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Council asks to meet with court Melodie Phelps News Editor Monticello City Council wants to continue discussions regarding the park board ordinance and they want to sit down with fiscal court to talk. During a meeting Monday night, the council approved a motion to hold a joint meeting with county government to try to come up with a solution to the park board issue that has been debated throughout much of the year. The county suspended monthly funding for Memorial Park in May, after referring to personnel problems at the park. Since then, city council has drafted an amendment to the original city-county ordinance that created the park board. That amended ordinance procedures, as well as stipulations for annual audits, inventory of park equipment, and random drug testing policies City Council in October. Fiscal court has not taken any action on the amended ordinance, but opted instead to draft a new ordinance recreating the park board. That new ordinance was read during a November meeting of Wayne County Fiscal Court, but was not discussed during the most recent meeting last week. "I would like to see us sit down together and iron this out," said Councilman Gene Jones, who made a motion Monday night for the joint meeting between the two governments. "I feel like we did a lot of work (on this amended ordinance)," Jones added. "I would just like to see us sit down together and iron it out." Several other council members agreed that a joint meeting might help with this situation. Councilman Jeffrey Edwards agreed with Jones and noted that "the park is losing and the people are losing" as this issue continues to go unsolved. Mayor Thurston Frye told the council that he is uncertain what the purpose of the county's newly drafted ordinance, unless it was written to "get rid of current park board members." "The people that I have appointed I stand behind firmly and I support them," Frye stated. The council directed Frye to contact County Judge-Executive Bruce Ramsey to set up a joint meeting between the two governments. In other action during the meeting, the council approved an agreement for Municipal Road Aid Bond Funds. The city will receive $79,599 for blacktopping several streets. Frye said the funding should be available in March, which is when the next round of blacktopping could begin. Councilman Dan Daffron told fellow council members, as well as members of the audience that there has been an ongoing problem with an individual who is tapping into the emergency radio signal and playing music during different periods of time. Daffron said this blocks the ability of fire, police, and ambulance services to use these frequencies during this time. He noted that a piece of equipment has been acquired that will allow officials to track where the interruption is occurring and find the individual who is playing the music over the frequency. Add a comment |
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