CITY OF EUREKA SPRINGS
COUNCIL
MEETING MINUTES
The
It
was held in the courtroom of the Western District Courthouse.
PRESENT: Mayor
Satori, and Alderpersons Jeffrey, Schrader, Stoppel, Freeland and Sumpter. Alderwoman Taylor was absent.
ALSO PRESENT:
Kirby Murray, Ed Leswig, Debbie Frisbie, Janet Minkalis, Kelly Simon, Barbara
Dicks, Ned Shank, Kathy Harrison, Bob Jeffreys, David Anderson, Ron Morrison,
David White, Mary Jean Sell, Don Matt, Kim Dickens, Sherry Wilson, and Clerk
Lee.
PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE: Mayor Satori led in the Pledge of Allegiance.
APPROVAL OF
THE AGENDA:
Ms. Dickens
said “the Woods” was not ready to be discussed, so it was taken off the agenda. Items one and two under new business were
postponed until the August 17th meeting, because the council wanted
to wait until after the workshops on the tree ordinance and the parking/loading
zones. Also the discussion about the
amendment to the Carroll County Solid Waste contract regarding rates was
postponed until the August 17th meeting.
The motion was
made and seconded to approve the agenda as amended. All were in favor, 5/0/0.
APPROVAL OF
THE MINUTES:
The motion was
made and seconded to approve the minutes of the July 20th, 2000 City
Council meeting. The amendments were
noted. The vote to approve was 5/0/0.
COMMISSION,
COMMITTEE AND AUTHORITY REPORTS AND VACANCIES:
There were no
recommendations.
DEPARTMENT
HEAD COMMENTS:
There were no
comments.
Alderman
Jeffrey suggested to the Mayor that he might fill the empty positions on the
Parking Authority and the Council might consider restructuring the commission
to consider on-street parking as well as off-street parking. A re-structured authority might be able to
solve some of the ongoing parking and loading problems.
CITY
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT’S REPORT:
Ms. Dickens
advised the Council that she will be gone part of Tuesday, all of Wednesday and
all of Thursday.
UNFINISHED
BUSINESS:
Discussion regarding Ordinance No.
1841, Animals, Animal Licensing, Fines, and Fees.(Third reading):
The motion was
made and seconded to suspend the rules and place Ordinance No. 1841 on its
third and final reading by title only.
The vote was 3/2/0, with Aldermen Freeland and Stoppel voting no. Mayor Satori voted yes, which brought the
numbers to 4/2/0.
Ms. Dickens
read the ordinance by title only.
The motion was
made and seconded to approve.
There was a
long discussion. One of the main
concerns was the cost of fines and fees.
The council did not want to make the cost prohibitive for people to own
pets. Ms. Wilson explained that the
ordinance that is in effect now has larger fines than the new ordinance. Also, she explained that the way the old
ordinance is written, it is hard to prosecute.
This ordinance is similar to an ordinance that she had prosecuted in the
area where she lived before. There was much discussion and disagreement at the
council table. The motion was made and seconded to postpone the vote until the
August 17th, 2000, council meeting.
The vote was 4/1/0, with Alderman Sumpter voting no.
Ms. Wilson
encouraged people to call her office and talk to her about their concerns
before the next meeting.
NEW BUSINESS:
Discussion regarding Ordinance No. 1846,
amending the 2000 adopted budget, (First reading):
The motion was
made and seconded to place Ordinance No. 1846 on its first reading in its
entirety. All were in favor, 5/0/0.
Ms. Dickens
read the ordinance in its entirety.
The motion was
made and seconded to approve.
Alderman
Stoppel had to abstain because of a conflict of interest. The vote was 4/0/1.
The motion was
made and seconded to suspend the rules and place Ordinance No. 1846 on its
second reading by title only. The roll
call vote was 5/0/0.
Ms. Dickens
read the ordinance by title only.
The motion was
made and seconded to approve.
Alderman
Stoppel had to abstain because of a conflict of interest. The vote was 4/0/1.
The motion was
made and seconded to further suspend the rules and place Ordinance No. 1846 on
its third and final reading by title only.
The roll call vote was 5/0/0.
Ms. Dickens
read the ordinance by title only.
The motion was
made and seconded to approve.
Alderman
Stoppel had to abstain because of a conflict of interest. The vote was 4/0/1.
The motion was
made and seconded to read the emergency clause.
All were in favor, 5/0/0.
Ms. Dickens
read the emergency clause.
The motion was
made and seconded to approve. All were
in favor, 5/0/0.
Discussion regarding Ordinance No.
1847, an ordinance amending Section 2.40.10, Fire Department, (First reading):
The motion was
made and seconded to place Ordinance No. 1847 on its first reading in its
entirety. The vote was 5/0/0.
Ms. Dickens
read the ordinance in its entirety.
The motion was
made and seconded to approve.
Alderman
Stoppel explained that the changes are to update the ordinance to reflect the
prices Medicare allows. The vote on the
first reading was 5/0/0.
Discussion regarding proposed diversion
of semi trucks down Grand Avenue:
Ned Shank from
Dairy Hollow, and Ron Morrison from Tall Pines came to speak against the State
Highway Department’s plan to divert large vehicles from Highway 23 North
through Grand Avenue to Highway 62 West.
The Highway Department has plans to do this for the next three years,
while the sewer lines are being replaced and then the cement highway will be
replaced. The width of the avenue will
not handle large vehicles.
The motion was
made and seconded that signage be put up to keep large vehicles from using
Grand Avenue and that the City will contact the State Highway Department to be
sure they have a plan that does not depend on Grand Avenue for re-routing. All were in favor, 5/0/0.
Discussion regarding installing speed
humps on Mountain Street:
Ms. Dickens
said that the Council had received in their packets several letters and a
petition presented by Debbie Frisbie, who represents the people on Mountain
St. Police Chief Hyatt, and Public Works
Director Murray have reviewed this problem.
Almost everyone on the street has signed the petition. Ms. Frisbie said the problem just keeps
getting worse. She said she brought a
list of 78 license plate numbers of speeders going well over the 15 mpr speed
limit. Those were the ones you could
read. Some people are going so fast, you
cannot get their licenses. Ms. Frisbie
said when she bought the house, in 1995, there were no tickets being given out
on Eureka St., Mountain St. or Rogers Alley.
They were told that since there were no speed limit signs on those
streets, the judge would throw the tickets out.
They worked and got the signs put up.
The speeders go right through the stop sign. For the most part, the people who are doing
the speeding are people who live here.
Mayor Satori
said that a bill will be going before the State Legislature to legalize
photo-radar systems for state wide use.
That will be voted on in sesson in January. Arkansas Municipal League and Mayors’ groups
support this bill.
Ms. Dickens
said that Chief Hyatt and Mr. Murray both had input into the policy that was
put into the Council’s packet for this meeting.
Neither were adverse to the policy.
It was agreed, however that something should be done now, and the policy
can be discussed at a later time.
Ms. Dickens
said that Mountain Street fits the criteria and there should be no problem
putting speed humps on the street. The
people asked for humps from between Spring Street and White Street. They will be a different kind than were
installed on Flint Street.
The motion was
made and seconded to grant the request for speed humps on Mountain Street. The vote was 3/2/0, with Aldermen Stoppel and
Sumpter voting no. Mayor Satori voted
yes, so that brought the vote to 4/2/0.
Permission for banner, “Antigue Auto
Festival”, September 6-10, 2000:
The motion was
made and seconded to approve the festival banner. All were in favor, 5/0/0.
Permission for banners (12), “Annual
Carroll County Cruisers”, August 5-6,2000:
The motion was
made and seconded to approve. All were
in favor, 5/0/0.
Discussion regarding the trail of
lights:
The Holiday
Promotion Committee asked that the City’s Christmas Lights be put up by
November 11th, 2000.
The motion was
made and seconded to approve the lights for November the 11th,
2000.The Mayor was opposed to the lights going on before November 20th. Several members were opposed to them going up
that early.
The motion was
made and seconded to amend the date to November 13th. The vote was 4/1/0, with Alderman Stoppel
voting no.
The motion was
made and seconded to amend the date to November 18th. The vote was 4/1/0, with Alderman Sumpter
voting no.
The vote to
have the City lights turned on by November 18th, 2000 was 4/1/0,
with Alderman Sumpter voting no.
COUNCIL
COMMENTS:
There were
none.
MAYOR’S
COMMENTS:
There were
none.
The motion was made and seconded to adjourn. All were in favor, 5/0/0. The meeting was adjourned at 9:05 p.m.
APPROVED:
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Beau
Zar Satori, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Mary
Ann Lee, City Clerk-Treasurer