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Bull Shoals council adopts ordinance requiring police to live within 25 miles of city limits
Summary
The Bull Shoals City Council on July 23, 2024, adopted Ordinance 2024-02 to require city police officers to reside within a 25-mile radius of the city limits, invoking an emergency clause so the change takes immediate effect; one council member objected to the legality of the meeting and did not participate in the votes.
Bull Shoals Mayor Carol Duss and a majority of the city council adopted Ordinance 2024-02 at a special called meeting on July 23, 2024, changing residency requirements for city police officers to require residence within a 25-mile radius of the Bull Shoals city limits.
Recorder Tina Bailey conducted roll call and "announced we have a quorum to conduct business." Council member Dale Forbus objected to the special meeting, saying, "this was an illegal meeting according to Ordinance 2024-01," and said he would not participate in the proceedings; he moved to adjourn and Council member Joey Grede seconded, but the motion to adjourn failed as recorded in the minutes.
After rejecting the adjournment motion, the council proceeded to consider Ordinance 2024-02, described in the agenda as "an ordinance amending Sections 1-3 of Ordinance 2014-07 regarding residency requirements for police officers." Council member Dino Giannini moved to read the ordinance in full and then by title only for the next two readings; Council member Michael Castagna seconded and that motion carried.
Mayor Duss read Ordinance 2024-02 in its entirety. Council member Wesley Phelan moved to invoke the ordinance's emergency clause so the measure could take effect immediately; Council member Daryl Lindman seconded and the motion carried. Phelan then moved to approve the ordinance; Castagna seconded and the motion carried. The council subsequently voted to read the ordinance by title only for the second and third readings and approved it on both subsequent readings, with motions and seconds recorded for each step. The minutes record each of those approvals as carried by a 4/1 vote, and note that Mr. Forbus did not participate in the votes.
The adopted ordinance requires officers to live within a 25-mile radius of Bull Shoals city limits (the ordinance text was read into the record). The minutes do not record individual named aye or nay votes; they record the mover and seconder for each motion and the overall recorded vote totals.
Votes at a glance - Motion to adjourn (Forbus/Grede): recorded vote did not pass (reported as 2/4). Outcome: failed. - Motion to read Ordinance 2024-02 in full then by title (Giannini/Castagna): recorded as carried (reported 4/1). Outcome: approved to proceed with readings. - Motion to invoke emergency clause (Phelan/Lindman): carried (reported 4/1). Outcome: emergency clause invoked. - Motion to approve Ordinance 2024-02 (Phelan/Castagna and subsequent motions for second and third readings): each recorded as carried (reported 4/1). Outcome: ordinance adopted.
The meeting opened at 6:30 p.m. and Mayor Duss adjourned the meeting at 7:03 p.m. Minutes were submitted by Tina Bailey and bear Mayor Carol Duss's signature date noted in the file.
