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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
February 9, 2015
A work session of the Council of the City of Salem,
Virginia, was held in the City Manager’s Conference Room, 114
North Broad Street, Salem, Virginia, on February 9, 2015, at
6:30p.m., there being present the following members of said
Council, to wit: Byron Randolph Foley, John C. Givens, Jane W.
Johnson, William D. Jones, and Lisa D. Garst; with Byron
Randolph Foley, presiding; together with Kevin S. Boggess, City
Manager; James E. Taliaferro, II, Assistant City Manager and
Clerk of Council, Rosie Jordan, Director of Finance; Mary Ellen
Wines, Deputy Zoning Administrator/Secretary; and Benjamin W.
Tripp, Planner; and the following business was transacted:
Mayor Foley reported that this date, place, and time had
been set in order for the Council to hold a work session; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Boggess presented Councilwoman Johnson her ten
year service award packet; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Tripp discussed the Urban Development Areas
Program Grant, the Community Development Block Program Grant,
and the 419 Sidewalk Project; and
WHEREAS, the budget work session was scheduled for
February 16, 2015, 1:00p.m., City Manager’s Conference Room; and
WHEREAS, there were no other topics for discussion.
There being no further business to come before the Council,
the work session was adjourned at 7:23p.m.
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Mayor
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Clerk of Council
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UNAPPROVED MINUTES
COUNCIL MEETING
February 9, 2015
A regular meeting of the Council of the City of
Salem, Virginia, was held in Council Chambers, City
Hall, 114 North Broad Street, on February 9, 2015, at
7:30 p.m., there being present the following members of
said Council, to wit: Byron Randolph Foley, John C.
Givens, Jane W. Johnson, William D. Jones, and Lisa D.
Garst; with Byron Randolph Foley, Mayor, presiding;
together with Kevin S. Boggess, City Manager; James E.
Taliaferro, II, Assistant City Manager and Clerk of
Council, Rosie Jordan, Director of Finance, and Stephen
M. Yost, City Attorney; and the following business was
transacted:
DUE TO AN EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION, THESE MINUTES
WERE PREPARED WITHOUT THE USE OF AN AUDIO RECORDING.
Mayor Foley called the meeting to order at 7:30
p.m.
The January 26, 2015, work session, and regular
meeting minutes were approved as written.
Vice Mayor Givens requested that Council consider
request to appropriate funds for a fence at the Glenvar
Water Treatment Plant; and
WHEREAS, Vice-Mayor Givens, Chair of Council’s
Audit-Finance Committee reported that the Glenvar Water
Plant became obsolete with the construction of the new
plant on Tidewater Street in 2005. This change
coincided with the Main Street expansion project by
VDOT. Due to VDOT purchasing right-of-way from the
City at the plant, a part of the fence surrounding the
property was removed. At that time, VDOT also paid the
City $11,600 to reclose the security fence. This
fencing needs to be replaced for safety and security
reasons. It is proposed to install 640 feet of 8’
fencing around critical components of the plant. This
fence will be higher than the fence that was removed,
but is needed to protect the property. The estimates
received show that the project can be completed for
ITEM 1
FUNDS FOR
FENCING AT
GLENVAR WATER
PLANT HEREBY
APPROPRIATED
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$30,000 or less. This Committee recommended
appropriation of said funds for fence replacement at
the Glenvar Water Plant. The final estimate will be
reviewed by this Committee; and
ON A MOTION MADE BY VICE-MAYOR GIVENS, SECONDED BY
COUNCILMAN JONES, AND DULY CARRIED, appropriation of
$30,000 for fencing at the Glenvar Water Treatment
Plant was hereby approved – the roll call vote: Lisa
D. Garst – aye, William D. Jones – aye; Jane W. Johnson
– aye, John C. Givens – aye, and Byron Randolph Foley –
aye.
Mayor Foley requested that Council consider an
ordinance on second reading amending Part II, Chapter
86, of the CODE OF THE CITY OF SALEM, VIRGINIA, by
enacting Section 86-16, pertaining to distribution of
handbills, etc., solicitation of contributions, and
sale of merchandise, services, etc., on highways;
ordinance was passed on first reading at the January
26, 2015, meeting;
ON MOTION MADE BY COUNCILWOMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED
BY COUNCILWOMAN GARST, AND DULY CARRIED, an ordinance
amending Part II, Chapter 86, of the CODE OF THE CITY
OF SALEM, VIRGINIA, by enacting Section 86-16,
pertaining to distribution of handbills, etc.,
solicitation of contributions, and sale of merchandise,
services, etc., on highways was hereby adopted – the
roll call vote: Lisa D. Garst – aye, William D. Jones
– aye, Jane W. Johnson – aye, John C. Givens – aye,
and Byron Randolph Foley – aye.
There being no further business to come before the
Council, the same on motion adjourned at 7:38 p.m.
ITEM 2
ORDINANCE
ADOPTED
ENACTING SECTION
86-16 PERTAINING
TO SOLICITATION
ON HIGHWAYS