Ozark City Council Regular Session
June 10, 2019
5:30 p.m.

Mayor Hall opened the council meeting at 5:30 p.m. Present: Mayor Hall, Clerk Eveld, Attorney Kevin Barham, Alderpersons Anderson, Flanary, Holman, Meeker, Melton and Nicely. Meeting was called to order at 5:30 P.M.

Jim McIlhaney gave the invocation, and the First Assembly of God Youth led the Pledge. It was noted Melton voted A &P Ordinance after he was sworn in at the last meeting, and Meeker noted that the Bond tax totals reflect a correction of $349,709 and the 1/8 Cent Operations of $49,079.56. With those changes, a motion was made by Holman. Meeker seconded the motion. On a roll vote, the following voted: Aye: Anderson, Flanary, Holman, Meeker, Melton and Nicely.

Personnel and Policy Committee Chairman Rex Anderson said they met on the 24 th of May. The LOPFI issue was cleared up, and they are almost through updating the employee handbook. The committee completed an “Agreement for Promotion” form for adopt by council. A motion to adopt the form was made by Anderson seconded by Flanary. On a roll vote, the following voted: Aye: Anderson, Flanary, Holman, Meeker, Melton and Nicely.

Budget Committee met, Chairman Charles Meeker reported, that this meeting was a meet and greet and they would meet for a working session on June 25 th at 5:30.

Mayor Hall said the Street and water committee needs to meet and Randy Melton would be chair of that committee and Police and Fire needs to meet also.

Ruth Hoffman Chair of P&Z reported that the Commission met Thursday at 6:00 p.m. regarding home construction sizes and the city attorney will revise our ordinance to comply with legislation changes.

Also, Ruth reported that the fair board wanted an agreement regarding sewer lines for campers and trailers and she and the mayor will meet with the fair board president to sign off on the agreement.

Mayor Hall reported that the community Center will be giving swim lessons on June 17-21st . Street superintendent Jody Sampley reported that the flooding damaged the tennis courts, so they will need to be resurfaced but we escaped a lot of damage. 8 roads had to be closed mostly at intersections during the flooding. He has done research regarding Gar Creek land and is waiting to hear back from the assessor’s office. He said also he would have an estimate next council meeting
on the cost of paving gar creek lane. The Side walk project easements have a portion that are county property, so we will need a temporary construction easement from them. Susan asked if FEMA would fund any of the cleanup from the funding. Jody said Franklin County hasn’t been named in the funding at this time. Cecil said we have escaped most of the damage from the floods except the treatment plant can’t discharge water into the river.

Nick is working on locating the owners for the building at 218 W Commercial. He said he traced it to a Carter Kimbrough and an address at Cliff drive in Fort Smith. He called a Kimbrough and left a voicemail and is waiting to hear back. He said Station three is looking like a building finally. Meeker asked about an expense from general funds to Vercamp for the new fire station, and Trotter stated that “the city clerk lost a requisition so it had to be paid out of general and the bond fund would reimburse general”.

Mayor Hall congratulated Alderperson Nicely on the birth of her new baby.

New Business:
Ordinance 2019-13 A & P Revision
Holman moves to read Ordinance 2019-13 in full
Second by Meeker. On a roll vote, the following voted: Aye: Anderson, Flanary, Holman, Meeker, Melton and Nicely.
Attorney Barham read 2019-13

Motion to suspend second and third rules and read by title only for a second and third time made by Holman seconded by Flanary. On a roll vote, the following voted: Aye: Anderson, Flanary, Holman, Meeker, Melton and Nicely.

Motion to adopt by Holman seconded by Anderson. On a roll vote, the following voted: Aye: Anderson, Flanary, Holman, Meeker, Melton and Nicely. Motion to enact emergency clause by Holman seconded by Meeker On a roll vote, the following voted: Aye: Anderson, Flanary, Holman, Meeker, Melton and Nicely.

Employee of the Month:
PD- Joey Griffith
Street-Michael Brasseux
Community Center-Olivia Battles
Water-Faye Hurt
Fire-Jayden McClellan

Motion to add to agenda Resolution 2019-14 State Aid Street Program Project Resolution was made by Flanary seconded by Holman. Kevin Barham read Resolution 2019-4. Motion to adopt Resolution 2019-4 was made by Holman seconded by Nicely. On a roll vote, the following voted: Aye: Anderson, Flanary, Holman, Meeker, Melton and Nicely. Motion to ad IMC to the agenda was made by Holman seconded by Meeker. On a roll vote, the following voted: Aye: Anderson, Flanary, Holman, Meeker, Melton and Nicely. IMC went over Data collection reports and how badly the Police Department needed to replace the server in the PD. He said that a server replacement would cost $10K. It was decided a study session would take place on the 18 th at 6:00 p.m. to look further into the computer needs with IMC and to work out how to proceed.

Public Input:

Steve Whiteaker felt the council should have answered his emails and was concerned the city attorney had told everyone not to talk to him. He asked for Audio’s from the A&P meetings per FOIA, but the attorney said that requirement does not go into effect until July 24th, 2019. Next, he complained that he had FOIA requested Nabholz and questioned why the city had a $10 million bond issue but only paid $6.8 million for the Community Center based on a notarized document he got from Nabholz Building Management. He also questioned why the city used $296,000 out of the city budget to pay for an additional lap lane for the lap pool. “Where did the $3.2 million go?” he asked.

Former Fire Chief and Community Center liaison Kevin Eveld explained the city had two separate bonds on the ballot that totaled $10 million, with $7 million allotted for the Community Center and an additional $3 million for the new Police and Fire stations. Eveld also said the council voted to exceed the $7 million Community Center budget by $290,000 when a fourth lap lane was added because city residents wanted the lap pool to accommodate swim meets.

A motion to adjourn was made by Flanary seconded by Anderson. On a roll vote, the following voted: Aye: Anderson, Flanary, Holman, Meeker, Melton and Nicely.
Council adjourned at 7:17p.m.
Passed and Approved this July 8th, 2019.
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Mayor Roxie Hall
Attest: __________________________________
City Clerk Sonya Eveld