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Home My WebLink About930706July 6, 1993 lla ger.stown , Maryland 21740 rhe Regular Meeting of th e Board of County Commissioners of Wa shington Cou n ty was called to order at 9:00 a .m. by the President , Richard E . Roulette, with the ~ol lowing members present: Vic e President Ronald L. Bowers , and Commissioners _inda c. Irvin-Craig, Johns. Shank , and Gregory I. Snook . [NVOCAT I ON AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ~he Invocation was delivered by Commissioner Snook, followed by t h e Pledge of ~llegiance to the Flag by the full assemblage . INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEE -HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Ric h ard Willson, Directo r of Housing & Community De v e lopm e nt, introduc e d Barbara Hepburn who was recently employed as an Accounting Clerk in his office. E\PPROVAL OF MINUTES -JUNE 1 5 AND 22, 1 993 1o tio n made by Commissioner Irvin-Craig, seco nded by Shank, to approve the minutes of June 15 and 22, 1993, as sub ,ni tted . Unanimou sly approved. BID AWARD -COMMERCIAL YARD WASTE TUB GR I NDER t,1ot ion mad e by Com1niss ioner Snook , seconded by Bowers , to award the bid £or a ::ommercial Yard Waste Tub Gri nder to THC Enterprises, Inc . , who submitted the low ::>id of $117 ,700, which will be purchased t hr oug h a Maryland Environmental Services grant. Unanimou s ly approved . ROAD NAME ASSIGNMENTS Mot ion made by Commission er Irvi n-Cra ig , seco nd ed by Snook, to approve the n a mes ~f Manassa s Drive a nd Re,nington Driv e for n e w streets l ocated in the Cross Creek Subdivision , as approved by the Planning Department and the Fi re & Rescue ~ssociation . Unanimously approved. PAYMENT IN LIEU OF PROPERTY TAXES 1993-94 Motion made by Commissioner Sha n k , seconded by Bowers , to accept abatements for 1993-9 4 with equivalent payment-i n-1 ieu of taxes for the fo llowing: Alphin ~ircraft, Inc. (Hangar s #19 & #20), Certain-Teed Products Corporation, C & P lrelephone Bldg. #22, Colurnbia First, Fairchild Ind ustries , Inc., Greenwald Enterprises, Grove Manufacturing Co ., Hagerstown Canteen Service , Inc., Horizon bevelopment, JRA Executive Air , Larstan Industries , Inc., Lawrence & Stanley Sanks Re alty , a nd H.B. Mellott Esta t es , Inc . Unanimously approved. (Co py of 1993-94 Abatement list attached.) CIP TRANSF ERS -COUNTY COMMUTER ~otio n mad e by Cornm1ss1oner Shank, seco nd ed by Bowers , to approve the following ... ransfers as requested by the Transportation Commission: $19,993 from Shop 8quipment, $16,231 fro m Tools , and $3,820 fro m Shop Re novations to Office Equipment -$20,044, Facility Maint enance Equipment -$15,000, and Communication s Equipme nt -$3,000 . Unanimously approved. ~PPOIN"l'MENTS -FIRE & RESCUE COMIIUR I CATI ONS ADVISORY BOARD 1otion made by Commissioner Shank , seco nd ed by Bowers, to appoint Charles Barr and John Crist , as Alternate, as the City of Hagerstow n 's representatives to the ~ire & Rescue Communications Advisory Board for three year terms. Unanimously approved. REAPPO I NTMENT -BUI LDING CODE APPEAL REVI EW BOARD Mot ion mad e by Comrn1ss 1oner Shank, seco nd ed by Snook, to reappoint Robert Wh i tcsell to the Building Code Appeals Review Board for a three year term. Unanimously approved . REAPPO I NTMENT -BOARD OF ELECTRICAL EXAMINERS AND SUP ERVI SORS Mo tio n made by Commissioner Irvin-Craig, seconded by Snook , to reappoint John Barr to th e Board of Electrical Examiners and Supervisors for a three year term. Unanimously approved. DI SCUSS I ON I TEMS -SENATOR MIKULSKI'S VISIT IBarry Teach , Cou n ty Administrator , reviewed it e ms submitted by department heads 2or discussion during Senator Mikul ski 's visit o n July 8. Ii II JULY 6, 1993 MINUTES, CONT 'D. BID AWARD -APPRAISAL FOR AGRICULTORAL CENTER Motion made by Commi ssio ner Snook , seconded by Sha nk, to a ward the bid for appraisal of the Agricultural Center to Jam es Ra ndall who sub mitted t h e low a nd only bid of $1,250. Unanim ously approved. AMENI».ENT OF AGREEMENT -llKERGUCY SOELTER PROGRAM GRANT Motio n made by Commissi o ner s nook , seconded by Shank, to approve t h e a me ndm ent to the Emergency Shelter Program Grant Agreement with Community Action Council to add the p rovisio n requiring comp l iance with new Federal regu lati o n s regardi ng lobbying . Unanim ously approved . MEMORANOOM OP AGREll!JIENT -UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND Mot ion mad e by Commissio n er Snook , seco nd ed by Shank , to app-ro\1e the Me morandum of Agre e ment with the Univ ersity of Ma ry land for su bmi ssio n of a $25 ,000 d e po sit for the Ag ricultural Ce n ter , as prese n ted by the County Attorney . Unanim ously approved. CONVENE IN EXECUT I VE SESSION Mot ion made by Commissioner Irvin-Craig , seco nded by Sh ank , to conv ene in Executive Session at 9:31 a .m. with regard to perso nn el and property matters , to co n fer with th e County At torney t o obtain l ega l advice , and to consider business re l ocati ng in Washington Cou nty, in acco~dance with Sectio n 10.5 08 of the Stata Gover nm e nt Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland. Unanimously approved. RECONVENE IR REGULAR SESSION Motion made by Commissioner Snook, seco nd ed by Shank, to reconvene i n Regular Session at 9 :57 a .m. Unanimou sly approved, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION BEAUTIFICATION AWARDS Michael Eckard, Chairman of the Economic Deve l opment Commission , p rese nt e d Beautification Awards to the following Wa s h ingto n Cou n ty businesses: Was h i ng to n Cou nty Nat ional Bank , Tri-State Electrical Supply and Phoenix Color Corporation . Paulette Sprinkle , Community Coordinator , presen te d a slide prese n tatio n of the businesses being hon ored, and th e Coromis s ioners congratulated eac h o :E the represen tativ es . BOUNDARY CRITERIA -WASHINGTON COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE ASSOCIATION Jay Gri mes , Chairma n of the Boundary Committ ee of the Wa s hin gto n County Volunt eer Fire & Rescue Association , prese n ted t h e fol l o wing reco mm e ndati o n s for addition to boundary criteria for response rules a nd regulatio n s: 1 ) added Opt icom, 2 ) maj or c h a ng es to roads , 3 ) box card assignments , a n d 4) changes in traffic flow. The Commi ssioners discussed the items and indicated th eir consensus to approve an amended Resolution to include t h e criteria listed in 1, 2 , a nd 3 , but stated they wished to review a writt e n proposa l before formal l y adopting the c h anges. The Commissio n ers directed the County Att or n ey to work with the Fire & Rescue Association i n d raft ing a Reso lution. RESOLUTION OR SUBD:ISTRICY 12 -WASBIRG'.roN COUNTY S.ARITARY COMMISSlON ----. ---- Ralph France, Cou n ty Attorney , prese n te d a p roposed Reso luti o n in regard to the exte n sion of publ i.c se wer by t h e Washington County Sanitar.y District for Subdistrict 12 --Rolli ng Hills , for consideration by the Commissioners. The Reso lution sta tes that the f ollowing areas s h all not receive se wer serv ice as part of th e prese ntly propo se d project: Sunset Acres, J efferso n Heights, Green Hill Acr es , Sycamore He ights, Che wsvi ll e , the pre se ntly developed area of Beaverbrook Estates , Greenvale Village and Rav en wood Hil ls . Areas which s hall receive se wer ser vice would be t h e Pangborn Bo ul evat'd area we s t of East er n Bo ul e vard, the Cavetown community area to include Holiday Acres , and the presently undevelop ed a rea of Beave r brook Estates . The Commi ss ioner s discussed t h e Resolution and requested an Addendum be added indicating t h at at su ch time as a majority of re s ident s decide t h ey would like t h e se wer serv i ce e xt e nded, the Sanitary Com ,n ission would eva luat e th e request to allow the Di st rict to proceed wi th this ex t e nsion. The Commi ss ion e rs also stated that thi s should b e bas ed o n a $3,000 hook-up charge a nd mo n thly rate of $38. Mo t ion inade by Commi ss ion er Snook , seconded by Shank , to adopt t h e propos ed Resolution for Subdi s trict 12 --Roll i n g Hills for the extension of public se wer serv ic e by the Wa s hington Cou n ty Sanitary Di strict as present ed , with a n add e ndum to b e prepar e d lat er to allow voluntary hook-ups for properties adjacent to the newly in s tall ed service line outside of the pr ese ntly proposed pr o ject area at th e sa me rate as those currently ho o king on to the s y s t em, a nd providing that areas not i n the project area at this time be given the oppor~unity to hook o nto th e syste ,n in th e ·Eutur e ba se d upon a majority of r esi d e nts in that community req u es ting sewer service. Un animously approv e d. (C opy of approved Resolutio n attached.) L L JULY 6 , 1993 MINUTES, CONT'D. CIT I ZEN PART I CI PAT I ON Donald Allensworth spoke to th e Co mmi ssio n ers regarding a h ea ring h e attendecV for a zoning variance o n Sharpsburg Pike which was denied by the Board of Zo~ing Appeals. J APPOINTMENT -SOL I D WASTE ADVISORY COMMITTEE Motion made by Co mm issio ne r Snook, seco nd ed by Irvin-Craig, Barnhart to the Solid Wast e Advisory Committee for a Unanimously approved. to appoint Rober.t three y ear term. GRANT AGREEMENT -LOCAL TRANSPORTAT I ON PLANN I NG ASS I STANCE GRAN T Motion ,nade by Commissioner Irvin-Craig, seco nded by Shank , to accept a grant i n the amount of $34,245 :Erom the Ma ryla nd Off ice oE Planning for a Local Transportation Planning Assista nce Grant. Unan i mou sly approved. CONVENE I N EXECUTI VE SESS I ON M::>tion made by Commis sio ner Irvin-Craig, seconded by Snook, to convene in Executive Session at 11:16 a .m. wi th regard to personnel a nd property matter s and to co n fer with the County Attorney to obtai n l egal advice, in accordance wi th Section 10.508 of the State Government Article of the Annotated Code of Ma ryla nd. Unanimou sl y approved. RECONVENE I N REGULAR SESS I ON Motion mad e by Commissioner Snook, seconded by I r vin-Craig, to reconvene in Regular Session at 11:40 a.m. Unanim ously approved, ADJOURNMENT -APPRECI ATION LUNCHEON FOR BOARDS AND COMMISS I ONS Motion mad e by Commissioner Bowers, seconded by Shank, to adjourn at 11:41 a.m. Unanim ously approved. Th e Commissi o n ers then attended an appreciation lunch eon in honor of volunteers servi ng o n County boards and commissions. Count.Attorney I