11-28-06Board of Directors Reconvened Meeting — Minutes —November 28, 2006
MINUTES
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
City Hall — 500 W. Markham
November 28, 2006 - 4:00 PM
The Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas met in a reconvened session with
Mayor Dailey presiding. Nancy Wood, City Clerk, called the roll with the following directors
present: Pugh, Hinton, Hurst, Keck, Stewart, Wyrick, Kumpuris, Fortson, Adcock, Vice Mayor
Cazort, and Mayor Dailey.
1. PUBLIC HEARING & ORDINANCE 199647 - To establish a schedule of rates for the
Little Rock Waste Water Utility, to repeal Ordinance 18,752 (September 17, 2002); to declare
an emergency; and for other purposes. Staff recommends approval. 1St reading held on
November 21, 2006)
Director Adcock requested that Reggie Corbitt, CEO of the Little Rock Wastewater Utility read
the following letter into the record:
November 28, 2006
Director Joan Adcock
Little Rock Board of Directors
Position 10
Room 203, City Hall
Little Rock, AR 72201
RE: Odor Control for Flow Basin
Dear Director Adcock:
In answer to the question you raised at the last City Board meeting, the following is provided
Little Rock Wastewater will provide odor control for the flow basin. The system will include a
recirculating system to keep the wastewater from becoming septic and also provide for chemical
feed to eliminate the odor causing bacteria in the wastewater before any odors become present.
The estimated cost of these additions is $616,000, with an estimated annual operating cost of
$3,400.
If this proposed system does not eliminate odors, Little Rock Wastewater will consider and
evaluate other odor control systems for implementation.
If you have other questions, please call me or John Jarratt.
Sincerely,
Reggie A. Corbitt, P. E.
Chief Executive Officer
CC: Jim Dailey, Mayor
Bruce Moore, City Manager
Brad Cazort, Vice Mayor
Anna Templeton, Geyer Springs Neighborhood Association
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Board of Directors Reconvened Meeting — Minutes — November 28, 2006
Mr. Corbitt stood for questions. Some areas of concern other than those included in the letter
above included the population projections for those served by the West Little Rock treatment
Plant, and formation of sewer improvement districts. Jim Lynch was present to make a follow- _
up statement to Clayton Johnson, President of Coalition of Neighborhoods, regarding the
comments from last week. He requested a fairly developed payment structure for the future use
and development of the sewer treatment plant. The Public Hearing was closed.
Director Keck, seconded by Vice Mayor Cazort, made a motion to suspend the rules and place
the ordinance on second reading. By majority vote of the Board members present, being two -
thirds in number, the rules were suspended and the ordinances were read the second time.
Directors Wyrick, Stewart, and Adcock voted no. Director Keck, seconded by Vice Mayor
Cazort, made a motion to suspend the rules and place the ordinances on third and final reading.
By majority vote of the Board members present, being two - thirds in number, the rules were
suspended and the ordinances were read the third time. Directors Wyrick, Stewart, and Adcock
voted no. A roll call vote was taken as follows: Directors Pugh, Hinton, Hurst, Keck, Kumpuris,
Vice Mayor Cazort, and Mayor Dailey voted yes. Director Wyrick, Stewart, and Adcock voted
no. The ordinance (Item 1) was passed. A roll call vote was taken as follows for the adoption
of the emergency clause: Directors Pugh, Hinton, Hurst, Keck, Kumpuris, Vice Mayor Cazort,
and Mayor Dailey voted yes. Director Wyrick, Stewart, and Adcock voted no. The emergency
clause was passed.
2. EXECUTIVE SESSION - Annual Evaluations of the City Manager and City Attorney.
Director Adcock, seconded by Vice Mayor Cazort, made a motion to go into executive session.
By unanimous voice vote of the Board members present, being two - thirds in number, the Board
members went into executive session at 5:45 PM.
Mayor Dailey reconvened the meeting at 7:30 PM. He announced that the Board of Directors
was satisfied with the performance of both the City Manager and the City Attorney.
Compensation for the City Attorney included a 4% pay increase and a raise in the maximum
number of PTO (Personal Time Off) hours accrued. Compensation for the City Manager
included a salary increase to $160,000, PTO accrued per pay period increased to 10.1 hrs (in line
with the other department directors), and his maximum accrued PTO increased to 500 hours.
Director Keck, seconded by Director Adcock, made a motion to adjourn. By unanimous voice
vote of the Board members present, being two - thirds in number, the meeting was adjourned at
7:35 PM.
ATTEST:
APPROVED:
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