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Little Rock, Arkansas
July 28, 1993 - 1:30 P.M.
The Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas
reconvened from the July 20, 1993 regular meeting with Mayor
Dailey presiding. Assistant City Clerk Vanessa Sykes was present
and called the roll with the following Directors in attendance:
Directors Priest, Roy, Sharp, Lewellen, and Adcock - total 5;
Absent - Director Mason - total 1.
With a quorum present, Mayor Dailey declared the Board of
Directors in session and the proceedings of the meeting are
recorded as follows.
The first presentation was Ordinance No. 16,462, entitled:
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS TO
THE SEWER SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS;
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF SEWER REFUNDING AND
CONSTRUCTION REVENUE BONDS; PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE
PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON THE BONDS; PRESCRIBING OTHER MATTERS
RELATING THERETO; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY;
and the Ordinance was read the first time. There was a motion by
Director Priest, seconded by Director Roy, to suspend the rules
and place the Ordinance on second reading, which was adopted by
unanimous voice vote of the Board Members present, being six in
number and two - thirds or more of the members of the Board of
Directors - elect. Upon second reading of the Ordinance, there was
a subsequent motion by Director Roy that the rules be further
suspended and the Ordinance be placed on third and final reading.
Director Priest seconded the motion which was adopted by
unanimous vote of the Board Members present, being six in number
and two - thirds or more of the members of the Board of Directors -
elect. A third and last reading of the Ordinance ensued,
followed by an Aye and No Vote taken on passage of the Ordinance,
with the results recorded as follows: Ayes - Directors Priest,
Roy, Sharp, Lewellen, Mayor Dailey, and Director Adcock - total
6; Noes - None; Absent - Director Mason - total 1.
The Emergency Clause contained in Section 34 of the
foregoing Ordinance was then read and adopted by the following
roll call vote: Ayes - Directors Priest, Roy, Sharp, Lewellen,
Mayor Dailey, and Director Adcock - total 6; Noes - None; Absent
- Director Mason - total 1. Therefore, the Ordinance, together
with the Emergency Section, was declared PASSED.
Introduced next was Ordinance No. 16,463, with the title
being:
AN ORDINANCE RECONFIRMING AND AUTHORIZING A GROUND LEASE
AGREEMENT AMONG THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, AS LESSOR, THE
LITTLE ROCK PORT AUTHORITY, AND USF YEAST COMPANY, AS LESSEE;
AUTHORIZING A LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK,
ARKANSAS AS LESSOR, AND USF YEAST COMPANY, AS LESSEE; AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY;
Mayor Dailey asked Mr. Reggie Corbitt, Manager of Little Rock
Wastewater Utility, for a brief recap of the proposal for USF
Yeast company to land apply sludge from Little Rock Wastewater
Utility. (See Minutes of June 15, 1993 - page 5.) Mr. Corbitt
explained that USF Yeast Company would provide facilities to
transport its waste (which is spent molasses from the growing of
the yeast product) over to the sewer treatment plant holding
pond. The waste would then be pumped from the sewer plant to the
farming operation and would be land applied to the farm land, and
as appropriate throughout the year the sludge from Wastewater
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Utility would be mixed with the waste from USF Yeast Company and
applied to the land at the same time. This joint operation would
result in a net savings of approximately $218,000 over what it
would cost Wastewater Utility to dispose of its sludge
separately. The Ordinance was then read the first time and the
rules were suspended to provide for the second reading of the
Ordinance by a motion made by Director Lewellen. The motion was
seconded by Director Adcock and unanimously adopted by the Board
Members present, being six in number and two - thirds or more of
the members of the Board of Directors - elect, and a second reading
of the Ordinance ensued. There was a motion and second by
Directors Lewellen and Priest, respectively, to again suspend the
rules and place the Ordinance on third and final reading, which
was unanimously adopted by the Board Members present, being six
in number and two - thirds or more of the members of the Board of
Directors - elect. The Ordinance was read the third and last time.
A roll call vote was taken on passage of the Ordinance with the
response being: Ayes - Directors Priest, Roy, Sharp, Lewellen,
Mayor Dailey, and Director Adcock - total 6; Noes - None; Absent
- Director Mason - total 1.
The Emergency Clause contained in Section 3 of the foregoing
Ordinance was then read and adopted by the following roll call
vote: Ayes - Directors Priest, Roy, Sharp, Lewellen, Mayor
Dailey, and Director Adcock - total 6; Noes - None; Absent -
Director Mason - total 1. Therefore, the Ordinance, together
with the Emergency Section, was declared PASSED.
Consideration was then given to Resolution No. 8,960,
described as:
A RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO ENCOURAGE THE CHIEF OF POLICE TO
TAKE ALL ACTIONS NECESSARY TO MEET VIOLENT CRIME ON THE STREETS
WITHOUT DETRACTING FROM OTHER FROM OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT
FUNCTIONS; TO SUGGEST THE USE OF OVERTIME IF NECESSARY TO MEET
THESE NEEDS; DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO IDENTIFY WAYS TO MEET
ANY NECESSARY BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES;
City Manager Charles Nickerson distributed to Board Members a
memorandum with a report from Police Chief Louie Caudell that
identified the cost and proposed deployment of 30 additional
police officers through the end of the school vacation period.
(See Minutes of July 20, 1993 - page 6.) Mrs. Ann Johnson of the
Wakefield Neighborhood Association spoke in support of the
Resolution. In response to the request by Director Adcock, Chief
Caudell explained the overtime plan for placing thirty (30)
officers on overtime seven days a week in several areas of the
City for approximately five (5) weeks. During the discussion,
the Board generally agreed to revise the proposed Resolution to
stipulate overtime expenditures up to $126,000. The revised
Resolution was read in full. There was a motion by Director Roy,
seconded by Director Priest, to adopt the Resolution, and the
Resolution was adopted unanimously by the Board Members present.
There being no further business to be presented, the Board
of Directors adjourned at 2:15 o'clock P.M. to meet again in
regular session on Tuesday, August 3, 1993, at 6:00 o'clock P.M.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK ROBBIE HANCOCK
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APPROVED:
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OR JIM DAILEY