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06192001721 MINUTES SPECIAL CALL CITY OF DUNN DUNN, NORTH CAROLINA TIIE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUNN HELD A SPECIAL CALL MEETING ON TUESDAY JUNE 19, 2001 AT 7:00 P.M. IN THE DUNN MUNICIPAL BUILDING. PRE SENT WAS MAYOR ABRAHAM OUDEH, MAYOR PRO -TEM MIKE WOMBLE AND COUNCILMEMBERS CAROLYN MCDOUGAL, TOBY SUMNER, GEORGE ROBINSON, JOEY TART AND PAUL BASS. ALSO PRESENT WAS INTERIM CITY MANAGER RONNIE AUTRY, FINANCE DIRECTOR RENEE' DAUGHTRY, RECREATION DIRECTOR PERRY HUDSON, POLICE CHIEF PAT GODWIN, FIRE CHIEF AUSTIN TEW, UTILITIES DIRECTOR JOE CAMPBELL, CITY ENGINEER ED POWELL, LIBRARIAN DEBORAH MELVIN, PLANNER/CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER KELLY BOLLINGER, CITY ATTORNEY BILLY GODWIN, INTERIM HUMAN RESOURCE OFFICER MOSES GALLION, DEPUTY CLERK TINA SILLS AND DAILY RECORD REPORTER LISA FARMER. INVOCATION MAYOR OUDEH OPENED THE MEETING AT 7:03 P.M. AND ASKED MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE TO GIVE THE INVOCATION. AFTERWARD, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WAS REPEATED. INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO BRIEFLY REVIEW A FEW HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET WITH COUNCIL AND TIIE CITIZENS PRESENT TONIGHT: REVENUES: GE NERAL A. AD VALOREM TAXES: FIGURES ARE BASED ON A 99% COLLECTION RATE WITH AN APPROXIMATE TAX BASE OF $407,406,452 WITH A TAX RATE OF .46 PER $100 VALUATION. B. RESIDENTIAL GARBAGE FEES ARE RECOMMENDED TO CHANGE FROM $6.00 TO $8.00 PER MONTH. THIS INCREASE WOULD COVER A PORTION OF THE COST TO COLLECT LEAVES, SHRUBS, LIMBS AND GRASS CLIPPINGS. C. $319,536 HAS BEEN OBLIGATED FOR THE TRANSFER FROM THE WATER FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND TO COVER JOINT COSTS OF PERSONNEL, MATERIALS, INSURANCE AND ASSOCIATED COSTS. D. $415,067.98 HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED FROM PRIOR YEAR'S UNAPPROPRIATED FUND BALANCE TO COVER OPERATING, CAPITAL COSTS AND ONE TIME EXPENDITURES. E. $175,000 HAS BEEN OBLIGATED FROM AVERASBORO FIRE DISTRICT REVENUES FOR OPERATING AND CAPITAL COSTS FOR FIRE SERVICE. REVENUES: WATER A. A 5% INCREASE N WATER AND SEWER RATES FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS IS RECOMMENDED. ALSO A 5% INCREASE N WATER RATES FOR BULK WATER CUSTOMERS IS RECOMMENDED. B. $116,000.00 HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED OUT OF PRIOR YEAR'S UNAPPROPRIATED FUND BALANCE TOWARD THE PURCHASE OF A JET -VAC TRUCK. EXPENDITURES- GF.NF.RAL A. EMPLOYEE HOSPITALIZATION INSURANCE HAS BEEN BUDGETED AT $250.00 /EMPLOYEE BUT AN INCREASE IS PROJECTED N OCTOBER. B. OF THE MAJOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES FOR NEXT YEAR, THE SPECIFIC AREAS INVOLVE THE PURCHASE OF N CAR VIDEO CAMERAS, 30 SCBA BOTTLES, 8 SCBA, AND PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. C. TWO (2) NEW POSITIONS HAVE BEEN PROPOSED; ONE FOR THE LIBRARY AND ONE FOR RECREATION. D. ALL DEBT SERVICE REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATED N THIS BUDGET TO MEET OUR DEBT OBLIGATION. EXPENDITURES: WATER A. $125,000.00 HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED TO CONTINUE WORK TO CORRECT INFILTRATION PROBLEMS AND $185,000.00 TO PURCHASE A JET -VAC TRUCK. B. ALL DEBT SERVICE REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN OBLIGATED IN THE FY 2001 -2002 BUDGET TO MEET OUR DEBT RESPONSIBILITIES. 722 C. THE PROPOSED BUDGET PROVIDES A COST OF LIVING INCREASE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES OF 3 %. .ALSO, A LONGEVITY SUPPLEMENT IS PROPOSED AT THE FOLLOWING RATES: 0 -4 YEARS SERVICE $ 90 5 -9 YEARS SERVICE 300 10 -14 YEARS SERVICE 400 15 -19 YEARS SERVICE 500 20 -29 YEARS SERVICE 600 30 PLUS YEARS SERVICE 700 THE LANDSCAPING PROJECT FOR HWY 421 PROPOSED BY THE CHAMBER'S BEAUTIFICATION & IMAGE COMMITTEE AT A COST OF $10,000 HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED. THE 2001 -2002 BUDGET REPRESENTS A LEVEL OF FUNDING, WHICH WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN CURRENT SERVICE LEVELS. THIS IS A VERY CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE OF OUR REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES FOR NEXT YEAR. THE DEPARTMENTS WILL HAVE TO OPERATE VERY EFFICIENTLY DURING FY 2001 -2002. PUBLIC HEARING BUDGET FY 2001 -2002 MAYOR OUDEH OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:10 P.M. AND YIELDED TO INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY WHO STATED THAT THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUNN WOULD HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING PUBLIC COMMENT CONCERNING APPROVAL OF THE FY 2001 -2002 BUDGET. HE ADDED THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS DULY ADVERTISED ON JUNE 15 2001. MAYOR OUDEH ASKED IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. MR. DAL SNIPES, A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER, AN EMPLOYER, AND A CONCERNED CITIZEN STATED THAT HE WAS PRESENT ON BEHALF OF BEING THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE DUNN AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. HE ADDED THAT HE WAS PRESENT TONIGHT TO EXPRESS HIS CONCERN OF A SEEMINGLY UNIMPORTANT PIECE OF THE BUDGET THAT HE JUST HEARD. AND THEY HEARD TWO WEEKS AGO, AND THAT IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. HE FURTHER STATED THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WAS A PLEDGE OR A THEME TFIAT MOST ALL OF THEM RAN ON AS PART OF THEIR PLATFORM WHEN THEY SOUGHT THE OFFICE THAT THEY NOW HOLD. FIE STATED THAT THERE APPEARS TO BE NO PLAN, NO VISION AND NO FUNDING FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE BUDGET; HOWEVER, AFTER ALL THE ECONOMIC NEWS TFIAT THIS CITY HAS HAD OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, HE CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND A PLAN AND FUNDING FOR IT IS NOT A MAJOR DISCUSSION AND A TOP PRIORITY. HE ADDED THAT THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE DIRECTION THAT THIS CITY SEEMS TO BE TAKING AND THEY WANT TO REITERATE THEIR DESIRE AS CHAMBER MEMBERS TO WORK POSITIVELY TOGETHER TO MOVE FORWARD. HE FURTHER STATED THAT WAS THE REASON THEY INVITED EVERYONE TO SIT DOWN TO DINNER BACK IN JANUARY WITH THE CHAMBER MEMBERS TO DISCUSS AN OUTLINE FOR THE PLANS THAT THEY THOUGHT WERE IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY TO MOVE FORWARD AND HOW THEY NEEDED THE HELP AND SUPPORT OF THE CITIZENS TO MAKE THIS WORK. MR. SNIPES STATED THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WAS DISCUSSED THAT NIGHT IN A LOT OF DETAIL AND WAS A MAJOR EMPHASIS FOR THEM AND STILL IS. HE ADDED THAT THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF SOLICITING AN INDEPENDENT STUDY TO HELP THEM EVALUATE THE DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION NEEDS AND WILL BE COMING BACK BEFORE COUNCIL BECAUSE THEY WILL NEED HELP FUNDING THIS EXPENSIVE PROCESS. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE IMAGE AND BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE CAME BEFORE COUNCIL AND DEVISED A PLAN FOR THE HWY 421 CORRIDOR THAT WILL IMPROVE THE ENTRANCE AND IMAGE OF THE CITY, AND HE APPRECIATED COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER RECOGNIZING THAT AND INCLUDING IT IN THE BUDGET BECAUSE IMAGE IS A PART OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. HE STATED THAT THERE IS SOME PERCEPTION THAT THE CHAMBER DOES NOT SPEAK FOR THE BUSINESSES OF THIS CITY. HE ADDED THAT OF THE $2,000,000 AD VALOREM TAX BASE THAT THE CITY HAS, THE CHAMBER MEMBERS PROVIDE 50% OR $1,000,000 OF THAT TAX BASE WHICH HE THINKS REPRESENTS A STRONG VOICE WHICH SHOULD BE HEARD FOR BUSINESS AND CITIZENS OF DUNN. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE CITY HAS AN OBLIGATION TO TAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS TO IMPROVE THE CITY AND BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO ATTRACT NEW BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY BUT MUST NOT FORGET THE EXISTING BUSINESSES AND INDUSTRY WITH THEIR NEEDS. 723 HE ADDED THAT OVER TIME, THE TAX RATE WILL REMAIN REASONABLE AND WILL PROVIDE JOBS AND ENHANCE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL CITIZENS. HE ADDED THAT THEY ALL UNDERSTAND THE BUDGET DILEMMA THAT COUNCIL HAS GONE THROUGH THIS YEAR. HE FURTHER STATED THAT AN INVESTMENT IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS NOT A QUICK FIX THAT WILL HAPPEN TOMORROW, BUT RATHER AN INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE. HE STATED THAT THE CITY HAS A FUND BALANCE OF $3.3 MILLION DOLLARS, WHICH IS A SAVINGS ACCOUNT. HE ADDED THAT SAVINGS ACCOUNTS ARE FOR EMERGENCIES AND RAINY DAYS AND THE CITY OF DUNN IS AT THAT POINT. HE FURTHER STATED THAT TO USE SOME OF THAT RAINY DAY MONEY OR FUND BALANCE TO MAKE AN INVESTMENT IN TOMORROW CAN RETURN THE JOBS THAT HAVE BEEN LOST IN DUNN. , MR. SNIPES STATED THAT BY TAKING JUST $25,000 (.007 %) FROM THAT SAVINGS ACCOUNT REPRESENTS LESS THAN 1% OF THE FUND BALANCE. HE ADDED THAT AS AN ELEMENT OF THE $10,000,000 BUDGET, IT IS EVEN LESS THAN THAT, IT IS .002% WHICH IS LESS THAN %z OF 1% OF THE BUDGET. HE FURTHER STATED THAT HE IS ASKING COUNCIL TO RECONSIDER THE LINE ITEM FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. MR. TILGHMAN POPE, CURRENT VICE - PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS FOR THE DUNN AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER WITH SEVERAL EMPLOYEES AND ALSO A CONCERNED CITIZEN STATED THAT FIE WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF HIMSELF AND THE BEAUTIFICATION AND IMAGE COMMITTEE FOR ADOPTING IN THE CURRENT PROPOSED BUDGET THE BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT ON HWY. 421. HE ADDED THAT THIS WAS A VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT WHICH WOULD NOT ONLY IMPROVE THE IMAGE OF TFIE CITY, BUT ALSO HELP BRING ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR CITIZENS. HE STATED THAT HE WOULD FOCUS HIS COMMENTS ON THE LEE- GOFORTH REPORT. HE ADDED THAT HARNETT COUNTY PAID THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO HAVE A REPORT DONE TO TELL US WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP OUR DIRE ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND BRING ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO OUR COUNTY. HE FURTHER STATED THAT HARNETT COUNTY HIRED ECONOMIC PROFESSIONALS WHICH HAVE DONE SIMILAR REPORTS FOR OTHER COUNTIES AND HAVE PRODUCED POSITIVE RESULTS WHEN PEOPLE ADOPT THE PROPOSALS THAT THEY PUT FORTH AND THIS REPORT CAME FORTH SEVERAL MONTHS AGO IN AN ECONOMIC SUMMIT WHICH ALL CITIZENS IN HARNETT COUNTY WERE INVITED TO ATTEND. MR. POPE STATED THAT TFIE FIRST THING THAT WAS DONE IN THE REPORT WAS AN ASSESSMENT OF DUNN'S WEAKNESSES AND STRENGTHS AND AT THE VERY TOP OF THE LIST OF WEAKNESSES WAS INTERLOCAL DIVISIVENESS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND HARNETT COUNTY. HE ADDED THAT LEE, JOHNSTON, AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES ARE ALL GROWING AND PROSPERING WITH LOTS OF NEW BUSINESS, LOTS OF NEW CITIZENS AND INDUSTRIES BECAUSE THEY ARE WORKING TOGETHER AS A UNIT AND RECRUITING INDUSTRY AS A COUNTY AND IT BENEFITS ALL OF THEIR CITIZENS. HE STATED THAT WE MUST UNITE AS ONE COMMUNITY OF HARNETT COUNTY IN ORDER TO BE COMPETITIVE IN THE MARKET PLACE. HE ADDED THAT THIS WAS OUR NUMBER ONE WEAKNESS ACCORDING TO THE LEE - GOFORTH REPORT AND DUNN MUST PARTICIPATE WITH ALL THE OTHER COMMUNITIES WITHIN OUR COUNTY AS ONE VOICE IN ORDER FOR US TO COMPETE WITH OUR SURROUNDING COUNTIES. HE FURTHER STATED THAT LEE - GOFORTH PUT TOGETHER A PLAN AND SAID THAT IF WE ADOPT THEIR PLAN THEY BELIEVE THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WILL COME TO OUR COMMUNITY. HE ADDED THAT THERE MUST BE A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE HARNETT FORWARD TOGETHER COMMITTEE, HARNETT COUNTY AND LOCAL PROPERTY OWNERS. HE FURTHER STATED THAT A PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WILL BE FORMED WHICH ALL THREE ENTITIES WILL PARTICIPATE; A LAND OWNER WHO WANTS TO DEVELOP HIS PROPERTY WILL PUT HIS PROPERTY INTO THE CORPORATION, HARNETT COUNTY WILL PROVIDE WATER AND SEWER AND TFIE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKE THAT LAND DEVELOPABLE AND THE HARNETT FORWARD TOGETHER COMMITTEE WILL PROVIDE SOIL TESTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES TO MAKE THIS SITE "SHOVEL READY" WHICH MEANS THAT AN INDUSTRY THAT WANTS TO COME AND LOCATE CAN COME IN AND WITHIN 30 -60 DAYS GET THEIR PERMITS AND START BUILDING. MR. POPE STATED THAT THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BRINGS INDUSTRIES TO DIFFERENT COUNTIES LOOKING FOR THESE SIGHTS BECAUSE THEY ARE READY TO BE MOVED ON. HE ADDED THAT THE HARNETT FORWARD TOGETHER COMMITTEE IS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARM FOR HARNETT COUNTY WHICH IS MADE UP OF A GROUP OF PRIVATE CITIZENS, BUSINESS OWNERS, PROGRESSIVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME AND PAY MONEY ANNUALLY TO TRY TO BRING BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY TO OUR TOWN AND COUNTY. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THEY DO NOT GET PAID SALARIES AND THEY DO NOT BENEFIT IN ANY WAY OTHER THAN THE SAME AS THE REST OF THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY. 724 HE STATED THAT IT IS NOT MONEY GOING TO LILLINGTON, IT IS NOT GOING TO A GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACY, IT IS MONEY GOING TO A PRIVATE GROUP WHICH WORKS WITH OUR COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE LAND OWNERS TO BRING ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. HE ADDED THAT THIS IS WHAT THE HARNETT FORWARD TOGETHER COMMITTEE IS, AND HOW THEY ARE TO BE RELATED IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS PROPOSED BY THE LEE- GOFORTH COMMISSION. HE ASKED COUNCIL TO ADOPT THE PROPOSAL BY LEE - GOFORTH BECAUSE THERE IS NO OTHER PLAN; THIS PLAN HAS BEEN PUT TOGETHER BY THE EXPERTS AND HAS BEEN PROVEN EFFECTIVE IN OTHER COUNTIES AND CITIES AND WE MUST ADOPT AND MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. MR. POPE STATED THAT OUR FAILURE TO ADOPT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NOW IS NOTHING BUT A PRESERVATION OF A STATUS QUO. HE ADDED THAT WITH LEE, JOHNSTON AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES ALL MOVING FORWARD IT IS THREE STEPS BACK FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY AND OUR LOCAL ECONOMY CANNOT SUSTAIN THIS STATUS QUO ANY LONGER. HE ADDED THAT HE RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS THAT COUNCIL RECONSIDER THE PROPOSAL PUT FORTH BY LEE - GOFORTH AND FUND THE MONEY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NOW. MR. JOHN SHAW, VICE - PRESIDENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PRESIDENT OF NEW CENTURY BANK AND ALSO A CONCERNED CITIZEN STATED THAT HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SINCE 1975 AND HAS SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; BUT THERE IS ONE AREA THAT HE HAS NEVER SEEN CHANGE AND THAT IS WORKING TOGETHER. HE ADDED THAT THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE SUCCESSFUL TODAY ARE THOSE THAT WORK TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY AND IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE INVOLVED IN WORKING TOGETHER. HE FURTHER STATED THAT HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE PICTURE WE ARE PAINTING AND THE MESSAGE THAT WE ARE SENDING TO NEW INDUSTRIES LOOKING AT HARNETT COUNTY OR DUNN. HE STATED THAT IF HE WERE A NEW BUSINESS, HE WOULD WONDER WHAT IS GOING ON WHEN THERE APPEARS TO BE NO INTEREST IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; AND IF HE WERE A CITIZEN UNABLE TO FIND A JOB, HE WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE MESSAGE WE ARE SENDING NOT WANTING TO FUND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ESPECIALLY IN TOUGH TIMES BECAUSE IT IS THOSE TOUGH TIMES THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. MR. SHAW STATED THAT HE WOULD WONDER WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE WE ARE SENDING TO THOSE 8,000 OR SO CITIZENS WHO DRIVE OUT OF THE COUNTY EACH DAY TO WORK BECAUSE THEY CAN NOT FIND A GOOD PAYING JOB OR CAN NOT FIND A JOB HERE. HE ADDED THAT THEY ARE GIVING UP FAMILY TIME BY SPENDING IT IN AN AUTOMOBILE RIDING UP AND DOWN THE ROAD AND THOSE FOLKS WOULD PROBABLY LIKE TO BE WORKING AT HOME IF WE HAD GOOD JOBS. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THEY COULD BE WORKING AT HOME $2000 43,000 A YEAR LESS THAN THEY CAN DRIVING BACK AND FORTH UP AND DOWN THE'ROAD. HE STATED THAT WE MUST PULL OUR INTEREST TOGETHER HERE IN HARNETT COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE WITH THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES AND WE NEED A UNIFIED SOURCE. HE ADDED THAT BASED ON WHAT COUNCIL HAS HEARD TONIGHT FROM CITIZENS THAT COUNCIL RECONSIDER FUNDING THE $25,000 FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TO SPECIFICALLY FUND A GRANT TO THE HARNETT FORWARD TOGETHER COMMITTEE TO BE USED TO BENEFIT THE CITY OF DUNN. CARNELL ROBINSON STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CHAMBER FOR SHARING THE FACTS WITH COUNCIL AND ADDED THAT HE DID NOT INTEND TO SPEAK TONIGHT BUT NEXT WEEK HE WOULD BE IN ELIZABETHTOWN REPRESENTING HARNETT COUNTY ON THE SOUTHEASTERN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION. HE ADDED THAT THIS COMMISSION FUNNELS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MONEY TO ELEVEN DIFFERENT COUNTIES AND IN IT'S HISTORY HAS TOTALED CLOSE TO $200,000,000.00. HE FURTHER STATED THAT WHAT THE CHAMBER IS SAYING ABOUT OTHER COMMUNITIES, ABOUT THE COOPERATIVE EFFORT, ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE AND IT IS VERY COMPETITIVE. HE STATED THAT OTHER COUNTIES ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO ATTRACT BUSINESSES BY PAINTING AN IMAGE THAT IS ATTRACTIVE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO LOCATE. HE ADDED THAT WHEN THIS COUNCIL VOTED AGAINST THE $25,000.00 FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HE THOUGHT IT WAS A JOKE. HE ADDED THAT FIE COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT WITH THE 7% UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AND WITH THE AFRICAN AMERICAN FIGURES RUNNING 1 %: TIMES THE REPORTED NUMBER, WE CANNOT AFFORD TO NOT BRING JOBS TO OUR COMMUNITY. /ZS MR. ROBINSON STATED THAT THE $25,000 IS REALLY AN INVESTMENT, AND IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT YOU CAMPAIGNED ON, AND IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT YOU SAY AT THESE TABLES. HE ADDED THAT ANYONE WHO WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THIS COUNCIL VALUES WILL FOLLOW THE MONEY, AND IF COUNCIL WON'T SPEND $25,000 TO SECURE THE WELL BEING OF OUR CITIZENS AND OUR FAMILIES IT DOES NOT SPEAK WELL FOR OUR CITY OR FOR THEM. MAYOR OUDEH ASKED IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. HEARING NONE, HE CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING AND RECONVENED THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING AT 7:32 P.M. COUNCILMEMBER BASS ASKED HOW MANY OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN HARNETT COUNTY HAVE HAD REQUESTS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT COUNCIL HAS NOT BEEN ASKED FROM THE HARNETT FORWARD TOGETHER COMMITTEE TO MAKE THIS GRANT. HE ADDED THAT THERE ARE TWO PROGRAMS THAT ARE CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AT THIS TIME. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE LEE- GOFORTH REPORT STARTED THE INCENTIVE PROGRAM WHICH HARNETT COUNTY HAS ADOPTED AND IT STATES THAT AFTER AN INDUSTRY LOCATES IN THE COMMUNITY, SOME OF THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUES WILL BE RETURNED TO THAT INDUSTRY AS A GRANT OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS. HE STATED THAT WHAT THE CHAMBER, HE, AND OTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PEOPLE ARE SUGGESTING IS THAT THEY NEED FUNDS TO ENTICE BUSINESS TO LOOK AND LOCATE HERE BY DEVELOPING SUITABLE SITES AND DOING WHATEVER IS NECESSARY TO ATTRACT NEW BUSINESS. HE ADDED THAT THE $25,000 GRANT TO THE HARNETT FORWARD TOGETHER COMMITTEE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO BENEFIT THE CITY OF DUNN IS IN ADDITION TO THE INCENTIVE PACKAGE. HE FURTHER STATED THAT DUNN HAS SO MUCH TO GAIN FROM THIS AND IT ALLOWS US TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A $450,000.00 BUDGET THAT HARNETT COUNTY HAS PUT TOGETHER TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. MR. DAL SNIPES STATED THAT THEY WOULD PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY BUT THEY HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO CHARTER THEIR OWN FUTURE AS WELL, AND THEY DO NOT NEED TO SIT ON THE SIDE LINES WAITING TO SEE WHAT OTHER CITIES WILL DO. HE ADDED THAT THEY NEED TO TAKE THE LEAD AND LET EVERYBODY ELSE FOLLOW. MAYOR OUDEH ASKED WHO WOULD BE IN CHARGE OF THE MONEY IN LILLINGTON. MR. DAL SNIPES RESPONDED THAT THE COMMITTEE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAVE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND ALL THE CONTROLS IN PLACE AND IT WOULD BE AT THEIR DIRECTION TO SPEND IT. HE ADDED THAT IF COUNCIL DEEMS IT APPROPRIATE, A NEW INDUSTRY OUTSIDE THE CITY OF DUNN COULD TAP INTO SOME OF THAT MONEY, AND BY BRINGING INDUSTRY TO HARNETT COUNTY WOULD BE TAX DOLLARS FOR OUR COUNTY THAT THE CITIZENS OF DUNN WOULD NOT HAVE TO RAISE. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THIS IS NOT A POT OF MONEY JUST SITTING THERE IN LILLINGTON THAT ANYONE CAN USE AT THEIR DISCRETION. MR. BILLY BARFIELD STATED THAT HIS REQUEST IS VERY SIMPLE. HE ADDED THAT SEVERAL MONTHS AGO THIS COUNCIL HEARD AT A PUBLIC HEARING THAT THEY WANTED FRIENDLY ROAD FIXED. HE ADDED AT THAT TIME IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE POWELL BILL WOULD BE USED. HE FURTHER STATED THAT HE KNOWS THEY HAVE WORKED HARD ON THIS BUDGET AND HE COMMENDS THEM FOR THAT BUT ONCE AGAIN THEY HAVE LEFT FRIENDLY ROAD OUT OF THE BUDGET. HE STATED THAT THE ONLY THING GOOD ABOUT THE ROAD IS THAT IT IS TORN UP AND CAUSES PEOPLE TO SLOW DOWN. THE SECOND THING HE STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS MAKE AN APOLOGY TO ONE OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS PUBLICLY. HE ADDED THAT HE CALLED MR. JOEY TART THIS MORNING AT 7:40 AND WAS TOLD TO NEVER CALL HIS HOUSE AGAIN. HE ADDED THAT HE THOUGHT MR. TART CARED ABOUT WHAT WENT ON IN DUNN AND HE APOLOGIZED FOR BEING WRONG. MAYOR OUDEH STATED THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE IN DUNN AND IN HARNETT COUNTY AND HE THANKED MR. DAL SNIPES, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND ALL THE LEADERS PRESENT FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SPEAK. HE ADDED THAT ALL OF THEM ARE RIGHT AND COUNCIL KNOWS THEY ARE RIGHT AND THEY WOULD DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO WORK WITH THEM. HE FURTHER STATED THAT NOBODY SEES THE NEED TO BRING NEW INDUSTRIES TO DUNN MORE THAN THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE LEADERS. HE STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE, IF COUNCIL AGREES, TO PUT ASIDE $50,000.00 AND TO BE READY FOR ANY KIND OF INDUSTRY COMING TO DUNN AND LET THE CITY COUNCIL WORK WITH YOU AND ALSO WITH HARNETT COUNTY. 726 COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL STATED THAT SHE WANTED TO MAKE SURE SHE UNDERSTOOD WHAT THE MAYOR WAS SUGGESTING. SHE ASKED IF HE WAS SAYING THAT COUNCIL SHOULD SET ASIDE $50,000.00 FOR THE CITY OF DUNN AND WORK WITH HARNETT COUNTY. MAYOR OUDEH RESPONDED YES. COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT HE WAS LATE AT THE LAST MEETING AND THE ONLY THING THAT HE HEARD WAS ABOUT GIVING AWAY $25,000.00. HE ADDED THAT SINCE HE HEARD THE CHAMBER AND THE OTHERS SPEAK TONIGHT HE THINKS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS A GOOD THING AND HE THINKS THE CITY AND THE COUNTY NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO DO SOMETHING POSITIVE. �f COUNCILMEMBER SUMNER STATED THAT ONE OF THE CONCERNS OF COUNCIL IS IF THE MONEY WOULD BE UTILIZED IN DUNN. HE ADDED THEY ARE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE IT BENEFITS EVERYBODY BUT THE PROBLEM IS HOW TO SEND THE MONEY. COUNCILMEMBER TART ASKED MAYOR OUDEH IS HE WAS SUGGESTING PUTTING THE $50,000.00 ASIDE TOWARDS THE HARNETT FORWARD TOGETHER COMMITTEE. MAYOR OUDEH RESPONDED THAT THE MONEY SHOULD BE PUT ASIDE HERE IN DUNN AND HAVE IT AVAILABLE WHEN NEEDED. COUNCILMEMBER TART STATED THAT THE HARNETT FORWARD TOGETHER COMMITTEE WOULD BE WORKING FOR THE CITY OF DUNN AND PARAMETERS CAN BE SET ON HOW THAT MONEY CAN BE USED, COUNCILMEMBER BASS STATED THAT HE WAS ALL FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUT COUNCIL COULD NOT PUT ENOUGH MONEY IN THE BUDGET TO BUY A DECENT POLICE CAR OR GIVE THE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS MONEY, SO HOW CAN THEY GIVE $25,000.00 AWAY. HE ADDED THAT IF HIS FIGURES WERE CORRECT, HARNETT COUNTY GOT $161,000 FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND IF THEY GET WHAT THEY WANT THIS YEAR IT WOULD BE $450,000.00 AND ASKED HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH. COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT IF THE CITY OF DUNN DOES NOT DO SOME INVESTING THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE ANYTHING TO PAY TAXES WITH. HE ADDED THAT IF WE DO NOT HAVE JOBS WE CANNOT PAY TAXES IN THE CITY OR COUNTY. COUNCILMEMBER BASS STATED THAT IF THE CITY IS GOING TO DO THAT THEN THEY NEED TO GO BACK AND BUY SOME DECENT POLICE CARS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT HE AGREED THAT DUNN NEEDS NEW POLICE CARS. MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO DRAW A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE PROPOSAL THAT THE MAYOR HAS SUGGESTED AND THE PROPOSAL THAT THE CHAMBER IS SUPPORTING. HE ADDED THAT THE PROPOSAL THAT THE MAYOR SUGGESTED BASICALLY MOVES MONEY FROM ONE BANK ACCOUNT TO ANOTHER AND HOLDS IT FOR THE SAME PURPOSE THAT IT HAS BEEN HELD FOREVER, AND WOULD BE AVAILABLE AFTER AN INDUSTRY HAS AGREED TO LOCATE HERE. HE STATED THAT THE GRANT FOR HARNETT FORWARD TOGETHER COMMITTEE IS A CHECK THAT WOULD BE MADE TO THE HARNETT FORWARD TOGETHER COMMITTEE WITH RESTRICTIONS THAT IT COULD ONLY BE USED FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT BENEFIT THE CITY OF DUNN. HE ADDED THAT COUNCIL CAN ALSO ADD AS A RESTRICTION THAT THE HARNETT FORWARD TOGETHER COMMITTEE WOULD CONSULT THE CITY IN ADVANCE FOR USING THESE FUNDS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE HARNETT FORWARD TOGETHER COMMITTEE NEEDS THE FLEXIBILITY OF THIS MONEY READILY AVAILABLE SO HE THINKS IT WOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE TO MAKE IT IN A RESTRICTIVE GRANT TO THE HARNETT FORWARD TOGETHER COMMITTEE SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE FLEXIBILITY IT WOULD AFFORD THEM TO HAVE. v MR. DAL SNIPES STATED THAT STATISTICALLY, IF 100 NEW JOBS CAME TO DUNN IT WOULD BRING 156 MORE PEOPLE, 130 MORE REGISTERED PASSENGER CARS, 52 NEW HOUSEHOLDS, 44 MORE SCHOOL CHILDREN, 75 MORE RESIDENTIAL TELEPHONES, 2.3 MILLION IN RETAIL SALES THAT WOULD GENERATE SALES TAX AND 3.8 MILLION IN PERSONAL INCOME TO SPENT IN THIS AREA. 726 COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT MR. SNIPES HAD REPORTED THAT IT WOULD BE LESS THAN 1% OF THE SAVINGS THAT THE CITY HAS AND IF THAT IS CORRECT IT WOULD BE A SMALL PRICE TO PAY. HE ADDED THAT DUNN WANTS TO BE A LEADER AND SET AN EXAMPLE FOR THE OTHER CITIES TO FOLLOW. 727 DR. JACK BRITT STATED THAT HE WAS PRESENT WITH HIS COLLEAGUES MR. HOOVER ADAMS AND MR. JESSIE ALPHIN. HE ADDED THAT A LETTER WAS RECENTLY SENT FROM MR. ADAMS TO THE COUNCIL REQUESTING A DONATION TO THE MUSEUM IN FAYETTEVILLE. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THEY ARE LOOKING TO FORM A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MUSEUM IN FAYETTEVILLE SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE VISIT THE FAYETTEVILLE MUSEUM THEY WILL COME TO THE DUNN MUSEUM AS WELL. HE STATED THAT THE MUSEUM RECEIVES 600 VISITORS A DAY AND 1,000 ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS. HE ADDED THAT THE ARMY HAS BUILT THE RUNWAY AT THE AIRPORT AND ARE GOING TO ADD ANOTHER PORTION AND THEY HAVE GIVEN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO HARNETT COUNTY. HE FURTHER STATED THAT IT WOULD BE A SHAME IF THEY DON'T HAVE HARNETT COUNTY, THE CITY OF DUNN, CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY, GENERAL LEE, AND DUNN TOURISM REPRESENTED AT THE FAYETTEVILLE MUSEUM. HE STATED THAT THEY ARE ASKING COUNCIL TO CONSIDER A PLEDGE OF $3,000 A YEAR FOR 5 YEARS FOR A TOTAL OF $15,000 SO THAT THE CITY OF DUNN CAN BE REPRESENTED IN THE MUSEUM IN FAYETTEVILLE. ON JULY 26, 2001 GENERAL LINDSAY IS COMING TO CAMPBELL FOR A GENERAL LEE DINNER AND THE 82 AIRBORNE CHORUS WILL PERFORM AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION TO THE GENERAL WITH THE CASH AND PLEDGES THAT THEY HAVE COLLECTED FROM THE CITIZENS OF HARNETT COUNTY. CONSENT ITEMS MAYOR OUDEH ASKED COUNCIL IF THERE WERE ANY CONSENT ITEMS THEY WISHED TO DELETE FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. HEARING NONE, THE FOLLOWING CONSENT ITEMS WERE CONSIDERED BY COUNCIL: BUDGET AMENDMENTS - COUNCIL CONSIDERED APPROVAL OF BUDGET AMENDMENTS #1504161. (ATTACHMENT #1) MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER TART, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER SUMNER TO APPROVE THE ABOVE CONSENT ITEM. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. BUDGET -FY 2001 -2002 INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY STATED THAT A BUDGET ORDINANCE AND THE BUDGET DOCUMENT FOR FY 2001 -2002 IS ATTACHED FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION FOR ADOPTION. MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SUMNER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON TO PUT $50,000.00 IN A BANK ACCOUNT FOR THE HARNETT FORWARD TOGETHER COMMITTEE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE MONEY TO BE RELEASED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CITY OF DUNN. MAYOR OUDEH ASKED IF THERE WAS ANY MORE DISCUSSION. COUNCILMEMBER TART STATED THAT HE WAS UNSURE OF HOW THIS MONEY CAN BE OBTAINED AND SPENT IF IT IS NOT IN A GRANT TO THE HARNETT FORWARD TOGETHER COMMITTEE. HE ASKED IF THERE WAS ANY REASON THAT COUNCIL THOUGHT THE MONEY NEEDS TO BE IN A CHECKING ACCOUNT IN DUNN. HE ADDED THAT HE THOUGHT IT SHOWS THAT DUNN IS BACKING THE COUNTY MORE IF THEY GIVE IT TO THE HARNETT FORWARD TOGETHER COMMITTEE RATHER THAN LETTING IT SIT HERE IN DUNN. CITY ATTORNEY GODWIN ASKED IF HIS IDEA WAS TO PUT IT IN AN ESCROW ACCOUNT AND AS THEY NEED IT THEY WOULD REQUEST CITY COUNCIL FOR PARTICULAR PROJECTS AND THEN COUNCIL WOULD VOTE WHETHER OR NOT TO RELEASE THE MONEY. INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY ASKED HOW DO THEY DO THAT FROM THE EXPENDITURE AND ASKED WHERE IS THE $50,000 COMING FROM. MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT IF THE GRANT WOULD BE MADE TO THE HARNETT FORWARD TOGETHER COMMITTEE WE WOULD DEBIT THE EXPENDITURE LINE AND THE SOURCE OF THE FUNDS WOULD BE FUND BALANCE. COUNCILMEMBER BASS STATED HE DID NOT SEE WHY IT SHOULD BE SET UP IN AN ESCROW ACCOUNT IF COUNCIL COMMITS TO THE $50,000.00. COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT IF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE HAS THEIR OWN BOARD MEMBERS WHY SHOULD THEY NEED TO GET COUNCIL'S PERMISSION BEFORE THEY CAN USE THE MONEY. 728 MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT IF COUNCIL WANTS TO MAKE A LASTING IMPRESSION, TIIEN THEY NEED THE RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO CHECK BECAUSE A FUTURE COUNCIL CAN SAY THEY ARE NOT GOING TO DO THAT ANYMORE. COUNCILMEMBER SUMNER STATED THAT HIS CONCERN WAS THE TAXPAYERS OF DUNN BECAUSE THIS IS THEIR MONEY AND THAT IS WHY HE WANTED IT DONE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CITY OF DUNN. MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT IN THE RESTRICTIONS THEY CAN SPECIFY THAT IN SOME FORM OR FASHION THAT THE CITY BE CONSULTED ON THE USE OF THE MONEY. HE ADDED THAT HE WOULD URGE COUNCIL NOT TO REQUIRE THAT IT COME BACK BEFORE THEM FOR APPROVAL BECAUSE OF THE TIME FACTORS INVOLVED AND TO ALLOW FLEXIBILITY OF PEOPLE OUT IN THE FIELD TRYING TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. HE ADDED THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE CHANGING THE FINANCIAL CONTROLS BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE WITH THE UTMOST INTEGRITY THAT ARE LOOKING AFTER THIS MONEY AND HONORING THESE RESTRICTIONS AND WILL BE LOOKING AT THE RESTRICTIONS EVERY YEAR TO MAKE SURE IT IS BEING SPENT CORRECTLY. HE FURTHER STATED THAT COUNCIL WOULD NOT BE LOSING ANY CONTROL BUT WOULD BE GAINING THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE MONEY BEING IN THE HANDS OF PEOPLE THAT KNOW HOW TO USE IT. MAYOR OUDEH SUGGESTED THAT COUNCIL APPOINT TWO OR THREE COUNCILMEMBERS TO MAKE THE DECISIONS AND THEN INFORM CITY COUNCIL SO THAT IT DOES NOT HAVE TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL EVERY TIME THEY WANT TO SPEND SOME OF THE MONEY. COUNCILMEMBER BASS STATED THAT HE THOUGHT IT SHOULD COME BEFORE COUNCIL EVERY TIME BECAUSE THE CITIZENS OF DUNN NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE MONEY IS BEING USED FOR. COUNCILMEMBER SUMNER WITH CONSENT OF COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON AMENDED HIS ORIGINAL MOTION TO AWARD A RESTRICTED GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,000.00 TO THE HARNETT FORWARD TOGETHER COMMITTEE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS BENEFITING THE CITY OF DUNN WITH THE CONDITION THAT EXPENDITURES UTILIZING THOSE FUNDS BE REPORTED BACK TO THE CITY ON A REGULAR BASIS. MOTION CARRIED 5 -1 AYES: ROBINSON NOES: BASS MCDOUGAL SUMNER WOMBLE TART COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON ASKED WHERE WOULD THE MONEY BE COMING FROM. MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT IN HIS ANALYSIS OF THE BUDGET PRIOR TO THE MAY 29, 2001 MEETING THE CITY OF DUNN IS IN EXCELLENT FINANCIAL SHAPE. HE ADDED THAT LAST YEAR IT WAS BUDGETED TO ALLOW US TO GO INTO OUR FUND BALANCE OF $400,000 AND THIS BUDGET TONIGHT PARTICIPATES US GOING INTO OUR FUND BALANCE OF $415,000. HE FURTHER STATED THAT OBVIOUSLY THAT IS NOT HEALTHY OR GOOD BUT HIS PHILOSOPHY IS IF THEY CAN KEEP THE USAGE OF THE FUND BALANCE WITHIN THE $200,000 RANGE FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, IN THE THIRD YEAR THERE WOULD BE A REVALUATION AND BY DROPPING OUR TAX RATE BACK A LITTLE WE COULD PICK OUR REVENUES BACK UP AND START HAVING A SURPLUS FOR A FEW YEARS. HE STATED THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THEY MAINTAIN THIS FUND BALANCE BUT IS ALSO IMPORTANT THAT COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS THAT THERE IS A PLAN AND WHAT THAT PLAN IS SO THAT EVERY YEAR THE CITY OF DUNN IS NOT CONTINUALLY GOING IN THE HOLE. INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY STATED THAT HE NEEDED TO AMEND THE BUDGET ORDINANCE BY DECREASING $45,000.00 OUT OF SURPLUS AND INCREASING THE COMMUNITY SERVICE FUND BY $45,000.00. MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER SUMNER TO APPROVE THE BUDGET AS AMENDED BY TAKING $45,000 OUT OF SURPLUS AND ADDING IT TO COMMUNITY SERVICE. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT AT THE MAY 29, 2001 MEETING HE HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE BUDGET AND THOSE CONCERNS HAVE NOT GONE AWAY. HE ADDED THAT HE WOULD NOT OPPOSE THE BUDGET BECAUSE HE WANTED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE COUNCIL, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR AND ALSO THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER; HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME REVENUE ITEMS THAT THEY NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ABOUT AS TIIE YEAR PROGRESSES. 729 DEDICATION OF STREETS AND SIDEWALKS -DUNN HOUSING AUTHORITY INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY STATED THAT THE DUNN HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS REQUESTED THAT THE CITY OF DUNN ACCEPT DEDICATION OF ALL TH E STREETS AND SIDEWALKS WITHIN SEVERAL OF ITS PROJECTS INCLUDING POWELL VILLAGE, MCKAY COURTS, WASHINGTON IIEIGI -ITS, AND HARNETT TERRACE. HE ADDS ^D THAT A RESOLUTION IS ATTACHED THAT NEEDS COUNCIL CONSIDERATION AND IT IS HIS RECOMMENDATION THAT THE CITY OF DUNN ACCEPT THE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS INTO THE CITY OF DUNN ROAD SYSTEM. MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER TART TO ACCEPT THE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS WITHIN IT'S PROJECTS INCLUDING POWELL VILLAGE, MCKAY COURTS, WASHINGTON 14EIGHTS AND HARNETT TERRACE INTO THE CITY OF DUNN ROAD SYSTEM. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. (ATTACHMENT #2) KURT INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY STATED THAT MR. KURT JENNE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT 1S PRESENT TO REVIEW WITH COUNCIL THE PROCEDURES FOR HIRING A CITY MANAGER. MR. KURT JENNE STATED THAT COUNCIL NEEDS TO FIRST DETERMINE WHAT THE NEEDS ARE FOR THE CITY OF DUNN. HE ADDED THAT ONCE THE NEEDS ARE DETERMINED THE APPLICATIONS CAN BE SCREENED BY COUNCILMEMBERS WHO WILL INDIVIDUALLY REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS, TAKE SOME NOTES, AND THEN COMPARE THEIR CHOICES TO THE OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS. HE FURTHER STATED THAT NORMAL TIME TO HIRE A CITY MANAGER IS ABOUT FOUR MONTHS EVEN THOUGH SOMETIMES IT COULD TAKE LONGER. PIE SUGGESTED THAT ONE PERSON, PREFERABLY THE-CLERK OR THE ATTORNEY KEEP THE APPLICATIONS IN THEIR OFFICE^ AND LET THE- COUNCILMEMBERS AT THEIR CONVENIENCE COME TO THE OFFICE AND SIT DOWN AND REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS THERE IN THE OFFICE. HE ADDED THAT THE APPLICATIONS SHOULD NOT BE COPIED OR TAKEN OUT OF THE OFFICE AND HE ADVISED COUNCIL NOT TO WAIT TOO LONG BEFORE INTERVIEWING BECAUSE THE APPLICANTS COULD HAVE ALREADY ACCEPTED A POSITION SOMEWI -IERC ELSE. CITY ATTORNEY GODWIN STATED THAT COUNCIL CAN GO INTO CLOSED SESSION AT A REGULAR OR SPECIAL CALL MEETING TO DISCUSS THE HIRING PROCESS. MR. JENNE STATED THAT 1S CORRECT. MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE ASKED MR. JENNE IF HE WOULD SUGGEST THAT COUNCIL DESCRIBE IN DETAIL IN ADVANCE THE PROCESS THEY WANT TO USE. MR. JENNE RESPONDED YES. MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE ASKED IF IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE THE PUBLIC MAKE SUGGESTIONS AT A PUBLIC HEARING OR PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION TO LET THEM VOICE THEIR OPINIONS ABOUT THE QUALIFICATIONS AND CREDENTIALS THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN A CITY MANAGER. MR. JENNE RESPONDED THAT IT WOULD BE UNUSUAL BUT MAY HOLD VERY USEFUL TO THEM IN HELPING TO MAKE A DECISION. HE ADDED THAT AT SOME POINT ALL COUNCIL WILL NEED TO COME TOGETHER TO INTERVIEW THE INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE ALL COUNCIL SHOULD BE SATISFIED THAT THEY HAVE VOICED THEIR OPINIONS AND HIRED THE BEST PERSON FOR THE POSITION. HE STATED THAT A TENTATIVE OUTLINE COULD BE DRAWN FOR COUNCIL TO FOLLOW IN THEIR SEARCH FOR A CITY MANAGER. I-IE ADDED THAT INCLUDED IN THE INTERVIEW PROCESS SHOULD BE ISSUES THAT THEY FEEL THE TOWN WILL FACE IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS SUCH AS ANNEXATION, INFRASTRUCTURE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ETC. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE SKILLS AND ABILITIES NEEDED INCLUDED EDUCATION IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC RELATIONS, BEING ABLE TO HANDLE DIVERSITY, SOLID FINANCIAL SKILLS, BE A LEADER IN THE COMMUNITY AND STAFF AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SKILLS. MAYOR OUDE11 STATED THAT INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY SHOULD KELP ALL APPLICATIONS IN HIS OFFICE AND THAT COUNCILMEMBERS SHOULD GO BY THERE TO REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS. COUNCILMEMBER TART SUGGESTED THAT COUNCILMEMBERS PICK THEIR TOP TEN CHOICES AND THEN WHEN COUNCIL MEETS AGAIN THEY CAN COMPARE THEIR FINDINGS. 730 CITY ATTORNEY GODWIN ASKED MR. JENNE HOW COMMON IS IT FOR MUNICIPALITIES OF DUNN'S SIZE TO HIRE SOMEONE FROM OUT OF STATE. MR. JENNE RESPONDED THAT WAS NOT UNCOMMON. MR. JENNE ASKED COUNCIL IF THEY WOULD LIKE FOR HIM TO BE INVOLVED MORE IN THE HIRING PROCESS. MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED YES AND EVERYONE AGREED. INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY ASKED IF EVERYONE WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS THIS WEEK. CITY ATTORNEY GODWIN STATED THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING THAT THIS WOULD BE DISCUSSED WE WOULD NARROW THE SCOPE EVEN MORE WITH MR. JENNE'S FACILITATION. MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY WOULD BE THE PERFECT PERSON TO FACILITATE THIS PROCESS AS LONG AS COUNCIL HAS HIS ASSURANCES THAT HE IS NOT A CANDIDATE. INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY STATED THAT HE WAS NOT A CANDIDATE. IT WAS THE CONSENSUS OF COUNCIL AND MR. JENNE AGREED THAT HE WOULD RETURN AT THE NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING ON JULY 5, 2001 TO CONFER FURTHER WITH COUNCIL ABOUT THE HIRING PROCESS. MAYOR OUDEH ADJOURNED THE MEETING AT 9:57 P.M. P OF i V H1V1 VUOtH MAYOR SEA\- ATTEST: �oY'''re'� +, N TINA M. SILLS DEPUTY CLERK