A Recess Meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Ocean Springs was called to order by Mayor Ainsworth at 6:00 p.m. on December 18, 2001, at City Hall in the City of Ocean Springs. Present were Aldermen Jalanivich, Lloyd, McDonnell, Cody, Carvin, Dalgo and Gill, and City Clerk Adrienne Howell. City Attorney Oscar Jordan was absent.

Alderman Cody gave the Invocation.

Mayor Ainsworth led the Pledge of Allegiance.

Approve Minutes of Special Call Meeting of November 20, 2001, and Regular Meeting of December 4, 2001

Accept Action Report

Pay Docket of Claims and spread docket summary upon the Minutes:

(Claims Docket)

Allow City Clerk to contract with Express Personnel Services for the hiring of a temp to convert employee history data to ADP’s format, with the cost to be reimbursed by ADP:

(Temp Hire)

Accept recommendation to retire drug detection dog, Billie, and allow him to remain with his caretaker, Julian Quiroz, as stipulated:

(Drug Dog Letter)

Approve official start date for James Catchot in the position of Dispatcher as November 10, 2001, and allow 8 hours holiday pay for November 22, 2001:

(Catchot Letter)

Accept Fire Report for November 2001

Approve list of Fire Dept. surplus items and authorize them to be auctioned:

(Fire Surplus List)

Approve Pay Request No. 5 from Graham Construction Co., Inc. ($30,960.00) regarding Ocean Springs Drainage Improvements Project No. 00-282-PF-01:

(Graham Invoice)

Pay invoice from Twin L Construction, Inc. ($1,026.00) for street/sidewalk repairs regarding Tropical Storm Allison:

(Twin L Invoice)

Accept Building Report for November 2001

Allow Terry Agar to attend SBCCI Training for Residential Building Inspection in Ridgeland, MS, on January 14-17, 2002, prepay the $440.00 course fee and pay all other reasonable and actual expenses

Adopt Resolution Assessing Lot Cleaning Cost for 328 Teringo Circle ($884.50):

(Lot Cleaning Resolution)

Accept Historic Preservation Commission’s recommendations regarding the following Certificates of Appropriateness:

Richard and Ruth McPhearson – 508 Rayburn Dr.:

(McPhearson COA)

Roy and Sabrina Murrell – 1127 I’berville Dr.:

(Murrell COA)

Robert Peters – 805 Cleveland Ave.:

(Peters COA)

Pay City Attorney’s bill for November 2001 ($3,150.00)

 

Items h and n were removed from the Consent Agenda for further consideration.

Motion by Dalgo, seconded by Gill, to approve the Consent Agenda, excluding items h and n.

VOTING AYE ALL

VOTING NAY NONE

At this time discussion was held regarding item h of the Consent Agenda. The Fire Chief requested that one oxygen system case be removed from the Fire Dept. surplus property list.

Motion by Cody, seconded by Carvin, to approve item h of the Consent Agenda as revised by the Fire Chief.

VOTING AYE ALL

VOTING NAY NONE

(Diller Rd. Drainage)

Motion by Gill, seconded by Jalanivich, to accept the Public Works Director’s recommendation to repair the sewer line on Diller Rd. at an estimated cost of $47,030.50.

VOTING AYE ALL

VOTING NAY NONE

At this time Mayor Ainsworth recognized Boy Scout Spencer Landry who was attending the meeting to earn his Citizenship in the Community Merit Badge.

After some discussion regarding item n of the Consent Agenda, the following motion was made:

Motion by Jalanivich, seconded by McDonnell, to approve item n of the Consent Agenda.

VOTING AYE ALL

VOTING NAY NONE

(Resolution Objecting to Construction of Additional Boat Slips at Ocean Springs Inner Harbor)

Motion by Carvin, seconded by McDonnell, to adopt the above and foregoing Resolution.

VOTING AYE ALL

VOTING NAY NONE

No one from the audience addressed the Mayor and Board of Aldermen at this time.

Motion by McDonnell, seconded by Jalanivich, to go into Closed Session to determine the necessity for an Executive Session.

VOTING AYE ALL

VOTING NAY NONE

Motion by Cody, seconded by Carvin, to go into Executive Session to discuss potential litigation and personnel issues throughout the City.

VOTING AYE ALL

VOTING NAY NONE

The City Clerk announced to the audience that the Board had elected to go into Executive Session to discuss potential litigation and personnel issues throughout the City.

After approximately 45 minutes the Executive Session ended and the following motion was made:

Motion by Jalanivich, seconded by McDonnell, to resume the Regular Session.

VOTING AYE ALL

VOTING NAY NONE

Motion by McDonnell, seconded by Cody, to remove the item "Lot Cleaning - 309 Lovers Lane" from the agenda.

VOTING AYE ALL

VOTING NAY NONE

The item "Paving Projects" was held over until the next meeting.

Motion by Jalanivich, seconded by McDonnell, to appoint Alderman Cody to the Audit/Finance Committee as an alternate.

VOTING AYE ALL

VOTING NAY NONE

Motion by Dalgo, seconded by Carvin, to remove the item "Sports Complex" from the agenda.

VOTING AYE ALL

VOTING NAY NONE

Motion by Carvin, seconded by Jalanivich, to request that Mississippi Power Co. perform a street lighting study at the corner of Halstead Rd. and Havard Rd.

VOTING AYE ALL

VOTING NAY NONE

Motion by Jalanivich, seconded by Cody, to adjourn.

VOTING AYE ALL

VOTING NAY NONE

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City Clerk Mayor

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