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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-19-66~~V~ Minutes of the regular meeting of the Pulaski Town Council, held April 19, 1966, at 4:00 P. M., in the Municipal Office. There were present: Mayor C. V. Jackson, presiding. Councilmen: H. H. Eggert, W. S. Cummings, T. J. McCarthy, F. L. Carrico Rudolph Farmer Absent: Glen K. Aust, W. A. Larson, C. B. Gallimore Also present: Town Manager: Evan Norton Clerk: Gladys R. Dalton Town Attorney: Alan Groseclose Dir. of Public Works: H. C. Jackson Visitors: Midge Woodard, Southwest Times reporter Joyce Gardner, WPW Radio Paul Dellinger, Roanoke Times reporter The invocation was given by Councilman Carrico. The minutes of the regular meeting of April 15th were app roved as corrected. Mayor Jackson advised it was the time and place, as advertised in the local newspaper, for a public hearing on the ESTER E. BROWN application of Ester E. Brown, for permission to place a house TRAILER A.PP. trailer on Johnson Street in the Town of Pulaski, and that Council APPROVEn. would be glad to hear any one who wished to speak either for or against said proposal. There appeared to be no one present who wished to oppose the placing of said trailer on Johnson Street, and upon the recommendation of the Town Manager, the application be approved, Councilman Eggert moved that the application be approved, which motion was seconded by Councilman McCarthy, and carried. Town Manager Norton presented to Council the application of Thomas Junior Mattox for permission to place a house trailer USUAL PROC. TO on Garner Avenue. Councilman Cummings, made the motion that the BE FOLLOWED IN MATTOX APP. TO same procedure be followed as for other trailer applications, and PLACE HSE. TRAIL- ER ON GARNER AVE. a public hearing be advertised in the local newspaper, which motion was seconded by Councilman Eggert, and carried. A petition from Mr. and Mrs. Wilburn Scott for Town water to a site outside the corporate limits was considered by Council. It was reported that the Scotts plan to build a new home on this `~cJ Council rains. contd. Apr. 19, 1966 site, and Director of Public Works Jackson reported the site is approximately 600 feet from the towns water tank and WATER COMM. TO approximately 1700 feet from the corporate limits. On motion STUDY APP. FOR WATER. RE: Wil- of Councilman McCarthy, seconded by Councilman Carrico, and burn Scott. carried, it was, RESOLVED, that the application for water services be referred to the Town Manager and Water Committee for study and recommendation to Council. On motion of Councilman Carrico, seconded by Councilman DEFINITE POLICY TO BE MADE ON Farmer, and carried, it was, RESOLVED that the Water and Sewer WATER & SEWER SERVICE OUTSIDE Committees meet and bring back to Council definite policies on CORP. LIMITS. water and sewer services outside the corporate limits. Town Manager Norton was directed to look into the WATER DEPOSIT matter of the Town requiring a deposit on water accounts to save & CONNECTION RATES TO BE STUDIED BY the Town harmless in the event these persons move away and do not TOWN MANAGER. pay their bill; and further, to investigate and report to Council on a change in the water connection rates. A letter from the Madeline Harmon Woman's Club requesting TOWN TO COOPERATE the Town to cooperate in the Youth Day program to be held May 6th, WITH YOUTH DAY PROGRAM. was discussed, and on motion of Councilman McCarthy, seconded by Councilman Cummings, and carried, it was, RESOLVED, that the Town cooperate with the Youth Day sponsors this year as they have in the past. On motion of Councilman Carrico, seconded by Councilman REQUEST FOR Cummings, and carried, it was, RESOLVED, that a request for sanitary SEWER SERV. TO BELLVIEW sewer services by Harry Owens to Bellview Drive, be turned over to DR. TURNED OVER TO SEWER COMM. the Sewer Committee to be considered along with the other pending requests. A request by Mr. J. R. Glenn of Draper Mountain Estates SEWER LINE that a sanitary sewer line be extended to that area was also REQ. FOR DRAPER MT. ESTATES. turned over to the Sewer Committee. Mayor Jackson advised that Kenneth W. Farmer and J. A' Shepherd, whose terms of office on the Recreation Commission expired January 1, 1966, had been re-appointed and that a letter ~~.~q Council mins. contd. Apr. 19, 1966 from Mr. Norman Coker, whose term also expired January 1, 1966, VACANCY ON had been received in which he advised he would not be able to RECREATION COMMISSION. serve another term because he would soon be moving away from Pulaski. Mayor Jackson asked that the Chairman of the Recreation Committee make a recommendation to Council to fill the vacancy of Mr. Coker. Mayor Jackson advised that he was in receipt of the ODELL MA7BERRY resignation of Mr. Odell H. Mayberry, as Chairman of the Town RESIGNS A.S CHR. OF PLANNING Planning Commission, to become effective April 30, 1966, and COIN. A. D. CLARK APppINTmrecommended that it be accepted with regret. Councilman Carrico TO PLANNING COMM. moved that the resignation of Mayberry be accepted with regret, which motion was seconded by Councilman Eggert and carried. John R. Powers was re-appointed for another term to the Planning Commission by Mayor JOHN POWERS Jackson, and Mayor Jackson advised that he had appointed A. D. Clark, RE-APPOIATED FOR ANOTHER a retired Appalachian Power Company employe, to fill the vacancy TERM ON PLANNING COMM. occasioned by Mrs. Coker moving away. Councilman Cummings, moved that the action of the Ma yor in these appointments be approved, which motion was seconded by Councilman McCarthy, and carried. Mr. McCarthy reported that the Street Committee approved the new route for the Storm Drain dot~m Jefferson Avenue instead of_ the STREET COMM. a11ey route, and i.t was the recommendation of the Committee that a APPROVES JEFF. AVE. RT. FOR ~d-inch 12 ga. steel pipe be used in the installation of this storm STORM DRAIN. drain from Fourth Street, down Jefferson Avenue, to Peak Creek, and that Director of Public ?°'orks and Town I~?anager Norton be authorized to proceed with the laterals and ?~rcrk on this drain. T~,r. IvicCarth,y put the re- commendation in the form of a motion, whz.ch was seconded by Councilman Cummings, and carried on the folloiri.ng vote: T°'. S. Cummings - aye Padolph Farmer - aye T. J. McCarthy - aye C. B. Gallimore - absent F. L. Carrico - aye Glen K. Aust - absent H. H. H. Eggert - a,ye C. Jackson reporte ?v. A. Larson - d that the week of April absent 2s-29 had CLEAN-UP WEEK been designated as Clean-up ?~Teek, and the SouthwPSt Times would carry APR. 25-29. a schedule of trash pick-up by the Town. /_~~`, ~ Council rains. contd. ~/l9/66 The Director of Public Works also reported that the sidewalk, curb and gutter project on the south side of Third Street between Jefferson Avenue and Randolph Avenue, would be completed shortly and his department would be ready to start work on the laterals to the big drain on Jefferson Avenue. He stated he felt the new route and smaller pipe would be a savings to the Town, and that he believed it could be done for less than X50,000.00. In the absence of Mr. Larson, Mr. Cummings reported FIRST QUARTER that for the first quarter of the 1966 year receipts for cigarett taxes OF '66 CIGARETT~ould be approximately ten to twelve thousand dollars, and X3300.00 TAXES REPORTED. on tobacco and snuff, and that there would be in the neighborhood of twelve or fifteen thousand dollars short on the estimate of tobacco receipts as a whole. On motion of Councilman Eggert, seconded by Councilman Carrico, and carried, the following resolution was adopted: WHEREAS, the Norfolk and T.^restern Railway proposes to consolidate Train ~5 with Train 17, and Train J~6 with Train 18 on the Norfolk and Western Railway between Lynchburg and Bristol, in conjunction with the Southern Railway's proposal to effect a similar consolidation north of Lynchburg; and, WHEREAS, the re-arrangement of schedules resulting from such consolidation would allow the railroads to establish new schedules which would in many respects provide better and more convenient service to the public; and, RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the north or eastbound schedule of the two FAVORING TRAIN remaining trains should be more attractive to a large segment CONSOLIDATION of the traveling public than is the present schedule of said SENT TO N & W. trains; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF PULASKI, VIRGINIA, meeting in regular session on this 19th day of April, 1966, that: (1} The consolidation of Train !t5 with Train 17,and Train 1t6 with Train 18 and the re-scheduling of the two remaining trains would provide equal, if not better, schedules for th,e convenience of the public. (2) In most respects the changes would. afford a subs- tantial improvement in service. (3) The Council desires to go on record as favoring the changes, and desires that a copy of this resolution be spread upon the minutes of the Council and other copies be afforded the Norfolk and Western Railway for its use in presentation of its case before the Corporation Commission. ~~ 1 1 Council mins. contd. l~~19~66 Inasmuch as the next regular meeting of the Council COUNTY COURT- would be attended by the Pulaski High "chool Youth Council, on motion ROOM TO BE USED FOR NEXT COUNCIL of Councilman McCarthy, seconded by Councilman Eggert, and carried, MEETING. it was, RESOLVED, that the County Courtroom be used f_or Council's meeting place. Mayor Jackson advised that Council had agreed to appropriate the sum of X500.00 towards the planning of shrubs in the park on Dora Highway located near the l1 & Z^~ passenger station, X250.00 CHECK and that Mr. Van Smith of NPw River Enterprises had presented to TO BE GIVEN MR. SMITH FOR the Town a statement listing the shrubs to be planted, and asked SHRUBS - RE: N & W PA~i.K AREA. that `250.00 be paid at that time, with the remaining X250.00 to be paid upon the completion of the planting. Mayor Jackson stated further that he had authorized the iss~.iance of a check to Mr. Smith in the sum of X250.00 and asked Council. to approve this action, On motion of Councilman Cummings, seconded by Councilman Farmer, and carried, it was, RESOLVED, that the action of Mayor Jackson in advancing the sum of $250.00 to Mr, Smith be approved. Councilman Carrico moved that street conditions as left by the Colonial Gas Company be placed on the agenda for immediate discussion. The motion was seconded and carried, Mr. Carrico STREET C016DITIONSadvised that he had recently driven through the Northwood area LEFT BY COLONIAL NAT. GAS CO. and had had pointed out to him the condition of the streets as a TO BE STUDIED. result of the installation of the gas line by the Colonial Natural Gas Company. On motion of Councilman Carrico, seconded by Councilman Cummings, and carried, it was, RESOLVED, that the Town Manager and Director of Public Trdorks take inventory of all these conditions and see that they are corrected and left in the same condition as they were before the installation of the line. On motion of Councilman Eggert, seconded by Councilman Cummings, and carried, Council agreed to go into executive session, After a short period, Mayor Jackson declared the meeting to be again in open session. `~~~~ Council mins. contd. I~/19/66 Councilman Eggert moved that land owned by the Town COUNCILMAN EGGERT of Pulaski and located on the north side of Route 99, being MOVES THAT ACID PLANT HILL LAND aPProximately five acres in size, and more familiarly BE DECLARED SURPLUS. _ known as "Acid Plant Hi11" be declared surplus to the needs of the Town of Pulaski. There was no second to this motion. On motion of Councilman Farmer, seconded by Councilman HOWARD JACKSON PAID x,00. FOR ACTING TOWN MAN. Cummings, and carried, it was, RESOLVED, that Howard C. Jackson be paid $500.00 for his services as Acting Town Manager for there and one-half months, in addition to his regular salary. The meeting adjourned at 6:00 P. M. Approved: ~ /~ ~. -~/ _~... ,..-. --.l~aYor ._ _.~..~.~____. . Attest: ~ ~ ~~ '~ ler o t e Counc~~--.~_.__. ~I 1 1