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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-06-76c_k ~ <~c Minutes of the regular meeting of the Pulaski Town Council held April 6, 1976 at 4:00 P. M, in the Council. Chambers in the Municipal Building. There were present: Mayor Raymond F. Ratcliff, presiding. Councilmen: Blair B. Brookmeyer, C. William Hickam, Jr. Andrew L. Graham, Arthur L.;Meadows, James M. Neblett, William A. House, Bob J. Clark, Mason A. Vaughan Also present: Town Manager: J. E. Marshall Acting Clerk: Patsy K. Blevins Town Attorney: Garnett S. Moore Town Treasurer: Roger Williams Visitors: J. R. Schrader, Ben Tate, Jane Graham and Mrs. Fred Mitchell The invocation was given by Councilman Graham. The minutes of the regular meeting of March 23 were approved as transcribed. Mayor Ratcliff welcomed the public and stated that the Council would be glad to hear the public at that time, however BLEVINS NAMED ACTING CLERK no one spoke and on a motion by Councilman Neblett, seconded by Councilman House, Patsy K. Blevins was appointed as Acting Clerk of Council. Mayor Ratcliff then called for the Committee reports of C ounc i 1 . COMMITTEE REPORTS Councilman Hickam, Chairman of the Street Committee, had no report. Councilman Graham, Chairman of the Utilities Committee, reported that he had received a letter from Mr. Buf ord Woodyard, SEWER SERVICE FOR RT. 11 & questioning the reason that sewerage had not been provided to the WINDSOR CIRCLE ARE TO BE area of Route 11 along Windsor Avenue and adjacent areas. It seemed STUDIED to be Mr. Woodyard's understanding that when the area in question was annexed in 1958 that water and sewer would be made available within five years. Mayor Ratcliff staaed that his understanding was that water would be made available within the 5 years, but that the sewage had not had any time limit imposed. Councilman Graham then made a motion that Mr. Marshall look into this matter and that it be placed on the agenda for the next Council meeting. Seconded by Councilman Meadows, the motion was carried on the following recorded vote: R ... i~y April 6, 1976 ~~ l;'..~=~ C. William Hickam, Jr. - aye William A. House - aye Andrew L. Graham - aye Bob J. Clark - aye Blair B. Brockmeyer - aye Arthur L. Meadows - aye Mason A. Vaughan - aye James M. Neblett - aye Discussion was also heard on the amount of deposit for sewer service, with Mr. Marshall noting that there was a considerable amount of loss as a result of deposit deficit and bills being rendered, and the amount of deposit was not enough to cover the amount of the out- SEWER DEPOSITS standing bill. Theref ore, there was a provision in the ordinance DO NOT AMOUNT TO which provides coverage for the levying of the amount of deposit to AS MUCH AS TOTAL meet the needs of the Town. Mr. Marshall stated that he would report BILL at the next council meeting on the sewerage situation. Councilman Brockmeyer, Chairman of the Pollution and Sanitation LANDFILL LEACHATE Committee, noted that the Engineering Department was still working on STILL UNDER STUDYthe leachate problem and running a sewer line from the landfill to the Sewage Treatment Plant on Dora Highway. Town Manager Marshall noted that the inf ormation should be ready by the end of the month. Councilman Vaughan, Chairman of the Land, Parks, and Building Committee, reported that a bid for the Old Municipal Building had been received and opened on April 1. The bid was from Farris Brothers FARRIS Dairy, signed by Mr. Henry A. Farris in the am ount of $12,000.00. BR OS , DAIRY BID Mr. Vaughan noted that the bid had been discussed with the Committe, OF $12,000 and a motion was made by Mr. Vaughan that the bid not be accepted and FOR OLD MUN.BLDG. additional study given the matter. The motion was seconded by REJECTED Councilman House, and carried on the following recorded vote: C. William Hickam, Jr. - aye William A. House - aye Andrew L. Graham - aye Bob J. Clark - aye Blair B. Brockmeyer - aye Arthur L, Meadows - aye Mason A. Vaughan - aye James M. Neblett - aye Councilman House, Chairman of the Finance Committee, had no report. Councilman Clark, Chairman of the Recreation Committee re- ported that the fields at Macgill Village and Loving Field had been MACGILL VIL. & LOVING seeded and should be ready for play by June 1. He also noted that FIELD SEEDED the teams could practice on the fields at Cool Springs and the Pulaski Middle School. Councilman Brockmeyer brought up a question as to what t.~ ~ ~~~ April 6, 1976 inf ormation could be gathered on a municipal pool and asked Mr. Marshall if he thought the Recreation Commission and the PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL Recreation Committee could work on this. Mr. Marshall stated DISCUSSED that any input these groups could give would be very helpful. Mr. Marshall also noted that when the grant for the Gatewood Reservoir Park was submitted, that monies in the grant applica- tion for a pool were deleted from the grant. Councilman Meadows had no report.. Councilman Neblett had no report. Mayor Ratcliff then reported on a report received from C & P Telephone Company whereby they are requesting the State C & P TEL .CO . SURCHAGE Corporation Commission not suspend the 14.4% surcharge tarriff, but TARR IFF allow it to become effective on April 22, 1976. Mayor Ratcliff stated that there were copies available to the Councilmen in his office as well as that of Mr. Marshall. Mayor Ratcliff then reported on his trip to Washington to the Congressional City Conf erence. On Sunday he attended the National League of Cities Transportation Committee meeting and on Monday and Tuesday the National Conf erence of Mayors met with MAYOR RATC LIFF the congressional delegation to discuss the future of Revenue REPORTS ON TRIP TO WASHINGTON- Sharing, Mayor Ratcliff noted that there was much discussion on REVENUE SH. WAS ALSO revenue sharing, both pro and con and that he thought that the DISCUSSED revenue sharing would continue in some form. Mayor Ratcliff noted that he~had received inf ormation from the New River Community Action Program on a busing program for the NRV COMM. ACTION PROG. aged in the counties of Pulaski, Giles, and Floyd. Mayor RE: RURAL TRANSPORT. Ratcliff stated that Ms. Liz Mackler, Assistant Director of PROGRAM DISCUSSED this organization was asking the Council for their support of this grant through Title 23 of the Highway Department. After much discussion on the subject, it was decided that there was not .enough inf ormation at this time for the Council to take a particular stand one way or another and on a motion by Council- man Graham, seconded by Councilman Hickam, the inf ormation was noted as being received. _,~ . , s~ ~ ~~ April 6, 1976 Mayor Ratcliff noted that he had received a request from the Virginia Municipal League to make appointments from the Pulaski Council to the various committees of the Municipal League. Motions were made and the following were appointed to the Committees shown: Transportation Committee - Mr. William A. House Effective Government - Mr. Andrew L. Graham MEMBERS OF Community Development - Mr. James M. Neblett COUNCIL Manpower & Income Support- Mr. Bob J. Clark APPOINTED TO CERTAIN The motion was carried on the following recorded vote: COMMITTEES OF VA. MUN. C. William Hickam, Jr. - aye William A. House - aye LEAGUE Andrew L. Graham - aye Bob J. Clark - aye Blair B. Brockmeyer - aye Arthur L. Meadows - aye Mason A. Vaughan - abse nt James M. Neblett - aye Mayor Ratcliff also noted that a letter had been received from the Virginia State Crime Commission requesting that members of the CHILDRESS Council meet with representatives of their commission to discuss their TO MEET WITH VA. views on crime and crime prevention at an appointed time when they are STATE CRIME in our area. Councilman House made a motion that Chief Childress and COMM. Councilman Neblett be appointed to meet with the members of the Commission upon their arrival. Seconded by Councilman Brockmeyer, the motion was carried on the following recorded vote: C. William Hickam, Jr. - aye William A. House - aye Andrew L. Graham - aye Bob J. Clark - aye Blair B. Brockmeyer - aye Arthur L. Meadows - aye Mason A. Vaughan - absent James M. Neblett - aye Mr. Moore had no report as such, but mentioned that the inf orma- MEDALLION tion on Medallion Drive would be given after more investigation at a DRIVE REPORT later date. Mr. Marshall reported to the Council on the progress of the Twin Oaks water plan, noting that the Engineering Department is moving PLANS as fast as possible in preparing the plans and doing the necessary field F OR TWIN OAKS investigations and hopes to have a final report ready within the next WATER SERVICE several weeks. Mr. Marshall also noted that one of the requirements of EPA for PUBLIC Step I Facility Plan is that a public hearing be held to allow public HEARING ON FACILITY participation in the selection of the recommended plan and comments PLAN on the environmental factors involved. The law states that a public hearing shall be held prior to the adoption of the Facility Plan by the implementing governmental unit. Mr. Marshall noted that we should c=t~ ~ `~ ~ April 6, 1976 be receiving a draft copy of the Facility Plan within the next week to ten days and recommended that Council set May 18, at 7:00 P. M. as the date and time for the public hearing. Mr. Marshall noted that the notice of the public hearing had to be run in the local newspaper and that he would like to have the ad placed in the legal notices by April 8. There was some question made as to whether or not Council should see the Plan bef ore the public hearing and Mr. Marshall assured members that they would see the Plan. Councilman House moved that Mr. Marshall plan the public hearing for the May-18th meeting provided the Plan and inf orma- tion is in our hands by April 15. Seconded by Councilman Brockmeyer, and carried on the following recorded vote: C. William Hickam, Jr. - aye William A. House - aye Andrew L. Graham - aye Bob J. Clark - aye Blair B. Brockmeyer - aye Arthur L. Meadows - aye Mason A. Vaughan - absent James M. Neblett - aye A motion was made by Councilman Neblett to change the May REG. MEETING meeting from May 4, to Monday, May 3 at 4:00 P. M. Seconded by MOVED TO MAY 3RD Councilman Meadows and carried on the following recorded vote: C. William Hickam, Jr. - aye William A. House - aye Andrew L. Graham - aye Bob J. Clark - aye Blair B. Brockmeyer - aye Arthur L. Meadows - aye Mason A. Vaughan - absent James M. Neblett - aye Mr. Marshall noted that we had received the construction permit for the installation of the water screen at the Peak Creek pumping station and have requested bids on both furnishing the PERMIT RECD ON CONSTRUCTION screen from various manufacturers and also we have requested bids OF WATER SCREEN AT PEAK CREEK on the construction of the foundation structure for the screen. PUMP. STA. Hopefully, we wull consumate this within 30 days and have things ready to the point of a bid being awarded and construction commencing. Town Manager Marshall reported that two trailer applications had been received and that the Engineering Department was reviewing PUBLIC HEARINGSthese applications. The applications were from Michael Davidson, TO BE HELD ON DAVIDSON & who proposes to place a trailer on Lot 40 of Case Knife Road and MYERS TRAILER APPLICATIONS Ms. Majella Myers to place a trailer on Crestline Drive. Mr. Marshall suggested that these applications be processed through regular procedures and on a motion of Councilman Graham, seconded by Councilman Neblett, the motion was carried on the following recorded vote: .v' April 6, 1976 .e~ ~ ~~~ C. William Hickam, Jr. - aye William A. House - aye Andrew L. Graham - aye Bob J. Clark - aye Blair B. Brookmeyer - aye Arthur L. Meadows - aye Mason A. Vaughan - absent James M. Neblett - aye Town Manager Marshall also discussed with Council a letter he had received along with an application for a grant for the establishment of a New River Valley Alcohol Safety Action program. This program would be for the rehabilitation and schooling of persons arrested for driving LETTER ON under the influence of alcohol. Mr. Marshall noted that he would ESTABLISH- ING NRV reply and express his views on the program. ALCOHOL SAFETY At 6:15 P. M. Councilman Hickam moved that the Council adjourn. PROGRAM The motion was seconded by Councilman House, and carried. APPROVED: i ' Mayor Ratclif ATTEST: c ng er o ounce