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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-11-22 MINUTES OF COUNCIL NOVEMBER 22, 2011 The Batesville City Council met in regular session on November 22, at 5:30 PM at the Municipal Building. Mayor Elumbaugh called the meeting to order. Councilmember Poole 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 and the City Attorney. Councilmember Bryant moved to approve the minutes from the previous meeting. Councilmember Insell 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 A) SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH A SUPPLEMENTAL TAX ON ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Councilmember Insell moved to read the second reading by title only. Councilmember Bryant seconded. The roll call vote was 8 for and 0 against. City Attorney Castleberry read the ordinance by title only. The ordinance will be placed on the next council agenda for the third and final reading. NEW BUSINESS A) RECOGNIZE MR. DRURY ADAMS Mayor Elumbaugh recognized Mr. Drury Adams for being an outstanding citizen of Batesville and presented him with a Key to the City. The Mayor also recognized Mr. Adams sister, Ann Rhodes, with a plaque for her caretaking of her brother throughout the years. Mr. Adams neighbor Ms. Pat Jones spoke briefly as did County Judge Robert Griffin. B) MS. CRYSTAL JOHNSON WITH THE BATESVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Ms. Crystal Johnson with the Batesville Chamber of Commerce addressed the council with a proposal. Ms. Johnson said that several area leaders are requesting the Chamber hire a Director of Tourism to help promote Batesville and Independence County. Ms. Johnson said the Chamber does not have the funds to hire the position so she is asking the City to pledge an additional $10,000 to help in the funding. The City currently contracts with the Chamber for $10,000 for grant writing. Ms. Johnson said the new position will also do the grant writing. She said she is also asking the County to contribute $20,000 for the position. The Mayor said a budget meeting was scheduled after the council meeting and her request would be considered at that time. C) REQUEST FROM THE AIRPORT COMMISSION Airport Commissioners Charles Barnett and Karl Kemp addressed the council with a funding request. The Airport was awarded a State grant to take paving to a new hanger and install sewer at the Airport. Mr. Barnett explained that the grant is a 80/20 match with most of the 20% match being in-kind work from the City and County. The 80% is only reimbursed after the job is complete. The airport will have to pay the 80% then submit canceled checks to the State for reimbursement. They said the Airport will need a loan of about $160,000 to $200,000. In the past the Commission had received a loan from White River Planning and Development at a fairly good interest rate. This year, the Commission would like to borrow the money from the City, therefore saving the interest. The loan should be paid back in full in approximately 90- 120 days. Ms. Johnston said she had discussed the loan with the auditors and they said it would be fine to borrow the money from the Utility A&I account. Ms. Johnston said she could easily keep up with the accounting part of the loan. Councilmember Bryant moved to loan the money to the Airport out of the Utility A&I account. Councilmember Matthews seconded and all voted for. D) CITY ATTORNEY LINDSEY CASTLEBERRY WITH HIS CITY ATTORNEY REPORT City Attorney Lindsey Castleberry addressed the council with his quarterly City Attorney Report. Mr. Castleberry said he has prosecuted 1069 cases thru his office since the first of the year. He also said he has earned all his CLE hours for the year. Mr. Castleberry did not go into any detail of pending litigations against the City but welcomed any of the Council to come to his office for an update. E) CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TO CONTRACT WITH CONAGRA FOODS FOR THE SPONSORSHIP OF ONE BALL FIELD AT THE NORTH COMPLEX Councilmember Shetron introduced a resolution to contract with ConAgra Foods for the sponsorship of one ball field at the North Complex. Mr. Castleberry read the resolution in full. Councilmember Matthews moved to adopt the resolution and Councilmember Insell seconded. The roll call vote was 8 for and 0 against. The resolution was given #2011-11-01-R. F) ENGINEER'S REPORT City Engineer Damon Johnson addressed the council with his engineer's report. Mr. Johnson gave a brief update on different projects throughout the City. He also told the council that the planned sludge removal will not be able to take place due to all the recent rains, therefore, the recent bids for the sludge removal have been rejected. G) EXECUTIVE SESSION Councilmember Henley moved to go into executive session. Councilmember Insell seconded. All voted for. Upon returning from executive session, the following appointments were made; Councilmember Shetron moved to re-appoint Mr. Jimmy Wallace to the Tree Board. Councilmember Bryant seconded and all voted for. Mr. Wallace's term will expire 09/08/2013. Councilmember Krug moved to re-appoint Mr. Mike Schmidt to the Batesville Appeals Commission. Councilmember Shetron seconded and all voted for. Mr. Schmidt's term will expire 09/08/2016. Councilmember Matthews moved to re-appoint Mr. Stephen Smart to the Airport Commission. Councilmember Bryant seconded and all voted for. Mr. Smart's term will expire 11/09/2016. MAYOR COMMENTS Mayor Elumbaugh said was call for an Ad Hoc meeting for next Monday at 5:30. LIAISON REPORTS None COUNCIL COMMENTS None ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, Councilmember Matthews moved that the meeting be adjourned. Councilmember Henley seconded and all voted for. RICK ELUMBAUGH, MAYOR DENISE M. JOHNSTON, CITY CLERK