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Session 1795 <br />October 21, 2000 <br /> <br />Council's direction on whether the City should rehab the pool or replace the pool. The <br />sense of Council was that rehabbing the pool would be more beneficial and cost efficient in <br />the long term. <br /> <br />AGENDA #3 - COUNCIL TRAVEL POLICY: <br /> <br />Mayor Adams asked if the travel subcommittee had come up with any recommendations. <br />Mr. Lieberman, chair of the subcommittee, had sent some recommendations to his <br />colleagues Ms. Colquitt and Mr. Schoomer, but had not had the opportunity to hear their <br />comments as of yet. Mayor Adams asked the committee to please come up with some <br />recommendations by the next study session. <br /> <br />AGENDA #4 - CREDIT CARD FOR COUNCIL: <br /> <br />It was recently brought to Council's attention that the American Express Business Travel <br />Account program was canceled by American Express and that the Council would not have a <br />credit card to use for travel expense purposes. After some discussion about what the best <br />type of program would be and how to properly and judiciously use a new credit card <br />program, the Council directed Mr. Ollendorff to find a credit card program to use just for <br />Council hotel and airfare costs only. He also directed the travel subcommittee to place <br />verbage concerning the proper use of the card in the Council Travel policy. <br /> <br />AGENDA #5 - RETURNING ARTIST SERIES GRANT: <br /> <br />Council discussed the importance and the need of budgeting an annual amount for the Arts <br />and Letters Commission Returning Artist Series. The Council did not see a problem with <br />granting them $1,500 this year, but they need to provide a letter to justify future amounts <br />which can be placed in the City's budget on an annual basis. <br /> <br />AGENDA #6 - LOOP DEVELOPMENT: <br /> <br />Mr. Schoomer reported to Council that there were three businesses that were experiencing <br />the need to expand: Momentum, Fitz's and the Smith Hardware lot. He advised Council <br />that now was the time to start thinking of possibly putting up parking decks, behind <br />Blockbuster and maybe others closer to these other businesses. After discussing at length, <br />the Council decided to look at possible bond issues. The City Manager cautioned that this <br />might not be the best thing to do, however, until after the Census Data is received. Council <br />agreed to wait for this information, but this problem should receive priority attention. <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br /> <br />