MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE MAYOR
AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE
HELD ON THE 16TH 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 16th 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. The Mayor gave the opening prayer and 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 Judy H. McLeod and unanimously carried, the Board approved the minutes of
the regular meeting of December 2, 2014, as they now appear in the Minute Book.
ORDER – PETITION
FOR REZONING
Upon
motion made by Judy H. McLeod duly seconded by Gwenita Mays and unanimously
approved, the Board accepted the Petition to the Zoning Board and set a hearing
date for January 19 at 6:00 and authorized the notice of the request from Billy
Joe White and Lee O. Mays, Trustees of Faith Tabernacle Church of Christ USA
and Genesis Learning Center LLC, for a variance to the Zoning Ordinance to
locate a daycare at 401 Pontotoc Street.
Copy of said petition and notice is made Exhibit “A” to these minutes
the same as if recopied herein in full in words and figures.
ORDER – AIRPORT
PROJECTS
Upon
motion made by Frances S. Ball duly seconded by Gwenita Mays and unanimously
approved, the Board authorized payment on the Airport Terminal Building Project
2013 AIP Grant upon receipt of FAA funds to Kemp Associates for $633.03. Copy
of said invoice is made Exhibit "B" to these minutes the same as if
recopied herein in full in words and figures.
Upon
motion made by Eugene Crosby duly seconded by Frances S. Ball and unanimously
approved, the Board approved payment of the retainage for $2,671.72 and
acknowledged overpayment to Davidson Hauling and their reimbursement to the
city for $3,245.51. Copy of said invoice
is made Exhibit “C” to these minutes the same as if recopied herein in full in
words and figures.
Upon
motion made by Gwenita Mays duly seconded by Frances S. Ball and unanimously
approved, the Board acknowledged the receipt of additional MDOT Grant for the
terminal building in the amount of $34,000.00, and upon the same order
authorized the Mayor to sign the request for said grant funds. Copy of said MDOT Grant is made Exhibit “D”
to these minutes the same as if recopied herein in full in words and figures.
Upon
motion made by Judy H. McLeod duly seconded by Eugene Crosby and unanimously
approved, the Board authorized payments for the Airport Main Ramp Addition 2014
AIP Grant upon receipt of funds to Clearwater Consultants for $9,525.33 and to
Davidson Hauling for $89,302.73. Copy of
said invoice is made Exhibit “E” to these minutes the same as if recopied
herein in full in words and figures.
ORDER –ARC
PROJECT
Upon
motion made by Judy H. McLeod duly seconded by Gwenita Mays and unanimously
approved, the Board authorized the publication of request for proposals for
qualified administrators and qualified engineers for the proposed 2015
Appalachian Regional Commission pre-applications and full applications for any
approved grants. Copy of said notice is made Exhibit "F" to these
minutes the same as if recopied herein in full in words and figures.
ORDER – PAYMENT
TO PRYOR AND MORROW
Upon
motion made by Judy H. McLeod duly seconded by Frances S. Ball and unanimously
approved, the Board approved payment to Pryor and Morrow for $240,000.00 for
design development of the Plywood Plant Project. Copy of said invoice is made Exhibit "G"
to these minutes the same as if recopied herein in full in words and figures.
ORDER – NOTICES
FOR PLYWOOD PLANT
Upon
motion made by Frances S. Ball duly seconded by Eugene Crosby and unanimously
approved, the Board authorized the Mayor to give notice of any and all multiple
bids upcoming for the Plywood Plant Project.
Copy of said bid schedule is made Exhibit "H" to these minutes
the same as if recopied herein in full in words and figures.
ORDER –NOTICE
OF HEARING ON HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN
Upon
motion made by Gwenita Mays duly seconded by Frances S. Ball and unanimously
approved, the Board set a public hearing and authorized the notice for the
hearing on Tuesday, January 20, 2015, at 5:00.
Copy of said notice is made Exhibit “I” to these minutes the same as if
recopied herein in full in words and figures.
ORDER – NOTICE
FOR FIREFIGHTER
Upon
motion made by Richard R. Caperton duly seconded by Frances S. Ball and
unanimously approved, the Board authorized the notice for Firefighter to be
given. Copy of said notice is made Exhibit "J"
to these minutes the same as if recopied herein in full in words and figures.
ORDER – FIRE
TRAINING
Upon
motion made by Gwenita Mays duly seconded by Frances S. Ball and unanimously
approved, the Board authorized Chief Johnny Roy Haynes to attend the Minimum
Standards Board meeting on January 7, 2015 at no cost to the city.
ORDER
–HOLIDAY SCHEDULE
Upon
motion made by Frances S. Ball duly seconded by Gwenita Mays and unanimously
approved, the Board acknowledged the Christmas holiday schedule to close at
noon on December 24, and be closed on December 25 and 26, and to be closed on
January 1 for New Year’s Day.
ORDER – MUNICIPAL
ATTORNEY’S TRAINING
Upon
motion made by Gwenita Mays duly seconded by Eugene Crosby and unanimously
approved, the Board authorized Taylor Tucker to attend the Municipal Attorney’s
Training on January 29, 2015, registration of $150.00. Copy of said registration is made Exhibit “K”
to these minutes the same as if recopied herein in full in words and figures.
ORDER – MUNICIPAL
ATTORNEY’S DUES
Upon
motion made by Judy H. McLeod duly seconded by Gwenita Mays and unanimously
approved, the Board approved payment of $25.00 for Municipal Attorney’s
Association membership dues. Copy of said
is made Exhibit “L” to these minutes the same as if recopied herein in
full in words and figures.
ORDER – EXECUTIVE
SESSION
Upon
motion made by Judy H. McLeod duly seconded by Gwenita Mays and unanimously
approved, 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 Eugene Crosby and unanimously carried, the Board did
convene into executive session to discuss a personnel matter.
After
full discussion of the matter and upon motion made by Richard R. Caperton duly
seconded by Judy H. McLeod and unanimously carried, the Board did convene out
of executive session with no action taken.
ORDER – PROPERTY
ACQUISITION
Upon
motion made by Frances S. Ball duly seconded by Eugene Crosby and unanimously
approved, the Board authorized the Mayor to negotiate the purchase price of
certain land for acquisition by the city.
ORDER –
ADJOURN
Upon motion made by Judy H. McLeod duly
seconded by Frances S. Ball and unanimously carried, the Board meeting was adjourned
with no further business.
ATTEST:
BABS W.
FULTON WILLIAM A.
“WILL” HILL
CITY
CLERK MAYOR