HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-13-2011 Work SessionSTATE OF ALABAMA
COUNTY OF BALDWIN
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The C it y Council m et in a Publi c P art ic ipation/Work Session
at 5 :00 p .m ., Fairhope Municipal Co mplex Council Chamber,
161 North Section Street, Fairhope, Alabama 36532, on
Monday, 13 June 20 11 .
Present were Council Pres ident Lonnie L. Mixon , Councilmembers: D ebbie W.
Quinn , Daniel Stankoski (arri ve d at 5:20 p .m.), Mic ha e l A. Ford , a nd Rick Kingrea,
Mayor Timothy M. Kant (arrived at 5 : 13 p .m .), and City C lerk Lisa A. Hanks. C ity
Attorney Marion E . Wynne was a b sent.
Council President Mi xon call ed th e meeting to order a t 5:00 p.m. and exp la in e d
this m eetin g wi ll b e informal a nd a c han ce to get ideas from the publi c.
1. Paul Ripp, 22985 High Ridge Ro a d , a ddressed the City Council and mentioned the
following items and his co ncern s:
1) Planning & Zoning D epartment has cost the City millions of dollars
2) Comprehensive Plan is a lega l bindin g contract
3) 2% Sales Tax ado pted and we pay over $1.0 million o n atto rn ey fees
4) 2009 In frastructure bad a nd is still bad
5) Publix lawsuit
6) F ly C reek cleaning issue
7) Dyas lawsuit is a ppro aching $2.0 million
8) BP Scandal
9) Public participation and s pecial called meetings:
Bi s hop hearing & BP m eetin g
10) Dorsey Henderson issue
11) F ree garbage
12) C ity Administrator co uld save $550,000 eve ry fo ur yea rs
13) Poli ce Escorts , Tree Ordinance , and Noise Ordinance
14) Las t E lection said there wo uld be a forensic a udi t
15) Private School issu e -ve ry big distraction/where do you sta nd on this
No one else s poke durin g Public Par ticipation .
Lonnie Mixon open ed up the Work Session around 5: 10 p .m. and the fo llow in g topics
were di scu ssed :
• Poli ce Juri sdictio n and th e cos t to service it; th e need for m ore police officers; and
w h en yo u collect funds in th e poli ce jurisdicti o n , you must show that you s pend
as much as you co ll ect. Downtown events was a lso m e nt ioned and the need to
keep these events in Fa irh o p e .
Work Session
Monday, 13 June 2011
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• Lonnie Mi xo n questioned th e liquor li censes and loun ge lic enses ; an d th e need to
see how m an y are ac tuall y in the City of Fairhop e .
• Mayo r Kant mentioned the FEMA letter regarding fund s available for storms ; a nd
we are lookin g at ge nerators for a ll of our li ft stat ion s and a lso looking at drainage
iss ues . The remo va l of th e geese at th e "Du ck Pond" was bri efly disc ussed.
• Mayor Kant stated that the Water Department is taking sampl es and te stin g m o re
regularly to try and find the so urce of the bacteria.
• Debbie Quinn questioned the statu s of the Vo lant a Sidewalks ; Mayor Kant replied
he wo uld find out from the Fa irh ope Single Tax Co rporation .
• Mike Ford questioned Paul Ripp on some of th e iss ues he brought up: Dyas
la ws uit and settlement ; C it y A dmin istrator and ap pli cation s for other jobs ; and
Publix regardin g the buffer and tree survey/.
There bein g no further bu s ine ss to come before the City Council, the m eetin g was
duly adjourned at 5:50 p.m .
~ML isaA.Hanks ,MMC
C it y C lerk