Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors

City of Texarkana, Arkansas

City Hall – East Third and Walnut Streets

Monday, February 6, 2006

7:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

1.

Call to order.

2.

Invocation given by Assistant Mayor Williams.

3.

Presentation of the City of Texarkana, Arkansas Employee Service Awards

4.

Presentation on the AMAC (Arkansas Municipal Auditorium Commission) by Adra Hallford and Frank Poff (PowerPoint)

5.

CONSENT AGENDA

A.

Approval of Minutes of the rescheduled regular meeting of January 17, 2006.

B.

Adopt a Resolution authorizing the Depository Board to execute 2006 depository agreements with BANCORPSOUTH Bank, Century Bank, Commercial National Bank, and Regions Bank.

C.

Adopt a Resolution authorizing a higher reimbursement rate, not to exceed $200 over economy class air fare round trip, for the 2006 Annual Congressional City Conference (Washington, DC – March 11-15, 2006) for Assistant Mayor Londell Williams.

D.

Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract for the repair modification and interior repainting of the Walnut Street and Arkansas Boulevard elevated water storage tanks with Cherokee Painting & Sandblasting, Inc. of Jacksonville, Texas.

E.

Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement with Farber Specialty Vehicles for the purchase of the blood alcohol testing vehicle through the DWI/Community Traffic Safety Grant.

F.

Adopt a Resolution supporting the concept of a Veteran’s Administration Medical Center at Wadley’s 1000 Pine Street Campus.

6.

Adopt an Ordinance amending the FY2006 Budget to appropriate funds to cover parity.

7.

Adopt an Ordinance rezoning two tracts of land (Tract “B” & “C”) legally described as part of the NW¼, NE¼, Section 28, Township-15-South, Range-28-West, Texarkana, Miller County, Arkansas (containing approximately 12.396 acres of land, more or less) from R-2 Single-Family Residential and M-1 Limited Manufacturing to C-3 Open Display Commercial.  The property is located in the 3400-3700 block of East 9^th Street. (John Vaughan (c/o Mike Norton, Agent)) (PW) (PowerPoint)

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.

10.

Adjourn.