Board of Aldermen Regular Meeting Tuesday, September 05, 2023 06:00 PM Board Room • 119 W 8th Ave, Petal MS

CALL TO ORDER

• Roll Call, Invocation, Pledge of Allegiance

ADOPT AGENDA

CONSENT AGENDA

• 1.Minutes - Regular Meeting 8/15/2023

• 2.Minutes - Public Hearing 8/15/2023

• 3.Proofs of Publication

  Public Hearing - 60 Herrington Rd.

  Public Hearing - 201 Maywood Dr

• 4.Court Audit Balances - August 2023

PUBLIC COMMENT

PROCLAMATIONS & RESOLUTIONS

• 5.Request to adopt Proclamation observing October of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

BIDS — QUOTES

OLD BUSINESS

GENERAL BUSINESS

• 6.Request to authorize City Clerk and/or City Attorney to send notice to Wesley Health System, LLC and/or its successors of contract termination of the June 19, 2001 Employee Assistance Program Service Agreement and authorize the mayor to execute the Employee Assistance Service Agreement with Forrest General Hospital. (City Clerk)

• 7.Request to grant relief to Petal School District's new elementary school to allow for a variance on curb and gutter as noted on the site plan and grant relief on landscaped islands every (12) spaces and instead allow for landscaped islands every (15) spaces per the Planning Commission  recommendation. (A Heath)

• 8.Request to accept the following recommendations from the Planning Commission for property located at 201 Maywood Dr. (A Heath)

  Deny relief from lot size; allowing only one house on the parcel

  Deny relief from carport/garage requirement

  Approve relief from minimum square footage (1400 required, 1300 available)

  Deny all requests for house #2 (lot size, carport, square footage)

• 9.Request to authorize New Hope Animal Rescue to use the Civic Center on Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023 at no charge for a fundraiser. 

• 10.Request to accept the resignation of Jessica Coleman in the Water Dept effective Sept. 1, 2023. (L Jackson)

• 11.Request to set a hearing date of Sept. 26, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. for property located at 124 W Central Ave. 

• 12.Request to dispose of one DeWalt Impact Drill, Asset #3306, in the Civic Center.

• 13.Request to authorize application for permits on 132 W Cherry St and 147 W 2nd Ave. (B Witcher)

• 14.Request to accept transfer of the following property from the City of Gulfport for use by Will Lewis in the Fire Dept. (Chief Hendry)

  Panasonic Laptop w/mouse, S# 2ATTA32424

  Night Vision monocular, S# M220495

• 15.Request to accept Engineering Agreement w/Shows, Dearman & Waits for Fairchild 500,000 Gallon Tank Painting. (City Clerk)

• 16.Request to accept Engineering Agreement with Shows, Dearman & Waits for River Park Waterline Extension. (City Clerk)

• 17.Request to reimburse PRVO for credits remaining on accounts that have been closed per agreement.

• 18.Request to discuss moving forward with Railroad Culvert Upgrade. (Steele)

• 19.Request to revisit 405 W Central Ave.

• 20.Request to approve the docket of claims for the month of August 2023.

• 21.Request to pay Estimate #5 in the amount of $146,593.27 to Valley Construction, Inc. for Soccer Fields at Robert E Russell Sports Complex. (City Clerk)

• 22.Request to accept Supplemental Agreement #1 with Valley Construction for Soccer Fields at Robert E Russell Sports Complex. (City Clerk)

SEMINARS & TRAVEL

• 23.Request to authorize Michelle Strebeck to attend Fall Court Clerk Conference in Philadelphia, MS on Sept. 19-22, 2023.  Total cost: $115.00 (Court Clerk)

• 24.Request to authorize the SWAT team to attend SWAT Conference/Competition in Lake Cormorant, MS on Oct. 23-25, 2023.  Total cost: $2,515.00 (Chief Hiatt)

• 25.Request to authorize Richie Steele and Brent Chennault to attend TECC class at MSFA on Sept. 25-26, 2023.  Total cost: $160.00

• 26.Request to change dates for Joseph Harrison to attend State Fire Academy from Aug 21 - Oct 12 to Oct 23, 2023 - Dec 14, 2023.

• 27.Request to authorize Casey Johnson to attend FIRST @ the State Fire Academy on Oct. 30- Nov. 2, 2023.  Total cost: $425.00 (Chief Hendry)

• 28.Request to authorize Eric Van Fossen to attend Vehicle Extrication and Rescue Technician Training at the State Fire Academy on Oct. 9-13, 2023.  Total cost: $460.00

• 29.Request to authorize Timothy Brown to attend FIRST at the State Fire Academy on Oct 30 - Nov 2, 2023.  Total cost: $425.00

• 30.Request to authorize Aaron Jernigan to attend Metro Motors of MS Motorcycle Conference in Flowood, MS on Sept. 6-9, 2023.  Total cost: $284.00

ORDERS & ORDINANCES

• 31.Request to adopt order hiring Bobby Sheffield, Jr. as a Recruit Firefighter at a rate of $11.7521 per hour effective Sept. 7, 2023. (Chief Hendry)

• 32.Request to adopt order hiring Jeremy Henley as 3rd Class Firefighter at a rate of $12.1083 per hour effective Sept. 21, 2023. (Chief Hendry)

• 33.Request to adopt order transferring Arrazattee  from Patrol to Warrants at a rate of $19.23 per hour (80-hour) effective Sept. 6, 2023. (Chief Hiatt)

• 34.Request to adopt Ordinance decreasing the rate for sewer treatment. 

• 35.Request to adopt ordinance increasing garbage rates. 

MAYOR'S REPORT

CONSIDERATION OF COMMITTEE, COMMISSION AND BOARD MATTERS

LEGAL

ADJOURN