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Home My WebLink About03-26-2012 Public Meeting Notice - Agenda - Public Participation / Work Session MinutesPublic Meeting Notice Committee: City Council and Mayor Date & Time: Monday, March 26, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. Place: Council Cha1nbers 161 North Section Street Subject: Work Session See attached Work Session Agenda Notice must be sta1nped, dated and initialed before posted on bulletin board. POSTED 3 2.B 12.. lj,a;,,tiJD_D~~ SIGNATURE CITY OF FAIRHOPE WORK SESSION MONDAY, 26 MARCH 2012 -5:00 P.M. -COUNCIL CHAMBERS l. Mayo r Kant -Professional Serv ices Ordinance 2. John Baldwin -First Baptist Fairho pe -Event to Celebrate the Nation's Birthday 3. Austin Lee -Celebration Church -Community Easter Egg Hunt 4. Mona Lester -Hoot Scoot 5. Willia m T. Wade -Towing Rates 6. Di scuss ion of S m a 11 Coast .. STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF BALDWIN )( )( The C it y Council met in a Publi c Patti c ipati on/Work Sess io n at 5:00 p .m ., Fairhope Municipa l Co mpl ex Coun ci l C hamber, 161 otth Section Street, Fairhope , A la bam a 36532, on Wednesday, 2 6 M arch 20 12 . Present were Council President Lonni e L. Mixon , Councilmembers: D e bbi e W. Quinn, Daniel Stankoski, Michael A. Ford, and Rick Kin gr ea, Mayor Ti moth y M . Kant and Assistant City C lerk Candace G. Antinare ll a . C ity Attorney Mari on E. Wyn n e and City C lerk Lisa A . H a nks were absent. Council Presi d ent Mi xo n call ed the meeting to order at 5:00 p .m. The following topic s were discu ssed: • Mayor Kant di scu ssed the procedure for profess ional services. He s t ate d the current procedure passed b y R eso lution in May 2010 and he would like th e counc il to reconsider the current procedure. Mayo r Kant wo uld like to be ab le to nego tiate th e best serv ice for the b es t price. He asked to be taken off the "front e nd " and to s imply be ab le to negotiate the price. H e also would like to b e able to add a nd take off indi viduals. Coun ci l Pres id e nt Mixon s u gges ted he di scuss this with th e Coun ci l. • Jerry Henry and John Baldwin, F irst Bapti s t Church, di scu ssed the event they would like to have on Jul y 1, 20 12 at Fairhope Pi er to ce le brate the Nation's Birthday. Thi s item will b e a dd e d to th e C ity Council Agenda . • Tom Kuhl spoke on be ha lf of Austin Lee, Ce le brati on Churc h , for a Co mmunity Egg Hunt they wo uld like to ho ld o n A pril 7, 2012 at Vo lanta P a rk . This item will b e added to the C it y Counc il Agend a. • Sherry Sullivan mentioned the 2012 Hoot Scoot schedul ed for April 27 , 2012 and s tated thi s is a budgeted event. Thi s item is on the City Council Agenda. • Dav id Hensen , Ton y's Towing, addressed t he Coun c il regarding towin g rates a nd th e request to in crease the rates t o com pa ra bl e c iti es. • Rick Kingrea s poke r egardin g Smart Coast and hi s m a in conce rn is the educati on program. He s tated the number of co mplaints ha s decreased. Signs are starting to go up to educate the public, although Mayor Kant and other council members vo iced th e ir co nc ern for th e safet y of the c iti zens. • Charlene Lee thanked the C it y for loo king at Co mpl e te Streets an d s he is w illin g to assist with commun it y educatio n . • Tedson Meyers thanked Councilmember Stankoski for taki ng the leadership in Complete Streets. • Gregg Mim s addressed the Council regarding a letter the Mayor rec e ived from th e A la b a ma D e partment of Transportation regarding the tra ffic s ignal s on Highway 98. H e stated it wo uld take $35 ,000 from the C ity 's e lectri c fund s to comp lete this . • Gregg Mims a ddre ssed th e Council regarding a le tte r the Mayor received regardin g ATRIP money for road projects . Mr. M im s wou ld like to put Fairhope's name in the hat. He said we wou ld know in May if the C ity was se lected so that we cou ld put money in the bud get for road projects . • Tom Hutchin s addressed th e Council regarding engineering contract s. He s tated he wou ld like to be ab le to bid jobs and do wo rk in thi s area. T h ere bein g no further bu s in ess to co m e b efo re th e C it y Coun ci l, the m ee tin g was duly adj ourned at 5:55 p.m. (1/)Jlf)J;;,J/,.~ Candace G. Antinarella Assistant City C lerk Lonnie L. Mixon , Counci l President