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Home My WebLink About10-07-1996 Regular Meeting1834 STATE OF ALABAMA: >( COUNTY OF BALDWIN >( THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF FAIRHOPE, MET IN ORGANIZATIONAL SESSION AT 5:30 P.m.; FAIRHOPE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX COUNCIL CHAMBER; 1 6 1 NORTH SECTION STREET; FAIRHOPE, ALABAMA 36532; ON MONDAY 7 OCTOBER 19950. PRESENT WERE MAYOR JAMES P. Nix; COUNCILMEMBERS JOHN V. DUCK, MICHAEL A. FORD, DAVID E. BISHOP, JEANETTE PUCKETT, AND LAYTON OVERSTREET; CITY ATTORNEY MARION E. WYNNE AND CITY CLERK EVELYN P. PHILLIPS. NO ONE WAS ABSENT. THERE BEING A QUORUM PRESENT, MAYOR NIX CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER. COUNCILMAN OVERSTREET MOVED TO APPROVE MINUTES OF THE 23 SEPTEMBER 1996 REGULAR SESSION AS WRITTEN. SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN DUCK, MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. THIS WAS THE LAST OFFICIAL ACT OF THE 1 992- 1 996 ADMINISTRATION. THIS BEING THE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING TO BEGIN THE NEW ADMINISTRATION, THE RE-ELECTED INCUMBENTS TOOK THEIR SEATS IN THE AUDIENCE, WITH NEWLY -ELECTED COUNCILMEMBER, WILLIAM H. (BILL) JONES. INVOCATION WAS GIVEN BY REVEREND GORDON N. MILSTED, PASTOR, SAINT LAWRENCE CATHOLIC CHURCH, FAIRHOPE. THE HONORABLE JAMES H. REID, CIRCUIT JUDGE, 28TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA, THEN GAVE THE OATH OF OFFICE TO THE NEW COUNCIL: MAYOR NIX; COUNCILMEMBERS BISHOP, (P.# 1); PUCKETT, (P.#2); WILLIAM H. JONES, (P.#3); FORD, (P.#4); AND DUCK (P.#5). (SIGNED OATHS INSERTED AT END OF THESE MINUTES.) THE NEW ADMINISTRATION EACH MADE SEVERAL BRIEF REMARKS OF APPRECIATION AND PLEDGED THEIR DEDICATION TO WORK HARD FOR THE CITY AS THEY TOOK THEIR PLACES ON THE COUNCIL DAIS AND CONTINUED WITH BUSINESS: COUNCILWOMAN PUCKETT MOVED TO CONTINUE COUNCIL PROCEDURE AS ESTABLISHED IN ORDINANCE NO. 8 1 3. SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JONES, MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. 7 OCTOBER 1996-ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING 1835 COUNCILMAN BISHOP MOVED TO APPROVE THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND APPOINTMENTS FOR MAYOR PRO TEMPORE AND PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION TERMS. SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN DUCK, MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY: 1 0/7/96 - 07/3 1 /97 COUNCILMEMBER BISHOP 08/ 1 /97 - 05/3 1 /98 COUNCILMEMBER FORD 06/ 1 /98 - 03/3 1 /99 COUNCILMEMBER DUCK 04/ 1 /99 - 1 2/3 1 /99 COUNCILMEMBER JONES O I / I /00 - 09/30/00 COUNCILMEMBER PUCKETT MAYOR Nix MADE THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS: GAS, WATER & SEWER CHAIR ELECTRIC & LIBRARY CHAIR PARKS & RECREATION CHAIR FINANCE & AUDIT CHAIR STREETS AND INDUSTRIAL RECRUITMENT CHAIR POLICE, FIRE, & COURT CHAIR DUCK, BISHOP, JONES BISHOP, FORD, JONES FORD, DUCK, PUCKETT PUCKETT, FORD, DUCK JONES, DUCK, FORD Nix, DUCK, PUCKETT COUNCILMAN JONES MOVED TO REAPPOINT COUNCILMEMBERS BISHOP, FORD, AND DUCK, EACH FOR A 4-YEAR TERM, TO THE FAIRHOPE RECYCLING COMMITTEE. SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN PUCKETT, MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. COUNCILMAN FORD MOVED THAT ALL PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND CITY PERSONNEL CONTINUE IN THEIR PRESENT POSITIONS UNTIL FINAL APPOINTMENTS CAN BE MADE. SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN DUCK, MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. MEETING WAS DULY ADJOURNED AT 5:45 P.M. A RECEPTION IN THE LOBBY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED THE MEETING, SPONSORED BY THE FAIRHOPE BPW CLUB. a MES P. Nix, MAYOR r 7 October 1996 OATH OF OFFICE STATE OF ALABAMA > < COUNTY OF BALDWIN > < CITY OF FAIRHOPE > < 1836 I, JAMES P. (JIM) NIX. SR. , SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA, SO LONG AS I CONTINUE A CITIZEN THEREOF; AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY AND HONESTLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, SO HELP ME GOD. 0 L%F �»IW� SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME THIS 7TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1 996. SIGNED JAME H. REID CIRCUIT JUDGE 28TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT STATE OF ALABAMA 7 October 1996 OATH OF OFFICE STATE OF ALABAMA > < COUNTY OF BALDWIN > < CITY OF FAIRHOPE > < 1837 I, JOHN V. DUCK , SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA, SO LONG AS I CONTINUE A CITIZEN THEREOF; AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY AND HONESTLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, SO HELP ME GOD. SIG E V ' SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME THIS 7TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1 996. SIGNED JAMES H. REID (� CIRCUIT JUDGE 28TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT STATE OF ALABAMA 7 October 1996 OATH OF OFFICE STATE OF ALABAMA > < COUNTY OF BALDWIN > < CITY OF FAIRHOPE > < I, MICHAEL A. FORD , SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA, SO LONG AS I CONTINUE A CITIZEN THEREOF; AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY AND HONESTLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, SO HELP ME GOD. SIGNED ' SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME THIS 7TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1 996. SIGNED NAMES H. REID CIRCUIT NUDGE 28TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT STATE OF ALABAMA 7 October 1996 OATH OF OFFICE STATE OF ALABAMA > < COUNTY OF BALDWIN > < CITY OF FAIRHOPE > < 1839 I, DAVID E. BISHOP , SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA, SO LONG AS I CONTINUE A CITIZEN THEREOF; AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY AND HONESTLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, SO HELP ME GOD. SIGNED 4�E� �S SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME THIS 7TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1 996. SIGNED f JAMES H. REID CIRCUIT JUDGE 28TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT STATE OF ALABAMA 7 October 1996 OATH OF OFFICE STATE OF ALABAMA > < COUNTY OF BALDWIN > < CITY OF FAIRHOPE > < 1840 I, JEANETTE PUCKETT , SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA, SO LONG AS I CONTINUE A CITIZEN THEREOF; AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY AND HONESTLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, SO HELP ME GOD. SIGNED Y��-� CW41�-- SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME THIS 7TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1 996. SIGNED JAMES H. REID u CIRCUIT JUDGE 28TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT STATE OF ALABAMA 7 October 1996 OATH OF OFFICE STATE OF ALABAMA > < COUNTY OF BALDWIN > < CITY OF FAIRHOPE > < 1841 I, WILLIAM H. JONES , SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA, SO LONG AS I CONTINUE A CITIZEN THEREOF; AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY AND HONESTLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, SO HELP ME GOD. SIGNED SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME THIS 7TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1996. SIGNED JAMES H. REID CIRCUIT JUDGE 28TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT STATE OF ALABAMA