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Present. Mayor Bill W
Deputy Mayor rR sty M
argent
msheltones ithamcity Administrator
ambri, City Clerk
Taylor, J City Attorney
Assistant Chief Bakee, P Department
John e ing D Public works
a ndc0 cof Planning/Bldg. s
ief Charles Chapman, F Departmentes
Monica Mitchell, Frnance Drrector
Mayor w,naton eallea a regular meeting to
oraer~at, l,io p0m a.
Mayor W red a special welcome to T cey w nston, his
daughter nin law of a few moot present in the and rence.
ity A ney, Richard Taylor, called f oment of sIL&NT
s A, t k5 N on of Business Person of the Month
for February, o199~.
Mayor argent, Custom
ernaneiai nsexom~natron earn ea cv a ooree wote.
~. A cMxNTN mrnatron to eoara of Aaiwetment (contrnwea
tram ids/e~~
tetl M ickler, n ing i
espouse for the quest iannof his r sidency, M ickler
d provided a copy of h card whichMShowea
3as Fioriaa Avenue as his re ~iae„~e10
espect t wnether he naa
nee g~aiieio~cions a
position, partieulariy b~~ use cn~ eoarawoc eaai~simenc vast gn~si~
~waioial in manner.
M om ina iron failed to be conf armed Y four-to-one vo ,
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ith Mayor W Deputy Mayor M .~
Sargent and rn Vacca Vot~i ng om nay5e and
Commrssroner Carrrco v ing aye.
B. Nom.i nation of R silent m r to B and o
Polrce offrcers and F~ref fighters' Pen sl on fTx'ust Fund.
Mayor W asked to place t of D na ld B
ing he had np laced
appointmenntf orm There w other
nations. Nom matron conf rrmed by a una nrmous vorce
C. Disteict /5 Nomination to Land Planning Agency.
Mayor w Fernand Tiblier, former city
engineer and long t srdent. Nom matron confirmed by
5 ThereCwere nolpublic participants.
6 PayAApproved Bills.
Approve M notes of J ary 6 Regular M ing.
C. Approve Expenditure of u525o fromg Confiscation A
Lyman High 5 00l Fast Pitch Softball Team £or cpurchase '~
of Batting Cages.
D. Approve Purchase of Police Bicycle from Confiscation
E. Approve City Radio BYStem F.xpentliture.
approval of
Agendasa submitted mo ontl ed by C sroner Sargent
and carried by unanimous eo 11 ca 11 voteis
]. PROGRAM FOR AoADWAY LANDSCAPING
(Continued Prom 1-G-97)
Me. Bmitb r ended i ing a solution to participate i
nty's 1 m aping; n ing if the city chose later t upgradee
they acou ld then e erlocal agreement. He
recommended priority would be to do CR a2"1 and then Dog Track Road.
argent m ved to have a solution prepared
m panic pate ing program for landscape
medians hr ending the priority for the
prof ectst would b followed by Dog Tack A
by C rssroner Vacca and carrred byr unan rmous
rolindcall vote.
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e. o. o.x. cDMxaACa -Mowing xwy 1>-sz/a3a.fconta. from i/6/s~i
Oeputy mayor Miles c Ced that he w n favor UE de-
beautifying any portionmo ongwooa, t shad s itD
the o says t ity i esponslble forwall
~~a ana r wait of i ~eDris aseaescribear
saying, h t far e the scope of what he ebelieved ti
Dula. urther,in ted M t present t night, a
questionsFO of [he sf she had presented and m
the expend itures ew f $bo, UOU t w this grassion
suggested there may be other alternatives. may De to back away
from the contra cC with the stale and requirOe ethem to maintain on
ork a eak a it might c mall a unt; however, i
appearsdt e priced o ark ets Mayor W ought
Deputy Mayor Miles suggestion to courtesy mow was ai goods ide a.
ontinued witD respect t act la nguage.
Taylor53advised the city Dad attempted ton have DOT make some
ity of of the requirements and said De felt
comfortable wei th their written release.
Mayoe ted a ost analysi s he believed the
ost and c eatly drops the whole th.i ng.
v thought ss rof thetc t figures s Dula not h
beenii ncluded and a m the item be tabled u til M
ould be present t explain. e Vacca nr inded bthat
prior_ d
cne
Dula c ity m ney,ob tifit
oultl look ob walling t
look like i ong a esponsible t
go back onto that situation. suggested wgetting dmore information.
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aryenc suggested l ing a cne proposals r ie .~
ee possibilit ies of d ing kit less expensively; noting he
might not then have a problem with it.
argent m ved t le to the next meeting.
seconded byr0eputy mayor Miles ab
Deputy Mayor M suggested a ark shop be held at 6 p.m. prioe to
the regular meet~'ng for discussion on same.
ended his m scheduling
orkss o p.m. o February 3
ended, es onded by Deputy Mayor Miles and carr[iedn by a
9. APPROVAL OF FINAL PLAT - LONCwoDD CLUB SUBDIVZSS ON LSD o2 -95)
ended approval subject t aff c
ockm asketl c doge a made in sthe plat iaedicati ,
removing the words o"wall and." b
by c argent to find t e proposed
na In plat m Dogwood Club Subdivision,
subm it[ed o ember 2 1996, i ent with the
final subdivision plans Dapproved by thes City C
May 20, and approve t e final plat subjectito
and it ions rl ended by s ceptions s ted
by M Block eco by c stoner vacca and carried i
by a unanimous rolldcall vote. '
So. APPROVE AND ACCEPT UTILITY EASEMENT FOR SEWAGE PDMP STATION -
LOWE ENTERPRISES.
ved approve and cept the
L i~l ity ie tcdedicated by L e Enterprise sac onded
by DeputyaMayor Miles and carried by unanimous roll call
Commissionee Vacca m ved t approve and a cept the s
t granted by S u[h 5 nole Hospital. ondedwby
DeputynMayor Miles. Ca_rie mby unanimous ro 11S Ca 11 vote.
e placed t the agenda because
ofmc ou gh[ to her a h about t s location. Having
chi ld e.i Dogwood F.Sementary,e she passes this location d ily and
is aware ofLChe peoblems; noting her main concern is the safety of ~
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hilaren. sne taixea witn tFe police o
and c aaminise~at :h ~eo~ca ehe~situation. she also requesaeecne
ing guard t attend the m ing tonight. Further, PTA members
ought her a asking far a tap sign.
Vaccassa id the chief swould like a the c before
ailing. e plans to put i the os ign fa nd give warnings of or one
week prior to beginning to issue tickets.
Deputy Mayor Miles asked the crossing guard if he wished to address
Pellerin, ] Highland 5 ing guard, m tuned
some problems and i>°d icated <he intersection was dangerousnt
nstallat ion of a
topysign na rchvA aped Lakeview. by
Deputy Mayor DMiles and carried by una namous roll ecall
reported r ing a phone c a propeety
ntheV6 oa block of S hole A who h signed t
paving ppetition, requesting the pavingn of nole be
brought b again f sideration.
paving the 6 Blocky of cs nole, asked the
hey w r pa ing st OVblock a well.
She e indea tFat the c oily approved t e paving o
dirt goad without havi ng ma pet [ion ce She asked that t
uageting for this paving i t year's budget is
suggested s ing a o discuss the paving
oYrd in roads w t peti[ions,an ing petitions a not required
by state law, both Fave been the policy of the city re
ent with C
she believed Cthe lpavi ng o oulam get rdone quickers
Deputy Mayor Miles questioned rif rthes c my w
sed YFe properties after a dirt road has been bpavetlln Mr.
SmitFesaid he would get that information.
Mayor W n did n ind going forwaed with paving if there w
a petitionto but w [against yoing f til t
y Fad a nif orms policy in place ~r dthoughtt theec
cold b ing a big leap and believed a very thorough mreview
would need to be done frrs t.
o put the paving of the 6 and
m blocks o nole A t year's bupdget.
coded by C ied by a four-to
Deputy Mayor Miles a C
e a~a tvaeea vat q y and y r w,naeon vac q
naryge
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Deputy Mayor Miles ved 1
seconded by Commrssroner Vacca and carried by voice vote.
The Commrss ion recessed from 8.12 p.m, to B.SB p.m.
19. APPROVE ADDBNUUH To LUNGWDOD BABE RUTH BASE-ALL CONTRACT.
approve A endum A the
ongwood Babe R ball oC Ballow shared u
of their fields Dbys LrttlentLeague~ Seconded Dy
commrss loner Sargent.
Deputy Mayor M.i les asked t representative f Babe Rutn, if
their c they have general liabilityma will L rile
League have the same thing. Born league representatives sa id,3yes.
itn r ana, L inq
utheC explained they swill only operate the ss Eabe
Rubth or softball is in sessi of when Lrttle League dis playing.
Deputy Mayor Miles asked if Little eague will cept
esponsibility with respect t the fields d ling t hey u
them a Babe x representative from L..i rile [League
Maureen 6amrick t nodded in Tagreement.
Taylor said som of the items Ueputy Mayoi Miles has brouiht up
well taken and if the c fished to qo forward w the 1
approval, he would r sinq s changes t the addendum,
uch forms of mlegalak sideration~ and itions, etc..
further, would r end s ing wnitn a act the next time
as the current one rs .inadequate from a legal aspect.
a her m approve Addendum
h the lnclusionmo ned by M Taylor.
argena fs o aeas rnet,noaion a amenaea.
Mot i~onscareied by a una nrmous roll call vote s
15. of alternative
ceptE plansNU tedBC ucts on ncost e
possible selection aof odes fired oalternatives. Robertte
exerut,ve v.ee eres.ae Locnrane
Eng ineering, pI nc.
mite aed the vergreen Sewer Extension proposal,
Alternative C, be sa pproved.
approve the E ergreen A
Sa n~i tart' ssewer aE AolternaY five c
ochrane E ing lto prepare final tlesdign p
napproval by the city engineer. Seconaedfby
Deputy Mayor miles.
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- arsent w mere wonla be n riher
a=ges. as pr=esent ana inaioatea ne was rn
.Went with Commissioner Sa =gent's comment.
Motion carried by unanimous eoll call vote.
- ing and a ing
a port ionD of a0 pvbNANC dra0inage fand utility easement in nthe
Hidden Oak Estates Subdivision. (PH 2-J-91j
aylor read Ordinance No. 9]-133] by title only.
cept Ordinance No. 9Y-133"1
wading aanavt a public h wring £or
February 3 ebyl Deputy Mayor eM.i les and
carried by unan amous rolla call vote.
- ending the budget for the f cal year
beginn~ingN October 1, t996, and ending September 30, 199"1,
seconded by Commissioner Sargent and carried by unanimous
. Mitchell presented t nth ly F ial Report far t e period
ash balanceas ing a 15$ i
theebalance a the is t year h o rail portfol io sy field
828; all r andeexpenaii:ures in Sineeat this t me, with the
exception of ae £ew; off erea to answer any questions, i
a. city Engineer/Public Works Director.
Referring to a copy o e he had tlistributea o the d
mith rePOrted h ing fountlua person he w ing a the
engineer/public a orks pos i[ion. If
agreement, he would pursue f r and would cplaces on the snext
agenda if there were no problems he
Mayor Wins[on asked if this was the engineer/public works director
explained the s ing s wry was $37,000 which i nc l.uaes an
additional 10 e, if warranted al
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a. suer scheduling w ew ana cons,aer
aamrn,sirat,we ooae a~akreorya~i:acio~~~
explained s o get the ball rolling o
goi ngso ethea administrative code pack is and wanted to schedule
a work session to review them with the respective department beads.
the budget; ing h any day after 1 o p.m. for
ork aithav aidbM hell would J be
approximately a - eek mm nity leaveM during s of Che budget
prepaeation timelbut she wonld be doing a lot of work at home.
process for ing
aaminist ra tiveo c suggested ee eryone read
the codes and pose eany questions t istrator prior t the
ing; whereby, h may be able t solve ns e questions
before the me et ing,ereducing the number of workesessions needed.
The commission agreed to schedule a work session from ].00 p.m. to
Commrss loner Vacca moved to excuse the attorney feom the
explained a proposed pay plan had been subm ittea which
wouldmalign the non-union with the union personnel in the Police
talked about discussing a pay plan following the fiest of the yeae.
ith explained he would r end taking the s t pay o
booksmback i and adding the c of living grantetl i Yt96
and 9] to achieve the start pay of sthe position. Commissioner
omparison between a tep and n -step plan so during budget review
the commission would know what to plan for.
ued with respect t the plan s ted by the
Department a the percentage o and the
reason Eor the proposetl plan was to relievencompressionn
ved t approve figures
proesentednbu[ t n2z i o get them away from
the salary compression and toeprovide for a i~ optional
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meat. seconaea by commiea.oner sarsent.
arsanc i only o ~ aepartmenr. i
almosce eomPi cea ana was eonoer~eae wnicn a orxinq cne rest of the
city into a plan.
agreed they eea to get all the other
departments inVline and t suggested going a ead
ith this w chief w the oo who Helped w utline of
the step i s for police and also w t forward tantl opresented
this plan forec siderat ion. Thought maybe they could take this
proposal and perhaps u o get the other departments in line.
Doing this one would at least be taking one step.
tea that the employees already have their raises but there
to no me~nanism.
bne ohief woala be i a to
ee Sys eewre a the chief woula
maxa wnae bne e ntlyMmzkestas ne twill b retiring at cnet ena o
the year. Deputy Mayor Miles a=_ked if the s t position f
chief would then be Cne $56,000 figure and ti r years wouldnbe
at the $6J, OOO figure and Mr. Smith replied that would be correct.
nston thought it wou la be inappropriate t suer t night
o agreed w who had suggested na ~ing a
odrk s rthers he preferr edet approve r ual
basis and ow favor of
classification w~tn i administered basedmo of kind aof
t progression. vote t o pay this
kind of m Hey. believetlwoi a people ~eeaetlis e type of
equity salary sthe esponsibility
and t Hager a ishea to lobbyfto not
taketany action until a work tsessl on ise held.
explained her m o do a 2~ i e for
themaffected people t achieve a separation.t St w notedrthat the
subject personnel received a ]~ increase over the past two years.
Commissioner Sargent resclndea his second.
Deputy Mayor Miles m vea to table the proposed step plan
hedule a ork sessaon to discuss same at the
eadrliest convenience.
Mayor w nston belie~ea t eeaea eo aetermine
policy before s otdeve lop a plan ana would likett
name a ork s on co ae e~op a policy as to what ehe commisaton
Her carricn ana commissioner vaeea q as with Mavor
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suggested a ork s n be scheduled o ary
onfroma5 o p. m. to "/: IC p.m.eSFUrther, that t
embersy c e prepared with suggestions f
order t ~mplement a pay plan. dalsos suggested
ordering pizza a ail contribute toward the cost. The commissron
was rn agreementna
Taylor said the attorney who a refinancing o
r had called t talk es about the
saleWOO Taylor rthought, perhaps, he may requestmt
agenda. Taylor the ney has
requested copie sMO ity c Ton tapes at which Beverly and the
commissron drscussedc the saleiss
Taylor referred t the Columbus Xarbor Park property sale a
eiterated s of the problems h had c up against during the
itle s s dedicated a aepa zk buC used a r plant;
a publica hea r.i ng antl release sfrom e ery homeowner a rtgage
holder of property in Columbus Harbor would be required prior t
the pa ek property b ing sold t the church. Additionally, had
drafted a letter to gC o the homeowners from the H
saying, theyt believed the sale t be in the nbest
estroof the property columbus
homeowners, however, eel they ea itled < ompensation oif
sold. spoken with fthe H iation's attorney, Sid
Vilhen who said the homeownersow ady t sign t endorsement
letter, however, also believed they would like t ompensated by
having the city contribute $25, OOO toward a wall/fence they would
like constructed.
silents columbus arbor and disapprove
request by t Columbus Harbor homeowners t
by C Toner Eabge ndt and
carreanbv a~nanrmCns ~oii dca11 emote.
C. Codes Enforcement Lien - Sprint P p rty.
Taylor reported t Sprint lien h ably the
largest lien ever collected by the ctlty een Further,PrUe Sprint
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Tavlor reportea,
apparently oloaea aown
District xa, as. xl, xz, xn
t xn. tea s ery yooa press
yesterday's n wspapersa thla nd oChurch. Felt i
direct reflection on Longwood has Northland is in the city lime tsa
she w impressed w of
othersiandr toddlersepa well a ,afathers with toddlers,1e she has
seen using the Toddler Fa rk at Arbor Park.
t k5. Mayor W reported he would be speaking a
orldie Tnursday morning They are celebrate g the week tof oThe
Worki ng nParent.
District p1, gg tea during aiscussrons about reorganization and
year, t least be o a pattern o ack t omplish those
objectives basetl on that kind of spending. erhaps, i ould b
nrleaea i ana r oryani~at on. Alsoe
have talked a espotential to bility to include s nclaves
into the city bouMayhalso be able to discuss at the next meeting,
ict $2. argent said, s ago, to ere w
aisc~aaion a icy ~cility e oai iiu
ine pity limits tar,a e.~sxea that in is icem be broeghxe ~p on the next
ayenaa.
commiesioeer saryeoe annoancea coegwooa would Host the cACMo
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ing f September 1 The Suvenile Justice system would be
thet subjeci for di s<ussion.
t discussed the i of driveway approaches
beingsinstal led on streets where siaewa lke projects have been done.
argent believed a policy needed to bee tablished a
tomwhetherethe city will o will n t ao the approaches. Before
establishing a policy, the c n decided it would be better t
information as to what has b the past f the
next meeting. Mr. Brock said he would research and provider
argent a a Town H ing w held i
themL ood City C ambers a Ot p. m, o ary 2
xepresentativemL oula be prase ntCtouproviae
legislative inf Drmationee He extended an invitation to all present
istrict #3. Careico public orks
D Comm155rOneY an e e
Department f Erne job done during a water break rn the Hidden
Oaks Subdivision„e
ved to aajou Seconded by
DeputysMayor Mi 1es andmcarried Dy a voice vote.
Meeting aajournea at io.0o p.m.
~~~ ~:
William E. Winston, Mayor
~Y: Oe
. Z r, City Clerk
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