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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-02-54"""`"~~~ Council Minutes - Pulaski, Va., February 2, 1954 The regular monthly meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia was held in the Municipal Building at 4 p.m., February 2, 1954. PRESENT There were present: Mayor C.V. Jackson, presiding Councilmen: I.R.Carper, O.a.Crowell,J.C.Crumbley, J.L.Kesling,~J.A.Larson,J.R.Martin, F.W.Marshall, ~OT.F.White. Absent: None. Also present: Town Manager; Julian F. Hirst Clerk: Louise D. Logan MINUTES The Min~.tes of the special meeting held May 21, 1953, the special meeting held January 11, 1954 and the regular semi-monthly meeting held January 19, 1954 were read and approved. SEDER & P. L. VYhittington inquired as to the possibility FIRE HYDRANT Vlhittingto4~ having surer service and fire hydrant to the vicinity of his house which was being constructed on Mashburn Avenue near Peppers Ferry Road. On motion duly made by I.R.Carper, seconded by 0. 0. Craiuve~.l, it was unanimously Ref erred RESCLVID, the request of P. L. ~'hi ttington for t0 ~ Corm~itteessewer service be referred to the Sewer Committee and the Town Manager for investigation and report at the next meeting. On motion duly made by F. W. Marshall, seconded by I. R. Carper, it was unanimously RESd~LVED, the matter of fire hydrant on Mashburn Avenue be referred to the dater Committee for report. PULASKI L. D. Shavlan, General Manager of Pulaski Athletic ATHLETIC CLUB Club, requested the Council to reduce charges f m baseball RE~UFST3 games ten dollars per night, the rates effective during the 1953 season being X25.00 for day games and 40.00 for night games; waive charges for games not played which were rained out and give consideration to installing backs on the seats in the main grandstand at Calf ee Park in lieu of painting the park fence, which, he stated was being • considered. Mr. Shavlan stated in the 1954 season there would be approximately fifty night games. The Mayor advised him the matter would be given due consideration and he would be advised of the decision by Council. i ~.~~ Council Minutes Conti d. Pulaski, Va., (January 19, 954 Following considerable discussion, after retirement of Mr. Shavlaa, on motion duly made by W. F. VGhite, seconded bys O. O. Crowell, it was unanimously _ C~HAR~~NIGHT) RESOLVED, that the Town shall charge the Pulaski Athle~iea REDIICED Club Twenty Five 025.00) Dollars for day baseball games ands ~~k Fifteen 015.00) Dollars for night baseball games plus ~15.QI~ s for lights at night, during the 1954 season, and NO CHARGE FDR Be It Further Resolved that there will be no charge me~.~1e GAN~LAYED fm any baseball games in which the ticket gates are not opt to the public . On motion duly made by J.R.Martin, seconded by I.R.Caer, it was unanimously THE MICHIE RESOLVED, that the following contract, b® entered into~~he CQNTR~ACT Minutes: (TOWN CODE) THIS At~tEEMENT, made and entered into this third day D®cember, 1953, by and between MICHIE CITY PIIBLICATIONS CQMNY, a corporation duly organized, created and existing under the Laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, party of the first pa~~, and TOWN OF PULASKI, a manic ipal corporation in the Commonw~~lth of Virginia, party of the second part. 1 "~"~ WITNESSETH: That, in consid®ration of the sums of mo y hereinafter agreed to be paid to the party of the first parby the party of the second part, the said Miehie City Publicatbna Company, party of the first part, agrees to and with the sa ~. Town of Pulaski, party of the second part, and its suecesso 'and assigns, that it will do the following work and render perform the following services in connection with the prepation of the new Code of Ordinances for Pulaski, Virginia, viz; 1. Codify the Ordinances of a general and permanent ilJature. In the course of this work the editors will work t© proper places in the original Ordinances all amen ants, and shall delete from the original Ordinances the,. provisions that have been expressly repealed. Th~s, each Ordinance will be made to reflect the last ward oaf' the governing body in that particular instance, 2. The Ordinances shall be classic ied according to s feet matter so that all related Ordinances will be gro ed together to constitute an individual chapter in t new Code manuscript. Th® amendatory provisions s 11 _ be accorded their proper places and the repealed,; outmod®d and antiquated provisions shall be elimi ted. This applies to the provisions that have been exp asly repealed and also to those which have been repeal by implication but all such provisions thought to bed' repealed by implication shall first be brought to 'the attention of the Town Attorney, together with explanations thereof and for a ruling thereon by ~Yva Town Attorney. ik 3. The Company~s Editors shall revise and edit the Ordinances where, in the opinion of the `Editors, ~Ihis is needed. The Editorial Staff shall also be and the affirmative duty and obli gat ion to carefully ltuc~q' the language and scope of each existing_Ordinance hand shall prepare and submit to the Town 1~ttorney recommendations deemed by the Staff to be advisab~ie or necessary in order that the final manuscript s 11 contain Ordinances that shall meet and satisfy to yes needs and conditions in Pulaski. These recommend Lions may be in the form of suggested amendments to the existing Ordinances or may be in the form of reconended new Ordinances,. In preparing these recommendations the Staff shall closely examine and study correspondi g Ordinances contained in other Virginia City Codes,of Laws, ~ti~~~ Council Minutes ~ont~d. - Pulaski, Va., February 2,1954 4. Accurate catehlines to the individual sections of the Ordinances shall be prepared and carried in the new Code manuscript. 5. The Ordinances shall be checked against the torrespon ding Laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia to the end of eliminating any existing conflicts or inconsistencies. 6. The Ordinances shall be checked against the decisions of the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia to the end of insuring validity and constitutionality. 7. The Editors shall prepare frontal analyses to the individual chapters of the Code. 8. A complete-and comprehensive general index shall b® prepared and included in the new Code. 9. The Editors shall prepare copious arose references and editorial footnotes that will serve to tie together the related portions of the Code and also to the end that the new Town Code will be keyed to the Virgin. Coda of 1950, thus connecting or tying together the related portions of the Town Code cf Ordinances and connecting the Code with the corresponding provisions of the Laws of the Commonwealth on the subject. These cross references and a ditorial footnot es shall be carried in the appropriate places in the new Code so that the user of the Code may have access to such footnotes and cross references, din the same page cif the new Code as will be found the pertinent 0rdinantee with which the footnote or cross reference deals . 10. Codification of the Ordinances shall include the handling of Ordinances passed by the Council up to the time of the editorial conferences with the Town Attorney and the inspection of the editorial manuscript by the Town Attorney. After such editorial conferences are completed, no near Ordinances may be included in the Cods manustript:~ 11. Upon completion of the basis editorial manuscript. the Company's Supervising Editor will bring the manuscript to Pulaskf and will review it with the Town Attorney. At such editorial conferences, the Editor will point out to the Town Attorney the editorial work that has been done, how each. situation was handled by the Editors and, at the same time, will submit to the Town Attorney the editorial recommendations and suggestions as pr®pared and assembled by the staff. The Town Attorney shall be free to accept, wholly or in part, the suggestions so made by the Companyts Editorial Staff. ~bllowing the approval of the manuscript by the Town Attorney, the Company will then proceed to print and bind the Code as follows: 1. Print the text of the Ordinances in ten-point roman type, with boldface tat¢hlines. 2. Print the index, ~ roes references and footnotes in eight-point roman type. The main headings of the index shall be tarried in boldface ty~se. 3. The Code will be printed on Cumberland English Finish Book paper, or its equal. 4. Print and bind one hundred and fifty (150) copies of the Code, one hundred and thirty-f ive (135 ) of which shall be permanently bound with a pocket in the inside back rover for supplemental upkeep service. The remain- ing fifteen (15) Copies shall be bound with a lo.oseleaf binder, each of said fifte~rn (15) Copies to contain a supply of blank pages to facilitate the periodical upkeep Council Minutes Conti d. service thereof. All of the Code shall be bound to be in pure gold. ~' ~.~ J Pulaski, Va. ,February ,,.,1954 the one hundred and fifty (150) clop es of in imitation leather with lettering h®r®on 5. In addition to-the work of editing, printing and bindin 'the one hundred and fifty (150) copies of the main Code, as here n provided, Michie City Publications Company also agrees to cb~ he following work for the Town of Pulaski. Twelve months after the completion of the main Code, t~® Company will codify, classify, edit and index the Ordinanc®! passed during the twelve months period, from the point whet the main Code left off, and will then print one hundred and fif (150) copies of the Supplement for the Town. This Suppleme shall be in the form of a PBeket Part, backed with a Qardbo d, so as to fit in the inside back cover of the bound volume. The editorial work on this first Supplement and the p~.nting thereof shall be done at no cost to the Town, provided this Supplement does not, exceed fifty (50) printed pages and if t~.e Supplement does exceed fifty (50) pr anted pages, then the Tdian will pay the Company ~dv®iY 07.00} dollars per page for eaC~! page over fifty (50). The Town of Pulaski, Virginia, contracts and agrees as; follows 1. To furnish Michie City Publications Company with i~~e copy of the compilation assembldd in 1950. The Town will a ~o furnish the Company with copies of all Ordinances passed sic the preparation of this compilation. These copies may b® i any form, such as, newspaper clippings, mimeographed copies, eaon copies or printed copses. 2. To pay Michie City Publications Company for the rendition of services herein contracted for the sum of third - five hundred 03500.©O) dollars. This sum anticipates a colet®d Code not to exceed- two hundred (200) printed pages and for ~~,ges in excess of two hundred (200), a page rate of seven 07.00 dollars per page is hereby fixed to cover the cost of the extra editorial work and the extra typewetting and printing. ~' The compensation due the Company under this agreement" hall be due and payable as follows; Twelve hundred 01200.00) d~~lars shall be due and payable at the time' of the execution of this a ®ement; a second payment in the amount of twelve hundred , (1200.00} dollars shall be due and payable at the time of if e completion of the editorial manuscript (exclusive of the ge ral index which shall be~ prepared from galley proofs) and the ~. inspection and approval thereof by the Pulaski Town Attorne ; the third and final payment of money due under this agreeme shall be du® and payable at the time of the completion of a the work herein contracted for and the delivery of the one hun ~ed and fifty (150) Qopies of the Cod®, printed and bound in the manner herein provided. 3. To pay the delivery charges of the one hundred and; fifty (150) copies of the Code from Charlottesvill®, Virgin~~,, to Pulaski, Virginia. ~~ IN TESTIMONY-WHEREOF, the said Michie City Publication Company party of the first part, has caused this agreement ~o be executed in its name by its President, and attested by i~s Secretary, and its corporate seal to be attached, all by or~er of its Board of Directors duly given, and the said Town of ~u.laski, Virginia, party of the second part, has likewise caused thi~~ agreement to b® executed in its name by its Town Manager an attested by its Town Clerk and its corporate seal to b® attjched, ;, i ~~~-~ Council Minutes Conttd. Pulaski, Va., Feb. 2, 1954 all by order of its Town Council, this the day and year first above written. MICHIE CITY PUBLICAT[ONS CO. Attest: /s~ Chas. W. Sublett, Presid®nt /s/A. Carter Rhoades, Secretary x TO~P+~N QF PULASKI Attest; BY /s/ Julian F. Hirst,Town Mgr. /s/Louise D. Logan, Town Clerk APPROVED AS TC' FORM: /s/ Garnett S~ Moore ANNEXATION It was stated that the Council made a tour of the territory suggested for annexation in the Ruehl report oa ~'anaarq 27, 1954 and that a special meeting would be called soon to further consider annexation. AA2.LELION A letter of request was read from the American PARKING METER REQUEST Legion for parking meters on the north side of the -Declined Legion Building on Fourth Street, in view of congested parking conditions. Council declined the request and referred the matter to the Chief of Police to enforce closer checking of the two-hour parking in the area. On motion duly made by I.R. ~ Carper, seconded by J. R. Martin, it was unanimously OUT-OF CORP. RESOLVED, that the Town shall crease to charge a' LIMIT ~ATflq RENT YR.ADVANCF~earts water rent in advance on new connections outside -Discontinued the corporation limits which are metered, due to com- plications in credit adjustments, etc. On motion duly made by I.R.Carper, seconded by LOVING FIEID ~P.A. Larson, it was unanimously BUILDING ELECTRICITY RESOLVED, that the Town shall assure the cost of electricity to the Town building at Loving Field, presently occupied by the Ground Observor Corps . COMMERCE ST. The Town Manager advised that the Peoples TO~+T- TAXES ~~EstaBe)~g National Bank had inquired whether the Town would assume t own taxes of X29.80 for the year 1953 on the Commerce Street property (J. G. Bo sang Estate) purchased from them by the Town, inasmuch as the Town had indicated its intent to purchase in June, 1953, and the Bank had borne the full County taxes. On motion duly made by F. W. Marshall, seconded by W. A. Larson, it was unanimously G Council Minutes Cont+d. '~~~. Pulaski, Va., Feb. 2, ~~.954 RESOLVED, that the Town shall asswne the Town faxes of X29.80 for the year 1953 on Comore rce Street property redllently purchased from Peoples National Bank. On motion duly made by W. F. White, seconded 1~~ J. L. Keeling, it was unanimously PETITION ELIM. RESOLVED, that the requests of Virginia Foods., Inc. 2HR.PARKING '' 1ST ST.N.W. and Bushong Motor Corporation (the latter verbally reporte~ during the meeting by telephone memorandum) for elimination! of two-hour parking on ~'~.rst Street, N.W. be referred to the Street Committee for report at the next meeting. , On motion duly made by I. R. Carper, secondedby ~. F. ll~hit®, carried by unanimous vote the following resolution was adopted: RESOLUTION RE. HOUSE OF WHEREAS, the Town Council of the Town oP Pulaski, DELEGATES RESOLUTION Virginia is advised that the House of Delegates of the Virginia -Personal State Legislature, now in session in Richmond, Virginia, hits Property Taxation Passed a resolution entitled "House Joint Resolution No. 1~°, which Resolution would amend the Constitution of the State;; of Virginia to permit the discretionary abolition of local taxation of certain tangible personal property, and WHEREAS, the Pulaski Town Council recognizes hat such a constitutional amendment concerns directly the revenue of the various counties, cities and towns within the Stater of Virginia, and ~tHEREAS, the Pulaski Town Council, through cl~#se ~, mutual association, realizes that there exists in all leve~s of r, local goverrnnent within Virginia a serious plight brought j~bout by increased costs in governmental operation, and increase demands and requirements of the citizens for goverrnnental ;' services, and WHEREAS, the Pulaski Town Council is keenly a~Fare of the financial situation of the Fulaski Town Government therein the Town is and has been for several years faced with an almost impossible task of resolving its revenues to meet neeessa~y expenses: N~1', THEREF'nRE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia in regular season on Febrj~ary 2, 1954, that said Town Council dae s hereby go on~ record a~ opposing House Joint Resolution No. 10 as so adopted by t titi~ ~3 Council Minutes Contd. Pulaski, Va., Feb. 2, 1954 Virginia House of principle of perm local taxation of would result in s of Pulaski and to State, and . delegates and as opposing the fitting the opportunity for abolishing certain tangible property, which th®reby large loss of revenue, both to the Town other local governments within the Be It Further Resolved, that it is the consensus of said Town Council that should said House Joint Resolution No. 10 be adopted into law by the General Assembly , that there rests with the General Assembly an obligation to provide the.loeal governments with adequate equitable and logical means of replacin g revenue that would be lost under the provisions of the Resolution, and Be It Further Resolved, that a copy of this Resolution be directed to the Honorable 11~. C. Caudill, Scats Senator for Pulaski County, to the Honorable Garnett S. Moore, member of the House of Delegates for Pulaski County, and to Mr. Harold I. Baumes, Executive Secretary of the League of Virginia Municipalities, Richmond, Virginia. ADJOIIRNMENT The meeting ad3ourned at 5:40 p.m. Approved: Mayor Attest: Clerk of ouncil 1 1 1