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HomeMy WebLinkAbout880119 January 19, 1988 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 and Linda C. Irvin. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The Invocation was delivered by Capt. Darrell Kingsbury of the Salvation Army, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag by the full assemblage. RESOLUTION CREATING SUBDISTRICT 14 - SHARPSBURG PIKE Motion made by Commissioner Downey, seconded by Irvin to approve the Resolution of the Washington County Sanitary Commission creating Subdistrict No. l4 - Sharpsburg Pike (copy attached) with boundaries to encompass those areas with general boundaries as indicated on Washington County Sanitary District Drawing NO. R-6l970- 07 C, dated January l988. Unanimously approved. COUNTY FLAG - DESIGNS AND INFORMATION Paulette Sprinkle, Community Coordinator, appeared before the Commissioners regarding the possibility of adopting a County flag. She reported that there was a l985 newspaper article which mentioned that a County flag may have been adopted in the late l700's. Mrs. Sprinkle has contacted the State Archives who will now research this matter. The Commissioners agreed to wait to see if the State Archives locates any information regarding this before proceeding with another design. BOARD/COMMISSION REPORTS Commissioner Roulette reported on the Tourism Advisory Committee meeting and the South County Planning Committee meeting; Commissioner Irvin reported on the Airport Commission, the Commission for Women and the Historical District; and Commissioner Bowers reported on the MACo Legislative Committee and the meeting regarding a regional concept for tourism. PROPOSED TOURISM LEGISLATION Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Irvin to amend into the proposed legislation for the hotel/motel tax, that up to 5% of the revenues from this tax may be used for administrative costs and to pattern this legislation after similar legislation enacted for Wicomico County. Unanimously approved. APPROVAL OF DRUG/ALCOHOL POLICY Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Irvin to approve the Drug/Alcohol Policy as amended and proposed for inclusion in the County Personnel Policy Manual. Unanimously approved. CONVEYANCE OF FORMER JAIL PROPERTY Motion made by Commissioner Downey, seconded by Roulette to convey the former jail property as advertised to Orville E. and Harold D. Adkins for the purchase price of $80,366.53. Unanimously approved. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - JANUARY 5, 1988 Motion made by Commissioner Irvin, seconded by Downey to approve the Minutes of January 5, l988 as submitted. Unanimously approved. TAX DIFFERENTIAL MEETING The County Administrator informed the Commissioners that he will be scheduling meetings with municipalities in the County in regard to tax differential. SHARPSBURG PIKE SEWER SERVICE AGREEMENT Motion made by Commissioner Irvin, seconded by Roulette to approve the agreement between the Sanitary District and the Hagerstown City Council with minor changes and a correction of typographical errors. Unanimously approved. REQUEST FOR NEW POSITION - EXTENSION SERVICE Motion made by Commissioner Downey, seconded by Roulette to approve one additional part-time position for a County 4-H Recruiter/Club Organizer for the Extension Service for the period February l988 - April l988 for a salary of $200 per week. Unanimously approved. RESOLUTION - SMALL CITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT - SHARPSBURG PIKE Motion made by Commissioner Downey, seconded by Irvin to approve the resolution authorizing the submittal of a grant application to the Department of Economic and Employment Development, Small Cities Block Grant for $320,000 in additional grant funding for the Sharpsburg Pike Sewer Construction Project, to authorize the JANUARY 19, 1988 MINUTES CONT'D. President of the Board of County Commissioners to sign the application forms and to allow the Housing & Community Development Director to represent the Board in matters arising in connection with this application and with administration of the grant when received, acting in concert with the Washington County Sanitary Commission and the County's Economic Development Director. Unanimously approved. CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION - HOUSING AUTHORITY County Administrator, Barry Teach, informed the Commissioners that the Washington County Housing Authority and staff were presented with a Certificate of Recognition for their exemplary management of the Section 8 voucher program by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and displayed the Certificate to those in attendance. VISIT FROM CONGRESSWOMAN BYRON Congresswoman Beverly Byron visited the Commissioners to hear any concerns they may have or issues in which she could be of assistance. Topics discussed included: the possibility of the Washington County Regional Airport being considered a regional airport, unemployment rates, and a wastewater treatment plant. The Commissioners also updated Mrs. Byron on the proposed Antietam Battlefield buffer zone and the study regarding South County and the sewage treatment plant to be constructed at the 70/81 Industrial Park. Congresswoman Byron stated that she would have her staff look into the possibilty of federal grant money available for this type project. REQUEST FOR OFFICE SPACE - ARTS COUNCIL Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Downey to approve the request of the Washington County Arts Council for $l,000 to cover rental of office space in the Bryan Center through June 30, l988 with a commitment to approve an additional appropriation of $3,000 in the Fiscal Year '89 budget to cover l988-89 rent. Unanimously approved. CONVENE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION Motion made by Commissioner Downey, seconded by Roulette to convene in Executive Session at ll:35 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. RECONVENE IN REGULAR SESSION Motion made by Commissioner Downey, seconded by Irvin to reconvene in Regular Session at l2:50 p.m. Unanimously approved. EMPLOY PART-TIME BUS ATTENDANTS Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Downey to employ Darnell L. Powell and Donald L. Armstrong II as Part-time Bus Attendants at the County Commuter to fill existing vacancies. Unanimously approved. EMPLOY ASSISTANT SUPERVISORS - ROADS DEPARTMENT Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Irvin to employ Ray Gruber as Assistant Supervisor in the Central Section and Guy Knepper as Assistant Supervisor - section not designated with the Roads Separtment. Unanimously approved. RECESS The Commissioners recessed for lunch at l2:55 p.m. AFTERNOON SESSION The Afternoon Session was convened at l:30 p.m. by President, Ronald L. Bowers with the following members present: Vice President Richard E. Roulette, and Commissioners R. Lee Downey and Linda C. Irvin. The meeting was held at the Western Heights Middle School for a meeting with the elected Board of Education. MEETING WITH BOARD OF EDUCATION Board of Education members present were: B. Marie Byers, Kenneth Grove, Barbara Stansbury, Douglas Bachtell and Cliff Metger; School Superintendent Wayne Gersen; Ralph Giffin, Director of Operations and Maintenance; and Wayne Stouffer, Director of Fiscal Planning. Dr. Gersen discussed the informational meetings to be held regarding the School Facilities Planning Committee's report on options for resolving problems created by increasing and decreasing enrollments in County schools and space requirements. Wayne Stouffer reviewed the Board of Education's Revised Budget. He explained that the major reasons for the $450,000 increase were the buy-out of the energy contract and the construction of computer laboratories. JANUARY 19, 1988 MINUTES, CONT'D. MOTION made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Downey to adopt the Board of Education's Revised Budget for FY l988 with the understanding that the FY l989 budget will be based upon $59,569,549. Unanimously approved. Major construction projects needed for County schools and maintenance requirements were also discussed. Mr. Stouffer stated that they will need six relocatable portable classrooms for next year for an estimated $45,000 per classroom. The expansion of transportation facilities which are not adequate and the possibility of sharing a facility with the County Roads Department was discussed. Also discussed was the possibility of floating a bond for major projects. The Board of Education officials agreed to determine the long-term needs for the schools and the County Commissiners will look into the level of funding. ADJOURNMENT Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Downey to adjourn at 3:00 p.m. Unanimously approved. County Attorney , Clerk