CITY OF NEWPORT
REGULAR MEETING OF CITY
COUNCIL
MAY 5, 2008
The City Council of the City of Newport, Arkansas met in
regular session at 6:00 p.m. Monday, May 5, 2008 in the chambers of the
Municipal Courtroom.
City Clerk Linda Treadway called the roll.Ý Council members present were Michael Allen,
Jr., Sheridan Cole, Eddie Johnson, Regina Lake, Julie Moss, Neal Pankey and
Dean Young.Ý Absent was Council Member
John Pennington.Ý Steve Howard, City
Attorney, was also present at the meeting.
Following the invocation by Neal Pankey, those present
recited the Pledge of Allegiance.
Motion to approve the minutes of the April 21, 2008 meeting
made by Allen and seconded by Johnson carried (5/0) with ìyesî votes from
Allen, Johnson, Lake, Moss, and Young.Ý
Cole and Pankey abstained due to absence at that meeting.
REPORTS & COMMUNICATIONS:
Mayor Stewart gave the following reports:
- New
Vision Newport graduation will be Tuesday, May 6 at 6:00 p.m. at the
Newport Country Club
- Plans
for finalizing the 2008 50/50 Parks grant for swimming pool renovation
have been completed; $40,000 is budgeted for the match.Ý Project will be bid in June with work
to begin around the last of August.Ý
A resolution for passage will be on the agenda for the next
meeting.
- Floodgates
are open again and water is running out
- Congratulated
Neal Pankey on behalf of the two OM teams going to World Competition in
Maryland May 29; Pankey coaches one team with the other being coached by
Craig Rohlfing.Ý Pankey commended
the communityís generosity in the fundraising efforts.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS: NONE
NEW BUSINESS:
Ordinance Adopting 2007 Amended Budget
Mayor Stewart addressed an Ordinance adopting the 2007
Amended Budget.Ý Stewart reported to the
Council the following significant changes:
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Salaries in each department are higher than originally
budgeted due to the fact that the payroll dated December 31, 2007 resulted in 1
additional pay date for year 2007.Ý The
actual pay date would have been Tuesday, January 1, 2008 but the holiday
closing resulted in the pay date being December 31, 2007.
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Police Department general ledger account #11780 is amended
from $48,600 to $96,616 as the cars budgeted in 2006 were not invoiced until
2007 resulting in those units as well as those paid for in 2007 being reflected
in the 2007 expenses.
City Clerk Treadway read the
Ordinance in its entirety.Ý Motion was
made by Cole and seconded by Pankey to suspend the rules and waive the 2nd
and 3rd readings in their entirety.Ý
Motion carried (7/0) with all council members present voting ìyesî.
Motion made by Pankey and seconded by Allen to adopt the
Ordinance carried (7/0) with all council members present voting ìyesî.
Transfer of 2008 Budgeted Funds Between Departments
Mayor Stewart reported that he and various department
heads have concerns about their gas budgets for 2008 with the continually
increasing cost of gas and diesel.Ý
After consideration, Stewart came to the conclusion that the best way to
address the problem is to waive the purchase of the $90,000 Trash Loader and
make the following adjustments:
ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Increase Street ñ Equipment
Maintenance #27522 by $10,000
Increase Street ñ Operating Supplies
# 27525 by $20,000 to cover a 15% - 25% increase in cost of asphalt for 2008
Increase City Hall ñ Equipment
Maintenance #11422 by $7,900 to purchase a new VoiceÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ
ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ mail system
Increase the following Gas Budgets as
indicated:
ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Sanitation
ñ Commercial #11923 - $10,000
ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Police
# 11723 - $12,000
ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Ambulance
#11623 - $5,000
ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Fire
#11523 - $5,000
ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Inspection
#12223 - $1,200
ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Increase
Ambulance Travel & Training #11615 - $2,000
ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Increase
Fire Travel & Training #11515 - $1,000
Council Member Cole questioned the transferring of Street
Funds to be used by the General Fund.Ý
Clerk/Treasurer Treadway explained that as the General Fund has budgeted
expenses for the Street Department of $267,000 there would be no problem in
implementing these transfers.
Stewart advised the remaining funds of $15,900 will remain
in the Street Equipment account but could be transferred out at a later date if
needed in another department.Ý Stewart
did report that the funds might possibly be needed for computer and software upgrades
for the Clerk/Treasurer office.
Motion made by Young and seconded by Moss to make the
necessary adjustments to transfer the funds as outlined in the proposal carried
(7/0) with all council members present voting ìyesî.
There being no further business before the Council, the
meeting was adjourned.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 19TH DAY OF MAY 2008.
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DAVID
STEWART, MAYOR
ATTEST:
LINDA TREADWAY, CITY CLERK
