Be it remembered that a recess meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Long Beach, Mississippi, was begun and held at the Jeritza A. Pell City Hall Annex in said City at 1:30 o'clock p.m., Thursday, June 23, 2005, and the same being the time, date and place fixed by order of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Long Beach recessing the meeting from June 21, 2005.
There were present and in attendance on said Board and at the meeting the following named persons: Mayor William Skellie, Jr., Aldermen Gary Ponthieux, Jimmy Levens, Jerry Rouse, Richard Bennett, City Clerk Rebecca E. Schruff and City Attorney Frank R. McCreary, III.
Aldermen Allen D. Holder, Jr., Mark Lishen, and Joseph McNary were absent the meeting.
There being a quorum present sufficient to transact the business of the City, the following proceedings were had and done.
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The meeting was called to order and the Clerk reported that the Interlocal Agreement by and between the Long Beach School District and the City of Long Beach has not been received at this time.
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The Clerk reported that the City’s computer software company, MUNIS, apprised her office that the present software would not isolate past due accounts for cut-off and print them separately on a brightly colored forms. The water and sewer disconnect ordinance remained under advisement.
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Alderman Levens made motion seconded by Alderman Ponthieux and unanimously carried to suspend the rules and amend the Municipal Docket to include the following:
1. Discuss and Take Action on the Donation of Property from Mississippi Power Company to Use for a City Fire Station.
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The Mayor and Board of Aldermen took up the matter of Mississippi Power Company’s offer of conveyance to the City of a parcel of land for use for a City fire station, and for related purposes. After a discussion of the subject, Alderman Levens offered and moved the adoption of the following resolution:
A RESOLUTION BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, MISSISSIPPI, PROVIDING FOR ACCEPTANCE OF A DONATION OF LAND BY MISSISSIPPI POWER COMPANY TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, MISSISSIPPI, FOR USE FOR A CITY FIRE STATION, APPROVAL OF THE SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED CONVEYING SUCH REAL PROPERTY TO THE CITY AND THE TERMS THEREOF, AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO JOIN IN THE EXECUTION OF SAID INSTRUMENT FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Long Beach, Mississippi, having made due investigation, do now find and determine as follows, to-wit:
1. That the City is in need of site located south of the Illinois Central Railroad right-of-way running easterly and westerly through the City upon which to construct a new fire station; and
2. The addition of such new fire station is necessary to protect the public health and safety and to preserve the City’s fire insurance rating; and
3. That Mississippi Power Company presently owns a lot of land bounding East First Street in the City on the north and being bounded by East Second Street on the South, and being more particularly described in Exhibit “A”, hereto, which land is optimally situated for such proposed use for location of a new City Fire Station, and has offered to donate such parcel to the City for such purpose; and
4. That Mississippi Power Company has tendered to the City an executed “Special Warranty Deed”, the purpose of which is to convey the land described therein to the City subject to the covenants and conditions described therein, a true and correct copy of which instrument is attached hereto as Exhibit “A” and incorporated fully herein.
5. That the said offer by Mississippi Power Company is most beneficial to the City, is made to the City at a time of need by the City for a site for a new fire station, which need said offer specifically and concisely meets, for which offer the City is extremely grateful to Mississippi Power Company and its exemplary corporate good citizenship; and
6. That the best interest of the City would be served by the acceptance of the said conveyance by Mississippi Power Company and the terms and conditions thereof as set forth in Exhibit “A” hereto; and
7. That said offer of Mississippi Power Company should be accepted and the Mayor should be authorized to accept said conveyance on behalf of the City and acknowledge such acceptance by joining in the execution thereof for and on behalf of the City, and thereafter cause said deed, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit “A”, to be recorded in the Land Deed Records of the First Judicial District of Harrison County.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, MISSISSIPPI, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the offer of donation made by Mississippi Power Company to convey land to the City for use for a fire station, which offer is made by tender to the City of an executed “Special Warranty Deed”, and the covenants and conditions described therein, a true and correct copy of which instrument is attached hereto as Exhibit “A” and incorporated fully herein, should be and is hereby approved and accepted.
SECTION 2. That the City of Long Beach, Mississippi, does hereby declare its appreciation to Mississippi Power Company, and acknowledges and recognizes the corporate good citizenship of Mississippi Power Company evidenced by the actions of Mississippi Power Company in donating to the City of Long Beach the land described in Exhibit “A” for use for a City Fire Station.
SECTION 3. The Mayor of the City of Long Beach, Mississippi, is hereby authorized and directed to join in the execution of the deed, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit “A”, and to cause same to be recorded in the Land Deed Records of the First Judicial District of Harrison County, Mississippi.
SECTION 4. This resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its adoption.
Alderman Rouse seconded the motion to adopt the foregoing resolution, and the question being put to a roll call vote by the mayor, the result was as follows:
Alderman Jimmy Levens voted Aye
Alderman Jerry Rouse voted Aye
Alderman Gary Ponthieux voted Aye
Alderman Richard Bennett voted Aye
Alderman Allen D. Holder, Jr. voted Absent, Not Voting
Alderman Joseph McNary voted Absent, Not Voting
Alderman Mark Lishen voted Absent, Not Voting
The question having received the affirmative vote of all the Aldermen present and voting, the Mayor declared the motion carried and the resolution adopted and approved this the 23rd day of June, 2005.
APPROVED:
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WILLIAM SKELLIE, JR., MAYOR
ATTEST:
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REBECCA E. SCHRUFF, CITY CLERK
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There being no further business to come before the Mayor and Board of Aldermen at this time, Alderman Levens made motion seconded by Alderman Ponthieux and unanimously carried to adjourn until the next regular meeting in due course.
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APPROVED:
Allen D. Holder, Jr., At-Large
Charles Boggs, Ward 1
Richard Notter, Ward 2
Richard Burton, Ward 3
Joseph McNary, Ward 4
Mark Lishen, Ward 5
Richard Bennett, Ward 6
Date
ATTEST:
Rebecca E. Schruff, City Clerk