M I N U T E S

 

REGULAR MEETING OF MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF DECEMBER 19, 2005

 

 

 

Call to Order:                 The regular meeting of Mayor and Council of December 19, 2005 was called to order by Mayor Charles Hall at 7:00 p.m.

 

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

 

Roll Call:                        Present were Mayor Charles Hall, Councilmen David Halcome, Donald Judson, Wesley Lord and Councilwoman Debbie Youmans.

 

                                      Also present were City Manager William Werner, Director of Finance Mike Blandenburg, Deputy Director of Recreation and Leisure Services Sharon Smith and City Attorney Jack Hancock.

 

Approval of minutes:      Mr. Lord made a motion to approve the minutes of the Work Session of Mayor and Council of December 5, 2005 and the Regular Meeting of Mayor and Council of December 5, 2005, seconded by Mr. Judson.  Voting for the motion was unanimous.

 

Massage Establish-        The request for a new Massage Establishment –

ment – Total Health       Total Health Studio at 4442 Jonesboro Road was

Solutions:                      tabled from the December 5th regular meeting.  

 

                                      Mr. Judson made a motion to remove the item from the table, seconded by Mr. Lord.  Voting for the motion was unanimous.

 

                                      Mr. Lord made a motion to deny the request for a new Massage Establishment, seconded by Ms. Youmans.  Voting for the motion was unanimous.

 

Resolution to enter        Request was made to consider a Resolution to

into License Agreement enter into a License Agreement with the Tara Tarpon Swim Association.

                                      Mr. Halcome made a motion to approve the Resolution, seconded by Mr. Judson.  Voting for the motion was unanimous.

 

Other business:             Mr. Lord made a motion to suspend the rules to add an item to the agenda.  He asked the rules be suspended to take up the interpretation of enforcing our yard waste ordinance to the way we were doing it prior.  Mr. Judson seconded the motion.  Voting for the motion were Ms. Youmans, Mr. Judson and Mr. Lord.  Mr. Halcome voted against the motion.

 

                                      Mr. Lord made a motion to go back to interpreting what we will and will not accept from the citizens of our city on yard waste to the pre-contract agreement with Waste Management, loose leaves and putting the chipper back out on the streets. 

 

                                      Mr. Judson stated he had talked to Mr. Gippert about this because we have a lot of seniors in the City who have to bundle these branches and put them on the street and he said he would like to look at it but did not know we were doing anything tonight.  He stated he didn’t know if we could do it for all of the residents or senior citizens. 

 

                                      The motion died for lack of a second.

 

Comment Period by       Mr. Willie Finch spoke concerning leaves and

Public:                            limbs that have been at the curb at his church for over a month.

 

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

 

                                      The meeting adjourned at 7:10 p.m.