CITY OF EUREKA SPRINGS
COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
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Mayor Beau Z. Satori
called the
PRESENT:
Mayor Satori, and
Aldermen DeVito, Simon, Dozier, Stoppel,
ALSO PRESENT: Kirby
Murray, Mary Jean Sell, Jack Muzio, Chuck Schmidt, Ruth Wills, Janet Hein,
Sandra C. H. Smith, Arthur Morgan, Chester Worley, Chuck Pohlenz, Cheryl
Cardinale, Denise McVey, Win Osborn, Henry Marten, David White, John Mitchell,
Don Matt, Rhonda Tanton, and Clerk Lee.
Others were present who did not sign in.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
Mayor Satori led in
the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
APPROVAL OF THE
AGENDA:
The discussion of
parking on
The motion was made and seconded to postpone discussion on
the Pathway of Love, until the
The motion was then made and seconded to approve the amended
agenda. All were in favor, 6/0/0.
APPROVAL OF THE
MINUTES:
The motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes of March 19, 2001.
The amendments were
noted. The motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes as
amended. All were in favor, 6/0/0.
COMMISSION,
COMMITTEE: AND AUTHORITY REPORTS AND VACANCIES:
Mayor Satori had
recommended Chuck Schmidt for Position #1 on the Historic District
Commission. The position expires
The motion was made and seconded to approve Mr. Schmidt. All were in favor,
6/0/0.
DEPARTMENT HEAD
COMMENTS:
There were none.
CITY ADMINISTRATIVE
ASSISTANT’S REPORT:
Ms. Dickens gave the
Council some updates on the projects in the works.
The improvements of
the Wastewater Treatment Plant bids will go out in May.
The bids on the Lake
Leatherwood Dam will be going out in June.
The footings for the
Police Department building were poured last week and will continue this week.
The 911 numbering is
still in the works. They are trying to
format the county maps with the City.
Ms. Dickens and Mr.
Murray went to the State Highway Department and asked to have the work
postponed. The only concern they had was
that the funding would stay in place.
They were sending a letter to the State stating that the money would
still be there when the project starts up again.
Ms. Dickens and Mr.
Murray went to ADEQ last Friday, with the proposal to stop work until later in
the year. They were not happy about
it. They could subject the City to up to
$10,000 per day if there were an overflow or a bypass.
They spoke to LaRue
Construction and the cost to the City would be $9600 to postpone the project.
Mayor Satori said the
$9600 would most probably come out of the loan money for the sewer project.
Mr. Murray read the
letter from the ADEQ. The City has had
41 overflows and 18 by passes in the last two years. He believes that the problem will be worse
because the line has been replaced with a larger line. These lines were clay tile lines, so they
know that they caused most of the problem.
There was a long
discussion about continuing and how long the City will keep working. Mr. Murray said plans have to be submitted to
ADEQ about our plans.
Also the State
Highway Department.
It was decided that
if the City asked them to stop, it would take at least three weeks for them to
get everything cleaned up so that the project
could be stopped.
The motion was made to stop the project and resume by November 1, 2001.
It was seconded. The amendment was made and seconded
that work stop by May 1st, 2001.
The vote on the amendment was
6/0/0. The vote on the original motion
as amended was 6/0/0.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
Discussion of Ordinance No. #1867, an ordinance re-zoning
Elks Club from A to C-2 (Third
The motion
was made and seconded to suspend the rules and place Ordinance
No. 1867 on its third reading by title only. The roll call vote was 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.
Discussion regarding Ordinance No. 1868, amending Section 2-144, Hospital Commission, (Second reading):
The motion was made and seconded to suspend the rules and
place Ordinance No. 1868 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. 1868 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.
Discussion regarding Ordinance No, 1869, Amending Chapter 2, Section 2-145, City Attorney, (Second reading):
The motion was made and seconded to suspend the rules and
place Ordinance No. 1869 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.
Discussion regarding Taxi issues:
Mayor Satori said the State does not make any distinction of what a limousine is.
It seems the City
business office issued a license for a Limousine/Taxi service.
He said the license
should be revoked.
The motion was made and seconded to have the City Attorney to define limousine service, and set up a research committee for looking at the franchise issues for transportation services within the City limits.
The City Clerk suggested that for now, to take care of the taxi part of the license, have the license returned and reprint it leaving the taxi part off. The rest can be hammered out later, but this would take care of the issue.
The motion was made and seconded to call the question. All
were in favor, 6/0/0. The vote on the
original motion was 6/0/0.
Discussion of the availability of
The motion was made and seconded to make what appears to be
The motion was made and seconded to take a 10 minute break. All were in favor,
6/0/0. The meeting was recessed at at
NEW BUSINESS:
Discussion regarding CAPC parking places:
The City Clerk said the annually rented parking just
above
The motion was made and seconded to allow the CAPC four
parking spaces if they are available.
The motion was amended and seconded that they would pay for signage
designating each space. The vote on the amendment was 6/0/0. The vote on the motion as
amended was
Discussion regarding
Alderman Stoppel said there have been many complaints about people blocking the roads when there are meets at the track, and ball games at the stadium
The motion was made and seconded, after discussion, to
declare some parts of the City roads to say ”No Parking on This Side”. It
was suggested that the Police Chief and the school decide where the bad
bottlenecks are.
The vote was 6/0/0.
Discussion of beer and wine sales in the Auditorium, (Sally Thackery):
Sally Thackery had asked for the usual sale of beer and wine in the Auditorium for five festivals: Classical, May Fine Arts, Blues, Jazz, and Ozark Folk.
The motion was made and seconded to approve the sale of beer and wine in the Auditorium. Alderman Sumpter wanted to amend the motion to say that beer and wine could only be sold before and during intermission and it was seconded. After discussion that motion and second were rescinded.
The vote was 6/0/0.
She asked for
permission to hang street banners at Spring and
She asked that the
Performance Today Banner be hung for each performance in the Auditorium for the
rest of the season.
The motion was made and seconded to allow the “Performance Today” banner to be hung for just the Festival performances listed.
The motion was made and seconded to amend that motion to include all of the events this year.
The vote on the
amendment was 6/0/0. The vote on the
motion as amended was 6/0/0.
COUNCIL COMMENTS:
Alderman Stoppel said he
will not be here
Alderman Sumpter said he
is still getting calls about why the City has so many cell phones. He asked to have it on the
Alderman Harrison said she
couldn’t understand why the
MAYOR’S COMMENTS:
Mayor Satori said he had
been to a meeting in Berryville. None of
the cities have paid jail fees for this year, nor were any budgeted. He said all of the Cities thought that since
the issue passed the fees would be included in the cost of building the
jail. In fact, the jail fees will not be
forgiven until the jail is built and in use.
There is a graduated scale for those arrests who stay and those who don’t
stay long. We are only charged for
people who break the law in Eureka Springs.
The motion was made and
seconded to adjourn. All were in favor,
6/0/0. The meeting was adjourned at
This is the signature
sheet for the minutes of
APPROVED:
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Mayor Beau Z. Satori
ATTEST:
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Mary Ann Lee, City
Clerk-Treasurer