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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-06-26 MINUTES OF COUNCIL JUNE 26, 2012 The Batesville City Council met in regular session on June 26, at 5:30 PM at the Municipal Building. Mayor Elumbaugh called the meeting to order. Mr. Nick Baxter gave the invocation. Upon roll call, the following council answered present; Tommy Bryant, Margarett Henley, Paige Hubbard, Davy Insell, Fred Krug, Douglas Matthews, Chris Poole, and David Shetron. Also present were the City Clerk Denise Johnston and the City Attorney Lindsey Castleberry. Councilmember Insell 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 Insell seconded and all voted for. CITIZENS COMMENTS Mr. Dave Timko, owner of Daylight Donuts, addressed the council regarding the recent fire at his business. Mr. Timko said he wanted to publicly thank the Batesville Fire Department for their fast response and professionalism during fire at Daylight Donuts. Mr. Timko said what could have been a total loss ended with minimal damage and he was very thankful for our fire department. UNFINISHED BUSINESS None NEW BUSINESS A) HEAR AN UPDATE FROM MS. TAMI MEYER, TOURISM DIRECTOR WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Ms. Tami Meyer, Tourism Director with the Chamber of Commerce addressed the council with recent tourism information. Ms. Meyer said she hit the ground running with the recent Batesville Bikes and Backroads event. According to her figures, the event brought in approximately $500 in tax revenue from hotels and motels only. She said she visited with several restaurants and most said they had an increase in business during that time period. Ms. Meyer also said she emailed a tourism survey to the City's Administrative Secretary and asked her to forward the survey to all the City's boards, commissions and council. She said the input she receives will be put in a database and will be very helpful for planning future events in Batesville. B) CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SALES AND USE TAX BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING ALL OR A PORTION OF THE COST OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS Mr. Ryan Bowman with Friday, Eldridge and Clark Law Firm and Mr. Paul Phillips with Crews and Associates addressed the council regarding the proposed ordinance to authorizing the issuance of sales and use tax bonds for the construction of the new Parks and Recreation facilities. Mr. Phillips informed the council that he was pleased to announce that the City received an AA- credit rating with Standard & Poor's Rating Service. He said the rating speaks well of the City's leadership and the direction in which the City is heading. Because in part by the AA- rating, he said they sold $25,900,000 in Bonds on behalf of the City at a 3.8% interest rate. Mr. Bowman went over specific items in the ordinance for the council and answered their questions regarding the ordinance. Councilmember Bryant introduced the ordinance. Councilmember Matthews moved to suspend the rules and read the ordinance by title only. Councilmember Bryant seconded and the roll call count was 8 for and 0 against. Mr. Bowman read the ordinance by title only. Councilmember Bryant further moved to suspend the second and third readings of the Ordinance and Councilmember Insell seconded. The roll call count was 8 for and 0 against. Councilmember Bryant moved to adopt the ordinance and Councilmember Shetron seconded. The roll call count was 8 for and 0 against. The ordinance was given #2012-06-01. Mr. Bowman read the emergency clause. Councilmember Bryant moved to adopt the emergency clause. Councilmember Shetron seconded and the roll call count was 8 for and 0 against. MAYOR COMMENTS Mayor Elumbaugh informed the council that the Interlocal Law Enforcement Committee met a couple of times in the past week to try to get a working Interlocal Agreement between the City and County. Councilmember Poole told the council that proposal that the City sent to the County has been rejected. The two entities met last night and tried to come up with an agreement that both sides could work with. He said the Sheriff said he would not sign the agreement with certain wording in it regarding the scheduling of Metro officers outside the City limits. Mr. Poole said this is the "meat" of the agreement. He said the City's committee worked on our proposal and think it is one the Sheriff will agree too. Basically, he said, the committee needs direction from the council as to what to do. He said the council needs to make a decision to either send the latest proposal to the Quorum Court and Sheriff or discontinue the Interlocal agreement all together. According to the current Interlocal Agreement, either side will have to give a written 6 month notice to discontinue the agreement. Mayor Elumbaugh suggested that the council take the latest agreement home and read through it before making any further decisions. He said he would either call a special session or the matter would be discussed at the next meeting. The Mayor said Ms. Paula Grimes with Main Street Batesville had applied for and received a grant for Main Street Batesville for training. The grant is actually in the City's name so he asked for the council's approval to send Ms. Grimes for the training. Councilmember Bryant so moved and Councilmember Henley seconded. All voted for. The council was informed of a fixed asset disposal. The City sold of GovDeals a 2001 Chevrolet S10 from the Landscape Department, Unit#356 for $1,854.38. LIAISON REPORTS None COUNCIL COMMENTS Councilmember Insell said he had been asked if the City could use property that the City owns located on Neeley Street for a second community garden. He said it was his understanding that the lot size is too small according to our zoning laws for build on. Councilmember Bryant asked Mr. McClure to check and make sure that the lot could not be used of any other purpose before considering the request ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, Councilmember Krug moved that the meeting be adjourned. Councilmember Bryant seconded and all voted for. RICK ELUMBAUGH, MAYOR DENISE M. JOHNSTON, CITY CLERK