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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-12-17 MINUTES OF COUNCIL DECEMBER 17, 2013 The Batesville City Council met in regular session on December 17, at 5:00 PM at the Municipal Building. Mayor Elumbaugh called the meeting to order. Cemetery/Landscape Supervisor gave the invocation. Upon roll call, the following council answered present; Tommy Bryant, Margarett Henley, Paige Hubbard, Fred Krug, Chris Poole, and David Shetron. Also present were the City Clerk and the City Attorney. Councilmembers Insell and Matthews were 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. Councilmember Henley seconded and all voted for. CITIZENS COMMENTS None UNFINISHED BUSINESS None NEW BUSINESS A) CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TO ENTER INTO A LEASE-PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH BANCORPSOUTH FOR THE PURCHASE OF TWO COMMERCIAL SANITATION TRUCKS Councilmember Shetron introduced a resolution to enter into a lease- purchase agreement with BancorpSouth for the purchase of two commercial sanitation trucks. Mr. Castleberry read the resolution in full. Councilmember Shetron moved to adopt the resolution and Councilmember Bryant seconded. The roll call count was 6 for and 0 against. The resolution was given #2013-12-1-R. B) CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO HEALTH BENEFITS FOR RETIRED MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES Councilmember Shetron introduced an ordinance to amend the requirements for retired municipal employees to continue on the municipal heath insurance plan. The current state law, Act 644 of 1995 permits any municipal employee age 55 or over who has completed 20 years of service to continue to participate in the municipality's health care plan. The proposed ordinance amends the current requirement to add that an employee can retire at any age after completing 27 years of service and continue to participate in the municipality's health care plan. Councilmember Bryant moved to suspend the rules and read the ordinance by title only. Councilmember Shetron seconded and the roll call count was 6 for and 0 against. Mr. Castleberry read the ordinance by title only. Councilmember Bryant moved to further suspend the rules and waive the second and third readings. Councilmember Shetron seconded and the roll call count was 6 for and 0 against. Councilmember Bryant moved to adopt the ordinance and Councilmember Shetron seconded. The roll call count was 6 for and 0 against. The ordinance was given #2013-12-1. C) ENGINEER'S REPORT City Engineer Damon Johnson addressed the council with his Engineer's Report. Mr. Johnson gave a brief account for all the construction going on throughout the City. He then praised all the departments that worked together to clear the streets from last week's ice storm. Mr. Johnson said our employees are amazing when it comes to emergency situations. "They just do it". D) PAID BILLS REPORT The council was given a copy of the November, 2013 paid bills report for review. MAYOR COMMENTS Mayor Elumbaugh also commented on the great job that the employees did during the recent ice storm. All the departments work well together and do whatever it takes to get the job done. The Mayor also said it is a team effort to put all the Christmas lights all over our City. Our lights this year are second to none and he encouraged everyone to tour our lights and take the horse-drawn carriage ride through Riverside Park. The Mayor said the bids for the new Community Center/Aquatic Park have been postponed to January 16t" Mayor Elumbaugh said at the last meeting there was a discussion of giving our employee an incentive pay for this year. At the last meeting, the council wanted more financial information to make the decision. The City Clerk sent the council a financial for November, 2013. After a discussion, Councilmember Krug moved to give all fulltime employees a $500.00 incentive pay and permanent part-time $250.00. Councilmember Hubbard second and the roll call count was 5 for and one (Shetron) against. LIAISON REPORTS None COUNCIL COMMENTS None ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, Councilmember Shetron moved that the meeting be adjourned. Councilmember Hubbard seconded and all voted for. RICK ELUMBAUGH, MAYOR DENISE M. JOHNSTON, CITY CLERK