City Council Meeting

MINUTES CITY OF LOGAVNILLE Regular Council Meeting Thursday, September 13, 2012 7:30pm Council Chambers The City of Loganville Mayor and Council met for their regularly scheduled Council Meeting on Thursday, September 13, 2012 at 7:30pm. Mayor Ray Nunley and Council Members Skip Baliles, Dan Curry, Mike Jones, Mark Kiddoo and Michelle Lynch were all present. Council Member Rey Martinez was present via phone. Mayor Nunley called the meeting to order at 7:30pm. Council Member Dan Curry gave the invocation and the pledge to the flag was led. Council Member Dan Curry made a motion to adopt the agenda as presented with the addition of Fire Department Recognition and Call of the Election. Council Member Mark Kiddoo seconded the motion. Motion carried 5-0. Council Member Dan Curry made a motion to adopt last month’s minutes as presented with the noted correction that the vote on the Wine Tasting Ordinance was 5-1 with Mark Kiddoo voting in opposition. Council Member Skip Baliles seconded the motion. Motion carried 5-0. Council Member Mark Kiddoo made a motion to approve last month’s financial report. Council Member Michelle Lynch seconded the motion. Motion carried 5-0. Mayor Ray Nunley recognized Miss Hannah Hope who will be competing in Miss Heart of Dixie 2012 pageant and Clint Frazier for his accomplishments in baseball. Fire Chief Danny Roberts recognized members of the Loganville Fire Department and Walton County EMS for their recent efforts in saving lives. Those recognized included Loganville Fire Fighters Jason Cain, Jeff Goins and Brad Schuler as well as Walton County EMS workers Dustin Greene and Stan Jones. Planning & Development Director Tim Prater presented Case #R12-004 to the Council for approval. He explained that Thomas Carter has requested to rezone his property located at 353 Highway 81N from CH to R44. Council Member Dan Curry made a motion to approve Case #R12-004 as requested. Motion died for a lack of a second. (Under the zoning law a motion to approve a rezoning that dies for a lack of a second is automatically denied. Therefore, the application to rezone the property was denied.) Council Member Mark Kiddoo made a motion to set the 2012 Millage Rate at 10.27 mills which is the same as the previous year. Council Member Skip Baliles seconded the motion. Motion carried 6-0. Council Member Michelle Lynch announced that there would be a Public Hearing on Wednesday, September 19th at 6:00pm to gather input from the community on the proposed Town Center Project. Council Member Dan Curry made a motion to approve the purchase of a Digester Blower for $6,195.45. Council Member Skip Baliles seconded the motion. Motion carried 6-0. Council Member Dan Curry made a motion to approve the annual EDP Water Lab Contact for $10,640.00. Council Member Mark Kiddoo seconded the motion. Motion carried 6-0. Council Member Dan Curry made a motion to approve the contract for the Tommy Lee Fuller Drainage Project for $575,124.75 which would be paid for from SPLOST proceeds. Council Member Mark Kiddoo seconded the motion. Motion carried 6-0. Council Member Dan Curry made a motion to approve the Septic Facility Drainage Repair as per EPD request for $9,344 by Southern Concrete. Council Member Michelle Lynch seconded the motion. Motion carried 6-0. Council Member Dan Curry made a motion to approve annual contracts for the following: Concrete Repair – Southern Concrete Asphalt – Precision Paving WQC Chemicals – Polytech Water Works Supplies – Ferguson Enterprises Inc. Council Member Mark Kiddoo seconded the motion. Motion carried 6-0. Council Member Skip Baliles made a motion to approve the bid for the Bay Creek Project at a cost of $79,500 plus engineering. Council Member Mike Jones seconded the motion. Motion carried 6-0. Council Member Skip Baliles made a motion to allow bids to be taken for the following projects: Tommy Lee Fuller, Atlanta Highway, SR81 / SR10. Council Member Mike Jones seconded the motion. Motion carried 6-0. City Manager Bill Jones explained that the restaurant seat fees were lowered last year from $225 to $95 per seat. The Council approved the lowering of this fee through June 2012. Since this has expired, City Manager Bill Jones asked that this fee be reduced to $95. Council Member Skip Baliles made a motion to reduce the seat fees from $225 to $95. Council Member Mark Kiddoo seconded the motion. Motion carried 6-0. City Manager Bill Jones presented the revised LOST Agreement with Walton County. He explained that this is necessary due to the City of Monroe claiming absence of municipality which causes the agreement to be based solely off of population. He explained that this reducing the percentage paid to Loganville from 11% to 10.46%. Mr. Jones also noted that even though this is a reduction in the previous percentage it is still a large increase from the previous agreement which was 7.36%. Council Member Michelle Lynch made a motion to allow the Mayor to sign the revised resolution. Council Member Skip Baliles seconded the motion. Council Member Mike Jones stated that he would be voting under protest due to the fact that the City of Monroe backed out of the agreement with the other Cities. Motion carried 6-0. City Manager Bill Jones also announced the Call of the Special Election to be held on November 6, 2012 for the purpose of proposing the question to allow the sale of distilled spirits by the package in the City. COMMUNITY FEEDBACK Chuck Bagley announced that the Walton County Board of Commissioners would be meeting on Monday at 6pm to set the County Millage Rate. Drew Tyrer with Eastside Medical announced that they are looking to expand their health care facilities in Loganville. He explained that they know that 40% of residents in Loganville seek emergency care at Eastside. He stated that on August 22nd they filed a certificate of need for a free standing emergence facility to be located in Loganville. He explained that this would be the first of its kind in Georgia and would provide 24/7 emergency care. He explained that it would be a 10 bed facility, trauma room, 2 secure holding rooms for mental health care, a decontamination room, ambulance bay, and access to CT, MRI and X-rays and provide 38 new health care jobs to the community. He explained that they hoped to hear by the middle of December if the certificate of need has been approved. With no other discussion, Council Member Michelle Lynch made a motion to adjourn. Council Member Dan Curry seconded the motion. Motion carried 5-0. Meeting adjourned at 8:35pm. Ray Nunley Bill Jones Mayor City Manager