Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-17-68~~0 ~c~ Minutes of the regular meeting of the Pulaski Town Council, held September 17, 1968, at 4:00 P. M., in the Municipal Office. There were present: Mayor C. RdErt Edens, presiding. Councilmen: iiilliam A. House, S. G. Frye, Glen K. Aust, Andrew L. Graham, T. J."McCarthy, Raymond F. Ratcliff, Mason A. Vaughan Absent: J. H. White Also present: E. W. Holyfield, Acting Town Manager Gladys R. Dalton, Clerk Garnett S, Moore, Town Attorney William Hyde Visitors: Jane Graham; Southwest Times reporter Joyce Gardner, WPUV Radio reporter Paul Dellinger, Roanoke Times reporter Mr. J. Walker Caldwell and Mr. Sherertz of Eubank, Caldwell, Dobbins, Sherertz & Franklin, Roanoke, Virginia Mr. J. Robert Dobyns The invocation was given by Councilman House. On motion of Councilman Ratcliff, seconded by Councilman MINUTES Graham, and carried, the minutes of the 9:00 A. M. meeting of Council CORRECTED held September 3rd, were corrected to show the Resolution appointing members to the Recreation Commission was not adopted but held. over for an additional name to be submitted for appointment to the Commission. APPROVED The minutes of the regular Council meeting of September 3rd were approved as recorded. Mr. Caldwell stated that his firm had been advised by the old Taan Council to come before the new Town Council and discuss with them the proposals for a new municipal building for the Town of Pulaski. Mr. Sherertz advised that their firm had worked with Mr. Norton on several sets of plans and specifications for a new municipal building, the first ROANOKE being for a City of First and Second Class; then plans to include an ARCHITECT BEFORE Emergency Operating Center for Civil Defense with the State and Federal COUNCIL RE: NEW governments participating in the cost of the construction, and that the MUNICIPAL BUILDING most recent plans submitted to Mr. Norton were for a new municipal build- PLANS ing by a negotiated contract with Mr. Dobyns, and were advised to work with Mr. Dobyns in preparing the final draft and specifications. There followed a discussion between members of the Roanoke Architectural Firm and Town Council, during which Mayor Edens brought out the fact that there ~`~1~~ Council mins. contd. 9-17-68 is still a possibility of the Town securing federal aid under the EOC plan, as he had recently talked with Colonel Glenn, Area Coordinator for Civil Def ense. It was also brought out that if the building is constructed to inclulde EOC, the total cost would be $578,000, of which the state and Federal governments would pay $225,000,'and the Tcw n's share would be $353,000 excluding the architect's fee. It was stated that construction under the EOC plan would possibly be more lengthy, but it was felt that if the EOC plan is-:included it might setve to l~rfng about a better relation- ship between the Town and'the County. No action was taken by Council, pending the outcome of Colonel Glenn's meeting with General Dennison. Acting Town Manager Holyfield presented a petition for curb and gutter on ~13e South Madison Avenue, between 2nd and 3rd Streets, and advised that there were only four signers to the petition, one other property owner was a widow who did not sign the petition because she stated. the only way she could pay the costs would be on the installment plan. CURB & GUTTER SO. MADISON This matter was def erred for the time being, and later in the meeting AVENUE, Councilman House, Chairman of the Street Committee, suggested that OPINION BY TOWN ATTY. since several petitions for curb and gutter had been received where all RE: CURB & GUTTER of the property owners had not signed the petition and theref ore the PROCEDURE BY TOWN Town could not proceed to install curb and gutter*. 5:t was felt that a better policy should be established whereby the Town could proceed without the signatures of all the property owners being on a petition. Town Attorney. Moore advised that he had given an opinion on the ordinance to the effect that if seventy-five percent of the property owners were signers, the Town Could direct the installation of curb and gutter and assess the property .owners on a front footage basis and collect the same as if it were taxes. Chairman House stated on that basis th ese petitions would be revised again by the Street Committee, with a recommendation to the Council. Acting Town Manalger Holyfield presented to Council the CHANDLER, EDWARDS & application of Carl Chandler to place a house trailer on Lowmoor Avenue; HUNTER TRAILER APPLICATIONS also application of Mrs. Donna S. Edwards to place a house trailer on & PUBLic HEARINGS TO Valley Road, and the application of Julia Hunter to place a house BE HELD 1 Council mins. contd. 9-17-68 trailer at 33 Randolph venue. These applications were considered and on motion of Councilman Aust, seconded by Councilman Ratcliff, and carried, it was, RESOLVED that the usual procedure of holding a public hearing be followed. [1 Councilman Graham reported that the Water Committee had ~"~ considered the ELizabeth.Street water line now serving 18,homes by a 1-1/2 inch line, and a petition of these citizens for the installa- tion of two fire hydrants, and it was the recommendation of the Committee that this line be changed to a 6" water line and that two SIX INCH WATER LINE fire hydrants be installed, which fire hydrants would serve approximately TO BE INSTALLED ten houses on Bland Street, the estimated cost of this project was $2,054. ON ELIZABETH ST. & TWO Mr. Graham moved that since the money. is in the budget to cover this HYDRANTS $2,054, project, and .upon the recommendation of the Committee, that this project be done, which motion was seconded by Councilman Frye, and carried. Mr .:Holyfield reported that a 3/4" water line located on 1 13th Street west of Randolph Avenue serving six families, would have to be relocated because 'of the Highway constructon:~go3.ng; on, and INSTALLATION because-of the: low water .pressure in that area, he felt this was a OF 2" WATER LINE WEST OF good time to change this line_to a 2"-line,-.and advised the cost would RANDOLPH AVE. ON 13TH S'Y be-approximately $983.00. It was moved, seconded and carried that this $983.00 project be carried out. discussed Councilman House reported that Council had/the opening of Elizabeth STreet and Bland Street at its last meeting, and that his OPENING (~' ELIZABETH ST. committee had studied the situation. He further reported that the RECOMD.TO COST$1,000. developer had furnished the right-of-way and it was estimated that $1,000 would cover the cost of grading, etc., of the streets, and it was the recommendation of the Street Committee that this be done, and so moved, which motion was seconded by Councilman Ratcliff, and carried. Mr. House reported that the Street Committee had asked that NORTHWOOD he get in touch with the Superintendent of Schools regarding the North- SCHOOL ENTRANCE - wood School entrance matter being carried under "pending projects", but that NO REPORT he had:not~had'an opportunity to contact him. as of that date. ~~~`71f ~ Council mins. contd. 9-17-68 Councilman Ratcliff reported that the Sewer'Committee had approved the sewer application of Claude Martin to serve an area east of Cool Spring and WPUV Radio Station, at a cost of between Five and Six APPROVED Hundred Dollars, and that Mr. Martin had agreed to pay $300.00; that a new CLAUDE MARTIN SEWER APPLIC. monthly rate of $5.00 be established for this inasmuch as there is ON DORA HIGHWaY CHANGE RATES no water available in this area, until such time as water is made available; that it was recommended that this line be of sufficient size and length to serve a larger area that has been develpped. The motion was- seconded by Councilman Aust, and carried. Mr. Ratcliff reported that the Sewer Committee recommended POSTPONED that the Case Knife Road, Holy Street, Craig Street and Short Street CASE KNIFE RD., HOLLY ST: .sewer applications be postponed for sixty days until the Taylor Dillon CRAIG ST. SHORT ST. sewer matter is cleared, and so moved. The motion was seconded by SEWER APLIC. FOR TAYLOR- Councilman Aust, and carried. DILLON PROJ. Councilman Frye reported that the Finance Committee recommend- PUR. ~' ed the purchase of a calculator for the Public Works Department at a cost of CALCULATOR $310. FOR $310.00 with a ninety day warranty, and that the sum of $310.00 be PUBLIC WKS. , DEPT. appropriated from the General Fund, which motion was seconded by Councilman Aust, and carried on the following vote: Raymodn F. Ratcliff - aye S. G. Frye - aye William A. House - aye Andrew L. Graham - aye T. J. McCarthy - aye. Mason A. Vaughan - aye Glen K. Aust - aye J. H. White - absent Mr. Frye further reported that the Municipal office is in need of a copying machine; that the sum of $450.00 was set up in the APPRQVE current budget to apply to the cost of a copying machine, and there PUR. OF COPYING MACHINE FOR was also in the budget $100.00 under the Town Manager's office that MUNICIPAL OFFICE could be applied to this purchase; that Rhopo Sales of Roanoke had priced to the Acting Town Manager a copying machine for $700.00, and it was the recommendation of the Committee that this machine be purchased, and that the additional $150.00 be appropriated from the General Fund to cover this cost, and so moved. The motion was seconded by Councilman Graham, and carried on the following vote: Raymond F. Ratcliff - aye S. G. Frye - aye William A. House - aye Andrew L.Graham - aye T. J. McCarthy - aye Mason A. Vaughan - aye Glen K. Aust - aye J. H. White - absent ,: `1~ Council mins. contd. 9-17-68 Mr. Frye stated a request had been received for the payment of the Town's share of runway construction costs for the New River Valley Airport in the sum of $29,318, and that this amount is included in the current budget for this purpose. The Committee RECOMMEND recommended that ~ check be written to the Airport Commission for this CHECK FOR $29,318. amount immediately, which motion was seconded by Councilman Aust,.and RUNWAY EXT. BE MAILED TO carried. AIRPORT COMM. Several hazardous conditions pertaining to traffic were brought to Council's attention, but it was felt these were of an TOWN MGR. TO HANDLE TRAFFIC Administrative mature and should be so handled, and were turned over SITUATIONS to the Town Manager. Councilman Aust reported that October 10th had been designated as the date for the Annual Fire Parade, and asked all FIRE PARADE members of Council to meet on Commerce Street at 6:30 P. M., OCT. 10TH to ride in the parade, and that after the parade a social would be held at the Firs House. Town Attorney Moore advised that legal proceedings on the sale of land at the west end of the Town were near completion. VA. BLOCK CO. Acting Town Manager was authorized to contact the Virginia DUMPING IN PEAK CREEK Block Company with reference to their dumping concrete in Peak Creek. Mr. Holyfield read a portion of the Town Planning Commission J. H. WHITE minutes of it's August 28th meeting in which the Commission asked that APPOINTED Tf7 ATTEND JOINT a special committee be appointed to attend the joint Town and County TOWN-COUNTY PLANNING Planning Commission meetings and bring back to Council inf ormation COMMISSION MEETINGS about the meetings. Mayor Edens appointed Councilman J. H. Whf.~Ge to this special committee.' Mr. Holyfield reported that the Town Planning Commission had heard the request of Thurman T. Cook that a five acre tract of land belonging to him and lying on the west side of Peppers Ferry Road, PUBLIC south of Oakhurst Avenue, commonly known as the F. M. Kinnaman Tract, be HEARING ON REZONING rezoned business classification from residential, and that it was the OF FIVE ACRE TRACT recommendation of the Planning Commission to Council that this five ON PEPPERS FERRY RD. acre tract•be rezoned business,' and that a public hearing be held on the <~"71~ Council mins. contd. 9-17-68 ,. ~ matter. On motion of Councilman Frye, seconded by Councilman Vaughan, and carried, it was, RESOLVED, that the ordinance governing the proceedings in such matters be complied with. On motion of Councilman Aust, seconded by Councilman "FISHNIC" ON THE 27th of SEPT. AT Ratcliff, and carrisi, the 27th day of September was approved for the holdi f e GATEWOOD RES. holding of a "fishnic" at Gatewood reservoir by the Town of Pulaski for town and city officials in the nearby towns. Mayor Edens reported that Mr. Robert Dobyns had asked that DOBYNS NAME his name be deleted from the membership list of the Citizen's DELETED FROM CITIZEN"S ADV. Advisory Committee. Mr. Edens stated dher than this deletion, COMMITTEE there would be no change in the Committee members, and asked Council's approval, which was unanimous. Mayor Edens appointed George A. Hillsman to take the place of J. C. Slack on the Town Planning Commission; Councilman White to HILLSMAN REPLACES SLACK; WHITE REP. take the place of H. H. Eggert, and James E. Marshall would represent EGGERT & J.E.MARSHALL ON PLANNING the Town on this Commission as Town Manager. The full membership of the COMMISSION Town Planning Commission being: John R. Powers, Chairman, A. D. Cla rk, Robert Ingram, J. H. White, Geo. A. Hillsman and Mrs. Chas. E. Settle, and James E. Marshall. Council was unanimous in its approval of these appointments. On motion of Councilman House, seconded by Councilman Vaughan, and carried, the following resolution was adopted naming members to the Recreation Commission: WHEREAS, DURING THE PAST several years the Council of the Town of Pulaski has, through oversight, by reason of RESOLUTION UP-DATING circumstances, or inadvertence, failed #n certain instances MEMBERSHIP OF to re-appoint members to the RecreatTion Commission or to fill gECREATION COMMISSION vacancies as they occurred by reason of the resignation of members; and,.. WHEREAS it now appears that J.; M. Shepherd, and D. Lewis Brown are the only members of the Recreation Commission who have been duly appointed and are, presently eligible to serve, their present terms to terminate on January 1, 1969; and, WHEREAS, there are vacancies to be filled by appoint- . ments ar ,re-appointments as the case ma,y be, for the ,following former members: For: Kenneth Farmer (by reason of resignation) whose term expires January 1, 1969 Rev. David Cheverton (by reason of resignation) whose term expires January 1, 1970 William V. Boadwine (by Council's failure to appoint at expiration of former term) whose term expires January 1, 1970 Beveridge R. Crowell (by reason of resignation) whose term expires Jaua,ry 1, 1971 ~~~~ Council mins. contd. 9-17-68 Glen K. Aust (ineligible to serve by reason of membership on Council) whose term expires Janu~'y 1, 1971 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, meeting in Regular Session on this 17th day of September, 1968, that: (1) Mrs. Eloise R. Vass is hereby appointed a member of the Pulaski Recreation Commission to fill out the unexpired term to January 1, 1969, created by the resignation of Kenneth Farmer. (2) Douglas R. Aust is hereby appointed a member of RECREATION the Pulaski Recreation Commission to fill out the un- expired term to January 1, 1970, created by the COMMISSION resignation of Rev. David Cheverton. MEMBERSHIP (3) William V. Boadwine is hereby re-appointed to succeed himself with his term of office to & TERMS OF expire January 1, 1970 OFFICE (4) Sinclair A. Dewey is hereby appointed a member of the Pulaski Recreation Commission to fill out the unexpired term of Be~reridge R. Crowell, to January 1, 1971 (5) Lewis E. Davidson is hereby appointed a member of the Pulaski Recreation Commission to fill out the unexpired term to Jauary 1, 1971, of Glen K. Aust who is ineligible to further serve by reason of being a member of the Council of the Town of Pulaski. The Clerk of the said Council is directed to notify the above persons of their appointment and the expiration date of their terms. Mayor Edens moved that Mr. C. V. Jackson be appointed to C.V.JACKSON represent the Town of Pulaski to the New River Valley Airport Commission, APPOINTED TO NRVgC which motion was seconded by Councilman Ratcliff, and carried. Mayor Edens presented a proclamation declaring October 11th to be Count Pulaski Day, and asked that flags be flown on this day in OCT. 11TH COUNT honor and respect to Count CasimirPulaski, for whom the town was named. PULASKI DAY Mayor Edens also presented a proclamation declaring the week CONSTITU- of September 16th to be Constitutional Week, and asked that flags be TIONAL WEEK flown on September 20th and 21st. On motion of Councilman Aust, seconded by Councilman Vaughan, and carried, the matter of renting the small brick building on First OFFICE SPACE ON FIRST Street to former Mayor C. V. Jackson for his personal use as well as the ST RENTED TO C. V. town's representative on the NewRiver Valley Airport Commission, was JACKSON $10.00/MO referred to the Land Buildings and Parks Committee. ! ~ ~l~d ~~ Council mins. contd. 9-17-68 councilman Aust moved that James E. Marshall be appointed JAMES E.MARSHALL the new Town Manager to assume his duties October 1, 1968; at a APPOINTED NEW TOWN MGR. SAL. starting salary of $10,500 a year, plus the Town furnishing him with $10,500.00 a car, and payment of the cost o~ his moving to Pulaski, The motion was seconded by Councilman House, and carried. On motion of Councilman Frye, seconded by Councilman House, EXECUTIVE and carried, Council went into executive session. SESSION After a very short period of time, Mayor Edens declared the meeting to be in-open session, There being~no further business, the meeting adjourned at ADJOURNMENT 5:55 P: M. _. APPROVED: Mayor Attest: lJ~~~ J ~ e rk i 1