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Home My WebLink About870929 September 29, l987 Hagerstown, Maryland 2l740 The Regular Meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of Washington County was called to order at 9:00 a.m. by the President, Ronald L. Bowers, with the following members present: Vice President Richard E. Roulette and Commissioners R. Lee Downey and Linda C. Irvin. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The Invocation was delivered by Commissioner Ronald L. Bowers, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag by the full Assemblage. BOARD/COMMISSION REPORTS Commissioner Irvin reported on the Airport Commission meeting. FLAG POLE REPLACEMENT Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Downey to appropriate up to $5300 to be taken from the Capital Contingency Fund using the excess funds from the Court House Lighting Project to replace the two flag poles in front of the Court House due to their deteriorating condition. Unanimously approved. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - SEPTEMBER l5, l987 Motion made by Commissioner Downey, seconded by Irvin to approve of the Minutes of September l5, l987, as submitted. Unanimously approved. BID AWARD - BULK ICE CONTROL ROCK SALT Motion made by Commissioner Downey, seconded by Roulette to award the bid for bulk ice control rock salt to Cargil Salt for their low bid of $29.28/ton delivered. Unanimously approved. KING ROAD BRIDGE The Commissioners discussed the consultant's report regarding King Road Bridge and their recommendation that the bridge be replaced at an approximate cost of $l00,000, due to the poor condition of the structure. The Commissioners felt that two options should be presented to the Town of Boonsboro: l) that the County pay l00% of the replacement costs with the Town to pay all future maintenance costs or 2) that the County and the Town split the replacement cost 50/50 with the County to accept the Bridge into the County roads system and provide future maintenance and up-keep. BID AWARD - l988 FLEET VEHICLES Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Irvin to award the bid for the l988 fleet vehicles to the following firms, who submitted the low bids meeting specifications: Hoffman Chevrolet, Inc. - One (1) Four Door Sedan - $11,289/unit, Five (5) Compacts w/front wheel drive - $l0,589/unit, One (1) Subcompact or Compact w/front wheel drive - $7,386/unit and One Half-Ton Pick-Up w/four-wheel drive - $ll,929/unit; Martin Truck Corporation - One (1) 3/4 Ton Pick-Up w/Four-Wheel Drive for Weed Control - $13,174/unit and One (1) 3/4 ton Pick-up w/Four wheel drive for Rescue Co. 28 - $l4,255/unit. Unanimously approved. CLOSE-OUT CAPITAL PROJECTS Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Irvin to remove the completed projects from the Capital Improvements Project Fund in the amount of $5,270,244 and transfer them into the General Fixed Asset Account. Unanimously approved. HISTORICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE - APPOINTMENT Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Downey to appoint Paulette Sprinkle, Community Coordinator, to fill the unexpired term of Barbara Wetzel on the Historical Advisory Committee. Unanimously approved. REAPPOINTMENT - AIRPORT COMMISSION Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Downey to reappoint Rollan Myers and Richard Funkhouser to the Airport Commission for terms extending to October l, l990. Unanimously approved. APPOINTMENT - AIRPORT COMMISSION Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Irvin to appoint Edward Henson to the Airport Commission for a term extending to October l, l990, pending approval from the Commission members. Unanimously approved. SEPTEMBER 29, l987 MINUTES, CONT'D. INTENTION TO CONVEY LAND - ROZA Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Downey to convey any right, title and interest for a strip of land 22' x l40' containing 3,557 square feet, more or less, formerly platted as right-of-way for the future extension of Briarcliff Road running northward from Cherry Tree Drive to Eli Roza and his wife for the consideration of $l600 with the grantees to pay all costs of advertising, deed preparation and for submittal for subdivision plat to the Washington County Planning Commission and with said conveyance subject to the grantees relocating a fence along the western property so as not to encumber the rights of the adjoining owner from maintaining a retaining wall. Unanimously approved. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION GRANT - AIP-05 Motion made by Commissioner Irvin, seconded by Roulette to accept the Federal Aviation Administration Grant for the AIP-05 project at the Washington County Regional Airport for overlay of Runway 9-27 and drainage correction problems with the Federal share being $l,064,000 and the County/State share - $59,l50. Unanimously approved. REJECTION OF BIDS - AIRPORT OVERLAY PROJECT Motion made by Commissioner Downey, seconded by Irvin to reject the bid received for the overlay project at the Washington County Regional Airport since the bid received was substantially over the projected budget amount and to rescope the project and rebid at a later date. Unanimously approved. ANNOUNCEMENT - TREBOR INDUSTRIES/FUTREX Michael Lofton, Deputy Secretary for the State Department of Economic and Community Development was present to announce Trebor Industries plans to purchase six acres in the Washington County Business Park and to construct a l5,000 sq. ft. building suitable for electronic assembly and production. Initial employment will be a minimum of 30 people and construction is planned to start within the next eight months. SANITARY DISTRICT - RESOLUTION - HIGHFIELD/CASCADE WATER SYSTEM Motion made by Commissioner Downey, seconded by Roulette to approve a resolution which was passed by the Sanitary Commission which would obligate the County's full faith and credit in support of the Sanitary Commission bond issue in the amount of $490,000 for the Highfield/Cascade Water system. Unanimously approved. SCATTERED SITE HOUSING UNITS The County Administrator announced that the Housing & Community Development Office has been informed that their application for scattered site housing has been approved and that the County will receive funding for 25 units from Housing & Urban Development. BID OPENING - LANDFILL INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT Bids for landfill industrial equipment were publicly opened and read aloud. Firms participating in the bidding and their proposals were as follows: Powlen Equipment Company - four-wheel drive loader - $69,200; Alban Tractor - Land bulldozer - $20l,795, trade-in value - $6,500 for a net bid of $195,298, four-wheel drive loader - $83,554, and Landfill ripper - $l4,3l0. The bids will be reviewed by appropriate officials prior to a decision being rendered. CANCELLATION - XERXES PUBLIC HEARING The Public Hearing scheduled for the Xerxes Corporation was cancelled since notification was received that they do not plan to start construction on their new facility until the Spring of l988. Although this hearing is postponed until a later date, there is no intention by the County to terminate the Official Action Resolution dated April 28, l987. CONVENE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Downey to convene in Executive Session at ll:l0 a.m. in regard to personnel, property and potential litigation in accordance with Section l0.508 of the State Government Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland. Unanimously approved. SEPTEMBER 29, l987 MINUTES, CONT'D. RECONVENE IN REGULAR SESSION Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Downey to reconvene in Regular Session at l2:30 p.m. Unanimously approved. EMPLOY - STOCKROOM CLERK Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Irvin to employ Richard Curry in the position of Stockroom Clerk at the Roads Department to fill an existing vacancy. Unanimously approved. At this time Commissioner Bowers was excused from the Meeting and Commissioner Roulette assumed the Chair. TERMINATION - LEASE AGREEMENT Motion made by Commissioner Downey, seconded by Irvin to terminate the Lease with Ryder P-I-E due to the fact that they are exercising their option to pre-pay their lease on the IRB and to convey the property to P-I-E Nationwide. Unanimously approved. QUIT CLAIM DEED - GAU Motion made by Commissioner Irvin, seconded by Downey to convey all in excess of a 50' wide easement at the Davidson Drive turnaround in the Forge Hill Subdivision in Sharpsburg to the developer, Bertrand C. R. and Henrietta R. Gau, with Mr. Gau to pay all expenses. Unanimously approved. REINHARDT SETTLEMENT Motion made by Commissioner Irvin, seconded by Downey to offer Mr. William Reinhardt $500 as settlement for a cattle gate which was allegedly damaged during repair of Hanging Rock Road Bridge and removal of a subdivision plat from the land records, with the understanding that Mr. Reinhardt acknowledge that this releases the County from any future payment. Unanimously approved. PROCLAMATION - NATIONAL BUSINESS WOMEN'S WEEK Motion made by Commissioner Irvin, seconded by Downey to proclaim the week of October l8-24, l987, as National Business Women's Week in Washington County urging all citizens to join in this notable celebration by encouraging and promoting the achievements of all working women as they contribute to our economic, civic and cultural progress throughout the nation and the world. Unanimously approved. ADJOURNMENT Motion made by Commissioner Irvin, seconded by Downey to adjourn at l2:35 p.m. Unanimously approved. County Attorney , Clerk