City Commission Meeting Tuesday, January 02, 2024 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 19, 2023, regular meeting minutes as written.

2. 2.Approve a Resolution authorizing a public meeting of the Governing Body to attend a Land Bank Board of Trustees meeting at 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 16, 2024, in the Commission Room at City Hall, located at 118 W. Central Ave. in Arkansas City.

3. 3.Ratify Mayor Diana Spielman’s re-appointment of:

   Anita Judd-Jenkins and Bob Baker to the Equal Opportunity & Accessibility Advisory Board

III.New Business

1. Recognize and honor the service of past Commissioners Kanyon Gingher, Charles Jennings and Scott Rogers. 

IV.New Business

1. City Clerk Tiffany Parsons will administer the Oath of Office to Commissioners-elect Chad Beeson, Tad Stover, and  Charles Tweety III.

V.New Business

VI.Executive Session

1. 1.Select Mayor for 2024.  (Voice Vote)

2. 2.Recognize and honor the service of past Mayor Diana Spielman. 

3. 3.Select Vice Mayor for 2024.  (Voice Vote)

4. 4.Appoint three (3) members of the Governing Body to serve as Arkansas City’s representatives on the Strother Field Commission.  (Voice Vote)

5. 5.Designate one (1) member of the Governing Body to serve as a representative to Cowley First.  (Voice Vote)

6. 6.Appoint one (1) 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 (1) 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. 7.Appoint one (1) member of the Governing Body to serve on the  Arkansas City Public Library Board of Trustees.   (Voice Vote)

8. 8.Appoint one (1) member of the Governing Body to serve on the  Visit Ark City Board of Trustees.  (Voice Vote)

9. 9.Designate one (1) member of the Governing Body to serve as a representative to the Cherokee Strip Land Rush Museum Board of Trustees.  (Voice Vote)

10. 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)

City Manager Department

• 1.An ordinance annexing, incorporating within, and adding territory to the City of Arkansas City, Cowley County, Kansas, a municipal corporation in conformity with the provisions of K.S.A § 12-520 and all acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto.(Roll Call Vote)

VII.Items for Discussion by City Commissioners

VIII.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.

IX.Reports - For Information Only

X.Adjournment