A Regular Meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Ocean Springs was called to order by Mayor Ainsworth at 7:00 p.m. on January 4, 2000, at City Hall in the City of Ocean Springs. Present were Aldermen Jalanivich, Garrard, McDonnell, Cody, Cosper and Gill, City Attorney Oscar Jordan and City Clerk Adrienne Howell.

Alderman Cody gave the Invocation.

Mayor Ainsworth led the Pledge of Allegiance.

The first item taken up for consideration was the Consent Agenda:

Approve Minutes of Recess Meeting of December 21, 1999

Allow Fire Fighters Jacquet, Wilson, Medley, B. Rogers, Williams, Ponson and Farr to attend the "Building Construction for the Fire Service" course at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Jackson County Campus, at an approximate cost of $165.00 per person

Accept Fire Chief’s recommendation to promote Terry Webb, Nate Wilson and Randall Rogers to Fire Lieutenant and place them at Band 5/Step 3 ($26,340) of salary scale

Accept City Clerk’s report regarding Deputy Voter Registrars and spread it upon the Minutes:

(Deputy Registrar Memo)

Accept City Clerk’s recommendation to award the bid for the Turnkey Computer System Upgrade to Premise, Inc. in the amount of $41,113.50:

(Computer Upgrade Bid)

Accept City Clerk’s recommendation to place Purchasing Agent Philip Killingsworth on permanent employee status at Band 6/Step 2 ($13.77) of the salary scale, effective January 5, 2000:

(Killingsworth Permanent Letter)

Accept Public Works Director’s recommendation to pay the invoice from Graham Construction Co., Inc. ($7,301.70) for sewer line repairs at I’berville Dr.:

(Graham Invoice)

Accept Public Works Director’s recommendation to pay the invoice from Graham Construction Co., Inc. ($1,129.50) for sewer line repairs on Carpenter Circle:

(Graham Invoice)

Accept City Planner’s recommendation to authorize the Mayor to sign the Agreement for a Historic Structures Report:

(Historic Structures Letter)

Accept City Planner’s recommendation to allow him to purchase the additional vehicle budgeted for his department from Fowler Buick/GMC Trucks at the state contract price shown:

(Vehicle Purchase)

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

(Claims Docket)

Item c was removed from the Consent Agenda for further consideration.

Motion by Garrard, seconded by McDonnell, to approve the Consent Agenda, excluding item c.

VOTING AYE ALL

VOTING NAY NONE

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

VOTING AYE ALL

VOTING NAY NONE

Motion by Garrard, seconded by Jalanivich, to go into Executive Session to discuss a personnel matter in the Fire Dept. and the Gautier Annexation litigation, and to excuse the City Clerk.

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 a personnel matter in the Fire Dept. and the Gautier Annexation litigation.

After approximately 10 minutes the Executive Session ended and the following motion was made:

Motion by Garrard, seconded by Cody, to resume the Regular Session.

VOTING AYE ALL

VOTING NAY NONE

The following motion was made regarding item c of the Consent Agenda:

Motion by Garrard, seconded by Jalanivich, that item c of the Consent Agenda be tabled and referred back to the Civil Service Commission.

VOTING AYE ALL

VOTING NAY NONE

(Letter - First Presbyterian Church Donation - $1,000.00)

Motion by Garrard, seconded by Jalanivich, to accept the $1,000.00 donation from the First Presbyterian Church to be used on the Senior Citizens Center and to send them a letter of appreciation for their generous donation to the City.

VOTING AYE ALL

VOTING NAY NONE

(Order – Declaring Ward V Vacancy & Setting Special Election for February 15, 2000)

Motion by Gill, seconded by McKay, to accept the City Clerk’s recommendation to adopt the Order for Special Election and spread it upon the Minutes.

VOTING AYE ALL

VOTING NAY NONE

(Southern Consultants, Inc. – Water Tank Bids)

Motion by Jalanivich, seconded by Gill, to accept the recommendation of Southern Consultants, Inc. and the City Engineer to award the bids for the Halstead Rd. Elevated Water Tank ($384,700.00) and the Civic Center Elevated Water Tank ($349,300.00) to Pittsburg Tank & Tower Co., Inc.

VOTING AYE ALL

VOTING NAY NONE

(CAP Loan Letter)

Motion by Cody, seconded by Gill, to approve the loan agreement and promissory note for the Community Development Capital Improvements (CAP) Loan dated December 16, 1999, and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute these documents on behalf of the City.

VOTING AYE ALL

VOTING NAY NONE

(Descher Documents)

Motion by McDonnell, seconded by Gill, to accept the Building Official’s recommendation to issue a permit to Gregg Descher for rebuilding a boat dock at 1312 Fort Ave., based upon approval of the Department of Marine Resources.

VOTING AYE ALL

VOTING NAY NONE

(Ocean Springs Cotillion Sorority Letter)

Motion by Jalanivich, seconded by Gill, to allow the Ocean Springs Cotillion Sorority to use the Ocean Springs Civic Center on January 22, 2000, as requested, to waive all fees and to issue them a refund of the fees already paid.

VOTING AYE ALL

VOTING NAY NONE

Gay Young addressed the Mayor and Board of Aldermen regarding subdivision development and adherence to ADA regulations and City ordinances. He asked who would incur the cost to correct any deficiencies.

Vicky Rhodes, on behalf of the Ocean Springs Chamber of Commerce, thanked the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, as well as Public Works, for improvements made in the City and the ongoing Highway 90 cleanup.

Frank Leach, District 4 Supervisor, expressed his and the new Board of Supervisors’ willingness to work with the Mayor and Board of Aldermen for the betterment of the City of Ocean Springs and Jackson County.

Motion by McDonnell, seconded by Cody, that the Mayor be directed to write the Jackson County Board of Supervisors to request a work session within the first two weeks of February 2000 to discuss beach renovation plans.

VOTING AYE ALL

VOTING NAY NONE

Motion by McDonnell, seconded by Cody, that the Mayor be allowed to expend up to $1,500.00 for the purchase of oak trees to be placed on Washington Ave. in areas determined by the Public Works Director and the City’s landscape architect.

VOTING AYE ALL

VOTING NAY NONE

Motion by Jalanivich, seconded by Gill, to recess until 7:00 p.m. on January 18, 2000.

VOTING AYE ALL

VOTING NAY NONE

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City Clerk Mayor

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