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HomeMy WebLinkAbout881115 November l5, l988 Hagerstown, Maryland 2l740 The Regular Meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of Washington County was called to order at 9:l5 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 Edith Sweigert, Parks Administrator, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag by the full assemblage. FLOODPLAIN ORDINANCE - RZ-402 Pursuant to the public hearing held on October ll, l988, a Motion was made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Irvin to adopt Text Amendment RZ-402, known as the Floodplain Ordinance as presented. Unanimously approved. At this time Commissioner Snook arrived at the meeting. ANNUAL PROGRAM OPEN SPACE PROGRAM Edith Sweigert, Parks Administrator, presented the Annual Program for Fiscal Year l990 for Program Open Space acquisition and development projects. Motion made by Commissioner Snook, seconded by Roulette to accept and forward to the State Department of Natural Resources, Washington County's Program Open Space Annual Program for Fiscal Year l990 for acquisition. Unanimously approved. BOARD/COMMISSION REPORTS Commissioner Roulette reported on the Planning Commission meeting; Commissioner Irvin reported on the Commission for Women meeting, the Airport Commission and Children's Council; and Commissioner Downey gave a report on the Health Systems Agency meeting and Fire & Rescue Communications Advisory Board. COMMISSION FOR WOMEN - APPOINTMENTS Motion made by Commissioner Irvin, seconded by Snook to appoint Harriet Bowman to fill the unexpired term of Dot McDonald to July l, l989, Lucie Neill to fill the unexpired term of Stephanie Riley to July l, l990 and Yvonne Thomas to fill the unexpired term of Kathy Wantz to July l, l990 on the Commission for Women Board. Unanimously approved. YOUTH OF THE MONTH RECOMMENDATIONS Motion made by Commissioner Irvin, seconded by Roulette to approve the following Children's Council recommendations for Youth of the Month: Natalie Stouffer for September, Carrie Willson for October and Mark Bragunier for November. Unanimously approved. NOVEMBER l5, l988 MINUTES, CONT'D. ADOPTION OF BOND RESOLUTION Jeff Palkovitz of Miles & Stockbridge, the County's bond counsel, submitted a Resolution for adoption to the Commissioners which would authorize the issuance of bonds based on Chapter law passed by the General Assembly, with a bid opening set for November 29 and closing to occur in December. Motion made by Commissioner Downey, seconded by Roulette to adopt a Resolution authorizing and empowering the County Commisisoners to issue and sell at public sale, upon its full faith and credit, its general obligation serial maturity bonds in the aggregate principal amount of $l0,000,000 to be known as "Washington County, Maryland Public Facilities Bonds of l988" (Resolution attached). Unanimously approved. Motion made by Commissioner Snook, seconded by Roulette to consent to the County's financial adviser, Ferris, Baker Watts & Company, Inc., submission of a proposal for the $l0,000,000 Public Facilities Bonds of l988. Unanimously approved. AUDIT REPORT - FISCAL YEAR l988 Michael Manspeaker of Smith, Elliott, Kearns and Company, presented their report of the County's Fiscal Year l988 audit of County funds to the Commissioners. Mr. Manspeaker stated that $6.3 million is in the Fund Balance representing an increase of approximately $700,000 over the previous fiscal year. He also reviewed the special revenue accounts of Revenue Sharing and Highway Funds. Mr. Manspeaker stated that the County is in excellent financial shape and the economic outlook is very positive. PUBLIC HEARING - PLUMBING CODE AMENDMENTS The Meeting was convened in Public Hearing at ll:l5 a.m. in order to hear comments regarding the proposed plumbing code amendments. Richard Parks, Director of Planning and Review, and Michael Waugh, Assistant Chairman of the Plumbing Board, appeared before the Commissioners to present the Plumbing Code amendments and to answer any questions they may have regarding the amendments. Mr. Irvin Golden spoke in opposition to the testing procedure. There being no one else present to speak for nor against the proposed amendments, President Bowers stated that the record will be held open for ten (l0) days in order to receive written comments and reconvened the meeting in Regular Session. BOARD OF EDUCATION - CAPITAL PROGRAM Wayne Stouffer, Director of Fiscal Services for the Board of Education, appeared before the Commissioners to present the five-year capital plan and explained that the Board will be using the money committed by the County for the addition to Boonsboro Elementary School and they will submit an application to the State for renovation monies. Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Irvin to execute the Statement of Intent of the Board of Education and forward to the State the Capital Improvement Program for Fiscal Year l990-94 as amended October 3l, l988. Unanimously approved. SEWER SERVICE POLICY - SANITARY COMMISSION Lynn Palmer, Executive Director of the Sanitary Commission, along with Louise Fahrney, Chairperson, and other Sanitary Commission members, met with the Commissioners to explain the new sewer service policy which went into effect July l, l988. Mr. Palmer stated that the reason for instituting the new policy was to have a uniform system to establish and calculate rates and, therefore, abolish any inequities in the amount charged in different subdistricts . Mr. Palmer then distributed a copy of the new policy. CONSULTANT SELECTION - CHEWSVILLE STUDY Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Snook to accept the County Administrator's recommendation and select EpiStat who submitted the low bid of $26,400 as the consulting firm to perform a cancer research investigation in the Chewsville area. Unanimously approved. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - OCTOBER l8 AND 25, l988 Motion made by Commissioner Downey, seconded by Irvin to approve the minutes of October l8 and 25, l988, as submitted. Unanimously approved. LINE ITEM TRANSFER - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Irvin to transfer $l,538.50 from Salaries - Other Staff (0l-5-020l-404-000) to a new line item to be called Building Improvements (0l-5-020l-58l--000) for carpeting for the Economic Development Commission office. Unanimously approved. NOVEMBER l5, l988 MINUTES, CONT'D. MANOR CHURCH ROAD Carol Gersen, Bob Cukla and Julie Flaherty appeared before the Commissioners to ask the Commissioners to stop the improvements to Manor Church Road for 60 days until the property owners along this roadway can provide input as to how they feel the improvements should be made. The Commissioners agreed to have work stopped on Manor Church Road for 30 days. CONVENE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Snook to convene in Executive Session at l:20 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 Irvin to reconvene in Regular Session at 3:55 p.m. Unanimously approved. EMPLOY PART-TIME TOURIST INFORMATION SPECIALIST Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Irvin to employ Barbara Rohrer as Part-time Tourist Information Specialist at the Dual Highway Office. Unanimously approved. CONSOLIDATE POSITION - COUNTY COMMUTER The Commissioners agreed to allow the Transportation Commission to consolidate two part-time positions, one for maintenance and one part-time driver position, into one full-time position as a Driver - Floater. REAPPOINTMENT - RECREATION COMMISSION Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Snook to reappoint Paula Worthington to the Recreation Commission for a three-year term. Unanimously approved. BID AWARAD - COURT RECORDING EQUIPMENT Motion made by Commissioner Irvin, seconded by Roulette to award the bid for court recording equipment to Lanier Business Products who submitted the low bid of $l0,705. Unanimously approved. Motion made by Commissioner Irvin, seconded by Roulette to transfer $ll80 from Capital Outlay (0l-5-0lll-600-000) to Maintenance Agreements - Equipment (0l-5- 0lll-543-020) to cover the cost for a maintenance agreement for the new court equipment. Unanimously approved. ADJOURNMENT Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Snook to adjourn at 4:00 p.m. Unanimously approved. County Attorney , Clerk