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Home My WebLink About880614 June l4, l988 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 The Invocation was delivered by Commissioner Bowers. FLAG RAISING CEREMONY In honor of Flag Day, Maria Malkiewicz, a senior at Smithsburg High School who represented the County at the Flag Day Kick-Off Parade in Annapolis, presented the Commissioners with a United States flag on behalf of Governor Schaefer. Dennis Weaver, Clerk of the Court, presented the Commissioners with a Maryland State Flag. The Commissioners held a brief flag raising ceremony and Miss Malkiewicz led the assemblage in the Pledge of Allegiance. At this time Commissioner Snook arrived at the Meeting. AIRPORT TERMINAL STATUS REPORT Ed Beale of Delta Associates, and Jim Irby and John Morris of O'Dell Associates, appeared before the Commissioners to provide a status report on the air terminal project. Mr. Irby presented a floor plan, interior and exterior sketches and materials to be used in the terminal. Mr. Beale gave two alternates for the project on the site development portion - Alternate #1 is estimated at $3.l million and Alternate #2 is estimated at $2.6 million, the building portion of the project is estimated to be $l.7 million, and with land acquisition reimbursement would be a total package of $6 million, or by utilizing Alternate #2, a $5.4 million project. Mr. Beale identified possible funding sources totaling $5.5 million, through a $l.5 million entitlement from FAA and the State M.A.T.A.P. Program which could provide up to $3.2 million. Mr. Beale stated that the groundbreaking is tentatively scheduled for October l. The Commissioners thanked them for their presentation and the Airport Commission for the time they have put into the project and expressed their approval of the project to date. ADOPTION OF COUNTY FLAG Paulette Sprinkle, Community Coordinator; Marge Peters representing the Historical Advisory Committee; and Becky Horst Clever, the l976 flag contest winner, presented two variations for a flag from the Committee appointed to design a County flag. The Commissioners agreed upon the Ms. Clever's design. The theme contains the bust of George Washington with a "W" formed by a red stripe under this portrait and 9 stars surrounding his portrait to represent the 9 County municipalities on a blue background, with a green background under the red stripe representing the agricultural areas of the County. Motion made by Commissioner Irvin, seconded by Snook to adopt a County flag using the design submitted by Becky Horst Clever. Unanimously approved. CONVENE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Downey to convene in Executive Session at ll:00 a.m. in regard to personnel 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 Irvin to reconvene in Regular Session at ll:l5 a.m. Unanimously approved. TOUR OF CONSERVIT The Commissioners recessed at ll:l5 a.m. in order to make a tour of Conservit. APPOINTMENT - TOURISM ADVISORY COMMISSION Motion made by Commissioner Downey, seconded by Irvin to appoint Susan Cianci to the Tourism Advisory Commission for a three-year term. Unanimously approved. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - MAY 24 & 31, 1988 Motion made by Commissioner Downey, seconded by Irvin to approve the minutes of May 24 and 3l, l988, as amended. Unanimously approved. ENTERPRISE ZONE DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM Motion made by Commissioner Downey, seconded by Irvin to participate in the Enterprise Zone Development Incentive Program as recommended by the Tri-County Council and that the program be administered by the Tri-County Council through the Revolving Loan Fund Program and to appropriate $37,333.33 as the County's share for participation in the Program to be taken from Land Sale Revenues in the Capital Budget. Unanimously approved. JUNE l4, l988 MINUTES, CONT'D. COMPUTER SUPPORT PURCHASE - TRANSPORTATION DEPT. Motion made by Commissioner Irvin, seconded by Snook to approve the purchase of software and hardware for the Transportation Department as approved in the FY '89 budget for the estimated cost of $6,97l. Unanimously approved. BID AWARD - OVERLAY, TRAFFIC PAINT & BEADS - ROADS DEPARTMENT Motion made by Commissioner Downey, seconded by Roulette to award the bids for overlay, traffic paint, and traffic beads for the Roads Department to the following firms: Overlay - to be awarded to Wolfe Brothers, who submitted the low bid of $22.9l/ton; Traffic Paint - to be awarded to Baltimore Paint & Chemical who submitted the low bid of $4.l0/gallon of yellow paint and $4.80/gallon for white paint; and Traffic Beads - to be awarded to Flexolite, who submiited the low bid of $8.3l6/50 lb. bag. Unanimously approved. SCHEDULE MEETING WITH BOARD OF EDUCATION The Commissioners requested that the County Administrator schedule a meeting with the elected Board of Education and mentioned the following agenda items for discussion: the status of negotiations with the teachers, the Career Studies curriculum, the letters regarding the parking lot at Smithsburg High School and a walkway at Northern Middle School, and the Clear Spring Vo-Ag Center. MESA TERRACE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS The Commissioners agreed to participate on an equal cost share basis for improvement of Mesa Terrace, subject to the provision of adequate right-of-way as determined by the County Engineer for the improvements, with the right-of-way to be provided at no cost to the County in accordance with established County policy. TRANSFER OF FUNDS - INSURANCE Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Irvin to approve the following transfer of $49,000 from Fleet Insurance (9l-49l-050) to Public Liability (9l-49l- 040) in the Insurance accounts. Unanimously approved. ENTITLEMENT FUNDS - M.A.T.A.P PROGRAM Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Irvin to amend the Airport Capital Budget to include purchase of various equipment as authorized by the Maryland Air Transportation Assistance Program (M.A.T.A.P.) and increase the revenues accordingly by $27,000 from this source. Unanimously approved. REVENUE SHARING TRANSFERS Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Irvin to approve Revenue Sharing transfers to cover eligible expenditures for the period July l, l987 through March 3l, l988 for the following amounts: General - $400,000, Highway - $400,000 and Capital Projects - $203,8l5.80 for a total of $l,003,8l5.80. Unanimously approved. TRANSFER OF FUNDS - COMMUNITY COORDINATOR Motion made by Commissioner Irvin, seconded by Roulette to transfer $750 from the Contingency Fund to the County Administrator's budget for tuition expense for Paulette Sprinkle, Community Coordinator, to attend Leadership Hagerstown. Unanimously approved. CONVENE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Irvin to convene in Executive Session at l:30 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 Irvin, seconded by Roulette to reconvene in Regular Session at 3:l0 p.m. Unanimously approved. EMPLOY TOURISM DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL Motion made by Commissioner Downey, seconded by Roulette to hire Crystal Bennett and to move Charlotte Thren from Part-time to Full-time at the I-8l Information Center and hire Fred Vance on a temporary basis at the Breezewood Information Center to fill existing vacancies. Unanimously approved. EMPLOY "B" MECHANIC - COUNTY COMMUTER Motion made by Commissioner Downey, seconded by Roulette to employ Donald Staley as a "B" Mechanic at the County Commuter to fill an existing vacancy. Unanimously approved. JUNE l4, l988 MINUTES, CONT'D. EMPLOY DRIVERS - COUNTY COMMUTER Motion made by Commissioner Downey, seconded by Roulette to employ Charles Shaffer and John Corder as Drivers at the County Commuter and Catherine Messersmith and Sharon Jones as Part-time Drivers for the summer as needed, to fill existing vacancies. Unanimously approved. INTENTION TO CONVEY LAND - D.M. BOWMAN, INC. Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Irvin to convey l.l acres +/- of right-of-way located on Governor Lane Boulevard approximately .65 miles north of its intersection with Route 68 to D. M. Bowman, Inc., for the price of $l5,000 per acre with the grantee to be responsible for paying all costs of plat and deed preparation and advertisement. Unanimously approved. EMPLOY DIRECTOR OF PLANNING & REVIEW Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Irvin to employ Richard Parks as the Director of Planning and Review at Grade l4, Step C. Unanimously approved. ADJOURNMENT Motion made by Commissioner Downey, seconded by Irvin to adjourn at 3:l0 p.m. Unanimously approved. County Attorney , Clerk