Today's Dothan City Commission Meeting

Invocation: Zachary Grice – Grandview Baptist Church

Pledge of Allegiance: Commissioner Newsome

Roll Call: Schmitz__Dorsey__Newsome__Kirkland__Ferguson__Kenward__Crutchfield__

Approval of Previous Minutes:

Minutes of Meeting of March 7, 2017.

Communications from Mayor and City Commissioners:

• Proclamation – “Down Syndrome Day”, Rhonda Hicks.

Communications from City Manager:

Communications from City Clerk:

• Application for a Lounge Retail Liquor License, Class II (off premise) for Fast Stop Liquor 2, 1147 South Oates Street, by Vishal Anand.

Ord. No._________Amending Chapter 102, Utilities, Article I, In General; Article II, Electric Service, Division 1, Generally; and Article III, Water Service, Division 2, Rates, Charges and Billing, Section 102-137, Senior citizen discount on water usage, of the City of Dothan Code of Ordinances.

Ord. No._________Amending Chapter 2, Administration, Sec 2-242, Checks and drafts in payment of city accounts, of the City of Dothan Code of Ordinances.

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Ord. No._________Rezoning property owned by Marlie Holdings, LLC, located in the 5800 block of W. Main Street from B-3 (Local Shopping) District to O-I (Office/Institutional) District.

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Res. No._________Declaring certain properties which are overgrown with weeds, scrub, wild bushes, grass and other vegetable growth as injurious to the health, safety and welfare of the community as nuisances and calling for a public hearing to be held on the matter during the regularly scheduled commission meeting on April 18, 2017.

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Res. No._________Confirming the cost incurred in notification and abatement of certain properties determined to be nuisances by Resolution Number 2017-18 and 2017-31 and turning the costs over to the County Tax Collector so that the amounts can be added to the next regular bills for taxes levied against the respective lots and parcels of land.

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Res. No._________Approving a Petty Cash Fund in the amount of $1,500.00 for the Leisure Services Department to be used for James Oates Park.

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Res. No._________Entering into a Memorandum of Agreement with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) for reimbursement of registration fees in the amount of $3,900.00 for student officers successfully graduating from the Alabama Criminal Justice Training Center (ACTJC) in Selma, Alabama.

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Res. No._________Entering into contract with Praestare Engineering in the amount of $35,000.00 to provide engineering services for the Limestone Creek Drainage Basin Study and cost estimates for possible improvements, and appropriating funds for said services.

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Res. No._________Entering into an agreement with Ring Power Corporation for rental of a bucket truck to be used for the installation of transmission line to the E. Burdeshaw Substation and to upgrade the transmission line at the South Park Substation at $10,000.00 per month.

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Res. No._________Entering into a permit agreement with the Alabama Department of Transportation for the installation of one (1) tapping tee and valve with approximately 10 linear feet of ductile iron pipe for fire line and one (1) tapping tee and valve with approximately 30 linear feet of ductile iron pipe for fire hydrant to serve addition to Wayne Farms processing plant located in Dothan.

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Res. No._________Appointing Ruby Harris as a member of the Community Development Advisory Board to fill the unexpired term of Patsy Greenwood.

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Res. No._________Approving payment of invoices for the month of February, 2017 in the amount of $18,148,870.88.

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Res. No._________Awarding bids and approving purchases over $15,000.00 by the City.

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Res. No._________Approving advance travel requests for City employees.

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Approval/Denial of a request by Joel McLeod, The Touch of Wood, for an additional thirty (30) consecutive calendar-day period to conduct a Going Out of Business Sale.

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Adjournment.