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HomeMy WebLinkAbout17-89 RESOLUTION• RESOLUTION NO. //-41;(/ No resolution was ever drafted. Attached is a copy of the Board of Director minutes where the resolution was adopted. 1 53 February 21, 1989 Vickie Kelley, resident of Fayetteville, said she attended a recycling conference 53.1 in Nashville which focused on city government and participation in recycling programs. She asked for an update on the city's program Public Works Director Batie reported he was in the process of interviewing 53.2 candidates for the positions of Solid Waste Administrator and Recycling Coordinator, which he said he hoped to complete next week. Vickie Kelley said her employer, Northwest Arkansas Waste Management, was 53.3 struggling with some tests at the landfill, and she encouraged the City Board to remain open-minded until tests results are completed. She said when you have a contaminated spring, as has been identified, the tests should be approached in the nature of "let's find out how the spring got polluted" and not as if "we want to prove that the landfill did it." CONSENT AGENDA The Mayor introduced consideration of items which may be approved by motion, or 53.4 contracts and leases which can be approvedby resolution, and which may be grouped together and approved simultaneously under a "Consent Agenda." The Mayor said if any Board member wished to remove any item from the consent 53.5 agenda, he may do so. The Mayor read the consent agenda items for the benefit of the public: APPROVE: A. Minutes of the February 7, 1989 regular Board meeting; 53.6 RESOLUTION: B. tIghorizing_approval.bf„budget adjustments"asTof'December 31,.-1988; Prosect 53.7 The City Manager recommends approval of the following: 53.8 4 Amount - Account to be Decreased Administrative Services Department - 53.9 Shop Division Parts, Oil and Accessories Equipment Depreciation $31,727 Unreserved Fund Balance 95,531 Unreserved Fund Balance 54 54.1 54.2 Overtime Water & Sewer Division Depreciation Depreciation Depreciation Depreciation Salaries Workers' Comp. Insurance Debt Service on W & S Refunding Bonds Wastewater Treatment Plant Construction Testing OMI Service P February 21, 1989 Fire Department 20,000 Salaries and Wages Public Works Department 10,415 25,390 13,815 18,304 20,000 59,201 10,800 18,268 55,310 Airport Depreciation.- 102,539 Sanitation Nixon, Hargrave and R. W. Beck contracts Vehicle transfers to Motor Pool 188,081 457,247 Water Supply Tank Maintenance W & S Administration Sewer Mains Maintenance Sewer Mains Maintenance Various Water & Sewer Unreserved Fund Balance Construction Depreciation Fund Balance Unreserved Fund Balance Unreserved Fund Balance 54.3 C. Authorizing approval of budget adjustments which would roll forward funds from the 1988 unreserved fund balance to the 1989 budget; 54.4 The City Manager recommends approval of these adjustments which cover items ordered in 1988 but not received until 1989. 54.5 D. Authorizing approval of a change order to the City's contract with Sweetser Construction, for the Appleby Road construction project; 54.6 Approval is recommended for this change which would allow for reconstruction of the 'intersection of Bishop Drive and Appleby Road, work which was not included in the original project. ORIGINAL CONTRACT PRICE: $229,913.35 CHANGE ORDER COST: $8,450.00 NEW CONTRACT PRICE: 238,363.35 BUDGET (1989): 150,000.00 SCHEDULED TO BE SPENT: 105,000.00 55 February 21, 1989 There being no requests to remove any items from the consent agenda, it was moved 55.1 by Director Kelley and seconded by Director Marinoni to approve the consent agenda. Upon roll call, the motion passed, 7-0. iREOLUTiON•NOsr 171,18.& 19 APPEARS ON PAGE OF ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION BOOK WARNER CABLE FRANCHISE The Mayor introduced a report from the City Manager regarding an action plan for moving forward on consideration of a proposed cable franchise ordinance; postponed indefinitely at the January 17 Board meeting. City Manager Pennington said the staff developed a plan, should the City wish to proceed to build a City -owned cable system. He said this would not eliminate the idea of looking for another cable company. He said the plan consisted of three recommendations: 1. Retain the services of an experienced cable consulting firm. The firm would be required to review the market feasibility, estimated cost of construction including head ends, cable amplifiers, line relocation, pole rental, underground cabling and yard restoration, personnel and operating costs,etc., as well as a time frame in which this could be accomplished.' The firm should be familiar with both the legal and technical aspects of cable television. Pennington estimated a cost ranging from $30,000 to $50,000. He added that a preliminary review could cost from $5,000 to $12,000. 2. As soon as possible after reaching the decision, form a Cable Television Commission as required by statute with regard to the existing franchise holder. 3. It would not be cost effective to establish a "hot-line" for cable complaints to monitor Warner Cable over the remaining life of Warner's existing franchise, as suggested by some Board members. Instead, we should announce clearly through public service announcements and newspaper ads that concerns or legitimate and provable complaints should be put in writing and directed to the City Manager. Forms should be developed, clearly advertised and made available in the community, which would be used for citizen comments. These will be included in a cable review file. These written documents would of legal necessity, have to be specific in nature rather than general. It should be noted that this item could be used as a monitor to determine compliance withnotonly the existing, but any new franchise if one is issued now or in the future. Pennington said a letter was sent to the City from Warner Cable and has been transmitted to the City Board, regarding some possible changes in the language of the proposed franchise. He said the changes dealt with the time frame when the franchise would go into effect. He said the letter, dated February 13, indicates 55.2 55.3 55.4 55.5 55.6 55.7 55.8