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1981-06-08 Regular Meeting 858 , MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING, JUNE l, 1981 (CONTINUED) ?? s-7 ADDITIONAL ITEMS - COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND COUNTY MANAGER COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS Voting Aye: Absent: Comm. Armistead, Barfield, Blake and Gottovi Chm. O'Shields ADJOURNMENr UNTIL JUNE 8, 1981, AT 7: 00 P. M. Comm.Armistead MOVED, SECONDED by Comm. Blake, that the meeting be adjourned until June 8, 1981, at 7:00 P.M. Upon vote,the motion CARRIED AS FOLLOWS: Voting Aye: Absent: Corom. Armistead, Barfield, Blake and Gottovi Chm. O'Shields o Vice-Chm. Gottovi adjourned the meeting at ll:50 o'clock p.m. until June 8, 1981, at 7:00 p.m. Respectfully submitted, ~~./?~ Alyce B. Rusmisell Clerk to the Board MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING CONTINUED TO JUNE 8, 1981 ASSEMBLY The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners met in Regular Session on Monday, June 8, 1981, at 7:00 o'clock p.m. in the Assembly Room, New Hanover County Administration Building, Wilmington, North Carolina:, (This meeting was a continuation of the Regular Meeting of June l, 1981.) Members present were Commissioners Howard L. Armistead, Jr.; Jonathan Barfield; Donald P. Blake; Karen E. Gottovi; County Manager G. Felix Cooper; County Attorney James C. Fox; and Clerk to the Board Alyce B. Rusmisell. Chm. Claud O'Shields, Jr. arrived late and was present for the rest of the meeting. Vice-Chm. Gottovi called the meeting to order and offered the invocation. o ADOPTION, OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM , At the meeting on May l8, a Public Hearing was held on the County's proposed Capital Improvement Program for 1981-90 and continued to the meeting of June l, 1981. County Manager Cooper and Asst. County Manager Cannon commented on the program. and answered questions that had come up during the public hearing. Parks and Recreation Director Mike Waters commented on the Parks and Recreation portion of the program. Comm. Blake MOVED, SECONDED by Comm. Gottovi, to adopt the proposed . Capital Improvement Program for 1981-90. After further discussion, Comm. Blake amended his motion to include that the Parks and Recreation portion of the program would be studied further. Comm. Gottovi accepted that amendment, and upon vote, the motion CARRIED AS FOLLOWS: Voting Aye: Absent: Comm. Armistead, Barfield, Blake and Gottovi' Chm.O'Shields LANDFILL RATE INCREASE At the meeting on June l, the Commissioners had considered a request from Waste llanagement to increase their landfill fees and action was postponed until June 8 to obtain additional, information on the reasons for the increase. o County Manager Cooper explained the request and recommended the increase be approved as there was already a provision in the contract for the increase. Comm. Armistead MOVED, SECONDED by Comm. Barfield, to approve the request from Waste Management to'increase their landfill fee $0.l4,per cubic yard effective July l, 1981. o o o MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING CONTINUED TO JUNE 8, 1981 (CONTINUED) LANDFILL RATE INCREASE (CONTINUED) , Ms. Carolyn Buchanan of Waste Industries commented. - - + - + - - - - . - - ~- - -.--- - ~ - - --.-- + - ! 859 Upon vote, the motion CARRIED AS FOLLOWS: - --- - --.~--- . - . - - - _._- Voting Aye: Absent: Comm. Armistead, Barfield, Blake and Gottovi Coo. O'Shields REVENUE SHARING BUDGET APPROPRIATION At the meeting on May 4, the Commissioners held a Public Hearing on the proposed use of additional General Revenue Sharing funds for the fiscal year July l, 1980, through June 30, 1981. The proposed ,use' of" tliese ~fiiridswas ' considered at the meeting on June land postponed, until June 8 to get clarification on the figures. County Manager Cooper commented on the appropriation of Revenue Sharing funds. Comm. Blake MOVED, SECONDED by Comm. Barfield, to appropriate the Revenue Sharing funds to the proposed Judicial Building Capital Project as follows: Revenue Sharing $l,l29,6l5 Expenditures: ,Judicial Building Capital Project $l,l29,6l;i Upon vote, 'the motion CARRIED AS FOLLOWS: Voting Aye: Absent: Comm. Armistead, Barfield, Blake and Gottovi Coo.' O'Shields ',', . ,. : AWARD OF BID FOR TRUCK FOR PARKS & RECREATION, DEPARTMENT Parks & Recreation Director Mike Waters explained that only one bid was received on a l~-ton cab,' chassis pnd platform truck ,for the Parks and ~ecreation Department and recommended the bid be awarded to Cape Fear Ford ~n the amount of $l4,485.80. , ,r Comm. Armistead MOVED, SECONDED by Comm. Barfield, to accept the bid from, Cape Fear Ford in,t~e amount of $l4,485.80 as recommended. Upon vote, the motion CARRIED AS FOLiows:' , " .. - '.' ''--- --' --- --"7--' , , --. , --,.. , Voting Aye: Absent: 'Comm. ,Armistead, Barfield; 'Blake and Gottovi, Coo. O'Shields AWARD OF BID ON DIGITIZING SYSTEM FOR TAX OFFICE The following bids were received for digitizing equipment for the Tax Department land records: Numonics Corp. Calcomp Corp. $ 8,800 '$lO,650' Comm. Armistead MOVED, SECONDED BY Comm. Blake, to award the ,bid to Numonics Corporation in the amount of $8,80Q as recommended by th~ Tax Administrator. Upon vote, the motion CARRIED AS FOLLOWS: Voting Aye: Absent: Comm. Armistead, Barfield, Blake and Gottovi Coo. O'Shields , AUTHORIZATION FOR CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENTS FOR NORTHEAST INTERCEPTOR . Comm. Armistead MOVED, SECONDED by Comm. Blake, that the Chairman be authorized to sign the ,Encroachment Agreement with 'the N. C. Department of, Transportation for 'the Northeast Interceptor right-of-way. Upon vote, the motion CARRIED AS FOLLOWS: Voting Aye: Absent: , Comm. Armistead, Barfield, Blake and Gottovi Coo. O'Shields A copy of the Agreement is on file in the County Manager's Office. 860 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING CONTINUED TO JUNE 8~ 1981 (CONTINUED) ADDITIONAL ITEMS - COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND COUNTY MANAGER DISCUSSION ON CABLE TV FRANCHISE ORDINANCE Comm. Blake commented on the proposed Cable Television Franchise Ordinance and stated that there were a few minor changes that the committee he served on with Comm. Armistead would need to make, but the draft should be forwarded to the other Commissioners within the next few days and ready to be put on the agenda for discussion at the meeting on June l5. REQUEST FOR UPDATE ON COURTHOUSE RENOVATIONS Comm. Gottovi requested an update on the renovations to the Co~rthouse, and County Manager Cooper outlined the proposed plan for renovations and re- ported that the Architect recommendations should be ready for the Commis- sioners at their next meeting. o DISCUSSION ON ORDINANCE REGULATING PRECIOUS METALS DEALERS Comm. Armistead commented on the proposed ordinance Regulating Precious Metals Dealers that the Commissioners had considered earlier in the year and stated that' he felt if the State did not adopt something regulating these dealers before they recessed, in the fall that the County should adopt some'type of Ordinance. COMMENDATION TO STAFF DURING COUNTY MANAGER'S ILLNESS County Manager Cooper stated that he felt his staff should be commended for the good job they had done while he was out of the office during his recent illness. Vice-Chm. Gottovi stated that: she and the rest of the Commissioners did appreciate what the staff had done while Mr. Cooper was out. RECESS FOR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS Vice-Chm. Gottovi recessed the meeting at 8:03 o'clock p.m. to discuss the proposed budget requests for 1981/8?, CHM. 0' SHIELDS ARRIVED AT 9: OS 0' CLOCK P .M.' AND WAS PRESENT FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING. Chm. O'Shields reconvened the Regular Meeting at 9:20 o'clock p.m. o MEETING WITH NEW HANOVER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES COMMITTEE Chm. O'Shields explained that a committee composed of members of the New Hanover Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees had been invited to meet with the Commissioners at 9:00 p.m. to discuss payment of the Hospital's bonded indebtedness and that this was not a public hearing. Mr. Pete Fensel, Chairman of the,Hospit~l,Board of Trustees opened the discussion and introduced the following Board 'members that were"!n' attendance: Mr. Bill Kingoff Mr. Jim Hunter Mrs. Sylvia Rountree Mr. Bill Stanfield Dr. Fred Butler Dr. Howard Armistead, Jr. Mr. Pete Watkins Mr. Bill Childs Mr. Ben Ivey Mr. Irving Fogler Mr. Dan Cameron Mrs. Ellen Williams Mrs. Alma Ryder o The following members of the New Hanover Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees commented :' Mr. James Hunter, Treasurer, commented on the depreciation reserve funds Mr. Bill Kingoff Mr. Pete Fensel The.Commissioners and County Attorney commented. o o o MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING CONTINUED TO, JUNE 8, 1981 (CONTINUED) , ' , , 861 MEETING WITH NEW HANOVERMEMORlAL HOSPITAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES COMMITTEE (CONTINUED) Copies of the comments made by the Hospital Board members are c~ntained in Exhibit Book VIII, Page 42. Comm. Barfield MOVED to adjourn and work on the problem. The motion died for lack of a second. BREAK Chm. O'Shields recessed the meeting for a break from lO:40 o'clock p. m. until lO:50 o'clock,p. m. ADDITIONAL ITEMS - COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND COUNTY MANAGER DISCUSSION ON LOCAL LEGISLATION Chm. O'Shields reported that he had met with some of the mayors and legislators and discussed the bill that had been ~ntroduced concerning public notice,on local bills. He stated that it had been generally agreed that they were going to try to work out some type of intergovernmental agreement between the cities and county and the legislators as far as notifying one another about legislation and keeping each other informed about bills that were being submitted~ .' County Manager Cooper reported to the Commissioners that the bill, that was submitted to allow the County to' control the,waste stream in the County had been ratified.' ',1 EXECUTIVE SESSION Comm.'Armistead MOVED, SECONDED by Comm. Barfield, that the meeting be recessed to Executive Session to discuss<,land acqt,lisition and personnel matters. Upon vote, the motion carried UNANIMOUSLY.-- - ---'. "., , , Chm. O'Shields recessed the meeting to Executive Session at lO:55 o'clock;p.m. Chm. O'Shields reconvened the meeting to Public Session at'll:40 o'clock p.m. ADJOURNMENT Comm. adjourned. Armistead.,MOVED, SECONDED by Comm. Barfield, that the meeting be Upon,vote, the motion carried UNANIMOUSLY. Chm.O'Shields adjourned the meeting at ll:40 o'clock p. m. Respectfully submitted, ~.d.I{~ Alyce,B..Rusmisell< Clerk to the Board , MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING, JUNE n; 1981 ASSEMBLY The New Hanover County Bq~rd of Commissioners met in Special Session on Thursday, June ll, 1981, at 4:30 o'clock p.m. in the Assembly Room, New Hanover County Administration Building, Wilmington, North Carolina. Members present were Commissioners Jonathan Barfield; Donald P. Blake; Chairman Claud O'Shields, Jr.; County Manager G. Felix Cooper; County Attorney James C. Fox; and Clerk to the Board, Alyce B. Rusmisell. Commissioners Howard L. Armistead, Jr. and Karen E. Gottovi were absent. Chm. O'Shields call~d the meeting to order at 4:40 o'clock p. m. and stated that the Special Meeting had been called for the purpose of executing an ." intergovernmental agreement between the County and the City of Wilmington for the construction, operation and maintenance of the Northeast Interceptor; to concur with the agreement between the City of Wilmington and the Town of Wrightsville Beach; and to approve the engineering contract with Henry von Oesen & Associates for the construction of the Northeast Interceptor Project. APPROVAL OF INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS FOR NORTHEAST INTERCEPTOR County Manager Cooper reported that the inter local agreements between the County and the City of Wilmington and between the City of Wilmington and the Town of Wrightsville Beach had been reviewed by the attorneys and administration and recommended that the Chairman be authorized to execute the agreements.