2009-09-21 Regular City Council Session

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Mr. Price asked Mr. Edwards to make an outreach to the school district. Mr. Edwards stated they were going to do a lot of outreach; in additional to a website, they were going to have brochures and invite teachers to come. 2. City Council’s meetings’ calendar proposal for 2010 Ms. Feier presented the 2010 calendar of proposed City Council meeting dates. In draft one she tried to coordinate items asked for earlier as starting the budget cycle earlier, not scheduling a meeting the day before an election. Draft two attempted to coordinate some feedback she received: the second meeting in April was dropped and the two meetings in April have been adjusted down by one week. Based on some feedback at the prior study session she verbally presented draft three which did not eliminate any meetings but adjusted the Monday meetings in the months of April, June, and July. The April 12 meeting moved to April 5, June 14 meeting moved to June 7 and the July 12 meeting moved to July 26. Ms. Feier asked for a motion from the Council to proceed with one of them. Ms. Ricci asked for draft three in writing as she would need to check with her calendar and could not vote on it at this point. She asked to postpone vote till the next meeting. Ms. Feier asked to verbally go through the changes again as she stated the Council’s meeting dates sets the stage for all other Board’s and Commission meetings. Mr. Sharpe stated that he was the one that had the problem and asked belatedly for Julie to reconsider the dates, which created draft three. He asked how much problem it would be if the Council waited until the next meeting. Ms. Feier stated that if Council in general feels positive about draft three and she did not see anyone with problems with it, she will forward draft three out now and if there are any adjustments she will do it afterwards, as she does not want the calendar to get out late. She stated the Council can formally approve it at their next meeting. Ms. Ricci motioned to have Ms. Feier move forward with draft three and if any adjustments were needed they could be made on the backside, seconded by Mr. Crow and was approved unanimously. J. UNFINISHED BUSINESS K. NEW BUSINESS BILLS RESOLUTIONS 1. Resolution 2009 – 17 E911 Ballot Issue for November 3, 2009, election Mr. Price moved for approval, seconded by Mr. Wagner and was approved unanimously. Mayor Adams gave a brief explanation for the need to pass E911. He stated the federal government mandated a communication system that can talk to each other in emergencies by the year 2013. To accomplish this all base stations, hand held emergency devices, and all radio systems had to be changed.