Fri
Jun 5 2009
04:52 pm

REGULAR MEETING - KINGSTON CITY COUNCIL

TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2009 – 7:00 P.M.

A G E N D A

1. Call to order

2. Invocation and pledge

3. Roll call

4. Approval of Minutes

· May 12, 2009

· May 18, 2009

· June 4, 2009

4. Citizen Comments/Persons to Appear

6. Reports

A. Reports by Mayor and Council Members

B. Department Reports

C. City Manager’s Report

D. Report by Rockwood Electric Representative - Councilmember McClure

7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

A. NONE

8. NEW BUSINESS

Addition of Items to the Meeting Agenda Received After Close of Agenda Deadline (By Unanimous Consent of All Members of Council)

First Reading of an Ordinance to Adopt the Budget Appropriation for Fiscal Year 2009/10 for the City of Kingston

First Reading of an Ordinance to Amend the Budget Appropriation Ordinance for Fiscal Year 2008/09 for the City of Kingston

First Reading of an Ordinance Making and Fixing the Annual Budget for the Water and Sewer Department of the City of Kingston for the Fiscal Year 2009/10 and Establishing Water and Sewer Rates and the Expenses of the Operation of the Kingston Water and Sewer Departments

First Reading of an Ordinance Amending the Annual Budget for the Water and Sewer Department of the City of Kingston for the Fiscal Year Beginning July 1, 2008, and Ending June 30, 2009

Approval of a Public Hearing at 5:30 p.m. on June 23, 2009, and a Special Called Meeting immediately following for the Second Reading of the Ordinance to Adopt the Budget Appropriation for Fiscal Year 2009/10 for the City of Kingston; the Second Reading of the Ordinance to Amend the Budget Appropriation Ordinance for Fiscal Year 2008/09 for the City of Kingston; the Second Reading of the Ordinance Making and Fixing the Annual Budget for the Water and Sewer Department of the City of Kingston for the Fiscal Year 2009/10 and Establishing Water and Sewer Rates and the Expenses of the Operation of the Kingston Water and Sewer Departments; and the Second Reading of an Ordinance Amending the Annual Budget for the Water and Sewer Department of the City of Kingston for the Fiscal Year Beginning July 1, 2008, and Ending June 30, 2009

G. Approve and Authorize the Mayor to Execute an Agreement for the Dixie Youth State Tournament in July

H. Adoption of a Resolution to Authorize and Appropriate Funds for an Actuarial Study to Determine the Liability Associated with Allowing Eligible Employees of the City of Kingston to Establish Retirement Credit for Service Rendered by Such Employees Prior to the City of Kingston’s Participation in the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System

Eco warriors and politics

Science and stuff

Lost Medicaid Funding

To date, the failure to expand Medicaid / TennCare has cost the State of Tennessee ? in lost federal funding.