288 COUNCIL
MEETING AGENDA
9:00 AM
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL, ESTABLISHMENT OF QUORUM
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA:
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: Regular Meeting June 24, 1997
OLD BUSINESS
1. Authorizing for
signage to Historical District at 23 N at Planer Hill, Committee Report
2. Annexation of Lake
Leatherwood
NEW BUSINESS
1. Old Police
Building/Renovation of City Hall, Mr. Johnson
2. Addressing; 911
program, Chief Jordan
3. Metro-Site
Agreement, Mr. Miner
4. Ordinance No. 1760
5. Set workshop date
of July 23, 1997, 9:00 AM for Vision Plan
6. Basin Park parking
problems, Committee Report.
MAYORS COMMENTS
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT’S REPORT:
COMMISSION, COMMIFFEE, AND AUTHORITY REPORTS:
1. Auditorium
Commission, Nominated Shirley Cantrel for Position 7 expires July 11, 2001.
2. C.A.P.C.
Commission, Nominated Randy Wottinbarger, for Position 1, expires, June 30,
2001
3. Cemetery
Commission,
4. Historic District
Commission.
5. Hospital
Commission,
6. Parking Authority
7. Parks and
Recreation Commission,
8. Planning
Commission, Re-appointment of Auddie Autry, for Postion 4, expires, 7-1-2000
9. Carroll County
Solid-Wastes Authority
10. Four-County
Solid-Wastes Management District
11. Eureka Springs
Solid-Wastes Advisory Committee
12. Tourism
Advisory Committee:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Position open with the equalization board.
Nominated Genes Bland, Term expires 7-31-2000
ADJOURNMENT
CITY
COUNCIL MINUTES, REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY,
JULY 8TH, 1997
Mayor
Barbara A. OHarris called the regularly scheduled City Council Meeting to order
at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, July 5th, 1997. The meeting was held in the jury room of
the Western District Courthouse.
PRESENT:
Mayor
Barbara A. O’Harris, Aldermen Freeland and Jeffrey, and Alderwomen Seratt,
Watson, and Dickens. Alderman Christman was absent.
ALSO
PRESENT:
Don Matt,
Earl Hyatt, David McNeal, Marji Anderson, Sharon Hamm, Jack Moyer, Kurt Jordan,
Steve Miller, Don Young, Jay Miner, and Clerk Lee.
PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE:
Don Young
led in the Pledge of Allegiance.
APPROVAL
OF THE AGENDA:
The
motion was made and seconded to approve the Agenda. All were in favor, 5/0/0.
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TUESDAY, JULY 8TH, 1997
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES:
The
Clerk had passed out an amended set of minutes, mostly with typos corrected.
Mr. Jeffrey pointed out an error about the ISTEA grant not being the same grant
as the one for beautification of areas around our highways. The Clerk will
correct it before the Mayor signs the minutes for the book.
The
motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes as amended. All were in
favor, 5/0/0.
OLD
BUSINESS:
1. Authorization
for signage to Historical District at 23 N. and Planer Mill:
Mr.
Shepard came and explained that he and Mr. Runge had decided to put the sign
pointing out the Historic District on the top of the existing signboard.
After
quite a lot of discussion, the Council decided to give Mr. Shepard time to run
the idea past the Planning Commission and MDC again. The concept had changed
enough that they felt the Planning Commission should look at it again. They
decided to discuss it at the July 15th Agenda-setting Meeting again. The motion
was made and seconded to do so, and the vote was 5/0/0.
2. Annexation
of Lake Leatherwood:
The
motion was made and seconded to postpone talk about this until such time as
there is more to discuss. It is still waiting for the county to release the
property. The vote was 5/0/0, to postpone.
NEW
BUSINESS:
1. Old
Police Building/ Renovation of City Hall, Mr. Tom Johnson:
Mr.
Johnson hadn’t arrived, to the council went on to item 2.
2. Addressing
911 Program, Chief Jordan:
Chief
Jordan came and asked to be allowed to number Pivot Rock Road, Hayes, and Martz
Lane. Alderwoman Seratt made the motion what they asked for at the meeting, and
Alderwoman Watson seconded. All were in favor, 5/0/0.
1. Back
to item 1, Tom Johnson:
Mr.
Johnson showed drawings of the space in the old police building. Basicly, there
would be two ADA assessable restrooms in the front of the building. There will
be some storage for maps and the tools of the trade for a City Planner and a
Building Inspector along with office for both. The meeting room in the back
will seat 34 people, with 2 places for the disabled, along with a table up
front for the Mayor, the Council, the City Attorney, the Administrative
Assistant and the Clerk.
There
will be plenty of wall space to hang City maps. Mr. Johnson said that the roof
is in good shape. The outside of the building will be water proofed. He said
that with careful use of materials, the building can be done within the $38,000
figure. The budget has $50,000 set aside for the renovation of this building.
The
motion was made and seconded to approve the project. The vote was 4/1/0, with
Alderman Freeland voting against. Alderman Freeland says that if the space is
there for the State Auditor, the City does not need to spend a lot of money to
make the space available for a planner, and then when the City has a planner,
he could be involved in the process.
3. Metro-Site
Agreement, Mr. Miner:
Mr.
Miner and some of the Council members talked to people at the Municipal League
who have these contracts, and they feel they are in the City’s best interests.
The antennae are small enough to be unobtrusive and they bring in good money.
The
Mayor read a fee schedule to the Council. There will be discounts to member
cities from the Company, according to the agreements and lengths of time of the
agreements. The Mayor asked Alderman Jeffrey to explain what Metro-Site is.
Alderman Jeffrey explained that Metro-Site is a company which would lease
easements around the City for the antennae for the wireless communications that
everyone seems to be getting into. The company negotiates the leases to the
City’s specifications so they are not objectionable. The leases would be
approved by the Council. The Mayor was looking for the antennae when she was in
Little Rock and she could hardly see them.
The
motion was made and seconded to authorize the Mayor to enter into a contract
with Metro-Site. The vote was 5/0/0.
4. Ordinance
#1 760:
The
motion was made and seconded to place Ordinance #1 760 on its first reading in
its entirety.
All
were in favor, 5/0/0.
Mr.
Young read the ordinance in its entirety.
The
motion was made and seconded to approve. All were in favor, 4/0/1, with Mr.
Freeland
abstaining.
5. Set
Workshop date of July 23, 1997 at 9 a.m. for the Vision Plan:
The
motion was made and seconded to approve the date and time to hold a workshop on
the Vision
Plan.
All were in favor, 5/0/0.
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COUNCIL MINUTES, REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY,
JULY 8TH, 1997
6. Basin
Park parking problems, Committee Report:
Fire Chief Kurt
Jordan said that he and Police Chief Earl Hyatt and Mr. Murray all agreed that
the white zone is not working. He also said that there really is not enough red
zone to accommodate emergency vehicles should they be needed.
There were a lot of
comments about the abuse of people using loading zones, and red zones to park
in.
Everybody agreed that
the Basin Park Hotel has a unique situation in that they have no parking in
their hotel. Also, it was established that the small vehicle, with which the
hotel carries guests and luggage, is street safe, or it wouldn’t be allowed to
be used. Mr. Jack Moyer, manager of the hotel, said that he would put a stop to
the u-turns of that vehicle. He also said that the hotel provides lodging for
upwards of 20,000 tourists per year, and they are right there to shop in the
surrounding downtown area. It was also established that the people who abuse
the loading zones, and short term parking zones are not tourists. They are
locals.
The recommendations
that the Fire Chief and Police Chief had were to make the zone a yellow zone,
which everyone understands and to extend the red zone. Then anyone abusing
these should be ticketed on a regular basis.
Alderman Jeffrey made
the motion to amend Ordinance #1750, with an emergency clause. Alderwoman
Seratt seconded. The vote was 5/0/0.
MAYOR’S COMMENTS:
Mayor O’Harris
reported on Mrs. Janet Huckabee’s visit. We all agreed that she was a
delightful lady, and very friendly and caring with everyone. She enjoyed all of
the activities that had been planned for her. She did four public service
announcements to help Eureka Springs. One was on the Ozark Folk Festival, one
was the Jazz Festival, and two more.
ADMINISTRATIVE
ASSISTANT’S REPORT:
The sales tax check
that we received for the month of April is down $4054.18 from last year.
We are still down for
the year 1.93% or $7718.90.
Mr. Jeffrey reported
that for the month of May, the CAPC collected $104,000 compared to last
year which was
$93,000. It is down less than one per cent from last year.
Sunray Services had
sued the 4-County Solid Wastes Authority. The Court has ruled against the
authority for some
important issues and they are going to appeal. The 4-County Solid Wastes
Authority has spent
$100,000 in legal fees so far, and this appeal will be another $12,000.
The state is acting
as intervenor for us, which will help.
Alderwoman Watson
asked about Department Head raises. The evaluations are not complete yet, and
the Mayor said that the Department Head raises will be discussed at the time
the Council goes over the budget. It will be taken care of as soon as
everything is ready.
COMMISSION,
COMMITTEE, AND AUTHORITY REPORTS:
1. Auditorium
Commission: Shirley Cantrell, Position 7, expires July 11, 2001.
There was a motion
and a second to postpone any votes on these nominations. The vote was 2/3/0,
with Freeland and Dickens voting yes. The postponement vote failed.
Alderman Jeffrey made
a motion to accept Shirley Cantrell for the Auditorium Commission, only
because, if the Mayor felt she needed to vote, she could vote yes. Alderwoman
Seratt seconded. They later withdrew the motion and second.
The was some
confusion about the vote for commissions, etc. It takes four votes, which is a
majority, to go against the Mayor’s suggestions. The Mayor also made the point
that she doesn’t do this lightly. It takes a lot of time and effort to find
people who are suitable for a commission and willing to serve.
The Vote on Shirley
Cantrell was 5/0/0. Shirley Cantrell will fill the Position 7, until July 11,
2001.
2. CAPC:
The Mayor nominated
Randy Wolfinbarger for Position #1. The vote was 3/1/1, with
Alderwoman Dickens
abstaining and Mr. Freeland voting no. Since it takes four votes to keep
Mr. Wolfinbarger from
being seated, Mr. Wolfinbarger will serve in Position #1, until June
30, 2001.
3. Planning
Commission:
Auddie Autrey will
serve in Position #4 until July 1, 2000, the vote being 5/0/0.
Genes Bland was
nominated by the Mayor for the opening on the Equalization Board, to serve
until 7-1-200. This position was filled by David Jeffrey for ten years. The
vote was 3/2/0, with Alderwoman Dickens and Alderman Freeland voting no. Mr.
Bland will fill the position until 7-1-2000.
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CITY
COUNCIL MINUTES, REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY,
JULY 8TH, 1997
Several
Council Members said that they vote according to the input they got from the
people who call them. The Mayor said that this is what the system is about. You
vote the way your heart tells you to. She said that always the Council is told
in plenty of time so they can call and have conversations with the people who
are nominated, and that it is a system that has worked.
The
motion was made and seconded to adjourn. All were in favor, 5/0/0. The
meeting was adjourned at 10:30 a.m.
APPROVED:
BARBARA A O’HARRIS, M AYO R