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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-04-75x`750 Minutes of the regular meeting of the Pulaski Town Council, held March 4, 1975 at 4:00 P. M. in the Council Chambers in the Municipal Building. There were present: Mayor Raymond F. Ratcliff, Presiding Councilmen: Mason A. Vaughan, Arthur L. Meadows, Blair B. Brockmeyer, Andrew L. Graham, C. William Hickam, Jr., William A. House, James M. Neblett Absent: Councilman Bob J. Clark Also present: Town A4anager: J. E. Marshall Clerk: Gladys R. Dalton Town Attorney: Garnett S. Moore Visitors: J. R. Schrader, Debbie Hudson, Mrs. Jan Akers, Mrs . 'O. M. Duncan The invocation was given by Councilman Graham. The minutes of the regular meeting of February 18th were approved as recorded. Mrs. Jan Akers approached Council regarding a STUDY TO BE MADE OF PROPOSED TAX CUT FOR SENIOR CITIZENS D .S .REESE MOBILE HOME PERMIT APPROVED UNDER SPECIFIC CONDITIONS proposal for Council to consider the adoption of an ordinance whereby the elderly and widows would not be required to pay real estate taxes under specific circumstances. Mrs. Akers presented a copy. of an ordinance which had recently been adopted by the City of Radf ord, which she stated was similar to one recently adopted by the City of Roanoke. Mrs. Akers stated she was not representing any civic organization, but was. presenting the matter as an interested individual of senior citizens. Mrs. Akers gave a brief explanation of the ordinance recently adopted by the City of Radf ord, and on motion of Councilman Brockmeyer, seconded by Councilman Graham, the matter was ref erred to the Finance and Ordinance Committees for study and report to the Council. The motion carried. Mayor Ratcliff stated this was the time and place for holding a public hearing on the application of David S. Reese to place a mobile home on Lot 27 near Miflin Street, and Council would be glad to hear any one either for or against •~ C~:S~ - 5'751 March 4, 1975 the placing of a trailer at this location. No one appeared either for or against the application, and Mayor Ratcliff called on Town Manager Marshall for a report. Mr. Marshall reported that a check with the adjacent property owners indicated no objections; that public water service is available, however, sewer is not available. A check with the Health Department indicates that a permit will not be issued for a septic tank in this location by reason of the property REESE being located in the flood plain area adjacent to Peak Creek and it is their opinion that the creek would create a problem for any TR ILER drain field that may be placed in the general vicinity of the creek. APPROVED Town Manager Marshall recommended that approval be granted for the placing of the mobile home, provided a suitable sewage disposal system can be provided and approved by the Health Department. He stated further that from the investigation conducted it was determined that the sewage from the proposed site for the mobile home could be pumped to the existing sewer line on Case Knife Road after somewhat of a retention or a f orm of treatment in a septic tank which would act as a holding pond and at a certain level the pump would cut on automatically to 'pump it into the sanitary sewer facility. Councilman Vaughan moved that the trailer application be approved under the conditions as outlined by Town Manager Marshall. The motion was seconded by Councilman Brockmeyer, and carried, with Councilman Hickam voting against the approval of the application. Councilman Graham reported the Utilities Committee had met and considered several matters ref erred to it, but no report UTILITIES COMMITTEE could be made at that time. Mr. Graham also stated the Committee MEETS - MEETING had discussed a meeting with Dublin's Mayor Leo Jackson concerning SCHEDULED WITH MAYOR the supply of surplus water to the Town of Dublin, and a meeting OF TOWN OF DUBLIN had been scheduled for Thursday, March 13th, at 7:30 P. M. at the Town "Office in Dublin. Councilman Hickam had no report. ~~~~ VACANT WATER LINE NEAR PUL. FURN . TO BE WORKED ON EXCHANGE OF PROPERTY AT MACGILL VIL. REC . AREA FOR BETTER ACCESS APPROVED March 4, 1975 Councilman Graham also stated there had been some discussion relative to an 8 inch vacant water line at Pulaski Furniture Corporation and asked if there was a possibility of getting this done this spring. Town Manager Marshall stated some work would have to be done at the filter plant on this as well as the connection, and there was money in the budget for this. Councilman Graham asked that Mr, Marshall's Administrative Report indicate the progress on this. Councilman Brookmeyer had no report. Reporting for the Land and Buildings Committee, Councilman Vaughan stated eff orts are being made to work out an exchange of a portion of property owned by the Town, formerly known as the Macgill Village `property, for a portion of the Farmer lot adjacent to the town's property which is adjacent to the Gemmell Warehouse property which was purchased by the Town for a Fire Substation, to provide an additional access to the Ma,cgill Village Recreation area, as well as create better parking at the tennis courts. Mr. Vaughan stated it was the recommendation of the Committee that the Gemmell Building be demolished and use the brick for the parking lot, and that the Town Manager be authorized to proceed with the necessary steps for the transf er of land and construction of the driveway to the parking area. Councilman House suggested that it be taken into two steps: First, the transf er of the land and then the building of the driveway, inasmuch as there are no funds in the current budget for the building. of the driveway, and there appears to be no costs of any consequence in the transf er of the land. Councilman House moved that the necessary steps be taken for survey and transfer of deeds to make this transf er of land possible. The motion was seconded by Councilman Neblett and carried on the following vote: C. William Hickam, Jr. - aye William A. House - aye Andrew L. Graham - aye Bob J. Clark - absent Blair B. Brookmeyer - aye Arthur L. Meadows - aye Mason A. Vaughan - aye James M. Neblett - aye Councilman House had no report. Councilman Meadows had no report. i ~ ~_~ March 4, 1975 ~~~~ Council Minutes Councilman Graham reported that Council had discussed several candidates for the job of Finance Director, one of whom was ROGER WILLIAMS TO REPORT F OR WORK MAR .17TH BECOME FINANCE DIR-TREAS. JULY 1ST COPIES OF MINUTES AVAILABLE TO CHAMBER OF C OMM . Roger Williams, and he understood Mr. Williams would be coming to work for the Town on March 17th; and that he felt in all fairness to Mr. Williams it should be announced that he would be coming to work as the Finance Director-Treasurer, to be directly responsible to the Council in reporting on the financial condition of the Town. There followed discussion as to the timing of the announcement; also the title of the new employee as well as the period of time Mr. Williams would be training bef ore actually replacing Mr. J. L. Patterson, as Treasurer, who plans to retire on June 30, 1975. Councilman Graham then moved that Roger Williams be hired March 17th for a training period,'and effective July 1, become Finance Director-Treasurer for the Town and to report to the Council at least once a month on the financial con- dition of the Town. The motion was seconded by Councilman Meadows, After further discussion, the following recorded vote was taken: C. William Hickam, Jr. - aye Andrew L. Graham - aye Blair B. Brookmeyer - aye Mason A. Vaughan - aye William A. House - aye Bob J. Clark - absent Arthur L. Meadows - aye James M. Neblett - aye Mayor Ratcliff reported that the Chamber of Commerce had requested copies of the minutes of Council meetings as well as a copy of the Town budget. Council felt that copies of the minutes would be made available to the Chamber if they picked them up; however, the request for a copy of the budget would be considered by Council. Town Manager Marshall reported that following the last MEETINGS HELD ON REQ . OF CLAREMONT CORP . RE: DRAINAGE MONTE VISTA & MEMORIAL DRIVE meeting of Council he and Town Engineer Coake had met with officials of the Department of Highways and Transportation in Salem on February 19th on the matter of the drainage facility as was presented to the Council at that meeting by Claremont Corporation representatives. Because of the magnitude of the problem, another meeting was scheduled and held February 25th with Mr. Roop, Mr. Hopkins, representatives from the Department of Highways office in Salem and Richmond, Town Engineer Coake and Town Manager Marshall being in attendance. It was decided at this meeting that Claremont Corporation would submit ~~~~ March 4, 1975 a plan to the Department of Highways and Transportation on their proposal for study and from that some determination will be made. Mr. Marshall stated he has had no further reports as of the date of the meeting. Town Manager Marshall reported the plan for the traffic signals at Pulaski Ma11 is complete; however, several problems SIGNALS PULASKI have not been resolved and the Engineering Department hopes MALL ENTRANCE to have these resolved within the next few days. Town Manager Marshall reported that in a communica- ti on from Wiley & Wilson it was indicated that they are INFILTRATION/organizing the evaluation survey phase of the sanitary sewer INFLOW STUDY PHASE (EVALU-system infiltration/inflow study, and there is a possibility ATION),ADDL ASSIST. that during this phase of the study outside assitance for the TO BE APPROVED preparatory cleaning and internal TV inspection phases will BY COUNCIL have to be obtained. Mr. Marshall stated any such approval for outside assistance will be made by the Town prior to the work commencing. Town Manager Marshall reported that a request had been received just bef ore the meeting from Mr. Burke Delp, BURKE DELP 504 Newbern Road, that Council give consideration to rezoning REQ .FOR REZONING his property from classification R-2 to classification B-2 in REF . TO PLANNING order to enable him to operate a produce business during the summer COMM. months. Mr. Marshall stated a joint public hearing with the Planning Commission can be held, and the Council could set the date. Councilman Vaughan moved that the request for rezoning proceed through the proper channels and that it be ref erred to the Town Planning Commission. The motion was seconded by Councilman Meadows, and carried on the following vote: C. William Hickam Jr. - aye William A. House - aye , Andrew L. Graham - aye Bob J. Clark - absent Blair B. Brookmeyer - aye Arthur L. Meadows - aye Mason A. Vaughan - aye James M. Neblett - aye Town Manager Marshall rep orted on the meeting with the Highway Department officials on the 25th and advised that the THOROUGHFARE PLAN TO BE Thoroughfare Plan was discussed as to what could be done to update UPDATED AT APPROVAL OF the Plan, and the officials indicated the Plan would be updated to the TOWN 5'55 March 4, 1975 satisfaction of the Town, possibly within the next two years; and it appeared to him that they were attempting to update same using as current date as 1974. He stated there will be a committee set up by the Town and County working with these people trying to have some local input into it. There being no further business to come bef ore the Council, at 5:15 P. M. Councilman Vaughan moved that Council adjourn. The motion was seconded by Councilman Brockmeyer, and carried. APPRDVED• I/~ ~' ~ y r atc iff ATTEST: /' Clerk o Council