03/05/2019

[0:00:14] today's fat tuesday welcome everyone i'm now calling this meeting to order please stand with us we'll be led in prayer by alderman gallagher please remain standing for the pledge of allegiance that will be led by honor and pain heavenly father we thank you once again for the opportunity to meet tonight lord we pray that you would be the basis for all of our decisions here lord that we would make everything upon you lord and what you would have us to do lord lord bless these people and bless our time together tonight your name we pray amen i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all first on the agenda this evening is approval of the minutes for the february 19 2019 meeting mr mayor move we approve the minutes of the regular meeting of february 19th 2019 within the addition solutions or corrections secondly we have a motion environment pain second alderman brooks is there any discussion hearing none roll call yes yes that motion carries next on the agenda is the resolution for contract with mississippi transportation commission for the state line road bridge

[0:02:18] mr nick manley as you recall the city was awarded uh was granted funds for the state line road bridge with the from the mississippi transportation commission uh this is part of that there's a um an agreement to sign with mississippi department of transportation and along with resolutions of tonight authorization for the mayor to sign the resolution and to sign the contract with the mississippi transportation commission for the funds for the bridge um at we have a motion ballerman hoots second modern kelly i'll start the discussion um this was the last minute application we made with this new program that has just started in the special legislative session in 2018 obviously this bridge is a high profile location very expensive project so we did get granted the funds there is the total cost of this project is about 2.4 million so there's still about 400 thousand dollars left over i was contacted by the county that uh that last night they did agree uh in resolution format to split that with us so we'll pick up another 200 000 county which will leave us obviously with a balance of about 200 grand this was lower on our project it's not an emergency status or anything like that now so this was not at the top of our transportation improvement program but with this additional funding i obviously want to take advantage of that so that's what moved it up to the top so it is my recommendation that we you know plan for the other 200 000 to combine the county money and this money and go and get this project underway boundary any other discussion mayor i just want to thank you for your fast action getting that done that quick that was pretty quick well thank you for saying that i give credit to chris wilson he took care of all the details with the application process thank you for saying that okay any other discussion hearing none roll call honorable

[0:04:21] yes kelly yes yes that motion carries okay next on the agenda is uh an interlocal agreement with desoto county for the gis map the disagreements with the county to split the calls for the gis map project uh county will take be the one doing the project uh the interlocal is about the cost based upon the population of each entity so south haven being the biggest we're paying the majority share eight thousand semi dollars with a total project maybe about thirty six thirty seven thousand um so tonight authorization for the mayor to sign their local with the southern county and other cities for the gis map project wheeler is there any discussion and again um we did this how did you did you say how many years about three years i think it was cousin 15 or 16 so three or four years ago yeah and the price they did break it down uh by populations how they uh divvy that up any other discussion hearing none roll call yes yes that motion carries next on the agenda is the elmore road south project final acceptance mr dan cordell good afternoon how are y'all um we finally received final approval from state aid on their final inspection on the illinois road lighting that was two parts this is actually approval for the southern part between nail road and church

[0:06:23] this will release y'all already paid all your funds this will just summarize the finalization of the project with the contractor and us so our mou with the state will be eliminated at this point i need board approval to for this final and for the mayor to execute the closure documents so [Music] second have a motion by army gallagher second honorary wheeler is there any discussion hearing none welcome yes thank you dan all right next on the agenda is a sole source purchase of the southeast police department chief turtle mayor board having fun of you uh request to accept as a sole source providers sky cop which is now site tech for the purchase of four skycox cameras this company was approved i believe in 15 as a sole source vendor at that time we would like to purchase these four cameras to go into our park system the total price is 23 600 uh that is uh we are getting these funds through a jag grant and this jaguar will cover the majority of this cost with the exception of a little over a thousand dollars i think it is and our budget will absorb uh that overage for for these four will request permission to uh for them to be improved to solve sources so that we can purchase these cameras mr remember that we know we approve sdi technologies assault source provider

[0:08:25] second we have a motion baller in brook second ballroom and hoots and i knew we'd get a second baller with hoots i knew all of the hoops loved him some sky cops so how excited are you i think this is a good step good job i mean i appreciate you saying that too glad to have some more sky cops you uh you have no objection to them being in brookhaven and cherry valley park right no no that's what i thought any other discussion hearing none all in favor say aye aye any opposed say no i just have it unless you care thank you okay next on the agenda is our planning agenda miss whitney cook yes sir the item you have is number one we're asking to remove for tonight we've got some further discussion uh with the developer on that one the silo square lot 17 and right away application so if we could have that removed in the minutes we will reconvene on that one on the next meeting so actually our first agenda item tonight is going to be the application for cherry hill north phase one by nr associates it is approximately 50 lots on the northside nebraska just east of sweeney road it was compliant with the overall beauty text and design that was submitted in 2017. what you see in front of you here has a cove on the west end after speaking with the fire department and having 50 lots incorporated into this design we did ask that the developer take that cove and extend it down nebraska road and provide a secondary point of access for emergency services they did comply with that we did get the revised drawing for that to date so they did comply with the request from the emergency services comments so we are asking that what is submitted in front of you be um revised to have that access point and we are going to take um the revision we got today that brings it down uh and puts that second point at slaughter asco right that's what would

[0:10:27] be planning so the comments that you have on your report and the drawings that we have submitted as of today is what we were requesting approval for mr mayor make a motion to approve item number one or two on the agenda is presented second okay on item two we have a motion by alderman kelly second ballerman hoots is there any discussion real quick these homes are gonna be the same or comparable to the ones on the other on the south side of rascal road it will be a mirror image of exactly what's going on the south side it will have the same split rail fence the same common open spaces with the landscaping the same housing same lot sizes as well same square footage any other discussion okay roll call plays for item two 563 in dickens place subdivision section h this is going to be on south side college road west of getwell road um it is a single lot where we had a home built on we have a home built next to it on 564 this is a vacant lot where um unh construction who is also the developer of the lot placed a pipe for drainage on the east side of the property they're now requesting that the pipe be included in a 20-foot public drainage easement before we agreed to it i asked that civil link go and look at it to ensure that either it was private or public water we do have a letter that you'll see attached to the application from dan cordell with civil link who has stated that it was

[0:12:30] an improvement tied to the existing storm drain from lakes of nic lakes of nicholas and that is taking on public water he has suggested that it would be beneficial to take this into a 20-foot drainage easement uh to do that we would have to revise that lot to record it with this public drainage easement which will be a revision to this lot in section h of dickens place so we're asking based on his letter to accept this in a 20-foot drainage easement to revise this lot it will require that we get signatures from the adjacent property owners and revise the plaque but we're doing so based on an easement assessment acceptance letter from sibling mr mary i'll make a motion that we accept that number three on the timing agenda is presented time second we have a motion by alderman flores second ballroom wheeler during discussion hearing mountain roll call yes yes the motion carries thank you okay next one to jenna's uh is our mayor's report uh i'll be briefed tonight with we have um quite a few things to talk about in executive session with economic development i'm gonna try to shorten my part here the only thing really that uh we have many projects that are pending as you all know a lot of their waiting on design you know in bid so there's a lot of stuff going on but nothing that you know requires board action or or immediate update tonight the thing that we do need to decide is um as you all know we talked about the washington congressional briefing trip that we go on every year the county and all the cities are represented we go get a chance to speak with you know our united states senators and uh representatives and that that week and uh they're trying to finalize uh travel plans so they do need to know uh there's any board members that uh that plan on going it's obviously we don't no one has to go but it is you know useful for

[0:14:32] uh for you to kind of hear you know what the uh what what we hear in washington so does anyone know if they there's three that we uh they account for three to be able to go from each city correct is that correct christie okay so three so is there anyone that knows or can we can uh not can we at least let christie know hopefully when did they tell you they need to know she emailed me today so they really do need to know um for preserving the hotel okay just does anyone know for certain that they want to go i'd like to go what are the dates again april 10th through 12th thursday wednesday through friday april 10th through 12. last year at conflict of a spring fest so that's why why did it go last year it's been true if you want to go i'm going to do it okay okay so um if you will just um uh think about it is you know try to make plans to let christie know because she's got to let the coordinator with the desoto county economic development council know um as said as possible so if you'll do that we appreciate that and are there any questions about the trip i think everybody's familiar with the purpose of it anybody got any comments or questions okay all right we'll move on next on the agenda is our citizen's agenda again we didn't have anyone that registered but it's free time anyone else to speak please come to the podium and state your name and at this time anyone want to speak tonight okay i don't see anyone coming for us so we'll move on uh next one and jen is our personnel doctor mr mayor booth will we approve the personnel documentary on the state we have a motion by alderman brooks second volume and kelly is there any discussion hearing none roll call yes

[0:16:41] that motion carries next on the agenda is our city attorney's legal update we've been asked to help or do an easement for a lift station um what the story was about the eastgate complex inside highway 51 a couple years ago the seed recommended that the developer that of that complex do a lift station they didn't do one and they've come back to us now asking for the city to take these so we can take over the lift station since that this was last year since that time they built the left station to our specifications and done what we asked them to do and gotten the legislation compliant ray humphrey's office has inspected it so tonight authorization for ray humphrey to sign accepting the easement we will maintain that uh public sewer lift station along with um the easement that comes along with it um authorization parade has signed the easement contingent upon engineering review of the actual description and set forth and easement exhibit b so tonight the officers were ready to sign the easement accepting it agreement except for the easement with uh for the escape complex and his sdis into requesting these i'll make that motion mayor second we have a motion by alderman payne second alderman brooks is there any discussion they've made all the changes that we requested we've gone back and forth since december but they've made all the changes that we requested as part of the agreement any other discussions hearing none all in favor say aye aye aye can you post say no i just haven't motion carries next one is a utility bill adjustment docket mr mayor we approved the utility bill adjustment docket that's presented in the state

[0:18:44] second you have a motion balance second dollar for kelly is there any discussion hearing non roll calls yes yes that motion carries okay next on the agenda are our claims dockets we have three so is there a motion to prove docket one mr mayor move we approved doctor number one in the amount of three million eighty two thousand six hundred and ninety seven dollars and twenty eight cents including demand checks on docket one we have a motion balance second dollar from flores is there any discussion hearing none roll call yes that motion carries is there a motion to approve docket too let's let honor with florida's exit of 82.95 seconds we have a motion by alderman payne the second alderman brooks is there any discussion hearing none roll call yes yes that motion cares okay is there a motion to approve docket three mr mayor i move we approved docket number three in the amount of

[0:20:47] and forty 16 dollars and ninety nine cents a second we have a motion by alderman payne second alderman brooks is there any discussion hearing none roll call yes that motion carries okay next on the agenda is to determine the need for executive session we have a motion by alderman brooks second baltimore gallagher all in favor say aye aye any opposed say no i just have it motion carries the need this evening is economic development with industry and business potentially locating to our city and litigation and claims against the city is there a motion to declare executive session we've got a motion by alderman kelly second ballerina foods i'll favor say any opposed say no i just haven't motion carries the mayor board will now her executive session

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