MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE MAYOR
AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE
HELD ON THE 15TH DAY OF APRIL 2014
A regular meeting of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Louisville was held at five-thirty o’clock p.m. on the 15th day of April 2014, at the City Hall, the aforesaid being the time and place for the meeting with the following officers present: William A. “Will” Hill, Mayor; Eugene Crosby, Mayor Pro Tem; Frances S. Ball, Richard R. (Dickie) Caperton, Judy H. McLeod, and Gwenita Mays, Aldermen; Babs W. Fulton, City Clerk; and C. Taylor Tucker, City Attorney.
The meeting was duly opened and called to order by Mayor Will Hill. Frances S. Ball gave the opening prayer and the Mayor led in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. The following business was transacted at the meeting:
ORDER – APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Upon motion made by Judy H. McLeod seconded by Frances S. Ball and unanimously carried, the Board approved the minutes of the regular meeting of April 1, 2014, as they now appear in the Minute Book.
ORDER – SUSPEND AGENDA RULE
Upon motion made by Judy H. McLeod duly seconded by Frances S. Ball and unanimously approved, the Board voted to suspend the agenda rules in order to have a public hearing on unclean property.
ORDER – HEARING ON UNCLEAN PROPERTY LOCATED AT 200 BEAL AVENUE
Whereas a public hearing was set to determine if certain property is unclean or unsafe, which is located at 200 Beal Avenue, parcel number 80-141220301 0400100, and owned by M & M Investments LLC, and whereas the owner, manager and members of the community were present, and whereas the Board heard a report from Jody Fulton, Code Enforcement Officer, then upon motion made by Eugene Crosby duly seconded by Frances S. Ball and unanimously approved, the Board voted to table any action and to get an updated report at the May 6, 2014, Board of Aldermen meeting.
ORDER –PETITION TO REZONE
There came on for consideration a petition to rezone certain property located at 1659 Highway 15 South, owned by Hughes Management, Inc., from Commercial B-2 Zoning to Industrial Zoning, M-1, then upon motion made by Eugene Crosby duly seconded by Frances S. Ball and unanimously approved, the Board set a hearing for Monday, May 19, 2014, before the Zoning Board, and upon the same order authorized the clerk to give notice of the request to rezone. Copy of said petition and notice are made Exhibit "A" to these minutes the same as if recopied herein in full in words and figures.
ORDER – PAY RAISE FOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS
Upon motion made by Richard R. Caperton duly seconded by Eugene Crosby and unanimously approved, the Board authorized a pay raise for certain employees of the Public Works Departments effective April 17, 2014. Copy of said hourly increases is made Exhibit "B" to these minutes the same as if recopied herein in full in words and figures.
ORDER –PART TIME RECREATION EMPLOYEE
There came on for consideration the matter of hiring two part time recreation employees, then a motion made by Frances S. Ball duly seconded by Gwenita Mays failed by a vote of two to three, with Judy H. McLeod, Eugene Crosby, and Richard R. Caperton voting against the motion.
Upon motion made by Richard R. Caperton duly seconded by Frances S. Ball, the Board voted four to one against hiring one part time recreation employee, with Judy H. McLeod, Gwenita Mays, Eugene Crosby, and Richard R. Caperton voting against the motion, and upon the same order voted to table the request to hire in order to receive more information.
ORDER – ADD LEASE PAYMENT TO CHECKS ON DEMAND
Upon motion made by Eugene Crosby duly seconded by Judy H. McLeod and unanimously approved, the Board authorized the City Clerk to add the monthly payment of $487.99 paid to G. E. Capital Lease for the ExMark mowers to the “Checks on Demand List”.
ORDER – EXECUTE LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR VEHICLES
Whereas on March 4th the Board accepted a low quote of 2.11% interest rate from Bancorp South Bank, then upon motion made by Judy H. McLeod duly seconded by Frances S. Ball and unanimously approved, the Board authorized the Mayor to execute the lease purchase agreement of $96,812.58 with Bancorp South Bank for the four Police cars and one Public Works truck and upon the same order authorized the three annual payments of $33,657.48. Copy of said agreement is made Exhibit "C" to these minutes the same as if recopied herein in full in words and figures.
ORDER –SURPLUS VEHICLES
Upon motion made by Frances S. Ball duly seconded by Gwenita Mays and unanimously approved, the Board declared as surplus and authorized the clerk to give notice of the sale of five surplus vehicles. Copy of said notice is made Exhibit “D” to these minutes the same as if recopied herein in full in words and figures.
ORDER – WASHINGTON, DC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRIP
Upon motion made by Frances S. Ball duly seconded by Gwenita Mays and unanimously approved, the Board authorized the Mayor to proceed with plans to travel to Washington, D.C. for an economic development trip on May 7-9, 2014, and authorized travel expenses as needed by the Mayor.
ORDER – RETAIL COACH
Upon motion made by Frances S. Ball duly seconded by Gwenita Mays and unanimously approved, the Board authorized the Mayor to pursue appropriate funding from local entities in support of the endeavor with Retail Coach, and owners Kelly Cofer and Joseph Koon, to bring additional retail business to Louisville and Winston County.
ORDER – EXECUTIVE SESSION
Upon motion made by Frances S. Ball duly seconded by Judy H. McLeod and unanimously carried, the Board voted for a closed determination as to whether to convene into executive session, and inasmuch as determination was made, and upon motion made by Judy H. McLeod duly seconded by Frances S. Ball and unanimously carried, the Board did convene into executive session to discuss economic development.
After full discussion of the matter and upon motion made by Frances S. Ball duly seconded by Gwenita Mays and unanimously carried, the Board did convene out of executive session with no action taken.
ORDER – PURSUE NEGOTIATION OF LAND ACQUISITION
Upon motion made by Richard R. Caperton duly seconded by Frances S. Ball and unanimously approved, the Board authorized the Mayor to negotiate for the acquisition of certain property to be used for economic development at a cost not to exceed $72,000.00.
ORDER – ADJOURN
Upon motion made by Frances S. Ball duly seconded by Richard R. Caperton and unanimously carried, the Board meeting was adjourned with no further business.
ATTEST:
BABS W. FULTON WILLIAM A. “WILL” HILL
CITY CLERK MAYOR