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MINUTES OF THE regular session OF
THE COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF October
26, 2004 The City Council of the Town of Eagleville,
Rutherford County, Tennessee, met in
regular
session
at 7:00 p.m. on
October 26, 2004
, in COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENTMayor Nolan S. Barham, Sr. Vice-Mayor Ronnie Hill Councilman Terry Zumbro Councilman Harold Vincion Councilman David Rigsby Councilman M. A. Smitty STAFF
Sherry Marsalis, City Recorder Michelle Bennett, Exec. Assistant GUESTS John Edward Turner Jeff Mooneyham Jonathan Fallin CALL TO ORDER The meeting was
Called to Order by Mayor Nolan Barham. ROLL CALL
A roll call was administered by City Recorder Sherry Marsalis.
All members were present except for Councilwoman Debbie Ryan. INVOCATION Councilman Harold
Vincion delivered the Invocation. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Councilman M. A.
Smitty led the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. MAYOR'S WELCOME Mayor Barham
welcomed everyone to the City Council meeting. CITIZEN’S INPUT None. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The September minutes were approved as mailed.
A roll call vote was administered by Sherry Marsalis and passed with a
unanimous vote. ADDITIONS / DELETIONS TO AGENDA
None. OLD BUSINESS Park Report Update – Vice-Mayor Ronnie Hill Vice-Mayor Ronnie Hill reported that McMillen Construction Company will donate the fill dirt for the park. The dirt is coming from digging the water lines, to the park. He is not sure of the value of the donation yet, but whatever the value, it will go toward our match.
Mayor Barham stated the grant workshop was very informative.
There will be another meeting in Eagleville in about three weeks to take
care of all the details. NEW BUSINESS
None. POLICE BOARD REPORT Chief Everett Stone told the Council that there were no traffic problems during the Eagleville School Homecoming Parade. The school resource officers and Sheriff’s Department helped Chief Stone to direct traffic at each end of town. Chief Stone stated that he had been working more at night to watch out for the mischief that happens around Halloween. He also asked the Eagleville Fire Department to help out Halloween weekend providing extra security around town.
Chief Stone mentioned that Mayor Barham received a letter from the County
Election Commission asking for more security at the Community Center polling
place on Chief Stone asked if the Planning Commission or Council had taken any considerations on his request from the last meeting about the letter for code violations and angle parking in town. Mayor Barham stated that the Planning Commission did not discuss that at the last meeting, but he would personally talk with Chief Stone regarding this. Councilman David Rigsby agreed that there needed to be something done. FIRE BOARD REPORT Chief Joe Jackson reported that he and Michelle had begun working on the NFIRS reports. He stated it had been very time consuming for both of them, but felt good about the progress. Chief Jackson updated the Council that the Brush Truck (#4504) had been repaired and was running great. The Fire Department saved $1,300.00 on labor. He informed the
Council that Truck #4502 was in an accident at a recent fire call in Rockvale
when one of Rockvale’s firemen backed up with hoses still attached to our
truck. It is currently in Chief Jackson
told the Council that he was going to get the Chief Jackson had
a meeting last Wednesday night with Rutherford Emergency Management and County
Mayor Nancy Allen regarding Homeland Security.
Beginning next year fire departments in the surrounding seven (7)
counties will have to have narrow band capable radios.
The State will update the radios in the trucks, but it is the
responsibility of each department to make sure all of the handheld radios are
updated. BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE
Mayor Barham reminded
everyone of the meeting on ANY OTHER BUSINESS Councilman Terry Zumbro informed the Council that Councilman Harold Vincion was made an Elder in their Church this past weekend. Councilman M. A.
Smitty inquired about check #8596 to the Bank of New York.
City Recorder Sherry Marsalis explained it was the administration cost
for the $500,000 bond. MAYOR’S CLOSING REMARKS Mayor Nolan Barham thanked everyone for attending the meeting. He stated that Councilman Terry Zumbro had been helping in the election, doing a wonderful job and working 12 to 13 hours a day. Mayor Barham received a letter from the Rutherford County Election Commission stating that Eagleville’s registered voters had gone up from 317 to 332, and thanked the ones that were responsible for that.
He made the Council aware that the future is going to be challenging for
them in making some decisions, choices and directions regarding Eagleville.
He stated that there are approximately 205,000 to 210,000 people right
now in
Councilman Harold Vincion stated that there is a proposal to widen ADJOURNMENT With no further
business to discuss, Councilman Harold Vincion made the motion to adjourn and
Councilman M. A. Smitty seconded. By
unanimous vote, the meeting was adjourned at ______________________ Dr. Nolan S. Barham, Sr., Michelle Bennett Mayor Executive Assistant |
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