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Home My WebLink About07-19-776029 Minutes of the regular meeting of the Pulaski Town Council held July 19, 1977 at 7:00 P, M. in the Council Chambers in the Municipal Building. There were present: MayorRaymond F. Ratcliff, presiding. Councilmen: C. William Hickam, Jr ., Blair B. Brockmeyer, Andrew L. Graham, Jr., John A, Johnston, Bob J. Clark, Arthur L. Meadows, William A. House Absent: Councilman James M. Neblett Also present: Town Manager: J. E. Marshall Clerk: Gladys R. Dalton Town Treasurer: Roger Williams Visitors: Jane Graham, WPW Radio Station Becky Futrell, Southwest Times The invocation was given by Councilman Johnston. APPROVED The minutes of the regular meeting of July 5, 1977 were approved MINUTES -~ as recorded. As there was no one to be heard from the p ublic, Mayor Ratcliff HEAR PUBLIC called for Committee reports of Council. Councilman Hickam stated he would like to place the name of Andrew L. Graham, Jr. to be appointed as Council's representative to the New River Valley Planning District Commission, and so moved. The motion was seconded by Councilman Clark, and carried on the following recorded vote: C. William Hickam, Jr ., - aye William A, House - aye ANDREW L.GRAHAM Andrew L, Graham, Jr. - abstained Bob J. Clark - aye TO REPLACE Blair B. Brockmeyer - aye Arthur L. Meadows - aye HOUSE ON NEW John A. Johnston - aye James M. Neblett - absent RIVER VALLEY PLANNING DIST. Councilman House was given a standing ovation by Council for COMM. AS TOWN'S having represented the Town of Pulaski so ably on the New River Valley REPRESENTATIVE Planning District Commission. Mr. House stated a representative from HOUSE GIVEN STANDING Pulaski on the Planning Commission. is not really representing the Town OVATION but the Commission is concerned with all the aspects of the area, and it was necessary to meld the town's concerns into the overall action of the Commission. Mr. House also stated a representative has a real opportunity in representing his area on the Commission. Councilman Graham had no report. Councilman Brockmeyer had no report, but stated the Pollution POLLUTION & and Sanitation Committee would meet at 5:00 P, M, on July 26th to SANITATION COMM. TO MEET discuss a consolidated landfill site and also plans for treating leachate at the State level. 6®~~ July 19 , 1977 Councilman Johnston had no report. Councilman House stated the Finance Committee had considered the expenditure and appoopriations made during the past year and it was now necessary to reimburse the General Fund from Revenue Sharing Funds to bring those appropriations up todate. Councilman House moved that the Town Treasurer be authorized to reimburse the General Fund for actual expenditures previously appropriated from REV. SHARING Revenue Sharing Funds in the following amounts and accounts: APPROPRIATIONS ~~4001 - Recreation - Macgill Village $ 2,594.85 ~~4002 - Recreation - Loving Field 534.85 & GENERAL FUNDS ~~4034 - Mowers 6,000.00 ~~4046 - Alerting Device - Fire Dept. 142.47 REIMBURSEMENTS ~~4041 - Pumping Station Screen 2,345.10 ~~4050 - Playground Equipment _3500.00 $ 15,117.27 The motion was seconded by Councilman Clark, and carried on the following recorded vote: C. William Hickam, Jr. - aye William A. House - aye Andrew L. Graham, Jr• - aye Bob J. Clark - aye Blair B. Brockmeyer - aye Arthur L. Meadows - aye John A. Johnston - aye James M. Neblett - absent Councilman House moved the approval of an expenditure of $10,000.00 from the Equipment & Stores Capital Outlay Budget, Account ~~6059 - for the purchase of a Leaf Machine; also from Equipment & Stores Cagital Outlay Budget, Account X6054, $2500.00 for the purchase of Radios for Public Works vehicles, a total of $12,500. The motion was seconded by Councilman Meadows, .and carried on the following recorded vote; C. William Hickam, Jr. -aye Andrew L. Graham, Jr. - aye Blair B. Brockmeyer - aye John A. Johnston - aye William A. House - aye Bob J. Clark ~ aye Arthur L. Meadows - aye James M. Neblett - absent Councilman House moved that approval of an expenditure in the sum of $36,355.00 be appropriated from Revenue Sharing Funds to Revenue Sharing Expenditure Account Numbers as follows: ~~4061 - Truck for Filter Plant $6,300.00; ~~4069 - Two Dump Trucks $25,000.00; ~~4051 - Office Machine $949.00; ~~4014 - Accounting Equipment $2,736.00 and ,~~4045 - Radios for Fire Department $1,470.00, Total $36,355. The motion was seconded by Councilman Clark, and carried on the following recorded vote: C. William Hickam, Jr. - aye William A. House - aye Andrew L. Graham, Jr• - aye Bob J. Clark - aye Blair B. Brockmeyer - aye Arthur L. Meadows - aye John A. Johnston - aye James M. Neblett - absent July 19, 1977 6U31 Councilman House moved that the sum of $13,090.00 be appro- priated from Equipment & Stores Surplus to Equipment & Stores Account ~~6072 for the purchase of twenty-two 422) Trash Containers. The motion was seconded by Councilman Graham, and carried on the follow- ing recorded vote: EQUIPMENT & C. William Hickam, Jr. -aye William A, House - aye STORES Andrew L, Graham, Jr. - aye Bob J. Clark - aye APPROPRIATIONS Blair B. Brookmeyer - aye Arthur L. Meadows - aye John A. Johnston - aye James M. Neblett - absent Councilman House moved that the sum of $2,395.00 be appropriated from Equipment & Stores Surplus to Equipment & Stores Account ~k6051, for purchase of a truck for the Recreation Department. The motion was seconded by Councilman Meadows, and carried on the following recorded vote: C. William Hickam, Jr. - aye .William A. House - aye Andrew L, Graham, Jr. - aye Bob J. Clark - aye Blair B. Brookmeyer - aye Arthur L. Meadows - aye John A. Johnston - aye James M. Neblett - absent Councilman House also reported that the Town held a Garage Sale at the Town Shops recently and cleared about $9,400,00 of ter expenses. Some Councilmen inquired if this sale included property confiscated by the Police Department and owners have not been located, and Town Manager Marshall stated that it did not, but that they hoped to have a TOWN SHOPS sale of the bicycles, etc. stored in the basement, sometime in GARAGE SALE NET $9,400 September. He stated the garage sale was for old Police cars, old and worn out trucks, and items of this nature around the Shops. Councilman Clark had no report. Councilman Meadows had no report. Councilman House stated that he continues to hear about HOUSE SUGGESTS SOLUTION TO vandalism at Loving Field, and wondered if Council should consider VANDALISM PROBLEM AT the possibility of purchasing a mobile home and find someone to live LOVING FIELD there "rent free" to protect the town's property. It was the consensus of Council that this was a good suggestion. Mayor Ratcliff stated the Town Council has had under consider- ation the appointment of a citizens committee to work with the Saf ety Committee in evaluating alleged discrepancies in the Town's Police FLINT, DEWEY Department. Mayor Ratcliff appointed Billy B. Flint, S. A. Dewey, TATS & VANDEVENTER Ben C. Tate and W. E, Vandeventer to the Citizens Committee; and APPOINTED TO CITIZENS stated that Councilman Neblett, Chairman of the Safety Committee, COMM. RE: POLICE DEPT would be scheduling a meeting shortly. 6U~2 July 19 , 1977 As reported to Council in his Administrative Report, Town Manager Marshall discussed with Council the three things required by the TOwN MGR. REPORT~tate Water Control Board to be done by Wiley & Wilson, Consulting ON STATUS Engineers, regarding the amendment to the Step I Sewage Treatment OF STEP I Plant Grant. Mr. Marshall advised this inf ormation is being GRANT assembled by the Consulting Engineers and will be forwarded to the State Water Control Board as soon as possible. Town Manager Marshall advised bid advertisements have been ADVERTISEMENT IN NEWSPAPERS FOR BIDS ON SEWER LINE CONSTRUCTION placed in the local newspaper as well as the Roanoke Times for the construction of the sewer main under the Community Development Block Grant for the Town, and it was hoped to be able to recommend to the Council at their meeting on August 16th the low bidder or bidders, with the project to be completed within twelve months. Mr. Marshall stated that with the completion of this project sewer services will be provided to close to one hundred percent of the population of the Town. ' Town Manager Marshall brought to the attention of the Council a recent Attorney General opinion indicating that the authority for declaring an emergency at the local level, where such DECLARING OF emergency arises from a water shortage, rests only with the AN EMERGENCY AT LOCAL LEVEL Governor. Mr. Marshall stated Council may want to give some TO BE DONE BY TOWN COUNCIL thought to adopting a resolution authorizing the proper official to make immediate contact with the Governor's Office in such an emergency. This was discussed briefly, and Mayor Ratcliff stated the intent is for the area, and should such an emergency arise, Council could meet and take proper action. Town Manager Marshall reported the water pressure project WATER PRESSURE PROBLEM in North Pulaski is complete, and it has been determined there is N. RANDOLPH AVE. COMPLETE an average of 52 pounds per square inch of pressure throughout the area where the improvements were made. Also Town Manager Marshall advised the water main project TWIN OAKS construction for Twin Oaks area is again back on schedule and the PROJECT ON SCHEDULE main installation is approximately 97 or 98 percent complete. Town Manager Marshall reported that the situation with regard to the connection for the individual residences outside HUD OFFICE the corporate limits related to the Community Development Block Grant AGREE ON OUTSIDE LTS. water system project has been resolved and the HUD office seems to CONNECTIONS be agreeable to same. July 19, 1977 At 8:05 P. M. Councilman Clark moved that Council adjourn. ADJOURNED The motion was seconded by Councilman Meadows, and carried. APPROVED: ATTEST: ,' -~ ~ Clerk of Council 1 i i tclif 603