Calhoun City Council Agenda, January 9, 2012

Calhoun City Council Agenda, January 9, 2012

Calhoun City Council Agenda, January 9, 2012

CITY COUNCIL MEETING

DEPOT COMMUNITY ROOM

JANUARY 9, 2012 – 7:00 P.M

WORK SESSION

JANUARY 9, 2012 – 12:00 NOON

700 WEST LINE STREET

CONFERENCE ROOM

PROPOSED AGENDA

  1. Call to order and welcome – Mayor Jimmy Palmer
  1. Invocation
  1. Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag – Mayor Jimmy Palmer
  1. Amend or approve Proposed Agenda
  1. Amend or approve the minutes of December 12, 2011 and December 19, 2011 City Council Meetings
  1. Mayor’s Comments:
  1. Oaths of Office for Mayor, City Council Post 1 and Post 2, and City School Board Post 4 and Post 5.
  2. Mayor Palmer to announce the 2012 appointments of City Council members for reporting purposes for various departments of the City. (Appointments for 2011 were as follows)

Councilman Edwards - Police, Fire, Zoning Advisory Board, Main Street Program, Downtown Development Authority, and Historic Preservation Commission

Councilman Barton- Street, Sanitation, Cemetery, Animal Control, Safety

Committee, Recreation and Parks

Councilman Crowley- Water and Sewer Operations, Water and Sewer Construction, Building Inspection, Revolving Loan, and Schools

Councilman Hammond- Northwest Georgia Regional Commission, Electric Department, Telecommunications, and Airport

  1. Reminder of a sign variance request by Greater Community Bank at a location of 305 West Belmont Drive. The variance request is to reduce the sign minimum setback from 10 feet to 4 feet. The Zoning Advisory Board will meet on February 9th and the public hearing will be on February 13th.
  2. Reminder of a zoning change request for Jackie Purgason with Morgan Taylor, LLC at a location of 107 Kent Drive. The request is for a two acre tract to be rezoned from R-1 to C-2. The ZAB will meet on February 9th and the public hearing will be on February 13th.
  3. Remind the Council of Mayor’s Day Conference on January 21-23, 2012 in Atlanta.
  1. Council Comments:
  1. Councilman Edwards - Police, Fire, Zoning Advisory Board, Main Street Program, Downtown Development Authority, and Historic Preservation Commission
  2. Councilman Barton- Street, Sanitation, Cemetery, Animal Control, Safety

Committee, Recreation and Parks

  1. Councilman Crowley- Water and Sewer Operations, Water and Sewer Construction, Building Inspection, Revolving Loan, and Schools
  2. Councilman Hammond- Northwest Georgia Regional Commission, Electric Department, Telecommunications, and Airport
  1. Public Hearing and Comments:
  1. Announce at this time, public hearings on zoning matters will be held. The public will have the opportunity to make pro and con comments with a ten minute maximum time limit for each side of the matter, with each person speaking having filed a financial disclosure statement five days prior to the hearing if required, with each person giving their name and address. An inquiry should be made to determine if any elected official has filed a disclosure statement regarding ownership or special interest in any of the agenda items. Zoning Land Use Maps on display in Council Chambers for Zoning Advisory Board and Council hearings. (*Reminder – Annexation first and zoning as a second motion)

1)Public hearing for an annexation and zoning of C-2 for 0.29 acres at a location of 1109 South Wall Street for Linda Walters.

  • Open public hearing
  • Report on notices
  • Comments
  • Close public hearing
  • May be approved/denied
  1. Old Business:
  1. Approval of Georgia Municipal Employee Benefits System (GMEBS) Restated Master Defined Benefit Retirement Plan. In order to ensure continued tax-favored treatment for GMEBS member plans, the IRS requires that all GMEBS member employers adopt the restated plan documents.
  2. Motion to allow Mayor to sign documents
  1. New Business:
  1. Motion regarding selection of Mayor Pro Tem for 2012.
  2. Motion to re-appoint department heads for 2012

General Government Division:

City Administrator- Eddie Peterson

City Clerk- Paul Worley

Director of Finance Utilities & General Gov. – Andrea Bramlett

Police Chief – Garry Moss

Fire Chief - Lenny Nesbitt

Director of Public Works - Kevin McEntire

Recreation Director – Kimberly Townsend

Golf Professional – Eric Stewart

Superintendent of Golf Maintenance - Harold Franklin

Mainstreet Director – Suzanne Roland

Utility Division:

Utilities General Manager–Larry Vickery

Director of Water & Sewer - Jerry Crawford

Director of Electric Utilities–Jeff Defoor

Director of Telecommunications – Brad Carrick

Director of Customer Service – Ray Dudkowski

Manager of Engineering Department – David Burnett

Superintendent of Water Treatment – Danny Stephens

Superintendent of Water & Sewer Construction – MarkWilliamson

Superintendent of Sewer Treatment – John Banks

Superintendent of Water & Sewer Maintenance– Bobby Robertson

  1. Motion to appoint the following City positions for 2012: City Chaplain (current Chaplain is Dr. Bert Vaughn), City Attorney (current attorney is William P. Bailey), Municipal Court Judge (current Judge is the Honorable Suzanne Hutchinson-Smith), Indigent Defense Attorney (current defense attorney is Ms. Rebecca Paris), Town Marshal (current town marshal is Randy Jackson)
  2. First reading of an ordinance adopting and enacting a new Code of Ordinances, a repeal of certain ordinances, provisions for penalty and manner for amending the Code, and providing when such Code and this ordinance will become effective. (The earliest date for a public hearing would be January 23, 2012)
  3. Parade request by Mitzi Gaines for the annual MLK March to begin at Neal Street and MLK Blvd. to Court Street to the Gordon County Courthouse on Wall Street then after the ceremony the march will continue South on Wall Street and turn onto Hicks Street then right onto Park Ave. and dispersing at 109 South King Street. The parade is set to occur on January 16th beginning at 11:00am. (May be approved/denied)
  4. First reading of a pawn shop license request by Chad Huffer D/B/A: American Gold River Guns & Pawn at a location of 216 West Belmont Drive. The public hearing will be on February 13th.
  5. First reading of a beer, wine, and liquor license request by Vilas Patel D/B/A: Warehouse Liquor Store at a location of 255 West Line Street. The public hearing will be on February 13th.
  1. Other written items not on the agenda
  1. Work reports:
  1. Eddie Peterson, City Administrator
  1. Larry Vickery, Utilities General Manager
  1. Motion to move to Executive Session, if needed
  1. Motion to return to General Session
  1. Motion to report Executive session, if appropriate
  1. Motion to adjourn

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