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December 29, 1988MINUTES WEST MEMPHIS CITY COUNCIL DECEMBER 29, 1988 A recessed meeting of the West Memphis City Council was held on Thursday, December 29, 1988 at 12:00 noon in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 205 S. Redding, West Memphis, Arkansas. Mayor Keith Ingram presided. Mayor Ingram called the meeting to order at 12:07 p.m. City Clerk Dan Craft called the roll. Those present were: Mayor Keith Ingram City Attorney David Peeples City Clerk Dan Craft Aldermen: Roberta Jackson Al Boals Joe Brasfield Forrest Dunlap Pritchard Horton Sam Lehr Richard Linsley Mike Hardage Absent: James Cooper Bill Burnett First item discussed was an Ordinance to waive competitive bidding for the contracts for professional technical and engineering services for the Community Development Block Grant Program, declaring an emergency and for other purposes. Alderman Horton made a motion, seconded by Alderman Dunlap to add the Ordinance to the agenda. Upon voice vote, the voting was unanimous. City Attorney Peeples read the Ordinance for the first time. Alderman Dunlap made a motion, seconded by Alderman Horton to approve the Ordinance on its first reading. Upon roll call vote, the voting was as follows: AYES: Aldermen: Jackson, Boals, Brasfield, Dunlap, Horton, Lehr, Linsley, Hardage NAYS: Aldermen: None Alderman Lehr made a motion, seconded by Alderman Hardage to suspend the I rules and the Ordinance be placed on its second reading. Upon roll call vote, the voting was as follows: AYES: Aldermen: Jackson, Boals, Brasfield, Dunlap, Horton, Lehr, Linsley, Hardage NAYS: Aldermen: None City Attorney Peeples read the Ordinance for the second time. Alderman Hardage made a motion, seconded by Alderman Lehr to approve the Ordinance on its second reading. Upon roll call vote, the voting was as follows: AYES: Aldermen: Jackson, Boals, Brasfield, Dunlap Horton, Lehr, Linsley, Hardage NAYS: Aldermen: None Alderman Dunlap made a motion, seconded by Alderman Horton to further suspend the rules and the Ordinance be placed on its third and final reading. Upon roll call vote, the voting was as follows: AYES: Aldermen: Jackson, Boals, Brasfield, Dunlap, Horton, Lehr, Linsley, Hardage NAYS: Aldermen: None City Attorney Peeples read the Ordinance for the third and final time. Discussion. Mayor Ingram asked, "Shall the Ordinance Pass?" Alderman Hardage made a motion, seconded by Alderman Horton to adopt the Ordinance. Upon roll call vote, the voting was as follows: PAGE 126 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES DECEMBER 29, 1988 AYES: Aldermen: Jackson, Boals, Brasfield, Dunlap, Horton, Lehr, Linsley, Hardage NAYS: Aldermen: None Alderman Hardage made a motion, seconded by Alderman Horton to adopt the Emergency Clause Section 2. Upon roll call vote, the voting was as follows: AYES: Aldermen: Jackson, Boals, Brasfield, Dunlap, Horton, Lehr, Linsley, Hardage NAYS: Aldermen: None The Ordinance and the Emergency Clause was adopted and assigned No. 1365. s The next item discussed was the 1989 Budget. Alderman Linsley made a motion, seconded by Alderman Horton to add the discussion of the adoption of the 1989 Budget to the agenda. Upon voice vote, the voting was unanimous. Alderman Horton made the following motion, seconded by Alderman Lehr: ~1ot i on I rl~ake a r!»t i on that ~.. The i9t~~ budget car•esen•Geci by the ~!avor•• be adopted i n surl~rliar•v •i"or-'fl7~t+1 i th ti'•~e ci-,anQes r,~acle i n the Advert i s i nq v Prarriat i on Fund and the man i •tat i on Fund. ~. Ti-~e Code Fntorcerl~en•t Ctf i cer•-, F i Hance ~ i rector, Ctree•i: Cuaer i ntendent, fan i tat i on Su per•• i ntendent, ut i ~ i tv Uenera i ~'lanaCer•, F ~ ect€~- i ca s ~uQer i ntendent and ~a•ter• Cuaer i ntendent be q i ven a 10°r`. raise. :~ . The P o ~ ice C i-~ i e •i: and i= i r• e C;-~ : e •~ b e Q i v pr•y a n ~ ~. 1. raise . 4. The Ci•~~ FnQineer be given a it~~. r••aise. 5. A_i •i o•tl~er-• er,~a1 ~vees be a i ven a ?~. raise. 6. A position of CorrRauto~-• i~r©~r-ar,~er be ct~•eated at a oav Grade c{~. i r The aos i t i en C7 •!= Tour i sr,1 C.aor-•d i nator be C'•a i sed tr••ar,~ a pav Grade ct 11 t~ a ~rav oracle o•~ ic. #~. The aos i t i on of Industr-• i a 7 pre•tr•eatrl~ent Coord i natar-• be raised #i~•or~~ a aav c~~-•ade 1~ to a ©ay gr••ade ~c~. ~. The car• a 7 1 o~+~ances o•f= ti--e aur-•chas i no Anent, No 1 ice Ch i e•~~ parks D i r•ector-•, and City Lnq i Weer be !"•<3 i sed i~ror,i ~~.~i~. OUrr,~o tc ~~5t~r ~J~yirl7or 1V. The Toru~r• i srli Coor•d i nator be o i ven a car a ~ 1 o~+~ance o~= ~ 1 ~ ~~ r ~ V l rl~ o . J. Alderman Burnett came into th.e me; t ing at this tLmP ~ l_.~ : 1.5 Y _,n,,_, l _, Discussion was held. Alderman Jackson stated she had a problem with the summary budget. Alderman Boals stated he was for a line-item budget instead of a summary budget. He also stated he would like to see the pay grade raise of the Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator be held until the study being done is completed. Alderman Brasfield asked the Finance Director what a grade ~~12, ~~1~, and ~~20 was. Wyman Morgan stated the following amounts did not include the 7% raise;, ~~12 - starting salary $11,484 top out salary $14,640 ~~16 - ~~ ~~ $14, 640 ~~ ,~ $18,540 ~~20 - $18,540 $23,616 PAGE 127 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES DECEMBER 29, 1988 Alderman Cooper came into the meeting at this time (12:17 p.m.). Roll call vote was taken on the motion to adopt the 1989 Budget: AYES: Aldermen: Dunlap, Horton, Lehr, Linsley NAYS: Aldermen: Jackson, Boals, Brasfield Burnett Alderman Cooper abstained from the vote. Mayor Ingram voted AYE. The 1989 Budget was adopted. Mayor Ingram announced that the swearing in ceremony would be Thursday, January 5, 1989 at Pre-Council at 12:30 p.m. Mayor Ingram announced the dead-line for the agenda of the City Council meeting would be Tuesday, January 3, 1989 by noon, and the packets would be ready to pick up Wednesday morning, January 4, 1989. Alderman Dunlap expressed his gratitude for the pleasure of serving on the City Council. Alderman Brasfield stated his appreciation of being able to work with the ladies and gentlemen on the council for the past eight years. Having no further business to come before the council, Alderman Dunlap made a motion, seconded by Alderman Jackson to adjourn. Upon voice vote, the voting was unanimous. The meeting adjourned at 12:25 p.m. PASSED and APPROVED this ~~~ day of ;' ~.~~, , 1989. C? ~ v~ YOR KEITH ATTEST: / C Y CLERK A GL-„ ' SECRETAR CINDY EA Y