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REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1998

Mayor Barbara O’Harris called the meeting to order on December 8th, 1998, at 9 a.m. in the jury room of the Western District Courthouse.

PRESENT: Mayor O’Harris, Alderpersons Christman, Jeffrey, Seratt and Zeller were present. Watson and Freeland were not present for roll call.

Also Present: Robert McVey, Alan Long, Kirby Murray, Diane McClelland, Ed Leswig, Lisa

Liggett, David Stoppel, David Beauchamp, Dan, Owner of K-Way, Beau Satori, Kim Dickens, Jay

Miner, Don Matt and Clerk Lee.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Kim Dickens led in the Pledge of Allegiance.

APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA: The motion was made and seconded to approve. With no discussion, the vote was 4/0/0, to approve.

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES:

The motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes of the November 10th, 1998 meeting.

With no discussion, the minutes were approved, 4/0/0.

The motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes of the Special November 17th, 1998 meeting. With no discussion, the minutes were approved, 4/0/0.

The motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes of the November 24th, 1998 meeting. With no discussion, the minutes were approved, 4/0/0.

Just as the Mayor announced the first item under Old Business, Alderpersons Watson and

Freeland came in.

OLD BUSINESS:

1. Approval of Ordinance No. 1770, an ordinance amending Chapter 9, Section 9.04.03 Sidewalks, of the Municipal Code of the City of Eureka Springs, revising requirements for building and maintaining sidewalks. (Second Reading)

Alderwoman Seratt made the motion to suspend the rules and place Ordinance No. 1770 on its second reading by title only.

Before it could be seconded, Alderman Jeffrey said he would like to make a motion to read the amended paragraph on its first reading. Alderwoman Seratt withdrew her motion and she seconded Alderman Jeffrey’s motion. The paragraph dealt with Installation, repair & replacement. All were in favor, 6/0/0.

Ms. Dickens read the paragraph in its entirety.

Alderwoman Seratt made the motion to approve the amended paragraph. Alderman Jeffrey seconded. The roll call vote was 6/0/0, to approve.

The motion was made and seconded to suspend the rules and place Ordinance No. 1770 on its

second reading by title only. All were in favor, 6/0/0.

Ms. Dickens read the ordinance by title only.

The motion was made and seconded to approve. All were in favor, 6/0/0.

The motion was made and seconded to further suspend the rules and place Ordinance No. 1770 on its third and final reading by title only. The vote was 4/2/0. with Watson and Freeland voting no.

Mrs. Dickens read the ordinance by title only.

The motion was made and seconded to approve.

The discussion brought out that it has been one year and three months since this process was begun, and it has held up projects, and that it needs to be completed. It can always be amended. The vote was 6/0/0, approved.

2. Approval for alternatives to wastewater project:

Alderman Jeffrey explained that this is to allow the engineering company to refine the estimates and redefine the order in which things should be down, and break it down into more manageable segments. It was emphasized that this is not a commitment to anything but gathering more information.

Alderwoman Zeller said that the rate increase must be in place before any money can be borrowed. The vote was 6/0/0.

3. Approval for the Auditorium to create a bid package for plastering and painting of the -chamber.

The discussion was that nobody should do any large projects. It should wait for the new council. The vote to approve was for a $35,000 restoration of the chamber itself, and the money was available.

All were in favor, 6/0/0.

NEW BUSINESS:

1. Approval of Ordinance No. 1805, regarding addition of two commissioners for the Historic

District Commission.

The motion was made and seconded to place Ordinance No. 1805 on its first reading in its entirety. All were in favor 6/0/0.

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2, Approval of Ordinance No. 1802, an ordinance establishing the salary of the City

Clerk/Treasurer.

The motion was made and seconded to read Ordinance No. 1802 in its entirety. All were in favor

6/0/0.

Ms. Dickens read the ordinance in its entirety.

The motion was made and seconded to approve. All were in favor, 6/0/0.

The motion was made and seconded to suspend the rules and place Ordinance No. 1802 on its

second reading by title only. All were in favor, 6/0/0.

Ms. Dickens read the ordinance by title only.

The motion was made and seconded to approve. All were in favor, 6/0/0.

The motion was made and seconded to further suspend the rules and place Ordinance No. 1802 on its third and final reading by title only. All were in favor, 6/0/0.

Ms. Dickens read the ordinance by title only.

The motion was made and seconded to approve. All were in favor, 6/0/0.

3. Approval of Commercial Insurance Bid for the City.

Only one bid came in from our advertisement. Other years we have two or even three, but Bare and Swett has given us the lowest bid. This amount is less than last year, because they found a company that would give a better price. The vote in favor was 6/0/0.

The bids were read. Alderwoman Seratt made the motion to postpone for the new year and the motion was seconded. The vote was, 4/2/0, with Freeland and Watson voting no.

Alderman Christman said the bids should be reconsidered, and made a motion which Alderwoman Seratt seconded. The vote was 6/0/0.

Alderman Freeland said he didn’t think the request for bids was detailed enough. Mr. Miner said the City could refuse all of the bids and publish another request for bids.

Alderman Jeffrey made the motion to reject all of the bids and publish another request for bids that would be more detailed. Alderwoman Seratt seconded. The vote was 6/0/0.

The mayor asked Lisa Liggett to give a short report on the Transit Department. She said the

Christmas decorated trolleys giving Tour of Lights tours was doing very well. They had carried

700 passengers in November and several groups were scheduled in December. She said the

Transit Department shows a $52,863.72 profit for the year.

Fire Chief McVey gave a report on the effort to have more people install standard smoke detectors. The department has gone to the schools and the media to get the word out that smoke detectors savo lives. He also said that Douglas Munyan and Nicholas Samac had gone through fire service training from Oklahoma State University and are now Nationally Certified as the Fire Fighter 1 designation. Chief McVey also passed out copies of flyers that have been distributed to instruct the public about Christmas tree safety.

The Mayor then gave each Council Member time to express their thoughts on serving with each other and their appreciation to the community. She also thanked the council and department heads and commissions for working so hard for the City. She especially thanked Kim Dickens, who, she said, had started out on the Council, then was hired as City Planner, and finally was hired as the Administrative Assistant to the Mayor’s office. She said that Ms. Dickens has done a fine job and is still working on the Planning Job along with her job as Administrator. She then graciously passed the gavel to the Mayor-elect, Beau Satori.

The motion was made and carried to adjourn the last City Council Meeting of the year 1998. All were in favor, 6/0/0. The meeting was adjourned at 9:55 a.m.

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