REGULAR MEETING

         3/03/08                                     

THE GRAND JUNCTION BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN MET ON 3/03/08. PRESENT WERE MAYOR CURTIS LANE,  ALDERMEN FRANK BELL, NICK EDWARDS, PERRY LANE, CHERYL SMITH, AND JERRY SMITH.  ABSENT WAS JOHN BARRY. AFTER THE ROLL CALL AND PRAYER, THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER.  MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY MEETING WERE READ AND APPROVED. BILLS PAYABLE WERE APPROVED ON A MOTION MADE BY PERRY LANE AND SECONDED BY FRANK BELL.

DEPARTMENT REPORTS

FIRE DEPARTMENT:

MIKE BRYAN – NO FIRES. ICO POLYMERS DONATED $1000 TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

ZONING DEPARTMENT:

MIKE BRYAN - ON MARCH 19 THE STATE WILL ADOPT THE 2006 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE. AND EITHER THE 2006 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE OR ANOTHER FIRE CODE.  THE CITY NEEDS TO WAIT UNTIL THAT IS DONE BEFORE ADOPTING NEW CODES. 

THE CODE BOOKS COST $113 AND $90.  MIKE IS WAITING ON A CALL FROM MTAS CONCERNING  PROCEDURES FOR ADOPTING THE PROPER CODES.

WATER-SEWER DEPARTMENT:

MAYOR LANE – THE WATER DEPARTMENT WILL SPEND THE REMAINING $9400 FROM THE OLD GRANT ON NEEDED SUPPLIES. 

POLICE DEPARTMENT:

MAYOR LANE – READ THE CHIEF’S REPORT.

ALDERMEN REPORTS

EDWARDS- GAVE A LIST OF PROPERTIES THAT NEED CLEANING UP.  MAYOR LANE ASKED HIM TO GIVE THE LIST TO MIKE BRYAN.

BELL- ASKED ABOUT WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IT IS TO MAINTAIN THE SECTION OF DRIVEWAY BETWEEN THE STREET AND THE SIDEWALK.  PERRY LANE SAID THAT IT IS THE CITY’S RESPONSIBILITY.  BELL SAID THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM AT HIS PROPERTY. MAYOR LANE SUGGESTED THAT PERHAPS IT CAN BE CORRECTED THE NEXT TIME SOME CITY STREETS ARE PAVED.

CHERYL SMITH - ROUTINE REPORT.

JERRY SMITH – SOME WINDOWS AND DOORS AT CITY HALL NEED REPAIR. 

MAYOR LANE – HERMAN RAY WITH OVERHEAD DOOR IS DONATING THE NEW DOOR FOR THE FIRE DEPT.

PERRY LANE –

1.  RECOMMENDED THE CITY SWITCH TO BUYING FUEL FROM MID-SOUTH CO-OP.  ALTHOUGH THE GAS WILL COST

5 CENTS MORE A GALLON, THE SWITCH WILL SOLVE SEVERAL PROBLEMS.  THE EQUIPMENT WE HAVE IS OLD AND UNRELIABLE, AND GAS USAGE COULD BE BETTER ACCOUNTED FOR WITH EACH DEPARTMENT HAVING THEIR OWN CHARGE CARD.

2.  RECOMMENDED THE CITY CEASE BUYING DRINKING WATER.

3.  RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPT. TO POLICE OUR CITY.  THE MAYOR HAS AGREED TO A MEETING WITH SHERIFF HICKS AND CITY ATTORNEY CHIP CARY.

4.  EXPRESSED HIS CONCERNS ABOUT A RESERVE OFFICER WHO WAS NOT A CERTIFIED POLICE OFFICER, WAS NOT PAID BY THE CITY, HAD NOT BEEN SWORN IN, WAS RIDING IN THE POLICE CAR BY HIMSELF AND MAKING ARRESTS IN THE NAME OF THE CITY.  IS THE CITY LIABLE?

MAYOR LANE WILL CHECK WITH THE POST.

ALDERMEN ASSIGNMENTS:

IN ADDITION TO THEIR PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENTS, THE MAYOR ASKED PERRY LANE TO ARRANGE A MEETING WITH THE SHERIFF AND THE CITY ATTORNEY.

HE ASKED CHERYL SMITH TO REACTIVATE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND TO INVESTIGATE HIRING A COLLECTION AGENCY TO COLLECT OLD TRAFFIC FINES.

MAYOR LANE SAID THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO FIND A DEFINITION AS TO WHAT CONSTITUTES PART-TIME AND WHAT CONSTITUTES FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT.

MOTION MADE BY PERRY LANE TO CONTACT MID-SOUTH CO-OP TO HAVE THEM DRAW A CONTRACT FOR ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS TO BUY GAS THERE WITH EACH DEPARTMENT HAVING A SEPARATE CHARGE CARD.  SECONDED BY JERRY SMITH..  MOTION PASSED ON A ROLL CALL VOTE WITH EACH OF THE FIVE ALDERMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE.

NEW BUSINESS

MAYOR LANE ANNOUNCED

1.  THE CITY RECEIVED A COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT GRANT FOR USE ON THE COMMUNITY CENTER, THE LIBRARY, OR THE PARK.

2.  HE WANTS TO SELL THE 1957 FIRE TRUCK AS AN ANTIQUE. HE IS INVESTIGATING THE VALUE SO HE CAN SET A MINIMUM BID BEFORE PUTTING IT UP FOR SALE.

3.  HE WANTS TO LET LYNN JACKSON ATTEMPT TO SELL THE GRAY POLICE CAR WITH ATTACHED EQUIPMENT TO A POLICE DEPARTMENT.

MOTION BY CHERYL SMITH TO SELL THE POLICE CAR. SECONDED BY BELL. THE MOTION PASSED WITH NO OPPOSITION ON A ROLL CALL VOTE.

BARBARA  SWEENEY REPORTED THE LIBRARY STATISTICS.

MAYOR LANE ASKED PERRY LANE TO SHOP FOR THE BEST INTEREST ON CD’S MATURING.

DAVID VINYARD PLED FOR MORE ITEMS TO INCLUDE ON THE CITY WEB SITE.

DONNA LANE COMPLAINED ABOUT VARIOUS STREET LIGHTS NOT WORKING.  MAYOR LANE PROMISED TO TAKE CARE OF THAT ISSUE.

THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED.

MAYOR                                                                                                                                                                                    RECORDER