Tomorrows Dothan City Commission Agenda

Invocation: Pastor Jerome Lister - St. Walden Missionary Baptist Church

Pledge of Allegiance: Commissioner Newsome

Roll Call: Schmitz__Dorsey__Newsome__Kirkland__Ferguson__Kenward__Crutchfield__

Approval of Previous Minutes:

• Minutes of Meeting of September 6, 2016.

Communications from Mayor and City Commissioners:

• Proclamation – “Family Day - A Day to Eat Dinner with Your Children” – Susan Trawick.

Documents:

Communications from City Manager:

• Service Award – Stacy Robinson, Police Department, 25 years

• Recognition – Mr. James E. Johnson – Police Department Volunteer, 10 years

Communications from City Clerk:

• Application for a Retail Beer License (on or off premise) for Chuck’s Billiards, 110 East Crawford Street, by Charles Teel.

• Application for a Retail Beer and Retail Table Wine License (off premise) for Hobo Pantry 32, 4468 West Main Street, by Jeff Groover.

• Application for a Special Retail License – More than 30 days (on or off premise) for The Cellar, 1481 Westgate Parkway, Suite 1, by Aaron Palmer.

• Application for a Lounge Retail Liquor License – Class I (on or off premise) for After Dark, 2970 East Main Street, by Melissa Peterman.

Public Hearing regarding the abatement and removal of noxious or dangerous weeds.

Ord. No.__________Amending Chapter 94, Taxation, Article IV, Lodgings Tax of the City of Dothan Code of Ordinances.

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Ord. No.__________Entering into a Franchise agreement with Southern Lights, LLC to allow construction, operation and maintenance of a fiber-optic transmission line within the City of Dothan.

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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 October 18, 2016.

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Res. No.__________Confirming the cost incurred in notification and abatement of certain properties determined to be in violation of Article III, Chapter 106 of the City of Dothan Code of Ordinance (repeat offenders) 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.

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Res. No.__________Confirming the cost incurred in notification and abatement of certain properties determined to be nuisances by Resolution Number 2016-204 and 2016-229 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.

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Res. No.__________Entering into an agreement with Grey Communications for television advertising and marketing of events for the Dothan Civic Center and Opera House at a cost of $20,000.00 for a one year period.

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Res. No.__________Entering into a service agreement between the City of Dothan and the Dothan/Houston County Communications District for services necessary to operate, monitor, maintain, support, document, upgrade, improve, and advise on the PSAP systems, all underlying infrastructures, all equipment, and IT related contracts for the District at a cost of $150,000.00 annually, paid in monthly installments.

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Res. No.__________Approving Change Order No. 1 with Donald Smith Company, Inc., to include the removal and inspection of Well No. 11.

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Res. No.__________Awarding the bid, entering into a contract and issuing a Notice to Proceed and other related documents to Palmer Electric Construction Co. for the Well #24 Motor Control and Upgrades for the sum of $37,945.00.

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Res. No.__________Approving the bid tabulation, awarding the bid, entering into a contract, and issuing a Notice of Award, Notice to Proceed and other related contract documents to U.S. Tank, Inc., for the amount of $332,217.00 for the 2016 Tank Rehab, Elevated Tanks 3, 10, 11 and 12.

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Res. No.__________Entering into an agreement with Employment Screening Services for a fee based service for background checks required for employment with the City of Dothan for a three year period.

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Res. No.__________Entering into an agreement with the Southern Regional Council on Aging (SARCOA) to administer and operate the Nutrition/Transportation Program of Title III of the Older Americans Act.

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Res. No.__________Declaring certain personal property as obsolete and no longer needed for public or municipal purposes and authorizing the disposal of said property by whatever means is determined to be in the best interest of the City.

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Res. No. __________Amending various accounts in the 2016 Fiscal Year Budget.

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Res. No.__________Approving payment of invoices for the month of August, 2016 in the amount of $19,651,786.30.

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

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

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Acceptance of utility easements from Prime Properties, General Partnership and Fosco, LLC, to construct necessary improvements and appurtenances to existing water utilities on U.S. Highway 84 East (East Main Street).

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Adjournment.