County Administrator’s Report Of Council Actions

Special Called Meeting

June 26, 2001

5:00 p.m.

Call to Order – Kit Smith

Invocation – Jim Tuten

Adoption Of Agenda – Adopted as submitted.

1. Third Reading Item

1. FY 2001-02 Budget Ordinance – Third reading approval given to the County Budget Ordinance with the following amendments:

1. Amended Section 4 of the ordinance to defer implementation of the $15.00 road maintenance fee until January 1, 2002; and added $1,568,000.00 to budget revenue to offset the six-month loss in revenue.
2. Amended Section 20 of the ordinance to reduce the residential building permit fee to $41.00 per square foot.
3. Amended School District One operations budget to increase amount by $211,728.00 for a total of $115,325,228.00.
4. Amended School District Two operations budget to increase amount by $1,162,559.00 for a total of $49,340,505.00.
5. Amended County Library budget to increase amount by $192,000 for a total of $12,445,583.00.

2. Executive Session Item

a. Contractual Matter: Garbage Contract - Authorized the County Administrator to terminate any or all of the County's contracts with Cloud's Sanitation for service areas 1, 4 and 5 at any time within the next thirty days if service does not significantly improve. The Council also directed the Administrator to continue to assess the management and operation of the company during this period. In addition, the Council authorized the Administrator to approve any sub-contracts that Mr. Cloud may enter into for service areas 1, 4 and 5 after a review of the sub-contracts and a determination that the sub-contracts will help to improve service in those areas.

3. Adjournment