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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-01-68-`~~1 Minutes of the regular meeting of the Pulaski Town Council, held October 1, 1968, at 4:00 P. M., in the Municipal Building. There were present: Mayor C. Robert Edens, presiding. Councilmen: William A. House, J. H. White, Glen K. Aust, S. G. Frye, Andrew L. Graham, T. J. McCarthy, Raymond F. Ratcliff, Mason A. Vaughan Also present: E. W. Holyfield, Acting Town Manager J. E. Marshall, Town Manager Gladys R. Dalton, Clerk Garnett S. Moore, Town Attorney Visitors: Jane Graham, Southwest Times reporter Paul Dellinger, Roanoke Times reporter R. Lloyd Mathews Robert Alley The invocation was given by Councilman Aust. Minutes of the regular meeting of September 17th were approved as recorded. Mayor Edens stated this was the time andplace as advertised in the local newspaper for holding a public hearing on the trailer application of Carl Chandler, to place a house trailer on Lowmoor Avenue. As there appeared to be no one present opposing this application, Council- CARL CHANDLERman Aust moved that the application be approved, which motion was seconded AND MRS. DONNAA by Councilman White, and carried. S. EDWARDS' A public hearing was then held on the application of Mrs. TRAILER Donna S. Edwards to place a house trailer on Valley Road. There was APPLICATIONS no opposition to this application, and on motion of Councilman Frye, APPROVED seconded by Councilman White, and carried, the application was approved. The third application on which a public hearing was to be held at this time was that of Julia Hunter for permission to place a house trailer at 33 Randolph Avenue. Council considered several aspects JULIA HUNTER of this application, and on motion of Councilman Aust, seconded by APPLICATION Councilman White, and carried, it was, RESOLVED, that the application CONTINUED be further investigated bef ore Council could take ay action on it. Mr. Holyfield presented to Council the application of Biily PUBLIC Fagg to place a house trailer at 329 Franklin Street. Councilman HEARING ON Ratcliff moved that the usual procedure of holding a public hearing be BILLY FAGG TRAILER f ollowed, which motion was seconded by Councilman Aust, and carried. APPLICATDN Mr. Holyfield read a letter addressed to the Town Council from the FINANCE COMM. Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce in which letter its President, C. Robert TO STUDY REQ. Edens, asked the Town to increase its dues from $750.OO,per year to OF CHAMBER OF COMM. INCR. $1,000.00. Mr. Edens asked Vice-Mayor Frye to-act for Council in this IN MEMBerSHIP DUES matter. After a short discussion on motion of Councilman Ratcliff, seconded by Councilman McCarthy, and carried, the request was referred ~~~~~ Council mins. contd. 10-1-68 to the Finance Committee for report to Council. Mr. Holyfield advised Council that Guynn Furniture company wished to use the showroom space in the old Bushong Building which they GUYNN FURN. are renting for storage, for a warehouse sale on October 4th and 5th, for TO USE BUSHONG BLDG.$25.00 a day. On motion of Councilman Frye, seconded by Councilman FOR WAREHOUSE SALE 4TH White, and carried, it was, RESOLVED, to accept the offer of the & 5TH, $25.00/ DAY Guynn Furniture Company. Councilman Frye reported the Public Works Department needed to replace two trucks and because of an increase in the price of these trucks, an appropriation was needed to comer the cost. Mr. Frye stated the cost of the trucks was $4436.00 each, or $8872.00 for the two, and $625.00 that an amount of $625.00 over and above the budget figure, was needed APPROPRIATED FOR PUR.OF to cover the costs. His Committee recommended the purchase and on his TWO TRUCKS motion, seconded by Councilman Aust, and carried, on the following vote, the sum of $625.00 was appropriated from the E and S surplus fund: Raymond F. Ratcliff - aye S. G. Frye - aye William A. House - aye J. H. White - aye T. J. McCarthy - aye Andrew L. Graham - aye Glen K. Aust - aye Mason A. Vaughan - aye Councilman House reported that the superintende nt of NOTHING DEF. Schools had been contacted with reference to $e Northwood School ON NORTHWOOD SCHOOL entrance matter and since there was nothing definite on this as yet, ENTRANCE asked that it be taken off the agenda. Councilman Ratcliff reported that the Land Building and OFFICE SPACE Parks Committee had checked with the new Mayor and Departments within NEXT TO FIRE the Town and it appeared there was no need for the building formerly STATION RENTED TO used by Mr. C. V. Jackson as Mayor and the Committee recommended that C .V .JAiZKSON $Il,0.00/NIO. it be rented to Mr. Jackson en a monthly basis, at $10.00 a month, and so moved, which motion was seconded by Councilman White. There followed discussion about the cost of heat and lights for the building and Councilman Ratcliff asked that his motion be stricken from the record and another investigation would be made and reported on at the next Council meeting. Mr. White withdrew his second to the motion. NOTICE OF SALE Town Attorney Moore presented to Council a Notice of Sale OF PROPERTY of Town property to Hercules Powder Company and asked that it be so TO HERCULES TO APPEAR advertised in the Southwest Times. IN NEWSPAPER Mr. Moore brought to the attention of Council the matter of HENRY AVE. ENCROACHMENT a street encroachment of an individual's property on Henry Avenue. REF .TO ST . COMM. l~~~ Council mins. contd. 10-1-6$ Councilman Frye moved that it be turned over to the Street Committee, which motion was seconded by Councilman McCarthy, and carried. Mr. Moore reported he had not completed all the title work PINEHURST CEMETERY with reference to Pinehurst Cemetery, but stated he would give Council TITLE WORK INCOML'LETE a full report later. Acting Town Manager Holyfield presented an application for water service to a new subdivision off the Newbern Road and back of WATER COMM. Gore Viila. He stated the Town is presently serving Gore Villa; that TO STUDY REQ.FOR this subdivision would be within the two-mile area of Town corporate WATER SERV. TO AREA limits, and the request was to hook onto the Dublin line, and it was BACK OF GORE VILLA, estimated service would be needed for approximately 150 lots. Council- NEWB ERN RD. man Aust moved that the request be referred to the Water Committee, which motion was seconded by Councilman House, and carried. Councilman Frye moved that inasmuch as this request was a matter of urgency, that Council recess for a few minutes and re-convene ABOVE REQ. URGENT at ten to five, or sooner, in order that the Water Committee could meet COUNCIL RECESSED and consider this request. The motion was seconded by Councilman White, FOR COMM. TO MEET and carried. Whereupon Council adjourned. At 5: 00 P. M. Council reconvened. Councilman Graham reported that it was the recommendation of the Water Committee that the Tcw n of WATER COMM. RECOM. Pulaski supply water to this subdivision in question, subject to the TOWN SUPPLY Town ordinance for supplying water outside the corporate limits, and other WATER TO NEW SUBDIVISION aPPlicable ordinances, and according to the approval of the final layout NEWBERN RD. and distribution system. The motion was seconded by Councilman White, and carried. Acting Town Manager Holyfield advised that the normal r.etire- ment date-f or.Mrs. Elizabeth .Caves of.the.Police pepartment was February MRS. CAVES 1, 1968; .and-that the normal retirement date for Mr, H. T. Allen of & MR . ALLEN TO CONTINUEthe Town Shops was July 1, 1968, but it was felt that these two employes THEIR JOBS were doing an excellent job and could not. be spared at this time, and asked permission to carry them on, but that the Trust Bank be advised to start their retirement payments at their respective normal retirement dates. Councilman Vaughan reported that the Retirement Board had met and several matters were being taken care of at this time, and moved that Mrs. Caves and Mr. Allen be allowed to work on for a period of one year, "~ (~` Council mins. contd. LO-1-68 at which time Council would again review their cases, which motion was seconded by Councilman House, and carried. Mr. Holyfield turned over to Council information which he CORE DRILL- had obtained relative to core drilling at the Bushong property in ING ESTIMATE BUSHONG BLDG. anticipation of the new municipal building. No action was taken. Mayor Edens advised that it was felt the police officers have not had practice with fire arms and Mr. Holyfield had been instructed to look into the possibility of establishing a target practice range, and the cost of ammunition. It was reported that State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation would provide the training for the officers, and that such a range could be established $134..00 APPROPRIATED f or approximately $80.00, plus $134.00 for ammunition. Councilman FOR TARGET RANGE Frye moved that the target range be constructed at a cost of $80.00 PRACTICE FOR POLICE DEPT. with an appropriation from( the General Fund surplus for this purpose, and $134.00 be appropriated for the purpose of buying the necessary ammunition, the total appropriation of $214.40 from the general fund surplus. The motion was seconded by Councilman Ratcliff, and carried on the following vote: Raymond F. Ratcliff - aye S. G. Frye - aye William A. House - aye J. H. White - aye T. J. McCarthy - aye Andrew L. Graham - aye Glen K. Aust - aye Mason A. Vaughan - aye Mayor Edens advised there were ordinances prohibiting local merchants from sweeping trash into the street and he felt that a letter should be written the Menc~ants Council of this fact. He MERCHANTS SWEEPING brought up the subject of again hiring"the man with the cart" to TRASH IN STS. & keep papers, cigarette butts and book m$tches.picked up from the USE OF TOWN PRISONERS streets. Councilman Aust was of the opinion that town prisoners IN ST. CLEANING REF. TO should be used for this job, andmoved that the matter be turned over SANITATION COMM. to the Sanitation and Cleanliness Committee, which was seconded by Councilman McCarthy, and carried. Mayor Edens reported that $200,000 had been allocated from $200,000 ALLOCATED the State Recreational Fund to provide for an access road to Gate- FOR ACCESS ROAD TO wood Reservoir, the project to be under the supervision of Mr. D. R. GATBWOOD RESERVOIR Collins, Resident Engineer, Christiansburg, Virginia. ~` Council mins. contd. 10-1-68 A request from the Post Office officials for permission for the postal employes to park in the lot formerly used by Sweet-Orr next to the Bushong Building, was discussed by Council. It was felt LOT BACK OF this should be declared a public parking lot with the public to use it POST OFFICE TO BE PUBLIC on a first come first served basis. On motion of Councilman Frye, seconded PARKING UNTIL TOWN NEEDS by Councilman House, and: carried, it was, RESOLVED, that until such time SPACE as the Town needs this space, a sign be erected indicating this lot is a public parking lot. Councilman Frye brought to Council's attention the parking ST. CQMM. TOsituation on Third Street, and moved that the matter be referred to the STUDY PARKING ON 3RD ST. Street Committee. The motion was seconded by Councilman Ratcliff, and BET. WASH. & MADISON carried. AVE. Councilman Frye also discussed with Council the dangerous ALSO situation of parking too close to intersections, and moved that this PARKINGli CLOSE TO matter be referred to the Street Committee, which motion was seconded INTERSECS. by Councilman Aust, and carried. Councilman Vaughan reported that the Retirement Board is presently looking into several questions pertaining to the Town's Retirement Plan,. RETIREMENT BD. CQNSID- since it was suggested at the time it was put into effect that the Plan PLANS hhould be reviewed every ten years or so. Councilman Aust moved that Council go into executive session, and EXECUTIVE the motion was seconded by Councilman White, and carried. SESSION At 6:25 Council was back into regular ~,sasion, but no further REGULAR SESSION action was taken by Council. The taee~ing adjourned at 6:30 P. M. Approved:. C~ ~~ ~ Mayor Attest: C le rk