June 19, 2007
The Mayor and Council of the Town of
Kenneth
O. Stinson, Mayor
Bliss
Bujard, Council Member
Karen
Douglass, Council Member
William
“BB” Loyd, Council Member
Kevin
Merchant, Mayor Pro Tem
Edward
J. Vice, Council Member
ABSENT: None
ALSO PRESENT:
The following Reports were submitted:
Total Payroll for May,
2007 $ 81,920.65
Total Receipts for May,
2007 $740,448.88
Total Disbursements for May,
2007 $916,959.75
Total Bills for May, 2007 $457,316.81
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Kenneth O. Stinson, Mayor called the meeting
to order. Chaplin Tatum led in
prayer, and there followed the Pledge of Allegiance.
It was moved by Council
Member Douglass that the minutes of prior meeting/s, copies of
which were mailed to each Council Member, be
approved as written. The motion was
seconded by Council Member Loyd and carried.
Bills for the month of
April, 2007, were approved and payment authorized upon a
motion by Council
Member Douglass, seconded by Council Member Loyd and the vote cast thereon was
as follows:
YEAS: Council Members Bujard, Douglass, Loyd and
Merchant
NAYS: Council Member Vice
ABSENT: None
Mary Vice, City Clerk
gave the administration report for the month.
Mike Danahay announced
his candidacy for State Representative and stated he would appreciate the
citizens of Vinton supporting him in this endeavor.
Buddy Leach announced
his candidacy for State Senator and stated he would appreciate the citizens of
Vinton supporting him in this endeavor.
Mayor Stinson updated
the governing authority on pending grants and projects.
It was moved by Council
Member Merchant that the following Resolution be adopted the motion was
seconded by Council Member Loyd:
RESOLUTION
BE IT
RESOLVED, that the following millage is hereby levied on the 2007 tax roll on
all property subject to taxation by the Town of
6.45
Mills
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
that the proper administrative officials of the Parish of Calcasieu, State of
Louisiana, be and they are hereby empowered, authorized, and directed to spread
said taxes, as hereinabove set forth, upon the assessment roll of said Parish
for the year 2007, and to make the collection of the taxes imposed for and on
behalf of the taxing authority, according to law, and that the taxes herein
levied shall become a permanent lien and privilege on all property subject to
taxation as herein set forth, and collection thereof shall be enforceable in
the manner provided by law.
The foregoing resolution
was read in full, the roll was called on the adoption thereof, and the
resolution was adopted by the following votes:
YEAS: Council Members Bujard, Douglass, Loyd,
Merchant and Vice
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
I hereby
certify that the foregoing is a true and exact copy of the resolution adopted
at a regular council meeting held on June 19, 2007, at which meeting a quorum
was present and voting.
Town of Vinton,
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Mary
Vice, Clerk
It was moved by Council
Member Loyd, seconded by Council Member Douglass that the following Resolution
be adopted:
RESOLUTION
BE IT RESOLVED by the Governing Authority of
the Town of Vinton, Louisiana, that Mayor Kenneth O. Stinson is hereby
authorized and empowered to apply for an L-GAP Grant not to exceed $35,000.00.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Mayor Stinson is also authorized and empowered to sign
all applications and other pertinent documents regarding said grant.
APPROVED
AND ADOPTED this 19th day of June, 2007.
____________________________
Kenneth
O. Stinson
ATTEST:
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Mary O. Vice, City Clerk
Mayor
Stinson opened bids received for the town’s Official Journal for legal
publications. There was one bid received
as follows:
Southwest
Daily News
$3.00/square
of 100 words submitted on disk
$3.50/square
for material not on disk
It
was moved by Council Douglass that the Southwest Daily News be appointed as the
Town’s Official Journal for the 12 month period. The motion was seconded by Council Member
Merchant and carried.
Skate
Park hours were discussed at length.
After discussion, it was moved by Council Member Loyd that the attorney
be authorized to draft an Ordinance for introduction at the next regular
meeting regarding
It
was moved by Council Member Merchant that the regular meeting be recessed for a
Public Hearing regarding the Keep Vinton Beautiful Ordinance. The motion was seconded by Council Member
Loyd and carried.
There
being no input from the public present, it was moved by Council Member Merchant
that the regular meeting be re-convened.
The motion was seconded by Council Member Loyd and carried.
It
was moved by Council Member Douglass that the following Ordinance be adopted. The motion was seconded by Council Member
Bujard and the vote cast thereon was as follows:
YEAS: Council Members Bujard, Douglass, Loyd,
Merchant and Vice
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
BEAUTIFICATION
OF TOWN;
Keep
Vinton Beautiful Commission
Be it ordained by the Council of the Town of
That the Code of Ordinances,
SECTION I.
A “Keep Vinton Beautiful Commission” is hereby created for
the purpose of assisting the Board of Aldermen of the Town of Vinton in
establishing a town-wide
policy for decreasing the amount of litter in the city.
SECTION II.
The Commission provided for herein
shall be comprised of six (6) members to be nominated by and approved by the Board
of Aldermen of the Town of
Three (3)
members of the Commission originally appointed shall be for a term of one (1)
year. The three (3) other members of the Commission originally
appointed shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years.
Thereafter, the term of each Commission member shall be two (2)
years. No Commission member shall serve three (3) successive terms,
provided, however, that a Commission member appointed to complete the term of
another Commission member shall, at the completion of such term, be eligible
for appointment for another full term; and provided further, that one place
shall always be filled by a city employee who shall serve as a non-voting
ex-officio member of the Commission.
SECTION III.
That the Executive Director of the Commission shall be the
non-voting member of the Commission. The Executive Director shall
be custodian of all minutes and records of the Commission and perform such
other duties as the Commission may deem necessary and consistent with both the
responsibilities of the Commission and his/her responsibilities to the Town
through the Mayor. The Executive Director shall work under the
supervision and control of the Mayor for the purpose of implementing the
provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION IV.
A simple majority of the members
of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for the conduct of
business. The members of the Commission shall regularly attend
meetings and shall serve without compensation except for reimbursement of
authorized expenses attendant to the performance of their duties.
The Commission shall hold an organizational meeting in
August of each year and shall elect a Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson from
among its members before proceeding to any other matters of business. The
ex-officio member and city employee
shall not be eligible to be the Chairperson or Vice Chairperson. The Commission shall meet regularly and shall
designate the time and place of its meetings.
The Commission shall adopt its own rules of procedure and
keep a record of its proceedings in accordance with the provisions of this
ordinance and the Charter of the Town. Newly appointed members shall be
installed at the first regular meeting after their appointment.
Each month a report shall be submitted to the Board showing
the cumulative attendance of each member with notation of members who have been
absent from three (3) consecutive meetings.
SECTION V.
The Commission shall recommend policies related to litter
prevention, beautification and community improvement, and the minimization of
solid waste to the Board so all Town activities might follow a common
purpose. The Commission shall have the following responsibilities:
1. Develop town -wide refuse and
environmental policy plan(s);
2.
Evaluate Town actions in light of that policy;
3. Determine and
recommend to the Board the management and
program priorities on a town-wide
basis;
4.
Recommend enforcement and additional program alternatives;
5.
Monitor Town performance from data collected and examined under the Keep
America Beautiful, Inc. Affiliate System guidelines and make an annual report
to the Board; and
6. Carry out such other tasks as the Board may
designate.
To accomplish these responsibilities
the Commission shall establish sub-committees such as, but not limited to, the
areas of Business and Industry, Communications, Education, Finance/Fundraising,
and Cleanup, all at the discretion of the Commission and the Board.
A Commission member will chair each sub-committee with an
unspecified number of community volunteers who accept the position after being
chosen by the Commission as working sub-committee members.
SECTION VI.
The Town within the budgetary appropriation process shall
furnish that office space, supplies, telephone, postage and secretarial support
for the Executive Director as determined by the Mayor as necessary and
appropriate. The Town within
Board-imposed budgetary restraints shall also supply additional funds for Commission
activities involving travel or training for the Executive Director.
The Town shall pay the Executive Director's salary.
Such salary and other expenses, whether specifically enumerated in the
preceding paragraph or not, may be paid from donations when, as and if same are
received by the Town from the general public, business, industry, foundations
and other sources for the purposes embraced by the scope of the Commission's
purpose and responsibilities, with such salary administered in accordance with
standard Town policy and practice governed by statute, charter and ordinance.
APPROVED AND
ADOPTED at
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Mary
O. Vice, Town Clerk
I
HEREBY CERTIFY that the fore- The foregoing Ordinance is
going Ordinance has been presented hereby
approved and
to the Mayor this 19th day of June, returned
to the Town Clerk this
2007. 20th
day of June, 2007.
______________________________ ____________________________
Mary O. Vice, Town Clerk Kenneth O. Stinson, Mayor
Ricky Fox,
Chief of Police gave the monthly Police Department report.
In the
absence of
Chief
Merchant announced that he had received our new PIL rating which went from a
class 3 to a class 4. He stated that the
rating change was due to the decrease in volunteer firefighters immediately
following Hurricane Rita.
Mrs.
Beatrice Hart informed the governing authority about a book written by Bill
Jones entitled “Louisiana Cowboys” which gives a lot of Vinton’s history and
she feels deserves some type of recognition from the town.
There being no further business to come
before the Governing Authority, it was moved by Council Member Loyd that the
meeting be adjourned. The motion was
seconded by Council Member Douglass and carried.
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Kenneth
O. Stinson, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Mary O’Quinn Vice, Clerk