Aldermen Agendas
AGENDA
MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN
CITY OF OCEAN SPRINGS
July 20, 2010 – 6:00 p.m.
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. PRESENTATION
a) Presentation of Award of Appreciation from Major Charles Britt to the City of Ocean Springs for their sponsorship of the Special Olympics Event
4. NEW BUSINESS
a) Request to fund the Façade Grant Program in the FY10-11 Budget – Mickey Williams, Ocean Springs Economic Development Council and members (Exhibit 4-a)
b) Removing mailbox for MDOT to repave Halstead Road – Betty and Jim Hinton (Exhibit 4-b)
5. PUBLIC COMMENT: The public is invited to address the Board for up to 3 minutes. The Board will take all comments under advisement for potential action at a later date if warranted.
6. CONSENT AGENDA*
* Consent Agenda – All matters listed under Item 6, Consent Agenda, are considered to be routine by the Board of Aldermen and will be enacted by one motion. There will not be separate discussion of these items. If discussion is desired, that item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and will be considered separately.
Mayor:
a) Approve waiver of rental fees for Fort Maurepas Park Sunrise Service on August 29th from 7 a.m. – 8 a.m. for the 5th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina by the St. Paul United Methodist Church and Phenomenal People Organization (Exhibit 6-a)
b) Approve waiver of rental fees for Ocean Springs Community Center on June 4, 2011 for annual awards dinner for the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters (Exhibit 6-b)
c) Accept Drainage and Infrastructure Committee’s recommendation to contract with Joe Gill Consulting to lobby for drainage funds (Exhibit 6-c)
d) Authorize Mayor to execute Contract Amendment Number 3 with Brown & Mitchell for the Front Beach Sidewalk Project/CDBG Round III pending legal approval and receipt of an approved Budget Modification from MDA for the use of the CDBG funds (Exhibit 6-d)
e) Approve for Contracted services and equipment purchases related to the BP Deepwater Horizon Block Grant (Exhibit 6-e)
f) Authorize Mayor to execute Contract Amendment Number 4 with Mississippi Power Company-Streetscape Project-funded by CDBG Round I, pending legal and CDBG approvals (Exhibit 6-f)
g) Approve request to purchase pick-up truck for Planning Department related to the BP Deepwater Horizon Block Grant pending DMR approval (Exhibit 6-g)
City Clerk:
h) Approve Minutes: Regular Meeting July 6, 2010 (Exhibit 6-h)
i) Approve payment: Docket of Claims and spread upon the Minutes (Exhibit 6-i)
j) Accept Action Report (Exhibit 6-j)
k) Authorize to advertise Public Hearing to adopt Resolution and Order adopting the Uniform Assessment Schedule for motor vehicles for August 3, 2010 at 6:00 p.m.
Police Dept.:
Fire Dept.:
l) Accept Monthly Fire Department Report (Exhibit 6-l)
Human Resources/Risk:
m) Authorize Mayor to execute appropriate documents to participate as a worksite in the 2010 Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) at no cost to the City (Exhibit 6-m)
City Engineer:
Public Works:
n) Adopt Public Works Reclassifications (Exhibit 6-n)
o) Authorize employment of David Franklyn as Engineering Inspector, $39,900.00 annual, beginning July 26, 2010, six-month probationary period, pending successful completion of all pre-employment requirements (Exhibit 6-o)
p) Authorize brass water fittings to be declared surplus and of no value to the City and dispose of scrap material on a case by case basis with blanket approval by the Board (Exhibit 6-p)
Community Development & Planning:
Historic Preservation Commission
q) Accept Historic Preservation Commissions recommendation to allow an addition to existing home at 512 Rayburn Avenue (Exhibit 6-q)
r) Accept Historic Preservation Commissions recommendation to deny the COA request to demolish existing structure and rebuild a new residential structure at 801 Iberville Drive (Exhibit 6-r)
Parks & Leisure Services:
s) Authorize removal of Megghan Purvis, Camp/Special Events Coordinator, from probationary status and placement on full time status, effective July 19, 2010 (Exhibit 6-s)
t) Authorize to reject bids for Halstead Tennis Pavilion and reduce scope of work and reorganize (Exhibit 6-t)
City Attorney:
Facilities:
7. DEPARTMENT REPORTS
Mayor:
Information Item:
a) Thank-you letter from Ocean Springs Renaissance Faire Committee (Exhibit 7-a)
b) Update on Contracted Public Outreach Services, eight-page tabloid special section in the OS Gazette, related to the BP Deepwater Horizon Block Grant (Exhibit 7-b)
Action Item:
c) Approve proposal for MDEQ ENHANCE Program for the City of Ocean Springs (Exhibit 7-c)
City Clerk:
Police:
Fire:
Human Resources/Risk:
City Engineer:
Public Works:
Community Development & Planning:
d) Accept Tree Committee Report (Exhibit 7-d)
Parks & Leisure Services:
City Attorney:
e) An Ordinance Amending the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, to Allow Sexually Oriented Businesses as a Permitted Use in I-2 Industrial Districts (Exhibit 7-e)
f) Ordinance to Regulate Sexually Oriented Businesses (Exhibit 7-f)
g) An Ordinance Prohibiting the Use, Purchase, Possession, Distribution, Sale or Offering for Sale Synthetic Cannabinoids or Other Synthetic Chemicals, Their Salts, Isomers, Homologues, and Salts of Isomers and Homologues (Exhibit 7-g)
Facilities:
8. ALDERMEN’S FORUM
a) Sign to erected at the end of Fort Bayou Bridge for the State Tennis Champs to be funded by a private donor – Alderman Troy Ross
b) Waive rental fees for the Ocean Springs Community Center for the “Art Off the Walls” fundraiser for the Mississippi Kidney Fountain hosted by the DiVita Ocean Springs Dialysis on September 18, 2010 – Alderman Troy Ross (Exhibit 8-b)
9. EXECUTIVE SESSION
a) Personnel in Public Works Department
b) Personnel in Planning Department
ADJOURN UNTIL 6:00 P.M. on August 3, 2010
