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HomeMy WebLinkAbout930928j l September 28 , 1993 Hagerstown, Maryland 2174 0 The Regular Meeting of the Board of Cou nty Commissioners oE Wa s hington County was called to order at 9:00 a ,m. by t he President, Richard E, Roulette, with the follo wing memb ers prese nt: Vice President Ro nald L. Bowers , and Commissioners Li nda c. Irvi n-Craig , Gregory I . Snook , and Johns. Shank. I NVOCATI ON AND PLEDGE OF ALLEG I ANCE The Invocation ~as delivered by Commissioner Irvin-Craig, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to t he Flag by the ful l assemblage. EMPLOYEE SERVI CE PINS Alan Dav is , Director of Personn el , presente d service pi ns to the fo llowi ng Cou nty employees i n recognition of their years o f service: 20 years -Paul Prodonovich; 15 years -Donna Pike a nd And rea Wya nd; lO ____years ~ Susan Sharer, Steve Zies , Dennis Emb ly , Lamont Burns, Terri Blair , J i m Sterling, and J ohnny Marshal l; 1 years -Kathleen Riley, Stephanie Brown, Rena Turner, Daniel Lewis, J ean Kline, Peggy Vand ergriff , J eff Weller , Jill Ritter , Ba r bara Shroyer, and Doug Divelbliss . Commissioner Roulette congratulated t he employees a nd thanked them for their service to the citizens of Wa s h i ngton County. RETI REMENT PLAOl(]JE -EUNI CE DEAN Alan Davis, Dire ctor of Personnel, presented an e ngraved pewter plate to Eunice Dean in recog nitio n of he r ret irement al o ng with her first retirement check. Mr . Dav is s t ated t hat Ms. Dean has 12 years of service with the Transportation Commi ssion. The Commissioners congratul ated her and wi s hed her an e njoyable retirement . BOARD/COMM ISSION REPORTS Commissioner Irv i n-Craig, reported o n the Sol id Wa ste Advisory Commit tee meeting , the Historic Advisory Committee meeting, the Task Force on Homelessness, the J oi nt Alcohol & Drug Ab use Advisory Committee/Criminal Justice Coalition needs assessme nt , t he Heal th Planning meet ing , a nd the Transportation Commission meeting; Comm issioner Bowers reported on the Social SF.n:v ice Board meeting i Commissioner Snook reported o n the Airport Commission meeting ; Commi ssion er Shank reported o n t he Trans portation Advisory Committee m®eting: and Commiss ioner Roulette report ed that he received a draft of the l ease for the transfer of Ft, Tonoloway Park from t he State . RESH ROAD/SPADE ROAD WATER EXTENS I ON Lynn Palmer, Executive Director of t he Sanitary District, met with the Commi ssioners regarding the proposed extens i o n of public wat er to the Resh Road/Spade Road area . He stated t ha t t he estimated construction costs for the original 27 homes o n Resh a nd Spade Roads is $175,275 a nd , if t he Mt . Tabor Road section is added , the cost would be approximately $2 08,000 . Mr . Palmer rev iewed fu ndi ng scenarios usi ng either a loa n or grant from the County. He also explai ned a self-he lp program whi c h may allow r es idents to he lp wi t h diffe r e nt aspects of t he project to reduce their costs a nd stat ed that he feels this would work well o n the Resh/Spad e Road proj ect . The consensus of t he Commissioners was not to include t he Mt. Tabor Road area in t he project but to keep t h e origina l boundary areas on Spade and Resh Roads and to wa i t to decide on funding until t hey hear from the State if th e self-help program can be utilized . RESOLUTION OF APPRECIATI ON -ROLLAN T. •RoN• MYERS , J R. Commis sioner Roulette prese n ted a Resolution of Apprec iation to Ro llan T. 11 Ro n11 My ers , J r. , wh o is resign i ng from t h e Airport Commi ssion after 9 years of service , i n recognition and appreciat ion for his leadership o n this group . Commi ssioner Roul ette also presented him with a framed photograph of the new terminal from t he Comm issi oners a nd Airpor. t Commi ssion memb ers . Mr . My ers thanked t he Comm issioners for t he Resolution and photograph and stated that he enjoyed hi s time o n the Airport Comm ission. PROPOSED WATER/SEWER TASK FORCE Lynn Palmer appeared before the Commi ssioners to review his request that t hey appoint a task force to study fu ndi ng and planning of sewer and water line extens ions . Mr . Pa lmer stated that t he two iss ues whi ch s hould be s tudied are the funding of water/sewer facilities in existing developed commun ities a nd approval of multiple lot s ubd iv is ions wi thout prov is ion of publ i c water and sewer . He s uggested appointing representat i \Tes from the f. i nane ial community, t he agricultural commun ity, the Heal th Depart1nen t , the Sanitary Di strict , County Commi ssioners, City of Hagerstown, e ngineering, a nd development, to t h is task force . Comm issioner Irv in-Craig asked t hat t h e task force also include consumers. The Commi ssioners took this matter under consideration at this time . SEPTEMBER 28, 1993 MINUTES , CONT'D , CITIZEN PARTICIPATION Donald Allenswo rth s t ated that he att ended t he joint meeting of ~he Planni ng Cornrn ission and Agricultural Preservation Ad vi sory Board and felt it was a very productive meeting. Beverly Gigeous s poke in opposition to ext ens ion of public water to t he Mt. Tabor Road area . GYPSY MOTH CONTROL PROGRAM -FUNDING FOR SURVEYS Mot ion made by Comm i ss i c)ner Snook , seconded by Irv i n-Craig, to comm it: f undi ng for s urveys needed for the 1994 Gypsy Moth Co ntrol Program i n the amo unt of $4,400 with f und ing to be taken from t he Commis sioners ' Canting ency. Unanimous ly approved . BID AWARD -COURT HOUSE ANNEX ROOF REPLACEMENT Motion made by Commissioner Irvin-Craig , seconded by Snook, to award the bid for the roof replacement at the Court House Annex to Kline Associated Roofi ng Co ntractors , I nc., who submi tted the low bid of $36 ,90 0 . Unanimously approved. BID AWARD -LANDFILL COMPACTOR Motion mad e by Commissioner Bowers , seconded by Shank , to award t he bid for a l a ndf ill compactor to Alban Tractor Co., Inc. who submitted the low bid of $285,95 0. Unanimously approved . CONSULTANT SELECTION -BRIDGE INSPECTION Motion made by Comm issioner Bowers , seconded by Sha nk , to approve the Coordinating Comm ittee 's recornmendation t o select Associated Engineering Sciences , Inc., wh o submitted the low proposal of $22 ,600 for the 1994 Bridge Inspection Program. Unanimously approved . CONSULTANT SELECTION -DJES.IGN FOIR REPn:.ACIIJIEN'l' OIF NORROJE ROAD & BIKLE ROAD BRIDGES Motion made by Comm issionel:' Snook , seconded by Irvi n-Craig; to accept t he Coordi nating Comm ittee 's recommendat i on to sel ect the firm of No rtheast Engineering, Inc ., who submitted the low proposal of $39 ,000 for Monroe Road Bridge and $35 ,000 f or Bikle Road Br idge . Unan imously approved , APPROVAL OF MINUTES -SEP7'BIIBER 20 & 2lr 1993 Motion rnade by Commi ssioner I rvin-Craig , seconded by Shank , to approve t he minutes of September 20 and 21, 199 3 , as submitted . Unanimously approved . APPOIN"l'llERT -BOI!JSIRG AUTHORITY Motion mad e by Commi ssioner Snook , seconded by Irv in-Cra i g , to appoi nt De lla Wacht er to the Washington Co unty Housi ng Authority, l:'epresenting the Town o E Hancock , for a 5 year term, Unan i mously approved. RENTAL ALLOlfARCE PBIOGRAII -GRANT AGREEMENT Motion made by Comm issioner Irvin-Craig , seconded by Snook , to accept the grant agreeme nt for t he Re n tal Al l owance Program through the State Department of Housing & Community Devel opme nt in t he amount of $57 ,63 0. Motion carried with Commissioners Irvin-Craig , Snook , Bowers , a nd Roulette voting "AYE " and Comm issioner Shank voti ng "NO", CONVENE IN CLOSED SESSION Mo tion road e by Commi ssi o ner Irv in-Craig , seconded by Snook , to convene in Executive Session at 11:25 a .m . with regard to personne l a nd property matters , to confer wi th t h e County Attorney to obtain legal adv ice , and to consider businesses rel ocating to Was hington County, i n accordance with Section 10.508 of t he State Government Article of t he Annotated Code of Maryland. Unan i mous ly appl:'OVed . The Commi ssioners recessed for lunch from 12 :44 p.m. to 1 :08 p .m. a nd reconvened in Closed Session. RECONVENE lN RBGOLAR SESSION Motion mad e by Commi ss i oner Shank , seconded by Snook , to reconvene i n Regular Sess ion at 1:46 p.m. Un animously approved. HOMESTEAD PROPERTY TAX CREDIT Motion made by Comm issio ner Bo wers , seconded by Irvin-Craig , to set the Homestead Property Tax Credit for the taxabl e year beginning July 1, 1994 at 110% a nd for each s ubsequent taxable year, Unanimously approved, ... SEPTEMBER 28, 1993 MINUTES, CONT 'D. \ EMPLOY CUSTODIAN I -REGIONAL AIRPORT 1 Motion hade by Commissioner Snook, seconded by Bowers, to employ Frederick Baker as Custodian I at the Washington County Regional Airport to fill an existing vacancy. Unanimously approved. RECESS The Commissioners recessed at 1:49 p.m. to hold a site visit at Blair's Valley Road . EVENING SESSION -JOINT PUBLIC BEARING -RZ-93-13 A Joint Public Hearing of the Board of. County Commissioners of Washington County and the Washington County Planning Commission was convened in Court Room No. 1 at 7:00 p .m. to hear testimony regarding proposed rezoning text amendment RZ-93- 13. Presiding at the hearing we re County Commissioners ' President Richard E. Roulette and Planning Commission Chairman , Bertrand Iseminger. Also present at the hearing were County Commissioners Ronald L . Bowers, Vice President, Linda C. Irvin-Craig, John S. Shank and Gregory I . Snook, along with Planning Commission members Carol Johnson, Donald Spickler, Bernard Mo ser, and Andrew Bowen. The Staff Report wa s presented by Timothy Lung, Associate Planner, and after all questions and testimony for the case were heard, it was announced that the record will remain open for ten (10) days to allow additional testimony to be submitted in writing. The hearing wa s adjourned at 9:10 p .m. CountAt torney ---=---=-j....ll.AO..o...~)I..-.CL~.-1~ ..... -u...~.L.L.1~3'1_-' Clerk , ..