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Home My WebLink About04-20-65~)~~ Minutes of the regular meeting of the Pulaski Town Council, held April 20, 1965, at 1~:00 P, I~!,, in the Ititunicipal office. There were present: Mayor C, V. Jackson, presiding. Councilmen: Tai. 9. Larson, Glen K. Aust, ?~', S. Cummings, T. J. McCarthy, H. H. Eggert, Rudolph Farmer, F, L. Carrico Absent: C. B. Gallimore ?.lso present: T, B. Noland, Town Manager Gladys R. Dalton, To~.an C1_erk Visitors: Midge~~~oodard, Southwest Times reporter Paul nellinger, Roanoke Times reporter Olin Pearce R. P, Reamer T~Jm. M. Gallimore Howard C, Gilmer The invocation T,aas given by Councilman C,~rrico. Minutes of the regular meet;_ng of April 6th ~~rere approved as recorded. The meoting was opened by Cnunci.l hoZr'ing a public hearing as had been advertis?d in the South rest Times, on the application of ?^'illiam R, Cress to place a house trailer at 51R Pulaski. Terrace. No one appeared objecting to this application, and Town Manager Noland advised that Mr, Cress had advised that he wished tc connect this trailer to the Town's ~r~ater and sewer systems; that he had inspected WM.R. CRESS the trailer which was a small, one bedroom-type trailer, which GIVEN PERMIT appeared to be well kept on the outside, and that on the day of his TO PAftK HOUSE TRAILER AT inspection the trailer Utas locked, and he could only report on the 518 PULASKI TER. CONDITION- ondition of the trailer on the outsi.d~; that, he had viewed the site' ED ON CONNECTING TO TOWN SEWER on which Ivlr, Cress planned to place +,h,~ trailer, and if there was no & WATER opposition to the application, he woul~? recommend that the permit bP granted. On motion of Councilman ~'egert, seconded by Councilman McCarthy, and carried unanimously, it eras, RFSOL:~.~'D, that the appli- cation be granted to Mr, Cress to place a house trailer at 51~ Pulaski Terrace. -'i17_? sm Gal imorn advised Counci7_ that the Trustees of the LEGAL STEPS Gospel Tavernacle Church on Fast Main Street wished to sell their TO BE~~AKEN FOR CLOSI building and lot and move to another looation r~*here there will be ALLEY' OFF RT, 99, ample parking facilities, but that upon a search of the reccrds it EAST MAIN ST. -~.~~2~ Council rains. contd. Apr. 2.0, 1965 appeared that the Church as well as the adjoining Bud Hudson property was located on an alley. I~1r. Gallimore asked Council to close this alley. The matter wa.s discussed by Council and Mr. Gallimore was advised that the prooPr legal steps wo uld be taken for a formal closing of the alley, T'ci~rard Gilmer appeared before Council and requested that the Town make available town water to 7.cts 7_ocated adjacent but outside the corporate limits on the north side of. Pleasant Hill H.C.GILMER REO. Drive. Mr. Gilm~>r left with Counci_7_ a Memorandum Agreement between WATER SERVICE TO PLEASANT the Town of Pulaski. and r. O. King, Jr., Trustees for himself and HILL DR.-NFW RESIDENTIAL Howard C. Gilmer, Jr., in which it was stipulated that N's. King and DFVFLOPMENT- TO BE ANNEXED P"r. Gilmer agreed to file a petition for annexation under Section LATER 15.1-103-~ of the Code of Virginia, as soon as his house is completed in that territory; and further agreeing to give the Town ten (10) feet of land on the north side of Pleasant TTi11 Drive for additional street width in consideration of this reouest. Mr. Gilmer T~Tas advised that the T~Temorandum Agreement would be turned over to the Toirn Attorney for consideration, and, if necessary, a called meeting would be held to speed up the matter. Council heard a compla.i.nt from Olin Pearce to the effect that the Pulaski Fire Department is selling fire extinguishers to industries, on a competitive basis with his firm, Gatewood Engineering FIRE COMM. TO STUDY COMPLAINT & Supply Company. On motion of Councilman Carrico, seconded by FR. OLIN PEARCF THAT Councilman Farmer, it was, RFSOI~V~'D, that the matter be turned over to FIRE DEPT. SELLING FIRE the Fire Committee to see if fire extinguishers are being sold *.ahole- EXT. ON COMP. BASIS sale by the Fire Department, and report t.,o Council. Councilman Rust reported it was the recommendation of the Recreation Committee that Rev. I)avP ChPVerton be named to f_1.7 the vacancy on the R+°creation Commission, end ^lac~~~~ the recommendation REV. DAVE CHEVFRTON in the form of a motion. The motion was seconded by Councilman TO FILL VAC. ON RECR. COh1M. Farmer, and it s~ras, R~'CnLV`iD, that the Rev. Dave Cheverton be named to fill the vacancy on the Recreation Commission. -r'_- ~~ Council mins, contd. Apr. 20, 1965 Counc~_lman Cummings reported that.. five property owners on Byrd Drive had deposited their check^~ for t,Tater connections a.nd tz~ro more would b~ forth-coming, and that ~_t was the recommendation TOWN TO CONSTRUCT of his Committee that the Town proceed -~^ th the installation o.f. a WATER LINE TO BYRD DRIVE grater line to Byrd Drive according to Mans prev-ously outlined. Counci loran Eggert moved that the recommendati on of t'ne T~Tater Committed be accepted and the Town proceed with the project, t,~rhich motion teas seconded by Councilman Farmer, and carried unanimously. A standard R~_lroad A¢reement from the PTOrfolk and ?^'estern Rai.1_Taay Company to the Town for the use of that area bett,reen the pas;aenger station and rora HighT~ra,j, approximately 2.87 acres, for CONTRACT WITH N & W beautification purposes, was presented by Town i~TanagPr Noland. After FOR 2.7 Ac. FOR BEATJTIFI- a discussion of the consideration of this lease, Councilman Carrico CATION :'URPS. EXECUTE'~J moved that the contract ~~Tith thc~ N ~~ ti' Railway Company be executed, which motion was seconde-d by Councilman Eggert, and carried unanimously. Reporting for the Finance Committee, ~ou.ncilman Larson advised that over a period of weeks there have been discussions by Council as to various taxes in an effort, to find a new or additional source of revenue, and that a report had been made on these various taxes, and that it was the feeling of his Committee that the sales tax offers the best source of revenue T~rhich has been discussed uz~ to REPORT ~ DISCUSSION the present time. A recorded vote, as fo1_lows, indicated the feeling ON PRO~'OSED TAXES FOR of Council ?,rith regards to a further steely on the possibility of a SOURCE OF P.DDL. REV, sales tax: T!r. ?+armer indicated he felt the utility tax to be the best, but would go along tirith the sales tax study. P~1r. Eggert favored a sales tax. Mr. Carrico favored a sales tax after hearing a report on all phases of taxation. Nir. Aust recommended that a f urther study of the sales tax be made. T~,r. P~cCarthy stated that after consideriizg al.l phases of taxation, he was of the opinion that a further study be made of the sales tax, hoping to come u^ ?ti7ith a solution so Council would not have to consider a net~r tax each year for additional revenue. Mr. Cummings favored a sales tax study. Mr. Larson stated if the town ~~~22 Council minx. ccntd. April 20, 1965 adopted a saps tax, he felt the town could forget about a new ta.x each year as he felt i.t would bring in the additional revenue which the to*.an is seeking. It Ural dec;_ded that the ToTan Manager, members of the Finance Committee and some one from the Merchants Council go tc Bristol. and study their sales tax sPt-up. Mr. Robert Beamer advised that his feelings i.n the matter, as a representa- tive of the t'~'erchants Council, had been explained in the resolution recently presented to Council. Town Manager Noland was authorized to continue paling SGT. LONG TO BE PAID DURING Sgt. I. D. Long during his sick leave. SICK LEAVE A shot discussion on beautification was held, and the meeting then adjourned at 6:00 P. N~. P.pp.roved r ~ Mayor Attest: ~, 1