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City Commission Meeting September 15, 2008 Bus Service Vote Delayed

The Collinsville City Commission met Monday Sept. 15th (at the City Hall Community Room, 106 N 12th Street) for a 7pm regular of the Municipal Authority & City Commission.

----------- Collinsville Municipal Authority:

1.Call to Order -- Trustee Stan Sallee

2. Flag Salute

3. Roll Call -- all present except Melodie Bateman
Chairman Stan Sallee _____
Trustee Pam Porter _____
Trustee Bud York _____
Trustee Melodie Bateman _____
Trustee Billie Reeder _____

4. Consideration and possible action relating to a request for Commission approval of the Consent Agenda. All matters listed 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 the Consent Agenda by request. A motion to adopt the Consent Agenda is non-debatable.

A. Approval of Minutes of the August 18, 2008 Regular Meeting, August 27, 2008 Special Meeting.

B. Approval of Claims and Payroll.
-- approved

5. Discussion, consideration and possible action on items removed from the Consent Agenda. -- n/a

6. New Business (New Business is any item of business which could not have been foreseen at the time of posting of the agenda.) -- none

7. Adjournment.

----------- Collinsville City Commission:

1. Call to Order
Mayor Stan Sallee

2. Roll Call: -- all present except Melodie Bateman

Mayor Stan Sallee
Commissioner Pam Porter
Commissioner Bud York
Commissioner Melodie Bateman
Commissioner Billie Reeder
3. Consideration and possible action relating to a request for Commission approval of the Consent Agenda. All matters listed 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 the Consent Agenda by request. A motion to adopt the Consent Agenda is non-debatable.

A. Approval of Minutes of the August 6, 2008 Work Session, August 6, 2008 Special Meeting, August 18, 2008 Regular Meeting, August 27, 2008 Special Meeting.
B. Approval of Claims and Payroll.
C. Approval of Cemetery Deeds: Aaron C. Gillming, 1 space.
D. Approval to close Main Street on Friday October 3, 2008 from 15th street to 8th street from 3:20 to 4:00 for the annual Homecoming Parade.
E. Approval of agreement between City of Collinsville and Intermedix Technologies, Inc., for rescue ambulance billing and related professional services.
-- approved

4. Discussion, consideration and possible action on items removed from the Consent Agenda. -- n/a

5. Discussion, consideration and possible action to employ Greg Neito, Baker Financial Group, as Financial Advisor for the City of Collinsville. -- approved

6. Discussion, consideration and possible action on funding for the Main Street Organization. -- Already budgeted $12,000 for the year was approved (again) after a lengthy discussion on Collinsville Downtown Inc. accomplishments (and documentation to city commission), agreements for city annex building, etc ... with questions asked by Commissioner Pam Porter.

7. Discussion, consideration and possible action concerning a proposed Public Transit Commuter Bus Service. -- no action was taken but the discussion indicated Owasso had already tabled their possible action until after the first of the year. Approval & subsidies by both communities would be required. Owasso's subsidy share (yearly) would be ~$41K and Collinsville's ~$11.2K. The proposed commuter route would be from Collinsville to Owasso to Cherokee Industrial Park to Downtown Tulsa once a day.

8. Discussion, consideration and possible action relating to Christmas decorations. - no action ... with work session followup likely ... no brackets (yet) on new downtown light poles. Old Christmas decorations likely won't be used again.

9. Discussion, consideration and possible action to extend the moratorium on outdoor advertisement (bill boards). -- approved for 6 months more while the city tries to figure out what they want in a new ordinance and where it will apply.

10. Discussion, consideration and possible action relating to a request for adoption of Ordinance No. 809, an Ordinance amending parts of the Planning and Zoning Code of the City Ordinances of the City of Collinsville, Part 12, Chapter 3, Section 12-301, and by amending Chapter 6 of the Zoning Code of the City of Collinsville to add Section 670, Building Appearance Standards, providing for severability, repealing all ordinances in conflict therewith and declaring an emergency and effective date. -- no action, but lengthy discussion on zoning code -vs- appearance district restriction to prevent ribbed metal buildings (unless covered by brick on street facing sides). Also discussed were potential differences between commercial, industrial and office zoning for these types of buildings. The current moritorium was extended in item 13 below. Related discussion at Planning Commission meet Thursday.

11. Discussion, consideration and possible action of Emergency Clause pertaining to Ordinance No. 809. -- n/a

13. Discussion, consideration and possible action for a moratorium on exterior, ribbed metal buildings in commercial districts. -- approved for another 6 months pending a new ordinance (see item 10)

14. Discussion, consideration and possible action relating to a request for adoption of Ordinance No. 820, and Ordinance relating to the use and construction of the Code, Part 1, Chapter 1 of the Code of City Ordinances of the City of Collinsville, Oklahoma, amending section 1-108, General Penalty, providing for severability, repealing all Ordinances in conflict therewith and declaring an emergency and effective date. -- approved, the maximum city fine was raised to $500 (from $200) on most city offenses not already covered by state guidelines (like traffic fines). A few examples cited: DWI, marijuani possession, and failure to fix a leaking sewer.

15. Discussion, consideration and possible action of Emergency Clause pertaining to Ordinance No. 820. -- approved

16. Discussion, consideration and possible action to enter into Executive Session as allowed by O.S. 25, 307 (B) (4).

A. Confidential communications between a public body and its attorney concerning a pending investigation, claim, or action if the public body, with the advice of its attorney, determines that disclosure will seriously impair the ability to the public body to process the claim or conduct a pending investigation, litigation, or proceeding in the public interest.

Donna Murray Claim

17. Discussion, consideration and possible action on matters considered in Executive Session. -- approved authorizing city attorney to persue (undisclosed) action.

18. City Manager Report. -- Pam Polk reported on the following topics:
* MET recycling stats at city center are encouraging
* City Treasurere (Lori Stevens) will be out several weeks following surgery but is doing some work online.
* The city's Animal Control Officer resigned Friday. The police dept and street department will fill in until the position is re-filled.
* Two new employees in city offices: Sunday Smith & L. Fifer.
* City Hall will be closed Monday Sept 22 for training (at BOK Center)
* Auditors report is late .. will write letter to notify formally. RFP sent out for new auditor.
* Rural ambulance initiatave has brought in $6K after letter and application were mailed to rural Collinsville residents. ($80K potential if all signed up).

19. City Attorney Report. -- none

20. New Business (New Business is any item of business which could not have been foreseen at the time of posting of the agenda.) -- none

21. Adjournment.

Notice and agenda filed in the office of the City Clerk and posted at City Hall 5:00 p.m. on Friday, September 12, 2008.
Angela Long, City Clerk

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Additional comment by Ted Wright (in purple)

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