CITY OF EUREKA SPRINGS

SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES

AUGUST 27, 2001

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Mayor Beau Z. Satori called the August 27, 2001, Special City Council meeting to order at 10:25 a.m. in the Jury Room of the Carroll County Courthouse.

 

PRESENT:

Mayor Satori, and Aldermen David Stoppel, Bryan Sumpter, Kelly Simon, and Kathy Harrison.

James DeVito and Jack Dozier were absent.

 

ALSO PRESENT: 

Don Matt, Bill Ames, Kim Dickens, and Clerk Lee.

 

The purpose of the meeting was that the Council give a vote of confidence to the Mayor’s appointment of Bill Rubley as interim director to the Transit Department.

 

Mayor Satori told the Council that he had terminated Lisa Liggett as Director of Transit.  He said that David Maliska had quit. Mr. Maliska was the head mechanic at the Trolley Barn.  He said that the assistant seemed to think he could fill in until such time as another head mechanic was hired.  He said that Mr. Maliska was not certified to handle diesel.

He said that Ms. Rose will provide job descriptions for the Director and Head Mechanic positions.

 

Mayor Satori said that Mr. Rubley wanted three things.  He asked for a vote of confidence from the City Council and the Transit Committee.  He asked that the City immediately advertise for the position of a full time transit director.

He asked that at least 2 if not 4 more people be appointed to the Transit Committee.

 

Alderman Stoppel made the motion and Alderman Simon seconded to give Mr. Rubley the Council’s vote of confidence.  All were in favor, 4/0/0.

 

Mr. Rubley does not intend to be paid for his participation.  There was some discussion as to how that could be done.

 

Alderman Stoppel made the motion to increase the Transit Committee from 5 to 7.  Since no vote was needed because it had already been decided to have seven members, he withdrew his motion.

 

Both Alderman Harrison and Alderman Simon felt a Council member should be on the Transit Committee.

 

Mr. Rubley has asked that the Committee, the Council and the Community to all get involved.  If people have ideas, write them down and turn them in to someone.  Nobody can be expected to remember them otherwise.

 

Alderman Sumpter said it would help if they could research costs for some of the ideas, so the Council could see what could be done.  Cost is the bottom line.

 

The motion was made and seconded to adjourn.  The meeting was adjourned at 10:45 a.m.

 

This is the signature sheet for the Special City Council Meeting of August 27th, 2001.

 

 

APPROVED:

 

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Mayor Beau Z. Satori          

 

ATTEST:

 

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Mary Ann Lee, City Clerk-Treasurer