MINUTES OF COUNCIL

							                                     MINUTES OF COUNCIL
                                         JULY 8, 2003

        The Batesville City Council met in regular session on July 8, at 5:30 PM at the Municipal

Building. Mayor Joe Biard presided over the meeting. Councilmember Ford gave the

invocation. Upon roll call the following Councilmembers answered present: Jim Cargill, R.L.

Carpenter, Robert Ford, Gerald Gaither, Jim Mitchum, Jerry Pectol, Paula Terrell and Jim

Watkins. Also present were the City Clerk Denise Johnston and the City Attorney Scott Stalker.

        Councilmember Watkins moved to approve the minutes from the last meeting.

Councilmember Gaither seconded and all voted for.

        Councilmember Ford moved to approve the prepared agenda. Councilmember Cargill

seconded and all voted for.

AIRPORT REPORT - CHARLES BARNETT

        Mr. Charles Barnett with the airport commission gave a report to bring the council up to

date with the current activities at the airport.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING MAYOR TO SUBMIT APPLICATION FOR

AMPHITHEATRE FUNDS

        Mayor Biard read a resolution that would authorize the Mayor to submit an application to

the Department of Parks and Tourism for the Amphitheatre Fund. Councilmember Watkins

moved to adopt the resolution and Councilmember Terrell seconded. All voted for and the

resolution was given #2003-7-1-R.

DISCUSS OF BIDS ON RESCUE VEHICLE

        Fire Chief James Boothby addressed the council to discuss the recent bid opening for the

rescue truck. The City received two bids. The low bid was from Independence Ford for

$53,275.28. The council reviewed a draft Interlocal Agreement between the City and County

regarding rescue/extraction services. The council discussed several aspects of the agreement and
said that some changes and clarifications needed to be made. Chief Boothby said that it he

ordered the truck tomorrow it would be about four months before it would be ready for

operation, giving the City and County plenty of time to critique the Interlocal Agreement.

Councilmember Pectol moved to accept the low bid and order the rescue truck. Councilmember

Ford seconded. All voted for.

911 SIGNS

       Chief Boothby said he was again out of sign material for the 911 signs. He reminded the

council that he was approved to spend an additional $7,000 last month and that is already gone.

He told the council that the City is taking in a little more revenue than we are spending for the

signs. He said that the sign orders should slow down pretty soon but he had no idea how much

more money he would need. Councilmember Watkins moved to allow the Chief to purchase as

much material as he needed to fill the sign orders and amend the budget at the end of the year.

Councilmember Ford seconded and all voted for.

CONSIDER THE PURCHASE OF A SERVICE TRUCK FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT

WITH ACT 833 FUNDS

       Chief Boothby said that his department needed a service truck. He explained the benefits

of having all the firefighting equipment in one vehicle instead of searching through several

trucks. The Chief said that Stanley Wood Chevrolet had a truck that would be perfect for the job

that was approximately $40,000. He said that he could use Act 833 monies to pay for the

vehicle. He said that he would go through the proper bid process for the truck but felt like the

price for the vehicle at Stanley Woods would be hard to beat. Councilmember Carpenter moved

for the Chief to advertise for bids for a service truck with the expenditure to be paid out of Act

833 monies. Councilmember Gaither seconded. All voted for.

CONSIDERATION OF NOISE ORDINANCE
       Mayor Biard read the proposed noise ordinance for the second reading. The council

discussed a couple of wording changes and asked to put it on the third    eading at the next

meeting.

MAYOR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

       The Mayor said that he wrote letters to the resident and business owner that are

delinquent on their garbage fees. The council discussed these at the last meeting. He said he

didn’t get a response from the business. The resident has hired legal council and the Mayor and

City Attorney met with the lawyer today. He said that a compromise could possibly be made for

the resident. The council said that they were not interested in setting a precedent with a

compromise and at the last meeting they moved for both cases be placed in small claims court

and let the Judge decide. The Mayor told the City Attorney he could pick up the files tomorrow

and file the claims.

       Mayor Biard said he talked to the legal council for Cox Communications and said they

want the council to rescind the last ordinance that increased the franchise fee to 3%. The Mayor

said they indicated that they want to be a good corporate citizen and that possibly a compromise

could be reached. The council instructed City Attorney Scott Stalker to contact the attorney for

Cox to see exactly what their intensions were.

       There being no further business, Councilmember Gaither moved that the meeting be

adjourned. Councilmember Watkins seconded and all voted for.


                                                     JOE M. BIARD, MAYOR
DENISE M. JOHNSTON, CITY CLERK