February 8, 2005

 

The regular meeting of the Lawrenceville Town Council was called to order on February 8, 2005, at 7:30 p.m. by Mayor Keith W. Clarke with the following present:

 

Mayor Keith W. Clarke; Council members: Joyce D. Bland, Wilbur Hardy, Michael F. Moorman, Woodrow Packer and Robert F. Pecht, III; Town Attorney, W. C. Outten, Jr.; Town Manager, C. J. Dean; Chief of Police, Douglas R. Pond; Adm. Assistant, Wanda Johnson; Clerk, Alice B. Talbert, citizens and the press.

 

Absent:  Council members: H. B. Brockwell, Jr. and John J. Miller, Jr.

 

Roll was called.

 

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

A motion was made by Mr. Hardy and seconded by Mr. Pecht to approve the minutes of the previous meeting, suspend the reading and file.  This carried by all ayes.

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS FOR BUDGET

Mr. Dean stated that he needed all committees to let him know when they could meet, as he needed to present a budget to council at the April meeting.

 

AUDIT

Mr. Pecht reported that the audit was still not ready.  The holdup is due to the new GASB34 requirements.  Mrs. Williams, our Auditor, hopes to have it by the end of the month.

 

Mr. Pecht gave a brief overview of the financial statement.

 

FIRE REPORT

Mr. Packer gave the fire report, stating that 21 calls had been made by the Lawrenceville Vol. Fire Dept. in the month of January.  2 of these were in town and 19 out of town.

 

Mr. Hardy reported that 3 of the police officers had completed in-service training.

 

NOTICE OF VIOLATION

Mr. Dean reported that we had again received Notice of Violation from the Department of Health concerning the level of TTHMs.  We were below level for the quarter, however the State looks at a year.  This means we will have to notify customers again.  Mr. Dean stated that the letters would be sent out by the March 2nd deadline.

 

APPROVAL FOR ENGINEERING RFP

Mr. Dean stated that a study was needed on what can be done to correct this water problem.  He recommended that Council approve advertising for an Engineering RFP.  After a discussion, a motion was made by Mr. Pecht to authorize Mr. Dean to advertise for an Engineering RFP for the TTHM problem.  This received a second by Mr. Hardy and carried by all ayes.

 

Mr. Dean gave a recap of the Downtown Revitalization meeting held on Wednesday evening.  Mr. Dean stated that a number of ideas were presented and discussed.  The next meeting will be March 3rd at 6 p.m.

 

Mr. Moorman stated that the Town Development Committee was still working on incentives for downtown and he and Mr. Dean would be meeting with members of the Southside Planning Commission to discuss a possible planning grant for revitalization of our downtown area.

 

Mrs. Bland reported that the Housing Code Committee had met concerning the rental inspection program and would have a report at the next meeting.

 

Mr. Pecht reported that a Learjet had been using the local airport quite a lot lately.

 

PAYMENT OF BILLS

A motion was made by Mr. Hardy to pay the bills as presented in the amount of $50,182.12 and charge to the proper accounts.  This was seconded by Mr. Pecht and carried by all ayes.

 

ARTBANK GRANT APPLICATION

Mrs. Talbert reported that it was again time to apply for the ArtBank Grant, this is a matching funds grant with the State.  After a discussion, a motion was made by Mr. Pecht and seconded by Mr. Hardy to apply for the ArtBank Grant in the amount of $500.00.  Voting aye:  Bland, Hardy, Moorman, Packer and Pecht .

 

CITIZEN’S REQUEST

Mr. Dean stated that a request had been received asking Council permission to dump septic tank sludge at the Lawrenceville wastewater treatment plant.  After a discussion, Mr. Dean recommended the request be denied on the recommendation of our engineers and our chief operator that we do not have the facility to handle this at the present time.  A motion was made by Mr. Moorman and seconded by Mr. Hardy to deny the request.

 

CLOSED SESSION

Mr. Pecht made the following motion:

 I move the Lawrenceville Town Council enter into a closed meeting pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.1-344.1 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, for the purpose of discussing contractual obligations.  This was seconded by Mr. Moorman. Voting aye: Bland, Hardy, Moorman, Packer and Pecht.

 

RETURN TO OPEN SESSION

After a discussion, Mr. Pecht made a motion the closed meeting be adjourned and the Lawrenceville Town Council convene again in open session.  This was seconded by Mr. Hardy.  Voting aye:  : Bland, Hardy, Moorman, Packer and Pecht.

 

CERTIFICATION

The following resolution was adopted by the Lawrenceville Town Council Members following a closed meeting held February 8, 2005 on motion by Mr. Pecht.  Seconded by Mrs. Bland and carried by the following vote:

Member                                   AYE                NAY                ABSENT            ABSTAIN

Joyce . Bland                           x

H. B. Brockwell, Jr.                                                             x

Wilbur Hardy                          x

John J. Miller, Jr.                                                                    x

Michael F. Moorman                     x         

Dean Woodrow Packer              x

Robert F. Pecht,III                       x

 

“BE IT RESOLVED to the best of my knowledge (I) only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements, under Section 2.1-344 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended and (II) only such public business matters as were identified in the motion by which the closed meeting was convened were heard, discussed or considered in the meeting.”

 

ADJOURNMENT

There being no further business to come before Council, a motion was made by Mr. Pecht and seconded by Mrs. Bland to adjourn.  This carried by all ayes.

 

 

_____________________________MAYOR

 

 

 

_____________________________ATTEST