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COUNCIL MEETING
May 12, 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 May 12, 2014, at
7:30 p.m., there being present all the 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, Assistant City Manager and Clerk of
Council; Rosie Jordan, Director of Finance; Charles E. Van Allman, City Engineer;
and Stephen M. Yost, City Attorney; and the following business was transacted:
The April 28, 2014, regular meeting minutes were approved as written.
Hunter Bell was recognized for receiving an art award .
Mayor Foley requested that Council consider request to appropriate
funds to purchase property located at 912 Central Avenue; and
WHEREAS, Vice Mayor Givens, Chair of Council’s Audit-Finance
Committee, reported that at the April 14, 2014, Council meeting, Council
approved the purchase and subsequent lease/purchase of 912 Central Avenue;
the Cardinal Criminal Justice Academy will lease the property for an annual
charge of $14,500 per year for ten years; at the end of the ten-year period, the
Academy can purchase the property for $1; Contingency Funds will be used to
purchase the property; the Committee recommends appropriation of $127,912
from the Contingency Fund to cover the cost of said property;
ON MOTION MADE BY VICE MAYOR GIVENS, SECONDED BY
COUNCILMAN JONES, AND DULY CARRIED, the request to appropriate funds
($127,912 from the Contingency Fund) to purchase the property located at 912
Central Avenue 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 setting bond for physical
improvements and erosion and sediment control for the Elizabeth Campus Fill
Site project; and
ITEM 2
BOND AND TIME
LIMIT SET FOR
ELIZABETH CAMPUS
FILL SITE PROJECT
ITEM 1
FUNDS
APPROPRIATED TO
PURCHASE
PROPERTY LOCATED
AT 912 CENTRAL
AVENUE
2
WHEREAS, Vice Mayor Givens, Chair of Council’s Audit-Finance
Committee, reported that the Committee reviewed the estimate for physical
improvements and erosion and sediment control for the Elizabeth Campus Fill
Site project; the Committee concurs with the Engineering Department’s
recommendation that bond be set in the amount of $10,604 with a time limit of
twelve (12) months for completion; and
WHEREAS, it was noted that Roanoke College will take the fill dirt from its
project on High Street and place it on a low area on property it owns on the
Elizabeth Campus; and
WHEREAS, it was noted that no drainage work will be needed on the
Elizabeth Campus property to accept the fill; the fill will be used to grade the
property located on the Elizabeth Campus;
ON A MOTION MADE BY VICE MAYOR GIVENS, SECONDED BY
COUNCILMAN JONES, AND DULY CARRIED, bond for the Elizabeth Campus Fill
Site project was hereby set in the amount of $10,604 with a time limit of twelve
(12) months for completion – 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 setting bond for physical
improvements and erosion and sediment control for the Heritage Downs
Subdivision project; and
WHEREAS, Vice Mayor Givens, Chair of Council’s Audit-Finance
Committee, reported that the Committee reviewed the estimate for physical
improvements and erosion and sediment control for the Heritage Downs
Subdivision project; the Committee concurs with the Engineering Department’s
recommendation that bond be set in the amount of $181,604 with a time limit of
twelve (12) months for completion;
ON A MOTION MADE BY VICE MAYOR GIVENS, SECONDED BY
COUNCILMAN JONES, AND DULY CARRIED, bond for the Heritage Downs
Subdivision project was hereby set in the amount of $181,604 with a time limit
of twelve (12) months for completion – 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.
ITEM 3
BOND AND TIME
LIMIT SET FOR
HERITAGE DOWNS
SUBDIVISION
PROJECT
3
Mayor Foley requested that Council receive the Abstract of Votes cast at
the May 6, 2014, General Election;
THEREUPON, Abstract of Votes was received.
Mayor Foley noted that this is Small Business Week and encouraged
people to shop at local businesses.
Councilwoman Garst recognized Hunter Bell on receiving a state-wide Art
Blue Ribbon for his art projects. He received a letter from the Virginia
Superintendents’ Association and will be touring the state.
There being no further business to come before the Council, the same on
motion adjourned at 7:38 p.m.
ITEM S1
ABSTRACT OF
VOTES CAST AT THE
MAY 6, 2014,
GENERAL ELECTION
RECEIVED