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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
March 8, 2010
A work session of the Council of the City of Salem, Virginia, was held in the City
Manager’s Conference Room, City Hall, 114 North Broad Street, Salem, Virginia, on March 8,
2010, at 6:30 p.m., there being present the following members of said Council, to wit: Byron
Randolph Foley, John C. Givens, William D. Jones, and Lisa D. Garst (Jane W. Johnson – absent);
with Byron Randolph Foley, Mayor, presiding; together with Kevin S. Boggess, City Manager;
James E. Taliaferro, II, Assistant City Manager and Clerk of Council; Frank P. Turk, Director of
Finance; and Krystal M. Coleman, Deputy Clerk of Council, 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, a discussion was held regarding the Subdivision Ordinance, specifically
parcels without road frontage; and
WHEREAS, the Assistant City Manager discussed West Riverside Park and the
construction of the Roanoke River Greenway through the park; 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 7:21 p.m.
Mayor
Clerk of Council
UNAPPROVED MINUTES
COUNCIL MEETING
March 8, 2010
A regular meeting of the Council of the City of Salem, Virginia, was held in
Council Chambers, City Hall, 114 North Broad Street, on March 8, 2010, at
7:30 p.m., there being present the following members of said Council, to wit:
Byron Randolph Foley, John C. Givens, William D. Jones, and Lisa D. Garst, (Jane
W. Johnson – absent); with Byron Randolph Foley, Mayor, presiding; together
with Kevin S. Boggess, City Manager; James E. Taliaferro, II, Assistant City
Manager and Clerk of Council; Frank P. Turk, Director of Finance; Melinda J.
Payne, Director of Planning and Economic Development; Charles E. Van Allman,
Jr., City Engineer; and Stephen M. Yost, City Attorney; and the following business
was transacted:
The February 22, 2010, work session and regular meeting minutes were
approved as written.
Mayor Foley requested that Council receive the report of viewers and
consider an ordinance on first reading vacating a certain remaining portion of a
10 foot +/- alley located at the intersection of Braxton Avenue across from
Crystal Drive; viewers were appointed at the February 22, 2010, meeting;
ON MOTION MADE BY VICE MAYOR GIVENS, SECONDED BY
COUNCILMAN JONES, AND DULY CARRIED, an ordinance entitled, “AN
ORDINANCE ENACTED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 15.2-2006 OF
THE 1950 CODE OF VIRGINIA, AS AMENDED, PROVIDING FOR VACATING AN
ALLEY IN THE CITY OF SALEM, VIRGINIA” was hereby passed on first reading – the
roll call vote: Lisa D. Garst – aye, William D. Jones – aye, Jane W. Johnson –
absent, John C. Givens – aye, and Byron Randolph Foley – aye.
Mayor Foley requested that Council consider adopting Resolution 1155
establishing various miscellaneous fees; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Finance stated that Resolution 1155 is similar
to the resolution adopted last May as part of the budget; he stated that the fees
remain the same; the only change is that on page two of the resolution there is a
section regarding sewer credit and as part of the revision of water and sewer
rates, the sewer credit will be eliminated; he further stated that no other
community in the area allows a sewer credit; he stated that people who have
irrigation systems and have a check meter installed will still get the credit; the
residents who fill up their swimming pools, etc. and do not have a check meter
ITEM 2
RESOLUTION 1155
ADOPTED
ESTABLISHING
VARIOUS
MISCELLANEOUS
FEES
ITEM 1
REPORT OF
VIEWERS
RECEIVED AND
ORDINANCE
PASSED ON FIRST
READING
VACATING A
CERTAIN
REMAINING
PORTION OF A 10
FOOT +/- ALLEY
LOCATED AT THE
INTERSECTION OF
BRAXTON AVENUE
ACROSS FROM
CRYSTAL DRIVE
2
will not receive a credit on their sewer fee; and
WHEREAS, Councilwoman Garst addressed fees associated with East Hill
Cemetery; she stated that currently there is not a fee to open and close a grave
for a child under the age of two; she would like to see the age increased to age
six; and
WHEREAS, Councilman Jones stated that he would not be opposed to
eliminating a fee to open and close a grave for up to age 18; and
WHEREAS, a discussion was held regarding the fee to open and close a
grave at East Hill Cemetery fee; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Finance stated that a resolution concerning
miscellaneous fees will go before Council again in May and June as part of the
budget adoption process;
ON MOTION MADE BY COUNCILWOMAN GARST, SECONDED BY
COUNCILMAN JONES, AND DULY CARRIED, Resolution 1155 establishing various
miscellaneous fees was hereby adopted:
(HERE SET OUT RESOLUTION 1155)
-- the roll call vote: Lisa D. Garst – aye, William D. Jones – aye, Jane W. Johnson
– absent, John C. Givens – aye, and Byron Randolph Foley – aye.
Mayor Foley requested that Council consider appointments to fill
vacancies on various boards and commissions;
THEREUPON, no action was taken.
There being no further business to come before the Council, the same on
motion adjourned at 7:43 p.m.
ITEM 3
NO ACTION TAKEN