Council meeting recap 1-12-09

Council spent 30 minutes tonight trying to decide whether furniture actually resides in a home, or not. Tex said it is tough to decide whether furniture and goods are new, or not, which is probably true. Stuff with tags on it are new; so are stuff in cartons or boxes. A couple residents seem to be running businesses out of their house, in garage sales. 99% are following the rules altho as things get worse it wouldnt be surprising to see people do more and more garage sales to keep food on the table and the lights on. Several points were made by a resident regarding the pool and its operations. More discussion is scheduled on the zoning variances of the new gym next time. Billing quarterly for stormwater and trash will save the City 20k. Billing every 2 months will save 14k. A letter was sent to the Council regarding the Optimist connection to the swim team apparently, but wasnt revealed to the public. Thats a letter that needs to be public. The Corradino Group was hired to rework the figures and the annexation bid for 11k. The circle at Bluebird is a county project, and will include landscaping and pavers. Firefighters requested circle be stopped because its hard for their trucks to go around that circle. Dotson requested shuttle numbers. Twenty bids were received to be the Field Engineer on the new gym project. LINK is working on adjustments to the new gym project that will meet code.