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Home My WebLink About04-09-2012 Public Meeting Notice - Public Participation/Work Session MinutesCo1nmittee: Date & Ti1ne: Place: Subject: Public Meeting Notice City Council and Mayor Monday, April 9, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. Council Chambers 161 North Section Street Public Participation/Work Session See attached Work Session Agenda Notice must be stamped, dated and initialed before posted on bulletin board. POSTED flr/lh SIGNATURE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF B ALDWIN )( )( The C ity Coun ci l m et in a Public Participati on/Wo rk Sess ion at 5:00 p.m ., Fa irh ope Municipal Co mpl ex Counc il C hamb er, 161 orth Sectio n S tr eet, Fairhope, A lab a m a 36532, on Monday, 9 Apri l 20 12. Present were Council Pres id e nt Lonni e L. Mixon, Cou nc ilm embers: Debbi e W. Quinn , Daniel Stankosk i, Michae l A. Fo rd , and Rick K in g rea, Mayor Timothy M . Kant (arrived at 5:40 p .m .), and C it y C le rk Li sa A. Hanks. C it y A ttorney Marion E. Wynne was absent. Coun c il Pres id ent Mi xo n ca ll e d th e meeting to ord er at 5 :00 p .m . The fo ll owi ng topics were disc ussed : • Richard Gi le, speaking on be ha lf of The Hamlet an d Carro ll P lace residents, addressed the City Council rega rd in g th e Storm Alert System. H e req u ested for someo ne to look into th e a larm system to m ake it better for the e ld e rl y. Coun c il President Mixon s uggested that C it y Ad mini s trato r G regg Mim s and Mr. G il e meet regard in g this iss ue. • Dr. Diane Thomas, me mb e r of th e P ersonne l Boa rd , addressed the City Counci l regarding the statu s of the Evergree n Solutions Co mp ensation a nd Job Classifi cation Salary Study. D r. Thomas said that C ity C lerk Lisa H anks was the Team Captain a long w ith Lorenzo H oward and he rse lf. Dr. Thomas briefly went through the task li st and gave a s tatu s on each one. She me ntion ed there was a fi ve facto r scale for grade leve ls and th e pay ranges wi ll have in ternal a nd external eq uity. Sh e said Evergreen wi ll make recomm endation s and then Loren zo a nd I w ill make o ur reco mme nd ations to the City Coun c il. Co un ci lme mb er Kingrea q ues ti oned when th e repo ti wou ld be comp lete. Dr . Thomas re pli ed we ho pe w ithin t he next month. Coun c ilm e mb e r Quinn stated "you guys h ave pu t a lot of wor k into it." • M ik e Odom , The Fairhope Couri e r, addressed the C it y Coun c il reg arding t he Salary S tud y, Personnel Board "Committee," and Request fo r Qualifications "Comrnittee." Mr . Odom thanked the City Coun ci l fo r the status of the Salary S tudy. He requested that th e Personn e l Board "cornn1ittee" as we ll as the Request for Qua li fication s "committee" meetin gs be open. Coun c il President Mi xon co mmented that th e QBS resol uti o n was bei n g upd ate d to be prese nt e d to th e C ity Co un c il ; a nd sa id the Personn e l Board has not me t to di scu ss the recommend a tion s for r ev ision s to per so nn e l ma nu a l. • Sh e rr y S ulli van , Director of Community Affairs , addressed the C it y Co uncil regardin g the C it y of Fai rh ope Webs it e Des ign R eq uest fo r Qualifications update. She said we have had several issues wi th the we b s ite and there is n o interaction . There were two compani es wit h s imil ar re sul ts wit h one of the compani es billing out over three budget cyc les . Ms. Sullivan me nti oned citizens wi ll be able to access a nd interact w ith the new webs ite . There were questions abo ut th e se lection process and cost of services . Work Session Monday, 9 Apri I 2012 Page -2- Dan Ames , Purchasing Manger, repli e d th at we fo llowed the Quality B ased Selection Poli cy and M s. Sullivan gave me a li st of local ent iti es to also se nd the req uest. He stated we ran throu gh our sys te m as us ua l. Mr . Am es sa id a ll figures are budgeting figures a nd th e fee schedul e w i II be pr ese nt ed later. • City Admi n istrator Gregg Mims addressed th e C it y Counci l r egardin g Tony 's Towin g request; the Tow in g Ordinance w hich is on the City Council agenda for tonight. H e sai d if this ordinance is adopted , th e fees will b e at the State numbe rs or lo wer; and th e State ha s to approve the fees . Mr. Mims briefl y di scu sse d the changes in th e ordinance. The changes were ve rifi ed w ith the State; and other Ci ti es h ave an ordinance but no rate sc h edul e . • Stacy Rekeweg, owner of Andre's , addressed the City Co un c il req uesting permiss io n to u se the Pub lic P arking Lot at the corn e r of Bancroft a nd Fairhop e Avenue adjace nt to Julw in 's for a 50th Weddin g Anniversary fo r the Clarks . Ms. R ekeweg mentioned the Hoot Scoot is th e same eve nin g and parkin g is needed . Counci l President Mixon asked Ms . R e kew eg to get with Gregg Mims and Chief Press. There being no further bu s iness to come befo re th e City Council , the meetin g was duly adjourned at 5:45 p .m .