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HomeMy WebLinkAbout900403 April 3, l990 Hagerstown, Maryand 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 Linda C. Irvin, and Commissioners R. Lee Downey, Richard E. Roulette and John S. Shank. 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. CERTIFICATE OF MERIT - PAUL HAHN Commissioner Bowers presented Paul Hahn, Landfill Attendant at the Kaetzel Road Transfer Station, with a Certificate of Merit from the Commissioners for his quick thinking and action in performing CPR on Roy Whipp, who collapsed at the transfer station, and reviving him before emergency services arrived. The Commissioners commended him on his superb handling of a life and death situation. BOARD/COMMISSION REPORTS Commissioner Roulette reported on the Planning Commission meeting. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - MARCH 20, l990 Motion made by Commissioner Irvin, seconded by Downey, to approve the minutes of March 20, l990, as amended. Unanimously approved. TRANSFER - COURT HOUSE - SECURITY Motion made by Commissioner Downey, seconded by Irvin, to approve a transfer of $2,300 from the Operating Contingency to the Buildings Budget (0l-5-0l7l-678-000) for security measures for the Circuit Court judges chambers. Unanimously approved. APPOINTMENT - COMMISSION FOR WOMEN Motion made by Commissioner Irvin, seconded by Shank, to appoint Adair Eves to the Commission for Women to fill the unexpired term of Lucie Neill extending to June 30, l990. Unanimously approved. LINE ITEM TRANSFR - CIRCUIT COURT Motion made by Commissioner Shank, seconded by Irvin, to transfer $500 from Petit Jury Fees (0l-5-0lll-524-0l0) to Printing (0l-5-0lll-522-000) and to transfer $300 from Petit Jury - Fees (0l-5-0lll-524-000) to Subscriptions (0l-5-0lll-5l4-000) as requested by the Circuit Court Administrator. Unanimously approved. LINE ITEM TRANSFER - PERMITS & INSPECTIONS Motion made by Commissioner Irvin, seconded by Roulette, to transfer $760 from Other (0l-5-l23l-529-000) to Printing - Code Books (0l-5-l23l-522-0l0) and to transfer $l,000 from Printing (0l-5-l23l-522-000) to Tuition Assistance (0l-5-l23l- 527-0l0) as requested by the Department of Permits & Inspections. Unanimously approved. LINE ITEM TRANSFER - LANDFILL Motion made by Commissioner Irvin, seconded by Roulette, to transfer $l,627 from Machinery & Equipment (20-5-l463-482-000) to Office Equipment (20-5-l460-687-000) as requested by the Director of Landfills. Unanimously approved. AGREEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING - HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Irvin, to approve the Agreement of Understanding between the County Housing & Community Development office and the State Housing & Community Development office whereby the County will assume the responsibility for approving loans and will also be accountable for meeting all procedural requirements. Unanimously approved. RECYCLING COORDINATOR - AUTHORIZATION The Commissioners gave their approval to proceed in hiring a Recycling Coordinator, as recommended by the Solid Waste Advisory Board in the Recycling Plan which was adopted by the Commissioners on March l3, l990. LETTER OF INTENT - HOMELESS SERVICES PROGRAM Motion made by Commissioner Irvin, seconded by Roulette, to execute a Letter of Intent for Continued Participation in the Homeless Services Program and to designate Community Action Council as the administering agency. Unanimously approved. APRIL 3, l990 MINUTES, CONT'D. COMPUTER HARDWARE - SANITARY COMMISSION Barry Teach, Administrator, informed the Commissioners that the Data Processing Manager has assured him that the County does have a need for the computer equipment which the Sanitary Commission wants to sell to the County. The Commissioners requested that a meeting be scheduled with Lynn Palmer, Director of Sanitary Commission, to discuss this. IN-HOUSE RECYCLING PROGRAM Paulette Sprinkle, Community Coordinator, reported on the in-house recycling program and suggested initiating another phase of the program to recognize those businesses which are sensitive to the recycling issue. She provided a description and objectives of the program to be known as the Environmental Role of Honor program and estimated that the cost of the program would be $500 initially for certificates and plaques. Ms. Sprinkle also stated that this would help in calculating the amounts of materials recycled for the statistics needed to send to the State. Motion made by Commissioner Irvin, seconded by Roulette, to institute an Environmental Role of Honor program as presented to recognize businesses and organizations that demonstrate a special awareness of the environment by instituting in-house recycling programs or similar recycling programs. Unanimously approved. PUBLIC HEARING - TAX CREDIT ORDINANCE The President convened the Public Hearing at l0:l0 a.m. in order to hear comments regarding the proposed Tax Credit Ordinance for Improvements to Specified Historic Structures in Washington County. Stephen Goodrich, Senior Planner, reviewed the Ordinance and process which would be followed. Mr. Goodrich explained that this ordinance would provide a l0% credit on County property taxes for funds expended for exterior restoration of existing structures and a 5% credit for new construction attached to existing structures, on historic properties in designated Historic Preservation zones or which are located in the Antietam Overlay districts and which are listed on the Maryland Historic Sites Survey. Mr. Goodrich stated this would not apply in municipalities since they are not subject to County zoning regulations, but this could be waived if the towns had a similar process, such as the Historic Sites Survey, as the County. Marjorie Peters testified in favor of the Ordinance and James Devine raised a question regarding the tax credit. The Commissioners asked that an abatement program be instituted instead of a refund. Commissioner Bowers announced that the record would remain open for a ten (l0) day period in order to receive written comments and the hearing was closed at l0:35 a.m. PUBLIC HEARING - REQUEST TO TRANSFER BED OF MARGIN ROAD TO CITICORP The President convened the Public Hearing at l0:35 a.m. in order to hear public comments regarding transferring the bed of Margin Road, running from State Line Road to the Burkholder farm, parallel to State Line Road and Interstate 8l, to Citicorp Credit Services. There was no one in attendance who wished to testify regarding the transfer. Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Shank, to approve transferring the bed of Margin Road, running from State Line Road to the Burkholder farm, parallel to State Line Road and Interstate 8l, to Citicorp Credit Services. Unanimously approved. BID OPENING & AWARD - USED ARTICULATED WHEEL LOADER - AIRPORT The only bid received for the used articulated wheel loader was publicly opened and read aloud. The following firm and its proposal was as follows: Powlen Equipment Company - $57,000. The Airport Manager reviewed the proposal and found it to be in order. Motion made by Commissioner Irvin, seconded by Roulette, to award the bid for a used articulated wheel loader for the Airport to Powlen Equipment Company who submitted the low and only bid of $57,000. Unanimously approved. CONVENE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Irvin, to convene in Executive Session at ll:05 a.m. in regard to personnel, property and to confer with the County Attorney, in accordance with Section l0.508 of the State Government Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland. Unanimously approved. APRIL 3, l990 MINUTES, CONT'D. RECONVENE IN REGULAR SESSION Motion made by Commissioner Irvin, seconded by Shank to reconvene in Regular Session at l:05 p.m. Unanimously approved. BUDGET PRESENTATIONS State's Attorney - M. Kenneth Long, State's Attorney, presented his budget request for Fiscal Year l990-9l which totals $660,452. Personnel & Insurance - Alan Davis, Director of Personnel & Insurance, presented his department's budget request totalling $200,493. Recreation Commission - Ronald Kidd, Director of the Recreation Commission, and Ronald Phillips, Chairman of the Recreation Commission, presented their budget request for $362,347. Engineering - Glenn Dull, County Engineer, and Terry McGee, Assistant County Engineer, presented the Engineering Department budget of $394,803. Housing & Community Development - Richard Willson, Director, presented Housing's budget which totals $348,063. Tourism - Robert O'Connor, Director of Tourism, presented the budget for Tourism - $2l9,774, Breezewood Information Center - $37,7l6, I-8l Information Center - $27, 495, I-70 Information Center - $84,7l7. Mr. O'Connor also stated that his budget will not require a General Fund contribution since they are projecting income of $280,000 from the hotel/motel tax. Data Processing - Ronald Whitt, Manager, presented Data Processing's budget requestin the amount of $338,77l for Fiscal Year l99l. PURCHASE OPTION AGREEMENT - ZELLO Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Irvin, to authorize Commissioner President Bowers to enter into a Purchase Option Agreement with Angelo Zello for the lands described in Liber 463, Folio 667, in the Land Records of Washington County, and to provide a deposit of $l0,000 which will be applied to the purchase price if the Commissioners choose to purchase the property. Unanimously approved. EMPLOY SECRETARY I - HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Motion made by Commissioner Irvin, seconded by Shank, to employ Trudy Green as Secretary I in the Housing & Community Development Office to fill an existing vacancy. Unanimously approved. EMPLOY BUILDING INSPECTOR I Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Irvin, to employ Lawrence Baldwin as Building Inspector I with the Department of Permits & Inspections to fill an existing vacancy. Unanimously approved. PROMOTION - COUNTY COMMUTER Motion made by Commissioner Irvin, seconded by Shank, to promote Linda Foltz from Part-time to Full-time Bus Operator at the County Commuter, to become effective on April l2, l990, with the retirement of James Mace. Unanimously approved. EMPLOY FULL-TIME & PART-TIME CUSTODIANS - COURT HOUSE Motion made by Commissioner Roulette, seconded by Irvin, to employ Eddie Abbot as Full-time Custodian - Court House and Warren Jamison as Part-time Custodian - Court House to fill existing vacancies. Unanimously approved. CONVENE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION Motion made by Commissioner Shank, seconded by Irvin, to convene in Executive Session at 3:20 p.m. in regard to 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 Roulette, to reconvene in Regular Session at 3:50 p.m. Unanimously approved. ADJOURNMENT Motion made by Commissioner Irvin, seconded by Shank, to adjourn at 3:50 p.m. Unanimously approved. County Attorney , Clerk