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Home My WebLink About940607 June 7, 1994 Hagerstown, Maryland 21740 The Regular Meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of Washington County was called to order at 9:00 a.m. by the President, Richard E. Roulette, with the following members present: Vice President Ronald L. Bowers, and Commissioners Linda C. Irvin-Craig, John S. Shank, and Gregory I. Snook. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The Invocation was delivered by Commissioner Snook, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag by the full assemblage. LETTER FROM TOWN OF HANCOCK Commissioner Roulette read a letter from the Town of Hancock commending the Sanitary District for its help when the Town was faced with serious sewage lagoon problems and water turbidity problems. MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT - MONTEREY HOUSE Motion made by Commissioner Bowers, seconded by Snook, to approve the Memorandum of Agreement to acquire title to the Monterey House property from the Town of Hancock, which will be developed as an elderly housing project. Unanimously approved. RIGHT-OF-WAY AGREEMENT - MT. AETNA ROAD RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT - PHASE III Motion made by Commissioner Bowers, seconded by Irvin-Craig, to approve two agreements with The Potomac Edison Company for right-of-way for the Mt. Aetna Road Reconstruction Project - Phase III, to allow them to move power lines, but to provide the Washington County Public Golf Corporation the opportunity to have underground lines put in along Black Rock Golf Course if they wish to supply the additional funding necessary. Unanimously approved. TRANSFER OF FUNDS - CIP BUDGET Motion made by Commissioner Bowers, seconded by Snook, to transfer $33,441 from the Independence/Rockdale Road project (40-5-1310-585-043), $41,000 from the Landis Road project (40-5-1310-585-050), and $102,000 from Arborgate/Fountainhead Project (40-5-1301-580-152) to the Mt. Aetna Road Reconstruction project in the Capital Improvements Program Budget, and to designate that any monies from the sale of the lots on Mt. Aetna Road which are owned by the County be returned to the CIP Budget. Unanimously approved. RESOLUTION - ADMISSIONS & AMUSEMENT TAX FOR BINGO The Commissioners considered a Resolution presented by the County Attorney which would lower the Admissions and Amusements Tax for bingo from 5 percent to 3 percent to become effective September 1, 1994, to be consistent with the City of Hagerstown's rate. The Commissioners agreed to take this under consideration until next week's meeting. GRANT AGREEMENT - MARYLAND HISTORICAL TRUST Motion made by Commissioner Shank, seconded by Snook, to approve the grant agreement with the Maryland Historical Trust for $1,800 for the historic sites survey for the Town of Funkstown. Unanimously approved. CONSULTANT SERVICES - LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN Motion made by Commissioner Snook, seconded by Irvin-Craig, sitting as the Metropolitan Planning Organization for the Hagerstown Urbanized Area, to approve the recommendation to select Bellomo-McGee, Inc., for consultant services for the Long Range Transportation Plan, at a fee of $314,939. Unanimously approved. REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION - INTERSTATE SERVICE COALITION Commissioner Roulette stated that he received a letter from the Interstate Service Coalition of Hancock asking that the Commissioners reconsider its request to be added to the list of non-profit agencies to which the County may contribute funds. The Commissioners took this request under consideration at this time. AGREEMENT FOR PLANNING SERVICES - HAGERSTOWN FAIRGROUNDS Motion made by Commissioner Irvin-Craig, seconded by Bowers, to approve the joint agreement with the City of Hagerstown for planning services for the Hagerstown Fairgrounds with Whitney, Bailey, Cox & Magnani in the total amount of $28,000, which will be shared equally with the City of Hagerstown. Unanimously approved. CORRECTION OF MINUTES - MAY 24, 1994 Motion made by Commissioner Bowers, seconded by Irvin-Craig, to correct the minutes of May 24, 1994, regarding the change in zoning requested by the Town of Boonsboro to indicate that the annexation of Reeders Nursing Home is pending and has not taken place at this time. The motion to approve the requested zoning after annexation from C to RS was ratified. Unanimously approved. JUNE 7, 1994 MINUTES, CONT'D. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - MAY 31, 1994 Motion made by Commissioner Irvin-Craig, seconded by Bowers, to approve the minutes of May 31, 1994, as corrected. Unanimously approved. BID AWARD - TRACTOR WITH MOWER - REGIONAL AIRPORT Motion made by Commissioner Shank, seconded by Irvin-Craig, to award the bid for a tractor with mower unit for the Regional Airport to Antietam Ford Tractor, Inc., who submitted the low bid of $2,995. Unanimously approved. RE/APPOINTMENTS - MENTAL HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE Motion made by Commissioner Shank, seconded by Snook, to appoint Eva Emonds, Eugene Smith, and Wiley Rutledge to the Mental Health Advisory Committee for three year terms, and to reappoint Robbin Easton and Ethel Nemcek for three year terms. Unanimously approved. EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE POLICY - AMENDMENT Motion made by Commissioner Bowers, seconded by Shank, to amend the Educational Assistance Policy to increase the cap for assistance to individual employees from $500 to $1,000 for the duration of employment. Unanimously approved. PUBLIC HEARING - T-HANGAR FARE INCREASE The Commissioners convened the public hearing to hear testimony regarding the proposed increase in T-hangar rentals at the Washington County Regional Airport by 3 percent. Wayne Alter, Chairman of the Airport Commission, and Rodney Shoop, Regional Airport Manager, presented the request and listed improvements made recently at the airport. Commissioner Roulette then opened the meeting for public testimony. Roger Worthington testified that he is not in opposition to the rate increase but feels some of the accessibility problems at the T- hangars should be addressed. The hearing was concluded at 10:34 a.m. ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY PROGRAM APPLICATION Neil Curran, Program Development Coordinator; Sharon Disque, Economic Development Specialist; and Karen Hoff, Multi-Family Housing Specialist; presented the Enterprise Community Program application to be submitted and outlined the strategies for self-sufficiency. Mr. Curran explained that the program's vision is to increase self-sufficiency and that the strategies focus on age groups and list a series of objectives and resources which are currently available. Mr. Curran stated that this will be a joint application from the County and the City of Hagerstown. The Commissioners commended the group for their efforts and took the matter under consideration. T-HANGAR FARE INCREASE Motion made by Commissioner Bowers, seconded by Snook, to approve the 3 percent across-the-board increase in the T-hangar fares at the Regional Airport contingent upon the Airport Commission attempting to address the problem of accessibility of various T-hangars. Unanimously approved. CONVENE IN CLOSED SESSION Motion made by Commissioner Snook, seconded by Irvin-Craig, to convene in Closed Session at 11:35 a.m. with regard to personnel and property matters, to confer with the County Attorney to obtain legal advice, and to consider businesses relocating in Washington County, in accordance with Section l0.508 of the State Government Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland. Unanimously approved. RECONVENE IN REGULAR SESSION Motion made by Commissioner Snook, seconded by Shank, to reconvene in Regular Session at 12:17 p.m. Unanimously approved. In Closed Session, the Commissioners consulted with the County Attorney regarding 2 items and discussed 2 personnel matters. RECESS - OPEN HOUSE FOR FIXED BASE OPERATOR TERMINAL The Commissioners recessed at 12:18 p.m. in order to attend the luncheon and Open House for the new Fixed Base Operator (FBO) Terminal at the Regional Airport. Commissioner Bowers was excused from the meeting at this time. AFTERNOON SESSION The Afternoon Session was convened at 3:06 p.m. by the President, Richard E. Roulette, with the following members present: Commissioners Linda C. Irvin- Craig, John S. Shank, and Gregory I. Snook. JUNE 7, 1994 MINUTES, CONT'D. BID AWARD - MT. AETNA ROAD RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT Motion made by Commissioner Shank, seconded by Irvin-Craig, to award the bid for the Mt. Aetna Road Reconstruction Project to C. William Hetzer, Inc., who submitted the low bid of $1,075,567. Unanimously approved. REAPPOINTMENT - WESTERN MARYLAND HEALTH PLANNING AGENCY Motion made by Commissioner Snook, seconded by Irvin-Craig, to reappoint George Allen to the Western Maryland Health Planning Agency for a three year term. Unanimously approved. BID AWARD - VENTILATOR - LANDFILL OFFICES Motion made by Commissioner Shank, seconded by Irvin-Craig, to award the bid for a ventilator at the Landfill offices to Beaver Mechanical Services who submitted the low bid of $34,869. Unanimously approved. ADJOURNMENT Motion made by Commissioner Shank, seconded by Snook, to adjourn at 3:31 p.m. Unanimously approved. County Attorney , Clerk 2