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Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors

City of Texarkana, Arkansas
City Hall - East Third and Walnut Streets
Monday, December 18, 2006

7:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

  1. Call to order.
  2. Invocation given by Director Chad Dowd.
  3. Present Ward 5 Director Weldon Johnson with a plaque for his service on the Texarkana, Arkansas City Board of Directors
  4. CONSENT AGENDA
    1. Approval of Minutes of the rescheduled regular meeting of December 6, 2006.
    2. Adopt a Resolution rescheduling 2007 regular meetings that conflict with City approved holidays.
    3. Adopt a Resolution approving the Texarkana Regional Airport's 2007 Operating and Capital Improvement Budgets.
    4. Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to proceed with a contract with the University of Arkansas at Little Rock to perform an Economic Development Study to research tax burden in Texarkana, Arkansas.
    5. Adopt a Resolution declaring seized Police Department vehicles surplus and authorizing disposal in accordance with Arkansas Law.
  5. Adopt an Ordinance approving the FY2007 Budget.
  6. Adopt an Ordinance approving an increase in franchise fees for the rendition of electric distribution system operations or natural gas distribution system operations within the City of Texarkana, Arkansas.
  7. Adopt an Ordinance establishing a charge on all water and sewer accounts.
  8. Adopt an Ordinance approving 1% increase for Restaurant Tax and 2% increase for Hotel/Motel tax.
  9. Conduct a Public Hearing to receive comments regarding a petition to abandon part of the dedicated, unimproved East 43rd Street Right-of-Way in the 4300 block of Loop 245 to the dead-end. (Danny McBay, I-49 Auto Auction) (Map)
  10. Adopt an Ordinance abandoning abandon part of the dedicated, unimproved East 43rd Street Right-of-Way in the 4300 block of Loop 245 to the dead-end. (Danny McBay, I-49 Auto Auction) (Map)
  11. Conduct a Public Hearing to receive comments regarding a petition to abandon the dedicated, unimproved 20'-0" alley in Block 21, KIRBY'S COLLEGE ADDITION, Texarkana, Miller County, Arkansas between Oats Street and Flower Street. The alley ROW is located in the 300 block of Oats Street. (V. J. Yeatman et. al.) (Map)
  12. Adopt an Ordinance abandoning the dedicated, unimproved 20'-0" alley in Block 21, KIRBY'S COLLEGE ADDITION, Texarkana, Miller County, Arkansas between Oats Street and Flower Street. The alley ROW is located in the 300 block of Oats Street. (V. J. Yeatman et. al.) (Map)
  13. Adopt an Ordinance adopting the updated American Concrete Institute (ACI) 325.12R-02, regarding concrete street design. (Tabled at 12/05/2006 BOD Mtg)
  14. Adopt an Ordinance requiring builders to comply with all State and Local Laws.
  15. Adopt an Ordinance accepting annexation (Gerald G. Haire, et. al., petitioner) of land legally described as contiguous tracts of land Section 19, Section 18, Section 20, Township-15-South, Range-27-West, Miller County, Arkansas containing approximately 880.0 acres of land, more or less and is located approximately one-half mile North of East Broad Street on Cook Road.
  16. Adopt an Ordinance zoning land in all of Section 19, Township 15 South, Range 27, Miller County, Arkansas, not currently within the city limits of Texarkana, Arkansas, being approximately 480 acres of land, more or less; the South Half of Section 18, Township 15 South, Range 27 West, Miller County, Arkansas, containing 320 acres of land, more or less; and the West Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 20, Township 15 South, Range 27 West, Miller County, Arkansas, containing 80 acres of land, more or less totaling 880 acres of land, more or less.
  17. Citizen Communication
    18. A limit of five (5) minute per subject is allotted for any person to express a written or oral viewpoint, grievance or other message to the Board of Directors, with a maximum of fifty (50) minutes allotted for citizen communications. No advance permission is required, but persons wishing to address the Board are requested to fill out a "blue" card listing the subject to be addressed and hand it to the City Clerk upon arrival. Citizen's communications will be immediately following the Regular Agenda items on each agenda.
  18. Executive Session.
    19. Adopt a Resolution making appointments to various boards and commissions. [Heating & Air Conditioning Board of Review (Jeff Castle and Thomas Bui); Plumbing Board of Review (Harold Randall); Housing Authority (John C. Hoy); and Public Facilities Board (Charles Nickerson, Harold E. Boldt, Patti Scott Grey, and Rachael Kaplan [Resignation; Carl Conley - Retired]
  19. Adjourn.