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Home My WebLink About930914L L September 14 , 1993 Hagerstown , Maryland 21740 ~he Regular Meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of Washington County was alled to order at 9:00 a.m. by t he President , Richard E. Rou l ette , with t he allowing members present: Vice President Ronald L. Bowers , a nd Commissioners Jinda C. Irvin-Craig , John S. Sh a nk, and Gregory I. Snook. NVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The I nvoca t1on was delivered by Comm issioner Irvin-Craig , fo l lowed by t he Pledge >f Allegiance to the Flag , led by Commi ssioner Snook. 30ARD/COMMISSION REPORTS 'omm issioner Irvin-Craig reported o n the Commis sion for Women and the Airport ,omm issi on. Commiss ioner Bowers gave a brie f report about t he Pl a nn ing ~omm ission. Mr . Bowers also declared the Governor Schaefer Crab Feast a huge ~uccess . ~IRE AND RESCUE REVOLVING LOAN FOND .otion mad e by Commissioner Snook , seconded by Commi ssioner Shank to approv e the •me ndm ent to t he guidelines for Washi ngton Cou nt y's Fire and Rescue Revol vi ng ~oan Fund. The amendment consists of the last sentence o n the first page a nd Dertains to comp etitive bidding. Unanimously Approved (Copy Attached) ;1CK LBAVE POLICY -AMENDMENT 1otion mad e by Commi ssioner Snook a nd seconded by Irvin-Craig , to approve an ime ndmen t to the Cou nty 's Sick Leave Policy. Unanimously approved . :ONTRACT RENEWAL/LEACHATE HAULING .otion mad e by Co mm issioner Shank, seconded by Irv in-Craig to approve the ~ontract renewal for Leachate Haul i ng f rom the Washington County La ndfill, to \.C,& T. Co ., Inc. under t he sa me rates , terms and conditions as the curre nt :ontract , Unan imously approved. ~MERGENCY MEDI CAL DISPATCH/STATUS REPORT )r . Kathryn Re ihard, Assistant Medical Di rector of the Washington County Hospital ~mergency Room, and Randy Spies, who is with the Emergency Medical Services ~ommittee brought the 3rd a nd fi nal phase of the Emergenc y Me dica l )ispatch/Ambulance Hot/Cold Response Proposal to the Comrn issioners for the i r :1.pproval . Motion mad e by Commissioner Irvin-Craig, seconded by Bow ers to approve he proposal present ed , pend ing approval by the Volunteer Fi r-e and Rescue \ssociation. Un a nimously approved. >EED TRANSfflR/ANTIETAM STATION "homas Cl eme ns , Chairman of the Hi s torical Advisory Committee and memb ers of Save H s toric Antietam Fou ndatio n, (SHAF ) presente d the Commi ssioners with a deed to ·he Antietam train station i n Sharpsburg , MD. Mon ey for the purchase wa s provided ya $25 ,000 grant from a private foundatio n, the Samuel Freeman Trust. rhe Commi ss ioners thanked al l t h e people present for t he ir effort s which bro ug ht 3bout savi ng the Hi stori ca l Station and resulted in the county's purchase. flHITE TAIL SKI SHUTTLE :harles Sekula , Down town Ta sk Force , Matthew Sawyer, Sales Director for Whit etai l Ski Resort , Karen Giffin , Downtown Coordi nator, Na ncy Mesores , Co nvention and vis i tors Bureau , Fred Teter , Chamber of Comm erce and Keith Godwin , Was hington :ounty Transportation, presented t he Commis sioners with a Pil ot Program for the ijh itetail Shuttle along with a letter from the Washington County Restaurant & Beverage Association s tating they would be wi lli ng to cover up to a $1,000 shortfall for the e ntire season . Motion mad e by Commissioner Irvin-Craig , seconded by Bowers to accept the proposal for a pilot program to run a s huttle :ius from downtown Hagerstown to Whit etai l for t he Skiing season which is approximately Decwnber 15th through March 15th. Unanimously approved . PROPOSED RENOVATIONS/COMMISSION OH AGING Dr. Frederick Otto , Executive Director of t he Commi ssion on Agi ng a nd Dorothy Boo ne , Executive Di rector of Plann i ng and Human Resources came before the :ornrnissioners wi t h a plan for renovations to t h eir offices at. the Alexander :louse. The project will cost $76 ,300. Commun ity Development fund s held in ~scrow for this purpose amount to $65 ,000. To cover possible cost overruns for ~nforeseen needs the Commi ssion on Aging is requesting $1 5 ,000 . Motion mad e by :::ommissioner Bowers, second ed by Irvin-Craig to endorse the plans after pursuing :ither fundi ng . Unanimously approved. I I I I CITIZEN PARTICIPATION Marvin Brashears , 112 Harvard Road a nd Faye Fowl er , 13 2 Harvard Road discussed the circumstances surrounding their water problem i n conj un ction with Mr . Franklin Turner 's recen t gradi ng of the property directly beh i nd the m. Donald Allens worth suggested a definite need for citizens participat ion in t he Plann i ng and Zon i ng meetings , and also co,nm en ted o n water and sewer devel opme n t and septic system needs , RECESS Th e Co mm issioners recessed at 12:00 Noo n for l unc h. AFTERNOON SESSION The afternoon Session was convened at 12 :30 p.m. by t h e Pres ide nt , Ri c hard E. Ro ulette with t h e fo llowi ng member s present : Vice Pres i dent Ro nald L. Bowers , and Commissioner Li.nda c. 1r v i n-Craig , John S. Sha nk , a nd Gregory I . Snook . PROPOSED ZONIRG/IPJLANNING COMMISSION Ro bert Arch, Director of the Planning Comm ission presented a p roposed zon i ng plan for I -70/The Route 66 I nter.cha nge . Mot i on mad e by Comm issioner Shank, seco nd ed by Bowers to approve the proposed pla n with t he exception of the Barr tract a nd a portion of the Young tract to be c ha nged to Agricul ture and to be taken to public h earing. The vote Wn S t ake n with Commissione rs Roule tte , Bower s , Shank and Snook voting aye and Commiss i oner Irvin-Craig voti ng nay. BOARD OF EDUCATION/REDUCE APPROPRIATION Motion made by Comm issioner Sha nk , seconded by Education's budget appropriation by $30 0,000 approved . BOARD OF EDUCATION/TRANSFERS Bowers to reduce t h e Board of for FY 1 99 2-9 3. Unanimousl y Motion made by Comm issioner Irvin-Craig , seconded by Snook to establ ish approval by the County Commissioners prior to any category t ransfers by t he Board of Education as requ ired by State Law . Una n imously approved . AG LAND PRESERVATION -lEaseaent Sal e Process Eric Seifarth, Associat e Planner -Agricu l ture , a nd J oe Scot t , Trustee for t he Maryla nd Ag . Land Preservation Foundation, appeared before t he Board to discuss t he Easement Sale P·cocess a nd wh at capaci ty t he Board assumes wh e n they submit applications . Mr . Scott advised the Comm iss i o ners t o t ake more responsibility i n c hoosing wh ich applicants t hey submit a nd in what order. LINE ITEM TRANSFER/LANDFILL Motion made by Comm issioner Snook , seconded by Bo wers to approve t he transfer of $6 ,000 by t h e Washington Cou nty La ndfill from Dam #5 Bridg e Project #40-5-1320 - 586-039 to create a new line item i n order to correct a problem with ve nti l ation at the Washington Cou n ty La ndfill office. Unan i mously approved . PROPOSED MULTI-USE FACILITY AT AIRPORT Motion made by Commissioner Snook , seconded by Sha nk to go a head with the design of a 20 ,00 0 square foot i ndustrial building by Grei ner, t he Airport Cons ultant , at a cost of $67 ,000. Una ni mously approved . CONVENE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION Motion made by Commissioner Sha nk , seconded by Snook, to convene i n Executive Session at 3:00 p .m. wi t h regard to personnel a nd property matte rs , a nd to confer with t he Cou nty Attorney to ob ta i n l egal adv i.ce , in accordance with Section 10 .508 of t he State Govern1ne nt Article of t h e Annotated Code of Maryl a nd . Unanimously approved. L L ommissioner Ro nald Bowers was excused from the meeting at 3:15 p .m. CONVENt IN REGO.LAR SESSI ON otion made by Commissioner Irv in-Craig , second ed by Shank , .eg ular session at 3:45 p.m. Un a nimo usly approved . to reconvene in MPLOY BUS DRIVERS COONTY COMMUTER otion qaade by Comm issioner Irvin-Craig , seco nded by Shank to approv~ 3 ccasio~l Part Time Drivers , Frank Ride nour , Freddy Kretzer, and Vic Maynard , nd 2 Rpgular Part Time Drivers , Donald J. K. Taylor and Terry Sarber for the ashington County Comm uter . nanimously approved. DJOURNMENT otion made by Commissioner Snook, seconded by Shank , to adjourn at 3:50 p.m. na nimously approved. Clerk , J oni Bittne r