M I N U T E S

REGULAR MEETING OF MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF JANUARY 17, 2006

Call to Order: The regular meeting of Mayor and Council of January 17, 2006 was called to order by Mayor Corine Deyton at 7:00 p.m.

Invocation: The invocation was given by Councilman Lord followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the American Flag.

Roll Call: Present were Mayor Corine Deyton, Mayor Pro-tem Donald Judson, Councilmen David Halcome, Wesley Lord, Councilwomen Debbie Youmans and Sparkle Adams.

Also present were Acting City Manager Elaine Corley, Director of Finance Mike Blandenburg, Colonel Tommy Orr and City Attorneys Joe Harris and Robert Mack.

Approval of minutes: Mr. Halcome made a motion to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of Mayor and Council of January 3, 2006, seconded by Mr. Judson. Voting for the motion was unanimous.

Comment Period Mr. Karl Freeman asked that the Mayor and Council consider putting Baseball back into the Recreation Program of the City. Mr. Halcome stated he is working in conjunction with the County in working something out to allow the fields to be used by the City.

Donna Barkley thanked the city officials for the neighborhood meeting to discuss the stop sign and thanked the governing body for listening.

Mr. Daniel Houghton, owner of rental property in the City, thanked the police department for their quick response to problems he and his tenants have had in the past.

Agenda items: Mr. Judson made a motion to suspend the rules to add an item to the agenda, seconded by Ms. Adams. Voting for the motion were Ms. Adams, Ms. Youmans, Mr. Lord and Mr. Judson. Voting against the motion was Mr. Halcome. The motion carried.

Mayor Deyton asked that the Resolution to amend the rules of Procedure for the Public Comment Period during the City of Forest Park’s regularly held City Council Meetings; and for other purposes be read.

Mr. Lord made a motion to dispense with the reading of the Resolution. There was no second.

Ms Corley read the Resolution.

Renewal of Mayor Deyton asked how Council would like to

Retail alcohol licenses: handle all of the liquor, beer and wine license renewals, all in one vote or separately. The Council requested in one vote.

Ms. Adams made a motion to table the request for renewal of a retail alcohol license for beer and wine from Ishwar Enterprises, Inc. D/B/A Shell Food Mart, 4209 Jonesboro Road, until the next meeting, seconded by Mr. Lord. Voting for the motion was unanimous.

Mr. Judson made a motion to approve the following renewals of retail alcohol licenses for beer and wine, seconded by Mr. Halcome:

· H & Y Food Mart, Inc., 1401 Rockcut Road

· Hong’s Enterprise D/B/A Shopwise, 5001B Jonesboro Road

· Smith & Woods Management Corp. D/B/A Smith & Woods Food Center (Wholesale Foods) 4855 Jonesboro Road

· Alisha Enterprises, Inc. D/B/A Forest Food Mart, 4193 Jonesboro Road

· Naeem Inc D/B/A Clayton Express, 4233 Thurmond Road

· Inara Foods, Inc. D/B/A Quick Stop Food Mart, 5428 Old Dixie Highway

· Saher Properties, Inc. D/B/A Conoco, 5111 Old Dixie Highway

· BP Products North America, Inc. D/B/A BP # 4704, 4950 Old Dixie Highway

· J & Z Enterprises, Inc. D/B/A Shell Food Mart, 4806 Jonesboro Road

· Yomi, Inc. D/B/A Chevron Food Mart, 4578 Old Dixie Highway

· Napro Inc. D/B/A Main Street Grocery, 528 Main Street

· SNZ, Inc. D/B/A Chevron Food Mart, 4441 Jonesboro Road

· Vaskar Enterprise, Inc. D/B/A Handy Food Mart, 4126 Thurmond Road

· Tabassum Enterprise, Inc. D/B/A Quick Food Shop, 847 Main Street

· Suntshiv Inc. D/B/A Marathon Food Mart, 503 Forest Parkway

· Alwani Group of Companies, Inc. D/B/A Shell Food Mart, 4926 Old Dixie Highway

· NSM, Inc. D/B/A Quick Stop Food Mart, 4962 Jonesboro Road

· Divine Glory Enterprises, LLC D/B/A Divine Food Mart, 4700 Jonesboro Road

Voting for the motion was unanimous.

Mr. Halcome made a motion to approve voting

on renewal of all retail alcohol licenses for

liquor, beer and wine at one time, seconded by

Mr. Lord. Voting was unanimous.

Request was made to consider renewal of the

following retail alcohol licenses for liquor, beer

and wine:

· JONG & INE, Inc. D/B/A Parkway Bottle Shoppe, 11 Forest Parkway

· TIKI, Inc. D/B/A Forest Park Bottle Shop, 4075 Jonesboro Road

Mr. Lord made a motion to approve the renewal of the retail alcohol licenses for liquor, beer and wine from JONG & INE, Inc. D/B/A Parkway Bottle Shoppe and TIKI, Inc. D/B/A Forest Park Bottle Shop, seconded by Mr. Judson. Voting for the motion was unanimous.

Mr. Judson made a motion to approve voting on the renewal of retail alcohol licenses for liquor only at one time, seconded by Mr. Halcome. Voting was unanimous.

Request was made to consider renewal of the following retail alcohol licenses for liquor only:

· Napro, Inc. D/B/A R & J Bottle Shop, 530 Main Street

· Hong’s Liquor, 5001A Jonesboro Road

Mr. Judson made a motion to approve the renewal of a retail alcohol license for liquor only from Napro, Inc. D/B/A R & J Bottle Shop and Hong’s Liquor, seconded by Mr. Lord. Voting for the motion was unanimous.

Comments by Mr. Judson stated the City is soliciting citizens

Governing Body: interested in serving on several boards in the City and if interested please contact your council person.

Adjournment: Mr. Judson made a motion to adjourn, seconded by Mr. Lord. Voting for the motion was unanimous.

The meeting adjourned at 7:35 p.m.