Rescheduled Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors

City of Texarkana, Arkansas

City Hall – East Third and Walnut Streets

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

 

7:00 p.m. Rescheduled Regular Meeting

 

1.

Call to order.

2.

Invocation given by Director Kathy Dunphy.

3.

Presentation on the AMFAC (Arkansas Municipal Auditorium Commission) by Mark Shoptaw (PowerPoint)

4.

CONSENT AGENDA

 

A.

Approval of Minutes of the rescheduled regular meeting of January 2, 2007.

 

B.

Adopt a Resolution awarding a bid and authorizing the City Manager to enter into a contract with A-1 Roof & Construction, Harrison, Arkansas, for the second phase of the City Hall/Municipal Auditorium roof project. (Arkansas Municipal Auditorium Commission – Public Works)

 

C.

Adopt a Resolution declaring two Police Department vehicles surplus and authorizing disposal in accordance with Arkansas Law.

5.

Adopt an Ordinance amending Ordinance No. K-511 to increase the monthly per-defendant probation fee.

6.

Adopt an Ordinance accepting annexation (Gerald G. Haired, 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. (PowerPoint) (Assistant Mayor Williams asked that this item be revisited at tonight’s meeting.  This item was originally on the December 18, 2006 Board of Directors’ agenda.)

  • Finance Director Harold E. Boldt

  • City Planner Eston McGee

  • Texarkana Water Utilities Executive Director Bill King Memo

  • Andy Frank, Engineer with NRS Consulting Engineers

  • Citizen Input

    • Floyd Browning Memo

7.

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.

8.

Citizen Communication.

 

 

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.

9.

Executive Session.

 

A.

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); Public Facilities Board (Charles Nickerson, Harold E. Boldt, Patti Scott Grey, and Rachael Kaplan [Resignation; Carl Conley – Retired]; Library Board (Bobby Wright); and Historic District Commission (Kathy Stewart and Franklin A. Poff, Jr.).

 

B.

Adopt a Resolution making appointments to Board Committees.

10.

Adjourn.

 

 

 

Reminders

 

 

 

Legislative Appreciation Reception in Little Rock, AR

(Monday, January 22, 2007, 5:30 – 8:00 PM – Rick’s Armory)

 

2006 Financial Interest Statement are due by January 31, 2007.

 

National League of Cities – Congressional City Conference - Washington, D.C.

March 10 – 14, 2007