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January 14, 2008 Pastor John Lehenbauer, Divine Savior Lutheran Church gave the invocation. The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag was said. Mayor Tinnell called the meeting to order at 6:34 p.m. In attendance were Council members Stacey Cline, Bonnie Enlow, Tony Miller, Margaret Moore, Faith Portman, and Trina Summers. Faith Portman made motion to dispense with reading of 12/10/2007 regular meeting minutes. Stacey Cline 2nd. (Trina Summers recused herself from voting since she was not at the last meeting due to illness.) Motion carried 5-0. Stacey Cline made motion to approve minutes as written. Faith Portman 2nd. (Trina Summers again recused herself from voting since she was not at the last meeting due to illness.) Motion carried 5-0. Mayor Tinnell reminded everyone that Mayor’s Night In would be Monday, January 21st, 7:00 p.m.; he invited everyone to the City’s first chili cook-off between departments. Awards will be given for Mayor’s Choice and Best Department Overall. Mayor Tinnell announced the City will hold its first Easter Egg Hunt on March 15th, 9:00-11:00 a.m. at First Street Park. He invited and encouraged everyone to bring their kids out to hunt Easter Eggs and join in the fun and games. City Attorney Bill Wilson had the second reading and public hearing on Ordinance 007-(number to be assigned) on request by BDHM, Inc. to rezone their property located behind Love’s Truck Stop located at 1090 Cedar Grove Road from Agricultural and Stream Valley Reserve to IL Light Industrial. Attorney Keith Brown was present on behalf of the applicant to answer any questions the Council may have. He stated the property was annexed in the fall. He stated there are no definite plans for what the property will be used for at this time. Tony Miller made motion to accept the Planning Commission recommendation to approve. Faith Portman 2nd. Motion carried 6-0. (This Ordinance will be numbered 008-737.) Board of Adjustments Appointee Duane Price gave his report at this time. He reported at the December 13th meeting a variance was given to Land Planning Associates on behalf of Jemsite Development (Lowe’s) to increase the signage on the building from 509 sq. ft. to 710 sq. ft. for property located at Lot 6A of Settlers Point Business Park on Conestoga Parkway and at the January 10th meeting a variance was granted to Taylor Avenue, LLC on behalf of Park Federal Credit Union to reduce the size of parking spaces from 200 sq. ft. to 162 sq. ft. for property located between Blockbuster and the Good Will Store on Adam Shepherd Parkway. Mr. Price also reported that the Text Amendment on parking spaces will be sent to Planning and Zoning in March. City Attorney Wilson had second reading of Ordinance 007-(number to be assigned), Section 7, amending Ordinance 004-608 and 003-588 providing for and protecting the City’s health and the health of its residents, firms and corporations by forbidding the dumping of any trash, in any place, under any condition and promoting the general welfare of the City by refusing to allow any discharge of any debris which also impedes the City’s property values. He stated the only change to the Ordinance was to Section 7. Bonnie Enlow made motion to approve. Stacey Cline 2nd. Motion carried 6-0. (This Ordinance will be numbered 008-738.) City Attorney Wilson read Resolution authorizing the Mayor to negotiate leasing terms on the vacated Police and City Hall buildings. Faith Portman made motion to authorize Mayor to enter into negotiations to lease the vacant buildings. Bonnie Enlow 2nd. Motion carried 6-0. Further discussion followed on taking over street lights ONLY in Section 1 and 2 of Hensley Estates. The Council is in agreement that the road should be complete before taking over streetlights. The City Clerk will send a letter to Mr. Miles to let him know the Council’s decision. There were no reports from the Beautification or Sewer Committees. City Attorney Wilson opened sealed bid for camera and software upgrades to the Sewer Department’s Ques Closed Circuit TV truck. The bid was from Eyetronics for a total of $27,081.00. Faith Portman made motion to accept bid from Eyetronics. Margaret Moore 2nd. Motion carried 6-0. City Attorney Wilson stated he would like to hold the discussion on the Order entered by Bullitt Circuit Court regarding Rolling Acre Farm in Executive Session. City Attorney Wilson read Resolution 08-01 resolving appreciation to Board Members serving on the Bullitt County Board of Education. Faith Portman made motion to approve. Trina Summers 2nd. Motion carried 6-0. Faye Hedgspeth was present to address the Council about Beech Grove Road. She stated a resolution had been reached but she’s not happy about it, but it’s done. She would rather have her property than money. She stated she had 152 names on a petition to open back up Salt River Plant Drive and 300+ names to get a traffic light at Beech Grove Road and Highway 61. Mayor Tinnell stated he had spoken with State Representative Larry Belcher and there would be a traffic count done at this intersection. Mary Baugh was also present to address the Council about her property. She stated she is not happy with what the Commission offered her for her property on Beech Grove Road. She stated she does not feel they realize how much property is there. She would like to ask the Commission to come back and look at her property again because she doesn’t think the offer is fair. City Attorney Wilson told Ms. Baugh that the Council and Mayor would discuss this more in Executive Session. City Attorney Wilson stated he had sent the Council information on billboards being placed on City property. He stated he would like a resolution on this and to get the Council’s thoughts. Councilwomen Trina Summers and Faith Portman stated they had them here before. Councilwoman Summers asked if they needed to be bid out. Councilwoman Margaret Moore stated we need to be careful of the placement. Mr. David Quinnelly with Drury Development Corporation stated the billboards would be 70’ in height at each end and 500’ from the road per the State’s requirement. He stated his company would like to place billboards in two locations within the City. Councilwoman Moore asked Mr. Quinnelly if his company would be willing to plan shrubbery around the poles to make them look better. Mr. Quinnelly stated he does not feel that would be a problem. Planning Commission Appointee Daryl Lee had nothing to report. City Attorney Wilson stated he would like to honor the newest great grandmother on the Council, Margaret Moore. Code Enforcement Officer Mac McAuliffe reported that he had spoken with a representative with Marathon about the old station on Buckman. The gentleman who was set up there selling Christmas trees left a huge mess that the City cleaned up. The total cost of the clean up was $1037.50. A bill was sent to Marathon. Mr. Gilbert with Marathon assured Mac that the bill would be taken care of. Mac also reported that he had spoken with the owners of the building across from Big O on Buckman and they assured him the mess would be cleaned up this week. Fire Chief Brad Whittaker stated the Fire Department had two vehicles that they no longer use and he would like to surplus them. He stated he has fair offers for them. Bonnie Enlow made motion to surplus two fire vehicles no longer used. Faith Portman 2nd. Motion carried 6-0. Councilwoman Margaret Moore stated she would like to fly the flag on Abraham Lincoln’s birthday in February. She feels as a President from Kentucky he should be honored and would like to tie our celebration in with what the State does on an annual basis. Councilwoman Stacey Cline asked if we ever heard back from David Huff. City Attorney Wilson stated that the first letter he sent came back but the second letter did not so he feels Mr. Huff has been informed of the City’s new ABC Officer appointment . Councilwoman Faith Portman stated she had received calls about the entrance to the Library. She feels a sign should be put up on the east side of the underpass that says “hidden entrance”. Councilwoman Portman also asked when employees would be getting their new insurance cards and asked to get a copy of the new United Health Care plan. City Treasurer Maxine Jeffries stated that until the new United Healthcare cards came in the Humana cards could still be used. Councilwoman Portman also stated she had been approached about putting floor padding in the rest of the fitness room. She stated she had a price to have this done. She also asked about the TVs that were bought to go in the fitness room. Fire Chief Whittaker said he feels those TVs are too big for the fitness room and would like to get prices on small flat screens to go in the room and split the cost between departments. Councilwoman Bonnie Enlow stated she feels an age limit should be put in place on who uses the weight room. She feels no unsupervised children under this age should be in the weight room on the equipment. She also stated we need to set some gym rules and guidelines on its use. Councilwoman Faith Portman suggested having a workshop to discuss gym rules and guidelines. Mayor Tinnell would like to know who was the gym put there for and why did we put it here. He would like the Council to set the rules and regulations. Councilwoman Summers stated she feels we need to do this as a separate meeting, advertise for the meeting and take comments in writing. Councilwoman Enlow also stated that she had received a call from Mrs. Patterson about the ditch at 678 Highway 44 West. It is full of weeds and trash and needs to be cleaned out. Councilwoman Margaret Moore stated the sidewalk at Highway 44 and Raymond Road needs to be either torn out and grass planted or fix the sidewalk. Mayor Tinnell stated the City will work with the store owner to fix the sidewalk. If the store owner will buy the tile the City will help fix. Faith Portman made motion to go into Executive Session to discuss litigation. Trina Summers 2nd. Motion carried 6-0. Tony Miller made motion to return to Regular Session. Stacey Cline 2nd. Motion carried 6-0. City Attorney Wilson reported that he was given direction on how to proceed with one and no decision was made on another. Stacey Cline made motion to adjourn. Faith Portman 2nd. Motion carried 6-0. Meeting adjourned at 9:36 p.m. ATTEST: APPROVED: Tammy Owen, City Clerk Sherman Tinnell, Mayor
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