MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE MAYOR
AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE
HELD ON THE 2ND DAY OF DECEMBER 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 2nd day of December 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. Eugene Crosby 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 Frances S. Ball seconded by
Eugene Crosby and unanimously carried, the Board approved the minutes of the
regular meeting of November 18, 2014, as they now appear in the Minute Book.
ORDER –UNCLEAN
PROPERTY LOCATED AT 303 BAREMORE
There
came on for consideration the matter of a hearing to determine if certain property
located at 303 Baremore Street, owned by Louise D. Holmes, parcel number 80-141220402
0200100, is clean or unsafe, then upon motion made by Gwenita Mays duly
seconded by Frances S. Ball and unanimously approved, the Board adopted a
resolution giving the owners until January 6, 2015, to clean said
property. Copy of said resolution is
made Exhibit “A” to these minutes the same as if recopied herein in full in
words and figures.
ORDER –UNCLEAN
PROPERTY LOCATED AT 860 BROOKSVILLE
There
came on for consideration the matter of a hearing to determine if certain
property located at 860 Brooksville Road, owned by Lila Q. Kitchens, parcel
number 151262301 0400500, is clean or unsafe, then upon motion made by Frances
S. Ball duly seconded by Gwenita Mays and unanimously approved, the Board adopted
a resolution giving the owners until January 6, 2015, to clean said
property. Copy of said resolution is
made Exhibit "B" to these minutes the same as if recopied herein in
full in words and figures.
ORDER –UNCLEAN
PROPERTY LOCATED AT
105
MEADOWLANE DRIVE
Upon
motion made by Frances S. Ball duly seconded by Eugene Crosby and unanimously
approved, the Board set a hearing for January 6, 2015, to determine if certain
property located at 105 Meadow Lane owned by Opal J. Sullivan and Thelma
Sullivan Etux, parcel number 151283404 0101000, is clean or unsafe. Copy of said notice is made Exhibit "C"
to these minutes the same as if recopied herein in full in words and figures.
ORDER –UNCLEAN
PROPERTY LOCATED AT 105 LAKEVIEW DRIVE
Upon
motion made by Frances S. Ball duly seconded by Gwenita Mays and unanimously
approved, the Board set a hearing for January 6, 2015, to determine if certain
property located at 105 Lakeview Drive owned by Antonio and Nancy Naylor,
parcel number 151273503 0201300, is clean or unsafe. Copy of said notice is made Exhibit "D"
to these minutes the same as if recopied herein in full in words and figures.
ORDER –UNCLEAN
PROPERTY LOCATED AT 114 NEARWAY DRIVE
Upon
motion made by Frances S. Ball duly seconded by Gwenita Mays and unanimously
approved, the Board set a hearing for January 6, 2015, to determine if certain
property located at 114 Nearway Drive, owned by Weodia James and Eric Triplett,
parcel number 141220402 0207000, is
clean or unsafe. Copy of said notice is
made Exhibit "E" to these minutes the same as if recopied herein in
full in words and figures.
ORDER – UNCLEAN
PROPERTY LOCATED AT 107 OAK LANE
Upon
motion made by Judy H. McLeod duly seconded by Frances S. Ball and unanimously
approved, the Board set a hearing for January 6, 2015, to determine if certain
property located at 107 Oak Lane, owned by Scott Whitney, parcel number
151242001 0103701, is unclean or unsafe.
Copy of said notice is made Exhibit “F” to these minutes the same as if
recopied herein in full in words and figures.
ORDER – UNCLEAN
PROPERTY LOCATED AT 168 EILAND AVENUE
Upon
motion made by Judy H. McLeod duly seconded by Frances S. Ball and unanimously
approved, the Board set a hearing for January 6, 2015, to determine if certain
property located at 168 Eiland Avenue, owned by R & D Properties, parcel
number 141220302 0101600, is clean or unsafe.
Copy of said notice is made Exhibit
"G" to these minutes the same as if recopied herein in full in words
and figures.
ORDER –
DOCKET OF CLAIMS
Upon
motion made by Eugene Crosby duly seconded by Frances S. Ball and unanimously
approved, the Board approved payment of the Docket of Claims #12768-13118 for
$155,415.33 for November bills. Copy of said docket is made Exhibit "H"
to these minutes the same as if recopied herein in full in words and figures
ORDER – APPOINTMENT
TO HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD
Upon
motion made by Richard R. Caperton duly seconded by Eugene Crosby, Judy H.
McLeod abstained, and approved by the majority, the Board appointed Paula
Fulton to a five year term on the Housing Authority Board effective 1-1-2015
through 1-1-2020.
ORDER – BIDS
ON DEMOLITION AT PLYWOOD PLANT
There
came on for consideration the matter of bids for the demolition of the plywood
plant and whereas eight bids were received, and Pryor and Morrow Architects and
Engineers, P. A. compiled a certified
bid tabulation, then upon motion made by Judy H. McLeod duly seconded by Frances
S. Ball and unanimously approved, the Board accepted the bid from Century
Construction and Realty, Inc. for the unit price of $7.75 and base bid of
$381,500.00, and upon the same order the Board authorized the Mayor to award
the bid and to give notice to proceed with the project. Other bids were received from Gulf Services
Contracting, Inc. $21.00 /unit; Malouf Construction, LLC $9.00 /unit; Virginia
Wrecking Company, Inc. $8.00 /unit; Burns Dirt Construction Inc. $12.00 /unit;
Phillips Contracting Co., Inc. $10.00 /unit; Jay Bearden Construction, Inc.
$45.15 /unit; and Gator Industrial, LLC $10.00 /unit. Copy
of said certified bid tabulation and recommendation is made Exhibit “I” to
these minutes the same as if recopied herein in full in words and figures.
ORDER – BID
ON SURPLUS PROPERTY
There
came on for consideration the matter of bids for the sale of surplus property,
a 2003 Ford Crown Victoria police car, vin #2FAHP71W13X2022836 fixed asset # 4137,
and whereas one bid has been received, then upon motion made by Frances S. Ball
duly seconded by Gwenita Mays and unanimously approved, the Board accepted the
bid for $525.00 from Ivan Parker, Jr. for the sale of said police car. Copy of said bid tabulation is made Exhibit “J”
to these minutes the same as if recopied herein in full in words and figures.
ORDER – ACCEPT
RESIGNATION OF FIREFIGHTER
Upon
motion made by Frances S. Ball duly seconded by Eugene Crosby and unanimously
approved, the Board accepted the resignation of Firefighter Joel Triplett
effective November 26, 2014. Copy of
said resignation is made Exhibit “K” to these minutes the same as if recopied
herein in full in words and figures.
ORDER – TRANSFER
FUNDS TO E911 FUND
Upon
motion made by Judy H. McLeod duly seconded by Gwenita Mays and unanimously
approved, the Board authorized the transfer of $50,000.00 from General Fund to
E911 Fund as budgeted for operations. Copy
of said transfer is made Exhibit “L” to these minutes the same as if recopied
herein in full in words and figures.
ORDER – POLICE
TRAINING
Upon
motion made by Gwenita Mays duly seconded by Frances S. Ball and unanimously
approved, the Board approved the request for Toby Lee, Perry Yates, Mark
Gregory, and Karl Black to attend the free training on “Domestic Extremism and
Hate Crimes” on January 28 in Pearl. Copy
of said request is made Exhibit “M” to these minutes the same as if recopied
herein in full in words and figures.
ORDER – POLICE
TRAINING
Upon
motion made by Eugene Crosby duly seconded by Gwenita Mays and unanimously
approved, the Board approved the request for Donnie Graham and Greg Clark to
attend the free training on “Writing Search Warrants”, on January 14-15 in
Florence, MS. Copy of said request is made Exhibit “N” to
these minutes the same as if recopied herein in full in words and figures.
ORDER –FIRE CHIEFS
CONFERENCE
Upon
motion made by Eugene Crosby duly seconded by Frances S. Ball and unanimously
approved, the Board approved the request for Johnnie Roy Haynes to attend the
Fire Chief’s Conference on January 18-21, in Ridgeland, registration $55.00,
plus advance travel allowance. Copy of
said request is made Exhibit “O” to these minutes the same as if recopied
herein in full in words and figures.
ORDER –DISCONTINUE
RECYCLING SERVICE
Upon
motion made by Frances S. Ball duly seconded by Richard R. Caperton and
unanimously approved, the Board authorized the Mayor to discontinue the
recycling service by Waste Pro effective immediately. Copy of said billing is made Exhibit “P” to
these minutes the same as if recopied herein in full in words and figures.
ORDER –
ADJOURN
Upon motion made by Frances S. Ball duly
seconded by Gwenita Mays and unanimously carried, the Board meeting was adjourned
with no further business.
ATTEST:
BABS W.
FULTON WILLIAM
A. “WILL”
HILL
CITY
CLERK MAYOR