Aldermen Agendas
AGENDA
MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN
CITY OF OCEAN SPRINGS
January 6, 2009 – 6:00 p.m.
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. OLD BUSINESS
a) Authorize to award bid to Cal-Mar Construction Co. for Alice Street tennis court project (Exhibit 3-a)
b) Approve Preliminary Design as Phase One of Ocean Springs Streetscape (Exhibit 3-b)
4. 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.
5. CONSENT AGENDA
Mayor:
a) Authorize use of Ocean Springs Civic Center to host “Dancin’ to the Oldies” Dance Competition as a host city for the MS Gulf Coast Senior Games on April 22, 2009, from 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. ( Exhibit 5-a)
b) Authorize request to proceed in developing the Tommy Dreyfus Community Service Award and Scholarship sponsored by Mr. Barry Dreyfus, President and CEO of United States Marine, Inc. in honor of his late father (Exhibit 5-b)
c) Authorize request to expend $1,200.00 from the special projects budget to remove old floor boards from the Mary C. O’Keefe Culinary Arts Café room (Exhibit 5-c)
d) Authorize use of Ocean Springs Community Center for the 38th Annual Fine Art Show from October 22nd through November 16th (Exhibit 5-d)
e) Approve Change Order No. 1 for power pole conflict at Chester M. McPherson, Jr. Pier in the amount of $1,552.50 and amend the budget accordingly (Exhibit 5-e)
City Clerk:
f) Approve Minutes: Recess Meeting December 16, 2008 (Exhibit 5-f)
g) Approve payment: Docket of Claims and spread upon the Minutes (Exhibit 5-g)
h) Accept Action Report (Exhibit 5-h)
i) Accept Budget Amendment (Exhibit 5-i)
j) Authorize rejection of bids for City Hall HVAC Repairs (Exhibit 5-j)
k) Authorize employment of Janice Hilton as General Administrative Clerk, hourly rate $10.72, effective January 19, 2009, pending successful completion of all pre-employment requirements (Exhibit 5-k)
l) Authorize to declare Unit 42, 2000 Dodge Dakota, in water and sewer administrative department, as surplus, of no value to the city and sent to auction (Exhibit 5-l)
Police Dept.:
m) Accept resignation of Patrolman David Queal effective December 17, 2008, and authorize to fill the vacant patrolman position (Exhibit 5-m)
n) Authorize employment of Ronald Alexander as Patrolman, hourly rate $13.94, effective January 7, 2009, pending successful completion of all pre-employment requirements (Exhibit 5-n)
o) Authorize request to close Government Street from Washington Avenue to Russell on Saturday, May 16, 2009, from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and authorize request to lift consumption of alcohol on city property for May Fest 2009 (Exhibit 5-o)
p) Authorize to award bid to DuraTech USA, Inc. in the amount of $85,000.00 for 20 Fully Rugged Notebook Computers for the Police Department funded by Department of Public Safety – Hurricane Relief Grant (Exhibit 5-p)
Fire Dept.:
q) Authorize removal of Training Officer Anthony Johnson from probationary status and placed on full-time status, effective January 15, 2009 (Exhibit 5-q)
Risk Manager/HR:
r) Approve policy for Request Form for Employee Promotion or Salary Change (Exhibit 5-r)
City Engineer:
Public Works:
s) Accept Temporary Construction Easement from George R. Diaz (Exhibit 5-s)
t) Accept Engineer’s findings on Little Children’s Drainage/Parking (Exhibit 5-t)
Community Development & Planning:
u) Accept Tree Committee Report (Exhibit 5-u)
Parks & Leisure Services:
v) Authorize contractual services of Kay McMahon to offer guitar lessons (Exhibit 5-v)
City Attorney:
6. DEPARTMENT REPORTS
Mayor:
Discussion Items:
a) Consider moving extra funding left over from Curmis Broome Drive to the Planning Department in order to have sufficient funding to award the base bid for construction of the new Planning Department over the former Human Resources Department, pending review and recommendation of the architect
b) List of organizations using City rental facilities at no cost (Exhibit 6-b)
City Clerk:
Police:
Fire:
Risk Manager/HR:
City Engineer:
Public Works:
Community Development & Planning:
c) Cardboard and Paper Recycling Discussion (Exhibit 6-c)
d) City Hall Annex Renovations and Addition (Exhibit 6-d)
e) Parks and Downtown Recycling (Exhibit 6-e)
Parks & Leisure Services:
f) Authorize restriction of ball fields and parks including golfing and other deterrents to the fields (Exhibit 6-f)
City Attorney:
g) Adopt Amendment to Code of Ordinances, the City of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, defining the speed limits in certain areas (Exhibit 6-g)
7. ALDERMEN’S FORUM
RECESS UNTIL 6:00 P.M. on January 20, 2009
