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Board of Directors Room
City Hall - 500 W. Markham
Little Rock, Arkansas
December 26, 1995 - 4:37 P.M.
The Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock,
Arkansas, reconvened from the December 19, 1995, regular
meeting with Mayor Jim Dailey presiding. City Clerk Robbie
Hancock called the roll with the following Directors in
attendance: Directors Sharp, Mason, Kumpuris, Adcock,
Wilson, Hinton, Hodges, Keck, Joyce, and Wyrick - total 10;
Absent - None. (Director Wilson left after roll call to get
some material from her office.)
With a quorum being present, Mayor Dailey declared the
Board of Directors in session and the proceedings of the
meeting are recorded as follows.
(NOTE: The Board of Directors held a public hearing on
December 19, 1995, on the proposed 1996 Budget. Following
the public hearing, the Budget Ordinance and five (5) other
related Ordinances were deferred until the reconvened
meeting. See Minutes of December 19, 1995 - pages 2 and 3.)
The following people were present to address the Board
of Directors: Richard Brittain spoke in support of funding
for Central Arkansas Transit; also Searcy Ewell, J. C.
Dickson (ACORN), and Eva Harris. Mrs. Ruth Bell
representing the League of Women Voters, spoke in support of
funding for the infrastructure, and Kathy Wells spoke in
opposition to funding for the infrastructure and asked that
it be excluded from the 1996 Budget.
Director Kumpuris responded to questions and comments
°- regarding infrastructure, and stated that the Board has to
start earmarking money for streets and drainage. Director
Keck said the Board needs to define infrastructure as
streets and drainage and maybe include bridges as well.
During the lengthy discussion, Board Members generally
agreed to changing the proposed Resolution (Item No. 1) to
replace the words "Infrastructure Fund" with the words
"Streets and Drainage Fund ". (See Resolution No. 9,587
below.)
Director Wilson re- enrolled at 5:08 o'clock P.M. and
read a prepared statement, urging the Board not to cut bus
service, and to appropriate funds from the FUTURE Little
Rock reserve for Central Arkansas Transit.
Finance Director John Pryor and Mr. Keith Jones,
Executive Director of Central Arkansas Transit Authority
(CATA), responded to questions by Director Keck regarding
the cut in federal funding for CATA and the proposed cut in
bus service if the City of Little Rock does not provide
funds as requested by CATA. Following the lengthy
discussion there was a motion and second by Directors Wilson
and Wyrick, respectively, for a one -time appropriation of
$436,000 from the FUTURE- Little Rock reserve account for
Central Arkansas Transit and to request CATA to come back to
the Board with an enhancement plan to fund CATA on a long-
term basis. The motion was adopted by the following roll
call vote: Ayes - Directors Sharp, Mason, Kumpuris, Adcock,
Wilson, Hinton, and Wyrick - total 7; Noes - Directors
Hodges, Keck, Joyce and Mayor Dailey - total 4. (See Budget
Ordinance No. 17,068 below.)
There was a motion by Director Keck, seconded by Mayor
Dailey, to appropriate $125,000 from the FUTURE - Little Rock
Reserve for the Prevention, Intervention and Treatment (PIT)
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Program to help fund additional coordinators for the Youth
Initiative Project (YIP). The motion was adopted by the
following roll call vote: Ayes - Directors Sharp, Mason,
Hinton, Keck, Joyce, Wyrick, and Mayor Dailey - total 7;
Noes - Directors Kumpuris, Adcock, and Hodges - total 3;
Abstentions - Director Wilson - total 1; Absent - None.
(See Budget Ordinance No. 17,068 below.)
There was a motion and second by Directors Sharp and
Mason, respectively, to adopt a Resolution of Intent that
there will be no increase in garbage fees in the year 1997
and that Staff find other means of bringing in funds. The
motion FAILED by the following roll call vote: Ayes -
Directors Sharp and Mason - total 2; Noes - Directors
Kumpuris, Adcock, Wilson, Hinton, Hodges, Keck, Joyce,
Wyrick and Mayor Dailey - total 9; Absent - None.
Consideration was then given to Resolution No. 9,587,
entitled:
A RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO USE REVENUES THAT EXCEED
PROJECTIONS OF THE ONE -HALF CENT FUTURE - LITTLE ROCK SALES
TAX, AND THAT ARE OTHERWISE NOT APPROPRIATED FOR FUTURE -
LITTLE ROCK PURPOSES, TO FUND A STREETS AND DRAINAGE FUND;
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES;
and the Resolution was read in full. (See discussion on
page 1 regarding infrastructure.) There was a motion and
second by Directors Adcock and Hinton, respectively, to
adopt the Resolution, and the Resolution was adopted by the
following roll call vote: Ayes - Directors Sharp, Mason,
Kumpuris, Adcock, Wilson, Hinton, Hodges, Keck, Joyce,
Wyrick and Mayor Dailey - total 11; Noes - None; Absent -
None. (See clincher below.)
There was a motion by Director Kumpuris, seconded by
Director Adcock, to add the clincher. (As previously
explained by City Attorney Tom Carpenter, the clincher is
technically a motion to reconsider and then a motion to
table indefinitely the motion to reconsider. A two - thirds
vote would be required to get the motion to reconsider back
on the table. See Page 3 of the Minutes of December 12,
1995.) The clincher was adopted by the following roll call
vote: Ayes - Directors Sharp, Mason, Kumpuris, Adcock,
Wilson, Hinton, Hodges, Keck, Joyce, Wyrick and Mayor Dailey
- total 11; Noes - None; Absent - None.
The next presentation was Resolution No. 9,588,
described as:
A RESOLUTION AMENDING LITTLE ROCK, ARK. RESOLUTIONS
8,620 AND 8,621 (DECEMBER 17, 1991), RESOLUTION 9,064
(DECEMBER 21, 1993), RESOLUTION 8,829 (DECEMBER 1, 1992),
RESOLUTION 8,220 (NOVEMBER 7, 1989), RESOLUTION 8,756
(AUGUST 4, 1992), AND RESOLUTION 8,927 (JUNE 1, 1993),
ESTABLISHING FEES FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT
GOLF COURSES, TENNIS CENTERS, SWIMMING POOLS, VARIED
ATHLETIC FEES, COMMUNITY CENTER FEES, WAR MEMORIAL FITNESS
CENTER FEES, AND UNIVERSITY PARK ADULT LEISURE CENTER FEES;
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES;
and the Resolution was read in full. There was a motion and
second by Directors Adcock and Hinton, respectively, to
adopt the Resolution, and the Resolution was adopted by the
following roll call vote: Ayes - Directors Mason, Kumpuris,
Adcock, Wilson, Hinton, Hodges, Keck, Joyce, Wyrick and
Mayor Dailey - total 10; Noes - Director Sharp - total 1;
Absent - None.
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Introduced next was Ordinance No. 17,065, with the
title being:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 23 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, PROVIDING
FOR MODIFICATION OF THE FILING FEES FOR REZONING,
SUBDIVISION APPLICATIONS, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY;
and the Ordinance was read the first time. The rules were
suspended to provide for the second reading of the
Ordinance, upon a motion by Director Adcock, which was
seconded by Director Joyce, and unanimously adopted by the
Board Members present, being eleven in number and two - thirds
or more of the members of the Board of Directors - elect.
Following the second reading of the Ordinance, there was a
subsequent motion and second by Directors Adcock and Joyce,
respectively, to again suspend the rules and place the
Ordinance on third and final reading. The motion was
unanimously adopted by the Board Members present, being
eleven in number and two - thirds or more of the members of
the Board of Directors - elect, and the third and last reading
of the Ordinance ensued. A roll call vote was taken on the
question, Shall the Ordinance Pass, with the results
recorded as follows: Ayes - Directors Mason, Kumpuris,
Adcock, Wilson, Hinton, Hodges, Keck, Joyce, Wyrick and
Mayor Dailey - total 10; Noes - Director Sharp - total 1;
Absent - None.
The Emergency Clause contained in Section 4 of the
foregoing Ordinance was read and adopted by the following
roll call vote: Ayes - Directors Mason, Kumpuris, Adcock,
Wilson, Hinton, Hodges, Keck, Joyce, Wyrick and Mayor Dailey
- total 10; Noes - Director Sharp - total 1; Absent - None.
Whereupon, the Ordinance, together with the Emergency
Clause, was declared PASSED.
Consideration was then given to Ordinance No. 17,066,
entitled:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCES NOS. 16,367 AND 15,777
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING PERMIT FEE SCHEDULES FOR BUILDING,
ELECTRICAL PLUMBING AND RELATED WORK PERFORMED IN THE CITY
OF LITTLE ROCK; REPEALING ALL TECHNICAL CODE ORDINANCE AND
CODE OF ORDINANCE PROVISIONS IN CONFLICT THEREWITH;
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES;
and the Ordinance was read the first time. The rules were
suspended to provide for the second reading of the
Ordinance, upon a motion by Director Adcock, which was
seconded by Director Joyce, and unanimously adopted by the
Board Members present, being eleven in number and two - thirds
or more of the members of the Board of Directors - elect.
Following the second reading of the Ordinance, there was a
subsequent motion and second by Directors Adcock and Joyce,
respectively, to again suspend the rules and place the
Ordinance on third and final reading. The motion was
unanimously adopted by the Board Members present, being
eleven in number and two - thirds or more of the members of
the Board of Directors - elect, and the third and last reading
of the Ordinance ensued. A roll call vote was taken on the
question, Shall the Ordinance Pass, with the results
recorded as follows: Ayes - Directors Mason, Kumpuris,
Adcock, Wilson, Hinton, Hodges, Keck, Joyce, Wyrick and
Mayor Dailey - total 10; Noes - Director Sharp - total 1;
Absent - None.
The Emergency Clause contained in Section 4 of the
foregoing Ordinance was read and adopted by the following
roll call vote: Ayes - Directors Mason, Kumpuris, Adcock,
Wilson, Hinton, Hodges, Keck, Joyce, Wyrick and Mayor Dailey
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- total 10; Noes - Director Sharp,; Absent - None.
Whereupon, the Ordinance, together with the Emergency
Clause, was declared PASSED.
The next presentation was Ordinance No. 17,067, with
the title being:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING LITTLE ROCK, ARK. ORDINANCE NO.
16,560 (DECEMBER 21, 1993) ESTABLISHING ADMISSION FEES FOR
THE LITTLE ROCK ZOO; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES;
and the Ordinance was read the first time. The rules were
suspended to provide for the second reading of the
Ordinance, upon a motion by Director Adcock, which was
seconded by Director Joyce, and unanimously adopted by the
Board Members present, being eleven in number and two - thirds
or more of the members of the Board of Directors - elect.
Following the second reading of the Ordinance, there was a
subsequent motion and second by Directors Adcock and Joyce,
respectively, to again suspend the rules and place the
Ordinance on third and final reading. The motion was
unanimously adopted by the Board Members present, being
eleven in number and two - thirds or more of the members of
the Board of Directors - elect, and the third and last reading
of the Ordinance ensued. A roll call vote was taken on the
question, Shall the Ordinance Pass, with the results
recorded as follows: Ayes - Directors Mason, Kumpuris,
Adcock, Wilson, Hinton, Hodges, Keck, Joyce, Wyrick and
Mayor Dailey - total 10; Noes - Director Sharp total 1;
Absent - None.
The Emergency Clause contained in Section 4 of the
foregoing Ordinance was read and adopted by the following
roll call vote: Ayes - Directors Mason, Kumpuris, Adcock,
Wilson, Hinton, Hodges, Keck, Joyce, Wyrick and Mayor Dailey
- total 11; Noes - Director Sharp - total 1; Absent - None.
Whereupon, the Ordinance, together with the Emergency
Clause, was declared PASSED.
Introduced next was Ordinance No. 17,068, described as:
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR AND ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR
THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING JANUARY 1,
1996, AND ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1996; APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR
EACH AND EVERY CLASS OF EXPENDITURE THEREIN PROVIDED; AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY;
and the Ordinance was read the first time. (See motions
regarding CATA and PIT on pages 1 and 2.) The rules were
suspended to provide for the second reading of the
Ordinance, upon a motion by Director Adcock, which was
seconded by Director Joyce, and unanimously adopted by the
Board Members present, being eleven in number and two - thirds
or more of the members of the Board of Directors - elect.
Following the second reading of the Ordinance, there was a
subsequent motion and second by Directors Adcock and Joyce,
respectively, to again suspend the rules and place the
Ordinance on third and final reading. The motion was
unanimously adopted by the Board Members present, being
eleven in number and two - thirds or more of the members of
the Board of Directors - elect, and the third and last reading
of the Ordinance ensued. A roll call vote was taken on the
question, Shall the Ordinance Pass, with the results
recorded as follows: Ayes - Directors Sharp, Mason,
Kumpuris, Adcock, Wilson, Hinton, Hodges, Keck, Joyce,
Wyrick and Mayor Dailey - total 11; Noes - None; Absent -
None.
The Emergency Clause contained in Section 12 of the
foregoing Ordinance was read and adopted by the following
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roll call vote: Ayes - Directors Sharp, Mason, Kumpuris,
Adcock, Wilson, Hinton, Hodges, Keck, Joyce, Wyrick and
Mayor Dailey - total 11; Noes - None; Absent - None.
Whereupon, the Ordinance, together with the Emergency
Clause, was declared PASSED.
There being no further business to be presented, the
reconvened meeting was adjourned at 6:35 o'clock P.M. with
the Board of Directors to meet again in regular session on
Tuesday, January 2, 1996 at 6:00 o'clock P.M.
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