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Minutes from the Finance Committee meeting on August 18, 2005.
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Finance & Administration Committee Minutes
Thursday, August 18, 2005
4:00 p.m. - City Council Conference Room - Huntington Building
Members Present: Alec Farmer, Darrel Dover, Jim Hargis, John Street, Harold Perrin and Ann Williams. Others present were: City Clerk Donna Jackson, staff and media. Mayor Formon was not in attendance.
MINUTES
Councilman Perrin moved, seconded by Councilman Street for the approval of the minutes for July 21, 2005, as provided. All voted aye. Copies were provided to all those in attendance. Councilman Perrin requested all pending items be noted in the format of future committee minutes.
ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS
Ordinance changing Utility Franchise Fees - Discussion followed concerning the verbal wording of the ordinance, as to when the ordinance should go into affect. Questions were raised regarding whether a separate ordinance was needed for each company doing business within the City of Jonesboro or if one ordinance could list all of the businesses. City Attorney Crego explained Cox Communications and CWL would be exempt, and raised questions as to when the bill should be collected. Mr. Crego stated Mr. Flowers was to contact Little Rock regarding collections other than land lines for SBC. Discussion followed regarding the need to change how the utility fee is distributed which currently is fixed assets. It was decided to discuss during budget time earmarking a percentage of the fees collected for additional personnel in the 2006 budget. Councilman Perrin moved, seconded by Councilman Dover, to recommend all three ordinances to the full council. All voted aye.
PENDING: Ordinance creating two part time positions for receptionists at City Hall - Discussion followed regarding what the benefits were of hiring two part time employees as opposed to hiring one full-time employee to handle the incoming phone calls for the City. It was explained by ...
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