Tuesday’s City Council Agenda Includes Vote on Council Expansion

The Central City Council will meet Tuesday, December 8 at 6 p.m. at the CCSS School Board Office on Joor Road.  The meeting is open to the public.  The agenda is below.

I. Preliminary Business
1) Call to Order
2) Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance
3) Roll Call
4) Approval of the minutes from the November 24, 2015 council meeting

II. Unfinished Business
None

III. New Business
1) Mayor’s report and presentations.
2) Introduction of the following item(s) (with public hearing to be held at the January 12, 2016 council meeting):
3) Public Hearing and action regarding the following instrument(s):
a) Mayor re-appointment of two members to the Cheneyville Fire Department District #7.
b) Mayor appointment to the Budget Advisory Committee.
c) An ordinance to establish a seven-member council with five members to be elected from single-member districts and two members to be elected at-large; to amend the 2015-2016 Fiscal Year General Fund Budget to appropriate funds for the retention of a demographer; and to provide for related matters. (By Council Member Messina)
d) An ordinance to authorize the Mayor to employ counsel to handle the City’s public records requests; to amend the 2015-2016 Fiscal Year General Fund Budget to appropriate funds for the retention of such an attorney; and to provide for related matters. (By Council Member Evans)
e) An ordinance to amend the 2015-2016 Fiscal Year General Fund Budget to appropriate additional funds for General Legal Services and to provide for related matters. (By Council Member Fralick)
f) A resolution to cancel the December 22, 2015 City Council Meeting. (By Council Member Messina)

IV. Zoning Cases
1) Introduction of the following item(s) (with public hearing to be held at the January 12, 2016 council meeting):
None
2) Discussion and action regarding the following case(s):
None

V. Other Business
1) Public Comment * Restricted to items not on the agenda. A Public Comment Request to Speak Card must be turned in to the City Clerk prior to the start of the meeting in order to be considered. Public comment is limited to 10 speakers with three minutes each.
2) Announcements
3) Adjournment