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CITY OF EUREKA SPRINGS
COUNCIL
MEETING AGENDA
TUESDAY, October 28, 1997
9:00 A. M.
AGENDA
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL, ESTABLISHMENT OF QUORUM
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA:
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: Regular
Meeting, October 14, 1997
Special Council Meeting, October 21,
1997, 911
Addresses
Special Council Meting, October 21,
1997, Blues
Festival use of the Auditorium
OLD BUSINESS:
1. Ordinance No. 1768,
request from CAPC regarding professional services, (for third reading)
2. Ordinance No. 1771,
Vicious Animal Ordinance, (for third reading)
NEW BUSINESS:
1. Ordinance No. 1770.
amending the sidewalk ordinance, (for first reading)
2. Ordinance No. 1772,
Noise Ordinance, (for first reading)
3. City Planner
4. Transit Dept: Hours
of Operation; Fare Increase; Trolley Stop
MAYORS COMMENTS:
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT’S REPORT:
DEPARTMENT HEADS COMMENTS:
COMMISSION, COMMITTEE, AND AUTHORITY
REPORTS: Mayor O’Harris
will appoint Janet Epley to the
Parking Authority, Position 5, term expires 9-1-2002;
Scott Ruliffson to the Planning
Commission, Position 4, term expires 7-1-00 and Don
Porter to the Planning Commission
Position 1, term expires 7-1-99; Bill Brooks to the
Parks and Rec. Commission, Position
2, term expires 5-98.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Lake Leatherwood Annexation, Judge
Jackson to sign order.
McClelland Engineering, Sewer,
Sidewalks, Parks, Grant Work in Progress
Work Shop Vision Plan, November 4,
1997 6:00 PM
Solid Waste Meeting, October 29,
1997, 10:00 AM
ADJOURNMENT
CITY
OF EUREKA SPRINGS
CITY
COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY,
OCTOBER 28, 1997, 9 am.
The
City Council Meeting was called to order by Mayor Barbara A. O’Harris at 9 a.m.
on Tuesday, October 28, 1997, in the Jury Room of the Western District Court
House.
PRESENT:
Mayor
Barbara A. O’Harris, Alderwomen Seratt and Watson, and Aldermen
Christman,
Jeffrey and Freeland. Alderwoman Dickens was absent.
ALSO
PRESENT:
David McNeal, James DeVito,
Nikki Salazar, Earl Hyatt, Steve Bush, Linda Voyer, Lisa Liggett, Charles
Fargo, David Beauchamp, Jan Jones, Jay Miner, Don Matt, Don Young, and Clerk
Lee.
CITY OF EUREKA
SPRINGS
CITY COUNCIL
MEETING
TUESDAY,
OCTOBER 28, 1997, 9 a.m.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
Mr.
Young led in the Pledge of Allegiance.
APPROVAL
OF THE AGENDA:
The
motion was made and seconded to approve the agenda as it was. All were in
favor, 5/0/0.
APPROVAL
OF THE MINUTES:
October
14th City Council Meeting Minutes:
The
motion was made and seconded to approve the October 14th Minutes.
All
were in favor, 5/0/0.
October
21st, Special Council Meeting about 911 addressing:
The
motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes. Alderman Jeffrey said that
the “Streets’ and “Roads” were not quite right and the clerk said she would
check with Kurt Jordan and find out and correct the minutes.
The
motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes as amended. All were in
favor, 5/0/0.
October
21st, Special Council Meeting addressing the Fall Blues Festival:
The
motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes. All were in favor, 5/0/0.
OLD
BUSINESS:
1.
Ordinance #1768, request from CAPC regarding professional services, (third
reading):
Alderwoman
Watson said she felt there should be more Council input into the CAPC. (The
Mayor and two of the Council members are on the CAPC Commission). She also said
that the discord that is often between the CAPC and the Chamber causes delays
which, in turn causes problems for the businesses in town. She felt that she
was not allowed to discuss things long enough and that if she brought them up
at the Council meetings, she got her hands slapped.
Alderman
Freeland agreed. He thought there should be further accountability. He really
didn’t care for the idea of the Chamber Director being involved again.
The
vote on the third reading was in favor, 4/1/0, with Bill Freeland voting no.
Mr.
James DeVito, a member of the CAPC, said that this is not the old Chamber all
over again. This is not the old CAPC. He said that the CAPC has a great
responsibility to the community. They want to come up with a good contract. He
said that the structure of the Chamber of Commerce is changing, and so has the
structure of the CAPC. He said that Marvin Shepard has been acting director. He
respectfully thanked the Council for approving the ordinance.
2.
Ordinance # 1771, Vicious Animal ordinance (third reading):
Alderwoman
Seratt made the motion to suspend the rules and place
Ordinance
#1771 on its third and final reading by title only. Alderman
Christman
seconded. All were in favor, 5/0/0.
Mr.
Young read the ordinance by title only.
Alderwoman
Seratt made the motion to approve, with Alderman Christman
seconding.
All were in favor, 5/0/0.
Alderman
Jeffrey made the motion to read the emergency clause and it
was
seconded. All were in favor, 5/0/0.
Mr.
Young read the emergency clause.
The motion was made and seconded to
approve All were in favor 5/0/0.
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Mr. Bush, the father of the young boy who was mauled, thanked the
Council
and said that it proved to him that the process works.
Mayor O’Harris announced that Monday, was the Fall Conference in
Springdale and she would like to see as many of the Council there that could be
there. She said there would be lots of information about State and Federal
issues concerning municipalities.
NEW BUSINESS:
1. Ordinance
#1770, Amending the sidewalk ordinance, (first reading):
The motion was made and seconded to postpone this reading until the
November 12th Council Meeting. All were in favor, 5/0/0.
2. Ordinance
#1772, Noise Ordinance, (first Reading):
The motion was made and seconded to place Ordinance #1772 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.
Alderman Freeland asked if the ordinance is like that of Fayetteville.
Chief Hyatt said that it is with a bit of modification. He prefers that
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respond to a complaint rather than make the
decision themselves.
He
said things like loud speakers in peoples cars were covered by State
Statutes,
so this ordinance wouldn’t be used to enforce that problem.
The
vote was in favor, 5/0/0.
3. City
Planner:
The motion was made and seconded to
postpone until more information was available.
There was discussion about what the
wage is for recent graduates, and how few planners there seem to be out there.
A City Planner will be a Department
Head and will be hired by the Mayor.
Mayor O’Harris said that Marvin and
Wilbur are working with a map that has all of the properties that the City
owns. They also are working on going through the Code book and finding
ordinances that don’t have enough teeth to be enforceable.
4. Transit
Department, Hours of Operation, Fare Increases, and Trolley
Stop:
The Council voted on the three items
individually.
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Mr. Fargo wants to cut back one hour on
Saturday, which is to run until 8 p.m.
The motion was made and seconded to approve and all were in
favor, 5/0/0.
Then, Mr. Fargo asked that the fares be raised. The all day
pass would be
$3.50, and the one way pass would be $2.
The motion was made and seconded to approve. The roll call
vote was
4/1/0, with Alderman Freeland voting no and the rest voting
yes on each
issue.
The third item was the suggested trolley stop up just past
the New Orleans Hotel. Mr. Fargo said he had no problem with that and one had
been there before. The motion was made and seconded to approve, and the roll
call vote was 5/0/0.
ADMINISTRATIVE
ASSISTANTS REPORT:
Sales
and Use tax is up 13.38% for the month, from last year. The year to date figure
is up 2.38% from last year.
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