City Council Meeting

Event Date: 
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 6:30pm

Meeting Location:  Council Chambers (Courtroom I - City Hall, 2nd Floor)

Time:  6:30 pm

Front Doors Open at 6:00 pm

General operating procedures:

  • Courtroom Decorum:  Eating and/or drinking and the use of tobacco products are prohibited in the courtrooms, irrespective of whether court is in session.
  • Verbal conversations are prohibited in the courtrooms at all times when council or court is in session.
  • When any member is about to address Council, he/she shall respectfully address himself/herself to the Presiding Officer and, when recognized by the chair, confine himself/herself to the question under debate, avoid personalities and refrain from impugning the motives of any other member's argument or vote.
  • All public meetings are recorded.

20240212 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.pdf

CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND INVOCATION

  • Invocation by:  Pastor Chuck Osborn, Lead Pastor, Dayspring Wesleyan

SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS

OLD BUSINESS

Item 1.  ORDINANCE 2023-101.pdf:  ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 1969-29, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE YARGER REPORT, BY CREATING A NEW POSITION IDENTIFIED AS THE Director of Planning and Special Projects, ESTABLISHING SALARY AND BENEFITS FOR SAID POSITION, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY, as amended (MAYOR COLLINS)

  • Municipal Services, Parks, and Recreation -- Mr. Smith, chair -- 2-0
  • 3rd Reading (as amended 12/19/2023; as amended 01/08/2024)

Item 2.  ORDINANCE 2024-004.pdf:  ORDINANCE MAKING APPROPRIATIONS IN THE BELOW LISTED LINE ITEMS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2024 (Auditor) -- ~$1,857,816.73 (TOTAL REQUEST)

  • Finance Committee -- Mr. Rollins, chair -- 3-0
  • Reference 2024-010
  • 2nd Reading

NEW BUSINESS

Item 1.  ORDINANCE 2023-088 REVISED 2024.pdf:  ORDINANCE REQUESTING ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS IN THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OF THE AUDITOR’S OFFICE (GENERAL FUND) FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2024.(Auditor) ($38,000 Request for Veritas for additional professional services to reconcile)

Historic documents related to Veritas:

Item 2.  ORDINANCE 2024-006.pdf:  ORDINANCE MAKING AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION IN CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2024 (Deem)

Item 3.  ORDINANCE 2024-007.pdf:  ORDINANCE MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE BUDGET OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT (McDonald)

  • Clerical error -- corrected enacting clause 

Item 4.  ORDINANCE 2024-009.pdf:  ORDINANCE RE-DECLARING THE CITY OF MARION’S SUPPORT FOR DOWNTOWN MARION, INC., INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FINANCIAL SUPPORT IN ORDER TO CONTINUE THE COMMUNITY’S EFFORTS TO REVITALIZE THE DOWNTOWN AREA, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY

Item 5.  ORDINANCE 2024-010.pdf:  ORDINANCE MAKING ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS TO COVER CURRENT AND NEEDED EXPENSES FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2024, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY (Auditor)

Item 6.  ORDINANCE 2024-011.pdf:  ORDINANCE MAKING APPROPRIATIONS IN THE BELOW LISTED LINE ITEMS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2024 (Auditor)

Item 7.  ORDINANCE 2024-012.pdf:  ORDINANCE MAKING ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS TO COVER CURRENT AND NEEDED EXPENSES FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2024 (Auditor)

Item 8.  ORDINANCE 2024-013.pdf:  ORDINANCE CLARIFYING COUNCIL’S INTENT IN REGARD TO PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED ORDINANCE 2023-029 WHICH AMENDED CHAPTER 194.081 CREDIT FOR TAX PAID TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES (Russell)

MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA

OTHER MATTERS

COMMITTEES

REQUESTED EXECUTIVE SESSION REGARDING PENDING COURT ACTION AND PERSONNEL MATTERS

ADJOURN

THE OFFICE OF MAYOR COLLINS HAS INFORMED COUNCIL THAT HE WILL BE DELIVERING THE STATE OF THE CITY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE COUNCIL MEETING.  

 

STATE OF THE CITY

 

ROBERTS RULES RE MEMBERS OF MINORITY PARTY AND SUSPENSION OF RULES.pdf

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