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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-06-59~. k Council minutes January 6, 1959, ~ p.m. Z~: Minutes of the regular mee'-.ir~g of the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, held on the <th day of January, 1?59, at It p. m., in the municipal office. There were present: rayon C. V. Jacreson, presiding. Councilmen: W. F. White, Gd. A. Larson, Glen K. Aust, John W. Nash, J. R. P~~artin, F. L. Carrico, TnT. S. Cumming.:-:, T. J. ;~cCarthy Also present: Town Manager: T. B. Noland Clerk: Gladys R. Dalton Town. Attorney: Garnett S. Moore Visitors: Evelyn. S. Hall, reporter for the Southwest Times Mayor Jac'.~cson called the m4~eti ~; to order, and the invoc tion was given by Councilman Aust. Copy of report of the Water Committee on the policy of the Town on water and sewer lire ext~,nsions bot~ inside and ou}'side corporate limits having been mailed to members of Council, t~_ere followed a discussion of same, and on motion of J. R. ~~artin, seconded by-~~,~. A. L~rsor., and unanimously carried, the following recommendation. of tre Water Committer:, ~.ith the v+tipula.tion that the same policy apply to sewer e:tensions, -gas adopted b~~ Council: A. inside Corporate Limits 1. Water and sewer servics can not be supplied REPORT OF WATER at Town cost to isola~ed areas which would COMMITTEE ON POLICY not return a reasonable amount on the in- ON WATER & SEWER EXT. vestment by reason of distance from existing LINES BOTH INSIDE & mains, topograpYi~r, or sparse settlements. OUTSIDE C. LIMITS B. Outside Corporate Limits 1. Until further notice, no new lw.ne extension will be allowed outside the corporate limits. 2. Properties now being served will continue to get service at t':ie current rate plus t:ne 25j~ surcharge, ~. New connections will b_~ perrr~itted on existing mains, and service an such =additional connections will be served at the current; rate plus the 25% surcharge. C. Generally 1. Ire specific cases, Council will consider variations from. the above policy in the case of new industry, on application by an industry or its agent. 3or~ ~l)~~~ Council rains. contd. Jan. 6, 1959, ~ p. r-~. The Town Pianager reported that although the Retirement Plan became effective on July 1, 1958, the details for setting up the Plan had just been completed. The Retirement Plan Committee had visited the Trustee Bank in Roanoke, following which visit the consultant had completed the make-.up of the Plan. It had. been determined by the acturial consultant that the total cost of past service for eligible employes will be REPORT OF TOWN MGR. ON RETIRE- ~6~t,740.OG which amount will be amortized over a fifteen year period MENT PLAN DETAILS AND OPERATION, with the sum of $!~, 316.00 being the amount to be paid for past AND COSTS service .for the first year. This year's cost o.f future service AMT. OF FIRST RETIRED EMPLOYE will be ~~, 787.00. The fee for the consultant, who also serves as ~l:GiL'Y. CHECK actuary, through December 1, 159, was $1,1~OS.92. It was explained that besides the costs quoted above, the annual Trustee Bank fee will be X250.00 plus 25¢ for each pension. check drawn. Thus it appeared that the total cost for this year including incidentials not known at the present time, would not exceed X12,200.00. It was noted that nir. James Eads was the first employe to retire under the Plan and that it had been determined that the amount of his pension would be ~3l~.63 per month effective October 1, 1958. On motion of ti^1. F. '~~Iriite, seconded by 'vJ. S. Cummings, and unanimously carried, the Mayor, Chairman of the Finance Committee, COMMITTEE TO BRING T 0 C OUN and TowniAttorney Moore were asked to confer relative to the appoint- CIL CITIZEN MEMBER TO RET. ment of a citizen member to the Retirement Plan Committee to take PLAN TO TAKE PLACE OF D . P . the place of D. P. T~ii.nichan, who resigned from this Committee be- MINICHAN cause of being transferred to Bluefield, West Virginia. On the motion of W. F. White, seconded by W. A. Larson, and unanimously carried, it was the decision of Council that a committee be appointed to study negotiations and look at the strip of COMMITTEE TO STUDY SITUATION land which the Town contemplates purchasing west of the Filter Plant BACK OF FILTER PLANT, RE: to take care of the flushing waters from the Filter plant, and to STRIP OF LAND TO BE PUR. BY make recommendation to Council whether the to-~an should purchase TOWN on the strip of land, or all, with power to have property re- appraised, and that the P•iayor should also be a member to such committee as is appointed. Whereupon, tree Mayor appointed 3~f~9 Council rains. contd. Jan. 6, 1959, ~. p. m. T. J. McCarthy, John ~,T. Nash, Glen 'r:. Aust and Tr?. A. Larson, to this committee, with Councilman McCarthy as Cr~ai~^man. T.he Town Y~Tanager gave a re:.~ort on tY,e recent proceed- ings leading up to annexation of the lands of the iew River Land Company next to Draper's Mountain, and .~~n motion of J. R. artin, seconded by Glen K. Aust, and on the following recorded vote, the following decree of annexation was ratified: W. F. ~~nthite -aye F. L. Carrico - aye W. A. Larson -aye John ?N'. ATash - aye Glen K. Aust -aye 's1.S.Cummings - aye J. R. Martin -aye T. J. McCarthy - aye DECREE OF ANNEXATION RE: LANDS pF NEW RIVER LAND CO. ~tEXT TO DRAPER"S MT . Annexation decree foilo~,as on N:Mo 3010, next. j (f~-io ~r ~ ~ ~~~ ~+lia~t ~~~' ~~ ~# ~~* __~__ ~~ ~ ~ ~' ~o~i- ~ - ~ +~aNart armor ir~~ +! I, ~~ ~ Irt ~ •~~t ~ '!~ ~ ~~ ~t ~- Tarr ~~ ~~'~ cwt +r~r fir. ~r ~wi~rd~wri ~ ~+~ i~. ~~ ~'~ ~+~. ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~' '" ~~ "'M1~r~ tw~- ~~ ~l~"+~'~ ~t ~r MGM ~~M~~~~~~~ ~'~~~t ~.~~~~~ ~, ~ ~!"' 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Jan. 6, 1959, ~ p.m. Mayor Jackson stated that plans for the paving of the NRV AIRPORT PAVING PLANS BEING APPROVED, ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS runways of the New Fiver Valley Airport have been rrepared by Wiley & ?ailson, Engineers, and have been for•taarded to the State Corporation Commission for approval, then to be forwarded to the Federal Aviation Agency (new name of Civil Aeronautics Admr. since 1-1-59) for their approval, after which advertisement for bids would be made; that grading of tine runways should be completed the first of July, with paving to start about that time. Councilman Larson made note of the favorable editorial FAVORABLE COMMENT ON CHRISTMAS LIGHTS BY TOURISTS, ETC. UNOFFICIAL ESTIMATE OF COST OF CHANNEL CHANGE in the Southwest Times relative to the Christmas lights in which it was stated special commendation should go to Director of Public !dorks H. C. Jackson for his successful efforts in securing a dona- lion for lights for the "Christmas Tree" in First Street Park. The I•ayor read a letter which he ahd received from Irs. Eugene Atkinson, Shawsville, Virginia, complimenting the Town on its Christmas lights. TI:~> i"os•.r. '`ar:~.~t:;r rercrted that ut;cffici~.l and vFrbal infor,:~uti_or•~ su~?p7.ied b;r• the Army Corr-s of ~;ngir..eer, wc~icY: informat:icn must be regarded .as confidential for t.rir present, indicated that according to tre Army Engineers, a. total estimated cost of the channel c'c:arigf pro j c: c+t would. be ~43~, OOQ . OC which figux°e included estimated cost of rights-o~"-w~:J~ for tt~e cha.r_n~l char.~.~: prat.~er as well- as t,~ro culverts Path ~.c:h would replace two bridge:~, the estimated cost ~culd also include -~ .~~e~:~~ bridge ~*hic~h would be neces:,ary as a c.ressing of tl-ie proposed. nets char.rel. It was w,.derstcod t.Y~at sometirre in Jwnuary tYlere itic SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT CONTRACT AWARDS TO BE MADE SHORTLY supposed to to scheculed a ;Y:eetir_g at which time thf: Corps o1 En- gineers will set fortY~ it.s plan for the project along- with a suc;gestF=d parti~~ip atior. cc:>t as set fort: above, it was agreed. that no action of Council ~veuld be recessary until after this meeting of the fou~• participatir._ agencies. It was reported. that, the: U. S. :~ul_1ic ,'c:altr Serv-ice I~ad officially autl~iorizcd the Town to proceed. with contract awards Council mir_s. contd. ',~I L_ J RECOMMENDED SIZE OF TERRA COTTA PIPE TO BE USED IN THE INSTALLATION OF SEWER LINES 1 Jars. 6, 1959, ~.: p.m. on tt;e construction of tY;e Sez,~age Treat°-~tnt ~larat an_d the sewer lins pi~cjects. Ir. view of tl;is develop~r:eri it was repcrted teat contracts were noti.r being prepared by tY.E: consulting engineers and would shci-tly be si ~-ned. ~t;~~ :~ Town T-"anager 1`~oland explained that 1-~•hile the low base bi~. of t;ie~ seer line contra"tor was ~295,C~"C.GO, which was ti^*ith the st~.pulat:..cn tt_at a1:L r;i, e sizes ~,aoulc_ b~, terra. cotta, the bid covered at: alternate: which permitted a ~eduction of ~9,4GG.00 from the base bic?. if tree Town would per°~it the use of approved. concrete pipe in all the irxstallatior., the base requirii~ concrete pipe ir. all sizes 12" ire diameter and a'oove witY:out any alternate. Anotrer alternate. called for a credit o_- reduction of approximately ~2,i~G0.G0 if concrete pipe were permitted in all diameters in excess of 10". The Town N:anager stated that t'.~e department heads in the ~'ublic uvcrks Department concurred in ris recommendation that the Town, specify terra cotta pipe in dimensions 1es° Iran 12" in dia~-~eter. Cn mo±ior, cf T. A. iarson, eE~~conded by d^l. i~'. 'f~hite, and unar;imously carried, it eras resolved ty:~t 6, a, and 1G inch diameter terra cotta Ripe be used. `ipprrved 1 Attest: The meeting adjourned at 5:3G p. m. C erk Addendum: Gn motion of ~~. F. :^~hite, :seconded ::~y J. R. r'~'artin, and uranimcusly carried, a committee composed of Llo~rd. Mathews, ~o~~ard Jackson, T. i. COMMITTEE TO WORK OUT PLANS FOR and sel~=cticrs CARETAKER"S HOUSE RAINES DAM dam, ar_d bring iyoland and Mayor Jackson, was appointed to word: on pla cf a sift far tY:e caretaker's heu~e at Raines Hollow same to Council for its .~rprocral. ~- _. , ~%