City Commission Meeting Tuesday, February 01, 2022 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.Recognition of Visitors

III.Comments from the Audience for Items Not on the Agenda
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- Comments or questions will be directed only to the City Commission.
- Debate or argument between parties in the audience will not be allowed. “Logged in” citizens will remain
muted during the meeting, unless recognized and called upon specifically by the Mayor.
- Repeated reiterations by speakers will not be allowed.
- Violations of comment procedure will result in being directed to cease speaking or being muted.

IV.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 VII: New Business.

1. 1.Approve the January 18, 2022, regular meeting minutes as written.

• Previous Meeting Minutes.pdf (0.08 MB)
• Minutes 01 18 2022.pdf (0.14 MB)

V.Old Business

1. 1.Consider a Resolution  adopting by reference the Personnel Policies and Guidelines Manual for the City of Arkansas City. (Voice Vote)

• Residency Requirements AI.pdf (0.06 MB)
• Personnel Policy Manual resolution.pdf (0.02 MB)
• 2022 Employee Manual Review.pdf (0.03 MB)
• Employee Manual - 1.26.22.pdf (8.29 MB)

VI.New Business

Ordinances for Consideration

• 1.Consider first reading of a Charter Ordinance exempting the City of Arkansas City, Kansas from provisions of K.S.A. 14-1502 as it relates to the residency requirement for appointed officers.  (Roll Call Vote)

• Residency Requirements AI.pdf (0.06 MB)
• Charter Ordinance No. 36 Residency requirements.pdf (0.03 MB)
• KSA 14-1502.pdf (0.02 MB)

• 2.Consider an Ordinance authorizing the rezoning of 600 S. B Street from P (Public Use District) to C-1 (Office and Service Business District).  (Roll Call Vote)

• CC Action Item-Lincoln School Rezone.pdf (0.09 MB)
• Ordinance-Rezone.pdf (0.02 MB)
• Staff Report-Rezone.pdf (0.10 MB)
• Area map.pdf (2.84 MB)
• Future Land use map.pdf (0.25 MB)
• Zoning map.pdf (0.28 MB)

Resolutions for Consideration

• 1.Consider a Resolution authorizing the City of Arkansas City to approve Change Order No. 2 with Wildcat Construction Co., Inc., regarding repairs/maintenance to the North Pressure Zone High Service Pump Station, for an amount not to exceed $8,207.90.  (Voice Vote)

• North Pressure Zone Service Pump AI.pdf (0.06 MB)
• Resolution North Pressure Zone Booster Pump Station Change Order 2.pdf (0.02 MB)
• Ark City NPZ Pump Station Change Order #2.pdf (1.43 MB)

VII.Staff Report Presentations

City Manager's Report on Upcoming Activities

• 1.     North Summit Street pre-bid conference
  2.     Downtown “visioning session” Feb. 5
  3.     RISE Cowley steering committee
  4.     Cowley County Legislative Committee
  5.     City Commission study session

• City Manager Updates.pdf (0.09 MB)
• REBuilding Ark City.pdf (0.87 MB)

Department Reports

• 1.  Neighborhood Services Division - Consider a letter of interest to participate in the National Flood Insurance Program Community Rating System.

• Letter of Interest Action Item.pdf (0.09 MB)
• Letter of Interest to Join CRS.pdf (0.05 MB)
• fema_community-rating-system_local-guide-flood-insurance-2018.pdf (1.31 MB)
• kansas_crs_map_october_2021.pdf (0.43 MB)

VIII.Communications and Reports

1. 1.City Advisory Board Reports

• Board Reports.pdf (1.18 MB)

IX.Adjournment