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Board of Directors Room
City Hall - 500 W. Markham
Little Rock, Arkansas
June 10, 1997 - 4:45 P.M.
The Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, reconvened from the
June 3, 1997 regular meeting with Mayor Jim Dailey presiding. City Clerk Robbie
Hancock called the roll with the following Directors present: Directors Wilson, Hinton,
Hodges, Cazort, Keck, Joyce, Wyrick, Kumpuris, Kelly, and Adcock - total 10; Absent -
None.
With a quorum present, Mayor Dailey declared the Board of Directors in session
and stated the purpose of the reconvened meeting was to consider the ordinance
providing for the payment of health insurance for dependent children of City
employees killed in the line of duty. (Seepages 5 and 6 of Minutes of June 3, 1997 for
discussion)
Ordinance No. 17,503 was presented, with the title being:
AN ORDINANCE TO ANNOUNCE THE INTENT OF THE CITY TO PAY
THE COST OF DEPENDENT HEALTH CARE INSURANCE FOR EMPLOYEES
KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY; TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO PAY FOR
THESE PREMIUMS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
There was a motion by Director Adcock, seconded by Director Wyrick, to delete the
words "without notice" in Section 5 and insert the words "with notice to the Board of
Directors" and the motion was unanimously adopted. Mr. James Johnson, President of
the Little Rock Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), spoke in support of the Ordinance. Mr.
Ed Adcock, Attorney for the FOP, urged the Board to pass the Ordinance. There was a
subsequent motion and second by Directors Adcock and Keck, respectively, to add the
phrase "with notice to the Board of Directors" to Section 4 (after the word amend) in
order to be consistent with Section 5, as requested by Attorney Adcock, and the motion
was unanimously adopted. The Ordinance was then read the first time. There was a
motion by Director Keck to suspend the rules and place the Ordinance on second reading.
The motion was seconded by Director Adcock 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, and the second reading of the Ordinance ensued. There was a
subsequent motion and second by Directors Keck and Adcock, 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, and the Ordinance was read the
third and last time. A roll call vote was taken on the question, Shall the Ordinance Pass,
with the vote recorded as follows: Ayes - Directors Wilson, Hinton, Hodges, Cazort,
Keck, Joyce, Wyrick, Kumpuris, Kelly, Adcock and Mayor Dailey - total 11; Absent -
None. Whereupon, the Ordinance was declared PASSED.
There being no further business to be presented, the reconvened meeting was
adjourned at 4:55 o'clock P.M., with the Board of Directors to meet again in regular
session on Tuesday, June 17, 1997, at 6:00 o'clock P.M.
ATTEST:
City Clerk Robbie Hancock
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APPROVED:
ayor Jim Dailey