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CITY OF CARLISLE  
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
 
Monday, February 12, 2007, 7:00 P.M.
Carlisle City Hall Council Chamber


Officials present were: Mayor Ruth Randleman and Council members Drew Merrifield, Doug Hammerand, Eric Mahnke, Blair Dewey and Frank Shultz.

Mayor Randleman called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M.

Motion by Dewey, second by Shultz to APPROVE THE FOLLOWING CONSENT ITEMS: abridged and unabridged January 22, 2007 Regular City Council meeting minutes, January 27, 2007 Special City Council meeting minutes, February 5, 2007 Special City Council meeting minutes, December 14, 2006 Library Board meeting minutes and January 11, 2007 Library Board meeting minutes.  Motion carried unanimously on roll call vote.

Motion by Hammerand, second by Dewey to APPROVE PAYMENT OF BILLS IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $69,939.75.  Motion carried unanimously on roll call vote. 

CITIZEN PARTICIPATION: Rand Richardson stated that the tentative date for the Celtic Festival at the Scotch Ridge Center is June 23, 2007 and that the promoters are proposing a flat rental fee instead of a split of the profits. 

DEPARTMENT HEADS: A written report was received from Library. 

Mayor Randleman welcomed the members of the CITIZENS BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE in attendance: Barb Hillebrand, Jim Litwiller, David Doss and Craig Calhoun and continued the workshop on the 2007-08 budget.  The City can either issue a SHORT TERM NOTE in an amount up to $180,000 for eligible capital outlay expenses without increasing the debt service tax rate or use UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE to pay for capital outlay or one-time expenses.  The most recent 3-YEAR AVERAGES FOR THE GENERAL FUND are annual revenues of $1,177,339, total fund balance of $631,181 and reserved fund balance of $388,521 at 33% of revenues which would result in a maximum unreserved balance of $242,660 that could be allocated for capital outlays or other one-time expenses.  There was consensus to allocate funds in the 2007-08 budget for capital outlays and other one-time expenses, as follows:

Purpose                                                Amt from fund balance     Amt from short term note

Police computers & software                            26,500                          0
Fire tanker                                                    140,000                          0
EMS Ambulance                                            30,000                          100,000
Total                                                           196,500                          100,000

Motion by Dewey, second by Mahnke to APPROVE the proposed 2007-08 budget, with total revenues of $8,028,147, total expenditures of $8,552,946 and a tax rate of $13.98641 and to set hearing date for March 5, 2007 at 7:00 P.M..  Motion carried on a 4-1 roll call vote, with Merrifield voting Nay. 

Motion by Dewey, second by Shultz TO REFUND $20.00 TO FRANK LACONA THAT HAD BEEN PAID ON THE ORIGINAL BILL of $2,697.69 FROM THE CITY OF CARLISLE TO CHRIS LACONA.  Motion carried unanimously on roll call vote.  No action was taken on Chris Lacona’s offer to pay one-half of the original bill and he was directed to present a payment proposal for the original amount of the bill to the City by February 19. 

The JANUARY 26, 2007 SCOTCH RIDGE CENTER STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING NOTES were received and filed. 

Motion by Hammerand, second by Dewey to appoint Tom Williams, Brady Jackson, Janis Wagenknecht, Craig Calhoun and Kendra Corbin to the SRC steering committee.  Motion carried unanimously on roll call vote.

Motion by Dewey, second by Mahnke to APPROVE RESOLUTION NO. 2007021201 APPROVING AGREEMENTS WITH HEARTLAND COOPERATIVE COMPANY, CONSERVATION DESIGN FORUM AND CONSERVATION LAND STEWARDSHIP for wetland design, monitoring, installation and management and for reimbursement of said costs to the City for the Heartland wetland mitigation project.  Motion carried unanimously on roll call vote.

Motion by Hammerand, second by Mahnke to HIRE PAT ANDRUS AS TEMPORARY WATER SEWER LABORER AT $7.50 PER HOUR to paint the interior of the water treatment plant.  Motion carried unanimously on roll call vote.

Motion by Merrifield, second by Shultz to ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION OF MIKE POWERS AS JOURNEYMAN LINEMAN and to authorize the recruitment of a replacement.  Motion carried unanimously on roll call vote.

Motion by Hammerand, second by Mahnke to APPROVE RESOLUTION NO. 2007021202 DIRECTING THE USE OF PROJECT DESTINY SALES TAX PROCEEDS.  Motion carried on a 4-1 roll call vote with Shultz voting Nay. 

Motion by Dewey, second by Hammerand to APPROVE THE CARLISLE RESPONSE TO THE JANUARY 31, 2007 LETTER FROM THE MPO ON THE FUTURE OF THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER.  Motion carried unanimously on roll call vote.                      

City Attorney Stuyvesant stated that due to consultation requirements, the date of the annexation hearing needs to be changed. 

Motion by Merrifield, second by Shultz to CHANGE THE HEARING TO MARCH 26, 2007 AT 7:15 P.M. ON THE VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF PROPERTIES IN THE GATEWAY AREA.  Motion carried unanimously on roll call vote.

Motion by Dewey, second by Shultz to ADJOURN AT 10:30 P.M..  Motion carried unanimously on roll call vote.

 

                                                                        ___________________________________

            Ruth Randleman, Mayor

Attest:

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Neil Ruddy, Administrator/Clerk



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