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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-21-67-~"3~~ Minutes of the regular meeting of the Pulaski Town Council, held February 21, 196?, at 4;00 P. M., in the Municipal Office. There were present: Mayor C. V. Jackson, presiding. Councilmen: W. S. Cummings, T. J. McCarthy, Glen K. Aust, S. G. Frye, H. H. Eggert, Rudolph Farmer, C. B. Gallimore, Raymond F. Ratcliff Also present: Town Manager: Evan Norton Clerk: Gladys R. Dalton Town Attorney: Garnett S. Moore Visitors: Jane Graham, Southwest Times reporter Paul Dellinger, Roanoke Times reporter Tom Cassell, WPUV Radio Station Sgt. W. V. Boadwine The invocation was given by Councilman Aust. Minutes of the regular meeting of February 7th. were approved as recorded. Mayor Jackson advised as had been advertised, it was the date, time and place for holding a public hearing by Council on the petition of CHARLES BRUCE Charles E. Bruce to place a house trailer at 51? Highland Terrace. Town TRAILER APPL. APPROVED. Manager Norton advised that the public hearing had been properly advertised; ion the applicat/ had stated he planned to connect to the towns water system, but that no sewer was available to the site. Mr. Norton recommended that the application be approved. No one appeared to protest the application, and on motion of Councilman Eggert, seconded by Councilman Aust, and carried, it was, RESOLVED, that the application be approved. Town Manager Norton presented to Council the application of USUAL PROC. TO James Hunter for permission to place a house trailer on Johnson Street, BE FOI LOZn1ED ON TRAILER APPL,. The application indicated that James Hunter planned to place the trailer RE: J:~.MES HU~;TIs'R. on a lot belonging to E. 0. King, Jr., and that the applicant planned to connect to the townts water and sewer systems. Councilman Ratcliff mooed that the usual procedure of advertising for a public hearing before Council be followed in this matter. The motion was seconded by Council- man Cummings, and carried. A formal request, by letter, from the Pulaski Motor Company was presented to Council in which it was requested that the streets and alleys be closed in the 5.05 acre tract of land on Route 99 recently PULASKI MTR. CO. purchased by the Pulaski Motor Company. Councilman Eggert moved that REQ. STS. & AL' EYS BE CLOSED. the letter be filed. and that the Town Attorney be da.rected to carry out RE: RT. 99 PROP. the proper legal procedures necessary in this matter. The motion was seconded by Councilman Gallimore, and carried. 1 ~~ ~~ Council mins. contd. 2/21/6? Reporting on the ordinance to provide for a tax upon furniture and household items, Councilman Frye stated that it was the recommendation of his committee, and he so moved, that the PERS. PROP. TAX OP~D. AMENDED. ordinance adopted by Council on its first reading on February 7th, be amended under Section 4, (a), with the following being added to that paragraph: "sporting end photographic equipment; bicycles and lawn mowers, hand or power". This motion was seconded by Councilman Aust, and carried, Councilman Farmer casting the only opposing vote. Councilman Gallimore moved that the constitutional reading PERS. PROP. TAX of the ordinance providing for tax upon furniture and household items ORDINANCE ADOPTED. be waived and the ordinance be put upon its adoption; this motion was seconded by Councilman Eggert, and carried on the following recorded vote: Raymond F. Rateliff - aye W. S. Cummings - aye T. J. McCarthy - aye Glen K. Aust - aye S. G. Frye - aye H. H. Eggert - aye Rudolph Farmer - opposed C. B. Gallimore- aye AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR A TAX UPON FURNITRUE AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS, TO PROVIDE A PROCEDURE TO BE ESTABLISHED BY THE TREASURER OF THE TOWN FOR FILING RETURNS, OBTAIDTING INFORMATION FROM TAXPAYER FOR ASSESSING PROPERTY TO BE TAXED, FIXING RATE OF TAX, TIME OF FILING, COLLECTING T.AX, PROVIDING FOR ASSES5IATG PROPERTY IF TAXPAYER NEGLti'CTS OR REFUSES TO FILE: ESTABLISHMENT OF RULES .4ATD REGULATIONS OF PROCEDURE; AND PROVIDING PENALTY FOR FALSE INFORMATION. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF PULASKI, VIRGINIA, THAT: Section 1. Short Title. This ordinance shall be known and may be cited as the "Furniture and Household Property Tax Ordinance" of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia. Section 2. Definitions. PERSONAL PROP. ____ TAX ORDINANCE. For the purpose of thos ordinance, the following terms, phrases, words and derivations shall have the meaning given herein. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the plural number include the singular number, words in the singular number include the plural number., and words of one gender shall include all genders. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory. (1) "Town" shall mean the Town of Pulaski, Virginia. (2) "Council" shall mean the Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia. (3) "Treasurer" shall mean the Treasurer of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, and shall include his duly authorized employees, agents, etc., where the context indicates the carrying out of procedure or delegated authority. (4) "Person" is every natural person, co-partnership, fiduciary, assoca,ation, or corporation. Whenever used in any clause prescribing and imposing a penalty, the term person as applied to an assoc- iation shall mean the parties, or members thereof, 1 '~ 1 1 Council mins. contd. 2/21/67 (5) "Resident" is an individual, co-partnership, association or other entity domiciled in the Town of Pulaski. (6) "Taxpayer" is a person, whether an individual, co-partnership, association, corporation or any other entity required hereunder to file a return or to pay a tax. (7) "Return" shall be the form furnished by the Town of Pulaski for the purpose of obtaining inform- ation from the taxpayer. (8) "Situs" for the assessment and taxation of the personal property herein taxed shall in all cases be the Town of Pulaski, in which such property ~. maybe located on the first day of the tax year. However, the temporary removal or absence of said property on the first day of January from its normal and usual location within the Town shall not be construed as changing the situs. (9) "Code of Virginia" shall mean the Code of Virginia of 1950, as now amended or as may hereafter be amended. r Y'~~~~~ Section 3. Imposition of Tax. PERSONAL PROP. TAX OR.DINANCF . 1 Pursuant to Section 5, Subsections 58 and 62, and Section 11 of the Charter of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, and the provisions of the general law, and in order to provide revenue for the operation and administration of the Town government of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, through the general fund of said Town, there is hereby levied and imposed a tax for the 1967 tax year and annually thereafter until otherwise provided, to be assessed at the rate established by said 'own annually at the same time it established and fixes its tax rate on other real and tangible personal property, on every One Hundred Dollars 0100.00) of assessed value of all furniture and household items hereafter enumerated. Section 4. Classification of furniture and household items as separate items of taxation. _~__ Notwithstanding provisions of any other ordinances or general statutes of taxation, furniture, household items and personal effects are hereby defined as separate items of taxation, taxable under the provisions of this ordinance and classified as follows: (a) The aggregate value of all household and kitchen furniture, including gold and silver plates, plated ware, watches and clocks, sewing machines, refrigerators, automatic refrigerating machinery, vacuum cleaners, and all other household machinery, books, firearms and weapons of all kinds; sporting and photographic equipment; bicycles and lawn mowers, hand or power. (b) The aggregate value of all pianos, organs, victrolas, phonographs and records to be used therewith and all other musical instruments of whatever kind, radio instruments and equipment. 1 (c) The aggregate value of all oil paintings, pictures, statury, curios, articles of virtue and works of art. (d) The aggregate value of all diamonds, cameos or other precious stones and all precious metals as ornaments or jewelry. Note: The above classification of personal property are taxed hereunder although the same items have been eliminated by the County of Pulaski from the personal property tax, it being the intention of the Town by this ordinance to retain its tax on the items of personal property hereinabove enumerated. ` Council mins. contd. 2/21/67 r~ _~` # . Section 5. Rate of Tax. (a) The Council of the Town of Pulaski in fixing the rate of tax to be imposed upon the assessed value of the items classified above, may fix the levy at the same time as the Council fixes the levy which imposes the tax upon other tangible personal property, merchants capital and real estate. The tax may be the same rate as imposed on the aforesaid or may be a different rate. However, the rate imposed upon the items herein classified shall not be higher than that imposed by the Town upon other tangible personal property in the Town. (bl Provisions of Title 58-851 of the Code of Virginia, or so many thereof as are not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are incorporated herein and made a part hereof by reference, and shall apply when applicable. Section 6. Notice Prior to Increase of Tax Levy. (a) The Council, before increasing; the tax levy upoh the items herein classified, shall give notice of such proposed increase by publishing same at least one time in a newspaper having general circulation in the Town fifteen (15) days before the increased levy is made. Said notice shall set the time, date and place for a public hearing, and all persons shall be given an opportunity at the public hearing to appear before and be heard by the Council on the subject of such increase. PERSONAL PROP. (b) The above requirement shall apply to any other local TAX ORDINANCE. tax levy on personal or real property in all cases where there are no other specific requirements by general law or ordinance for notice. Section 7. Procedure for Giving Tax Information. (a) Returns. Every person who owns, on the first day of January of the taxable year, any of the items of personal property subject to the tax imposed by this ordinance, with a situs in Town, shall make and file a return declaring such items owned by him upon forms provided by the Towns and shall in the appropriate columns thereof fix his estimate of the fair market value of said items, and if there is no value, so indicate by writing the word "None." (b) Time of_fil~ etc Upon the completion of the said return, taxpayer shall subscribe and date the return and file same with the Treasurer of the Town of Pulaski on or before May 1st of the taxable year, unless said date shall otherwise be changed by Council. (c) Failure to File. If any taxpayer required to make and file a return under this ordinance neglects or refuses to file the same for any year within the time prescribed, the Treasurer of the Town shall from the best information he can obtain, enter on the tax roll the fair market value of such property taxable hereunder which the taxpayer owns, and assess same as if the property had been reported. to him by the taxpayer. (d) Pavment of Taxes. The Treasurer shall prepare and render an appropriate statement of taxes due under this ordinance by taxpayer, using either a separate tax ticket or by adding the amount due as an i±.em on the .regular real and personal property tax ticket rendered the taxpayer. Payment of the tax due shall be made by the taxpayer to the Treasurer within the same time and manner as required for the .payment of other personal property taxes. (e) Penalty -- False Information. It shall be a misdemeanor and punishable~as other misdemeanors are punished under the general statutes, for any person to willfully subscribe a return which he does not believe to be true and correct as to every material matter. 1 '~ I~~ 1 Council mins. contd. 2/21/67 Section 8. Administration of Ordinance. (a) Treasurer. P~'RS~~? ^.L PPOP . T".X O'DINAT?CE. The Treasurer shall administer and enforce the provisions of this ordinance and shall: (1) Adopt Rules: Adopt and enforce rules and regulations relating to any matter or thing pertaining to the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this ordinance. (2) Collections and deposits: Collect all taxes and payments due hereunder and deposit same to the credit of the General Fund of the Town. '~z~~.iJ (3) Examination. Be authorized to examine either personally or by authorized employees, books, papers and records of any taxpayer subject to this tax for the purpose of verifying the accuracy of any return made or if no return was made, to ascertain the items upon which the tax should. be assessed under this ordinance. (4) Prepare and adopt forms. Prepare, adopt and make availabel to the taxpayers all forms necessary for compliance with this ordinance. (5) Delivery~of forms. To deliver by mailing or other appropriate means forms to knoirn taxpayers and to keep available other. forms in the Treasurer's Office. However, taxpayer's failure to receive such form shall not relieve any taxpayer from compliance with the provisions of this ordinance. (6) Assistance. The Treasurer, with the aid of the Town Manager or designated persons, shall make available necessary space in the Town Office which shall be used to assist taxpayer in filing return, and other necessary assistance shall be rendered taxpayer by the Treasurer, his employees or duly authorized agents, in making out the return or for complying with other provisions of this ordinance. (7) Unpaid or delinquent taxes. Take the necessary steps to collect all unpaid or delinquent taxes and shall in so doing have all the remedies now provided by ordinance or general law for the collection of other taxes, or such other remedies as may be hereafter afforded the Town. Section 9. Separability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions hereof. ADOPTED this 7th day of February, 1967, by the recorded vote of Councilmen as follows: T. J. McCarthy - aye C. B. Gallimore - aye Woodson Cummings - aye S. G. Frye - aye Glen K. Aust - aye Rudolph Farmer - opposed H. H. Eggert - aye Raymond F. Ratcliff - aye Approved this 7th day of February, 1967. ~~-~j,)Q Council mins. contd. 2/21/67 Councilman Frye reported that the Safety Committee had met MAYOP JP_CK.SON APPOINTS AMBULANCE COMM. with members of the F3oard of Supervisors for Pulaski County; Jefferson Mills Rescue Squad; Pulaski County Life Saving Crew; owners of funeral homes; the Town Manager; Mayor Jackson, and others, concerning the discontinuance of ambulance service by the local funeral homes as of March 31st, and that Mayor Jackson had appointed the following committee to make a county-wide study of this situation: H. A. Farris Pulaski County Board of Supervisors James Covey Capt. Jefferson Mills Rescue Squad Carl A. Shultz President Pulaski Co. Life Saving Crew Evan Norton Pulaski Town Manager R. W. Stevens Stevens Funeral Home Dr. W. W. Walton Pulaski General Hospital Mack Baker Warden, U. S. Forest Service T. Rodman Layman Attorney at Law Councilman Frye moved that the committee appointed by Mayor Jackson to make a county wide study concerning the discontinuance of ambulance service by the local funeral homes, as a result of the Safety Committee meeting, be approved, and said motion was seconded by Councilman Gallimore, and carried unanimously. It was reported that Town Manager Norton would call the members of the committee together for the purpose of electing a chairman. Town Manager Norton advised that inquiries had been made to Roanoke, Wythe and Washington Counties regarding the method used by DR. F. MOORE TO MEET WITH these counties in handling a similar situation; and that Dr. Fxench Moore AMBULANCE COMM. of Washington County had advised that he would be glad to come to Pulaski and discuss this. Tuesday, February 28th at 8:00 P. M., was tentatively set for the time to meet with Dr. Moore and the members of the newly appointed committee. Town Manager Norton advised that the Armory Committee had met and discussed the reduction of fees for the use of the National Guard. Armory, and it was the recommendation of the Committee that where no admission charge is made, the fees be cut in half, as follows: ARMORY FEES a. For the Main Auditorium -from X50.00 per day to $25.00 CUT IN HALF. b. For the classroom area and/or kitchen -from w25.00 per day to X15.00 c. For the auditorium, classroom area and/or kitchen -from $75.00 per day to X37.50 Councilman Farmer moved that the recommendation of the Armory Committee be accepted and the new fees adopted, which motion was seconded by Councilman Cummings, and carried. ~ ~ Council mins. contd. 2/21/67 ~~tz_)1. Mr. Norton further reported that it was the recommendation CHIEF COMER of the Armory Committee that Police Chief Comer be named to this Armory N"MEP TO ARMOP..Y COMM. Committee.: Councilman Ratcliff moved and Councilman Aust second, that Chief Comer, Police Chief, be added to the present Armory Committee. The following, "Ordinance to amend and re-enacc~ certain sections of and to enact new sections to the Building Code of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, adopted on January 20, 1953", and "An ordinance to amend and re-enact Chapter 7, Fire Prevention, of the Pulaski Town Code", were read to Council by Town Attorney Moore, and on motion of Councilman OR,D . ADOPTF'D TO pF-E]`<A.CT Farmer, seconded by Councilman Ratcliff, and carried on the following SECTIONS OF BUILDING CODs. recorded vote, Raymond F. Ratcliff -aye S. G. Frye - aye W. S. Cummings - aye H. H. Eggert - aye T. J. McCarthy - aye C. B. Gallimore - ayP Glen K. Aust - aye Rudolph Farmer - aye the following ordinance was adopted: ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND RF-ENACT CERTAIN SECTIONS OF AND TO ENACT NEW SECTIONS TO THE BUILDING CODE OF THE TO~dN OF PULASKI, VTRGINIA, ADOPTED ON JANUARY 20, 1953. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUA?C IL OF THE TO~~N OF PULASKI, VIRGINIA, that: Section 1. TITLE. This ordinance shall be known as the "Building Code," may be cited as such, and. will be referred to here- in as "this Code", and will be deemed to include the ORD. TO AMEND provisions of any other codes adopted by reference to & RE-ENACT said Code. However, in reference to any codes incorporated SECT. OF BI~DC~• by reference, the designation thereof shall be to "plumbing CODE. code", "electrical code", etc., and shall be deemed to be those which are a part of this Code. Section 4. SUPPLEMENTAL REnUIREMENTS. The 1965 Edition of the Southern Standard Building Code, any revision thereof or amendments thereto, hereinafter made and published shall be deemed to be the generally accepted good practice for all matters not covered by this Code, and are incorporated herein and made a part of this Code by reference. Any section of the Southern Standard Building Code in conflict with Section 10 of this Code, and particularly Subsections 6, 6a, fib, and fic, shall in no way apply or alter the fee schedule provided in Section 6 and sub-sections thereto. Any change in the permit fee schedule shall be made by a specific amendment to the aforementioned sub-section 6 of this Code. Section 41. I'LIJMBING. All plumbing and draining systems of the buildings or structures shall be installed in conformity with the Southern Standard Building Code, Part III, pertaining to plumbing, and any revisions or amendments thereto, which code is incorporated herein, adopted, and made a part of this ordinance as if it were set out herein. Provisions in conflict with the Southern Standard Building Code, Part III, or any portion of this Code, shall be interpreted as hereinbefore provided in Section 4. `~a.~ ~~ Council rains. contd. 2/21/67 Section 42. ELL'CTR.ICAI: INSTALLATIONS. All electrical wiring, apparatus, or appliances for furnishing light, heat and power shall be in strict conformity with the National. Electrical Code, 1965 Edition, and all revisions, and amendments thereto, which Code, amendments and revisions thereto are incorporated herein, adopted and made a part of this Building Code. Section 46. HOUSING CODE. Basic minimum housing standards deemed essential for safe and healthful living and which provide the basic minimum requirements under which residential occupancy shall be governed and controlled within the Town of Pulaski are the requirements contained in the Southern Standard Housing Code, Part IV, 1965 Edition, which Code, to{~ether with amendments and. revisions thereto are incorporated herein and made a part of this Code by reference. Section 47. INTERPRETATION. The provisions of any codes adopted by reference as a part of particular sections.. of this Code shall be applicable within the Town of Pulaski insofar as said provisions are not in direct conflict with the provisions of this Code, unless, however, in those instances where there is a conflict it is obvious that this Code does not adequately and properly cover the substances intended to be covered and does not provide adequate standards for modern- day procedure and materials not commonly used at the time this Code was adopted. Section 48. COPIES OF CODE TO BE M11DE AVAILABLE. Copies of the Building Code and all Codes, amendments and revisions thereto, incorporated in this Code by reference shall be made available to persons desiring same on a cost basis. A copy of this Code and of each of the other codes adooted by reference herein shall be kept on record in at least the Town Office and in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Pulaski County, Virginia. Supplemental codes, revisions and amendments shall be made available and placed in the afore- mentioned places when they are printed and become available to the Town. ADOPTED this 21:st day of February, 1967. On motion of Councilman Eggert, seconded by Councilman Farmer, and carried on the following recorded vote, ORD. ADOPTED Raymond F. Ratcliff -aye S. G. Frye - aye TO AMEND & W. S. Cummings - aye H. H. Eggert - aye RE-EPdACT SECT. T. J. McCarthy - aye Rudolph Farmer - aye OF FIRE PREV. Glen K. Aust - aye C. B. Gallimore -aye CODE. the following ordinance to amend and re-enact Chapter 7 of the Fire Prevention Code of. the Town of Pulaski, be adopted, as follows: AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND RE-EAIACT CHAPTER 7, FIFE PREVERiTION, OF THE PULASKI TOWN CODE BE IT OPDAINED BY THE COtJDICIL OF THE TOWN OF PULASKI, VTRGTNIA, that: Council mans. contd. 2/21/6? Chapter 7.1 FIRE PR?~1ENTION Section 7-1.1 Adoption of Fire Prevention Code. 1 ORD . TO AMEND & RE-ENACE SECT. OF FIRE PREY. CODE. The provisions of the 1965 Edition of the National Fire Code of the National Fire Protection Association, insofar as they are applicable to the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, are incorporated herein and adopted by reference. However, any provisions thereof which are in conflict with the laws of the State of Virginia or other ordinances of the Town or County shall not apply. It shall be unlawful for any person to fail to comply with the provisions of" this Code. Section 7-2.1 Copies of the National Fire Code adopted in Section 7-1.1 of this Code may be obtained at the Office of the Chief of the Fire Department or at the Office of the Town Manager during regular business hours. Section 7-3.1 Bureau of Fire Prevention. The National Fire Code, 1965 Edition, adopted by Section 7-l.l of this Code, shall be enforced by the bureau of fire prevention in the Pulaski Fire Department, which bureau is hereby established and which shall be operated under the supervision of the Chief of the Fire Department. The person in charge of the bureau of fire prevention shall be appointed by the Town Manager. His appointment shall continue during good behavior and satisfactory service. The person so appointed to be in charge of the bureau of fire prevention may detail such persons as inspectors as shall from time to time be necessary. 1 PETITION PRESENTED REQ. ELECTIOA~. RE: HOUSING AUTHORITY. ADOPTED this 21st day of February, 1967. Town Attorney Moore presented to Council the six copies of the petition which had been circulated throughout the Town and con- taming well over one hundred signatures of property owners and ,~'~ a3 free holders of the Town of Pulaski, in which petition it was requested that the Town Council call for an election to determine whether or not there is a need for establishment of a re-development and housing authority in the Town and further requesting the Town Council to fix May 2nd, 1967, as the date for the said Plection. Councilman Frye moved that the petitions be received and filed, which motion was seconded by Councilman McCarthy, and carried. On motion of Councilman Farmer, seconded by Councilman 1 Frye, and carried, the following Resolution was adopted: R>i cnT TTmTnrT WHEp.EAS, a petition has been presented to Council containing 100+ signatures of Freeholders living within the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, stab ng that they believe there is a need for a redevelopment and housing authority to function within the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, and setting out certain reasons for their belief; and, f ~!'°'A ,~~z)`t Council mins. contd. 2/21/67 WHEREAS, said petition requests the Council of the Town, pursuant to the provisions of Title 36 of the Code of Virginia, and particularly Title 36.4 of the Code of Virginia of 1950, as amended, to fix May 2, 1967, as the date upon which an election will be held so voters within the Town may vote upon whether they desire or believe there is a need for the establishment of an authority within the Town of Pulaski, Virginia. NOI-7, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY TFiE COUI~TCII! OF THE TOG1N OF PULASKI, VIRGINIA, meeting in regular session on this 21st day of February, 1967, as follows: (1) That said petition be received and filed, that the Council concurs in the petition and believes that RESOLUTION ADOPTED. there is a shortage of safe and sanitary dwelling accomm- RE: ELECTION FOR odations in the Town available to persons of low income HOUSING AIITHOnITY. at rentals they can afford; that there are blighted and deteriorated areas which need redeveloping and certain unsanitary and. unsafe dwelling accommodations. (2) That the 2nd day of May, 1967, be, and the same is hereby, fixed as the date upon which an election shall be held to determine whether or not there is a need for the establishment of a redevelopment and housing authority to function in the To?m of Pulaski. (3) That the Attorney for. said Town is directed to prepare and file with the Judge of the Circuit Court of Pulaski County, Virginia, a Petition requesting the Court to enter a proper order directing that the proper el~etion officials ca~.l and hold an election and canvass the results thereof as provided under Title 36-4.1 of the Code of Virginia. That the said Attorney include in the Petition to the Court a certified copy of this .resolution. (4) That the Attorney take such further steps as may be deemed. necessary under the aforesaid title in order to submit the question "Is there a need for the redevelop- ment and housing authority to be activated in the Town of Pulaski?" to the people of the Town for their vote. ADOPTED this 21st day of February, 1967. Town Manager Norton described to the Council a financial program that had been developed to be used in the town's planning NORTON and development for the future. The program used the actual receipts DESCRIBES FINANCIAL and expenditures for the past ten years as the basis for projections PROGRAM. twenty ,years ahead to show projected total. receipts and operating Pxp~nditures and estimated funds availa~~e for capital improvements for Pack year in the twenty-year. period anc~ the total for the period. This is to be +„hP basis for the financial program to be included in the town's "?~?orkable Program". Mr. Norton advised that the planning proposal by V. P. I, had not been received, but it should be ready to be presented to Council at its next meeting. Mr. Norton advised that it is hoped to have estimated answers in the financial program to the questions asked by the Southwest Times. 5 C'" r Council minx. contd. 2~21~67 ,~ ,~~)~~ Town MananPr RTOrton advised that, he and Mayor Jackson TOjdN MAN , & MI!.YOR TO ATTF;N^ NAIL, would attend the conference of The National League of Cities to LE"_GUF OF C?TIFS MEETING. be held in Glashir.~tnn, P. C,, March 12th thru 15th. Town Manager Norton reported nn a public hearinn. of the State Idater Control Board held in R•:dford on February 14th concerning water quality standards for New River and its tributaries. The interests of Pulaski are conderned. with Peak Creek and its tributaries as a present water supply source and Clayton Lake as a potential. water TOG'N MAN. RF1'. supply source for possible future use. It was learned that both ON STATE WA.TI?,R CONTROL BO4RD sources are and will be protected since Peak Creek has municipal MEETING. water supply classification and Clayton Take has recreational class- ification which is actually higher then required for municipal water supply. Council discussed. the proposals made by Mr. James Yarger of Yar~*er and Associates, Incorporated, of Falls Church, at thE; luncheon meeting, earlier that day, having to do with employing his firm to make a city status study for Pulaski. Councilman G^llimore, moved that the Town Manager contact Mr. Yarger and ask that his firm give the town a firm proposal as outlined at the luncheon meeting, regarding fees and the time involved for the study, to be presented YARGER & ASSOC, to Council for its consideration. The motion was seconded by Council- ASK TO GIVE FIRM PROP. man Eggert, and. carried. RE: CITY STATUS. A petition carrying names of approximately 60O persons was presented to Council by Councilman. Aust. Thy peti}~i.on requested th^. To~.rn Council to designate a portion of the monies recently received PETITION PRES, from the sale of th? ball nark lot on Route 99 to the replacement and ASKING MONIES BE DESIGN:4TED eo_uipment of a park and playground in thQ Claremont area. It was FOF RECREATION IN CLARE'-"O1`~T. brought out during the discussion that followed that Council did not agree to the sale of this lot until after arrangements had been made with General Chemical Company for the use of its lot for recreational purposes which is adjacent to the ball park lot; and that the town officials had been ne~otiatin~ with thr Macaill Vill_ane officials for land near the Vi11a~e to be used for recreational purposes. Councilman Frye reported that the Finance Committee recommended on a three-to-one vote that the monies received from the sale of the lot on Route 99 be placed in the capital improvement account. Councilman Eggert moved that the recommendation of the Finance Committee be accepted and the proceeds from the sale of the Route 99 land be placed in the capital ,~~)~ Council mins. contd. 2/21/67 improvement account, which motion was seconded by Councilman McCarthy MONEY FROM RT. 99 PROP. and carried on the following reco rded vote: SALE PLACED IN CAP. IMP. Raymond F. Ratcliff - aye S. G. Frye - aye ACCT. W. S. Cummings - aye H. H. Et?nert - aye T. J. McCarthy - aye Rudol ph Farmer -aye Glen K. Aust - opposed C. B. Gallimore - aye On notion of Councilman Frye, seconded by Councilman Gallimore, and carried, Council went into executive session to discuss a personnel matter. Later Mayor Jackson declared the meeting to be in open session, ELMER HOLYFIELD at which time Councilman Eggert moved that the salary of Elmer W. SALARY INCREASED. Holyfield be increased to ~p6,000.00 per year, effective February 1, 1967. This motion was seconded by Councilman Cummings, and carried. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 6:00 P. M. Approved: _ ~c:~~J '- yor Attest: Clerk of he Council 1 1