City Council - Regular Meeting

good hey Eddie your mic's off still yeah motion to go back in we need to do a motion to go back I think she's gonna do it how you doing St all right we can do that all right back back we have motion to return back to normal regular meeting move that we return back to regular session second second I move that we um we approve the appeal for the termination Y and second second M Barbera please a second BR yes Edens yes King yes ringer yes Thompson yes Baker yes thank you Council all right so little administrative business here uh got a public hearing on Bond Street think you all have that in your packet right correct we call the public hearing portion of this meeting to order the city Clark has called for a public hearing on the on the abatement of the nuisance the abatement of the nuisance of the property located at Bond Street in parks of Arkansas purpose of this hearing is to condemn the property located at Bond

Street this hearing is being conducted inord with it Arkansas code anit 1456 422 all public comments will be taken into consideration the rules for the meeting are all speakers must sign in plainly and give their names and addresses as well as the business they represent all comments should be addressed to the hearing body comments should be relevant to the topic and should not be of personal nature please avoid repetitive comments if there is a large number of speakers including many who are part of a group organization please ask for representative to speak on behalf of the group unruly Behavior such as fluing or hissing or harassing remarks are prib so at this point we will open up and allow for public comments Miss Linda you want to approach the podium help us address these if Council will turn your turn [Music] give me a second here okay Officer George from Clarksville code enforcement is there anyone in in the public who wishes to comment Miss Linda will you I'm going to pull up the photos here kind go through give us a history of this of this home this home was previously condemned and we're going through the process of bringing it to the city council and in public hearing again I posted the property as of October 19th 2023 as um they were given the opportunity and made notification to Property Owners according to public record that they needed to remove or

repair property it wasn't done in 30 days the property would be declared a nuisance on this property we've had a camper the person that was residing in the camper ended up with charges in Fort Smith dogs were left in the camper um unsanitary conditions we have now where there's children moved on to the the street and they find it to be very attractive place to play there's broken CL glass there's garbage it's just a very uh unsafe environment for children to be in and I believe this property needs to be [Music] remedy so even on the notice there's a there's a water on it we got a large bug about that big is taking up residency on the notice that big so any comments from the public seeing none we will close the public comment period yes sir can you approach the podium please identify yourself yeah just right up there just speak your name clearly sir good evening my name is Palace cotton Jr and um I'm the owner of this property I believe you guys are talking about what I'm just I'm trying to figure out I mean I heard a little bit of what she's talking about um as far as the comments on that particular deal um long story short my brother philli who is uh was the gentleman who took the trailer

down there at the time we didn't know that it could be could not be within City Limits we were notified of that during that time he was incarcerated but the trailer was moved and and uh while he was there he was attempting to clean up the place at the time but again he ended up getting uh incarcerated in Fort Smith and uh I communicated with I believe it was you and told her this and um I'm here today to do whatever uh we need to do and to ask for help in getting it done as far as cleaning up the property Mr cotton I I don't think it's our responsibility to uh to help you tear that down now we can tear it down and you'll have to pay the expenses am I not right we would put a lean against the property yeah right right but as far as just helping I don't think we can well I uh when I first found out about this I uh was told about the fire department Maybe doing a control burn um the house when it was built it wasn't built with a good foundation and that's the reason why I th it out but um after being informed I um went to the fire station trying to talk to this fire chief I never could catch anybody I even got a number called a couple times never

got a return call but um as far as my involvement I think that I've been doing everything that I need to do except for getting the property clean I understand now that it uh has been a nuisance announces maybe October and that uh that's because no one is physically there and hasn't been for several years now my father passed in 92 and um I recently moved back myself here about five or six years ago so it kind of puts me in a buy I'm I um I'm willing to do whatever we need to do to resolve this problem what you say Council can we uh can we extend this Miss Linda so there's been extensions on extensions on this property on previous times that the property's been condemned our normal procedure is is if the council determines that the property is to be condemned the property owner has 30 days to remedy the property if it's not done on in 30 days on day 31 the city has the right to aate the property then that bill is sent to the property owner they have 30 days to pay that the fees and costs of remedying that property if they cannot do it at that time and within the 30-day period the city reserves the right to put a lean on the property is that the question you're asking Patrick asked the question I ask the disension part of it yes it was me I thought we condemned it once

before if you did I had no knowledge of it seven times property's been condemned seven times no it isn't been that that's what they're telling us back there we condemned it seven times I have seven you mind if I ask who did you extend it to it was they did it at please come up to the podium please come up to the podium Mr Mr C I have one question for you yes sir so you said that you've been you've been attempting so this has been going on for a while right I first found out about it in October when my brother moved the trailer down there yeah uh up until that point have heard nothing so can you articulate what you have done you and your your you know your family your folks to what have y'all done to try to improve this since October well again I stated earlier um my brother was he was down cutting the trees down when he was there that was part of why he was there we didn't know at the time that he could not take a trailer down there and upon taking the trailer down there getting started on cutting everything down and removing some wood you know by whatever means we have yeah uh that is what we done this all right we condemned it um July 9th of 2012 um they came back in March of 2013 and gave them a 60-day whoever the owners were at the time that's been me the whole time not person um and then in May of 13 they

gave him another 30-day extension um looks like in June of 2013 another 30-day extension July of 201 13 30-day extension August 12th of 2013 looks like it's 60 days um March of 2014 had still not been cleaned up and they voted to condemn it at that time um in February of 2014 they granted an additional 30 days to help clean up the property I think that was says on here uh yeah additional 30 days July 14th of 2014 they proceeded with the condemnation I can't say that word I'm sorry condemnation that's it and then that's it that's all I got only ones I can find on it they've had several extensions permission speak yes yes ma'am just step up the poting state your name and sorry I'm short I'm sorry okay um our only issue was our brother showed up to start clearing off the I'm sorry name oh my name I am dear Nyla Harbin cotton I am his wife I'm goofy please forgive me I couldn't find the place so I've been walking around and he drove around he found it first so I'm sorry this is just who I am but this is a situ situation their property belonged to their father when they were children we are all from Clarksville and what happened was it was hidden by all the overgrown shrubs so his little brother uh philli cotton

showed up and started cleaning it off but he was arrested for driving without a license in um Fort Smith but he was starting to clear out the property so the building was exposed so he didn't get to finish what he was trying to do so that put us in a cat22 situation he was away for like six to seven months and him William Phillip javana all of the surviving siblings from his father's tree they pay on the taxes so it it him trying to help and getting caught put us in a situation we have tried for several months almost a year to get a control burn so that way you know at least we keep his father's property you have one father you have one mother so his brother got arrested and ex exposed the property only because his brother was living in a camper and he had three puppies they ain't puppies they were dogs that was that was his children and when he got arrested they were running a muck and the neighbors called like hey these babies looking for water they're the situation so when the um the the what is it the puppy police come in animal control the animal control that's how we got the message they were like hey your brother ain't been here to feed your kids it was in the summertime so they they saw it as you know neglect and pal was like there's an issue then we found out that he was arrested for driving through Fort Smith with no license they they took his kids this a sad part y'all might want to hold your head down when he went to jail all three of his puppies that he had had for six seven years you know how it feels to lose a child they died outside in the freezing cold in the freezing cold and the Freez cold all three of them his best friend got hit by a car he kept in a handkerchief but he kept hopping along he got killed the other one was killed by his other one because they were fed

together by his sister but she didn't know so it's like hit after hit after hit after hit and I don't want him to feel guilty for trying to do a good thing and clear off his father's property and we can't find a good time to get a control burn because I didn't know Johnson County was only a volunteer fire department and when I went to um the gas station up on the hill next to the volunteer fire department I was like sis I want to go honk the horns on the fire department when are they open she said girl they voluntary I said you're kidding me she was like no I said so what happened if the gas station blow up y'all better have a water hose or something CU like really cuz we can't even contact them so we need some help we're trying our best but we keep getting no answers like it it's a great area but that's that's their roote and if what's funny is if you go to the Oak Cemetery Palace cotton singers his tombstone has a tree growing out of it I was like that's a message I'm a peach I'm a peach tree my daddy barried right beneath him I told my mom I was gon to dig up and put a peach tree there because I want a tree too but his grew by Nature so I need some help we don't know what to do like we're between a rock and hard spot and a stray jacket like so we don't know what to do I know it doesn't look pretty but while it was hidden by the trees the truth came out the forest and they're like uh and I agree it does need some help but we're on fixed income and I respect everybody's you know appreciation for the town so we need some help we don't know what to do though we can't afford a construction company we need some help we need some mercy some guidance we need we we need God I yes ma'am maybe I canar things up okay okay so we cannot do a control on the structure yes that's that's because of the carcinogens and all the in there we

can't do that um that makes sense where we at right now with the property is it is a nuisance in the community absolutely I agree especially with the children have moved in on the Block wow yes so I haven't lived here since I was eight years old so everything is new to me now okay so that is a wonderful Fort for a child but but comes with a lot of dangers yep nails and shreds and so what do you suggest so like I said previously if the property I'm sorry please forgive me if the property is condemned yes ma'am you have 30 days to try to do it yourself if you cannot do it on day 31 the city can come in and do it it does not take the property away from you really but then you get the bill for removing it if that can be paid a lean's put on the property and if you sell the property that lean can be satisfied is one of the ways that that's done or you can look for possible funding to come up oh we hand to cover to cover that as CO as I am I would take a hammer to it but it's you know it's not my thing okay but if y'all can do it and I mean we got enough family to help us pay off the demolition we just don't want to lose it so the city has to go through their process okay and we have to go through what's in our ordinance according to the process of having a building condemed yes ma'am so if this is the decision of the city council which they will have to to to vote on it they have to make their decision then we can move forward from there so today's hearing as my understanding is to determine whether or not this property is to be condemned okay again and allow the property owners to remedy okay and if you can't then we follow the next step and the next step I like your plan B though yall got it and

we'll pay y'all like CU we be on the fix income I like your plan so if you need to say anything else or this [Music] is since this is uh literally I will say the second time that I'm hearing any of this um I would appreciate and uh well let me make this statement the property is at the it still don't make the situation any better it still looks bad but again the property is at the very end of said Street which means that from a certain point on back should never be entered without permission anyway now I did not have private property owner sign out there but all of that can be remedied if this what I need to do to keep children animals or whatever from down there again it is it is the very last property on the street and uh again that that that to me doesn't really have much because it's condemned or whatever but I'm just saying uh maybe we can maybe rope it off and make it clear that no one's allowed down there I'm just trying to find an answer for a situation that I have just recently since October of 23 found out about now that uh I'm informed and have some type of information as to what to do we will get her done okay are there any other public comments anybody else wishing to speak so keeping people off the property May

address the issue of children getting on the property but it doesn't address the issue that the condition of the property tends to devalue the property of every other piece of property in that area so other people have lost based on the condition of this property so in the best for the community and also to bring value up on your own property in the condition that it's in right now it has less value than if it was in a clean condition to where actually you can go and enjoy it yourself so just roping it off does not solve the issues that also devalue the surrounding property for Miss yes ma'am okay this is just because my brother is D dear Harbin again okay my brother buys uh dilapidated properties he kills them and rebuilds something more beautiful so what looks like it's dead can actually be a flower CU When my brother came in and rebuilt it brought the neighborhood's property back up so if given the opportunity to do it I don't want to do it but it's an opportunity even if we keep it somebody can go build the awesome something awesome you know what I'm saying so even though it looks bad right now just like the flood everybody's like oh we dead oh what did God just that's a rainbow it's so pretty who built that I'm just saying give give us the opportunity but I do respect that because when we were living in Suburban areas in Memphis when people would leave their houses it made everybody look bad just one house everybody else got their yards manicured perfect happy families but one house one Bad Seed was spoil the bunch was like okay ignore the Bad Seed We Got Each Other bump The Bad Seed we got each other so just give us the opportunity

but I do respect that because I've lived through that but it can be knocked down it's a blank slate right now and that's only because my brother does this that's the only reason I can defend it but I respect that because I lived through that as a child but I saw my brother did as an adult so with respect to everybody in the neighborhood please forgive us my bad I mean let us make a rose after grave just give us a chance we got plenty of siblings I'm broke but they got money so just even if we sell it I'm I'm just telling the truth I'mma come in with the truth I'm goofy but I'm going to tell the truth but I don't want them to lose that well I will not calm down at this point I guess I'm asking and I've heard that she's got several of the then slips this that and the other but I'm asking at this point that we be granted these 30 days that I keep hearing that maybe be a possibility if we can get that and then uh I can move forward from there no not the 30 I'm sorry no go ahead I'm L you talking you understood you understand about the 30 days right if you don't get it done in 30 days and the city have to do it right and they're going to charge you for it right so when you s if you sell the land you got to make sure that the city get gets them their money yes that okay well now we can do I'm saying we that's a that's op that that we can do okay okay um okay at this point I think that's about all we can ask for considering everything that uh these guys have been through and the fact that I'm just not hearing about it basically what seven eight nine months ago so uh moving

forward just knowing that we got the 30 days and after 30 days the city can come in and take over or whatever well I wouldn't say take over but uh uh do their part I think is there ready are there any other public comments at this point seeing none Scot I appreciate you we're going to close the public comment period okay thank you thank you very much that'll that that particular item Mr Cot will come up is item number let me show you here G item G so excuse me okay under unfinished business 5A is the ordinance to adopt appendix I of the 2021 international fire code Miss Barber an ordinance adopting appendix of the I of the 2021 international fire code whereas the city council of the City of Clarksville Arkansas is to serious of adopting appendix I of the 2021 international fire code now therefore be it ordained by the city council for the City of Clarksville Arkansas section one the following building codes are hereby adopted pendex I of 2021 international fire code section two all ordinances are parts of ordinances and conflict here withth are hereby repealed section three emergency Clause this ordinance being necessary for the effective operation of the City of Clarksville for the public peace health and safety of the citizens of Clarksville an emergency is hereby declared and this ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage okay chief you want to address the council just a little back Jason Weaver fire chief so this a this appendix uh just to give you some background on on the Arkansas fire prevention code which is our fire code some of the appendices are automatically adopted as part of the fire code there's

a few that are not because they are very specific and they will uh pertain or be justified in some municipalities but not others so this particular appendix gives the fire department gives the city a mechanism uh by which to enforce that the condition of Fire Protection Systems so sprinkler systems are kept in proper working order so that's all this appendix uh polices is the condition of Fire Protection Systems thank you any questions from the council motion to suspended rules and plac it on the second reading second okay second Miss Barbara ringer yes Thompson yes Baker yes Bradley yes Edens yes King yes an ordinance adopting appendix I of the 2021 international fire code any other questions or comments okay see none motion to spend rules place on this third reading so move second you Patrick yes yes Baker yes Bradley yes Edens yes King yes Ry singer yes an ordinance adopting appendix I of the 2021 international fire code okay any questions or comments seeing none motion to adopt the ordinance so move second M bar baker yes Bradley yes Edens yes King yes Ry singer yes Thompson yes have a motion to find that emergency exist so move second Miss far Bradley yes Edens yes King yes Ry singer yes Thompson yes Baker yes ordinance is adopted thank you Chief you

can I know you gotta go appreciate you uh Miss Hannah I thought I saw you back there I is this Main Street Banner proposal I think the last meeting yall talked about some local vendors and things like that Miss's been doing some hard work on that yes we've updated I ated for you the bids for the job um I did this time also a condensed uh spreadsheet on the front page might just make it a little bit easier to see the numbers side by side by side um and then I attached uh the in-depth quotes um to your packets so basically what we're looking at um for those who were not at the last meeting um the banners on Main Street um are in need of some love love and attention um I'm proposing two designs of banners one for spring and summer one for winter Christmas um I'm proposing 54 banners for each design um this would extend past just the historic district and it would R run from Crawford uh all the way down to Rogers On Main Street so it would extend down and beautify the area for those businesses uh further down as well um and so in total it would be 108 banners purchased um again two two different seasons of banners I'm happy to answer any questions that you might have did you send us renderings what those would look like um I did in the last meeting um I'm not sure if I I can't remember if I attached it with this one um but for the the last city council meeting I had it attached um it is a a baby blue Banner with mountain ranges at the bottom um in the middle says welcome back um which goes in touch with uh everything that we've been uh working towards to make

this a great place for people to be to feel like home um and to really um encourage that culture here miss Barber where we take those funds so each quote um they quoted two different types of material one is a vinyl one is Sunbrella um the vinyl will be able to give more color um gradations it can kind of go from one color to the other the sun umbrella is going to be more a stark transition it's not going to blend the same because of how they have to print on those um the lifespan of a Sunbrella is expected 8 to 10 years the vinyl um anywhere four to six um so the longevity is there but again the design has to be slightly modified uh for each material um and either one they're they're pretty close on two of the quotes and then as you go down um it changes between the two different types of materials um and so I'm whichever one we go with um we can do the same material for both designs we can do one for one one for the other um but in total uh we're just asking for approximately up to $113,000 to be able to complete this project so a question you said the vinyl banders which are the more expensive will only be about a four to fouryear lifespan and the other Sunbrella you said was a longer lifespan yes they're less expensive correct uh

the Sunbrella is more expensive except for for downtown decorations I'm not sure where they get you know the price difference there but across the board every other company this umbrella is more expensive um for printing on that fabric so um the Sunbrella is generally more expensive and then the vinyl is generally cheaper except for in that that first quote is it because there's only one ink design M yeah the US signs and the Arkansas flag and banner you've got a double it doubles in cost and more than purples for the other one yes so that's with uh that that was uh for those three the the different companies it did double for the 13,000 up to 13,000 yes for motion we approve 13,000 I'll second it Miss bar Community Pro Iden yes King yes Ry singer yes Thompson yes Baker yes Bradley yes thank you Hannah thank you thank for your work uh new business 6 a naming of the trail head I think I handed out a kind of a flyer some reason I've lost mine pull up a picture here show you so just just for orientation if you can see the the screen that is the bottom of the hill east of the University of Ozark sign and where the start of the levy trail head begins we are requesting that we we build this and name it after leavon Bean who tragically died at that intersection uh um there's a little

write up in that if you all have it about him there is there is also a fundraising account set up help fund some of this but what we need is a motion to approve the name naming Convention of that trail head make a motion we approve it second second Barbara King yeah Ry singer yes Thompson yes Baker yes Bradley yes Edens yes thank you C um the resolution Miss Barber could you read that the SRO want me to read this PO no just resol just a resolution resolution reestablishing the school resource officer salary split between the City of Clarksville and the Clarksville School District whereas the safety and Welfare of our school children will always be a top priority for the city of children City of Clarksville and whereas the City of Clarksville appreciates the need of having a police officer assigned to the school resource officer whereas at present the school resource officer Works approximately nine months of the year for the Clarksville School District in the remainder of the time for the Clarksville Police Department whereas it is the desire of the city council to recommend a more Equitable pay structure to cover the expenses of this officer now therefore be it resolved by the city council of Clarksville Arkansas that section one the school resource officer will be assigned to the Clarksville School District during the portion of the school year when students are present approximately September through May however the city retains the right to call this officer to duty should occasion dictate section two the school resource officer's work schedule during this time will be determined by the school district with all compensable overtime acred during the school year being taken during the school year section three the City of Clarksville will continue to furnish a vehicle for this officer with the school Furnishing the gas during the school year section four the total cost for this officer will be divided as follows Clarksville School District 50% City of Clarksville 50%

okay make a motion we pass resolution second well this also you have the the mou in here that we need to authorize Chief Ross to sign in that same motion okay so we need to approve the resolution and then approve the signing of the mou with the school so I make a motion we approve the resolution and approve uh Chief Ross to sign the mo okay second second M Bar r singer yes Thompson yes Baker yes Bradley yes Edens yes King yes thank you Council 6C is construction manager for the Monroe Building Morgan I may call on you just to help me walk through this a little bit so um by by permitting Van Horn to shift over and pick up the Monroe Building it would save us what 3% just like we did with the baseball field so there's a tremendous amount of savings in there um for going that route and it just needs a motion and approval by the council to do that how much would that cost us uh Stephen we you want to talk just a little bit about I think the council approved 300,000 in improvements and then State the state has another amount um that they're going to contribute to it so yep so this would be broke there's two ways we can approach it it could be broken down into two contracts one would address the 300,000 that was allotted by the city the rest would be allotted by the cdbg mechanism that's partially federally and state funded um those contracts would have to be signed separately um but um they're looking at Van Horn to do the the project overall to save cost but you don't have a cost three no more than 300,000 from the city okay that's

C so so what you're being asked for now is just approve the process uh once the project is Bid Amendment to the contract will come back with the actual cost and it'll be Amendment to the guaranteed maximum price of the previous contract so you'll see the actual cost once it's bid you just need us to approve the construction management I make a motion we approve uh Van Horn construction second second Thon yes Baker yes Bradley yes Edens yes King yes bringer yes thank you Council these bar could you read that ordinance please the it enacted by the city council of Clarksville state of Arkansas an ordinance to be entitled appointment of Clarksville City attorney whereas ACA 1443 319 provides that cities which have a mayor council form of government have less than 5,000 residents may decide to appoint or contract their City attorney rather than the City attorney be elected whereas the city council believes that appointing a City attorney will promote it it appears the continuity in the office and best promote familiarity with the issues in the city as well as assures a good working relationship between legal counsil and the city Administration and city council whereas appointing a City attorney allows the city council to use a qualification based methology of selection for filling the position of City attorney now therefore be it enacted by the city council of City of Clarksville Arkansas section one appointment the mayor with the advice and consent of a majority vote of the city council will appoint a licensed Arkansas attorney to fulfill the position of City attorney for so long as the city qualifies to appoint a

City attorney under ACA 1443 319 section two term of office the term of office for the city the attorney shall be two years and shall begin and end as the term of aler persons in the City of Clarksville nothing herein shall prohibit the mayor with consent of a majority vote of the council from terminating a City attorney and nothing herein shall prohibit a City attorney from resigning however in either event and accepting the event of an emergency the giving of 30 days Advance written notice shall be required section three contract for services the City attorney will perform such duties as are here and after described and delineated and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned by the mayor of the city council a contract for services prescribing the salary other fees expenses and non-statutory benefits to be paid such appointment City attorneys shall be entered into for each term of service unless otherwise required on a more frequent basis due to a change of job duties or other reasons section three duties of City attorney for the compensation benefits and consideration set forth in the contract for services with the appointment of City attorney he or she shall perform the following a attend City Council meetings and advis the city on Municipal matters B communicate with the and advise City officials and their employees regarding Municipal matters C timely prepare and or review ordinances and resolutions as are needed for normal operations of the city D prosecute City cases in the Clarksville City division of Johnson County District Court e for compensation to be delineated in the contract for services the City attorney may be requested or assigned by the mayor and the city council to perform services or assume special responsibilities Beyond those anticipated by the foregoing such projects may include but are not necessarily limited to Criminal Appeals legal efforts consultation and or litigation of City matters Bond issues special meetings reviewing consultation involving financing issues condemnation and rideway matters tax ordinances and the purchase sell or lease of property the City attorney shall be compensated

for these services at an hourly rate as set forth in the contract for services the City attorney May recommend that additional legal council be hired by the city as matter requires or if the City attorney has a conflict of interest however the city council shall make the final determination of hiring additional or special counsil in every case and such other Council shall be compensated as set forth in a separate contract for services section five special conditions recognizing a City attorney should be a member of the Arkansas City attorneys Association and attend continuing education classes for City attorneys the city agrees to pay a prate a share of such membership and education cost as determined by the contract for service section six all ordinances resolutions and parts thereof in Conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict section seven emergency Clause this ordinance being necessary for the effective operation of the City of Clarksville and for public peace health and safety of the citizens of Clarksville and emergency is hereby declaring this ordinance shall become effective immediately upon passage so the so first thing is we need a table list uh D just found some things in here and it's very for number one we'd have more than 5,000 residents first PR so that's got to be revised this one it was initially drafted quite some time ago when clay still represented the city yeah and I don't know that it was brought to the council back then so I was going through what he had drafted and then I caught that sitting here rather than the other day asked David I said how many people do we have so just under 10 so yeah so um we need to redraft that with that in mind because the statute delineates or the statutes delineate different processes based on population so and so just you know the the City attorney has two hats they do I be honest with you majority prosecution

and little bit of Municipal should kind of be the other way around um Dedra granted she's she's filled her own plate up by her own doings but it's it's hard to it's hard to get her to help us because she's you know she's got to pull plate so you can have an a popular elected prosecutor or a qualified Municipal attorney and by doing the position that way you make sure you get a qualified individual you know someone who's got experience in Municipal business and not just a tax attorney or something like that so that's the idea behind it but it needs to be cleaned up so two years there should be four shouldn't it I think it's term of office shall be two years as the terms of La person if if they're elected it's for this was for a total complete appointment is what we were looking at rather than any portion of it being elected I don't think anybody's run the last eight years no they haven't if no one's run can't you just appoint them anyway yeah so that's what you've been doing that's what you've been doing um and what I was talking to David a little bit about on email is I mean you don't have a large pool of attorneys in Johnson County so that's why you've ended up appointing anyway over the past number of years but um I think there's been some concern that an attorney might run um you know obviously motivated by the fact that it's it's a decent paying job and um but you may not but that's a political office then and it may not necessarily be someone that's the most qualified to give advice to the city on civil matters they may be qu you know plenty qualified enough to handle the court side of it so should the office be split um to where perhaps it

ends up being the same person and perhaps it's not um if we can just appoint completely should we we do that so I think that's been the consideration um it came came it arose from the same thing because this is Barb last year right so there two years of vacancies and you guys will get to nominate and appoint that position but after that it becomes by popular so it should be a you know honestly that position the the treasur side of it literally should be based on their qualifications to handle the money and then the clerk could be elected and po by popular vote because you know there's some folks out there that can run for the treasures office that I promise you you don't want to be in there you know so take away the popular option and make it based on the qualifications that they bring to the table so same thing in this if any motion to table this we'll table it so move I I had something before we do that um in this one when we're talking about kind of going through it and is there something we need to clean up um right now as it is right now we're doing salary correct not hourly uh like billing or that kind of thing so doeses this mean the same thing that it would still be salary okay anything else have a motion to table have a second all in favor say I I thank you 6 ordinance to amend CCU CCU Amendment 2.6.3 carsal mici code you got that Miss Barber an ordinance to amend section 2.6.0 through of the Clarksville Municipal where is the City of Clarksville is to series of amending section 2.6 0.03 now therefore be it ordained by the city council of City of Clarksville Arkansas one section 2.6 0.03 is hereby amended to read as follows power

generally the commission may borrow money and issue negotiable evidence of debt therefore either in the form of bonds or short-term notes and it may execute such negotiable notes or bonds to obtain the funds needed to carry out its functions with city council approval the commission may also pledge its revenues including the income from operations and it may mortgage Waterworks or Electric System property to secure the payment of money broad with city council approval standard fees and rates the commission shall charge and collect standard fees and rates as established by the city council except that if the commission determines that a standard fee or rate established by city council will produce excessive revenues that are not required for Reliable operations the commission may charge and collect a lesser amount when no standard fee or rate applies the commission shall charge and collect for good and services based on actual cost three the Clarks will connected Utilities Commission shall have the authority to adjust fiber and phone service pricing to allow for special promotions to inspire Network subscriptions to adjust pricing for competitive responses to local incumbent offerings and to approve pricing and contract terms for customers who require non-standard or custom network configuration for should Clarksville connected utility have a need to provide services in its internet and phone operations not currently anticipated it may provide such service to the extent provided by law the rate for such Services shall not be less than Associated variable cost is determined by Clarksville connected utilities upon approval by the commission from providing special prices or promotions for limited periods of time providing incentives to customers to purchase package services and to enter into contract terms for customers who require non-standard Andor customer network configuration so long as the rate for such package is not less than the associated variables as determined by Clarksville connected utilities all other ordinances or parts of ordinances in here in conflict herewith or hereby raled okay we open for question or

comments see entertain a motion to suspend the rules of place on the second reading so move second second M Barbara Baker yes Bradley yes Edens yes yes King yes Ry iner yes Thompson yes an ordinance to amend section 2.6 0.03 of the Clarksville Municipal Code any questions or comments if not motion to spend rules plac it on this third reading move second second bar Bradley yes Edens yes King yes Ry singer yes Thompson yes Baker yes an ordinance to amend section 2.6 .03 of the Clarksville Municipal Code okay any other questions or comments okay motion to adopt the ordinance so move second second Miss Barbara Edens yes King yes ringer yes Thompson yes Baker yes Bradley yes emergency cluse with it no it does not thank you Council uh six f is resolution on bond for spadra Holdings 1.0 and 2.0 bar sorry hope you got some laes it's a lot I'm sorry a resolution of intent of the city council of the City of Clarksville Arkansas regarding the issue of funds for the purpose of assisting in the financing of the acquisition construction and equipping of industrial facilities to be located within the city whereas the City of Clarksville Arkansas is authorized under the provisions of the municipalities and counties Industrial Development Revenue Bond law Arkansas code 14164 20101 to own acquire construct reconstruct improve equip and Lease facilities to secure and develop industry and to assist in the financing thereof by the issuance of bonds payable

from the revenues derived from such facilities and whereas as defined in the ACT industry includes manufacturing facilities warehouses distribution facilities repair and maintenance facilities and corporate management offices for industry whereas spadra Holdings 1.0 LLC and our spadra Holdings 2.0 LLC each are limited liability companies their Affiliates and are their assignes are Arkansas solar Holdings one LLC collectively the companies have evidenced interest in developing constructing and equipping approximately 26 mwdc of solar generation facilities divided into two separate phases collectively the project to be located the city approximately 105 aces of City owned land parcel point2 02423 e and parcel 022 4931 if permanent financing for the project can be provided through the issuance of revenue bonds under the authority of act whereas in order to secure and develop industry within the city in accordance with the provisions of the act the city desires to assist the companies in the financing of the project through the issuance of the city's not to exceed 44 million taxable Industrial Development revenue bonds now therefore be it resolved by the city council of the City of Clarksville Arkansas that section one it is the city's present intention to assist the companies in the financing of the proposed project through through the issuance of Industrial Development revenue bonds under the authority of the act it is presently estimated by the companies that Bonds in the aggregate principal amount of not to exceed 44 billion could be required for this purpose however the city's intent is to issue the bonds from time to time pursuant to the terms of the act and such amount as shall be requested by the companies for accomplishing all or any part of the project whether or not such money is more or less than the above estimating whether or not the facilities improvements finally acquired construct and equipped or indust identical to are a different from the facilities presently expected to constitute the project section two in conjunction with any issuance of bonds to assist in the financing of the project the city states

its intention intention to enter into an agreement with the companies providing for annual payments by the companies in L of adalum taxes in an amount equal to 35% of the aggregate amount of adalum taxes that would otherwise be du with respect to the project real and personal property but for the city's issuance of the bonds it is the city's present intention that said Bonds in the corresponding agreement for payments in L of AD valorum taxes would have a term of approximately 30 years any payment made in L of adorm taxes will be distributed to the political subdivisions which would have receive adval tax payments with respect to the project real and personal property and the proportion that the millage levied by each affected political subdivision Bears to the total millage levied by all affected political subdivision section three all resolutions and parts thereof in Conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extend set conflict section four this resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption there any questions from the [Music] council see not I need a motion to pass this resolution [Music] I'll make motion we pass resolution okay there second I second I said I would second okay and a motion in second Miss

Barbara King yes ringer yes Thompson yes Baker yes Bradley yes Edens yes Gordon thank you for hanging with us for so long I appreciate you I think that was all you were on here for right just in case okay God bless you sir have a good one uh 6G that is the resolution for the condemning of structure on Bond Street had the public comment period um Miss bar could you read the resolution please resolution to condemn the structure located at the end of Bond Street Clarksville Arkansas for code enforcement to raise and structure in accordance with Arkansas state law and city ordinance whereas the structure located at the end of Bond Street Clarksville Arkansas 728 3o has been deemed a nuisance and unfit for human habitation unsafe unsanitary presents a fire hazard and is detrimental to the public safety Health and Welfare of the code enforcement official for the City of Clarksville Arkansas whereas the structure has been inspected and issues thoroughly documented by Clarksville code enforcement whereas on June 10th 2024 after a hearing in the presence of the Clarksville city council and with all parties given the opportunity to be heard the property owner Palace cotton Jr appeared for said hearing whereas the owner of the structure located at the end of vau Street Clarksville Arkansas were provided no less than 10 days notice of the city council meeting to consider this condemnation Act whereas after a public meeting of the Clarksville city council the council has determined that this structure shall be condemned now therefore be it resolved by the city council of Clarksville Arkansas that section one after a public hearing before the Clarksville City Council on June 10th 2024 and meeting of the entire Clarksville City Council on June 10th 2024 the structure located at the end of Bond Street is hereby declared by a majority vote of the Clarksville city council to be a nuance and shall be condemned section two the decision to condemn said structure is in the best interest of the public health saf and Welfare because the structure is

a nuisance and is unfit for Human Habitat unsafe unsanitary presents of fire hazard section three the Clarksville city council hereby resolves that the structure located at the end of vau Street Clarksville Arkansas be raised 30 days from June 10th 2024 it is still standing as per the authority granted by Arkansas state law and city ordinance and that any cost of the Demolition and cleanup be assessed to the property owner and a lean be placed on said property all right councelor you've heard the public comment what is your will make a motion we pass the resolution second second Miss barara ringer yes Thompson yes Baker yes Bradley yes Edens yes King yeah thank you Council uh M Mor I think this is the last one resolution for youo confirming reappointment we still have another ordinance oh yeah you're right a resolution confirming a reappointment to the City of Clarksville Arkansas University of the oblock public educational facilities board and prescribing other matters relating theret whereas pursuant to ordinance number 191 adopted May 11th 1987 the city council of the City of Clarksville Arkansas created the City of Clarksville Arkansas University of the Ozark's public educational facilities board whereas the mayor has reappointed Philip Taylor whose term has expired to the board whereas such reappointment to the board must be confirmed by the city council whereas pursu to resolution number 23112 adopted November 13th 2023 the city council confirmed an appoint and reappointment of Clayton cwell David Hopkins Bob bler and Julie Dickerson to the board now therefore be it resolved by the city council of Clarksville Arkansas section one that the following appointments and reappointments to the board are hereby confirmed David Hopkins May 11th 2025 Clayton cwell May 11th 2026 Bob lter May 11th 2027 Julie

Dickerson May 11th 2028 Philip Taylor May 11 2029 section two that the provisions of this re resolution are hereby declared to be separable and if any section phrase or provision shall for any reason be declared illegal or invalid such declaration shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this resolution section three that all resolutions and parts thereof in Conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict section four that this resolution shall be enforce and effect immediately upon after its Passage all right Council what is your will make a motion that we uh confirm the resolution second second Miss Barber Thompson yes Baker yes Bradley yes Edens yes King yes ringer yes uh Miss wette Miss Barbara we need to reach out to these folks and remind them that they need to get by to see Barbara Asa and take their o of office and uh they can't hold another meeting until that happens six 6 I is transfer of property to the county there's a letter from County Judge Herman Houston in there I don't know if you sure you have chance to look it over and know what we're discussing I looked it over I don't have you problem Count's want 11 acres right next to the jail build on that we

own is anybody else there problem with I don't I'm good with it yes I'm good what we need a motion to approve the mayor to sign a yes Qui deed I'm sorry does she does he need to sign a Qui claim deed yeah um is that you will need a resolution and I didn't know that there wasn't one in there but um we can do that next month y'all can vote to approve it and give them the authority and we can pass a formal resolution next month just a basic question I me so this says transfer a part property I don't I don't I'm confused what does that mean transfer property well we'll have to qu claim claim whatever are we going to ask them for something in return I had oral are we going to ask them for anything in return yeah aren't they kind of being the Detention Center I mean they providing service to the city right the we pay for that Municipal Court too we pay for that saying is there not something we can get in exchange for this I'm just going to hand it over to them that what you want to do well if you'd like to present something to us we did last time I'm just curious what I mean I just saw this for the first time like you guys me 15 minutes ago no I'm saying we I don't know how long this been out but I'm open up ideas I know in the past what we've done is is is uh Tred to get in kind payment in other words that you know they they'll work on on a road for us or help us with a road or gravel or something

like that they've always been good to help us Stanley you you ever had any problem well I you know I don't know we can negotiate a discount jail fees Herman's not here tonight wa I request that we have Herman here at the next meeting talk to him how about that yeah sound good okay a motion to table it till the next month so move request the County Judge be here that second second all in favor say I I all oppos say the same okay uh Miss Barbara 6j ordinance on the to yes maam an ordinance to weigh the competitive bidding requirements for the purchase of a 2023 Chevrolet Taho vehicle for CCU whereas the city council of City of Clarksville Arkansas desires to approve Clarksville connected utilities to purchase a 2023 Chevrolet Taho vehicle whereas the requirements of competitive bidding are neither practical nor feasible and whereas the city is authorized and empowered under provisions of Arkansas code 1458 303 b1b towa competitive bidding requirements in situations where such process is Not Practical or feasible now therefore be at or Dame by the city council of City of Clarksville Arkansas section one the city hereby finds that competitive bidding is neither feasable or practical in the current circumstances of the purchase of the above reference vehicle due to said vehicle not being available under the state bid system and the supply of said Vehicles being limited to the distribution from the manufacturer to dealership section two under the authority of Arkansas code 1458 303 b1b the city does hereby wave competitive bidding requirements in connection with

the purchase of a 2023 Chevrolet Tahoe vehicle section three the city hereby approves the expenditure not to exceed 41,000 payable to George Nunley Chevrolet for the purchase of a 2020 the Chevrolet tle to be paid for by Clarksville connected utilities section four all ordinances resolutions and parts thereof in Conflict here withth are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict section five this ordinance shall be retroactive to September 18th 2023 section six emergency Clause this ordinance being necessary to secure a 2023 Chevrolet Tahoe vehicle which is in limited Supply and two of which are being held in George Nunley Chevrolet Incorporated for Clarksville connected utilities until September 19th 2023 and for the effective operation of Clarksville connected utilities and to Aid in ensuring the public peace health and safety of the citizens of Clarksville emergencies hereby declared this ordinance shall become effective immediately upon passage are they getting this under State bid already where's Ross at Ross did did you buy those on state bid when you bought them we wav the we wav the competitive B what happened on this particular night was when y'all approved Jeff de bom Roger one to buy one for CCU he comes up here and he says can we buy one of those I'm sure whatever we don't care you know as long as they approve it so they went and bought it but it it needs to be waited now they're being audited now they're being audited on oh you already have this vehicle bought it that night this what is this vehicle used for was the Rogers that that Ford truck that was phased out right want John lri Drive and then so that one took that place and Roger had it and there was no commission at the time so it has to have come before you guys eitherway still a good deal $80,000

vehicle for 41,000 something like that yeah yeah 40 a deal I think we better move if this be adopted I think we topend motion to spin the rules placed on the second read M Bar Bradley yes Edens yes King yes ryer yes Thompson yes Baker yes an ordinance to wave the competitive bidding requirements for the purchase of a 2023 Chevrolet Tahoe vehicle for CCU motion to suspend the rules place on this third reading so move move second second ens yes King yes Ry singer yes Thompson yes Banker yes Bradley yes an ordinance to wave the competitive bidding requirements for the purchase of a 2023 Chevrolet Tahoe vehicle for CCU motion to adopt the ordinance so move second second Miss Farber King yes Ry singer yes Thompson yes Baker yes Bradley yes Edens yes a motion to find that an emergency exists second second Miss Barbara ringer yes Thompson yes Baker yes Bradley yes Edens yes King yes Lord I think that's it Barbara I think we made it through it oh you're supposed to remind me of something um where we go AIT audits did y'all receive your audits today got copies of their audits and we also put a copy in the drop box just in case yeah come my if anybody didn't get it by we'll give you a copy any questions or comments haven't gone to the mailbox okay in your drop box I didn't see anything in there be a little

yellow well I know it but I derogatory oh yeah did I read uh no findings troublemakers where you at over there C you not you you're sitting you're sitting in the line of fire tonight Roy back there Rick you're on your own to the [Laughter] Wolves I'm Miss Bethany have things to CCU they're good they're really good um yall have the full report so I'm just going to say that in a overview that projects undertaken by CC to enhance operational efficiency reduce costs and improve our infrastructure key areas include cost cutting measures and ongoing electric rate studies new power purchase agreements and research on Wastewater fees other than that everything's going really well got new Tahoe we we had a new Tahoe yes oh only Roy only Ro Roger thank you hey there was something I want to clarify just for the community and now I got Dedra here I can put her on the spot okay RightWay versus easement we had this issue a rideway is where it's normally assumed Public Access okay sidewalks highways roadways any Spurs off of that they're not rideways those are easements and therefore anybody CCU anybody installing them those must have a green Ms with the landowner to install I don't care if they had an old cable television line if

they're installing new fiber or new anything there's a new easement required that does that make sense had a lot of complaints about property being T up there's a difference between a rideway and an easement right d huh did I did I get that right yeah we can have a longer discussion about it if you probably don't want to so we I mean I've had a lot of complaints about some some installation going on questions if someone's in your backyard right that's an easement and they're required to coordinate with you on that it's because there's no assumed right of Public Access back there if it's on the roadway or a sidewalk and different animal does that make sense yeah clears mud well was that cleared up with Patriot not yet okay not yet not yet that's what caused the issue so Stephen better move on before this gets out of hand all right make it quick um just give you an update on the shoe factory the lease has been turned over to the tenant for review their attorneys are looking at it we got some language back from them uh this morning um and we're just straighten out a few things before we present it to youall but we will have that ready to go here relatively soon um with that being said we have some guests coming to our community tomorrow and Wednesday the rich Drew uh experien he going to be here he's a social media and Advertiser uh influencer and Advertiser he's going to be uh spending some time riding our bike trails and getting uh um getting a taste of downtown the rest of Clarksville so uh if you see us out and about with a camera please be on your best behavior and then you have my report that means especially

thank you st Ricky you heard that your best beh okay I'll keep it short I promise we won't be longwinded today youall have my full report um I just wanted to hit a couple high points um we had graduation for our leadership Johnson County class of 2023 2024 that means registration for 2024 25 is open um you can find that on Clarksville jooch chamber.com um we also have started our summer scavenger hunt so if you see the maps out about be sure to pick one up um that will go until August and then um already we are preparing for chamber Awards in October I know it's crazy but um nominations are open for those so you can find that nomination form link um on our Facebook so if you know of any business or individual you want to nominate be sure to go on there um and submit your responses by August 1 other than that you have my report thank you thank you you you have my report but I'll answer any questions that you have on it if you have any I just say downtown is starting it's really starting to come to live you can see it y we've got a lot of lot of things going can I add something to the downtown deal if I may mayor mayor what I want we're talking about the downtown right can I can I add something to that sure yeah it's yeah you don't I went down to the you don't have to ask me for that by the way it's open you're the boss no I'm not the ball don't tell that but anyway I've been going down to the uh the little music stuff they've been having down there and uh the smoking part of it is what kind of got me a little bit I didn't know where they where you could where you could smoke at so they've been asking me so I've been putting it behind the wall so I think really take care of that we ought to have some signs up saying where you can smoke yeah we can do that yeah yeah put between the green line and the

wall put on the other side that's where they have to go that's where they have to what else all right NOP if there is not any other questions you have my report thank you man appreciate thank you thank you Hannah Chief Jeff Ross chief police um offense for the offense violations for the month of May was 20 30 they wrote 97 tickets gave out 197 warnings we had uh 23 accidents C had 13 cases assigned they close 14 and code enforcement is for the month was right at 100 tasks and theyve got 92 of them completed so answer any questions thank you sir thank you how did the cruise KN go oh it went great hopefully deer took care of in court they had 97 violation you get [Laughter] [Music] you Brian you want to speak on the airport Brian Bernett chairman our Clarkville airport commission not a lot new going on we're still working on our uh automated weather station looks like sometime late winter early spring install so and we'll be applying for a new terminal Grant with the FAA this fall it's kind of a recurring thing we're hoping it'll trickle down to airports our size but not yet so other than that we're Sten to pull some political strings on that he's he's pretty connected okay thank you'all thank you thank you uh Stanley my sir uh

a barber treas you have my report also motion to adjourn it ain't about it ain't