REGULAR MEETING
OF THE CITY COUNCIL
HELD AT CITY HALL
AT THE HOUR OF 7:00 P.M.
ON THE 5TH DAY OF MAY, 2003
Members Present:Hayes, Hall, Clinkscales,
P. Phillips, Wilkerson, McKinney,
Ennis, Litchfield, R. Phillips, Ford, Metzmeier, Ewing, Mayor
Allen, Attorney Bertram, City Clerk Purvis
155.0
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Allen. The
opening prayer was given
by Rev. Bruce
Burns of Fannie Chapel C.M.E.
156.0
Approval of Minutes from previous meeting:
Wilkerson made
a motion to accept as presented, seconded by Clinkscales, with all members
voting Aye.
157.0
Financial Report:
Henry Lee of
Wise, Lee & Buckner presented the financial report for March 2003. Motion by
Clinkscales to accept as presented, seconded by R. Phillips, with all members
voting Aye.
158.0
Recognition of Visitors:
Mayor Allen
acknowledged the audience and thanked them for coming. She recognized employees
of the Water Company and asked Brett Pyles, Operational Mgr. to come forward and
accept plaques of appreciation to be given to the three resigning board members
of the Water Company. Those being Russell Montgomery, Welby Simpson and Richard
Jeter.
159.0
Reports:
·
Team Taylor County – A written report was given to the
Council listing their activities for April. Among those Clean Taylor County that
recently ended. Approximately 1400 people participated and to date 2040 cubic
yards of non-metal material have been processed with more to do and they are
still processing metal material. They have also submitted two more grants and
have several pending.
·
Mayor Allen reported that the Caulk Building has been
successfully demolished with only the bricking of the walls left to construct
and the parking lot to gravel.
·
Chief Bill Cassell of the Campbellsville Police
Department gave a report on Homeland Security. Campbellsville is one of only
four communities selected to participate in this free program. Its purpose is to
broaden home safety and security through educating the public. Benefits to the
City are the possibility of reduction in insurance rates from Kentucky League of
Cities and future grants may also be available.
160.0
Old Business:
160.1
Updates:
·
Mike Litchfield, chairman of the Committee to study an
Ordinance regarding Mayor Pro-Tem, reported that several other issues came up at
the last meeting and they need to meet with Attorney Bertram to discuss them.
·
Frank Metzmeier, chairman of Transient Merchant
Ordinance, asked Attorney Bertram to give their update. Bertram said that Judge
Executive Patton has their proposal and is now reviewing it. They hope to have
an interlocal agreement with both City and County participation. They will
report again.
·
Stan McKinney reported on proposals for a City
Web-Site to be shared by the City and County. He has received one proposal from
Younger Associates who designs and maintains sites for the Chamber of Commerce
and Tourism. Also present was John Humphress with Campbellsville.com to answer
questions about designs. McKinney expects to receive more proposals soon. He
also passed out information such as set-up fees and update costs for the
web-site. His committee expects to make a recommendation next month.
·
Beverly Ennis, chairman to Review Employee Policy
Manuel, reported that their next meeting will be next Thursday.
·
Mayor Allen reported that the lease agreement with
Hemphill Corporation should be ready to sign in a few days.
160.2
Second Reading of Ordinance Closing Caulk Street:
The second
reading of the ordinance to close Caulk Street was read. A roll call was taken
with all members voting Aye. Ordinance passed.
161.0
New Business:
161.1
Board Appointments:
·
Mayor Allen recommended reappointing Byron “Binkie”
Smith to the Housing Commissioner board with his term expiring May, 2007. A
motion to appoint Bryon Smith was made by Ewing, seconded by Ennis. Eleven
members voted Aye and Hall voted Nay. Motion passed.
·
Mayor Allen will not recommend anyone at this time to
the Planning and Zoning Board. Attorney Bertram read to the Council the rules
pertaining as to who can serve. Three officials from the City and four citizens
can serve.
·
Campbellsville Water Company has three vacancies on
their board due to the recent resigning of Russell Montgomery, Welby Simpson and
Richard Jeter. Mayor Allen recommended Donald Penn, owner and operator of Penns
Hams in Mannsville to a three year term ending June 30, 2006, David Karnes, an
employee of Verizon/Alltel for 33 years to a three year term ending June 30,
2006, and Betty Kidwell, director of Human Resources at Campbellsville
University to fill Simpson’s term which ends June, 2004. There was a lengthy
discussion about the feasibility of have five members instead of three, the
actual duties of the water commissioners and whether the Operational Manager has
to get approval from the board to hire and fire employees. Ennis made a motion
to accept the recommendation of the three, seconded by Clinkscales. There was
more discussion and then Hayes made a motion to table the recommendations until
further discussions could be had, seconded by McKinney. A roll call was taken
with 2 members (Hayes, Wilkerson) voting Aye, and ten members voting Nay. The
motion was not passed. Metzmeier stated that he would like to have a meeting
with the recommended board members and the council. A motion was then made by
Ennis to accept the recommendations of the three appointees as a group, seconded
by Clinkscales. A roll call was taken with ten members voting Aye, one voting
Nay, (Hayes) and one abstain (Wilkerson). Motion passed.
Metzmeier
suggested that a Special Call Meeting be held within the next two weeks to meet
and discuss any concerns and issues the council may have. Mayor Allen asked
everyone to be thinking of questions they may want to ask.
161.2
Approval of Resolution to Accept Grant Funds for Water
Company:
These
resolutions give the Mayor the authority to sign all necessary paperwork to
receive and administer the grants. There are two grants, one is for $1,000,000.
to lay water lines between Campbellsville and Columbia and the second is
$1,401,000. for laying water lines between Campbellsville and Greenburg. A
motion to approve the resolution was made by Hayes, seconded by Metzmeier with
all members voting Aye. Motion passed.
There was a
discussion among the council members concerning the language of the resolution
and they requested that some of it be updated to include the name City of
Campbellsville.
Mayor Allen
gave the first reading of ordinance # 03-01 amending ordinance #02-011, The City
of Campbellsville, Kentucky’s Budget for the Fiscal Year of July 1, 2002 through
June 30, 2003.
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Announcements:
Mayor Allen
announced that at the next meeting she would have the new budget for both City
and Water Company.
Richard
Phillips spoke about how much he appreciates the efforts and professionalism of
our Rescue Squad and what a fine example they set for our community.
163.0
Other:
Mayor Allen
stated that Charlie Shaw from Rescue has requested permission to purchase a
boat. She has an information packet about it.
Sue Smith from High Street
spoke to the Council that she is still concerned about
the construction of the cell
tower on Melrose St.
164.0
Executive Session – The Purchase of Property:
A motion was made by Ennis
to go to Executive Session as pursuant to K.R.S.
61.815 (3). Motion was
seconded by Litchfield with all members voting Aye.
Motion by Ennis to return to
regular session, seconded by Hayes, with all
members voting Aye.
Regular Session:
Richard Phillips repeated to
the Rescue Members how much he appreciated their
efforts.
A motion by Hall to give the
Mayor authorization to spend up to the amount
discussed in executive
session to purchase a certain piece of property, seconded
by R. Phillips with all
members voting Aye.
165.0
Adjournment:
A motion to
adjourn was made by Ennis, seconded by P. Phillips with all members voting Aye.
Meeting adjourned. |
