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City Commission Meeting
May 3, 2004
New Mayor & Commissioners Sworn In
Hogs 'N' Hot Rod "Special Event" Area Approved
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The Collinsville City Commission met Monday, May 3rd at 7pm (at the City Hall Annex) for the regular meeting of the Municipal Authority and Commissioners. Michael Sirmon ended his term as Mayor as the "swearing in" of the new city officers including Mayor Stan Sallee and first-time Commissioner Melodie Bateman concluded.

City Commission Agenda:

V. CONSENT: All matters under "Consent" are considered by the City Commission to be routine and will be enacted by one motion. Any Commissioner may, however, remove an item from consent by request.
1. Approval of Minutes of the Collinsville City Commission Regular Meeting of April 19, 2004.
2. Approval of disbursements and payroll.
3. March Financial Report.
4. Cemetery Deed(s).
(Approved)

VI. PUBLIC SWEARING IN OF COMMISSION (see photo above)

VII.RECOGNITION OF RETIRING COMMISSIONERS
(see photo above / right)

VIII.UNFINISHED BUSINESS
1. Consideration and possible action on appointment of Vice-Mayor of City Commission. (Gail Rogers was appointed/approved)

2. Consideration and possible action concerning a controlled event area on June 19th, 2004 regarding the 3rd Annual Hogs "N" Hot Rods Car and Bike Show. (Approved by yes votes by Commissioners Rogers, Overholt and Bateman)

3. Discussion and consideration to authorize staff to submit a Cops in Schools (CIS) 2004 grant application to the US Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. (Approved. This is a 3 year grant up to $105K. Sgt. Daniel Boggs currently works closely with all the Collinsville schools but the work is not supported by grant money).

4. Discussion and possible approval declaring surplus property to be sold at a public auction. (Approved: the list includes many surplus vehicles including "seized" vehicles in various conditions ranging from "worse than poor" to "can be driven off". The property will likely be auctioned locally late in May or early in June.)

5. Consideration and possible action to waive fees to Collinsville Public Schools related to demolition and construction of Collinsville Middle School. (Approved. The $10 permit fee for the middle school demolition of the media center and cafeteria was waived. The fee for demolition of a small classroom building at the high school was also waived if that takes place. A late add-on to the request for waiving building permit fees was not considered as that is based on square footage and those numbers were not supplied.)

6. Discussion and possible action to approve purchase from Nafeco to include 10 sets of bunker gear which consists of coats, velcro name tag of firefighter, fire department name, pants with lumbar support, and suspenders, for a total of $11,073.40 to be funded from 2003 FEMA grant EMW-2003-FG-19251 (grant proceeds total $66,262.00 with local match). (Approved)

Collinsville Municipal Authority Agenda:

III. CONSENT: All matters under "Consent" are considered by the Authority to be routine and will be enacted by one motion. Any Trustee may, however, remove an item from consent by request.
a) Approval of Minutes of the Collinsville Municipal Authority Regular Meeting of April 19, 2004.
b) Approval of disbursements and payroll.
c) March Financial Report.
(Approved)

IV. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
1. Consideration and possible action to appoint Vice-Chairman of Collinsville Municipal Authority.
(Gail Rogers was appointed/approved)

2. Discussion and possible approval declaring surplus property to be sold at a public auction. (approved ... same as above)

3. City Manager Report (By Mike Tinker)
The new amphitheater in the city park will be used for the first event Thursday May 6th 7pm by the Collinsvile Bands for a concert. A meeting with County Commissioner Collins concerning the 5th and project was held. Conceptional changes to the city hall plans have been received from the architect. A preliminary assessment by the structural engineer indicates the building is "OK". Thirty applications have been received for the advertised position of city clerk / city treasurer.

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Mayor Transition -- Newly sworn in Mayor Stan Sallee (left) thanked former Mayor Michael Sirmon for his many years of service to Collinsville.
Collinsville City Commissioners were sworn in by City Attorney Ken Underwood Monday May 3rd. They are (L-R) Commissioner Gail Rogers, Commissioner Melodie Bateman, Mayor Stan Sallee and Commissioner Brad Overholt. Commissioner Pam Porter was absent. Commissioner Rogers was later voted in as the Vice-Mayor of the City Commission and Vice -Chairman of the Municipal Authority.
Pastors' Concerns "Ignored"
For 3rd Straight Year

Despite the best efforts of Pastors Roger Brumley and Kelvin Limbocker (and at least 200 others who signed a petition in the past 3 days) the city commission approved the "special event" status for the 3rd annual Hogs 'N' Hot Rods Car and Bike show. This special event exemption will allow the event organizer to obtain a special permit for beer consumption in the entire multi-block event area. The point of sale for beer will move off of Main Street to the Fair Barn area this year. The pastors and other citizens had expressed concerns over the consumption of beer on Collinsville public streets for a multitude of reasons. The primary reasons being the messsage it sends to the youth with a secondary reason being potential hazard to those driving after the event. -- Ted Wright 4/3/2004