Mayor Rick Elumbaugh called the meeting to order. Utility Billing Supervisor Nick
Baxter gave the invocation. Upon roll call, the following councilmembers answered present;
Chris Beller, Tommy Bryant, Sonya Crafton, Margarett Henley, Doug Matthews, Chris Poole
and David Shetron. Also present were the City Attorney Lindsey Castleberry and City Clerk
Denise Johnston. Councilmember Paige Hubbard was absent.
Councilmember Bryant moved to approve the minutes from the previous meeting.
Councilmember Henley seconded and all voted for.
Councilmember Bryant moved to approve the prepared agenda and Councilmember
Matthews seconded. All voted for.
CITIZENS COMMENTS
None
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
None
NEW BUSINESS
A) REPORT FROM MAIN STREET BATESVILLE, MR. BOB CARIUS
Mr. Bob Carius addressed the council with an update on the Barnett Building. He said
there were over 100 people who took the tour of the building last Thursday and six
events have already been booked for the third floor of the building. Mayor Elumbaugh
told the council that the main Heat and Air Unit for the kitchen area is not working
properly. He said according to a HVAC company, the unit needs to be replaced at a cost
between $15,000.00 and $16,000.00. Councilmember Bryant moved to authorize the
Mayor to replace the HVAC Unit. Councilmember Henley seconded and all voted for.
B) CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CONSENT ADMINISTRATIVE
ORDER FROM ADEQ
City Engineer Damon Johnson addressed the council to explain the proposed
resolution. Mr. Johnson said the City submitted an update to the milestone schedule
to extend the work completion dates of the corrective actions needed to comply with
addressing the Wastewater Consent Administrative Order issued by ADEQ. He said
the work at the wastewater facility will have to be complete and the new plant up and
running in order to meet the requirements by ADEQ. The proposed resolution
approves the new dates for corrective actions. Councilmember Bryant introduced the
resolution. Mr. Castleberry read the resolution in full. Councilmember Bryant moved
to adopt the resolution and Councilmember Matthews seconded. The roll call count
was 7 for and 0 against. The resolution was given #2015-06-01-R.
C) POLICE CHIEF ALAN COCKRILL UPDATE
Police Chief Alan Cockrill addressed the council with an update on the first week for
the new police department. Chief Cockrill said they had a great first week with a few
minor glitches, which they expected. He said they received 298 calls from dispatch
and logged 24 hours on the new police bikes. The Chief said he has received several
positive calls from the public primarily regarding the visibility of the officers.
MAYOR COMMENTS
The Mayor said the next scheduled meeting will be the Tuesday before the Municipal
League Conference. Since he is the incoming President for the League, he will need to go
down on Tuesday. He asked if the meeting could be changed to Monday the 22nd
Councilmember Matthews so moved and Councilmember Beller seconded. All voted for.
LIAISON REPORT
Councilmember Bryant said the State Aeronautics Commission did a core drill on our
runway and several others throughout the state and said that our runway was not strong
enough for a G4 or larger plane. They said it was not a problem since we don't have those
planes at our airport, however, Mr. Bryant said we do. He said the Airport Commission and
Manager Daren Wilkes are in contact with our representatives in Washington to increase the
thickness of the runway. Mr. Bryant said he has talked to the representatives of FutureFuel
Chemical Company who land large planes at our airport. He said their only issue was when
they have a full load of fuel there wheels will sometime sink into the asphalt ramps when
parked. Mr. Bryant said Mr. Wilkes is working on a solution for the problem.
COUNCIL COMMENTS
Councilmember Bryant asked Chief Cockrill if while patrolling, had the officers logged
any inoperative street lights out around town. The Chief said they had noticed 83 lights out
and have already reported them to Entergy.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Councilmember Bryant moved that the meeting be
adjourned. Councilmember Shetron seconded and all voted for.
RICK ELUMBAUGH, MAYOR
DENISE M. JOHNSTON, CITY CLERK