City Commission Meeting Tuesday, January 03, 2023 05:30 PM 118 W Central Ave, Arkansas City, KS

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I.Routine Business

1. 1.Roll Call

2. 2.Opening Prayer and Pledge of Allegiance

3. 3.Additions or Deletions (Voice Vote)

4. 4.Approval of the Agenda (Voice Vote)

II.Consent Agenda (Voice Vote)

Note: All matters listed below on the Consent Agenda are considered under one motion and enacted by one motion. There should be no separate discussion. If such discussion is desired, any item may be removed from the Consent Agenda and then considered separately under Section VI: New Business.

1. 1.Approve the December 20, 2022, regular meeting minutes as written.

2. 2.Ratify Mayor Kanyon Gingher’s re-appointment of:

   Randy Smith, Spencer Warren, Jamie Terrill, and Richard Brown to the Building Trades Board

   Ian Kuhn to the Planning Commission/Board of Zoning Appeals

3. 3.Approve a Resolution authorizing a public meeting of the Governing Body to attend a Land Bank Board of Trustees meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday, January 17, 2023, in the Commission Room at City Hall, located at 118 W. Central Ave. in Arkansas City.

III.Old Business

1. 1.Update and Discussion regarding SCK Health's request for a loan from the City of Arkansas City.

IV.New Business

City Manager Department

• 1.Select Mayor for 2023.  (Voice Vote)

• 2.Recognize and honor the service of past mayor Kanyon Gingher. 

• 3.Select Vice-Mayor for 2023.  (Voice Vote)

• 4.Appoint three members of the Governing Body to serve as Arkansas City’s representatives on the Strother Field Commission.  (Voice Vote)

• 5.Designate one member of the Governing Body to serve as a representative to Cowley First.  (Voice Vote)

• 6.Appoint one member of the Governing Body to serve as a voting member of the Regional Economic Area Partnership (REAP) of South-Central Kansas and either one member of the Governing Body or the City Manager to serve as an alternate member of REAP in the voting member’s absence.   (Voice Vote)

• 7.Appoint one member of the Governing Body to serve on the  Arkansas City Public Library Board of Trustees.   (Voice Vote)

• 8.Appoint one member of the Governing Body to serve on the  Visit Ark City Board of Trustees.  (Voice Vote)

• 9.Designate one member of the Governing Body to serve as a representative to the Cherokee Strip Land Rush Museum Board of Trustees.  (Voice Vote)

• 10.Designate RCB Bank as primary depository for banking services and all other eligible banks in the community as potential depositories for City funds.   (Voice Vote)

• 11.A Home Rule Ordinance of the City of Arkansas City, Kansas, authorizing the acquisition of real property for economic and residential development purposes; and authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds of the city to pay the costs thereof. (Roll Call Vote)

V.Items for Discussion by City Commissioners

VI.Comments from the Audience for Items not on the Agenda

The public will be allowed to speak on issues or items that are not scheduled for discussion on the agenda.  Individuals should address all comments and questions to the Commission.  Comments should be limited to issues and items relevant to the business of the Governing Body.  The Commission will not discuss or debate these  items, nor will the Commission make decisions on items presented during this time.  Each person will be limited to three (3) minutes.

VII.Adjournment