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Home My WebLink About08-23-1982 Regular Meeting�399 STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF BALDWIN The City Council, City of Fairhope, met in regular session at 5:30 p.m. City Administration Building, 387 Fairhope Avenue Fairhope, Alabama on Monday, 23 August, 1982. Present were Councilmembers C.O. McCawley, Roy C. White, Trisha Nelson, Sam E. Box, and David Ed Bishop; City Attorney Jim Reid and City Clerk Evelyn Phillips. Absent was Mayor James P. Nix due to illness. In the absence of the Mayor, Councilman C.O. McCawley Mayor Pro Tempore, presided. Mayor Pro Tempore McCawley called the meeting to order. The Rev. W. Alan Smith, of the Christian Church, opened the meeting with a prayer. Minutes of the 9 August regular session and the 18 August special session were duly approved. A Public Hearing on the rezoning request by Dr. Frederick Crane was held as advertised. The Planning & Zoning Commission approved the request. No one present was opposed to the request. Councilman Bishop introduced an Or- dinance to rezone the Crane leasehold of Fairhope Single Tax Corporation property located on the west side of Greeno Road, north of Fairhope Avenue, from B-4 Business & Professional Offices to R-5 High Density Multi -Family. This Ordinance will lay over until the next regular session for final adoption. Councilman Box introduced, and moved for the adoption of, the following Resolution. Seconded by Councilman White, motion passed unanimously: RESOLUTION NO.48-82 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAIRHOPE to request an ex- tension on that certain Note Payable #2128 by the City through its Airport Board to Central Bank of the South in the reduced principal amount of $55,000 for a period of one year at an annual interest rate of nine percent(9%), beginning 28 August 1982. ADOPTED THIS 2: Xy I IPA, VA L ME Ll 1, 470 0� 8/23/82 Councilman Box introduced, and moved for the adoption of, the following Resolution. Seconded by Councilman Bishop, motion passed unanimously: RESOLUTION NO. 49-82 WHEREAS, the Mayor and Council of the City of Fairhope, wishes to provide maximum benefits to its employees within the limits of its budget; and WHEREAS, employees of the City of Fairhope are members of the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama and under the current mandatory contribution procedure each member employee has 5 percent of his compensation deducted and paid into the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama and those contributions so deducted are currently fully taxable as income to the employee under federal tax laws; and WHEREAS, Section 414(h) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code provides that such contributions may be excluded from the employee's gross income if these contributions are "picked -up" by the employer NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Council that the salary of each employee who participates in the Employees' Re- tirement System shall be adjusted so that the City of Fairhope, as employer, shall pay on behalf of each and every one of such employees for each and every payroll period beginning with the first Pay date in September, 1982,(PR period 8/18/82- 8/31/82 paid 9/3/82), that employee's contribution to the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama as required by Sec- tion 36-27-24 of the Code of Alabama 1975; that such payment on behalf of each employee of that employee's contribution to the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama shall be in lieu of any deduction from the employee's salary of said contribution; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the employee contributions which are "picked -up" will continue to be designated employee contri- butions for purposes of the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama; that the employee contributions which are"picked-up" shall be a part of the employee's compensation for determining the amount of the contribution to be so"picked-up"; that the total amount of the contribution of each member employee to the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama shall not be reduced by this resolution; that the amount of the retirement allowance of each member shall not be affected by this resolution; that no other changes in the method of computation and transmittal of these "picked -up" employee contributions shall be affected hereby; and that the total amount paid to and on behalf of each member employee will not be increased hereby. 8/23/82 1 ;4�01 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the system whereby the employee's contribution to the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama is "picked -up" shall apply equally to each and every such employee who participates in the Employee's Retirement System of Alabama; that no such employee shall be given. any option concerning this "pick-up"' that this system of "pick-up" shall be mandatory on all such employees. ADOPTED THIS 23rd day of W,qgust, 1982. ty CAer Councilwoman Nelson m ved th t a letter be sent to the Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce advising them of the recent requests coming before the Co it in regard to downtown parking and asking them to consider contacting their members requesting downtown merchants and employees to make every effort to park in the available parking lots thereby leaving more open parking spaces on the streets. Seconded by Council- man Bishop, motion passed unanimously. Councilwoman Nelson moved to set the date for the initial use of the new Civic Center main auditorium and stage for Saturday, October 16, 1982; to be named "Civic Center Preimere Performance"; admission by ticket only(donated by Marine Specialty Co. of Mobile) complimentary to the public tickets to be available to the public beginning October 1st at City Hall, limited to no more than six(6) tickets per individual; time-8:00 p.m. Seconded by Council- man Box, motion passed unanimously. Mr. Thad Ingram, Moore Engineering Company, reported to Council that a public bid opening on the Public Improve- ments Assessments Project was held 10:00 this date as adver- tised and the following bids were received: Temco, Inc. Bay Minette Streets Utilities Division I Division II $273,263.70 Fairhope Paving Co. No Bid Fairhope, Al. AML Contract., Inc. $292,805.50 Mobile Robinson Contracting $337,095.70 Mobile No Bid $120,247.50 No Bid No Bid 8/23/82 4.0 2 6 Hosea Weaver & Sons, Inc. $338,157.70 Mobile Northwestern, Inc. No Bid Pensacola Okaloosa Asphalt, Inc. $339,101.90 Mobile $136,106.40 "$126,416.00 No Bid Mr. Ingram reported all bids were in order and recommended the acceptance of Temco, Inc., on Division I and Fairhope Paving Company on Division II. After some discussion, Councilman Box, moved to take no action until the next regular session. Second- ed by Councilman White, motion passed unanimously. Mr. Mike Odom did not appear to address Council on the Cystic Fibrosis Bike-A-Thon project. Councilman Box moved to hear the following business not on the Agenda. Seconded by Councilwoman Nelson, motion passed unanimously: Councilman Bishop reported that the Library Board, on which he serves as Chairman, asked that he ask the Council to formally request an Attorney General Opinion on the Ford Patterson bequest. Councilman Box introduced, and moved for the adoption of, the following Resolution. Seconded by Councilman White, motion passed by the following vote: AYE- McCawley, Box, White, and Nelson. NAY -none. ABSTAIN -Bishop. RESOLUTION NO. 50-82 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAIRHOPE, ALABAMA that an Attorney General Opinion be requested for the Fairhope Public Library Board regarding proper use of the Ford Patterson be- quest to said Library, principal and interest. ADOPTED THIS 23rd DAY OF AUGUST, 1982. Meeting was duly adjourned. 4 C.O. McCawley, Mayor Pro-Tempore O c City C er