PRESENTATION AGENDA

1. Notification of legal advertisement for the following:

a. Selective demolition – City Hall.

2. Introduction of appointees to boards and commissions.

3. Mayor’s report.

CONSENT AGENDA

1. Minutes dated August 01, 2006

2. Proclamations to be issued by the Mayor:

a. September, 2006 – “Save a Life Month”

b. August 19, 2006 - “Scouting Awareness Day”

3. Order authorizing transfer of victim/witness grant funds to Wesley House - $5,858.63.

4. Order declaring equipment surplus and offer for sale.

5. Order declaring K-9 German Shepard surplus and return to original owner.

6. Order rejecting previous bids and re-advertise for bids for shingle roofs at Union Station.

7. Confirmation of appointment to boards and commissions.

8. Resolution rescinding Resolution #5358 regarding $1,225,000 Taxable Negotiable Note.

9. Resolution declaring intent to issue Taxable Negotiable Note, Series 2006, in an amount not to

exceed $1,225,000.

1. Request from The Meridian Downtown Association regarding their banner program.

2. Resolution adopting Comprehensive Plan amendments to condense, simplify and improve the

zoning ordinance.

3. Ordinance amending the city’s zoning Ordinance #3966 to reclassify certain lands from District

R-1B to District B-2 (vicinity of Old 8^th Street Road and Highway 19 North).

4. Ordinance closing, vacating and abandoning a portion of 1^st Street between 48^th & 49^th Avenues.

5. Resolution authorizing quitclaim deed for closed portion of 1^st Street between 48^th & 49^th Avenues.

6. Order placing on minutes the emergency purchase of:

a. Electrical repairs at the wastewater treatment plant

b. Work performed at the old USDA building

7. Order authorizing submission of Federal Railroad Administration grant application for first

responder training on passenger rail emergency incidents.

8. Order authorizing light poles that will be owned by the Michaels Development Company/Meridian

Housing Authority to be placed on city right-of-way in JT Davis Court and Victory Village.

9. Order authorizing execution of contract with Mississippi Power Company to pay for the operations

of the streetlights in JT Davis Court and Victory Village.

10. Order authorizing 15^th Avenue Baptist Church to encroach on right-of-way on 14^th Avenue for

installation of ramp to the expanded portion of the church.

11. Order authorizing entering into and execution of interlocal agreement for the East Mississippi

Drug Task Force.

12. Order authorizing hiring George T. Fore & Associates, Architectural Conservators, for services

related to preservation and restoration of City Hall.

13. Claims docket.

CITIZENS COMMENTS AGENDA

1. Citizens hearing.

2. Citizens forum.