Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors
City of Texarkana, Arkansas
City Hall – East Third and Walnut Streets
Monday, March 3, 2008
7:00 p.m. Regular Meeting
1.	Call to order.
2.	Invocation given by Director Kathy Dunphy.
3.	Presentation of the City of Texarkana, Arkansas Employee Service Awards
4.	CONSENT AGENDA
	A.	Approval of Minutes of the rescheduled regular meeting February 19, 2008.
	B.	Adopt a Resolution making appointments to the Electrical Board of Review. (SWEPCO Rep. Chesley Walker and Roger Douglas)
	C.	Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to purchase a grapple truck for the Public Works Department.
5.	Adopt a Resolution authorizing a higher reimbursement rate, not to exceed $500 over economy class air fare round trip, for the 2008 National League of Cities – Congressional City Conference (Washington, D.C. - March 8-12, 2008) for Assistant Mayor Londell Williams.
6.	Consider the following action concerning delinquent taxes:
	A.		Conduct a Public Hearing to receive comments regarding certification of certain delinquent taxes.
	B.		Adopt a Resolution certifying amount to be put on tax books as delinquent and collected accordingly.
7.	Adopt an Ordinance rezoning a tract of land legally described as Lots 2 & 3, Block 59, ORIGINAL CITY OF TEXARKANA, Miller County, Arkansas from O-1 Office & Quiet Business to C-3 Open Display Commercial for a used car dealership.  The property is located at 319 Hickory Street.  (James M. & Linda Lilly (c/o Walter Wayne Roberts)) (Map)
	This ordinance requires an emergency clause:  An emergency clause requires a separate and distinct vote of the board and is valid only if there is a two-thirds vote of approval by the board. (Hdbk. Const. Amend 7)
8.	Adopt an Ordinance accepting annexation (Feagins Properties, LLC (c/o Kirk Patton, attorney)) of land legally described as a part of the SE¼, SW¼, and a part of the SW¼, SE¼, Section 32, Township-14-South, Range-28-West, Texarkana, Miller County, Arkansas (containing approximately 8.982 acres of land, more or less).  The property is located in the 7000-9000 block of Sugar Crest Drive.  (PowerPoint)
9.	Adopt an Ordinance zoning land legally described as a part of the SE¼, SW¼, and a part of the SW¼, SE¼, Section 32, Township-14-South, Range-28-West, Texarkana, Miller County, Arkansas (containing approximately 8.982 acres of land.).  The property is located in the 7000-9000 block of Sugar Crest Drive. (Feagins Properties, LLC (c/o Kirk Patton, attorney))
10.	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.1
11.	Executive Session.
12.	Adjourn.
	Announcements
	National League of Cities’ CCC – Washington, D.C. (03/8—12/2008)