HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-29-67`~~~ I
Minutes o`' a sp•-oial m~=eons- of the Pulaski Town
Council, held Au<-ust 29, 1967 at 4:~0 F. M. in the Municipal Office.
There were present: Mayor C. V. Jackson, presiding
Councilman: H. H. E~nert, S, G. Frye, ?~?. S. Cumminns
Ra;ymons? F. Ratcl.iff, Pudolph Fanner,
Glen K. Rust, C. B. Ga1l.imore.
Absent: T. J. McCarthy
Also n~~Psen+ : Ac+,inn ^lerk: Mr:~. Fran^es I.ookabil_1.
Torn Atto-,~ney: Garnett c. Moore
Ho~•rard Jackson, r.. ?~?. Holyfi.eld, Larr~T
Hancock, J. L. Patterson, Mrs. Doris Graham
Visitors: Janc ':raham, Southzaest Tim^^ Reporter
Invocation was niven by Councilman R.atcliff.
Mayor arnointed Mrs.Fran.ces ?:ookabill aotin • cler'~ in the
abs~ncP or Mrc. G1•~?vs nal_1on.
Cp''C , M ~rmTT?G Mayo.' Jackson ~xnl ~a n _d that. +h:,. meeti n • had been. call~.d
rnT ~..;n mn nTCrTTcc
PPnP ,,,TT?I t•o c?'._ac~zss th.:: problems the office ha.d been havin`~ in aettinr the
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correct information on payrolls and utility billing from the data
processing service, Datamac, Inc. of Po~nok^
Virginia.
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Mayor Jackson in~'ormed Council. that eTaery effort had
FFFn, m nr° pnr.T hewn expcnc3Pd on the ra.7't of the 'g'ot.*n o"fice emn7_oyees to flzrnish
n^ Tnr.~,r n~,-~~
TO FtT''S?1rH natam~,c with all the r,,~oncr in_`_'o=~n?tior. on the n^vroJ_1 ~^d utilit.v
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~Ac R~Fn~ on°ration~, ark that Mr. ~?o~~ton hid made many tP7^phonc calls in an
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effort to t'rv to see what could be dono to het the data processing
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s~rstem operatinr~ accurately. The office staff had a1.so made several
trips to p.oanok-' to the Datamac office. Those extra trips and the
extra tan-^k 1_oad had cau^ed a hard~hin on the office staff.
A letter ~,ahz eh Mr_ . r~or+-nn ha,d t-rrit.ten ±n ?~Lr. MnPhil ?my
n.4T?Mnr of Datamac on August l~ was. read. The latter stated the To:.n~s
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8/1'!/67 dissatisfaction with D~tamac's services, and informed them action
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FACTTnn? ~" would be talren if all the necessary corrActions were not made
~F~TICE
immediately.
MayoM Jackson ca.ll~d on Mr. Patterson end Mrc. Doris
pgnR. T'XT'' Grahams to ~xpl^in. the problems th;:~~ h^d been hav9nY with utility
BY DO??T ~ -
rP.~HAM u. bi7ln~, and Mrs. Lookabill exnl~in~d the diffi_culti•~s that assured
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tir.'i_th the payrolls.
Portions of th~~ con-tract with Datamac Grate read with regard
rnnTms?nCT to services thy:. agreed to perform ant? „~
rF~n y _.~Orts t.o b~ ~~rr.i^hed by
them ~•rhich hid no-` been dons.
'~(7:.7 Council min,.. con';d. R/29/67
n~izn^i_lman T'n.r*e'^t rai aPd +.,hc a,z~stion aS to ?•rheth~,r
+~hey had. m:~t to d~ scuss nonti.r.,zin.;~ data n'-°ocPncin;-• frith anoth:r
firm or return to the old sy^tem.
Navor Jackson replied that we should cancel our a{}ree-
meet wi+.,h Datamac ar,.a return to the old system of payroll and
utility billin-.
Attorney Moore also advised +.h^t ~.,~ ,~hrnal.' terminate
rnzr n:::•esen±, won;rac#~ and no'; enter i.nta ano' hc:r at this tim+ .
noun^ilm^.n ?'r,tcliff men~,ion~d that no nt,hnr data nrocessinr
~erV1Ce WOUI_d aCCE',~t• Ou'_" ?y~Ork an its present state.
Councilman E~•~•ert su~*~ested that tare shoul.:? keep a record
OVET?TINL? TC o~~ all the ov~rtim~~ the off:i r,e staff ?aou]_d have to spend in correct-
BE CT~A~?'o~D .
TO DATAMAC ion of Datamac's errors, and deterr,i.n^ our loss and damage;, and
~~ DEDITCTFD
FROM BILL deduct this amount. from any hill that T)atamao might present, or
hid presented.
Counr'il.man Fry,: stated there was no doubt that Datamac
TERMI~?A.TFD had breached their con+:ract, so that we could cut off with them
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RF`1'TTpRTT'D TO immed9.atel,y. Council-man Frye moved that we terminate immediately
OT T~ SYSTrM
O^ RIT t,IAT f; the contract ,~ait,h Datamac, Inc. of Poanok^ and rPtuNn to our
re~•,ilar svst~m off' ~...ra+.,~r billing- and doa n ° the payroll.
Also that Datamac ^houl.r? b~ notified by tel.e~ram~ of
Council_-c action. This motion ti-ras seconded by Councilman FR~ert,
and carried the fol_loT:rin~^ vote:
H. H. Ennert - ayF R.aymon~? ??atcliff - aye;
:~'. S. C,unminrs - aye rxlen Ault - a
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?udol ph Farm~.r - aye. C. T3. Ga.llimore - ;eve
c' ~, F"'v" - av,~ T. J. McCarthy - absent
Thy following tPle~•ram was sent to Datamac, Inc. of
P~oanoke late Tuesday afternoon, Aumust 29, 1967:
Mr. TJ!illiam P. McPhil.amy, Jr.
376 '.?alnut Avenue, S. ?~I.
DATnr~r^r n?OTIT'IT'D Ro9noke, ?lir~inia
RY T~'I:~'~R ^M nT
TF??rfilNnmTnn~ BE ADVISED THAT THE COTT^'PA_CT Or Ap"IL 4, 1967 T~rT?rIFF?~?
S/29/67 THF' TOT.~T n-~ Pi1I:^.SKI ADTn ?1ATnMnC;, Il~~!', ?,rAS THT° DAv
TFPMI?~T".TED BY ACTInP' O ~ T?iz' COTi"?''IC. Fn, THT:: TOTiJN O'~
PLTL^STrT.. YOi1 P.T?r r?OT TO P?'R.FO"M An1Y FURTHI'P SERVICES
FO^ THT' TO'::'?~T B" P,EASOP, OF SAID 4GR.EEMEI~T.
8. ~F. Jackson, ?~?ayor
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Thn meetin.^~ adjouY~n:,d at 5•~~ P. M.
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