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AGENDA REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF THE CITY OF PAOLA, KANSAS TO BE HELD IN THE MUNICIPAL COURTROOM AT THE PAOLA JUSTICE CENTER 805 N Pearl Street Paola, KS 66071 February 8, 2011 – 6:00 pm ~ Thank you for turning off your cell phone. Council Meetings are tape recorded. ~ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL - Pritchard ___ Wilhoite ___ Rowlett ___ Minden ___ Mayor Stuteville ___ 3. PETITIONS, REMONSTRANCES, AND COMMUNICATIONS Oral Communications from the audience. (When addressing the Council, please step to the podium and state your name and address so that it can be recorded in the minutes of the meeting. Please limit your comments to 5 minutes or less and to items NOT on the agenda. Thank you.) 4. CONSENT AGENDA The items on the Consent Agenda are considered by the Governing Body to be routine business items. Agenda items may be approved by a single motion, second and a majority vote with no separate discussion of any item listed. Should a member of the Governing Body desire to discuss any item, at his/her request it will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered separately. a. Approval of minutes of the meeting of January 25, 2011. b. Approval of Salary Ordinance 11-02. c. Approval of Appropriation Ordinance No 695. d. Approval of the Journal Entries Report for January, 2011. e. Approval of the Pledged Securities Report for January, 2011. Action - Motion to approve the Consent Agenda as presented and authorize the Mayor to sign. 5. REPORTS OF OFFICERS, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES a. Consider approval of bids for 2 front deck mowers for Public Works. Action – Motion to approve/not approve the bid from Blue Valley Tractor & Supply for 2 Grasshopper 725DT61R front deck mowers in the total amount of 23,900.00. 6. NEW BUSINESS a. City Staff b. City Council c. Mayor Paola City Council Meeting Agenda – 02/08/2011 Page 1 7. ADJOURNMENT Action – Motion to adjourn. NOTE: At the conclusion of their regular meeting, the City Council will have a work study meeting. There is a separate agenda for this meeting (see page 3). Notice: It is possible that sometime between 5:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. immediately prior to this meeting, during breaks, and directly after the meeting, that a majority of the Governing Body may be present in the meeting room, hallway, or parking lot. No one is excluded from these areas at any time. Paola City Council Meeting Agenda – 02/08/2011 Page 2  REQUEST FOR SPECIAL MEETING TO THE HONORABLE MAYOR, ARTIE STUTEVILLE, OF THE CITY OF PAOLA, KANSAS: We, the undersigned being duly elected, qualified, and acting Councilmembers of the City of Paola, Kansas, hereby respectfully request you to call a Work Study Meeting of the Governing Body of the City of Paola, Kansas to be held at the Municipal Court Room at the Paola Justice Center located at 805 N Pearl Street on Tuesday, February 8, 2011. This Work Study Meeting will begin at the conclusion of the Paola City Council Meeting which will begin at 6:00 pm. The starting time for this meeting will be dictated by the conclusion of the previous meeting. The agenda for the Work Study Meeting is as follows: ƒ Library Update. ƒ Railroad Quiet Zone Preliminary Report. ƒ Citizen’s Institute on Rural Design Grant. ƒ Other (This is a work study meeting, no action will be taken on any discussion item.) ___________________________________ ______________________________ Jim Pritchard, Council member Ward 1 Gee Gee Wilhoite, Councilmember Ward 2 ___________________________________ ______________________________ Jack Rowlett, Councilmember Ward 3 Mark Minden, Councilmember Ward 4 ******** **************************************** CALL OF SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING I, the undersigned Mayor of the City of Paola, Kansas having received a request for a special meeting of the Governing Body of said city, do by these presents call a special council meeting of the City of Paola, Kansas for the purpose set forth in the foregoing request. ______________________________ Artie Stuteville, Mayor Paola City Council Meeting Agenda – 02/08/2011 Page 3