REGULAR COUNCIL
MEETING, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2008 AT 5:00 P.M.
Meeting
called to order by Council President Perry.
Present: Thomas, Perry, Henson, Palmer, Harris.
Absent: None.
The meeting was opened with prayer
by Rev. Odell Hopkins and followed by the Pledge to the Flag.
Motion was made by Councilman Thomas
duly seconded by Councilwoman Henson and unanimously passed by the Council to
confirm the agenda for this meeting with an amendment to remove R-7.
Motion was made by Councilman Thomas
duly seconded by Councilman Palmer and unanimously passed by the Council to
approve the minutes dated September 30 and October 07, 2008.
Councilman Thomas offered and moved
the adoption and passage of the following Order:
ORDER #14415 ORDER CONFIRMING THE RE-APPOINTMENT BY
THE MAYOR OF LARRY
MAZINGO TO THE
DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY
and,
Councilman Palmer seconded the motion, whereupon said Order was discussed,
passed and adopted by the Council by a vote as follows:
Yea: Thomas, Perry, Henson, Palmer, Harris.
Nay: None.
Councilman Thomas offered and moved
the adoption and passage of the following Order:
ORDER #14416 ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF
COST OF
and,
Councilman Palmer seconded the motion, whereupon said Order was discussed,
passed and adopted by the Council by a vote as follows:
Yea: Thomas, Perry, Henson, Palmer, Harris.
Nay: None.
Councilman Thomas offered and moved
the adoption and passage of the following Order:
ORDER #14417 ORDER AUTHORIZING A 3% RAISE FOR
MUNICIPAL COURT
OFFICIALS
EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 21, 2008
and,
Councilman Palmer seconded the motion, whereupon said Order was discussed,
passed and adopted by the Council by a vote as follows:
Yea: Thomas, Perry, Henson, Palmer, Harris.
Nay: None.
Councilman Thomas offered and moved
the adoption and passage of the following Order:
ORDER #14418 ORDER DECLARING EQUIPMENT SURPLUS AND NO
LONGER NEEDED
BY THE CITY
OF
SURPLUS
EQUIPMENT
and,
Councilman Palmer seconded the motion, whereupon said Order was discussed,
passed and adopted by the Council by a vote as follows:
Yea: Thomas, Perry, Henson, Palmer, Harris.
Nay: None.
Councilman Thomas offered and moved
the adoption and passage of the following Order:
ORDER #14419 ORDER DECLARING PROPERTY LOST OR STOLEN
AND TO BE
REMOVED FROM
INVENTORY
and,
Councilman Palmer seconded the motion, whereupon said Order was discussed,
passed and adopted by the Council by a vote as follows:
Yea: Thomas, Perry, Henson, Palmer, Harris.
Nay: None.
Councilman Thomas offered and moved
the adoption and passage of the following Order:
ORDER #14420 ORDER DECLARING
“NICK”
SURPLUS AND NO LONGER NEEDED BY THE CITY OF
and,
Councilman Palmer seconded the motion, whereupon said Order was discussed,
passed and adopted by the Council by a vote as follows:
Yea: Thomas, Perry, Henson, Palmer, Harris.
Nay: None.
Councilman Thomas offered and moved
the adoption and passage of the following Order:
ORDER #14421 ORDER DECLARING
“BUCK”
SURPLUS AND NO LONGER NEEDED BY THE CITY OF
MERIDIAN AND
REMOVED FROM INVENTORY
and,
Councilman Palmer seconded the motion, whereupon said Order was discussed,
passed and adopted by the Council by a vote as follows:
Yea: Thomas, Perry, Henson, Palmer, Harris.
Nay: None.
Councilman Thomas offered and moved
the adoption and passage of the following Order:
ORDER #14422 ORDER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF WATER
TANK
MAINTENANCE
CONTRACT BETWEEN UTILITY SERVICE
CO., INC.
AND THE CITY OF
and,
Councilwoman Henson seconded the motion, whereupon said Order was discussed,
passed and adopted by the Council by a vote as follows:
Yea: Thomas, Perry, Henson, Palmer, Harris.
Nay: None.
Councilman Thomas offered and moved
the adoption and passage of the following Order:
ORDER #14423 ORDER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF GRANT
RECIPIENT
AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE STATE OF
OF PUBLIC
SAFETY, OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY, AND THE
CITY OF
and,
Councilman Harris seconded the motion, whereupon said Order was discussed,
passed and adopted by the Council by a vote as follows:
Yea: Thomas, Perry, Henson, Palmer, Harris.
Nay: None.
Councilwoman Henson offered and
moved the adoption and passage of the following Order:
ORDER #14424 ORDER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF
CONTRACT BETWEEN
SPEC. RESCUE
INTERNATIONAL AND THE CITY OF
(SWIFT/FLOODWATER
RESCUE TRAINING)
and,
Councilman Palmer seconded the motion, whereupon said Order was discussed,
passed and adopted by the Council by a vote as follows:
Yea: Thomas, Perry, Henson, Palmer, Harris.
Nay: None.
Discussion was held regarding the
plans to hire a code enforcement officer to handle hazardous waste and illegal
solid waste. There is a police officer
who has the background needed for this position. Councilman Thomas and Councilman Harris both
said they would not support taking an officer off the street and putting him as
the code enforcement officer. More
police officers are needed on the street.
Chief Dubose said that they are in the process of taking applications
for police officers and that they have had lateral transfers whereby they get
experience officers to come to work for the city. Councilman Thomas offered and moved the
adoption and passage of the following Order:
ORDER #14425 ORDER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND
SUBMISSION OF
SOLID WASTE
ASSISTANCE GRANT REQUEST WITH THE
DEPARTMENT
OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
and,
Councilwoman Henson seconded the motion, whereupon said Order was discussed,
passed and adopted by the Council by a vote as follows:
Yea: Perry, Henson, Palmer.
Nay: Thomas, Harris.
Councilman Harris offered and moved
the adoption and passage of the following Resolution:
RESO. #5540 RESOLUTION DESIGNATING
APPLICANT AGENT
and,
Councilman Palmer seconded the motion, whereupon said Resolution was discussed,
passed and adopted by the Council by a vote as follows:
Yea: Thomas, Perry, Henson, Palmer, Harris.
Nay: None.
Councilwoman Henson offered and
moved the adoption and passage of the following Order:
ORDER #14426 ORDER ALLOCATING FY 2009 BUDGET
SUBSIDIES, GRANTS
AND PUBLIC
RELATIONS EXPENDITURES
and,
Councilman Palmer seconded the motion, whereupon said Order was discussed,
passed and adopted by the Council by a vote as follows:
Yea: Thomas, Perry, Henson, Palmer, Harris.
Nay: None.
Discussion was held regarding the
proposed interlocal agreement with
RESO. #5541 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING
THE EXECUTION OF 2008
INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT FOR THE USE OF THE
and,
Councilman Palmer seconded the motion, whereupon said Resolution was discussed,
passed and adopted by the Council by a vote as follows:
Yea: Thomas, Perry, Henson, Palmer, Harris.
Nay: None.
Councilwoman Henson offered and
moved the adoption and passage of the following Order:
ORDER #14427 ORDER RATIFYING PUBLICATION OF “NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING”
IN REGARD TO
THE BROWNFIELDS CLEANUP GRANT PROPOSAL
(SITE OF NEW
POLICE FACILITY)
and,
Councilman Thomas seconded the motion, whereupon said Order was discussed,
passed and adopted by the Council by a vote as follows:
Yea: Thomas, Perry, Henson, Palmer, Harris.
Nay: None.
Councilman Thomas offered and moved
the adoption and passage of the following Order:
ORDER #14428 ORDER AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF
STATE-LOCAL
DISASTER
ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE STATE
OF
AGENCY AND
THE CITY OF
and,
Councilman Harris seconded the motion, whereupon said Order was discussed,
passed and adopted by the Council by a vote as follows:
Yea: Thomas, Perry, Henson, Palmer, Harris.
Nay: None.
Motion was made by Councilwoman
Henson duly seconded by Councilman Palmer and unanimously passed by the Council
to approve the claims docket dated October 17, 2008 in the amount of
$1,762,608.80.
President Perry advised of the
notification of legal advertisement for the following: a) asbestos abatement of
fifteen structures.
President Perry called for the
Mayor’s report. He asked Odell Hopkins
to report on garbage, trash/debris pick-up.
Mr. Hopkins said he met with Steve Porter and Buford Clark with Waste
Management to work on schedules. The
results of the meeting have been fruitful.
He said calls were down during the September 01 to October 01 time
period. Mr. Porter stated that they are
in the process of making a flyer to send to every household. They would be mailed out next week. City Clerk Ed Skipper appeared and gave an
update on the renovations to city hall. The
project is in Phase III which is basically the exterior with some interior
work. As the terra cotta was removed,
more damage was found. Removal of the
damaged portion is complete. Some of the
steel support has rusted and needs to be replaced. Cleaning of the outside has been going
on. The metal panels have been cleaned and
primed. The new terra cotta tiles will
be delivered over the next six months.
Some of the tiles have been delivered and are being installed. Three sets of windows have been
received. Demolition of the ground floor
has been done in preparation of the installation of the elevator and fire
stairs. The steel is being fabricated
for the fire stairs and should be delivered by Christmas. There was damage to the downstairs windows
that were covered with concrete blocks.
Phase III is running about $119,000 over and above the contingency
funds. They are currently looking at
credits for redoing the windows and other cuts to keep this phase in
budget. Phase IV is basically the
interior. The design team completed the
design documents and submitted them to Archives & History. Archives & History approved those plans
but in the process of estimating the cost for bids, the estimates were coming
in more than originally anticipated.
They are reworking these designs to see if they can come in at a more
acceptable cost. The schedule for design
approval is by Thanksgiving.
Approximately $7 million has been spent so far on this project.
President Perry called for citizen
comments. Kelly Cross,
President Perry called for Council
comments. Councilman Palmer said he was happy to see an
enforcement officer coming on board. He
said he calls Waste Management directly about trash, etc. in his ward. He drives around his ward routinely looking
for problem areas and reports them.
Councilwoman Henson said she and Councilman Harris attended the
Mississippi Economic Council meeting last week.
Councilman Thomas congratulated the MHS softball team for winning 2nd
place in the state play-offs.
Councilwoman Perry congratulated the young men who played against
There being no further business to
come before the Council at this time, the meeting was adjourned. Sine die.
Respectfully submitted,
Pam
McInnis, Clerk of Council