OZARK CITY COUNCIL REGULAR SESSION

August 13, 2018 5:30 p.m.

Mayor McNutt opened the council meeting at 5:30 p.m. Present: Mayor McNutt, Clerk Eveld,
Alderpersons Holman, Hall, Patterson, Warden and Waters. Absent: Anderson
Waters gave the invocation and Holman led the pledge.

Mayor McNutt welcomed everyone and called the meeting to order.
Holman motioned to approve the minutes and financial reports as presented, seconded by Hall. On a
roll call vote, the following voted: Aye: Holman, Hall, Patterson, Warden and Waters. No Nays.

Committees:
Holman said Police and Fire met on Thursday and only one committee member showed up, so they
needed to discuss hiring a fireman position to replace the fireman who retired. Holman said that she
recommends we hire the position.
Secondly, she said the school resource officer needs discussed. She has an agreement that has been
made up by the school and city. The school would have the officer for 178 days and the city would
have them the rest of the time. Devin and Mr. Ford talked over the agreement and the school would
pay up to $20K and the city would pay the rest. This is an annual agreement. Hall motioned to
accept the agreement seconded by Patterson. On a roll call vote, the following voted: Aye: Holman,
Hall, Patterson, Warden and Waters. No Nays.

Next the building committee met and asked for the new fire station designs to be downsized from
50×115 to 50×80. It will be a 3 bay not five and have one bedroom instead of two. The kitchen has
been downsized as well. They cut down 2K sq. feet.
Patterson said the new design should be ready next week and the station would be ready to bid.
Nick Trotter said he will need three vehicles to stage the station, a pumper truck, an engine, and a
brush truck. Verkramp is rebidding. Holman motioned to go forward with bids on new design
seconded by Warden. On a roll call vote, the following voted: Aye: Holman, Hall, Patterson, Warden
and Waters. No Nays.
Holman also motioned to hire a replacement fireman seconded by Hall. On a roll call vote, the
following voted: Aye: Holman, Hall, Patterson, Warden and Waters. No Nays.

Parks and Rec met to discuss Yoga prices. Those didn’t change but they did change the room rental
fees to include a deposit, which is half the new fee, which is $25 per hour. Also, the deposit can be
refunded with a 24-hour notice. Hall motioned to adopt new pricing seconded by Holman. On a roll
call vote, the following voted: Aye: Holman, Hall, Patterson, Warden and Waters. No Nays.
Lifeguards will also patrol the basketball side of the building to keep an eye on things.

Next was department heads:

Jody, Street Super said that previously council had approved expenditures for a new bucket truck and
chipper. REA has a bucket truck for sale for a total of $19K. Dwayne Patterson said the truck is for
sale for 17K to a company called Altec out of Cabot, but they add a $2K fee for processing fees. Jody
has $33K in grant funds and he purchased a chipper with the $33K of grant funds but needs approval
to purchase the bucket truck. REA does preventative maintenance on their vehicles. Jody feels it is a
good purchase and will last. Warden motioned to approve the purchase of the bucket truck for
$19,000 from Altec, seconded by Hall. On a roll call vote, the following voted: Aye: Holman, Hall,
Warden and Waters. Patterson abstained.

Hall asked Jody about the flooding alley. He said he doesn’t have prices, though he looked at it.
Roxie asked for estimates for alleviating the issue. Jody will come back next month with prices.
Jody reported that the drainage on College should go to the contractor and ADEC and Municipal
League said tips/taps can be used.

Water Super Zolliecoffer reported that he too had work regarding the drainage project and he is
installed an 8” water pipe and is hoping for grant funds to help. He said work will be done in house.
He said the concrete is deteriorating at the water tank, but he is hoping a repair will prolong usage of
the unit. He has three bids, Western, D and N Tanks, and a third that was double the price of the
other two. He recommends D and N Tanks, for $45,975.00. he said the filter walls were also fragile
and the total cost to repair was $102,875.00. Patterson motioned to go with D and N Tanks
seconded by Hall. On a roll call vote, the following voted: Aye: Holman, Hall, Patterson, Warden and
Waters. No Nays.
He wanted the public to know he has rented a brush hog and would be using that.

Devin had nothing.

Nick Trotter, Fire Chief said he has talked to E1 and Pierce about getting the vehicles for Station #3.
It is important to note that it will take approx. one year to get the trucks.
Next was Old Business:

Facebook Contract. Susan said once someone creates a Facebook page it is the creator who owns it.
She said we need something in place, so the city owns it and controls it. Jeff suggested the office of
the mayor designates someone to create a page for the city and controls the data. He said we should
kill the current page and do it right. Holman moves that the mayor’s office will open a city of Ozark
Facebook page and oversee it and maintain control of the page. Hall seconded the motion. On a roll
call vote, the following voted: Aye: Holman, Hall, Patterson, Warden and Waters. No Nays.

There was no change on Yoga fees, so Hall wants to meet again on this.
Next was an emergency ordinance for the Energy Code. Jeff read Ordinance 2018-7. Motion to
approve by Holman, Second by Warden. On a roll call vote, the following voted: Aye: Holman, Hall,
Patterson, Warden and Waters. No Nays.

Motion to suspend rules and read by title only was made by Holman, seconded by Hall. On a roll call
vote, the following voted: Aye: Holman, Hall, Patterson, Warden and Waters. No Nays.
Jeff read 2018-7 by title. Motion to adopt by Holman, second by waters. On a roll call vote, the
following voted: Aye: Holman, Hall, Patterson, Warden and Waters. No Nays.

Next council talked about the smoke free environment ordinance, but Jeff wasn’t comfortable with
the sample. He will rework it for next month.

Next, council discussed the electrical permit. We no longer have an electrical inspector, and the
requirements now specify the inspector must be a master electrician. The council didn’t feel
comfortable waiving the need for electrical inspections. IT was decided that the mayor and Nick
would work to try to find an inspector.

Next was an ordinance for an interlocal agreement regarding crisis for mentally ill who are arrested.
There is a facility in Ft. Smith who will take these people and assess their needs. The cost to the city
is $5 per transfer. The ordinance authorizes the mayor to sign the agreement. Jeff read 2018-9.
Holman motioned to approve seconded by Hall. On a roll call vote, the following voted: Aye:
Holman, Hall, Patterson, Warden and Waters. No Nays.
The purpose is to alleviate overcrowding in jails and to help the individual. Holman moved to waive
rules and read by title only, seconded by Hall. On a roll call vote, the following voted: Aye: Holman,
Hall, Patterson, Warden and Waters. No Nays.
Motion to adopt was made by Holman seconded by Hall. On a roll call vote, the following voted:
Aye: Holman, Hall, Patterson, Warden and Waters. No Nays.

Next was announcements.

Mayor McNutt encouraged the council to go by and look at the old police department which is going
to be the new drug court. It has been painted and flooring is going in on Wednesday. He said it looks
beautiful. This will create 2-4 jobs. Rent will begin in September and will be $1,200 per month.

Public Input:
Garrett Sheppard thanked the council for the resource officer for the school. He said they will
finalize their portion of the agreement soon.
Next Steve Whiteaker took the podium and warned the council that a storm is coming brought on by
the city themselves and it could not be stopped, and the city officials would not survive it.

A motion to adjourn was made by Waters, seconded by Hall. On a roll vote, the following voted:
Aye: Holman, Hall, Patterson, Warden and Waters. No Nays.
`Meeting adjourned at 7:05 p.m.
Passed and APPROVED this September 10, 2018

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Mayor T. R. McNutt

ATTEST:
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City Clerk Sonya Eveld