RECESS MEETING OF
Be it remembered that the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of the City of Ocean Springs met in a Recess meeting at City
Hall in the City of Ocean Springs at
Mayor Ainsworth was temporarily absent
from the meeting.
Alderman Cody gave the Invocation.
Mayor Pro Tem Jalanivich asked members
of the Boy Scouts to lead the Pledge of Allegiance.
CONSENT
AGENDA
Motion was made by Alderman Gill,
seconded by Alderman Carvin and unanimously carried to approve the Consent
Agenda, except item (q), which was pulled by Mayor Pro Tem Jalanivich.
DEPARTMENT
REPORTS
City
Clerk
Nothing to
report.
Police
Department
The Police Chief expressed his concerns
about parking problems West from Ederer’s Net Factory
located at
The Police Chief requested an Executive
Session at the end of the meeting regarding personnel.
Fire
Department
Chief Hare requested an Executive
Session at the end of the meeting regarding personnel.
Risk
Manager/HR
Not present.
City
Engineer
Mr. David Compton, City Engineer,
reported that pile driving should begin this week at the
Alderman Dalgo addressed sewer problems
in Canebreake Subdivision. Motion was made by Alderman Dalgo, seconded
by Alderman Carvin and unanimously carried to instruct the Mayor to draft a
letter to the Mississippi Gulf Coast Regional Wastewater Authority and inform
them of the sewer problems and ask them to make a recommendation to fix the problems.
After a request by Mr. Compton, motion
was made by Alderman Dalgo, seconded by Alderman Carvin and unanimously carried
to authorize Mr. Compton to personally contact Mississippi Gulf Coast Regional
Wastewater Authority and ask them to get involved in resolving the sewer
problems in Canebrake Subdivision.
Public
Works
Not present.
Mayor Seren Ainsworth arrived at the
meeting (
Community
Development and Planning
The attached recommendation from City
Planner Donovan Scruggs (Exhibit 4a) in regard to Loris Bridges (property
owned by W. T. Havard) – Application to rezone
property to R-3 from C-3/R-2 and Application for Sketch Plat approval was
discussed. Ms. Loris Bridges requested that consideration be given to increase
the number of units from 30 to 34 units. She said the project was planned
around saving as many of the huge oak trees as possible. Sixty-one trees have been identified and
under the current plan five trees will need to be removed.
Mr. Wally Page spoke in favor of the
project. Mr. Danny Havard, son of W. T.
Havard, expressed his approval. Walter
Wright expressed concerns about how the project will effect traffic, sewer,
drainage, zoning, and height regulations.
Mr. Scruggs explained that tonight’s’
actions are for sketch plat approval which will authorize impact studies to be
done by the Engineers.
Upon inquiry by Alderman McDonnell, Ms.
Bridges said that the cost of improvements has been factored into their cost estimates
and that they are willing to make the necessary improvements needed in the
development of the property.
After further discussion regarding the
impact the development would have on the community, drainage, sewer, traffic,
and trees, motion was made by Alderman Carivn and
seconded by Alderman Gill to accept Mr. Scruggs and the Planning Commission’s
recommendation to accept the 30 units.
The motion failed with the following vote:
Aldermen Lloyd, Carvin, and Gill voted
AYE
Aldermen McDonnell, Cody, Jalanivich,
and Dalgo voted NAY
Motion was next made by Alderman Cody
and seconded by Alderman McDonnell to change the number of units from 30 up to
34 based on the impact studies regarding traffic, drainage, water, sewer, and
trees. The motion passed unanimously.
Motion was made by Alderman Jalanivich,
seconded by Alderman Carvin, and unanimously carried to authorize the property
to be rezoned from C-3/R-2 to R-3 with consideration as outlined in sketch
plat.
Item 4q of the consent agenda was
addressed. Alderman Jalanivich said that
he pulled the item from the consent agenda because he needed to abstain from
voting on the issue. Motion was then
made by Alderman Lloyd and seconded by Alderman Carvin to approve item 4q of
the consent agenda. The motion passed
with everyone voting AYE, except for Mr. Jalanivich who abstained.
Mr. Scurggs
next asked that the attached request (Exhibit 4-b) Authorization for
Entering Agreement with the
Parks
and Recreation
No report.
Mayor
Mayor Ainsworth presented the following
items for consideration:
1. Request
from Friends of March C. O’Keefe Center for payment of $20,000 for the
sponsorship of the Museum Rooms (Exhibit 4c).
Motion was made by Alderman McDonnell, seconded by Alderman Jalanivich
and unanimously carried to approve the request.
Other
matters were discussed: air
conditioning, tracking and rigging, and leaking roof. Alderman McDonnell said that air conditioning
was critical to rooms.
Ms Betty
Magee said that they have been working with the City’s Purchasing Agent hoping
to get specifications written for the tracking and rigging. The City Clerk said that she did not feel
that her department had the expertise to write specifications for tracking and
rigging and that in her opinion a professional architect or engineer should
provide the specifications, which would relieve the City of any liability. She also advised that the purchasing agent
has a file of specifications and information she downloaded off the computer
and that they were welcome to the information.
Mr. Larry Cosper asked the City Clerk if they provided the
specifications would she publish the Notice to Bidders? She concurred.
The leaking
roof was next discussed. The General
Contractor, the Sub-Contractor, and the Architect have been contacted numerous
times, but nothing has been done to fix the problem, which has been occurring
since 2000. Attorney Oscar Jordan said
that the problem right now is to give them a short term notice with a letter
stating “absent your voluntarily coming forward that each of you have denied
responsibility and the City has no alternative but to go forward and repair
this roof and to let the liability be sorted out at a later date.” Alderman McDonnell questioned whether or not
any retainers are being held or if any warranty exist that the City can go
against. The Mayor advised that he asked
Bob Ladiner to help address some of these issues by
meeting with the contractor, but the contractor did not show up when he was
suppose to. After further discussion,
motion was made by Alderman McDonnell, seconded by Alderman Gill and
unanimously carried to direct the Mayor to write a letter to the Architect, the
General Contractor, the Roofing Contractor, and the bonding company about the
matter; and secondly with assistance of the Mary C. O’Keefe personnel, Bob
Ladiner, and David Compton a comprehensive plan and recommendation be made and
brought back to the Board. Mayor Ainsworth
as asked to come back with a report at the next meeting.
2. Request
from Jackson County Civic Action Committee, Inc. for payment of $7800 to be
used for the
3. Request
by Planner Donovan Scruggs to award the contract for $95,000 to Starks
Construction, subject to review by the city attorney for the
4. Request
that the attached memorandum (Exhibit 4f) regarding the enforcement of the
City’s sign ordinance be followed by all political candidates; and that a copy
of the sign ordinance be placed in candidate packets.
5. Request
that the Mayor be authorized to request the Jackson County Board of Supervisors
to transfer the City’s allotment of approximately $220,000 to the City for the
purpose of city-wide street improvements (Exhibit 4g). Motion was made by Alderman Jalanivich,
seconded by Alderman Cody and unanimously carried to approve the request. The Aldermen were asked to start their list
to be submitted to Public Works.
Alderman
Gill made a motion to have the Mayor write the Board of Supervisors and ask
them to consider paving
6. Resignation
of Madeline Power, Election Commissioner (Exhibit 4h). Motion was made by Alderman Dalgo, seconded
by Alderman Carvin and unanimously carried to accept the resignation of
Madeline Power. Motion was next made by
Alderman Gill, seconded by Alderman Dalgo, and unanimously carried to appoint
Ray Hedding to the City Election Commissioners.
7. Mayor
Ainsworth read the attached Proclamation (Exhibit 4i) proclaiming
City
Attorney
Mr. Oscar Jordan requested an Executive
Session at the end of the meeting pertaining to the acquisition of real
property.
ALDERMAN’S
FORUM
Alderman Jalanivich addressed the
deteriorating condition of Hwy 90 from the Hospital to Hwy 57. Motion was made by Alderman Jalanivich,
seconded by Alderman Cody, and unanimously carried to draft a Resolution to the
Highway Commissioner and all Representatives and Senators requesting their help
and support in overlaying Hwy 90, and to further contact the Board of
Supervisors and ask that they draft a similar Resolution and send it to these
State officials.
NEW
BUSINESS
Mr. John Weldon expressed certain
concerns about the proposed
Motion was made by Alderman Jalanivich,
seconded by Alderman Gill and unanimously carried to remove the item “Lease
agreement-Fort Maurepas” from the Agenda-Old Business
until all groups can come up with an agreeable solution. Alderman McDonnell said that he would not
consider lease options, nor would he ever be in favor of turning the property
over to anyone.
A discussion was next held on the
School Board appointment. Motion was
made by Alderman Carvin and seconded by Alderman Dalgo to appoint John Brenke
to the Ocean Springs School Board. The motion passed with Alderman McDonnell
voting NAY. Mr. Jamie Sablich addressed the Board and wanted to know why he did
not get the appointment. There was a
discussion but no further action was taken.
EXECUTIVE
SESSION
Motion was made by Alderman Cody,
seconded by Alderman Carvin, and unanimously carried to go into closed session
to see if they would remain in executive session.
The City Clerk returned to the meeting
and announced that motion was made by Alderman Cody, seconded by Alderman Jalanivich,
and unanimously carried to remain in executive session to discuss matters
relating to personnel in the fire department and police department, and the
acquisition of property.
Alderman Dalgo left the executive
session at
Motion was made by Alderman Cody,
seconded by Alderman Jalanivich and unanimously carried to come out of
executive sessions and return to regular session.
Motion was made by Alderman Cody,
seconded by Alderman Carvin , and unanimously carried to pass the attached
RESOLUTION RESCINDING THE DECISION ADOPTED February 1, 2005 WHICH DECLARED THE
CITY’S INTENTION TO CALL FOR A REFERENDUM TO BE EHLD MARCH 8, 2005. The Resolution is attached in it’s entirety and made a part of the minutes herein (Exhibit
4j).
Motion was made by Alderman Cody and
seconded by Alderman Gill to set the date of the bond referendum to coincide
with the general election,
Motion was made by Alderman Gill, seconded
by Alderman Carvin, and unanimously carried to adjourn until
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