Regular Board Meeting, June 4, 2007

The Parsons City Council met for its regular monthly meeting, Monday, June 4, 2007 at 7:00 p .m. a the City meeting room Mayor Tim David Boaz called the meeting to order.

Roll Call:

Present Absent

Mark Davis Harold Fisher

Joseph Fisher David Wilbanks

Dwight Lancaster

Dale Reynolds

Joe Don White

Motion to dispense with the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting

and to approve as handed out by, Dale Reynolds. Second by Joe Don White

Vote: All Ayes

Motion to approve financial statements April 2007 by, Mark Davis, Second by Dale Reynolds Vote: All Ayes.

Presentations: none

Community Forum: none

Communications from Mayor: Mayor Boaz asked Jason Rushing, Director of the UT Martin Parsons Office to give an update. Mr. Rushing stated that summer classes were beginning tonight at Riverside High School. The goal was to have 20 students with 68 credits. The actual final count was 21 students with 72 credits. Mr. Rushing also showed a preliminary drawing of the new UT campus to be built in Parsons. The building will have 19,486 square feet with plenty of room to expand. Construction should be completed Jan. 2009. All the instructors have been hired which is another plus for this area.

Old business:

Item 1: Second Reading on Ordinance No. 269 An Ordinance enacting a Municipal

Tree Ordinance. Motion to approve this ordinance on second reading by

Joseph Fisher Second by Dwight Lancaster- Vote: Mark Davis –Aye,

Joseph Fisher-Aye, Dwight Lancaster-Aye, Dale Reynolds-Aye, Joe Don

White-Aye, Harold Fisher –Absent, David Wilbanks-Absent.

Item 2: Second Reading on Ordinance No. 270 An ordinance to amend the City of

Parsons Zoning Ordinance to allow bed and breakfast homestays as a use

on appeals in an R-1 (low density residential) and R-2 Medium Density

Residential District) Motion to approve this Ordinance on second reading

By Dale Reynolds Second by Mark Davis Vote: Vote: Mark Davis –Aye,

Joseph Fisher-Aye, Dwight Lancaster-Aye, Dale Reynolds-Aye, Joe Don

White-Aye, Harold Fisher –Absent, David Wilbanks-Absent

Regular Meeting June 4, 2007

New Business:

Item1: Authorize the Mayor to transfer funds from the gas department to a

checking account that has interest base on a money market rate. Motion by

Dwight Lancaster Second by Dale Reynolds Vote: All Ayes (This will be

Retro back to May to the time that this was offered)

Item 2: Authorize the Mayor to open a UT Martin Building Fund account, and for

TLM Architects and Engineers to design building. Motion by Mark Davis

for the Mayor to proceeded with this project. Second by Dale Reynolds

Councilman Joe Don White question if the DC Joint Economic &

Community Development should be gone thru. Mayor Boaz stated that a

Inter-local agreement will probably be done since this involves money from

Decatur County, City of Parsons, and Mr. Jim Ayers. He also stated that

he had been in touch with each one, and that they were in agreement, and

ready to get things started. Vote: Mark Davis –Aye,

Joseph Fisher-Aye, Dwight Lancaster-Aye, Dale Reynolds-Aye, Joe Don

White-Pass, Harold Fisher –Absent, David Wilbanks-Absent

Motion to adjourn by Mark Davis Second by Dwight Lancaster Vote: All Ayes

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Tim David Boaz, Mayor

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Judy Daugherty, City Recorder