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Minutes for the City Council meeting on December 21, 1992
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Public Hearing - 7:15 p.m. - A public hearing was held regarding the vacating and abandonment of John Wood Drive. Mr. Dan Mullhullen addressed the Council with regard to this matter. There was no opposition expressed.
City Council Minutes - December 21, 1992
The Jonesboro City Council met in regular session at 7:30 p.m. Present were the Mayor, City Clerk, City Attorney, and all the Aldermen.
The minutes of December 7, 1992, were approved as amended, with changes made regarding paragraph six stipulating one thousand dollars per acre instead of one dollar per acre by motion of Mr. Stricklin, seconded by Mr. Mays. All voted aye.
Mr. Hannah offered the following ordinance for the first reading:
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 954 KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR CHANGES IN ZONING BOUNDARIES.
Mr. Hannah moved, seconded by Mr. Shelton to suspend the rules and place on the second reading. All voted aye. Mr. Hannah moved, seconded by Mr. Stricklin to further suspend the rules and place on the third and final reading. All voted aye. Mr. Hannah moved, seconded by Mr. Stricklin for the adoption of the ordinance with the emergency clause. All voted aye. The ordinance was given the number 2440.
Mr. Hannah offered the following ordinance for the first reading:
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 954 KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR CHANGES IN ZONING BOUNDARIES.
Mr. Nix moved, seconded by Mr. Hinson to suspend the rules and place on the second reading. All voted aye. Mr. Evans moved, seconded by Mr. Stricklin to further suspend the rules and place on the third and final reading. All voted aye. Mr. Evans moved, seconded by Mr. Stricklin, for the adoption of the ordinance with the emergency clause. All voted aye. The ordinance was given the number 2441.
Mr. Shelton offered the following ordinance for the first reading:
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 954 KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR CHANGES IN ZONING BOUNDARIES.
Mr. Evans moved, seconded by Mr. Bridger, to suspend the rules and place on the second reading. All voted aye. Mr. Hannah moved, seconded by Mr. Shelton, to further suspend the rules and place on the third and final reading. All voted aye. Mr. Hannah moved, seconded by Mr. Shelton, for the adoption of the ordinance with the emergency clause. All voted aye. The ordinance was given the number 2442.
Mr. Shelton offered the following ordinance for the first reading:
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 954 KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR CHANGES IN ZONING BOUNDARIES.
Mr. Evans moved, seconded by Mr. Shelton, to suspend the rules and place on second reading. All voted aye. Mr. Evans moved seconded by Mr. Stricklin, to further suspend the rules and place on the third and final reading. All voted aye. The ordinance was given the number 2443.
Mr. Bridger offered the following ordinance for the first reading:
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 954 KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR CHANGES IN ZONING BOUNDARIES.
Ms. Ingram, Councilwomen Elect, questioned the Council as to wither or not signs had been posted in order to inform the public of the rezonings. Mayor Brodell stated they had. Mr. Shelton moved, seconded by Mr. Bridger, to suspend the rules and place on second reading. All voted aye. Mr. Evans moved, seconded by Mr. Bridger to suspend the rules and place on the third and final reading. All voted aye. Mr. Bridger moved seconded by Mr. Shelton, for the adoption of the ordinance with the emergency clause. All voted aye. The ordinance was given the number 2444.
Mr. Shelton offered the following ordinance for the first reading.
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE 954 KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR CHANGES IN ZONING BOUNDARIES.
The decision was made to leave this ordinance on the first reading.
Mr. Stricklin offered the following ordinance for the first reading:
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 954 KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR CHANGES IN ZONING BOUNDARIES.
Mr. Stricklin moved, seconded by Mr. Bridger to suspend the rules and place on the second reading. All voted aye. Mr. Stricklin moved, seconded by Mr. Bridger to further suspend the rules and place on the third and final reading. A roll call vote was taken resulting in all the Councilmen voting nay with the exception of Mays, Stricklin, Bridger, Sanderson, and Nix who voted aye. The motion failed with a seven to five vote. The ordinance was left at the second reading.
Mr. Bridger offered the following ordinance for the first reading:
AN ORDINANCE TO VACATE AND ABANDON A PORTION OF JOHN WOOD DRIVE.
Mr. Evans moved, seconded by Mr. Bridger, to suspend the rules and place on the second reading. All voted aye. Mr. Sanderson moved, seconded by Mr. Bridger to further suspend the rules and place on the third and final reading. All voted aye. Mr. Sanderson moved, seconded by Mr. Bridger, for the adoption for the ordinance with the emergency clause. The ordinance was given the number 2445.
Item I was pulled from the agenda till further notice.
Mr. Hannah offered a resolution regarding the median located at Stadium Blvd. Mr. Scott Lewis, executive assistant to ASU President, Dr. Mangieri, spoke in opposition to the removal of the median. The major concern being the safety of individuals entering and exiting the ASU Campus. Mr. Alec Farmer, spokesman for the Stadium Boulevard Property Owners Association, spoke in favor of the removal of the median stating the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department will be responsible for the medians removal. Mr. Nix moved, seconded by Mr. Bridger, for the adoption of the resolution. A roll call vote was taken resulting in all Aldermen voting in favor of the resolution. The resolution was given the number 1992:50.
The following bid was up for review: 92:43 -Street Sanitation. Mr. Hannah moved, seconded by Mr. Shelton to except the lowest bid which met specifications. All voted aye.
Mr. Evans moved, seconded by Mr. Shelton, to accept the Mayor’s recommendation of Roscoe Hays and Morris Simmons to the Board of Adjustment and Appeals with an expiration date of May 1995. All voted aye.
Mr. Evans moved, seconded by Mr. Shelton, to accept the Mayor’s recommendation of Jim Damron and Debbie Finley to the MAPC with an expiration date of December 1995. All voted aye.
Mr. Hannah moved, seconded by Mr. Mays to accept the Mayor’s recommendation of Paul Bookout to the Solid Waste Authority, with an expiration date of August 1995. All voted aye.
Under new business, Mayor Brodell stated the newly appointed committee responsible for finding a replacement for the position of Finance Director has five interviews scheduled for Saturday and would be bringing those recommendations before the Council at the next meeting. Also, a resolution regarding funding for the Race Street Bridge will be addressed.
Mayor Brodell addressed the 1993 Budget by recommending a hiring freeze till April l, 1993, of all new positions and delete the position of Electronic Technician, listed under Information Systems. Mayor Brodell noted that $4,282,000.00 listed in the budget, which cannot be spent without the 1993 Council’s approval, should be conserved as much as possible in order not to be dipping into the reserves.
Mr. Hannah questioned the deletion of the position for Electronic Technician. Mayor Brodell replied that at the time of the request the Information System Department was having a heavy work load due to computer break downs. Since that time it has slowed down. Mr. Wise questioned the 26.2% increase and 18% increase in salaries of two positions in the Information Systems Department. Mr. Shelton also questioned the increases, noting that the City Attorney was only given a 5% increase. Mayor Brodell stated that is all the increase the City Attorney had requested. Mr. Hannah commented that the 26% increase was not the highest salary increase in the 1993 budget. The City Clerk was given a 45% percent increase even though the office hours were not increased nor work responsibilities. Dr. Strauser stated it was his understanding that because the position was requiring more than the twenty hours a week that the increase was warranted. The Mayor recognized the City Clerk, Donna K. Jackson, who stated that the salary recommendation was not part of her proposed budget to the Finance Committee. Mrs. Jackson’s recommendation was that the position be made full-time. To make the position thirty hours a week would not solve the problem. Mrs. Jackson left it to the Council to decide whether to make the position part-time or full-time, stipulating the only thing she is not willing to do is become a thirty-hour a week employee.
Dr. Strauser moved, seconded by Mr. Stricklin to accept the postponement of new positions and the deletion of the position for Electronic Technician, and to amend the budget figure to $17,352,890.00. A roll call vote was taken resulting in all the Aldermen voting aye, with the exception of Mr. Shelton, Mr. Wise, Mr. Sanderson who voted nay. The motion carried 9 to 3.
Dr. Strauser offered the following ordinance for the first reading:
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A 1993 BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF JONESBORO.
Mr. Hannah moved, seconded by Mr. Shelton to suspend the rules and place on the second reading. All voted aye. Mr. Hannah moved, seconded by Mr. Shelton, to further suspend the rules and place on the third and final reading. All voted aye. Mr. Hannah moved, seconded by Mr. Nix, for the adoption of the ordinance with the emergency clause. A roll call vote was taken resulting in all the Aldermen voting aye with the exception of Mr. Shelton who voted nay. The ordinance passed with an 11 to 1 vote. The ordinance was given the number 2446.
Mayor Brodell presented each of the leaving Aldermen a plaque recognizing their many years of service to the City of Jonesboro.
Mr. Hannah stated his appreciation to the committee assigned to find a replacement for Finance Director, and commended their work in sorting through 62 applications. Mr. Hannah also stated the Finance Committee makes the recommendation that E911, Police, and Dog Pound comp-time be allocated into the budget every year and keep it up to date. Dr. Strauser stated this was something that cannot be controlled by the Council. Mr. Hannah moved seconded by Dr. Strauser to appropriate funds from the unappropriated general funds to get the comp-time as current as possible prior to January 1, 1993. All voted aye.
Mr. Mays brought before the Council an emergency matter regarding a taxi service which was sold by Mr. Harvey Hudspeth to Mr. And Mrs. Cecil Dunning to be paid in ninety days. However, this did not happen, the Dunnings declared bankruptcy. Mr. Hudspeth requested to continue operating on a temporary basis. Mr. Sanderson moved, seconded by Mr. Shelton to allow Mr. Hudspeth to continue the taxi service under the name of City Cab Inc. Temporarily until this other matter is resolved. All voted aye.
Mr. Province moved, seconded by Mr. Sanderson to sell an old road grader for $1,000.00. All voted aye.
Mr. Mays gave his appreciation to the Aldermen who would be leaving and commended their fine work to the City of Jonesboro.
Mr. Evans gave each of the leaving Aldermen a Medal which he had won at the National games this year.
Dr. Strauser moved, seconded by Mr. Shelton to appropriate $10,300.00 from the General Fund and $3,200.00 from the Sanitation fund for a total of $13,500.00 for the hepatitis B vaccine. All voted aye. Mayor Brodell stated anyone wishing not to take the vaccine could sign a waiver.
Dr. Strauser moved, seconded by Mr. Shelton to appropriate funds from the General fund for outside legal fees. All voted aye with the exception of Mr. Nix who abstained from voting.
With no further business the meeting was adjourned.