MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING

CITY COMMISSION-CITY HALL

January 8, 2001

7:00 p.m.

Mayor Ray opened the meeting; City Mgr. Lay gave the invocation.

Comm. Vencion made the motion to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as received, seconded by Comm. Jones, voted unanimous.

DEPARTMENT REPORTS

Gilbert stated his crew had been putting out salt and fixing broken water lines.

City Mgr. Lay told the Commission that we have been pumping more water per day than usual because of leaks.

Tim Mathis told the Commission that he had several projects scheduled for the Parks & Recreation Department.  He also stated that T.V.E.C. is getting ready to start setting poles at the tennis courts.

Fire Chief Doug Gobbell ask about the building of a new fire hall.  Comm. Vencion stated this hasn’t been dropped.  City Mgr. Lay explained that the Commission had in mind building a combination Fire Hall/Maintenance building.

Comm. Vencion ask about the leak on the roof in fire hall.  City Mgr. Lay stated Jeff Hunt is to check this out when weather is better.

6A)  GARBAGE CONTRACT

City Mgr. Lay told the Commission the garbage contract with H.C.G. is up February 2^nd.  He stated the original contract was for 3 years with a 2-year option.

Vice-Mayor Creasy made the motion to renew the garbage contract, seconded by Comm. White, voted unanimous.

6B)  STAN HORTON

Stan Horton came before the Commission explaining his office is trying to establish a Wayne County car tag.  He gave the Commission samples of 6 drawings that had been submitted and ask them to vote on which would best describe Wayne County.  He stated he would have to sell 500 tags before this could go into Legislature.

6C)  HAGGARD BUILDING SALE

City Mgr. Lay stated the sell of the Haggard Building had been discussed several times and he had ask Mr. Minor, occupant of this building, to be present tonight.  Mr. Minor told the Commission that he needed until the end of February and that he would give the City $150,000 for this building.

The consensus of the Commission was that if Mr. Minor hasn’t purchased this building by the last meeting in February, which is the 26^th. then the City can sell to another interested buyer.

6D)  NATURAL GAS PRICES

City Mgr. Lay gave each Commissioner a copy of the December 2000 natural gas bill that the City had received.  The City had set aside an amount they felt they could absorb of the hike without raising rates.  City Mgr. Lay explained the first month took this amount.  A lengthy discussion was had concerning pursuing flex rates.

Comm. Jones made the motion to have Public Hearing January 25^th. at 6:30 p.m. to discuss adjusting natural gas rates, seconded by Comm. White, voted unanimous.

6E)  BUDGET UPDATE

Comm. White made the motion to table this until next meeting, seconded by Comm. Jones, voted unanimous.

OPEN ITEMS:

City Mgr. Lay gave the Commission a run down on the City’s policy of adjusting leaks.  He told the Commission that it was costing more to produce water than the City was selling this for.

Comm. Jones made the motion to adopt a policy to not sell water for less that it costs the City to produce, seconded by Vice-Mayor Creasy, voted unanimous.

City Mgr. Lay stated he, Dean Harrison and the Contractor met today and there was still 2 leaks at the Water Plant.  He stated Mr. Quinn was will to give the City a 5-year warranty on the tank.

Comm. Vencion ask Dean Harrison what he thought caused the leaks.  Dean explained a couple of things that could have caused this tank to leak.

Comm. White ask about Quinn paying Mike Duncan for the work he had performed on the tanks.

The Commission took a 5-minute recess.

Mayor Ray called the meeting back to order.

City Mgr. Lay stated the Commission had one of two choices, proceed make a final payment request to State by January 15^th. that we were willing to accept completely repaired tank with a 5-year warranty and an affidavit with subcontractors.  Second choice is to not except the repaired tank and take to court.

Comm. Jones made the motion to go with the repaired tank, 5 year warranty, affidavit showing payment to subcontractors and request final payment, seconded by Comm. White, voted unanimous.

Comm. Vencion made the motion and seconded by Vice-Mayor Creasy to use Barge, Waggoner, Sumner and Cannon to apply for new CDBG Grant.  This motion was voted unanimous.

City Mgr. Lay stated Miller Drilling had located 7 or 8 potential sited for water supply.  A discussion was had concerning these locations.

City Mgr. Lay stated the prices on the sprinkler system at Sportsplex ranges from $15,000 to $40,000.  He stated materials could cost less than $4,000 with the labor being performed by the prisoners.  Some discussion was had concerning drilling well to supply the water for this system.

Vice-Mayor Creasy ask if anything had been done on the sewer problem of Paul Ary’s.

Mayor Ray stated the Commission had set aside monies in this budget for the Library and Senior Citizens.  He stated the Library had received their money but that the Senior Citizens have not.

Comm. White made the motion and seconded by Vice-Mayor Creasy to release money to Senior Citizens, voted unanimous.

There being no further business to come before the Commission, the motion was made by Comm. Jones to adjourn and seconded by Comm. White.  Said meeting adjourned at 10:00 p.m.

VISITORS PRESENT: Mike Thompson, Jonathan Thompson, Dean Harrison, Stan Horton, Jerry Minor

MEMBERS PRESENT:

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