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STATE OF ALABAMA )(
COUNTY OF BALDWIN )(
THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF FAIRHOPE, MET IN REGULAR SESSION AT
5:30 PM; FAIRHOPE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX COUNCIL CHAMBERS; 1 6 1 NORTH
SECTION STREET; FAIRHOPE, ALABAMA 36532; ON
MONDAY, 27 JANUARY 1 997
PRESENT WERE MAYOR JAMES P. Nix; COUNCILMEMBERS JOHN V.
DUCK, MICHAEL A. FORD, DAVID E. BISHOP, JEANETTE PUCKETT, AND
WILLIAM H. JONES; AND CITY ATTORNEY MARION E. WYNNE, AND DEPUTY CITY
CLERK GENIECE W. JOHNSON. CITY CLERK EVELYN P. PHILLIPS WAS
ABSENT.
THERE BEING A QUORUM PRESENT, MAYOR NIX CALLED THE MEETING TO
ORDER. COUNCILMEMBER DUCK MOVED TO APPROVE MINUTES OF THE
13 JANUARY 1997 REGULAR SESSION AS WRITTEN. SECONDED BY
COUNCILMEMBER JONES, MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
MS. PEGGY VANOVER OF BALDWIN COUNTY ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP
CORPORATION PRESENTED THEIR BUSINESS LICENSE CHECK. THE CHECK
$8,530.79, REPRESENTS A PERCENTAGE OF BCEMC'S BUSINESS
REVENUES IN THE POLICE JURISDICTION.
MR. TOM DEKLE ADDRESSED THE COUNCIL TO CONSTRUCT A PIER AT
THE FOOT OF WHITE AVENUE, BETWEEN MUNICIPAL PIER AND MILLER PIER.
THE CITY ATTORNEY RECOMMENDS RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE.
COUNCILMEMBER FORD MOVED THAT THEY RESEARCH MR. DEKLE'S REQUEST,
SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER PUCKETT, MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
COUNCILMEMBER BISHOP INTRODUCED IN WRITING, AND MOVED FOR
THE ADOPTION OF, THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION. SECONDED BY
COUNCILMEMBER DUCK, MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
27 JANUARY 1997
RESOLUTION NO. 556-97
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAIRHOPE, ALABAMA, THAT
MAYOR JAMES P. NIX IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE
CITY AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (SEPA) FOR THE PURCHASE OF
ELECTRICAL POWER, EFFECTIVE DATE TO BE 30 SEPTEMBER 1996, AND TO RUN TO
MIDNIGHT ON 30 SEPTEMBER 2016.
DULY APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 27TH DAY OF JANUARY 1997,
JAM s P. Nix, MAYOR
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EVELYN P. HILLIPS, CITY CLERK
COUNCILMEMBER DUCK INTRODUCED IN WRITING, AND MOVED FOR THE
ADOPTION OF THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION. SECONDED BY COUNCILCMEMBER
JONES, MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
RESOLUTION NO. 557-97
WHEREAS, WGN TV CHICAGO IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR CHANNELS ON CABLE DUE
TO ITS WELL-ROUNDED LINEUP OF ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS, SPORTS, AND CHILDREN'S
PROGRAMMING; AND
WHEREAS, WGN TV CHICAGO WILL CARRY CHICAGO CUBS, AND CHICAGO WHITE SOX
BASEBALL GAMES, BOTH LOCALLY AND ON SATELLITE DURING THE 1997 SEASON, AND
THEY WILL ALSO BROADCAST MANY CHICAGO BULLS BASKETBALL GAMES; THEREFORE
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAIRHOPE, ALABAMA, THAT
THE MAYOR IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO ADVISE THE LOCAL CABLE COMPANY TCI OF THE
GULF PLAINS OF THE OPPOSITION OF THIS BODY OF ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
PEOPLE TO THE DROPPING OF WGN TV CHICAGO FROM THE LOCAL CABLE SYSTEM.
DULY APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 27TH DAY OF JANUARY 1997,
JAMES1 P. NIX, MAYOR
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EVELYN P. ILLIPS, CITY CLERK
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COUNCILMEMBER FORD REPORTED THAT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE
RECYCLING AND WE NEED MORE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE RECYCLING
PROGRAM.
MAYOR NIX OPENED THE FLOOR FOR NOMINATIONS TO FILL A THREE-
YEAR TERM ON THE ORGANIC SCHOOL BOARD. COUNCILMEMBER PUCKETT
NOMINATED MR. JEFFERY R. CARR. THERE BEING NO OTHER NOMINATIONS,
COUNCILMEMBER FORD MOVED TO CLOSE THE NOMINATIONS.
COUNCILMEMBER DUCK MOVED TO APPOINT MR. CARR. SECONDED BY
COUNCILMEMBER BISHOP, MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
MAYOR NIX OPENED THE FLOOR FOR NOMINATIONS TO FILL TWO THREE-
YEAR TERMS ON THE PARK AND TREE COMMITTEE. CONCILMEMBER JONES
NOMINATED DR. HOWARD WULFF AND MR. TOM ELLIS. THERE BEING NO
OTHER NOMINATIONS, COUNCILMEMBER BISHOP MOVED TO CLOSE THE
NOMINATIONS. SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER DUCK. COUNCILMEMBER
DUCK MOVED TO APPOINT DR. WULFF AND MR. ELLIS. SECONDED BY
COUNCILMEMBER JONES, MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
MAYOR NIX OPENED THE FLOOR FOR NOMINATIONS TO FILL TWO
POSITIONS FOR A TWO-YEAR TERM ON THE HARBOR BOARD. COUNCILMEMBER
JONES NOMINATED MR. DAVID CURTIS AND MR. RANDY SMITH. THERE BEING
NO OTHER NOMINATIONS, COUNCILMEMBER FORD MOVED TO CLOSE THE
NOMINATIONS. SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER DUCK COUNCILMEMBER
BISHOP MOVED TO APPOINT MR. CURTIS AND MR. SMITH. SECONDED BY
COUNCILMEMBER •PUCKETT, MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
MAYOR NIX STATED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED AN ATTORNEY GENERAL
OPINION REGARDING THE EASTERN SHORE ART CENTER AND CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE REQUEST TO PROHIBIT UNAUTHORIZED PARTICIPANTS IN THE
OUTDOOR ART SHOW. THE MAYOR READ EXCERPTS FROM THE OPINION
STATING THE PROHIBITING OF UNAUTHORIZED PARTICIPANTS IN THIS ANNUAL
EVENT IS NOT PROTECTING THE CITY'S INTEREST, BUT IS PROTECTING THE
SPONSORS' INTEREST.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, MEETING WAS DULY ADJOURNED
AT 6:05 P.M.
DAME P. Nix, MAYOR
GENIECE W. JOHN N, DEPUTY CITY CLERK