08 August 2006 Regular MINUTES OF THE VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS
CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD AUGUST 21, 2006
The City Council of the City of Van Buren, Arkansas met at 7:00 p.m., Monday, August 21, 2006 at City
Hall. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Riggs. On roll call the following Council members answered
as their names were called: Alderman Swaim, Parker, Moore, Spoon, and Sagely. Alderman Dodd was not
present. City Attorney Candice Settle and City Clerk Barbie Curtis were also present. This made a total of eight
(8) present. A quorum was declared.
The invocation was given by Pastor Ronnie Gilmore of Butterfield Assembly of God.
Next the Mayor led the Pledge of Allegiance.
On the agenda next, Mayor Riggs asked to adopt the minutes of the Council Meeting on July 17, 2006.
Alderman Sagely made a motion to approve the minutes. Alderman Moore seconded the motion. On roll call
the following Council members voted aye: Alderman Swaim, Parker, Moore, Spoon, and Sagely. The
following voted nay: none
On the agenda next, Kevin Clement, CEO Summit Hospital gave an update of the Hospital situation.
HMA, the current operator of the hospital, and a company by the name of Shiloh Health Services has signed a
definitive letter of agreement with the intent to transition of operators. The County owns the facility, the bricks
and the dirt structure and this is an operating lease agreement that both HMA and Shiloh will seek the approval
of the Quorum Court to move forward. They are in a ninety (90) day due diligence period. So far it has been
smooth. '('hey have had one site visit with some of the principals of the new company Shiloh Health Services
and a second site visit with Extended Stay probably in September will be occurring. At that time they will be
reintroducing those folks to the Board of Trustees, the Board of Governors, and the medical staff etc...
On behalf of the employees and medical staff and the wonderful Auxiliary of Summit Medical Center, Thank
you for allowing us a few moments to come and briefly update you. As we have more concrete information and
facts are allowed, we'll be the first to share information. I would open it up for any limited questions that I am
able to respond to." No questions were asked.
On the agenda next, Mayor Riggs opened a Public Hearing for discussion to consider the Adoption of an
Exclusive Franchise for an Ambulance Service for the City of Van Buren, Arkansas. He said that anyone would
be allowed to speak and would have a two (2) minute limit. Jeff Marvin of Angel Care spoke first, saying he
was Director of Operations and co- owner. They are the providers for Crawford County that also includes the
City of Van Buren. He knows that there are going to be some concerns that the city has and he is willing to
address them as he can. He was willing to do so at the time, didn't know if there would be time for questions
or if it would have to be done at a later time. He wanted to give a quick over view of the service that they
provide. The service was incorporated in 2000. There were 3 partners originally, himself, Mr. McCabe, and Mr.
McCarty. The ownership remained that way till 2003. Mr. McCarty and Mr. Marvin purchased the shares from
Mr. McCabe and the ownership has remained that way since then. Currently, the two (2) owners hold
certifications as EMT basics. Mr. Marvin has six (6) years in EMS, eighteen (18) years in fire and rescue and
Mr. McCarty has approximately twenty (20) years combined experience. Mary Marvin, Mr. Marvin's wife is
also involved with the operation. She has seventeen years experience in EMS, she's a registered nurse finishing
her fourteenth (14) year as a paramedic here in Crawford County. The Mayor then asked him whether he heard
the part about speaking for two (2) minutes. Mr. Marvin asked how far into it he was. Mr. Marvin was
concerned that they wouldn't be able to say a lot. The Mayor then said they have to stay to the limit because of
the amount of people that would be speaking. Mr. Marvin, walking off, stated that two (2) minutes wasn't
enough time to cover anything. Mr. Wes McCabe of Care One was the next speaker. He conveyed his sincerity
with what he wants to be able to do for Van Buren. He considers this job with what God has blessed him as his
life's work. He loves Van Buren. His kids go to school here. They have made countless friends. He wants to
do many things with the ambulance service. They want to re -open the ambulance station on the north side of
town that was promised to the Quorum Court back in 2000. It was closed down. Van Buren needs one. It is the
fastest growing city in the state of Arkansas. He thinks their needs to be one there too because that's the way
the city is growing. One of the other things that would be beneficial would be wheel chair van service. We also
want to start a low fare mass transit van service. They get many calls for wheel chair van service. He talked
about how they get many calls from the elderly even if they just need to go to the grocery store or the post
office. They charge 830.00 to take someone round trip to the doctor's office. They would like to be able to do a
service like that. One other thing they would like to be able to do is reduce response times and do a lot of
training with the EMT's about address locations and geography to know how to respond and where to get to.
They want to do a Medic Alert system, where a person that falls could just push a button and be answered by
the dispatch center. He's proud to say that he has done a lot of work with the First Responders and now there is
a First Responders County program. He has learned a lot of experience being a County Coroner. He's prayed
about all this and prayed that the right choice would be made. Next to speak was James Pafford of Pafford
EMS. He and his wife have been in the ambulance business for thirty -nine (39) years, the whole time they have
been married and they have three (3) grown children who also work the business. They want to work with the
county and fire officials and pick out the best place. He wants to use their expertise on where they think the
ambulance needs to be. The Pafford EMS has satellite tracking and help out buttons already. The Pafford's just
look forward to working with everyone in Van Buren. Next to speak was Robbie Hynes of Southwest EMS. He
didn't expect to get to say a whole lot with others that needed to visit also. He has been in business for twenty
three (23) years and owner of Southwest EMS for the last four (4) years. He puts patient care as the number
one priority. They want to work with Van Buren as a city and then the county also in their upcoming decision
on what they do. The Mayor then asked if there was any other discussion on this. There was none. He closed
the Public Hearing. After the Hearing was closed, Alderman Moore asked if Fire Chief McAdoo wanted to
speak and add anything. Chief McAdoo spoke about being contacted and approached back in February about
the ambulance service, to set about putting out proposals. That's how they have come up with the four (4)
proposals from these companies. Mayor Riggs then appointed a committee of Fire Department Chief Jerry
McAdoo, Attorney Candice Settle, Fire Department Captain Tim Arnold, and Alderman Bill Swaim. They have
interviewed all the candidates and come back with what they had found. They are waiting to see what comes
out of the Public Hearing tonight and then make their recommendation. He said they had four (4) good
proposals and they did back ground checks on them, didn't find anything bad on any of them, that they were all
good companies. He said the committee would get back together or do whatever the Mayor advised. The
Mayor said the committee would meet again one time this week and plan on having a special meeting next
week, Monday, August 28, 2006 at 7:OOp.m. to make the final decision. The Mayor then asked Attorney
Candice Settle lithe Council members had all the information on this. She responded that she believed that they
all had the information on all the services. The Mayor told Chief McAdoo he appreciated him and Tim working
on this project for almost a year.
On the agenda next was to consider A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SUBMIT
AN APPLICATION FOR FUNDS FOR AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. The Clerk read
the Resolution in its entirety. Mayor Riggs asked if there was any discussion. There was none. Alderman
Swaim seconded by Alderman Parker moved that the Resolution be adopted. The question was put by Mayor
Riggs on the adoption of the motion and the roll being called, the following voted aye: Alderman Swaim,
Parker, Moore, Spoon, and Sagely. And the following voted nay: none.
The Mayor thereupon declared the Resolution adopted and signed the Resolution, which was attested by the
City Clerk and impressed with the seal of the City.
THE RESOLUTION WAS GIVEN THE NUMBER 8 -1 -2006
THE RESOLUTION WAS GIVEN THE NUMBER 8 -1 -2006
CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS
RESOLUTION NO. O 1 2006
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TILE MAYOR TO SUBMIT AN
APPLICATION FOR FUNDS FOR AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
PROJECT.
WHEREAS, The City of Van Buren is applying to the State of' Arkansas for an
Arkansas Community and Economic Development Grant; and
WHEREAS, It is necessary that certain conditions be met as part of the
application requirements; and
WHEREAS, The City of Van Buren has conducted a public hearing as part of
the application process to receive and consider comments on
community development and housing needs, and proposed
activities; and
WHEREAS, As a result of the public hearing, the City of Van Buren identified
and prioritized the community development and housing needs.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF VAN
BUREN, ARKANSAS.
THAT, The Mayor of the City of Van Buren is authorized to submit an
application to the State of Arkansas, on behalf of the City of Van
Buren, and to expend funds for an economic development project
for the City of Van Buren, if the grant is awarded.
PASSED AND APPROVED TIIIS cZ ti DAY OF AUGUST, 2006.
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ATTESTED:
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CITY CLERK TREASURER
On the agenda next was to consider A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF VAN BUREN,
ARKANSAS, CERTIFYING LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENDORSEMENT OF BUSINESS TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE TAX BACK PROGRAM AS AUTHORIZED BY SECTION 15- 4- 2706(d) OF
THE CONSOLIDATED INCENTIVE ACTION OF 2003. The Clerk read the Resolution in its entirety.
Mayor Riggs asked if there was any discussion. There was none. Alderrnan Swaim seconded by Alderman
Parker moved that the Resolution be adopted. The question was put by Mayor Riggs on the adoption of'the
motion and the roll being called, the following voted aye: Aldennan Swaim, Parker, Moore, Spoon, and
Sagely. And the following voted nay: none.
The Mayor thereupon declared the Resolution adopted and signed the Resolution, which was attested by the
City Clerk and impressed with the seal of the City.
THE RESOLUTION WAS GIVEN THE NUMBER 8 -2 -2006
CITY OF VAN BUREN. ARKANSAS
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RRSLUnIN NO. g -2006
A RESOLUTION or TI IK CITY COUNCIL OF VAN BUREN. ARKANSAS,
CER'r1 TYING LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENDIIRSE>I,:S"r OE (BUSINESS TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE TAX RACK PROGRAM AS AUTHORIZED IO'
SECTION 15- 4.27I41d) OF T111; CONSOLIDATED INCENTIVE ACTION OF
2003.
WHEREAS, In order to bc considered for participation in the Tax Back
Program. the Oral govenunent must endorse a business to
participate in die 'Fax Back Program; and
WHEREAS, the local govcnunent must authorize the refund of local sales and
use tax as provided in the Consolidated Incentive Act of 2003; and
WHEREAS, Said endorsement must be made on specific form available from the
Arkansas Department ol'liconomic Development; and
WHEREAS, Colmnunicationlnlitcom, Inc, Located at Cloverleaf Playa has
sought to participate in the program and more specifically Ins
requested benefits accruing from construction and modernization
of the specific lucidity; and
WHEREAS, Communicationlnfo.com, Inc.. has agreed to furnish the local
govenunent with all necessary information for compliance.
NOW, THEREFORE, HE rr RESOLVED II Y '111 1-: CELT COIIUN1:11. OF VAN
WREN, ARKANSAS.
SECTION 1: '1'1IAT, Colmnunicationln Doom, Inc.. to endorsed by the City of
Van Huron, Arkansas, for benefits from sales and use zee refunds
as provided by Section 15- 4- 2706(d) of the Consolidated Incentive
Act of2003.
SECTION 2; 111,41, The Department of finance and Administration is
authorized to refund local sales and use taxes to
Communicationlnforom, Inc.
SECTION 3: THAT, This Resolution shall take effect immediately.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS ok OAT 01 AUGUST. 2000. 77
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V OA Ai ern CLERK TREASURER
On the agenda next was to consider A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO
PURCHASE CERTAIN PROPERTY FOR THE LIBRARY. The Clerk read the Resolution in its entirety.
Mayor Riggs asked if there was any discussion. There was none. Alderman Parker seconded by Alderman
Swaim moved that the Resolution be adopted. The question was put by Mayor Riggs on the adoption of the
motion and the roll being called, the following voted aye: Alderman Swaim, Parker, Moore, Spoon, and
Sagely. And the tollowing voted nay: none.
The Mayor thereupon declared the Resolution adopted and signed the Resolution, which was attested by the
City Clerk and impressed with the seal of the City.
THE RESOLUTION WAS GIVEN THE NUMBER 8 -3 -2006
CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS
RESOLUTION NO. -3 -2006
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO PURCHASE CERTAIN
PROPERTY FOR THE LIBRARY.
WHEREAS, That property adjacent to the lot where the new library will be
located needs to be acquired by the City to have sufficient property
to construct the new public library.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1: THAT the City Council hereby authorizes the Mayor to purchase
the following property for the sum of $30,000.00:
Lots 4, 5 and 6, I3lock 25, McGee Addition to the City of Van
Buren, Arkansas.
SECTION 2: That the Mayor is authorized and directed to execute whatever
documents may be necessary to proceed with and finalize the
purchase of said property, and the City Clerk is hereby authorized
and directed to attest same.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS a I DAY OF AU US 2006.
MAYOR JO N RIGGS
ATTESTED:
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CITY CLERK/TREASURER
On the agenda next was to consider A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE APPOINTMENT OF
LEVEE BOARD MEMBERS, RATIFYING THEIR ACTIONS, RATIFYING THE ADOPTION OF A
RESOLUTION, AND APPROVING SAME. The Clerk read the Resolution in its entirety. Mayor Riggs
asked if there was any discussion. There was none. Alderman Swaim seconded by Alderman Sagely moved
that the Resolution be adopted. The question was put by Mayor Riggs on the adoption of the motion and the
roll being called, the following voted aye: Alderman Swaim, Parker, Moore, Spoon, and Sagely. And the
following voted nay: none.
The Mayor thereupon declared the Resolution adopted and signed the Resolution, which was attested by the
City Clerk and impressed with the seal of the City.
THE RESOLUTION WAS GIVEN THE NUMBER 8 -4 -2006
CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS
RESOLUTION NO. lit -2006
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE APPOINTMENT OF LEVEE BOARD MEMBERS,
RATIFYING THEIR ACTIONS, RATIFYING TIIE ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION,
AND APPROVING SAME.
WHEREAS, The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has specific
certification requirements that must be met by the Levee Board to receive
maintenance certification; and
WHEREAS, The Van Buren Levee District No. 1, a political subdivision of the City of
Van Buren, has approved a Resolution in order to meet those
requirements.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF VAN BUREN,
ARKANSAS:
SECTION l: That Louis Ballard, Drew Deffenbaugh and Nathan Teague are hereby
approved as members of the Van Buren Levee District No. 1 and their
actions as members of same are hereby ratified.
SEC'T'ION 2: That the Resolution approved August 15, 2006 by the Van Buren Levee
District No. 1 adopting the Van Buren Levee and Floodwall Operation and
Maintenance Manual, August, 1949 and the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Flood Emergency Handbook for Local Officials, OM 500 -1 -2,
November, 1991, as the operations and maintenance policy manuals for
the levee, designating the Street Department Superintendent inspector of
the levee, and requiring levee closures on an annual basis is hereby ratified
and approved.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS ai DAY OF AUGUST, 2006.
MAYOIfOHN RIG
CITY CLERK/TREASURER
The Mayor then said that the city had received a letter from FEMA. At that time, a copy of the letter was
distributed to the City Council. The Mayor said that this is an action that they are going to have to take on
financially one way or the other. The Mayor stated FEMA has put the handcuffs on us and that is the version he
got from two (2) other people, not having seen the letter himself. He asked City Engineer Brad Baldwin if that
was right. The County Judge, Jerry Williams, spoke up and said that there is no money out there, and we would
have to take care of this ourselves, bottom line. Aldennan Moore asked for some brief comments, not
understanding what's happening there. Brad Baldwin got up and spoke, saying where we are is a result of
Hurricane Katrina essentially and the problems they have had in the gulf coast area. Crawford County was in
the middle of flood plane re- mapping, he thinks we are in the second year of the FEMA nation wide flood plane
re- napping program, going to re -map all the flood planes in the country. Crawford County was in year two (2)
(he thinks). He said they were half to two- thirds of the way through that process when Hurricane Katrina hit.
As a result, levees came under intense scrutiny. It tied FEMA in a knot. So we have seen a number of things
come out of FEMA over the last several months that wouldn't have been anticipated before. They were getting
their regulations and they are crossing every "T" and dotting every "I is essentially what is happening. Part of
their requirements include the pretension of a levee in our flood plane mapping is to have that certified both for
maintence, its structural stability, its design, and different people have responsibility for that. Actually, if the
levee board had the money and the expertise, they could step in and handle all those, but it doesn't, so the way it
was handled was maintence and operation was certified by Van Buren and by the Crawford County Levee
Board. So it came down to certifications of the levee for design and construction. The levee was built by the
Corps of Engineers and everybody assumed that they would certify that. They said no, we have to review the
design, and we don't have that in our budget. FEMA doesn't certify levees that require certification. The Corps
of Engineers certifies levees, but they don't have it in the budget. So, the letter, I haven't read it all the way
through tither, niy understanding is saying either somebody pays to have the levee certified or when we do your
flood plane mapping, we will pretend like the levees that keep the Arkansas River out of your Industrial Park,
don't exist. The Mayor responded that then everything would be flood plane. Brad responded yes, we'll have a
flood plane from the current levee all the way across to the high ground on the east side of the industrial Park
essentially. So that's where we are. The Mayor talked about listening on the news that New Orleans mistake of
them not keeping their levee up, the federal government is paying for it, is going to be around $20 Billion
Dollars. But they are going to pay for that, for them. The federal government will possibly hand us a $1 Million
Dollar, unfunded mandate, and that's not right. Bill Swaim spoke up and said that we aren't going to be the
only city that doesn't have the money to pay that. Dennis Gilstrap got up and spoke and said that he appreciated
Brad working with them. Dennis spent the biggest part of the day on the phone talking and we have three (3)
choices on what needs to be done. One choice is to coordinate with the Corps of Engineers about the design
and construction, studies and what needs to he done. Second, we can pay for it ourselves by hiring our own
engineers, which we know where the funding is on that. And third, we ask FEMA to go ahead and do the maps
without the levee's being certified as no levee. We don't want to go that route either. The phone calls that he
had made said we need to encourage everyone, the name's on the list are Congressmen and Senators. Contact
them and encourage them to contact the Corps of Engineers to do what they need to do to help us to get this
certification. The Mayor said the bottom line is FEMA is getting all the money and the Corps of Engineers is
not. Two federal agencies fighting over problems of money, he said he thinks that is what it is. Dennis said
funding is what the problem is. It will be devastating to our area if we don't get the levee certified. We need to
ask our representatives to put pressure on then because that is where it is going to have to come from and also
to coordinate and work with the Corps of Engineers to get the certification done. Mayor Riggs said he would let
the next mayor put that in the budget. Dennis said this was his recommendation with his phone calls to the
representatives. Brad Baldwin said that the Corps of Engineers had indicated that they would be happy to do
the work, but to his understanding their funding is project by project and they don't have a levee certification
project fund.
They are saying that if you can help them get the funding for that, whether we do it or whether they get
Congress to. The Mayor said the $1 Million Dollars was a ballpark figure, and Brad said that was a number
thrown out at one of the meetings by one of the consultants. It was not thrown out by the Corps. It was thrown
out by one of the FEMA consultants just off the top of his head. Brad said he didn't know what the number
would be. Dennis said what we have is possibly two (2) miles of levee inside the Van Buren levee and twenty
two (22) miles out in the county. It goes from the base of Mount Vista to Clear Creek Park is what the levee
actually extends and so the study actually needs to be twenty -four (24) miles of levee. Alderman Swaim spoke
and Fort Smith would be in the same boat as us, right? Brad said that they hadn't gotten there yet because Fort
Smith wasn't as far along in the modernization. Dennis spoke (said he hadn't gotten to talk with Brad about
this) and said that as he talked with people about the study, that all the preliminary work, all the work that's
basically done to where they can start printing the maps if we had our certification, but, one thing, and it would
be the last resort, we would need to do is to keep the maps we have in place right now before the others would
go to print. If we can get the levee certified, we'll be better off with the maps we have but if we can't, and they
don't certify the levee, we need to keep what we've got. Alderman Moore spoke and asked if they have given
direction how intense of a certification this needs to be (then he referred to the letter that the community can
hire a licensed professional engineer, not just any engineer). Brad agreed. There would be a guideline. The
Engineer would be going out, drilling holes, taking soil samples, not just going out looking at it and saying
yeah, it looks good. Dennis said he had spoken to one of the engineers today and he said he felt like it would be
fairly difficult to meet the requirements because of the computer programs that would have to be in place. The
Corps of Engineers apparently have some of the programs in place to do the study. If you could do that, you'd
have to back track and it could be rather difficult for a private engineer to do it. Alderman Moore stated we
could just do it and have the Corps bill us for it. Alderman Swaim spoke to get the Corps to accept an
independent engineer's opinion would also be like asking if the money would fall from the sky, it won't happen.
Brad said he's not sure if we would be asking the Corps. Alderman Swaim asked if the Corps would have to
because of it being their l evee, and Brad corrected him saying that the levee was ours. When you ask the Corps
for guidance on levee issues, they refer you to levee saying they don't know.
Alderman Sagely spoke wanting to know if we got our own engineers to go out and do this work, what kind of
money are we looking at'? Brad said he didn't know, that the letter had just come today, and that he thought it
was something we needed to pursue. We need to find out what we're talking about. Mayor Riggs spoke and
said we need to respond to them pretty quick. Brad said he had not read the letter, but as he understands it, it
gives us three (3) options and we need to pick one (I) of them by September 15, 2006. One of the last things
that Dennis discussed with Baker and Associates (one of the companies that's reviewing the information done
by the mapping company), is that they require forming a levee board, and to accept the procedure. They want
to make sure we have a letter to FEMA saying we have met one (I) of those three (3) requirements. Brad spoke
and said it would go out immediately after this meeting. No other discussion was held.
On the agenda next was to consider A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO DISPOSE
OF FIXED ASSETS. The Clerk read the Resolution in its entirety. Mayor Riggs asked if there was any
discussion. There was none. Alderman Swaim seconded by Aldennan Moore moved that the Resolution be
adopted. The question was put by Mayor Riggs on the adoption of the motion and the roll being called, the
following voted aye: Alderman Swaim, Parker, Moore, Spoon, and Sagely. And the voted nay: none.
The Mayor thereupon declared the Resolution adopted and signed the Resolution, which was attested by the
City Clerk and impressed with the seal of the City.
THE RESOLUTION WAS GIVEN THE NUMBER 8 -5 -2006
THE RESOLUTION WAS GIVEN THE NUMBER 8 -5 -2006
CITY OF VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS
RESOLUTION NO. 5 -2006
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TIDE MAYOR TO DISPOSE OF FIXED ASSETS.
WHEREAS, The City of Van Buren has property that is beyond repair and is no longer
needed by the City; and
WHEREAS, After an inventory of Fixed Assets, it is recommended by our State
Auditor that these items be removed from our Fixed Asset Inventory.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF VAN BUREN,
ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1: That the Mayor is hereby authorized to remove the following asset from
the Fixed Asset Inventory and dispose of same by sealed bid:
Department Amount Description Control
Street $1,003.64 AMD System 1.4 GHZ computer S'1' -209
SECTION 2: That the Mayor is hereby authorized to remove the following asset from
the Fixed Assets Inventory as it was valueless and sold as scrap metal.
Department Amount Description Control
Street $1,714.00 Manitowoc Ice Maker ST -190
SECTION 3: That the Mayor is hereby authorized to remove the following vehicle from
the Fixed Asset Inventory and return it to the possession of the Crawford
County Prosecutor as required by federal and state law for drug seized
property:
Department Amount Description Control
Police $21,745.00 1999 Jeep Cherokee PD -549
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS a1 OF AUGUST, 2006.
MAYO JOHN RIG
ATTEESST'EI)::, C,aitt-C.Q.D
CITY CLERK/TREASURER
Next on the agenda was the Financial Statement. Motion was made by Alderman Swaim seconded by
Alderman Parker to appropiate the sum of $1,038,676.78 to pay expenses and salaries for July 2006, presented
by the City -Clerk Treasurer. The Council followed with a unanimous vote.
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TRIAL BALANCE
AS OF, JULY 31ST, 2006
10 General Fund
MONTY, TO DATE YEAR TO GATE
ACCT# ACCOUNT NAME DEBITS CREDITS DEBITS CREDITS
ASSETS
1000 Petty Cash 0.00 200.00
1020 Cash in Bank 137,103.32 289,757.34
1020.10 Cash in Bank Sales Tax City 0.00 0.00
1020.17 New Police Dept 0.00 35,000.00 0 1
1020.18 Cash in Bank PD no Tax 20,387.32 79,218.35
1020.19 Cash in Bank FD Co Tax 20,930.36 72.393.96 8 0 6 9 0 2 3 i
1020.20 Cash In Bank Erosion Control 525.00 7,150.00 1,575 6 5 1
1020.27 Cash in Bank Levee 2,700.00 5,494.17
1020.31 Cash in Bank Parks s Rec 17,217.04 41,421.90 9 7 6 7 8 6 7 i
1020.51 Cash in Bank Cemetery 98.70 9,162.29 2 7 1 4 4 8 5 4
1020.91 Cash in Bank Cap Imp 141,479.44 1,200,848.99 104,263-284
1040 Investments 1,210.76 302,456.71 1, 1 1 1 9 6+
1040.10 Investments Sales Tax City 0.00 0.00
1040.18 Investments PD Co Tax 0.00 0.00 006
1040 -19 Investments FD Co Tax 0.00 0.00 14038,676-78*
1040.27 Investments Levee 0.00 0.00
1040.31 Investments Parks S Rec 0.00 0.00
1040.51 Investments Cemetery 0.00 48,597.84
1040.91 Investments Cap Imp 2,529.14 772,770.18
1040.92 Capital Improvement CD 0.00 0.00
1050 Fixed Assets 0.00 0.00
1051 Accumulated Depreciation 0.00 0.00
1504 Due from Payroll 0.00 0.00
1505 Due From Other Funds 0.00 0.00
1520 Due from Street Fund 0.00 0.25
1540 Due From Library Fund 0.00 0.00
LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCE
a
2000 Accounts Payable 0.00 0.00
2010 Municipal Health Ins. Payable 0.00 0.00
2030 Colonial Life Payable 0.00 0.00
2035 Credit Union -First Resource 0.00 0.00
2040 I/JPFI Payable 0.00 0.00
2050 National Foundation Life Ins. 0.00 35.29
2080 Conseco Payable 0.00 n 0.00
2090 New York Life Ins. Payable 0.00 0.00
2100 Life Ins. of Georgia Payable 0.00 0.00
2130 Garnishments Payable 0.00 0.00
2135 R. Allen Trust 4502355610 0.00 0.00
2140 United Way Payable 0.00 0.00
2150 Parks 6 Rec. F.O.O. 0.00 250.00
2160 Pre -Paid Legal Services 0.00 0.00
2170 F.O.P. 0.00 0.00
2175 Van Buren Fire Fighters Union 0.0D 0.00
2176 Van Buren Firemen Contribution 0.00 0.00
2177 Police Officers Union 0.00 0.00
Next Police, Fire, Building Inspector, District Court and Engineer Reports were presented for tiling. Next
was time for miscellaneous and general discussion. In closing, the Mayor wished to congratulate Van Buren on
bringing in 500 new jobs. He thanked everyone who had worked on this. With that, he asked for a motion to
adjourn. Alderman Parker seconded by Alderman Swaim made a motion to adjourn. The Council followed
with a unanimous vote. The meeting adjourned at 7:45 p.m.
ATTESTED: APPROVED:
CITY CLERK- TREASURER MAY41