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06 Approval of Official Record of Council (2)CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM BRIEFING SHEET Submittal Date: 02/04/09 Council Date: 02/09/09 Originating Department: City Clerk Presented By: Janice Ellis Agenda Item No.: 6. RECOMMENDED MOTION: Motion to approve as presented. PoLICY IssvE(s): Approval of Official Record of Council. BACKGROUND: Council Minutes from the meetings of January 12, 2009 and January 26, 2009. BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: EXHIBITS: The attached minutes from the meetings of January 12, 2009 and January 26, 2009 ACTION: BUDGET INFO: ❑ Financial Report Z Minute Orier Expense $ ❑ Depamnent Report ❑ Resolution Budgeted Amt $ ❑ Presentation ❑ Ordinance yTD Actual $ ❑ Public Hearing ❑ Other Acct Name Acct Number Fisc.tu. NoTES: REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY: Z Ad.ministradon Z City Clerk ❑ Community Development ❑ EMS/IT ❑ Finance ❑ Fire ❑ Municipal Court ❑ Legal ❑ Library ❑ Police ❑ Eng./Public Works ❑ Utilities City of Paris Revised 2J04/08 . (.)UUUO0'1 REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF PARIS January 12, 2009 The City Council of the City of Paris met for a work session at 5:00 P.M. followed immediately by meeting in regular session on Monday, January 12, 2009, at the City Council Chamber, 107 E. Kaufinan, Paris, Texas. Present: Mayor: Jesse James Freelen Council Members: Joe McCarthy; Kevin Kear; Stephen Brown; Will Biard; Edwin Pickle; and Rhonda Rogers City Staff: Kevin Carruth, City Manager; Kent McIlyar, City Attorney; Janice Ellis, City Clerk; Gene Anderson, Finance Director; Shawn Napier, City Engineer; Doug Harris, Director of Utilities; Lisa Wright, Community Development Director; and Bob Hundley, Assistant Police Chief Mayor Freelen called the work session to order at 5:00 p.m. and City Council discussed consent agenda itelns. Council Meinber Brown said he would need to leave the meeting, but that he would return. He left the meeting at 5:20 p.m. No action was taken during the work session. OaeningAgenda Call meeting to order. Mayor Freelen called the regular meeting to order at 5:48 p.m. 2. lnvocation. Reverend James Price gave the invocation. 3. Pledge of Allegiance. Council Member Kear led the pledge. 4. Citizens' forum. Bee Garmon, 424 N.E. 17`h - invited everyone to attend and participate in the Keep Paris Beautiful trash-off scheduled for March 28`h at 7:30 a.m. at Home Depot. Reverend James Price, 1230 Shiloh - commended City Council on moving forward with the Westgate Apartments and One Oak Apartments. Reverend Price asked that citizens be informed of . uuuuox Regular City Council Meeting January 12, 2009 Page 2 the selection process of the next police chief. Consent Agenda Council Member Pickle made a Motion to approve the Consent Agenda and Council Member Rogers seconded the Motion. The Council voted six (6) for and none (0) opposed to approve and adopt Consent Agenda Items 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13. 5. Deliberate and act on the approval of minutes from the meetings on December 8, 2008 and December 15, 2008. 6. Receive and deliberate on reports and/or ininutes from the following boards, commissions, and committees: a. Paris Economic Development Corporation (10-14-08 and 10-30-08) b. Planning and Zoning (11-3-08) c. Building and Standards Commission (8-18-08 and 12-15-08) d. Airport Advisory Board (10-9-08 and 11-20-08) e. Paris Historic Preservation Commission (10-27-08) f. Paris Public Library (11-19-08) 7. Deliberate and acceptance of November monthly financial report. 8. Deliberate on drainage ditch maintenance report. 9. Deliberate on Casa Bonita demolition project. 10. Deliberate on update of One Oak. 11. Deliberate on update of Westgate. 12. Report on demolition of dilapidated houses. 13. RESOLUTION NO. 2009-001: A RESOLUTIC?N OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AFFIRMING THAT THE CITY OF PARIS HAS COMPLIED WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT; AMENDING THE CITY' S INVESTMENT POLICY; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Regular Agenda 14. Deliberate and act on the Preliminary Plat of Lot 1, Block 32-13, Paris New Generation . liutjuuJ Regular City Council Meeting January 12, 2009 Page 3 Missionary Baptist Church Addition 32B, being located in the 1100 Block of Pine Bluff. Subject to the city engineer's recommendations, a Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Biard and seconded by Council Member Kear. Motion carried, 6 ayes - 0 nays. 15. Deliberate and act on the Preliminary Plat of Lot 16, Stone Ridge Phase 5 Addition, being located in the 3900 block of 480' Street N.E. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Biard and seconded by Council M:ember Rogers. Motion carried, 6 ayes - 0 nays. 16. Deliberate and act on the Master Plat and Preliminary Plat of Lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, Block A, Pecan Place Addition, being located in the 4000 block of Pine Mill Road. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Biard and seconded by Council Member Rogers. Motion carried, 6 ayes - 0 nays. 17. Public hearing, first reading, deliberate and possibly act on an ordinance approving and adopting revisions to the Future Land Use Plan Map for the City of Paris, for the future land use recominended for the property located on Lot 11, City Block 35, being number 221 $`h N.E., be changed from Low Density Residential to Commercial. Council Member Kear suggested that Council combine items 17 and 18 for discussion purposes. A Motion to combine items 17 and 18 was made by Council Member McCarthy and seconded by Council Member Rogers. Motion carried, 6 ayes - 0 nays. 18. Public hearing, first reading, deliberate and possibly act on an ordinance approving the petition from a Multiple-Family Dwelling District No. (MF-1) to a Commercial District (C) on Lot 11, City Block 35, being number 221 8"' Street N.E. Lisa Wright told City Council that the Future Land Use Plan Map recommended that this area be zoned for Low Density Residential use. She said Xuan Thu Thi Phan requested a zoning change that would require a revision of the map to allow for commercial use. Ms. Wright also said that Planning and Zoning recommended the more restrictive Neighborhood Service zoning instead of Commercial zoning. She said if Council followed the recommendation of Planning and Zoning, that the map would need to be revised to allow for Retail use. Mayor Freelen opened the public hearing and asked for anyone wishing to speak in support of this item, to please come forward. Mr. Phan spoke in support of this item. Mayor Freelen asked for anyone wishing to speak in opposition of this item, to please come forward. With no one else speaking, Mayor Freelen closed the public hearing. = 000006 Regular City Council Meeting January 12, 2009 Page 4 These items will be read for a second time and considered for action at the meeting of January 26th. 19. RESOLUTION NO. 2009-002: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING THE EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PARIS AND THE LAMAR COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR TO ASSIST, COORDINATE, SUPERVISE AND HANDLE CERTAIN ASPECTS OF ADMINISTERING THE GENERAL ELECTION FOR MAY 9, 2009, FOR THE CITY OF PARIS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTNE DATE. City Clerk Janice Ellis explained that citizens frequently complained about having to go to multiple locations to vote for different entities. She said Lamar County created the office of County Elections Administrator in September of 2008, and that she had been working with him to combine polling places. Ms. Ellis also said the estimated cost for the General Election in May 2009 was $4,353.00 and that $10,000.00 had been budgeted. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Biard and seconded by Council Member Rogers. Motion carried, 6 ayes - 0 nays. Council Member Brown returned to the meeting at 6:22 p.m. 20. RESOLUTION NO. 2009-003: A RESOLUTION OF THE CIT'Y COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, APPROVING AND RATIFYING THE ACCEPTANCE OF TWO TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (TXDOT) CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM GRANTS; APPROVING AND RATIFYING TWO AIRPORT PROJECT PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS NOS. 09MPPARIS AND 0901 PARIS WITH TXDOT; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member McCarthy and seconded by Council Member Pickle. Motion carried, 7 ayes - 0 nays. 21. Deliberate and act on a request to amend Section 10-110 of the Zoning Code to allow the use of additional paving materials for non-residential parking and driveway areas. Council Member Biard said he had requested this item be placed on the Agenda, because businesses with gravel lots were being required to pave their parking lots prior to obtaining a sign permit. Council Member Biard and Mayor Freelen expressed concern about losing businesses to other towns, because of the requirement. - UODUOi Regular City Council Meeting January 12, 2009 Page 5 Lisa Wright said that the Code Enforcement Task Force revised the parking ordinance in the spring of 2008, and that the Council adopted the ordinance in August. Ms. Wright said the proposed change would result in the repeal of the dust-free surface provisions adopted in 1987. She also said other issues included were that ADA required parking lots have a firm, stable, non-slip surface and that gravel did not meet ADA requirements; that fire lanes and parking spaces could not be marked on gravel and the ordinance required that all pavement markings be clearly visible to the public at all times; and that the City frequently received complaints from persons or businesses located adjacent to gravel parking lots, because of the effects of blowing dust on equipment and citizen health. Ms. Wright told Council that staff needed direction from them, because the proposed change would impact multiple sections of the Code of Ordinances. Following a lengthy discussion, it was a consensus of the Council that an existing business that was going to expand by more than fifty percent, would not be reyuired to pave it's parking lot in order to obtain a building permit. Lisa Wright inquired about the building permits that had already been issued to existing businesses, which required paving of parking lots. It was a consensus of Council that those businesses would have to pave, but that from the date of this meeting forward existing businesses would not be required to do so when expanding more than fifty percent. 22. Deliberate on employee group medical, dental and vision insurance. Mayor Freelen said he had asked far discussion on this item, because he thought health insurance premiums were too expensive for the employees. Gene Anderson said that the City's claim history and the deductible amount were cost factors. Council Member Biard said he thought they should look at several different plans with cost comparisons and get input from the employees. Kevin Carruth said TML representative Brett Bowers was at the meeting and available to speak about the insurance. Mr. Bowers gave a short presentation and told Council that he could put together several plans for review at their February 23rd meeting. Council Member Brown said he would like to see how the plans specifically compare to the plan for P.I.S.D. 23. Consider and approve future events for City Council and/or City Staff pursuant to Resolution No. 2004-081. Kevin Carruth said he did not hear back from everyone for their availability to have Mike Conduff come back in January for follow-up training. Mr. Carruth inquired if February 19' was agreeable. Council Members Brown and Pickle said they did not think they needed to bring Mr. Conduff back. Council Member Rogers asked if this training was needed. Mayor Freelen said he believed it gave Council and Staff an opportunity to participate in discussion that normally would not take place in a regular meeting. Kevin Carruth said that Staff came away from the training feeling very positive. Mayor Freelen asked for a vote on this matter by asking those in support of the training to say aye. Mayor Freelen, Council Member McCarthy, Council Member Kear and Council Member Rogers voted in support of the training. Mayor Freelen asked for those opposing the training to say nay. Council Member Pickle and Council Member Brown voted in opposition of the training. Council Member Biard did not cast a vote. Motion carried, 4 ayes - 2 nays. - UOU0 0~ Regular City Council Meeting January 12, 2009 Page 6 24. Deliberate on possible future agenda items. Council Member Brown requested an item to deliberate on the Chief Building Official and Electrical lnspector positions and funding. Council Member McCarthyrequested an item to deliberate on placement of a street light near St. Paul Baptist Church. 25. Adjournment. There being no further business, a Motion to adjourn was made by Council Member McCarthy and seconded by Council Member Brown. Motion carried, 7 ayes - 0 nays. The meeting was adjourned at 7:35 p.m. JESSE JAMES FREELEN, MAYOR JANICE ELLIS, CITY CLERK . U[)U0V REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF PARIS January 26, 2009 The City Council of the City of Paris met for a regular session at 5:00 P.M. on Monday, January 26, 2009, at the City Council Chamber, 107 E. Kaufinan, Paris, Texas. Present: Mayor: Jesse James Freelen Council Members: Joe McCarthy; Kevin Kear; Stephen Brown; Will Biard; Edwin Pickle; and Rhonda Rogers City Staff: Kevin Carruth, City Manager; Kent McIlyar, City Attorney; Janice Ellis, City Clerk; Gene Anderson, Finance Director; Shawn Napier, City Engineer; Ronnie Grooms; Fire Chief; Doug Harris, Director of Utilities; and Bob Hundley, Assistant Police Chief Onening Agenda 1. Call meeting to order. Mayor Freelen called the meeting to order at 5:03 p.m. 2. Invocation. Gene Anderson gave the invocation. 3. Pledge of Allegiance. Council Member Kear led the pledge. 4. Citizens' forum. Josh Bray, 1580 Cobb Ranch Road, owner of Sanitation Solutions - he said Sanitation Solutions had been unable to meet their production directive to tear down five houses a month, because utilities had not been disconnected to some of the houses. Kevin Carruth said that staff had contacted the utility companies and that Atmos had recently experienced personnel changes that resulted in a communication breakdown at Atmos. Mr. Carruth reported that the problems with the utilities had been taken care of. Consent Agenda Subject to a correction being made to the Board of Adjustment minutes to reflect that Louis w 000016 Regular City Council Meeting January 26, 2009 Page 2 Yates was present and completion deadline for a strategic plan being changed to March 9", Council Member Pickle made a Motion to approve the Consent Agenda and Council Member Rogers seconded the Motion. The Council voted seven (7) for and none (0) opposed to approve and adopt Consent Agenda Items 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13. 5. Receive and deliberate on reports and/or minutes from the following boards, commissions, and committees: a. Board of Adjustment (10-7-2008) b. Lake Pat Mayse Study Committee (12-] 1-2008) c. Planning and Zoning (1-5-2009) d. Paris Economic Development Corporation (12-9-2008) 6. Deliberate and acceptance of the December monthly financial report. 7. Report on goals and objectives. Kevin Cairuth gave a report on goals and objectives and answered questions from City Council. City Council extended the deadline for completing the strategic plan was extended to March 9, 2009. 8. Deliberate on Casa Bonita demolition project. Lisa Wright said that Intercon cominenced demolition during the week of January 5 and had completed knocking all of the buildings to the ground. She also said removal of building debris would take place during the weeks of January 19 and 26. 9. Update on the selection process of a new police chief. Kevin Carruth told City Council that the job description would be finalized and posted this week. He also said in addition to the regular local advertising, it would be posted with TML and the Texas Police Chief s Association. Council Member Biard asked Mr. Carruth to e-mail Council a copy of the job description. 10. RESOLUTION NO. 2009-004: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH HDR ENGINEERING, INC. FOR WATER SUPPLY PLANNING CONSULTING SERVICES ' FOR LAKE PAT MAYSE WATER AVAILABILITY STUDY TO INCREASE THE NOT TO EXCEED PRICE IN THE EXISTING CONTRACT; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. - U()UUli Regular City Council Meeting January 26, 2009 Page 3 11. RESOLUTION NO. 2009-005: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, ACCEPTING THE R4UTINE AIRPORT MAINTENANCE PROGRAM (RAMP) GRANT; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A GRANT AGREEMENT FOR TXDOT PROJECT NO. AM 2009PARIS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 12. RESOLUTION NO. 2009-006: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, APPROVING A PROCLAMATION DECLARING THE MONTHS OF APRIL AS A FA1R HOUSING MONTH; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 13. RESOLUTION NO. 2009-007: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; DESIGNATING THE AUTHORIZED SIGNATORIES FOR DRAWDOWN REQUESTS FROM THE OFFICE OF RURAL COMMUNITY AFFAIRS FOR ALL OF THE CITY OF PARIS' TEXAS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PROJECTS; IVIAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Regular Agenda 14. Second reading, deliberate and possibly act on ORDINANCE NO. 2009-001: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, APPROVING AND ADOPTING REVISIONS TO THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN MAP FOR THE CITY OF PARIS AS SET FORTH HEREIN; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Council Member Rogers said that Council should be careful when changing the future land use map. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member McCarthy and seconded by Council Member Kear. Motion carried, 7 ayes - 0 nays. 15. Second reading, deliberate and possibly act on ORDINANCE NO. 2009-002: AN ORDiNANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 1710 OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, A HERETOFORE AMENDED, SO AS TO REZONE LOT 11, CITY BLOCK 35 LOCATED AT 221 gT" STREET NE, CITY OF PARIS, LAMAR COUNTY, TEXAS, FROM A MULTIPLE- FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT NO. 1(MF-1) TO A NEIGHBORH04D SERVTCE DISTRICT (NS); PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE A - OODU1:. Regular City Council Meeting January 26, 2009 Page 4 SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE, AND AN EFFECTNE DATE. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Biard and seconded by Council Member McCarthy. Motion carried, 7 ayes - 0 nays. 16. First reading, deliberate and possibly act on ORDINANCE NO. 2009-003: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, EXTENDING A ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY (180) DAY MORATORIUM ON THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS UNDER THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES AND SPECIFIC USE PERMITS UNDER THE CITY ZONING ORDINANCE FOR THE PLACEMENT OF MOBILE HOMES OR HUD-CODE MANUFACTURED HOIVIES ON ANY PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN THE CORPORATE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY TO WORK WITH THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION TOWARD DEVELOPING NEW REGULATIONS FOR MOBILE HOMES AND HUD-CODE MANUFACTURED HOMES TO BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL; PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE, SAVINGS CLAUSE, REPEALER CLAUSE, SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. A Motion to invoke the super majority rule was made by Council Member Biard and seconded by Council Member Pickle. Motion carried, 7 ayes - 0 nays. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Biard and seconded by Council Member Pickle. Motion carried, 6 ayes - 1 nay, with Council Member McCarthy casting the dissenting vote. 17. Presentation and possible action on the concept of a proposed Veterans Memorial for Northeast Texas to be located near the Love Civic Center. Doug Weiberg gave a presentation on this subject citing that the building would be a special place to honor our military and asked that the City of Paris support this project. A Motion supporting the concept of the proposed Veterans Memorial for Northeast Texas to be located near the Love Civic Center was made by Council Member Rogers and seconded by Council Member Brown. Motion carried, 7 ayes - 0 nays. 18. Convene into Executive Session as follows: a. Pursuant to Section 551.087 of the Texas Government Code to discuss and deliberate on an offer of a financial or other incentive to a business prospect to locate, stay, or expand in Paris and consider any commercial and financial information related to the business prospect. a OU00D Regular City Council Meeting January 26, 2009 Page 5 b. Pursuant to Section 551.076 of the Texas Government Code to discuss and deliberate on security devices for city buildings. Mayor Freelen recessed City Council for a break at 6:24 p.m. and convened City Council into executive session at 6:30 p.m. 19. Reconvene into open session. Mayor Freelen reconvened City Council into open session at 7:07 p.in. 20. RESOLUTION NO. 2009-008: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AWARDING THE BID FOR CITY DEPOSITORY FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING MARCH 1, 2009 AND ENDING FEBRUARY 28,2011; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT UPON THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET OUT 1N THE INSTITUTION'S BID; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Gene Anderson said the current City depository agreement would expire February 28, 2009. Mr. Anderson told City Council that two bid notices were published in the Paris News, that the bid form was mailed to all local banks, and that two bids were received but one was received after the deadline. Mr. Anderson said City staff recommended that the remaining bid from Liberty National Bank be accepted. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member McCarthy and seconded by Council Member Kear. Motion carried, 7 ayes - 0 nays. 21. RESOLUTION NO. 2009-009: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT WITH BUREAU VERITAS FOR PLAN REVIEW AND BUILDING INSPECTION SERVICES; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Kevin Carruth said the chief building official position became vacant January 23, 2009, leaving no building inspectors. He further said that the City would need to contract for plan reviews and building inspections during the time period it will take to recruit and hire a replacement. Ty Chapman of Bureau Veritas answered questions from City Council. Mr. Carruth added that the permit fees charged would not cover the costs for Bureau Veritas. Several Council Members wanted to know what the offset would be against salaries and benefits of employees. Mr. Carruth said that it would need to be studied. Mayor Freelen expressed a desire to hire Bureau Veritas on a temporary basis for a couple of months and then schedule a meeting to receive input from contractors. It was a consensus of the City Council to contract with Bureau Veritas Ow01kk Regular City Council Meeting January 26, 2009 Page 6 for a trial period of ninety days with the stipulation that a meeting be scheduled to receive input from contractors in approximately 75 days. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member McCarthy and seconded by Council Member Rogers. Motion carried, 7 ayes - 0 nays. 22. Deliberate on Chief Building Official and Electrical Inspector positions and funding. Mayor Freelen stated that Bureau Veritas would be taking care of the inspections, so the electrical inspector position did not need to be posted. Mr. Carruth inquired about leaving the position open until the trial period with Bureau Veritas was completed. Mayor Freelen said he wanted the work load tracked and reviewed. Council Member Brown emphasized that he wanted both positions held. Mr. Carruth reminded City Council that the chief building inspector had some code enforcement duties. 23. Consider and approve future events for City Council and/or City Staff pursuant to Resolution No. 2004-081. None were referenced. 24. Adjournment. Prior to adjourning, Kevin Carruth reminded City Council that beginning with the first meeting in March they would start meetings at 5:30 p.m. There being no further business, a Motion to adjourn was made by Council Member McCarthy and seconded by Council Member Brown. Motion carried, 7 ayes - 0 nays. The meeting was adjourned at 7:45 p.m. JESSE JAMES FREELEN, MAYOR JANICE ELLIS, CITY CLERK oo0015