City Council Meeting Agendas and Minutes

REGULAR SESSION OF SEPTEMBER 26, 2017 The City of Kings Mountain, North Carolina met in Regular Session at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 26, 2017 in the Council Chambers of City Hall with Mayor Scott Neisler presiding. ATTENDANCE The following Councilmembers were present: Howard Shipp, Keith Miller, Curtis Pressley, Jay Rhodes, Rodney Gordon, Mike Butler and Tommy Hawkins. Also present: Mickey Corry, City Attorney; Marilyn Sellers, City Manager and Lynda Mattox, City Clerk. INVOCATION The invocation was given by Pastor Jeff Wilson, First Church of the Nazarene, Kings Mountain, North Carolina. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mayor Neisler. AGENDA ADOPTION Upon Motion by Councilmember Jay Rhodes, seconded by Councilmember Tommy Hawkins, it was unanimously voted to adopt the Agenda as presented. SPECIAL PRESENTATION AND RECOGNITIONS City Councilmember’s Comments and Remarks: No comments. MAYOR’S COMMENTS AND REMARKS Mayor Neisler read a Resolution honoring the Kings Mountain Little Theatre and introduced the cast of “The Little Mermaid Jr.”. He asked the cast to introduce themselves and state what character they played in the show. He then asked the group to sing a few lines of “Under the Sea”. Mayor Neisler recognized the following City employees:  Jamie Black Fire Department 20 years  Bonnie Hale Senior Center 15 years  Randy Fowler Water Department 10 years Mayor Neisler recognized Corporal Gregg McKinney for obtaining his Advanced Certification in Law Enforcement from the State of North Carolina Mayor Neisler recognized Karen Grigg, Claudia Vaughn and Lareina Carpenter for completing the course of study entitled “Seniors’ Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) and becoming a certified SHIPP Counselor and also recognized Carol Dixon for maintaining her SHIIP Counselor certification for 11 years. Mayor Neisler read a Proclamation for Public Power Week and proclaimed October 1-7, 2017 as Public Power Week in the City of Kings Mountain. Minutes – September 26, 2017 Page 2 SPECIAL EVENTS UPDATE Christy Conner, Special Events Coordinator, updated council on the upcoming event “Mountaineer Days”. She passed out advertising posters and highlighted the different components of the festival. On Friday, October 20 the school system will be dismissed at 2:00 and line up at 3:30 where the parade will begin featuring the Marching Band, Cheerleaders, Football Team, different clubs and Teachers of the Year. Crawford & Power will play from 4:00 – 6:00. This will be like a pep rally before the Homecoming Game. At 6:00 the festival will close for the Homecoming Game. On Saturday, October 21st the festival will open again at 2:00 kicking off with “Timber Ridge Band”. At 4:00 the “Fourth Creek Band” will play and the festival will close out with the Zac Brown Tribute Band, “20 Ride”. Christy reviewed the with Council the four-level sponsorship brochure she has proposed. It shows all the progress being made in Kings Mountain and she stated this is when private money follows. Christy stated that the BeachBlast Festival has been nominated for the “Top 5 Events of the Year” by the Carolina Beach Music Awards. Members of this group travel across the southeast to all these festivals and can nominate a festival for this award. We are in the top five along with two from Florida and two from Myrtle Beach. The awards will take place in Myrtle Beach at the Alabama Theater in November. CITIZEN RECOGNITION Philip Bollinger, Kings Mountain, NC stated he would like to set a time to meet with Mrs. Sellers regarding an employee matter. This will be arranged. Will Sanders, Kings Mountain, NC addressed Council on flooding problems he is having on McGinnis Street. There is no curbing, no manholes and the water run-off is flooding his yard and under his house. Council asked staff to look into this problem. Mike Lambert, ETJ Kings Mountain, NC thanked Council and staff for their quick response in installing dry hydrants at Davidson Lake. This was in response to a home that was totally destroyed by a fire earlier this year. No one else requested to speak. CONSENT AGENDA Upon Motion by Councilmember Rodney Gordon, seconded by Councilmember Mike Butler, it was unanimously voted to approve the following Consent Agenda items: A. Minutes of the Special Session of August 1, 2017, Work Session of August 21, 2017 and Regular Session of August 29, 2017. B. Adopt Ordinance 17-20 placing a crosswalk at Ervin Clinic on W. Mountain Street. C. Adopt Resolution 17-32 correcting financing amount of the 2017 Autocar Heil Front Loader and 2017 Automated Refuse Packer Autocar from $556,833 to $564,378 with an interest rate of 1.987% and financing terms of 5 years beginning in the next fiscal year. (Five- year additional warranty added) Minutes – September 26, 2017 Page 3 D. Budget Amendment re-appropriating restricted Library funds in the amount of $20,000 that were included in fiscal year ended June 30, 2017 but not spent. E. Award of bid for Long Branch Force Main Replacement project to Fuller & Company Construction, LLC in the amount of $889,320.11. (Budgeted item with grant funding) REGULAR MEETING City Attorney, Mickey Corry, reviewed with Council the proposed leasing of Senior Park which adjoins the recently renovated building at 133 West Mountain St. Thoroughbred Partners, LLC who own 133 W. Mountain Street are planning to put a restaurant in and would like to lease a portion of the Senior Park from the City for the purpose of some outside dining. They would like to have an initial lease of three years and potential two extensions of that for three years each making it a total of nine years. The rental rate would be $1.00 per year. It appears if the project goes through, there are going to be some significant renovations taking place on the area used by the restaurant and at the end of any lease, those renovations and improvements made will belong to the City. There is a fire suppression system in that area which must be kept in usable condition by two properties. Also, one of the conditions would be that even though they are renting a portion of this park, there must be an area left open at all times and maintained for public use. Insurance will be the same amount the city requires for itself. If for some reason in the future the City would need that property, the tenant would be notified and the City would get the property back. This lease cannot be transferred to another entity if the restaurant were to close. The lease would terminate immediately. The item on the agenda tonight is not to approve the lease itself, but by statute if you want to consider this, you have to adopt a Resolution indicating that you are considering this which then will have to be advertised at least 30 days prior to the regular meeting. Tonight you are voting to adopt the Resolution stating you are willing to consider it and at the council meeting in October is when you would actually vote on the lease or not. Upon motion by Councilmember Jay Rhodes, seconded by Councilmember Mike Butler, it was unanimously voted to adopt Resolution 17-33 Intent to Enter into Lease with Thoroughbred Partners, LLC. ADJOURNMENT Upon Motion by Councilmember Rodney Gordon, seconded by Councilmember Mike Butler, it was unanimously voted to adjourn at 6:45 pm. BY:____________________________________________ G. Scott Neisler, Mayor ATTEST: _____________________________________________ Lynda G. Mattox, City Clerk