HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Special Meeting of the Ames City Council 10/1/1998MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING
OF THE AMES CITY COUNCIL
OCTOBER 1, 1998 AMES, IOWA
The Ames City Council met in special session at 8:00 a.m. on the 1st day of October, 1998, in
the City Council Chambers in City Hall, 515 Clark Avenue, pursuant to law with Mayor Ted
Tedesco presiding and the following Council members present: Campbell, Cross, Hoffman,
Parks, Quirmbach, and Wirth.
CALL TO ORDER: 8:00 a.m.
CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENT OF CITY CLERK: Motion by Wirth, Second by
Hoffman to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 98-487 confirming the appointment of Diane Voss as
City Clerk, effective October 16, 1998.
Roll Call Vote: 6-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and
hereby made a portion of these minutes.
EXERCISE OF WARRANTS FOR VISIONAIRE STOCK: Motion by Parks, Second by
Campbell to adopt a resolution exercising the warrant option by October 3, 1998 and
purchase 1,260 shares of stock at the discounted price of $2.636 each.
City Manager Schainker stated that the consideration about converting the warrants now
could be broken down into two issues. On one hand, the Council could view it as an
opportunity to maximize return on an investment ($3,321.36 would be needed to exercise the
warrants at a share price of $2.636). However, he said had not made that recommendation
because he did not feel it was in keeping with the City Council’s conservative investment
policy. If, on the other hand, it was viewed by the Council as a continuation of the incentive
program for VisionAire, if the company needed the infusion of cash at this time, he felt it
might be worth considering.
Parks stated that he did view this as an investment opportunity for the City. He pointed out
that the last issue of VisionAire stock sold in June at $7.50 per share, so the value of
exercising this option would approach $10,000. This option would allow the City to make a
significant amount of money which could be used as investment capital for future AEDC
programs or Seed Capital investments.
Roll Call Vote: 2-4. Cross and Parks voting aye; Hoffman, Wirth, Campbell and Quirmbach
voting nay. (Motion failed.)
Motion by Hoffman, Second by Wirth, to adopt RESOLUTION NO. 98-488 extending the
expiration date for the exercise of the VisionAire options and warrants to December 31,
2002, at a warrant price of $9.913 per share.
Roll Call Vote: 6-0. Resolution declared adopted unanimously, signed by the Mayor, and
hereby made a portion of these minutes.
COMMENTS: Motion by Cross, Second by Parks, to refer the letter received from the Carneys
to staff for study and a report on a solution to their flooding problem.
Vote on Motion: 6-0. (Motion declared adopted unanimously.)
Mayor Tedesco issued an invitation to the Open House at Electric Distribution, 2208 Edison
Avenue, on Saturday, October 3, at 9:00 a.m. He also mentioned the Neighborhood Meeting
scheduled on Tuesday, October 6, at 7:00 p.m. at Jocko’s Auto Parts, and reminded the
Council of the Zoning Workshop scheduled at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, October 5 in the
Council Chambers.
Quirmbach mentioned that the Town Budget meeting was being held in the Council
Chambers on Tuesday, October 6, at the same time as the Neighborhood Meeting.
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 8:12 a.m.
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Karen C. Thompson, Recording Secretary Ted Tedesco, Mayor
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