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Revenue Up
Holiday Island, Ark. - The attendance at the regular session of the Holiday Island board of commissioners (BOC) was down on April 23.
The district manager announced during his manager's report that "revenue is up."
The board approved the contract for participation in the Rural Medical Program by a vote 5 - 0. The terms of the contract will carry no cost for the Holiday Island Suburban Improvement District (HISID).
The board approved Supervisor DeHart's road program by a vote 5 - 0.
DeHart presented his schedule for the process:
- Bid packet preparation began April 24.
- The bid packets go out on May 1.
- The bids will be opened on June 14 at the district manager's office.
- Board approval for the bids will be done at the June 25 regular meeting.
- Bidders will be notified on June 26.
- All road work is to be completed by August 31, 2012
The Haddock Creek Bridge is the top priority, which was mandated by the State. The department's budget will include the $45,000 in turn-back money from Carroll County in 2011. The $45,000 presented last month will not be included.
The board approved, by a vote of 5 - 0; the purchase of two golf course mowers at a cost of $29,000.
The board approved by a vote of 5 - 0; to give the district manager the power to pursue a conversation and negotiation for a higher monthly rent from High Speed Internet, who requested usage of the Summit water tower as a relay point for their service to other areas. The district manager is to bring the topic and results back to the BOC at the May 29 regular session.
Another 5 - 0 vote; the board approved that the district manager continue researching contract possibilities for drug, alcohol testing and hepatitis B vaccinations. A contract is needed in order to receive better rates from a medical facility.
A new contract for Campground Management Services was approved 5 - 0.
The board approved 5 - 0, to accept a bid from A&M to replace the roof at fire
station #1. The insurance company came back with a payment of $18,600. The rest of the amount is a split between the fire department's 833 funds and the ladies auxiliary. There will be approximately $900 of in-house work to perform, said Deaton.The Marketing Plan was approved by a vote of 4 - 1.
Chair Linda Griswold cast the dissenting vote and expressed her concern for giving out a lump sum of money for marketing and reminded everyone that there are still lawsuits.Former Commissioner Ken Mills inquired about the direction of the marketing and warned that the district can not conduct direct marketing.
The following information was discussed as comments from the board, district manager, supervisors and the public:
- The recreation center personnel will start work on May 1 to prepare the pool for opening day on Memorial weekend.
- The final payment to Goodman -Williams and Yates as engineers on the waste water treatment plant was made. There was no mention of the first payment on the State bond, which was due April 15.
- A draft audit report for 2010 was under review by the staff and would be available for the board at the May meeting.
- Commissioner Larsen pointed out that raising the price on the activity card by 10 percent had resulted in a $10,000 loss on activity cards. Many golf issues including carts were brought up and Chair Griswold pointed out that these discussions needed to be placed on an amenities agenda.
- There are no funds allocated for fencing at the waste water treatment plant. The berms around the waste water treatment plant meet specifications. The trees that died will be replaced during the fall/winter planting season.
- The foreign antenna currently atop the Summit water tower was identified by the Fire Chief as belonging to the County Sheriff's department.
- The BOC past and present spend $1250 quarterly to mail the Holiday Island News, a Rust Communications paper, to out of town property owners.
- There were many questions regarding benchmarks for comparative studies and a survey that might answer the question as to why revenues are down?
- There is a County board of equalization in July. The district's list would be large and includes taxes on turn-back lots waived as well as possibly requesting that the value on golf lots be reduced.
- Steve Johnson from Rust Communications pitched an offer to the board. The speaker and the topic were not on the agenda.
- Fire Chief Jack Deaton announced that the Western Carroll County Ambulance District awarded the ambulance contract for service to the high bidder, The City of Eureka Springs.
The next work session is scheduled for May 21 and the regular meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 29, 2012 due to the holiday. Meeting is at the district office at 9 a.m.
April 26, 2012 / 10:00 p.m. (CST) / written by CNj reporter Rebecca L. Sherman
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