Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors
City of Texarkana, Arkansas
City Hall – East Third and Walnut Streets
Monday, March 17, 2008
7:00 p.m. Regular Meeting
1.	Call to order.
2.	Invocation given by Assistant Mayor Williams.
3.	Presentation of Mayor’s Spotlight Awards.
4.	CONSENT AGENDA
	A.	Approval of Minutes of the regular meeting March 3, 2008.
	B.	Adopt a Resolution granting permission to Hickory Street Baptist Church for their Annual Community Picnic on Saturday, April 19, 2008.
	C.	Adopt a Resolution granting permission to Lavaughn Cook for “Cruisin’ Downtown T-Town” on the third Friday of each month from April through September, 2008. (April 18; May 16; June 20; July 18; August 15 and September 19)
5.	Adopt a Resolution approving a revised travel policy.  (This item was placed on the agenda at the request of Assistant Mayor Williams.)
6.	Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into a contract with Elizabeth Marion to facilitate the YouthBuild Texarkana as the Project Planner (contractor) for the Housing and Community Development Department (HCD).
7.	Consider the following action concerning an amendment to the FY2008 Budget:
	A.		Adopt an Ordinance amending the FY2008 Budget (Ordinance No. L-306) to make adjustments to the YouthBuild Texarkana grant budget and reallocate line items to reflect the budget that was submitted to the granting agency U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
	B.		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.	Consider the following action concerning an amendment to the FY2008 Budget:
	A.		Adopt an Ordinance amending the FY2008 Budget (Ordinance No. L-306) to make adjustments to the General Fund and the Municipal Court Department Fund, due to the new Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration Pilot State District Judges Program. ).
	B.		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)
9.	Citizen Communication.
			A limit of five (5) minutes 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.
10.	Executive Session.
11.	Adjourn.