Rescheduled Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors

City of Texarkana, Arkansas

City Hall – East Third and Walnut Streets

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

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.

Plaques for Planning Commission Member James R. Akins and Advertising and Promotion Commission Member Tom Collins.

5.

CONSENT AGENDA

A.

Approval of Minutes of the regular meeting of November 19, 2007 and the called meeting of November 26, 2007.

B.

Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into contracts as a party between the City of Texarkana, Arkansas, City of Texarkana, Texas, and Bowie County, Texas DBA Bi-State Information Center and Nextel Operations, Inc. and Motorola to provide for 800 MHz Radio reconfiguration.

6.

Adopt an Ordinance approving the FY2008 Budget. (PowerPoint) (CDBG QuickFinder)

7.

Adopt an Ordinance rezoning a tract of land legally described as a tract of land in the SE¼, SE¼, Section 35, Township-15-South, Range-28-West, Texarkana, Miller County, Arkansas (containing 6.79 acres of land, more or less) from R-1 Rural Residential to C-3 Open Display Commercial for a retail tire store and a truck office, repair, and dispatching business.  The property is located in the 6900-7100 block of East Broad Street (US67 North).  (Bill Johnson) (Map)

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.

Adopt a Resolution making appointments to various boards and commissions. [Heating & Air Conditioning Board of Review (R. D. Fomby); Plumbing Board of Review (Todd Henderson); Housing Authority (Arlington Armstrong); Public Facilities Board (Rebecca Harris and Eston McGee) and Historic District Commission (Kathy Stewart resignation)]

10.

Adjourn.

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