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CITY OF
EUREKA SPRINGS
REGULARLY
SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING
JULY 22,
1997
Mayor
Barbara O’Harris called the Council Meeting to order at 10:15 a.m. on
Tuesday,
July 22nd, 1997, in the Courtroom in the Western District
Courthouse.
PRESENT:
Mayor
O’Harris, Alderwomen Dickens, Seratt, and Watson, and Aldermen
Jeffrey,
and Freeland. Alderman Christman was absent.
ALSO PRESENT: Earl Hyatt, Kirby Murray, David McNeal, David Beauchamp,
Kurt Jordan, Steve Beachum, Don Young, Don Matt, Jay Miner and Clerk Lee.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG:
Mr. 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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APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES:
The City
Council Minutes of July 8th were amended on page 4 & page 5, and the motion
was made and seconded to approve as amended. All were in favor, 5/0/0.
OLD
BUSINESS:
1.
Authorization for signage to Historical District at 23 N. and Planer Hill,
Committee Reports and lease agreements.
The discussion started with Alderwoman Watson suggesting that the Council rent the two bottom sides of the billboard at the top of Planer Hill. She said that if the City is going to have a Historic District sign on the top, why not make sure that the signs underneath point visitors to something else about the City. The east side of the sign is $125 monthly, and the west side is $200 monthly.
There was
discussion about the lease and whether, if the property sells, our lease would
be honored.
The
motion was made and seconded to lease the sign at the top of the hill for five
years.
Alderman
Freeland made the motion to postpone more discussion until
August
12th, and discuss it at the Agenda-setting Meeting on August 5th.
Alderwoman
Seratt seconded. All were in favor, 5/0/0.
2.
Annexation of Lake Leatherwood:
The
subject is still at the County level.
3.
Ordinance #1760, relating to sending out notices by City Hall Secretary (Second
reading):
The
motion was made and seconded to suspend the rules and place Ordinance #1760 on
its second reading, by title only. By roll call, all were in favor, 5/0/0.
Mr. Young
read the ordinance by title only.
The
motion was made and seconded to approve. By roll call, all were in favor,
5/0/0.
The
motion was made and seconded to further suspend the rules and place Ordinance
#1760 on its third and final reading by title only. By roll call, all were in
favor, 5/0/0.
Mr. Young
read the ordinance by title only.
The
motion was made and seconded to approve. By roll call, all were in
favor, 5/0/0.
NEW
BUSINESS:
1.
Ordinance #1763, amending the parking ordinance:
The
motion was made and seconded to place Ordinance #1763 on its first
reading
in its entirety. The vote in favor was unanimous, 5/0/0.
Mr. Young
read the ordinance in its entirety.
The
motion was made and seconded to approve. All were in favor, 5/0/0.
The
motion was made and seconded to suspend the rules and place
Ordinance
#1763 on its second reading by title only. By roll call, the vote
was
5/0/0.
Mr. Young
read the ordinance by title only.
The
motion was made and seconded to approve. All were in favor, 5/0/0.
The
motion was made and seconded to suspend the rules further and place
Ordinance
#1763 on its third and final reading by title only.
Mr. Young
read the ordinance by title only.
The
motion was made and seconded to approve. By roll call, the Council
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voted in favor, 5/0/0.
The motion was made and seconded to
read the. emergency clause. The roll call vote was 5/0/0. Mr. Young read the
emergency clause. The motion was made and seconded to approve, and the roll
call vote approved the emergency clause, 5/0/0.
2. Police
Department, Adopting pay/grade steps, Chief Hyatt:
The beginning discussion was whether
or not the subject should be adopted by ordinance or whether it should just be
approved. The Chief said it was in two parts, changing the Police Department
Policy Manual, and the entry level wages, and it made no difference to him. Mr.
Miner said that it could just be approved. Alderwoman Dickens made the motion
to approve the pay grade steps for the Police Department. Alderwoman Seratt
seconded.
There was some discussion as to doing
this City-wide. Mr. Miner said if the City wanted to pursue that, the Council
should form a committee with a Council person, David Beauchamp, the
Administrative Assistant, and a Department Head. Mayor O’Harris said that she
would want Kirby to be the Department Head, because he directs the most
employees.
Alderman Freeland suggested that
employees from each department make up a committee. Mr. Miner said that it
sounds like a good idea, but if things don’t go the way the employees want;
they get a bad taste in their mouths about it and it will affect their
participation. He said the larger you make it, the harder it is.
Alderman Jeffrey said that one of
the reasons for this request by the Po!ice Department is because of the risk
and responsibility associated with these employees. They all have special
training and the department cannot afford to have a great deal of turnover in
these specialized jobs. With no further discussion, the roll call vote to
approve, was 5/0/0.
3. Ordinance
#1761, amending the personnel policy manual(first reading):
The motion was made and seconded to
postpone until August 12th, to be discussed at the August 5th agenda-meeting.
All were in favor, 5/0/0.
4. Amending
the 1997 Budget, Ordinance #1764:
The motion was made and seconded to
place Ordinance #1764 on its first reading in its entirety. The vote to approve
was 5/0/0.
Mr. Young read the ordinance in its
entirety.
The motion was made and seconded to
approve the first reading. By roll call, it was approved, 5/0/0.
One of the Council members asked
about Ordinance #1762, the tree ordinance. It will be on the agenda August
12th, with discussion on August 5th.
MAYOR’S COMMENTS:
Mayor O’Harris said that the State
Highway Department has agreed to
provide the funds and let us provide
the man-power to fix the highways.
That is the good news.
The bad news is that the sewer line
that runs right down the middle of the highway is going to have to be replaced
with larger size line. As we increase the amount of sewer lines in the
unsewered areas and new construction, the lines that are there just are not
large enough. The cost has been estimated at about $600,000. This will postpone
the highway project for an undetermined time. This will be discussed in more
detail at the agenda-setting meeting, because more information will be
available then.
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The Mayor mentioned
that she would be unable to attend the workshop and Alderwoman Watson said
she couldn’t either. The Council set a new date for the Workshop for the Vision
Plan. It was July 29th at 7 p.m.
ADMINISTRATIVE
ASSISTANT’S REPORT:
Mr. Young thanked the
people who donated for the Birthday Celebration for the City, Jack Moyer and
his staff at the Basin Park Hotel, who helped set up in the park, and
Mouritsen’s Danish Bakery for the lovely cake they donated.
When Channel 12 from
Joplin was here, Charlie Brown at the Swiss Village Inn, Sandy Latimer at the
Inn at Rose Hall, Sheila Morris at Southern Country Inn, provided lodging for
the crew.
Also, the City
Officials took some gifts to Municipal League that were donated by Diane Herman
of D.J.’s Creations, and Pam & Richard of Quicksilver, donated a painting,
and with framing at Spring Gallery by Roger Shoffit.
The City appreciated
these services, and also they thanked David McNeal for his coverage. Everyone
did a good job.
David Beauchamp asked
about the pay raises, if they are all in line with
June 26th, and the
answer was yes.
Alderman Jeffrey
complimented the Auditorium Commission for the good
job that they did on
the proposal for the Arkansas Hall of Fame.
The motion was made
and seconded to adjourn. All were in favor, 5/0/0.
The meeting was
adjourned at 11:08 a.m.
APPRQVED:
Barbara A. O’Harris, Mayor
ATTEST: