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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-03-65~~~ Minutes of the regular meeting of the Pu7_aski Town Council, held August 3, 1965, at Lt: 00 P. M., in the Municipal office. There were oresent: Mayor C. V. Jackson, presiding. Co~_incilmen: C. B. Gall_imore, H. H. Eggert, Rudolph Farmer, T. J. McCarthy, F. L. Carrico, Z^.'. ~. Cummings, Glen C. Aust Also present: Town Manager: T. B. Noland Clerk: Gladys R. Dalton Town Attorney: Garnett S. Moore Visitors: Midge T,^,loodard, Southwest Times reporter Joyce Gardner, WF'tT~ Raymond H. DPFrees Mrs. R. ~. McPeak The invocation was given by Councilman Carrico. Minutes of the meeting of July 22nd were approved, as recorded. Mayor Jackson advised it was the time and place, as had been advertised in the local newspaper, for a public hearing on the application of R. S. McPeak to place a house trailer at 62S Ridge Avenue in the Town of Pulaski. No one appeared opposing the application. Town Manager Noland advised that Mr. McPeak planned COUNCIL to purchase a three-bedroom house trailer, 12 ft. wide b,_y 60 ft. APPROVES R.S. MCPEAK APPLIC, long, the value of which being $8,000.00; that there seemed to be FOR PLACING HOUSE TRAILER no problem in placing the trailer on the lot; that they planned to connect to the town water and sewer systems, and that three neoz~le would occupy the trailer. As there app eared to be no opposition to the placing of the house trailer at 628 Ridge Avenue, Councilman rggert, moved that the application be az~proved, which motion ~*as seconded by Councilman Cummings, and carried. The reauest of Raymond H. DeFrees, a VPI student, that Council a11oTa persons owning canoes or small. boats, the type easily portable on the top of automobiles, to be used on Gatewood GATEWOOD RES. Reservoir for fishing, #as discussed and on motion of Councilman COMM. TO CGNSIDFR Rust, seconded by Councilman Farmer, and carried, the matter was REQ . OF DeFREES FOR referred to the Gatewood Reservoir Committee for consideration and PRIVATELY OWNED SMALL report. BOATS '~~~lJC7 Council Mins. contd. 8/3/65 As Chairman of the Street Committee, Mr. McCarthy reported that the Committee held its meeting on July 22nd, with Mr. Eggert, Mr. Cummings and himself being present, together with Town Manager Noland, Howard Jackson, and Bill Ga1l.imorQ, Contractor for Pulaski County Free Library, on Third Street at the Library construction site, and it was the recommendation of the Committee, as well as the Town emplo~Tees, that the north side of Third Street be widened and that a new sidewalk be installed from the 3RD ST.WIDENED & alley of the J. C. kiallace property on Third street to Jefferson NEW SIDEWALK: PROP,OWNERS TO Avenue, with the owners of the properties in this area paying half PAY HALF OF COST TOWN MGR.TO CONT. of the cost of the new sidewalk and the Town to pay the other half. PARKING LOT OWNERS ON COR. It was also recommended that this project be started immediately. It was brought out that the property owners, with the exception of the owners of the parking lot on the corner of Third Street and Jefferson Avenue, had approved the proposed project. Mr. McCarthy made the motion that this project be started immed-i.ately, and that the Town Manager contact the owners of the parking lot in an effort to obtain their approval. This motion was seconded by Councilman Larson, and carried. Tr]ith regards to a petition for sewer services which was turned over to the Sewer Committee at a prior meeting of Council, Councilman Carrico advised that the Sewer Committee had met and submitted for Council's approval, two proposals: (1) That the TOWN TU sewer line be extended from the Sky .Lane's Bowling Alley, along CONSTRUCT SEWER LINE old Route 11, known as Pleasant Hill Drive, to a point convenient ALONG OLD RT• 11, NOW to service existing homes and the f9ur new houses now under con- ... PLEASANT HILL DRIVE struction, at an estimated cost of $12,000.00; (2) an alternate plan, to extend the sewer line northward from Pepper's Ferry Road, approximately 1200 feet of which line would be outside the corporate limits, to serve property owners on Ld'e Highway, ti^?indsor Avenue and Pleasant Hill Drive, at an estimated cost of app roximatel,y ~31~,000.00. Mr. Carrico stated it was the Committee's recommendation that proposal number one, be accepted, provided a minimum of fifteen connections are secured and that the parties '3 r ~I1~V Council mins. contd. 8/3/65 1 who are now in the process of building on Pleasant Hill hive, will donate X250.00 which is considered approximately half the cost of a septic tank, and that their connection fee of Fifty Dollars be included in the ~?_50.00 donation reeuired of them, with the understanding that all of the fifteen connections will be reouired to use Town water. After a lengthy discussion of the two proposals, Councilman Gallimore moved that the Committee's report be accepted; that the proper property owners be contacted and negotiations be worked out on these recommendations and if it is agreeable to all concerned, to proceed with the construction of the line on Pleasant Hill Drive. Mr. Larson seconded the motion and it carried on the following recorded vote: ?a. A. Larson - aye ?~1. G . Cummings -aye T. J. McCarthy -aye Glen K. Aust - aye F. I,. Carrico - aye H. H. EggQrt - aye Rudolph Farmer - aye C. B. Gallimore -aye Councilman Carrico also advised that it was the recommsnda- n tion of the Sewer Committee that a study be made of sewer connection $50. cone. fee to be fees, as Fifty Dollars does not cover the cost of a sewer connection, studied and asked that this be carried on the agenda. Councilman Farmer advised that the Ordinance Committee had met, with Town Manager Noland and Town Attorney Moore being present, and it was the recommendation of that committee that Council eonti nue COUNCIL TO CON. to folio?a its present policy and ordinance with regards to applica- PRES. POLICY RE: PLACING tions for the placing of house trailers in the Town. This recommenda+ OF HOUSE TRAILERS tion was put in the form of a motion by Mr. Farmer, and seconded by Councilman Larson, and carried, with Mr. Carrico voting in the negative, because he felt some effort should be made to get a trailer court to take care of these trailers. The following report of the Town Treasurer having to do with delinouent taxes, was n resented: TREAS. REPORT OF DEL. TAXES Report follows en next pages ~`~" " Council. mins, contd. 8/3/65 196~~ I;evy ~ 153,77?.55 5~ Penalty 79f3.87 SUMMARY DELINOU~' T TAX MST 19 PERSONAL PROPERTY j"~'llte di 2,~70,3)~ plus 5~ nPnalty ~l!!3.52 = X3,013.86 Col_orPd ~,83.h0 plus 5~ penalty ?_11.18 = 507.78 3,?. 3.9 ~ f 1.7. o ~3, 2 READ EST4TF ?r?hitP `fi 1,F77.90 Colored ~98.2~r 2, 07 .1 1961' TAXES "erso'tial"ronerty and Real ?r~i_te, and Colored, i nclud plus 5l penalty .`fi 83.9n = X1,761.80 plus 5~ oenalty 19.91 1,18.15 `~7 03 .~1 ~2, 7 .9. State, ing 5`~ pena7.ty Uncollected as of June 3O, 1965 ------------------------ ¢ 1i,7O1.59 1961 - 96-1/3 per cent collected On motion du1_y made b,y Councilman '~ggert, and seconded bar Councilman Cummings, the fol7otring resolutions were made and adopted: BFI IT RESOLVED that the Town Treasurer's report for delinquent taxP.S for. the year 1961:., as certified to the Council, be TREAS, accepted; that the Treasurer be credited with the amount shottirn to be REPORT delinquent and that said list of delinquent real estate tax be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Pulaski County, Virginia, to be recorded and indexed by him; that a list containing all unpaid real estate taXP.S as of June 30, 1965, be published in a local newspaper on August 15, 1965; that a list of unpaid personal property and head taxes and any and all other taxes be nrenared; that such lists be posted at the courthouse and other nub7_i_c nlac?s, all said proceedings to be in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Virginia, 1950 Edition, Title 58, Charter 20, Ar+,i.cl_e 7, and Chanter 21, Article 7 and any other applicable amendments to the said Code. PF IT ECJRTHER ORDERED that the, Town Treasurer shall continue hi_s efforts to collect .all above mentioned unpaid taxes. The Treasurer submitted a list of improper and 1 1 1 erroneous assessments for the approval of Cotznci.l, as follot•~s: Council mi_ns, contd. 8/3/65 TCP~iN OF ?'UT,ASKI, VIRGINIP. (7.9610 Taxes ?~~hitQ CREDITS FOR ~'RROI~>~Oi7S ASSN'SS?~?AITS, DUpLIGATTONS,NCN-RT'S TL`~:NCF ~'TC. ~ , m No. Name: ~°enalty ?'~rsonal Rd. Head i~'fchry. Realty ?6 Akers, 'a'.G. 1~ .95 -0- -O- -O- 99.01 85 Anderscn,G~nr~ia .1~7_ n.16 _O_ _n_ _^- 2l,7 Barte7mPhs,Rirhard .01~ .~0 _O_ _~_ _(1_ 2~9 BPamer,Harold .1P -~- _0_ _n_ 3.52 260 Reamer, Robt.T . .75 _n_ _0_ -n- 15.~0~~ 2£~5 Reverl,*, Donald .?9 ),,fin 1.On _n_ _0_ 355 Bowyer,Dona1r1 r. .~3 7.~? I.OO -0- -~`- ~~15 Bryant, Mary .1~ ?. ~~ _0_ _n_ _O_ 691 ~'ollins, Doug. ~!~ 9.76 1.00 -0- -~- 698 Collins, Thos. .67 12.t.~8 1.00 -0- -0- 776 Cregger,Randle .16 3.20 -0- -0- -0- 10lt3 Derting, Joe W. .56 10.2l~ 1.00 -0- -0- 1059 Dobbins, Bill R. .53 9.60 1.00 -0- -0- 1110 Dunford, Harry D. .38 6.56 1.00 -0- -0- 1526 Gerberich,Geo. ..OLD .80 -0- -0- -0- 15L-3 Gilmer,Bernard .OLD .80 -0- -0- -0- 1578 Graham, Mary A. .05 .96 -0- -0- -0- 1603 Gregory, Henry C. .l~3 7.68 1.00 -0- -0- 1787 Harrell, Lee E. .OLD .80 -0- -0- -0- 1806 Hawkins, Hazel .08 1.68 -0- -0- -0- 1939 Huff,Mamie N .0l~ .80 -0- -0- -0- 1958 Hull, Patricia .08 1.60 -0- -0- -0- 1959 Hulme, Wm. .20 L~.20 -0- -0- -0- 1973 Hurd, Nat.H. .54 9.76 1.00 -0- -0- 197~ Hurd, Nat.H.III .37 7.36 -0- -0- -0- 2121 Jollins,Curtis .05 -0- 1.00 -0- -0- 2159 Jennings, C.H. .OLD .80 -0- -0- -0- 2186 Johnston,Trinkle .05 -0- 1.00 -0- -0- 2398 Kirchner,Cecile .29 -0- -0- -0- 5:~6 2I~l~7 Lee FleetLease .68 13.60 -0- -0- -0- 2h50 Lefler,Wm.D. .3l, 5.76 1.00 -0- -0- 2LG78 Lindamood,Ron. .70 13.92 -0- -0- -0- 2517 Long,John A. .15 1.92 1.00 -0- -0- TREAS. 2527 Lovern, Theresa .OLG .80 -0- -0- -0- 2bl~7 Marshall, Ola .18 3.52 -0- -0- -0- REPORT M2755 Morehead,Geo. .08 1.60 -0- -0- -0- 3299 Price, Louie .17 2.?~0 1.00 -0- -0- 3~00 Ratcliffe,Garland .29 t~.80 1.00 -0- -0- 3l~6L~ Robertson, Theo. .ISO 7.Ot~ 1.00 -0- -0- 3501 Roop, Robert .53 9.60 1.00 -0- -0- 3708 Scott, Marg. .OLD .80 -0- -0- -0- 3711 Scott, Turner .2LG 1.80 -0- -0- -0- 3750 Shinault, Retha .20 1<.00 -0- -0- -0- 3938 Stuart,Dorothy .50 10.08 -0- -0- -0- 3980 Sutphin, M.E. .36 7.20 -0- -0- -0- l~098 Stevens, Lucretia 3.51 -0- -0- -0- 70.2I~ Lt099 Stevens, M.W. 1.78 -0- -0- -0- 35.52 1x88 Thomas,Garfield .35 5.92 1.00 -0- -0- l~3LG2 Uzzell,Minnie C. ..20 l~.00 -0- -0- -0- l~387 Vinson,Hubert .25 1.00 1.00 -0- -0- ~535 White, James G. .39 6.72 1.00 -0- -0- l~652 Wright,Junior .27 ~t.t~8 1.00 00- -0- ~ T.75b x'66 ~_- ~3'£-' Colored l~8L~9 Conner, Willis . 37 ~~; I~0 1.00 -0- -0- 5003 Johnson,Mary .03 -0- -0- -0- •:6L} 5003 Johnson,Mary .25 -0- -0- -0- x.,96 5006 Price,Oder L. .22 Lt. 32 -0- -0- -0- 5127 Ro~ers,John H.Jr. .22 3.36 1.00 -0- -0- 5130 Rollins,Stanley .1.~5 8.00 1.00 -0- -0- 5158 Slaughter,James .29 L~.80 1.00 -0- -0- 5189 Trueheart,Thos. .25 11.00 1.00 -0- -0- ~~1 X92 Council minx. contd. 8/3/65 CREDIT FOR ERRONEOUS ASSESSMENTS, DUPLICATIONS, NON-RES.,ETC. SUMMARY White 52 Items $480.96 Penalty 5% 24.06 - $ 505.02 8 Items 41.48 Penalty 5% 2.08 - 43.56 Total Improper 1964 Taxes ------------------ $ 548.58 On motion duly made by Councilman Gallimore, and seconded by Councilman Aust, the following resolution was adopted: BE IT RESOLVED that the Treasurer's list of erroneous assessments for taxes for the year 1964 be submitted to the Commissioner of Revenue for further verification; that upon verification by the Commissioner of Revenue for Pulaskd County, Virginia, that the said taxes are erroneous. The Town Treasurer TREASURERS is hereby ordered to correct tax tickets accordingly and he is REPORT hereby relieved for the duty and responsibility of collecting same. ....DELINQUENT TAXES FOR 1963 A revised. list of delinquent taxes for the year 1963 showing remaining unpaid as of June 30, 1965, was submitted, as follows: 1963 Levy $ 149,936.65 5~ Penalty 775.78 ,. .~ SUMMARY DELIN~ T~fiAX LIST Total uncollected 1963 Personal Property (White & Col.) $ 2,887.23 as of June 30, 1965 Total uncollected 1963 Real Estate Taxes " " 1,425.33 $~`I~?,T COMPARISON UNCOLLECTED 1963 TAXES une , June 30,1965 Personal Prop., White & Colored ~l;9bb.>~ $~,B'S~.~'~~ Real Estate, " " 1,250.88 1,425.33 1963 - 97% collected On motion duly made by Councilman Gallimore, and seconded by Councilman Eggert, the following resolution was adopted; BE IT RESOLVED, that the certified list of the Town Treasurer for the year 1963 showing remaining delinquent taxes be accepted, and it is ordered that the revised list of real estate be transmitted to the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Pulaski County, Virginia, to be -^'r(-~c-~~, ~~~c~ Council mins. contd. 8/3/65 filed; and the Treasurer is further directed to continue to collect the unpaid taxes shown on said list. The Treasurer submitted a revised list of delinquent taxes for the year 1963, showing remaining unpaid taxes, as of June 30, 1965. DELINQUENT TAXES FOR 1962 1962 Levy $1l~6, 8l~8.67 5~ Penalty 91~6.81.G SUMMARY TREAS. DELINQ~RT~`AX LIST TAX Total uncollected 1962 Personal Prop.(White & Col.) REPORT as of June 30, 1965 --------------------------------- $ 2,671.03 Total uncollected 1962 Real estate " " 1,021.82 ~•~ COMPARISON UNCOLLECTED 1962 TAXES une une I~ June 30, 1965 Personal Property $~';'~'I~t'~'~ $~; $~;G7I^6~- White & Colored Real Estate White & Colored 1~39~2.26 1,250.88 1,021.82 1962 - 97~ Collected On motion duly made by Councilman Larson, and seconded by Council- man Cummings, the following resolution was adopted: BE IT RESOLVED, that the certified list of the Town Treasurer for the year 1962, showing remaining delinquent taxes be accepted, and it is ordered that the revised list of real estate be transmitted to the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Pulaski, Virgi nia, to be filed; and the Treasurer is further directed to continue to collect the unpaid taxes shown on said list. Town Manager Noland explained to Council that under the recently adopted cigarette and tobacco tax ordinance under Article III, Section (2), the ten per cent discount on the face value of stamps for affixing the stamps would mean that the Town would be paying the various dealers approximately $6,000.00 a year to put the stamps on tobacco products. COUNCIL Mr. Noland recommended that the ordinance be amended to read that .002 AMENDS NEWLY ADOPT. cents per stamp be allowed by the Treasurer for affixing cigarette CIG. TAX TO .002 stamps. After a discussion of aa~e, Councilman Larson made a motion CENTS PER STAMP which was seconded by Councilman Eggert, and carried, to amend and re- n ~~~9~ Council rains. contd. 8/3/65 enact Article III, Section (2) of the Cigarette and Tobacco Tax ordinance: In the sale of such stamps to a local dealer or other agent, the Treasurer shall allow a discount of .002 cents per stamp to cover the cost which will be incurred by such dealer or agent in affixing the stamps to packages of cigarettes, cigars, smoking tobacco, chewing tobacco, and snuff. Other aspects of the new tobacco ordinance were discussed, TOBACCO ORD. and it was the feeling of Council that there might be other changes. _. CAN BE AMENDED AT DISCRETION Town AttnrneyMoore advised that the ordinance could be amended and OF COUNCIL re-enacted later to carry out any wishes of the Council. Town Attorney Moore advised that local Banks have been named by estates to handle funds for perpetual care of cemetery lots in LOCAL BANKS NAMED IN WI LLSOakwood Cemetery, and he felt an instrument should be drawn to encourage TO HANDLE FUNDS FOR these funds to be transferred to the Oakwood Cemetery Trust Fund, to be PERPETUAL CARE OF CEM. handled by the Trustees to be appointed by the Judge of the Circuit LOTS Court. Town Manager Noland advised Council that the pick up of large unflattened paper cartons by the Town garbage collection crews TOWN MGR. was definitely slowing up the collection process. The matter was T 0 HANDLE MATTER OF discussed, but no action was taken, as it was Council's feeling that UNFLATTFNED PAPER CARTONS it was an administrative matter to be handled by the Town Manager. PICKED UP BY GARBAGE CREWS Council discussed the strict enforcing of its present ordinance having to do with the responsibility of cutting weeds and debris from vacant lots, and Town Attorney Moore advised that if Council planned to enforce its present ordinance, that because of the State Enabling Act, a new ordinance should be adopted. Councilman Gallimore moved TOWIJ ATTY. DIR.TO DRAW that the Town Attorney be directed to draw a new and proper ordinance PROP. ORD. RE: ENFORC, to enforce the cleaning off of Vacant lots of weeds, etc. This motion PROP.OWNERS TO CLEAN was seconded by Councilman Farmer, and carried. VAC. LOTS Council voted unanimously to sponsor the annual employees ANNUAL picnic, with the date and details to be worked out by the Town PICNIC Manager. Mayor Jackson gave a report on his recent trip to Detroit, Michigan REPORT OF to attend the National Congress of Cities meeting. Mr. Jackson, as MAYOR JACKSON NATL. President of the Virgi nia Municipal League, represented the .League at CONGRESS OF CITIES this meeting. ~~9 Council rains. contd. 8/3/65 Mayor Jackson also reported on a meeting of the Dora Highway Improvement Club, which he attended recently. The meeting was adjourned at 5:l~5 P. M. II III L_J Approved: ~~i.- ~ i ac on, ayor 1 1 Attest: er o e ounce