WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 11, 2009
10:00 AM

I am at the office working. I have to take care of some cemetery business. I am waiting on a call from the funeral home with the details of the service and the deceased.

We have had several beautiful days of weather in Wynne. The temperature has been in the middle seventies.

The Wynne City Council met last night for their regular meeting. The following actions were taken:


1. Granted a request to a citizen to place a manufactured home in a R2 zone.

IT IS NOW 3:00 PM


I spent several hours working on the cemetery request. I even had to call Theda to to office to help me deal with the request. I had to make several calls to Little Rock and several to West Memphis, but I was able to get the request taken care of and then I marked the grave for the service to be held tomorrow. We now have two services at the cemetery tomorrow and we had one today.

CONTINUING ACTIONS OF THE CITY COUNCIL

2. The council passed a resolution allowing me to apply for a grant. The grant that I am applying for is for tables and benches for the mini parks and for a stage to be built at the Wynne Sports Complex. The grant request is for $80,000,00.

3. I presented my proposed budgets for the city for 2010. The major changes in the 2010 budgets are the following;

A 3% salary increase for city employees

An increase of $25,000.00 in the police budget to purchase cars. We have totaled three cars this year. I plan to purchase three new cars and pay for them over the next three years.

Added $15,000.00 to the animal control budget. This money will go directly to the Wynne Friends of Animals to help them operate the shelter.

Added $100,000.00 to the parks and recreation budget to purchase new playground equipment for the city parks.

Added $30,000.00 to the parks and recreation budget to help this department to help them add some help and purchase supplies for the parks.

Added $6,000.00 to the parks and recreation budget to mow all of the mini parks in the city. I plan to contract this service to a lawn care service and allow the parks and recreation staff to spend all of their time on the sports complex.

Added money to the street department for the payment of street lights in the city.

Added $180,000.00 to the street department budget to install a new bridge on Martin Luther King Street.

The above are the major changes to the budget compared with the 2009 budgets.


4. Approved regulations for the placement of traffic control devices throughout the city.

5. Agreed to apply for membership with HGAC Buy. This will allow the city to purchase equipment at a reduced cost to the city. (The membership is free)

6. I appointed a committee of city council members to study the relationship of the city and the Wynne Water Utilities Commission. Over the years there has been some who have suggested that the commission should be abolished and the water company should be operated as a city department. This committee will study this question and and make a recommendation to the full city council for possible action.

7. Approved a contract with Cross County Veterinarian Clinic that allow them to sell city dog tags for the city.