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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-16-48Council Minutes Pulaski, ~( ~. Virginia,: November, 16, The Council oP the Town of Pulaski, Virginia met in J 1 1 regular semi-monthly session in the Council Chamber of the Mvni- cipal Building at 7:30 P. M., November 4, 1948. There were present: Mayor Marvin G. Graham, presiding; Verna L. Dalton, Clerk; E.A. Beck, Town Manager; L. S, Boothe, Chief of Police; Roby A. Sutherland, Town Attorney, and Councilmen: T. F. 1-irt, H. R. Imboden, G. R. Steger, W, D. Aust, 0. 0. Crowell, I. R. Carper and L. C. Lemons. Absent: W.F. White. The minutes of the regular meeting held November 4, 1948 were approved. PENT l~fI~1tTTES delegation of dry cleaners and laundry oiimers LI~ SE LARY & of the Town appeared and presented petition to raise the license DR~ CLNRSI fee on out-of-town laundry and dry cleaners, linen supply service an exception. In executive session, on motion of 0. 0. Crowell, R tes f ed duly seconded and unanimously carried, rates were fixed for three hundred 0300.00) dollars on out-of-town laundrys and ~- two hundred 0200.00) dollars on out-of-town dry cleaners doing ~ business in the Town, the Tavn Attorney being directed to draft a suitable ordinance to be presented at a later date to the Council. F. C. flanks of E. Main S~=trset requested a stop or caution sign at the intersection of E. Main gtreet and 1st Street Extension, whereupon he was advised the matter was to be considered. R. A, Hudson appeared in regard to previous request for parking accomodation, whereupon the Town Manager F. C EiANRS a...~a advised it was the recommendation of the Street Committee, ~' upon investigation of same, that no private parking space be provided. On motion of I. R. Carper, seconded and unanimously carried, the recommmendation was approved. The following building permit applications, coming BU LDINa~ PEMI`PS within the requirements of the Ordinance, were granted: To Dr. 'I A. M.Bushong for one-story addition of cinder block washroom and B shong: toilet facilities to vetinary hospital on South side of 1st S?t., S.IiV., cost 1,000.00; To T.J.-M.M. Gemmell for one-story cinder -G ell, block private garage on ~I-est side of Lake Street, between Commerce and First Streets, S. W., to cost X1,500.00; To Lewis F. Graveley -G ave 1~3~~ ~ -Albert I CABS IN SERVICE' T41lYN MANAGER REPORTS -S.R.A11en req. 1. In the matter of previous request of S. R. Com. recomend. Allen in regard to drainage condition at his property, the Street Committee con- sidered curb and gutter the only perin8~t~nt improvement, a petition for same to be originated by Councilman dirt. -Commerce St. 2. Regarding parking on Commerce Street, the Com. recommend. Committee recommended that parking b® restricted on the South side of Commerce Street, the North side to be graveled with crushed stone being laid to provide parking from Randolph Avenue to Cliff Street. Recommend.,app~vd. The above two recommendations were approved. -gree removal 3. Removal of trees requested as follows: requests (a) Eighth Street, between Randolph Avenue and Henry Avenues, on the South side, leaving one treQ about every twenty' feet and any small dogwoods, the Committee considering this advisable. (b) Randolph Avenue, front of R.P.VVorley residence, several maples, this being considered advisable by the Committee. Council Minutes Conttd. Pulaski, Va., Nov. 16, 1948 for one-story frame two-room dwelling on North side of Third St., N.E.. (extreme end) to cost X250.00; To Henry L. Albert for two-story brick dwelling on North side of Fourteenth Street, Between Jefferson and Randolph Avenues, to cost 12,000.00. The Chief of Police reported per letter that forty-nine cabs were in service in the Town. The Town Manager reported to the Council as follows: 1 1 (c) Two small-elm trees at ~Resthaven" on 5th Street, which the Committee did not recommend removing. Also, two large maples on the corner of ~tashington Avenue and Fifth Street, requested to be removed by property owners, which the Committee recommended removing. (d) The Committee recommended that the large tree on the East side of the allay lead- ing to the Dyer property, corner of the Bane property, be remav ed. TREE REMOVAL APPROVED Fire ~iydrant M+e thodi s t church On motion of G. R. Steger, seconded and unanimously carried, the tree removal as recommended was approved. Regarding relocation of fire hydrant on the corner of the First Methodist Church and repairs to same, it wad the suggestion of H. C. Jackson, Superintendent of the Water Department, that the hydrant not be moved at the present time, whereupon it was decided that the curb be 1 repaired with a temporary concreted slab. _~~~ i Council Minutes-Conttd. Pulaski, Virginia, November 16, 48 SEER EXTEN. 4. Sewer extension requests received were as follow8~ REQUESTS (a) Fred A. Jackson for service to five houses on Hickory Street, between 5th Street and Peppers Ferry Ro ad-- the proposal that he -Jackson pay X500.00 or 100.00 per houses, made to him by A.W. Gatewood, not having been accepted. For this sewer, a preliminary estimate of X3,527.25 had been made. (b) Peirce Avenue, 5th, 4th, Baskerville, Graham Streets, for which Peirce Avenue would require 180 lineal feet, 5th -790 -Peirce,5th,4th, l.f.; Graham-300 l.f.; 4th-250 l.f.; etc. and Baskerville, 450 l.f. It was recormnended that the extension not be -Referred to made at the present time due to previous Water & committments and the uncertainty of the time Sewer the work could be done, whereupon on motion Commnittee of T. F. Wirt, dull seconded and unanimously carried, the matters were referred to the 1!1gter & Sewer Committee for further study and consideration. Payment to 5. The Town Manager advised that two town employees '! injured who had been recently injured had been paid full employees, wages for two weeks-for which they did not work, and that insurance compensation, beginning the second week of injury, paid sixty percent of av-stage wages, it being th® policy that the Town pay forty percent of wages. He inquir®d as to policy of Pulaski. On motion of T. F. Wirt, duly seconded and unanimously carried, the Council approved the action of the Town Manager in the payment of the wages of the two men for twa weeks, and instructed the Mana- ger to pay said employees through the weak of E December 15th the forty percent differential between insurance compensation and regular wages - the matter to be referred to a coimnit- - tee to be designated by the Mayor for thorough investigation to report back to the Council ii at the first meeting in December. The Mayor I named the Town Manager, Town Attorney and ,i T. F. Wirt as members of the above committee. On motion duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, the following stop signs were authorized: One stop STOP ~ ;~~CGNS ~ of sign at the southwest corner of Commerce Street, West Bertha Street; one sign at the intersection of E. Main St. and 1st Street Extension, and one. sign at the corner of Madison Avenue and Third Street on Third Street. Requests for improvements to Crest Line Drive, CR~15T LIB DR~kTE from the A. B. Scott property to Washington Avenue to correct sewer drainage conditions, as advised by Councilman Wirt, were referred to the Town Manager for attention, the Street Co~n3.ttee to be consulted if necessary. Councilman Carperr advised a delegation of colored ~ i people requested that some means of fording creek in the Vanes p Hill section at the extension of Pulaski Street be provided. On motion of I. R. Carper, duly seconded and unanimously carried, the matter was referred to the Street Committee and 1~C~~ 'Council Minutes Contd. Pulaski, Va., November 16, 1948 AIRPORT COMMITTEE NAMED t Yout~a C ounc i ]. s~ COUNTY REMITTANCE SALARY INCREASES Councilman Carper for investigation. The Mayor informed the Council that W. F. White, H.R. Imboden and 0. 0. Crowell had been named. as members of the Airport Committee, acting with the Mayor. The Mayor extended a welcome to high school students who were present as a Youth Council to sit with the official group session. On motion of G. R. Steger, seconded by H. 'R_. Imboden and unanimously carried, the Council authorized that y the i~['ater Capital Fund Account and the Street Bond Sinking Fund Account, with a total of approximately Twenty-four Thousand Dollars be placed with the local banks at the best rate of interest available on a time certificate of deposit. The Mayor informed the Council that the County had sent a remittance of Ten Thousand (~10,000.00~ Dollars to the Town for Brook Avenue Sewer pr o~ect. The matter_of requests by the Folice T3~epartment and the Fire Chief for increases in salary was deferred until the first meeting in December. FINANCE COM. T. F. Wirt, .Chairman of the Finance Committee, RECOMMENDATIONS re. Town submitted the following two recommendations of the said Manager auth committee to the Council: 1. All purchases to be made or approved by the Town Manager. 2. Any and all matters desiring attention by the various department heads to be referred to the Town Manager, 'who, in turn, might bring same to the attention of the Council if he deemed responsibility of the Council necessary. On motion of T. F.Wirt, seconded by I. R. Carper I Approved SURETY $ONDS and unanimously approved, the above recommendations were approved. On motion of H. R. Imboden, seconded by L. C. Lemons and unanimously carried, the following schedule arP surety bonds, as recommended by the chairman of the Finance Committee, were approved: For the Ta-n Manager and Town Treasurer, a bond of Twenty Five Thousand 025,000.00) Dollars each; for the Clerk and the office assistant, a bond of Ten Thousand 010, 000 } Dollars each. 1 1 Regarding license objection of C. W. Painter as PAINTER LICENSE OB1`ECTION previously made, the Town Manager was instructed to write a ''~'9 ~ ~~~= Council Minutes Contd. Pulaski, Va., November 16, 194 letter to ~. Tom Tate, advising he was improperly charged on his tags, the correct amount, and the balance due the Town under the schedule of~license rates, sending a copy ~~ of the letter to Mr. Painter. There b eing no further business, the Council ADJ4VRNMENT adjourned at 10:40 P. M. Approved: j 'I i ay r Attest: Z~.erk o ounc 1 ~: 1