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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-19-59___ ~~~ Council Minutes May 19, 1959, ~ P• m• Minutes of the regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town , of Pulaski, held on the 19th day of May, 1959, at 4 p. m., in the municipal office. There were present: Mayor C. V. Jackson, presiditag. Councilmen: W. A. Larson, Glen K. Aust, J. R. Martin, John W. Nash, F. L. Carrico, W. S. Cummings, T. J. McCarthy Absent: W. F. White Also present: Town Manager: T. B. Noland Clerk: Gladys R. Dalton Town Attorney: Garnett S. Moore Police Chief: G. E. Bouldin Visitors: Bill Akers, reporter for the Southwest Times Geo. Hillsman, Executive Sec. Chamber of Commerce Lawrence Robinson, Mrs. Leon Brown, Theo Eddie and Albert McClanahan Minutes of the regular meeting of May 5 were approved. Lawrence Robinson, President of North Pulaski Improvement Association, an Association composed of a group of Negro citizens with the propose of organizing and operating a community play- ground, appeared before Council and asked permission to use the town owned 100 ft. wide property at the water tank in North Pulaski. He stated that the Association had raised, by contri- bution from interested and sympathetic Pulaski citizens, $433.01 TOWN TO ASSIST IN GRADING WATER toward purchasing necessary playground equipment, and asked TANK. SITE IN I NEEDMORE FOR permission to use the town owned land as well as its assistance PLAYGROUND FOR NEGRO CHILDREN in grading same. Town Manager Noland stated that only a very little grading would be necessary to put the lot in condition. There was a discussion of this request in which it appeared all ': members of Council were quite interested in seeing this project worke~ out. On motion of T. J. McCarthy, seconded by W. A. Larson, and unanimously carried, it was RESOLVED, that the Town go along with the request of this group, and directed Town Manager Noland to proceed with having the grading done. Mr. George A. Hillsman, Executive Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, suggested to Council that in view of the increased number of meetings and conventions being held in Pulaski, some ~~ MATTER. OF IN- FORMING OUT- Og-TOWN PEOPLE RE PARKING REGULATIONS OUTLINED BY MR. HILLSMAN AND GIVEN TO COMMITTEE Council rains. contd. May 19, 1959, !t p.m. policy be adopted with regards to the parking situation of these out of town people. Different methods of informing these people of the regulations of the town with regards to parking, as well as welcoming them to our town were suggested by Mr. Hillsman. A short discussion followed, and on motion of Glen K. Aust, seconded by W. S. Cummings, and unanimously carried, it was RESOLVED, that this matter be turned over to the Street Committee to be studied by them along with the Town Manager, Chamber of Commerce and the Chief of Police. At a previous meeting, Council had directed the Mayor to OA~.4JOOD CEMETERY COMMITTEE APPOINTED appoint a Cemetery Committee, with its main objective at the present time, to study the matter of perpetual care for the Oakwood Cemetery. Mayor Jackson appointed the following to this Committee: Councilmen F. L. Carrico, W. F. White and T. J. McCarthy. Town Manager Noland advised that Giles County and the City of Radford had agreed to accept their allotted share of the Fantus Survey cost; that the Pulaski County Board of Supervisors had gone on record at its May 12th meeting as agreeing to accept their share of this cost; and that the town's share, one-third TOWN'S SHARE OF FANTUS SURVEY of the total County share, would be $2,250.00, which cost could. cosT $2,250.00 SPREAD OVER be spread over a period of three fiscal years. After a dis- THREE YEAR: ACCEPTED B Y cussion of this matter, on motion of W. A. Larson, seconded by COUNCIL T. J. McCarthy, and on the f©llowing recorded vote: W. A. Larson - aye Glen K. Aust - aye J. R. Martin - aye John W. Nash - aye it was F. L. Carrico - aye W. S. Cummings - aye T. J. McCarthy - aye W. F. White - absent RESOLVED, THAT THE town accept it's share, $2,250.00 of the Fantus Survey cost, with $150.00 being appropriated from the General Fund for the year 195$ 59%, subject to the full compliance and approval of all the other groups. Town Manager Noland gave a report on the possible with- drawal of the Bond Issue proceeds from the Charlottesville Bank, TOWN MGR. REPORTS to be reinvested in Government securities. On motion of F. L. ON REINVESTMENT OF BOND IiSUE Carrico, seconded by Glen K. Aust, and unanimously carried, it PROCEEDS -REF. TO FINANCE CTEE was 1 1 1 Council rains. contd. ~~ ~7 May 19, 1959, ~ p. m. RESOLVED, that the matter of withdrawal and reinvestment o f the Bond Issue proceeds be referred to the Finance Committee for study, and further that this committee meet with the officials of the two local banks, and report back to Council. Mr. Alton Crowell, Attorney, who had been employed to make a study and recommendation as to the town's ordinances with regard to Unsafe Buildings, appeared before Council and presented for their study an ordinance to provide for the abatement or removal of nuisances within the corporate limits of the Town of Pulaski. A lengthy discussion followed and it was the opinion of those present that a portion of Section 1 of the ordinance as pre- MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF seated by Mr. Crowell, should be eliminated. Whereupon, J. R. NUISANCE ORDI- NANCE TO BE Martin made a motion that Council adopt the ordinance as amended, DISCUSSED AT NEXT MEETING which motion was seconded by W. A. Larson. Council discussed this matter further, and Councilman Martin withdrew his motion and Councilman Larson withdrew his second. It was the opinion of Council that this matter should be considered by Council at its next regular meeting. On motion of F. L. Carrico, seconded by W. S. Cummings, and unanimously carried, it was RESOLVED, that Town Manager Noland place a notice in the NOTICE TO RUN Southwest Times to all vacant lot owners to cut and remove weeds IN SO.WEST TIMES TO VACANT LOT and foreign matter from their lots by June 15th. OWNERS RE WEEDS ETC. On motion of J. R. Martin, seconded by W. S. Cummings, , and on the following recorded vote: W. A. Larson - aye F. L. Carrico - aye Glen K. Aust - aye W. S. Cummings - aye J. R. Martin - aye T. J. McCarthy - aye John W. Nash - aye W. F. White - absent it was RESOLVED, that a notice be published in the Southwest Times on Ma 22nd and 29th of a ublic hearin before Council y , p g NOTICE IN SO.WEST at its regular meeting on the 16th day of June, 1959, with regards TIMES RE AMENDING SEC. 8.1 SUB- to amending Section 8..1 of Subdivision Control Ordinance. DIV. CONTROL ORD. On motion of F. L. Carrico, seconded by J. R. Martin, and unanimously carried, it was 3~~~~ Council rains. contd. May 19, 1959, !~ p.m. RESOLVED, that the recommendation of Town Manager Noland with regards to Sgt. Bruce Helton being granted sick leave, be adopted. Under the recommended and accepted plan, Sgt. Helton SGT. HELTON PLACID ON would go on sick leave as of May 15, 1959, such sick leave to SICK LEAVE continue until September 1, 1959, on which date Sgt. Helton would be retired under the social security and town retirement plan setups. Mayor Jackson advised that the matters of the New River Valley Airport were progressing satisfactorily, and that the Commission was making efforts to secure additional federal matching money for the taxiways, which was not included in the original Projects I and II. Town Manager Noland reported that a lump sum appraisal for the Route 99 Project, including the channel change, had been REPORT ON completed, that the Te-wn Attorney was proceeding with searches RT. 99 & CHANNEL of various land titles, and that an official of the Highway CHANGE BY TOWN MGR. Department had advised him on the day of the meeting that the Highway Department is desirous of getting the project under construction this summer if at all possible. With reference to the town's plans for constructing a power line to the new Raines Hollow Dam, the Manager reported that R. P. Pike, who owns 1977.5 feet of the 30 ft. wide right of way which will be needed to construct the power line NEGOTIAIONS WITH R. P. PIKE had requested the sum of $500.00 as consideration for the ease- FOR R/W FOR POWER LINE TO Raines meat over his property. Feeling this sum to be unreasonable, DAM AREA the Manager had had two qualified land appraisers to set an appraised value of the right of way which amount had been set by the appraisers at $150.00. It was stated that an attempt would be made to negotiate for the right of way on the basis of $150.00 and if unsuccessful, a further report would be made to Council. With further ref erence to the Raines Hollow pro3ect, the Manager stated that officials of the National Forest Service had informed him a few days previously that the Forest Service RAINES HOLLOW PROJECT TO BE is now impressed with the water supply-recreation potential MADE MODEL PROJECT FOR FOREST SERV. of the area and that the Forest Service has decided to treat the STUDY 1 ! Council M ns. contd. May 19, 1959, ~t p. m. project as a model or pilot project and as such the Forest. Service experts would make an extensive study of and written report on the area which would first come to the town by way of recommendation and then the Forest Service would give nation-wide publicity, through forest journals, to the project. The meeting adjourned at 6 p. m. Approved: //"~j~~ ~ l~~ /i ~ r ayor Attest: ~ _ er 1 1