Nicholson Council Meeting Minutes
July 2, 2018
6:30 P.M. Community Center
Call to Order – 6:30 p.m.
Attending: Mayor Jan Webster, Council Members-Mike Barfield , Lamar Watkins, Thomas Gary, Dusty Durst, City Clerk-Debra Fontaine, Mainstreet News – Charles Phelps, Attorney Jody Campbell not present but available via cell phone if needed.
Pledge of Allegiance – All
Minutes: Mike motioned to approve the June 2018 Council Meeting Minutes; Dusty seconded. All were in favor. Motion approved .
Financials: Lamar motioned to approve the June 2018 Financials; Dusty seconded. All were in favor. Motion approved.
OLD BUSINESS:
Adopt Budget Policy – Alexander, Almand & Bangs made a recommendation that Nichol son adopt a Budget Policy which states the city adheres to GAAP-Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Mike motioned to adopt a Budget Policy, Dusty seconded. Motion approved.
NEW BUSINESS:
Perkins Rezone – City Initiated – Dusty motioned to approve the city initiated rezoning of the Perkins property located west of 164 Old Kings Bridge Road-tax map & parcel # 014 039D from SR (Suburban Residential) to RR (Rural Residential); Lamar seconded. All were in favor, Motion approved.
Ordinance Amendment- 911 Addressing- Jackson County GIS Manager, Joel Logan requested that all Jackson County cities work in unison with them as they amend Jackson County’s 911 Addressing. An amendment was sent to the city by Joel, and approved by the city attorney before given to the council to vote. Mike motioned to adopt Ordinance to amend the city code; Dusty seconded. Motion approved.
Amendment to Agreement & Fees of Bureau of Veritas to include Code Enforcement – Mike motioned to accept the Amendment of B of V Agreement with Nicholson to include Code Enforcement and the fees for Code Enforcement Services; Lamar seconded. Motion approved.
Proclamation: – Thomas Gary motioned to accept the request that the city make the Proclamation that June 17 – 24th is Amateur Radio Week in the City of Nicholson; Lamar seconded. A unanimous vote was taken. Motion was approved.
Mike asked about the process of choosing the RFP for the Benton Facility and was unaware of the process already taking place. Jan explained that the process was laid out to the city by NEGRC and the city followed the plan given, which was to choose a committee for Benton and the committee would also choose the RFP after careful consideration of all RFP’s.
Lamar asked about the garbage cans being over full at the shop. He also mentioned that the grass was high at the cemetery. Jan asked Debbie to put on the next agenda and said we will discuss at the next meeting what, if anything, can be done with people using the recycle bins for garbage. She also addressed his concerns about the cemetery that Doyle and David are very busy and covering what they can and we need to be patient. She did mention that Doyle has used
a local company for the community center and would likely call them again if he feels he will not have time to cover all that they need to cover.
MAYORS REPORT:
- Jan thanked everyone that was involved with June 30th Fireworks and a special thank you to Irma for putting it all together, and also special thanks to the Public Works guys for the flags being erected down
- She reported that the city has its Fiber for the Benton Facility installed by Windstream and has capabilities of 50 MB’s. This will help when the city begins to rent the property and use it as we are She also included that the phone lines have been switched.
- Jan received a call from Sheriff that someone was driving in a golf cart with blue lights that said Nicholson Police. This was researched further and found that it was a Commerce utility
LIBRARIAN’S REPORT:
- Summer Reading programs are well They moved some of the programs to the cafeteria in Benton because the room is too small and the AC in the annex is not working.
- The last program will be Thursday July 19th at 1:00 m. in the cafeteria. Back to School Bingo. A list of supplies was given to Mayor and Council if any would like to donate. Any leftover items will be donated between EJES and SJES.
- Will be using the city park again on July 19th for the End of the Summer Party with the Fire Department They will have bouncy houses and snow cones.
- Lunch Bus has been received well this year. The library tried to time their programs around it as much as possible which seemed to help the numbers for the programs and lunch.
STAFF
- Karen Hale put in her resignation due to health Cecelia Chandler was hired and is doing a great job.
PASSPORTS
- The library is now a Passport Acceptance Facility. Everyone but Cecelia is a Passport Acceptance Agent. Passports are done by appointments only. So far around 45 Passports have been processed with no problems or concerns to Library Staff took quizzes and a test to become agents. They are required to retake the test and be inspected each year. Cecelia will start her training in August.
CITIZENS REQUESTING TO SPEAK
Adjournment: Mike motioned to adjourn; Dusty seconded. Meeting Adjourned at 6:57pm.
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Minutes approved by City Clerk