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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
November 10, 2014
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 November 10, 2014, at
6:30 p.m., there being present the following members of said
Council, to wit: Byron Randolph Foley; John C. Givens; Jane W.
Johnson, 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; Mary Ellen Wines, Deputy
Zoning Administrator/Secretary; 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, Dr. Robert H. Sandel, President of Virginia
Western Community College, appeared before Council and presented
a report on the College; and
WHEREAS, a discussion was held on Virginia Western
Community College and its impact on Salem; 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 7:24 p.m.
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Mayor
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Clerk of Council
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UNAPPROVED MINUTES
COUNCIL MEETING
November 10, 2014
A regular meeting of the Council of the City of
Salem, Virginia, was held in Council Chambers, City
Hall, 114 North Broad Street, on November 10, 2014, 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, and Lisa D. Garst; and William
D. Jones (absent); with Byron Randolph Foley, Mayor,
presiding; together with Kevin S. Boggess, City
Manager; James E. Taliaferro, Assistant City Manager
and Clerk of Council; Rosie Jordan, Director of
Finance; Mike Stevens, Communications Director; Charles
E. Van Allman, Jr., City Engineer; and Stephen M. Yost,
City Attorney; and the following business was
transacted:
Mayor Foley called the meeting to order at 7:30
p.m.
The October 27, 2014, work session and corrected
regular meeting minutes were approved as written.
Mayor Foley reported that this date and time had
been set to consider appropriating funds for the
Roanoke Valley Broadband Authority; and
WHEREAS, Vice-Mayor Givens, Chair of Council’s
Audit-Finance Committee, reported that the Committee
reviewed the request for appropriating funds for the
Roanoke Valley Broadband Authority; and
WHEREAS, Vice-Mayor Givens reported that the
Broadband Authority was formed to provide enhanced
internet service within the participating
jurisdictions; and
WHEREAS, Kevin Boggess, City Manager, reported
that Salem and Roanoke City have agreed to move forward
with an open-access broadband project. The funding
would be used for the engineering and design of a
network. The funding could be refunded at a later date
or Council could choose to leave the funds with the
Authority for debt service payments; and
ITEM 1:
APPROPRIATION OF
FUNDS FOR THE
ROANOKE VALLEY
BROADBAND
AUTHORITY
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ON MOTION MADE BY VICE-MAYOR GIVENS, SECONDED BY
COUNCILWOMAN JOHNSON, AND DULY CARRIED, the request to
appropriate $100,000 for the Roanoke Valley Broadband
Authority was hereby approved – the roll call vote:
Lisa D. Garst – aye, William D. Jones (absent), Jane
W. Johnson – aye, John C. Givens – aye, and Byron
Randolph Foley – aye.
Mayor Foley reported that this date and time had
been set to consider setting a bond for erosion and
sediment control and physical improvements for the
planned expansion of Mersen; and
WHEREAS, Vice-Mayor Givens, Chair of Council’s
Audit Finance Committee, reported that the committee
had reviewed the City Engineer’s estimate for erosion
and sediment control along with physical improvements
for the expansion of Mersen and the committee concurs
with the Engineer’s estimate; and
ON MOTION MADE BY VICE-MAYOR GIVENS, SECONDED BY
COUNCILWOMAN JOHNSON, AND DULY CARRIED, the request to
set a bond for Mersen for erosion and sediment control
and physical improvements in the amount of $159,697 and
a completion time of twelve months was hereby approved
– the roll call vote: Lisa D. Garst – aye, William D.
Jones (absent), Jane W. Johnson – aye, John C. Givens
– aye, and Byron Randolph Foley – aye.
Mayor Foley requested that Council receive the
abstract of votes from the November 4, 2014, General
Election; and
THEREUPON, the Abstract of Votes was received.
There being no further business to come before the
Council, the same on motion adjourned at 7:36 p.m.
ITEM 2
SET BOND FOR
EROSION AND
SEDIMENT
CONTROL FOR
MERSEN
EXPANSION
ITEM 3
ABSTRACT OF
VOTES FOR
NOVEMBER 4, 2014,
ELECTION RECEIVED