Transition Team Minutes
June 30, 2005

Members Present:  Chuck Anderson, Leroy Carter, Jim Frazier, Dorothy Martin, Henry Richmond.

Members Absent:  Rayne Gordon and Lula Hicks

Observer:  Charles Hathaway, Consultant to the Transition Team

Mr. Jim Frazier was elected Chairperson of the Transition Team.

The Transition Team agreed to work as a committee of the whole and to use Robert's Rules of Order when formal matters occur. 

PCCUA will provide staff support and an office in the T&I Building, as well as a room in which to meet.  The Team agreed to meet regularly at 9:00 AM on Thursday of each week unless the meeting is cancelled at least twenty-four hours in advance. 

The Team considered matters that will need to be considered in making recommendations on the unification of Helena and West Helena.  It was decided that the first item to be considered involved determining the various fiscal matters of the two cities and begin the process of developing a recommended unified budget.  Mr. Frazier will formally contact the mayors of Helena and West Helena and request they contact all persons working for either city of the appointment of the Transition Team and requesting them to provide information to the Team in an expedient matter as requested.  Mr. Richmond will begin the process of obtaining the formal budgets for 2005 for the two cities.

Inasmuch as the exact nature of the ballot voted on by the citizens that mandated the unification of the two cites needs to be known by the members of the Transition Team, Mr. Chuck Anderson agreed to locate the exact wording on the ballot for the Team.

The consultant to the Transition Team, Charles Hathaway, indicated he would contact the Office of the Attorney General to request that the Attorney General name an individual with whom the Team can work when legal questions arise.  He will also see if it is possible for this person to come to a Transition Team meeting to discuss various matters with the Team.