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HomeMy WebLinkAbout871027 October 27, l987 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, Ronald L. Bowers, with the following members present: Vice President Richard E. Roulette and Commissioners R. Lee Downey, Linda C. Irvin and Martin L. Snook. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The Invocation was delivered by Commissioner Bowers, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag by the full assemblage. HEALTH SYSTEMS AGENCY - APPOINTMENTS Motion made by Commissioner Irvin, seconded by Snook to appoint George Allen and Nancy Russell to the Health Systems Agency Governing Body in the category of "Consumers" with Mr. Allen to fill the unexpired term of Rev. Sautter for a term extending to August 3l, l988 and Ms. Russell's appointment to expire August 3l, l990. Unanimously approved. BOARD/COMMISSION REPORTS Commissioner Irvin reported on Airport Board's activities. REZONING APPLICATION FEE - AMENDMENT Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Irvin to change the rezoning application fee to $l00 plus $40 for advertising costs, to become effective November l, l987. Unanimously approved. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - OCTOBER 6, l987 Motion made by Commissioner Downey, seconded by Irvin to approve the minutes of October 6, l987, as submitted. Unanimously approved. SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER - HJC Motion made by Commissioner Downey, seconded by Irvin to endorse the application of the Western Maryland Community College Consortium to the State for funding for a Small Business Development Center to serve the four Western Maryland counties. Unanimously approved. CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU PROPOSALS Robert O'Connor, County Tourism Director, Paul Waggoner, Chairman of the Tourism Advisory Committee, and members of Washington County Tourism, Inc. appeared before the Commissioners to present their proposals for a convention and visitors bureau. Mr. O'Connor outlined the proposal which includes merging the two tourism organizations in the County and the structure of the new tourism office. A"not- for-profit" corporation governed by a Board of Directors with a corporate charter and by-laws will be formed. The tourism convention and visitors bureau will deal with three areas: tourism information centers, conventions and marketing. The funding sources for this would come from a proposed hotel/motel users tax, a State matching grant, State Information Center grants, membership dues and other fund raising activities. Frank Turner, owner of the Hagerstown Ramada Convention Center, spoke against the hotel/motel sales tax proposed and felt that a budget should be submitted with the presentation to show how the money raised by such a tax would be spent. PUBLIC HEARING - WATER & SEWER PLAN AMENDMENTS The President convened the meeting in public hearing at l0:25 a.m. to hear proposed amendments to the Water and Sewer Plan. Stephen Goodrich, Senior Planner, presented the three proposed amendments to the plan, which include: 1) formation of a new service area for a Wastewater Treatment Plant to serve Sandy Hook, Valley Road, Knoxville and the Weverton Road areas; 2) Sideling Hill Interpretive Center - creation of a new service area for a treatment plant to serve the Sideling Hill Interpretive Center located on U. S. Route 48 and Sideling Hill; and 3) International Salt Company - to include the International Salt Company in the list of discharge permits issued by the State for stormwater runoff. A Public Hearing wil be held by the State Department of the Environment on this permit on December 8, l987. Commissioner Bowers stated that the record will be held open for ten days for written comments to be submitted. There being no one else present to speak for nor against these amendments, the Public Hearing was closed at l0:50 a.m. and the meeting was reconvened in Regular Session. REZONING CASES RZ-262, RZ-366, RZ-368 and RZ-369 Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Downey to TABLE any decisions on Rezoning Cases RZ-262, RZ-366, RZ-368 and RZ-369 until the November 3, l987, meeting to allow the Commissioners to further review the Planning Staff recommendations. Unanimously approved. OCTOBER 27, 1987 MINUTES, CONT'D. CONVEYANCE OF LAND - TREBOR FUTREX Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Irvin to convey to Trebor Industries/Futrex, Inc. a parcel of land containing six acres, more or less, from the southern portion of Lot l2, located in the Washington County Business Park for the sum of $l4,000 per acre as advertised. Unanimously approved. BID OPENING - EXTERIOR RENOVATION FOR COUNTY COMMUTER BUILDING The bids for the exterior renovation of the County Commuter building were publicly opened and read aloud. The firms participating in the bidding and their proposals were as follows: The K-Team - $32,844; Floyd R. Kline, Inc. - $38,750; and David Contractors - $37,900. The bids will be reviewed by appropriate officials prior to a decision being rendered. BID OPENING - HIGH GERMANY ROAD BRIDGE The bids for the repair of the High Germany Road Bridge were publicly opened and read aloud. The firms participating in the bidding and their proposals were as follows: Building Systems, Inc. - $51,700; WOCAP Energy Resources - $27,935. The bids will be reviewed by appropriate officials prior to a decision being rendered. BID OPENING - WOODMONT ROAD BRIDGE The bids for the replacement of Woodmont Road Bridge were publicly opened and read aloud. Firms participating in the bidding and their proposals were as follows: Building Systems, inc. - $56,770; WOCAP Energy Resources, Inc. - $68,137. The bids will be reviewed by appropriate officials prior to a decision being rendered. BID OPENING - GASOLINE, DIESEL FUEL, MOTOR AND INDUSTRIAL OILS The bids for the Gasoline, Diesel Fuel, Motor and Industrials Oils were publicly opened. Due to the complexity of the bids, they were not read aloud but were available for inspection in the Purchasing Office. Firms participating in the bidding were as follows: Solliday Oil Company; Dryden Oil Company, Inc.; Hardell Corporation; Lyndale R. Brandon, dealer for Hamsoil Inc.; Ewing Oil Company, Southern States Co-op.; and A.C.& T. The bids will be reviewed by appropriate officials prior to a decision being rendered. PHYSICIAN/MEDICAL SERVICES Motion made by Commissioner Irvin, seconded by Snook to accept the recommendation of the Personnel & Insurance Director and County Administrator to engage the Hagerstown Industrial Clinic to provide medical services and physicals for the County for the calendar year l988. Unanimously approved. FUNDING COMMITMENT - MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS Motion made by Commissioner Snook, seconded by Roulette to commit $500,000 to the Museum of Fine Arts for construction of an addition to the building, which will be paid in five installments of $l00,000 per fiscal year, beginning in FY l988-89; the Commissioners also reserve the right to review the specifications prior to bidding. Unanimously approved. BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Irvin to convene as the Board of Health at ll:30 a.m. and for separate minutes to be kept of this meeting. Unanimously approved. RECONVENE IN REGULAR SESSION The Commissioners reconvened the meeting in Regular Session at l2:30 p.m. LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE FOR NOVEMBER 5 MEETING The Commissioners discussed the legislative changes proposed by County department heads to be discussed at the November 5 meeting with the Washington County Delegation to the General Assembly: 1) County Treasurer's Office - two requested changes dealing with tax collection and sales; 2) Sheriff's Department - a) to make lie detector tests a condition of employment for the Sheriff's Department employees who have contact with inmates and b) enabling legislation to allow a change in the fee to cover the cost of serving writs of execution; 3) Tourism Convention Center - enabling legislation; 4) Fire & Rescue Length of Service Award Program - enabling legislation; and a Status report on the Blue Laws and the dog racing issue. APPROPRIATION - NORTHERN AVENUE/FOUNTAIN HEAD ROAD SIGNALIZATION Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Snook to appropriate an additional $45,000 to the Northern Avenue/Fountain Head Road signalization project, which came in over budget, with funds to be taken from the Capital Contingency Fund. Unanimously approved. OCTOBER 27, l987 MINUTES, CONT'D. CONVENE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Irvin to convene in Executive Session at l2:45 p.m. in regard to personnel and property matters 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 Downey, seconded by Snook to reconvene in Regular Session at l:00 p.m. Unanimously approved. EMPLOY PART-TIME BUS ATTENDANT Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Irvin to employ Alex Serpi as a Part-time Bus Attendant at the County Commuter to fill an existing vacancy. Unanimously approved. ADJOURNMENT Motion made by Commissioner Irvin, seconded by Roulette to adjourn at l:05 p.m. Unanimously approved. County Attorney , Clerk