REGULAR MEETING

4/2/07

1. ROLL CALL:

PRESENT:  MAYOR CURTIS LANE, ALDERMEN JOHN BARRY, FRANK BELL, NICK EDWARDS, PERRY LANE, CHERYL SMITH, JERRY SMITH

2.    NORMA KIRK, HARDEMAN COUNTY PROPERTY ASSESSOR, ADDRESSED  THE  BOARD CONCERNING RECENT PROPERTY REAPPRAISAL. AFTER APRIL 15, THERE WILL BE TEN DAYS OF INFORMAL HEARINGS.

3.   READING/APPROVAL OF MINUTES:  MARCH  MINUTES APPROVED AS READ   

4.   READING/APPROVAL OF BILLS PAYABLE: MOTION BY C. SMITH  TO PAY, SECONDED BY BARRY                                 (VOICE VOTE OF AYE)                                                                                                                                      

5.   DEPARTMENT REPORTS

a.   FIRE: MIKE BRYAN – SHARED A LETTER FROM FEMA. THERE ARE NO  LIKELY FLOOD SITES IN THE CITY. THE CITY STILL NEEDS TO ADOPT FLOOD INSURANCE ORDINANCE.

b.   WATER/SEWER: FRANKLIN STANFORD -  CONSTRUCTION PROJECT  SHOULD  BEGIN IN 2 WEEKS.

                    c.  POLICE DEPARTMENT: PAT RYAN – ASKED THE BOARD TO CONSIDER PASSING AN ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO PIT BULLS.  MAYOR LANE  SAID THE BOARD WOULD  CONSIDER THE ISSUE   AT THE  MAY MEETING.

6.  COMMITTEE REPORTS   

a.  STREETS/PROPERTY MAINTENANCE: EDWARDS – ROUTINE

b.  LIBRARY:BARRY – NEW FLAG IS UP. TROPHY CASE MOVED TO  DUNN’S STORE.

c.    EVENTS/PLANNING COMMISSION: C. SMITH – BAR-B-QUE CONTEST   HAS BEEN CANCELED. RE-ENACTMENT WILL PROCEED. WANTS  BOLIVAR ELECTRIC AUTHORITY TO TO PUT IN TEMPORARY            ELECTRIC PLUG. MAYOR AGREED IF THEY WILL REMOVE IT AFTER  THE EVENT.

d.   PARK: BELL – PLAYGROUND IS IN GOOD SHAPE. SOME WORK STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE TO PARK.

e.  EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK COMMITTEE: C. SMITH – RECOMMENDED  THAT THE BOARD LOOK AT MOSCOW’S HANDBOOK AS A MODEL.  WILL BE CONSIDERED IN MAY.          

7.  AUDIENCE COMMENTS/REQUESTS:                                                                 

a.    BARBARA SWEENY ANNOUNCED LIBRARY OPEN HOUSE ON APRIL 14 AND BOOK SIGNING ON APRIL 28.

b.    DAVID VINYARD SUGGESTED THAT THE CITY MAY WANT TO WORK  WITH LOCAL CHURCHES IN A CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN AS WHITEVILLE IS DOING.

8.  OLD BUSINESS:

MOTION MADE BY PERRY LANE THAT THE MODEL CODE OF ETHICS COMPOSED BY MTAS BE ACCEPTED ON THE THIRD AND FINAL READING. SECONDED BY BARRY. THE MOTION CARRIED.

(ALL ALDERMEN VOTED AYE.)

9.    ADJOURNMENT

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