08172000590
DUNN CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF DUNN, NORTH CAROLINA
MINUTES
TIIE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUNN HELD A SPECIAL CALL WORKSESSION ON
AUGUST 17, 2000 AT 6:00 P.M. IN TIIE DUNN MUNICIPAL BUILDING. PRESENT WAS
MAYOR ABRAHAM OUDEII, MAYOR PRO -TEM MIKE WOMBLE AND
COUNCILMEMBERS PAUL BASS, CAROLYN MCDOUGAL, GEORGE ROBINSON, TOBY
SUMNER AND JOEY TART. ALSO PRESENT WERE CITY MANAGER CARL DEAN, CITY
ATTORNEY BILLY RAY GODWIN, CITY CLERK JOYCE VALLEY, PUBLIC WORKS
DIRECTOR TIM IOLLOMAN, AND ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR JOE
CAMPBELL.
MAYOR ABRAIIAM OUDEH OPENED TIIE MEETING AT 6:00 P.M. AND STATED THAT
TIIE PURPOSE OF TIIE MEETING WAS TO DISCUSS PUBLIC WORKS ISSUES.
HE YIELDED TO COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL WHO INVITED COUNCIL TO ATTEND
THE GRAND OPENING OF TIIE BLACKWELL FUNERAL HOME ON SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.
INVOCATION
-MAYOR OUDE11 ASKED COUNCILMEMBER TART TO GIVE THE INVOCATION.
AFTERWARD, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WAS REPEATED.
PUBLIC WORKS ISSUES
HYDROSTOP MACHINE
PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TIM HOLLOMAN INTRODUCED LISTON JOHNSON,
SALES REPRESENTATIVE WITH HYDRO -STOP.
MR. JOHNSON EXPLAINED THE HYDRO -STOP EQUIPMENT TO COUNCIL AND
CONDUCTED A DEMONSTRATION OF THE EQUIPMENT.
� PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR HOLLOMAN ADVISED COUNCIL THAT THE HYDRO-
STOP MACHINE IS NEEDED BECAUSE ABOUT 50% TO 60% OF THE VALVES IN THE
CITY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED OR REPAIRED. HE STATED THAT WITH THE
HYDRO -STOP MACHINE, THE WORK AREA CAN BE NARROWED DOWN TO ONE
LOCATION AND IF THERE IS A WATER LEAK, THERE WOULD NOT BE AS MANY
PEOPLE WITHOUT SERVICE DUE TO HAVING TO CUT THE WATER OFF TO MAKE
THE REPAIRS.
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED WHAT WAS THE COST OF THE MACHINES.
MR. JOHNSON RESPONDED THAT THE COST OF THE'TWO MACHINES IS $40,900.
PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR HOLLOMAN STATED THAT THE HYDRO -STOP MACHINE
STOPS WATER FROM FLOWING WHILE LINES ARE BEING REPAIRED.
THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKEN BY COUNCIL.
TOUCHREAD METER PROGRAM
PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TIM HOLLOMAN INTRODUCED JOHN MOSES, A
REPRESENTATIVE WITIL CITY SUPPLY, WHO GAVE A PRESENTATION OF THE
TOUCIREAD METER SYSTEM AND EXPLAINED THE FINANCIAL BENEFIT
ANALYSIS TO COUNCIL.
MR. MOSES DISTRIBUTED A LIST OF CURRENT USERS IN NORTH CAROLINA OF
TILE TOUCHREAD METER SYSTEM TO COUNCIL. HE SUGGESTED THAT COUNCIL
TO CALL TIIE USERS OF THE SYSTEM TO GET THEIR OPINION OF THE TOUCHREAD
METER PROGRAM.
HE STATED TI IAT THE CITY COULD PHASE IN THE TOUCHREAD METERS BY USING
THE FINANCIAL BENEFIT ANALYSIS.
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED WHAT WAS THE COST OF THE TOUCHREAD METER
SYSTEM.
MR. MOSES RESPONDED THAT THE COST WAS VARIABLE, DEPENDING ON TIIE
SIZE OF METERS INSTALLED AND THE RATE OF INSTALLATION.
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PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR HOLLMAN STATED THAT IT WOULD TAKE SEVEN
YEARS TO REPLACE ALL OF THE METERS AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $80,000
PER YEAR.
MR. MOSES STATED THAT 60% T O 70% OF A MUNICIPALITY'S REVENUE COMES
FROM LARGE METERS.
AFTER DISCUSSION, MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT I-IE WOULD LIKE TO
SEE THE FINANCIAL BENEFIT ANALYSIS.
PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR HOLLOMAN STATED THAT IT WOULD BE HIS
RECOMMENDATION TO INSTALL THE TOUCHREAD METER SYSTEM IN ALL NEW
SUBDIVISIONS INITIALLY.
THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKEN BY COUNCIL.
DEPARTMENTAL CONCERNS
PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR HOLLOMAN INTRODUCED EACH SUPERVISOR WHO
EXPLAINED THE FUNCTIONS OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL CREWS TO COUNCIL. THE
SUPERVISORS INFORMED COUNCIL OF THEIR NEED FOR MORE MANPOWER AND
EQUIPMENT.
MAYOR OUDEH APPOINTED COUN.CILMEMBER ROBINSON, COUNCILMEMBER
BASS, AND COUNCILMEMBER SUMNER TO BE A DIRECT LINE TO THE PUBLIC
WORKS DEPARTMENT VIP P;1 REPORTS TO CITY COUNCIL.
AFTER
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THE MEETING AT 8:25 P.M.
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