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Home My WebLink About910409 April 9, l99l Hagerstown, Maryland 2l740 The Commissioners presented service pin awards to those employees at the Transportation Department who have been employed by the County for five years or more. The Regular Meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of Washington County was called to order at 9:00 a.m. by the President Richard E. Roulette, with the following members present: Commissioners Linda C. Irvin-Craig, John S. Shank, and Gregory I. Snook. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE James Augustine, Supervisor/Dispatcher at the County Commuter, delivered the Invocation, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag by the full assemblage. ANNUAL REPORT - CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU Robert O'Connor, Director of the Washington County Convention & Visitors Bureau, presented copies of their first Annual Report for l990 to the Commissioners for their review. Mr. O'Connor thanked Paulette Sprinkle, Community Coordinator, for her help in preparing the report. BOARD/COMMISSION REPORTS Commissioner Snook reported on the Recreation Commission meeting; Commissioner Irvin-Craig reported on the Historic District Commission meeting; Commissioner Shank reported on the Arbor Day celebration in Funkstown; and Commissioner Roulette reported on the Association of Retarded Citizens Board meeting. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - MARCH 26, 1991 Motion made by Commissioner Irvin-Craig, seconded by Snook, to approve the minutes of March 26, l99l, as corrected. Unanimously approved. HANCOCK ELDERLY HOUSING PROJECT - MONTEREY HOUSE Karen Hoff, Multi-Family Housing Specialist, appeared before the Commissioners to review the income and expense proforma, update the status of the project and review the Community Development Block Grant application to be submitted. Erich Rose, developer for the project, was also in attendance to answer any questions. Ms. Hoff explained that the rents will be calculated at 30% of the tenant's income and the County, as Public Housing Authority, will hold the lease and manage the project. Ms. Hoff and Richard Willson, Director of Housing & Community Development, then answered questions from the Commissioners. Motion made by Commissioner Snook, seconded by Irvin-Craig, to agree to grant the tax abatement for County real estate taxes for the Hancock Elderly Housing Project, known as Monterey House, when and if the project is approved by the State over a l5 year period. Unanimously approved. APPOINTMENTS - SOLID WASTE ADVISORY COMMISSION Motion made by Commissioner Snook, seconded by Irvin-Craig, to appoint James Black, Irv Cather, Margaret Comstock, John Clopper, James Mosher, Harry Reynolds, Linda Smith, Donald Spickler, and Ralph Young to the Solid Waste Advisory Commission for staggered terms of one to three years to be determined at their organizational meeting, contingent upon their acceptance. Unanimously approved. PURCHASE OF ADDITIONAL SPRAYER - WEED CONTROL Motion made by Commissioner Shank, seconded by Irvin-Craig, to approve the Weed Control Committee's purchase of an additional sprayer for the price of $l,500. Unanimously approved. ABATEMENT OF TAXES - JRA EXECUTIVE AIR Motion made by Commissioner Irvin-Craig, seconded by Shank, to approve the abatement of County real estate taxes for JRA Executive Air - Hangar 2l, in the amount of $l,09l.20 for one-half year, which, under the provisions of the lease will be repaid to the County as a payment-in-lieu of taxes. Unanimously approved. REQUESTS - TOWN OF WILLIAMSPORT The Commissioners discussed several requests made by the Town of Williamsport at their recent meeting. In regard to the Town's request for the County to provide containers for recycling and institute a curbside recycling program, the Commissioners advised Mr. Teach to have Harvey Hoch, Recycling Coordinator, contact Town officials to discuss this request. The Commissioners agreed to accept the 40 acres of land owned by the Town and, in exchange for this, to provide for the extension of Church Street. The Commissioners requested that the County Attorney negotiate the agreement. APRIL 9, 1991 MINUTES, CONT'D. Williamsport officials also requested an additional Sheriff's Deputy be assigned for 8 hours per week. The Commissioners felt that this was not consistent with what is currently paid by other municipalities in the County, but agreed to offer the rate of $l3/hour, which is the same rate offered to the other towns. BID AWARD - PURCHASE OF CONVERSION VAN - NARCOTICS TASK FORCE Motion made by Commissioner Snook, seconded by Shank, to award the bid for a conversion van for the Narcotics Task Force to Audio Intelligence Devices who submitted the low bid in the amount of $57,229. Unanimously approved. APPOINTMENT - EMPLOYEES COUNCIL Motion made by Commissioner Irvin-Craig, seconded by Snook, to appoint Mary Taylor as the County Commuter's representative to the Employees Council. Unanimously approved. PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO COUNTY'S WATER & SEWER PROGRAM Barry Teach, Administrator, informed the Commissioners that he received a letter from the Maryland Environmental Service requesting that the County include the Maryland Correctional Institution's wastewater treatment plant in the County's Water and Sewer Plan since MCI has applied for a grant through the water quality loan fund and the project must be listed in the County's plan before approval may be granted. The Commissioners took this matter under advisement at this time. SANITARY COMMISSION - HIGHFIELD PROJECT Barry Teach, Administrator, informed the Commissioners that the Sanitary Commission is planning to use $l.5 million in bond funds from the Conococheague Wastewater Treatment Plant funds for the Highfield Sewer Project, since the bids for the Conococheague plant came in lower than expected. The Commissioners had no objections to this proposal. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION James Devine spoke to the Commissioners regarding a hazardous turn lane at Hagerstown Junior College, the GPAE program through the Department of Human Resources and various other matters of concern. CONVENE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION Motion made by Commissioner Snook, seconded by Shank, to convene in Executive Session at ll:l0 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. Commissioner Bowers arrived at the meeting at ll:l5 a.m. RECONVENE IN REGULAR SESSION Motion made by Commissioner Shank, seconded by Irvin-Craig, to reconvene in Regular Session at ll:40 a.m. Unanimously approved. At this time Commissioner Snook was excused from the Meeting. BUDGET PRESENTATION - CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU Robert O'Connor, Director of the Convention and Visitors Bureau, and Paul Waggoner, President of the Advisory Board, presented the budget request for Fiscal Year l99l- 92, as follows: Community Promotions - $247,392, I-8l Information Center - $28,072, I-70 West Information Center - $83,440 (paid by the State of Maryland), and Breezewood Information Center - $46,234. CONVENE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION Motion made by Commissioner Irvin-Craig, seconded by Bowers, to convene in Executive Session at l2:45 p.m. in regard to personnel, property and legal matters, in accordance with Section l0.508 of the State Government Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland. Unanimously approved. Commissioner Snook returned to the meeting at l2:45 p.m. RECONVENE IN REGULAR SESSION Motion made by Commissioner Snook, seconded by Shank, to reconvene in Regular Session at l:35 p.m. Unanimously approved. APRIL 9, 1991 MINUTES, CONT'D. BUDGET REQUESTS - FISCAL YEAR 1991-92 Recreation - Ronald Kidd, Director, and Ronald Phillips, President, of the Hagerstown/Washington County Recreation Commission presented the Fiscal Year l99l- 92 budget in the amount of $365,962. Parks - Edith Sweigert, Parks Administrator, and David Emmert, President of the Parks Board, presented the FY l99l-92 budget request in the amount of $6l4,9l0 and $60,000 for the Martin L. Snook Memorial Park Pool budget. Roads Department - J. Theodore Wolford, Superintendent, James Sterling, Assistant Superintendent, and J. C. Charles, Shop Superintendent, presented the Roads Department's FY l99l-92 budget request for a total of $4,733,l08. Hagerstown Junior College - Dr. Norman Shea, President, and Roger Firey, President of the Board of Trustees, presented Hagertown Junior College's FY l99l-92 budget request for a County share of $2,967,000. EMPLOY AUTO SERVICE MECHANIC - ROADS DEPARTMENT Motion made by Commissioner Snook, seconded by Irvin-Craig, to employ Homer Spradlin as an Auto Service Mechanic at the Roads Department to fill an existing vacancy. Unanimously approved. ADJOURNMENT Motion made by Commissioner Bowers, seconded by Shank, to adjourn at 3:30 p.m. Unanimously approved. County Attorney , Clerk