MINUTES OF THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF PINEVILLE, LOUISIANA HELD
SEPTEMBER 10, 2002
PINEVILLE CITY HALL

The Mayor and City Council of the City of Pineville met in regular session on the 10^th day of September 2002 at 7:00 p.m.

ITEM 1            Mayor Fields called the meeting to order.

ITEM 2            Reverend Robert Hearn offered the invocation.

ITEM 3            Mr. Jack Wainwright led the pledge of allegiance.

ITEM 4            Roll call was as follows:

Present            Councilman Bishop, Councilman Dorn, Councilwoman Cunningham, Councilman Bouchie, Councilman King

                        Absent             None

ITEM 5            On motion by Councilman King, seconded by Councilwoman Cunningham and passed, it was resolved to accept the minutes of the August 13^th regular meeting as published.

ITEM 6            Ms. Kim Portier, Finance Director, read the cash flow report for August, and on motion by Councilman Bishop, seconded by Councilman Dorn and passed, it was resolved to approve the report.

ITEM 7            On motion by Councilman Dorn, seconded by Councilwoman Cunningham and passed, it was resolved to pay the bills as funds become available.

ITEM 8            Joe Wolf, as well as several other members of the Compensation and Benefits Committee addressed the Council regarding its recommendation for salary adjustments for elected and appointed officials as follows:  Mayor-$60,000/year, Public Works Director-$50,000/year, Finance Director-$45,000/year, City Clerk-$36,000/year, City Council-$9,600/year.  Gary Baden addressed the Council with several comments regarding the issue.  On motion by Councilman King, seconded by Councilman Bouchie and passed, it was resolved to take the recommendation of the Compensation and Benefit Committee under advisement.  Roll call was as follows:

Yeas    Councilman Bishop, Councilman Dorn, Councilwoman Cunningham, Councilman Bouchie, Councilman King

            Nays            None

On motion by Councilman Bouchie, seconded by Councilman Dorn and passed, it was resolved to move item 13 up on the agenda.

ITEM13            On motion by Councilman Bishop, seconded by Councilwoman Cunningham and passed, it was resolved to enter into executive session relative to the Waldon Point issue.

On motion by Councilman Bishop, seconded by Councilman Bouchie and passed, it was resolved to call the meeting back to order.

ITEM 9            On motion by Councilman Dorn, seconded by Councilman Bouchie and passed, it was resolved to authorize the Mayor to name a charitable organization or organizations to receive all unclaimed, abandoned or unidentified bicycles that are in storage at the Pineville Police Department as set forth in Section 4.5-14 of the Code of Ordinances.

ITEM 10            Mayor Fields called for the Zoning Commission report.  Tom David, Chairman of the Commission, addressed the Council stating that the Zoning Commission met at 6:30 p.m. to consider the following requests for variances:

a.       A petition to construct a nine-foot (9’) fence on property located at 324 Edgewood Drive belonging to Richard Cournoyer.  It was the decision of the Commission to recommend that the Council table the request until the property owner could attend the next Zoning meeting to explain exactly what the variance request was for.

On motion by Councilwoman Cunningham, seconded by Councilman King and passed, it was resolved to accept the Zoning Commission’s recommendation to table the item until the next meeting. 

b.      A petition for variance to place a mobile home on property located at 200 Pinegrove belonging to Shelby Charrier.  It was the decision of the Commission to recommend that the Council table the request until proper notification could be give to the surrounding property owners. 

On motion by Councilman Dorn, seconded by Councilman Bishop and passed, it was resolved to accept the Zoning Commission’s recommendation to table the item until proper notification could be given to the surrounding property owners. 

ITEM 11            On motion by Councilman King, seconded by Councilwoman Cunningham and passed, it was resolved to accept for publication, an ordinance to amend the zoning classification for property located at 108 Fairmount from C-3 to C-1 to correct a typographical error.

ITEM 12            On motion by Councilman Dorn, seconded by Councilman Bouchie and passed, it was resolved to adopt an ordinance to amend Ord. No. 1212-99 Sec.24-40 referencing adjustments to water consumption charges for residential and commercial customers.  Roll call was as follows:

Yeas    Councilman Bishop, Councilman Dorn, Councilwoman Cunningham, Councilman Bouchie, Councilman King

            Nays            None

ITEM 14            On motion by Councilman Bouchie, seconded by Councilwoman Cunningham and passed, it was resolved to approve a resolution:

            NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Pineville BMX Track represented by Clarence R. Fields, Mayor of the City of Pineville does hereby grant unto Cleco Power, L.L.C. the right to enter upon land belonging to the City of Pineville located in Section 21, Township 4 North, Range 1 West, Ward 9, Parish of Rapides, State of Louisiana to place, construct, operate, repair, maintain and replace thereon an electric distribution line or system, and to cut down trees and trim shrubbery to the extent necessary to keep them clear of said electric line or system and to cut down from time to time all dead, weak, leaning or dangerous trees that are tall enough to strike the wires in falling; and,

            BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the right, consistent with law, to allow any other firm or corporation to attach wires of lay cable or conduit or other appurtenances upon, over and under said servitude for systems of electricity and communications; ingress to and egress from said servitude at all times; and the right to relocate said facilities, systems of electricity or related services on said lands to conform to any future highway relocation, widening or improvements; and,

            BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the understood and agreed right of way and easement hereby granted is 30’x 100’.

ITEM 15            On motion by Councilman King, seconded by Councilman Bouchie and passed, it was resolved to approve a resolution:

            WHEREAS, there is a need for a ball field for the handicapped for the Ward 9 Recreation District of Rapides Parish; and,

            WHEREAS, a request has been made to join with the Rapides Parish Police Jury in sponsoring an application to Rapides Foundation for a handicapped ball field for the Ward 9 Recreation District; and,

            NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Mayor is hereby authorized to join with the Rapides Parish Police Jury in submitting an application to the Rapides Foundation for a ball field for the handicapped for the Ward 9 Recreation District.

There being no further business to come before the Council, on motion by Councilman Dorn, seconded by Councilwoman Cunningham and unanimously passed, the meeting was adjourned. 

Lawrence Foster offered the benediction.

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                                                                                                Clarence R. Fields, Mayor

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                                                                                                Date

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Ellen Melancon, City Clerk

            I, Ellen Melancon, hereby certify that the attached and foregoing is a true and correct record of the official action taken at the Regular Council Meeting of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Pineville, Louisiana, in legal session convened, on the 10^th day of September 2002.

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Ellen Melancon, City Clerk