The regular meeting of the
Carthage City Council was held
Motion was made by Alderman
Walker, seconded by Smith to approve Feb 22nd meeting minutes. All five
Aldermen answered “aye”.
Motion was made by Alderman
Smith and seconded by Fleming to approve the February Budgetary Report. All
five Aldermen voted “yes”.
Following a presentation by
Patrick Engineering, a motion was made by Alderman Walker, seconded by Fleming
to reject all Landfill Project Bids. All five Aldermen voted “yes”.
Motion was made by Alderman
Walker, seconded by Fleming to approve Ordinance 2004-13 to advertise
re-bidding the Landfill Project. All five Aldermen voted “yes”.
The ad will be placed in the
March 23rd Journal Pilot with bids being opened on
Motion was made by Alderman
Walker, seconded by Fleming to approve Patrick Engineering to conduct the
quarterly Monitoring of the landfill for $26,202.00. All five Aldermen voted
“yes”.
Motion was made by Alderman
Smith, seconded by Fleming to approve phase two Landfill Remediation Plan
including construction engineering and CQA at $79,500.00. All five Aldermen voted
“yes”.
Barry Cozart addressed the
Council requesting feedback for his garbage services over the last year. He reported that there had been problems with
the persons doing the re-cycling, so he has absorbed that service. He indicated
he would be increasing prices up to 3% for select persons including those who
have Disposal Pro garbage containers that the company provided.
Mayor Nightingale reminded the
Council of the March 15th deadline for the 2005-06 Budget.
The Public Safety meeting was
rescheduled for Thursday, March 10th at
Motion was made by Alderman
Smith, seconded by Sealock to allow Police Chief Waddell to attend a seminar at
a cost of $225.00, which certifies him in Taser use. All five Aldermen voted
“yes”.
Alderman Smith indicated that
the Fire Department had placed a new street light behind the Fire Department.
He also reported that the ladder truck is in
Alderman Walker reported that
the Finance Committee met on Monday, March 7th. Motion was made by
Alderman Walker, seconded by Fleming to approve the Budget Officer salary of
$1800.00 per year, and a 3% salary increase for all full time employees
beginning May 1st. Additionally, the City
will purchase the more extensive life insurance policy for the full time
employees at $16.00/mo. per employee. All five Aldermen voted “yes”.
The City Attorney salary will
be addressed with an ordinance at the beginning of the fiscal year, but the
Finance Committee recommended $10,000.00 per year.
Motion was made by Alderman
Walker, seconded by Fleming to approve the payment of the February bills. All
five Aldermen voted “yes”.
Motion was made by Alderman
Walker, seconded by Neally to prohibit all hunting on City property. All five
Aldermen voted “yes”. The Street Department will post the “No Hunting” signs.
Motion was made by Alderman
Fleming, seconded by
Motion was made by Alderman
Fleming, seconded by Sealock to allow the Street Department to help the County
Department with work on the lake road. All five Aldermen voted “yes”.
Following discussion, it was
decided that the Street Department would place one culvert in the Junk
subdivision, at no charge. The policy on additional culverts will be determined
at a later date.
Motion was made by Aldermen
Fleming, seconded by
Aldermen Fleming indicated
that the State Fire Marshall has not provided any additional information on the
TNT property.
Mayor Nightingale reported
that Brenda Pyatt is working on several grants including one for the landfill,
recycling, and one through the
Motion was made by Alderman
Walker to adjourn at
Katherine Graham
City Clerk