CALL TO ORDER:  Mayor Gary Combs called the regular meeting of the Shalimar Town Commission to order at 6:04 p.m. in Town Hall chambers.  He led the “Pledge of Allegiance” to the Flag.

ROLL CALL FOR THE RECORD:

                             Mayor Gary Combs :  present

                             Mayor Pro-Tem Elaine Tucker:  present

                             Commissioner John Henderson:  present

                             Commissioner Kevin Reeves:  present

Others in attendance:  Town Manager Tom Burns, Lisa Spencer (Sitting in for Town Attorney Mike Chesser ), Deputy Town Clerk Tina Smith, Maintenance Supervisor Jeff Dowda and Town residents Rik Larson (of 24 Old Ferry Road) and Steve Peterson from Shalimar Yacht Basin.

P&Z BOARD REVIEW:  Planning & Zoning Meeting scheduled for May 29, 2002 was cancelled due to lack of business.

OLD BUSINESS:

I.       APPROVE MINUTES OF MAY 14, 2002 TOWN COMMISSION MEETING -- Commissioner Tucker moved to approve the minutes as written.  Commissioner Henderson seconded the motion and it passed unanimously.

II.      APPROVE MINUTES OF MAY 21, 2002 SPECIAL TOWN COMMISSION MEETING -- Commissioner Tucker moved to approve the minutes as written.  Commissioner Henderson seconded the motion and it passed unanimously.

III.     TOWN ATTORNEY REPORT – Attorney Spencer didn’t have any news.  Town Manager Tom Burns updated the Commission on the engineering work.  Manager Burns reported that the town attorney met with the engineers regarding the turning lane and Clifford drainage projects.  Attorney Spencer relayed that Attorney Chesser was working on the motion to dismiss letter regarding the Racetrac case and he is researching the town’s request regarding adding a clause to the administrative policies regarding paying the town back if an employee resigns within a certain amount of time.

IV.     APPROVE RESOLUTION 2002-08 – ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY CHANGES – Commissioner Henderson disagreed with completely deleting subparagraph l.  The Commission discussed different ways to reword it.  After some discussion Commissioner Henderson suggested changing the word ‘supervisory’ to ‘advisory’, Commissioner Henderson moved to approve Resolution 2002-08 with a change of ‘a’ to ‘an’ and a word ‘supervisory’ to ‘advisory’.  Commissioner Tucker seconded the motion and it passed unanimously.

NEW BUSINESS:

I.       TOWN RESIDENT’S TIME – MAYOR COMBS – Steve Peterson from the Shalimar Yacht Basin relayed the information about the upcoming Poker Run on August 17 and asked for any help from the town.  He explained that he felt like this would be good for the Shalimar Yacht Basin and the Town of Shalimar .  Commissioner Henderson volunteered, as the new Special Projects Commissioner, to help Mr. Peterson come up with some ideas and work with the Shalimar Yacht Basin on this charity event.

COMMISSIONER TUCKER’S REPORT:

I.        OKALOOSA COUNTY LEAGUE OF CITIES REPORT – Commissioner Tucker attended the June Okaloosa County League of Cities luncheon.  She relayed to the commission that she drafted up a letter that will be signed by 3 mayors and mailed off to the library coop coordinator, Debbie Marrs.  The 3 small cities (Laurel Hill, Shalimar, and Cinco Bayou) are trying to be considered by the coop as unincorporated so that their residents will be able to use the libraries in the other larger cities since these smaller cities don’t have their own libraries.  As it stands right now, the larger cities are charging the smaller cities for library memberships but the fee is already included in the County taxes.

At the 5:00 budget meeting, it was discussed that the new vehicles should be purchased this fiscal year.  Commissioner Henderson moved that we purchase a new police vehicle and a new maintenance truck using FY 2001/2002 funds.  Commissioner Reeves seconded the motion and it passed unanimously.

MAYOR COMBS’ REPORT:

The Mayor explained that he was still pursuing the PAWS problem.  He also mentioned that Laurel Hill is going forward with their PAWS suit.

COMMISSIONER REEVES’ REPORT:

Commissioner Reeves had no new business.

COMMISSIONER HENDERSON’S REPORT:

Commissioner Henderson had no new business.

POLICE REPORT: 

Police Chief Charles Self has been out at a class this week and was unable to attend the meeting.

TOWN MANAGER UPDATE:

Town Manager Tom Burns reminded all of the Commission members to complete their Financial Disclosure forms.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

        Second Budget Workshop – JUNE 18, 2002 at 5:00 p.m.      

        Next Commission Meeting – JULY 9, 2002 at 6:00 p.m.

ADJOURNMENT:

Commissioner Henderson moved to adjourn at 6:29 pm .  The motion was seconded by Commissioner Tucker and it passed unanimously.