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MINUTES
CITY OF DUNN
DUNN, NORTH CAROLINA
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUNN HELD A REGULAR MEETING ON
THURSDAY JUNE 7, 2001 AT 7:00 P.M. IN TIIE DUNN MUNICIPAL BUILDING. ,PRESENT
WAS MAYOR ABRAHAM OUDEH AND COUNCILMEMBERS CAROLYN MCDOUGAL,
TOBY SUMNER, GEORGE ROBINSON, JOEY TART AND PAUL BASS. ALSO PRESENT WAS
INTERIM CITY MANAGER RONNIE AUTRY, FINANCE DIRECTOR RENEE' DAUGHTRY,
RECREATION DIRECTOR PERRY HUDSON, POLICE CHIEF PAT GODWIN, FIRE CHIEF
AUSTIN TEW, LIBRARIAN DEBORAH MELVIN, PLANNER/CODE ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER KELLY BOLLINGER, TAX COLLECTOR PAM HODGES, UTILITY SERVICE
SPECIALIST PATTY PAGE, CITY ATTORNEY BILLY GODWIN, DEPUTY CLERIC TINA
SILLS AND DAILY RECORD REPORTER LISA FARMER.
MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE WAS ABSENT - EXCUSED.
INVOCATION
MAYOR OUDEH OPENED THE MEETING AT 7:05 P.M. AND ASKED COUNCILMEMBER
SUMNER TO GIVE THE INVOCATION. AFTERWARD, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WAS
REPEATED.
PUBLIC HEARING
AMEND CHAPTER 11 -DUNN CITY CODE
MAYOR OUDEH OPENED UP A PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:06 P.M. AND YIELDED TO INTERIM
CITY MANAGER AUTRY WHO STATED THAT THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THAT THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUNN WOULD HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE
PURPOSE OF RECEIVING PUBLIC COMMENT CONCERNING AMENDING CHAPTER 11 OF THE
DUNN CITY CODE BY ADDING ARTICLE VIII - LEVYING A TAX ON GROSS RECEIPTS
DERIVED FROM RETAIL SHORT -TERM LEASE OR RENTAL OF VEHICLES.
HE ADDED THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS DULY ADVERTISED ON MAY 24 AND MAY
31 2001.
' MAYOR OUDEH ASKED IF THERE WERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.
MR. ROY TEW OF 809 WEST DIVINE STREET ASKED WHAT DOES SHORT -TERM LEASE ON A
VEHICLE CONSIST OF.
CITY ATTORNEY BILLY GODWIN RESPONDED THAT SFIORT TERM WOULD BE ONE YEAR
OR LESS.
HEARING NO FURTHER COMMENTS, MAYOR OUDEH CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING AT
7:10 P.M.
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANY OTHER SUBJECT.
MS. HELEN BLUE ALSPAUGH STATED THAT SHE AND MS. JESSIE MCKOY WERE PRESENT
ON BEHALF OF THE HARNETT HIGH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AND SHE YIELDED TO MS.
MCKOY TO EXPLAIN THEIR REQUEST.
MS. JESSIE MCKOY STATED THAT SHE HAD TALKED WITH THE FORMER CITY MANAGER
ABOUT OBTAINING TWO ROOMS VACATED BY THE LIBRARY AT THE OLD HARNETT
PRIMARY SCI -IOOL. SHE ADDED THAT TIIE HARNETT HIGH ALUMNI NEEDED A PLACE TO
MEET AND TO STORE THEIR PARAPHERNALIA SUCH AS PICTURES, TROPHIES, AND OTHER
THINGS AND IT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO A MUSEUM. SHE FURTHER STATED THAT WHEN
OTHER ALUMNUS COME TO DUNN, THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOMEWHERE TO MEET
AND THE HARNETT HIGH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO SHOW
THEM.
SHE ADDED THAT THE HARNETT HIGH BUILDING MEANS A LOT TO PEOPLE THAT HAVE
ATTENDED OR GRADUATED FROM THAT SCHOOL. SHE ADDED THAT THERE ARE
TEACHERS IN THE AREA WHO TAUGHT THERE, AND IT MEANS A LOT TO THEM ALSO. SHE
FURTHER STATED THAT SHE GRADUATED FROM THAT SCHOOL IN 1932 AND THERE ARE A
LOT OF PLEASANT MEMORIES FOR HER AND SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT.
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SHE STATED THAT THE HARNETT HIGH ALUMNI IS A NON - PROFIT ORGANIZATION WHICH
GIVES SCHOLARSHIPS TO CHILDREN WHOSE PARENTS ARE INVOLVED IN THIS
ORGANIZATION. SHE ADDED THAT THERE ARE CHAPTERS IN OHIO, NEW YORK AND
BALTIMORE. SHE FURTHER STATED THAT THE HARNETT HIGH ALUMNI WOULD
CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IF COUNCIL WOULD CONSIDER ALLOWING THEM TO USE TPIE
TWO VACANT ROOMS AT THE HARNETT PRIMARY SCHOOL.
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED HOW OFTEN WOULD THE ROOMS BE USED.
MS. MCKOY RESPONDED THAT THEY MEET ONCE A MONTH UNLESS THERE IS A CALLED
MEETING.
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COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL STATED THAT SHE HAS MET WITH THE HARNETT HIGH
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AND ALSO COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON AND COUNCILMEMBER
BASS. SHE ADDED THAT THE HARNETT HIGH ALUMNI IS REQUESTING TO LEASE
APPROXIMATELY 1200 SQUARE FEET OF SPACE FOR $1.00 PER YEAR AND SHE WOULD
LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS MATTER FURTHER AT THE END OF THE MEETING.
INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY ASKED COUNCIL IF THERE WERE ANY CONSENT ITEMS
THEY WISHED TO DELETE FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.
HEARING NONE, THE FOLLOWING CONSENT ITEMS WERE CONSIDERED BY COUNCIL:
MINUTES -MAY 3,2001-COUNCIL CONSIDERED APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE MAY 3,
2001 COUNCIL MEETING.
MINUTES- SPECIAL CALL -MAY 10, 2001 - COUNCIL CONSIDERED APPROVAL OF THE
MINUTES OF THE MAY 10, 2001 SPECIAL CALL COUNCIL MEETING.
MINUTES- SPECIAL CALL -MAY 29, 2001 - COUNCIL CONSIDERED APPROVAL OF THE
MINUTES OF THE MAY 29, 2001 SPECIAL CALL COUNCIL MEETING.
TAX RELEASES /REFUNDS - COUNCIL CONSIDERED APPROVAL OF TAX RELEASES /REFUNDS
#68469. (CLERK'S NOTE: TAX COLLECTOR MAINTAINS TAX RELEASES /REFUNDS).
BUDGET AMENDMENTS - COUNCIL CONSIDERED APPROVAL OF BUDGET AMENDMENTS
#132 - #137. (ATTACHMENT #I)
ANNEXATION -METES AND BOUNDS PRICE QUOTE- COUNCIL CONSIDERED APPROVAL OF A
METES AND BOUNDS PRICE QUOTE FROM JORDAN-TEW & ASSOCIATES FOR THE AREAS
UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR ANNEXATION.
AVERASBORO FIRE DISTRICT CONTRACT- COUNCIL CONSIDERED AN AVERASBORO FIRE
DISTRICT CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF DUNN AND HARNETT COUNTY FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2001 -02. (ATTACHMENT #2 IS WAITING FOR SIGNATURES FROM COUNTY AND WILL
PRESENTED AT A LATER DATE)
MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL TO
APPROVE THE ABOVE CONSENT ITEMS. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
AMEND CHAPTER 11 -DUNN CITY CODE
ARTICLE VIII, SECTIONS 11.271 - 11.290
INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY STATED THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS RATIFIED
SENATE BILL 1076, WHICH HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS SESSION LAW 2000 -02 [TFIE "ACT"]
AND MADE EFFECTIVE FOR TAXABLE YEARS BEGINNING ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 2001.
HE ADDED THAT THE ACT REPEALED THE PROPERTY TAX ON CERTAIN VEHICLES LEASED
OR RENTED UNDER RETAIL SHORT -TERM LEASES OR RENTALS AND AUTHORIZED
MUNICIPALITIES TO REPLACE THE LOST TAX REVENUE THROUGH ENACTMENT OF A
LOCAL TAX ON GROSS RECEIPTS DERIVED FROM RETAIL SHORT -TERM LEASES OR
RENTALS.
I-IE YIELDED TO CITY ATTORNEY BILLY GODWIN FOR EXPLANATION. (_�
CITY ATTORNEY GODWIN STATED THAT RENTAL CARS ARE TAXED AS PROPERTY, AND IN
ORDER TO ALLOW MUNICIPALITIES TO MAKE UP FOR LOSS REVENUE IN PROPERTY TAX,
THE LEGISLATURE HAS PASSED THIS STATUTE WHICH ALLOWS MUNICIPALITIES TO
ASSES THIS SALES TAX OR GROSS RECEIPTS REVENUE ON RENTAL CARS. HE ADDED
THAT IF THIS ORDINANCE IS APPROVED BY COUNCIL IT WOULD ALLOW THE CITY TO
START COLLECTING A 1 I/2% SALES TAX ON RENTAL CARS.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON ASKED IF ANY OTHER CITIES WERE ASSESSING THIS SALES
TAX ON RENTAL CARS.
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CITY ATTORNEY GODWIN RESPONDED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW IF ANY OTHER
MUNICIPALITIES HAVE ENACTED THIS ORDINANCE.
CITY TAX COLLECTOR PAM HODGES STATED THAT THE CITIES OF CLINTON AND
TARBORO ARE ABOUT THE SAME SIZE AS THE CITY OF DUNN AND BOTH HAVE ADOPTED
THIS ORDINANCE AND ARE CURRENTLY COLLECTING ABOUT $250043500 A YEAR IN
REVENUE.
MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS TO
APPROVE AN ORDINANCE LEVYING A LOCAL TAX ON GROSS RECEIPTS DERIVED FROM
RETAIL SHORT -TERM LEASES OR RENTALS OF VEHICLES. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVED.
SET DATE FOR PUBLIC HEARING
BUDGET FY 2001 -2002
INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY STATED THAT HE IS RECOMMENDING A SPECIAL CALL
MEETING TO BE HELD ON JUNE 19, 2001 AT 7:00 P.M. TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE
FY 2001 -02 BUDGET, TO PROPOSE TO ADOPT THE BUDGET, TO CONSIDER BUDGET
AMENDMENTS, DEDICATION OF STREETS AND SIDEWALKS FOR THE DUNN HOUSING
AUTHORITY AND TO HEAR KURT JENNE FROM THE INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT SPEAK
ON THE PROCEDURES FOR HIRING A CITY MANAGER.
MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER TART TO
HOLD A SPECIAL CALL MEETING ON JUNE 19, 2001 AT 7:00 P.M. TO HOLD A PUBLIC
HEARING ON THE FY 2001 -02 BUDGET AND TO CONSIDER BUDGET AMENDMENTS,
DEDICATION OF STREETS AND SIDEWALKS FOR THE DUNN HOUSING AUTHORITY AND TO
HEAR KURT JENNE FROM THE INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT SPEAK ON THE PROCEDURES
FOR HIRING A CITY MANAGER. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL
TO ADD THE HARNETT HIGH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION'S REQUEST FOR ROOMS AT THE
HARNETT PRIMARY SCHOOL BUILDING TO THE AGENDA UNDER ITEMS FOR DECISION.
MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
HARNETT HIGH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
COUNCILMEMBER BASS ASKED IF THE TWO ROOMS THAT THE HARNETT HIGH ALUMNI IS
REQUESTING ARE THE SAME TWO ROOMS THAT WERE REMODELED FOR THE LIBRARY.
INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY RESPONDED YES, AND ADDED THAT THE COMMITTEE
WAS MEETING TO DECIDE A POLICY ON HOW TO HANDLE ALL ROOMS IN THE OLD
HARNETT PRIMARY SCHOOL. HE ADDED THAT WHEN THE TWO SENIOR CENTERS
COMBINED AT THAT LOCATION, THEY NEEDED EXTRA SPACE SO HE INFORMED THEM
THAT THEY COULD USE THE LIBRARY SPACE.
RECREATION DIRECTOR PERRY HUDSON STATED THAT THE SENIOR CENTER WAS
PLANNING TO USE THAT AREA FOR AN EXERCISE ROOM.
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED HOW MANY ROOMS ARE THERE.
RECREATION DIRECTOR HUDSON RESPONDED FOUR ROOMS ACCORDING TO LIBRARY
DIRECTOR DEBORAH MELVIN.
MAYOR OUDEH ASICED IF THERE WAS ANY WAY THAT THOSE ROOMS CAN 3E SHARED.
RECREATION DIRECTOR HUDSON RESPONDED THAT HE WAS SURE THAT SOMETHING
COULD BE WORKED OUT.
INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY STATED THAT HE HAS ASKED THE BUILDING
MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR TO SUBMIT TO HIM A SET OF PLANS SHOWING WHICH
ROOMS HAD BEEN REMODELED AND WHICH ONES HAD NOT. HE ADDED THAT HIS ONLY
CONCERN WITH LETTING DIFFERENT PEOPLE UTILIZE THE ROOMS IS THE BUILDING IS ON
ONE ELECTRICAL METER, AND CURRENTLY THE CITY IS TRYING TO DETEFNINE HOW TO
` DIVIDE THE BILL. HE FURTHER STATED THAT HE IS TRYING TO MEET WITH HOPE
MINISTRIES BECAUSE THEY HAVE QUESTIONED THEIR BILL.
COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL ASKED WHAT IS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE BUILDING.
INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY RESPONDED HE DID NOT KNOW, BUT THE PLANS WERE
IN HIS OFFICE.
COUNCILMEMBER BASS STATED THAT HE THOUGHT IT WAS ROUGHLY 10,000 SQUARE
FEET.
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COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT COUNCIL IS DRAGGING THEIR FEET AND
THESE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW SOMETHING. HE ADDED THAT IT IS A DISGRACE TO THE
CITY OF DUNN AND THE CITIZENS WHEN A GROUP CAN NOT EVEN GET TWO OLD ROOMS
FROM THEIR HOMEPLACE.
COUNCILMEMBER TART STATED THAT HE APPRECIATES WHAT THIS GROUP IS DOING
BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF HISTORY THAT NEEDS TO BE RETAINED AND PRESERVED;
HOWEVER, HIS QUESTION IS WHAT DO YOU DO FOR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND
GROUPS WHO HAVE THE SAME REQUESTS.
COUNCILMEMBER BASS STATED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HARNETT
HIGH ALUMNI HAVING SPACE THERE, BUT HE DOES THINK THEY NEED TO SETTLE THE
ELECTRICAL PROBLEM FIRST.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT A BREAK COULD BE PUT IN THE LINE
BECAUSE HE HAS SEEN HOUSES WITH THREE OR FOUR METERS ON THEM.
COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL ASKED WHAT WAS THE METHOD USED FOR HOPE
MINISTRIES.
INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY RESPONDED THAT IN ONE PORTION OF THE BUILDING,
HOPE MINISTRIES INSTALLED ONE METER, AND THERE IS A METER THAT IS COMBINED
WITH THIS BUILDING (MUNICIPAL BUILDING) THAT SUPPLIES HEAT AND SOME LIGHTING
AT THE OLD HARNETT PRIMARY BUILDING THAT IS SEPARATE FROM THE CITY AND THE
CITY PAYS A PORTION OF THAT BILL.
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED HOW MUCH DOES A SEPARATE METER COST.
COUNCILMEMBER TART STATED THAT IT WOULD BE IN THE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
MS. HELEN BLUE ALSPAUGH STATED THAT WHEN THIS MATTER WAS DISCUSSED WITH
FORMER CITY MANAGER DEAN IT WAS AGREED UPON THAT THE HARNETT HIGH ALUMNI
WOULD PAY $1.00 A YEAR AND ABOUT $50.00 FOR UTILITIES EACH MONTH.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT THE CITY COULD CHARGE BY THE SQUARE
FOOTAGE AND BE FAIR TO EVERYBODY.
COUNCILMEMBER BASS STATED THAT THEY COULD RERUN THE LINES.
MAYOR OUDEI-I ASKED WHAT WAS THE AVERAGE ELECTRIC BILL PER MONTH.
INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY RESPONDED BETWEEN $200 -$300 PER MONTH.
MAYOR OUDEH STATED THAT IT IS HIS SUGGESTION THAT AT THE JUNE 19, 2001 SPECIAL
MEETING THE COMMITTEE COME UP WITH A DECISION AND RECOMMENDATION FOR
HOPE MINISTRIES.
COUNCILMEMBER BASS STATED THAT BEFORE A DECISION IS MADE ON THE ROOMS AT
THE OLD HARNETT PRIMARY SCHOOL AND BEFORE A NEW CITY MANAGER IS HIRED,
AUDIT NEEDS TO BE DONE HE THOUGHT THE CITY NEEDED A COMPLETE AUDIT OF THE
BOOKS BEFORE A NEW CITY MANAGER IS HIRED.
COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL STATED THAT SHE AGREED.
MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL TO
ADD TO THE AGENDA UNDER DISCUSSION THE REQUEST TO HAVE AN AUDIT
CONDUCTED BY AN OUTSIDE SOURCE. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVID.
CITY ATTORNEY GODWIN STATED THAT THE CITY PAYS GILES, STRICKLAND &
ASSOCIATES EVERY YEAR A LOT OF MONEY TO CONDUCT AN ANNUAL AUDIT AND
REVIEW.
COUNCILMEMBER BASS STATED THAT HE THINKS GILES, STRICKLAND & ASSOCIATES DO �1
A GREAT JOB AND HE HAS A LOT OF RESPECT FOR THEM, BUT HE STILL THINKS SOMEONE
ELSE SHOULD CONDUCT A SEPARATE AUDIT.
CITY ATTORNEY GODWIN ASKED IF THIS WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO THE REGULAR
AUDITS THAT ARE DONE AND ADDED THAT IT TAKES GILES, STRICKLAND & ASSOCIATES
MONTHS TO COMPLETE AN AUDIT.
COUNCILMEMBER BASS RESPONDED YES.
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COUNCILMEMBER TART STATED THAT GILES, STRICKLAND & ASSOCIATES ARE HELD TO
THE SAME STANDARDS AS .EVERYONE ELSE IN THE CPA PROFESSION, AND ASKED
COUNCILMEMBER BASS IF THERE WAS ANY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING HAS
NOT BEEN DONE CORRECTLY.
COUNCILMEMBER BASS RESPONDED NO. HE ADDED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING
AGAINST GILES, STRICKLAND & ASSOCIATES, BUT HE STILL BELIEVES THAT AN AUDIT
NEEDS TO BE DONE BY AN OUTSIDE SOURCE.
COUNCILMEMBER TART STATED THAT GILES, STRICKLAND & ASSOCIATES IS AN
OUTSIDE SOURCE AND THEY ARE NOT A PART OF THE CITY OF DUNN AND ADDED THAT
IT COSTS BETWEEN $18,000 AND $20,000 AND TAKES MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
FINANCE DIRECTOR RENEE' DAUGHTRY STATED THAT THE CITY DOES HAVE TO BE
AUDITED EACH YEAR BEGINNING JUNE 30, 2001. SHE ADDED THAT A CONTRACT WAS
ENTERED INTO IN APRIL AND IT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY OF DUNN, THE LGC AND
GILES, STRICKLAND & ASSOCIATES WITH THE TOTAL COST BEING A LITTLE OVER
$23,000.00. SHE FURTHER STATED THAT A COPY OF THE AUDIT WILL BE AVAILABLE IN
DECEMBER.
COUNCILMEMBER BASS STATED THAT HE DID NOT THINK HOPE MINISTRIES CONTRACT
WAS RIGHT OR FAIR AND HE WANTED IT CHECKED.
FINANCE DIRECTOR DAUGHTRY STATED THAT HOPE MINISTRIES WAS ACTUALLY A
SEPARATE ITEM FROM THE CITY'S AUDIT EVEN THOUGH IT IS REVIEWED BY STAFF AND
GILES, STRICKLAND & ASSOCIATES.
CITY ATTORNEY GODWIN STATED THAT THERE IS A LEASE WITH HOPE MINISTRIES AND
THEY ARE NOT A PART OF THE AUDIT.
FINANCE DIRECTOR DAUGHTRY RESPONDED THAT THOSE DOCUMENTS ARE STILL
REVIEWED.
CITY ATTORNEY GODWIN STATED THAT UNLESS THERE IS A BREACH OF THE LEASE, THE
CITY HAS NO BASIS FOR EVICTION, IF THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE PLANNING TO DO.
COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL ASKED CITY ATTORNEY GODWIN IF HE WAS SAYING THAT
HOPE MINISTRIES IS A SEPARATE ENTITY FROM THE CITY OF DUNN.
CITY ATTORNEY GODWIN RESPONDED ABSOLUTELY IT IS SEPARATE. HE ADDED THAT
COUNCIL CAN LEASE WHATEVER SPACE THEY DECIDE, BUT COUNCIL NEEDS TO
IDENTIFY WHAT SPACE THEY ARE GIVING TO THEM AND THE LEASE NEEDS TO BE
SPECIFIC.
INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY STATED THAT HE WOULD BE MEETING MONDAY WITH
THE SENIOR CENTER BOARD, AND AT THAT TIME THEY CAN ALSO LOOK AT HOW MUCH
SPACE THE SENIOR CENTER NEEDS, AND THEN DETERMINE WHAT IS LEFT THAT WOULD
BE AVAILABLE.
MS. JESSIE MCKOY STATED THAT THE SPACE HAS ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED BEFORE
THE FORMER CITY MANAGER LEFT AND HE WAS SUPPOSE TO BRING IT BEFORE COUNCIL.
SHE ADDED THAT SHE HAS VISITED THE SENIOR CENTER AND THERE ARE NOT THAT
MANY PEOPLE THERE AND SHE FELT LIKE THE TWO ROOMS OFF FROM THE LUNCHROOM
WOULD BE ENOUGH ROOM FOR THE SENIOR CENTER FOR EXERCISE.
MS. MCKOY STATED THAT IF THE HARNETT HIGH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PUTS THEIR
PARAPHERNALIA IN THE SPACE THEY HAVE REQUESTED, THEY WOULD NOT WANT IT
DESTROYED. SHE ADDED THEY HAVE SUBMITTED THREE PROPOSALS AND THEY FEEL
THAT THEY ARE GETTING THE RUN AROUND AND THEY DO NOT LIKE IT. SHE FURTHER
STATED THAT SHE ASKED FOR THIS ONCE BEFORE BUT IT WAS IGNORED; AND ADDED
THAT THEY ARE CITIZENS OF THIS TOWN, THEY PAY THEIR TAXES, AND THEY WOULD
LIKE TO RECEIVE THE TWO ROOMS VACATED BY THE LIBRARY IN RETURN.
INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY STATED THAT IF COUNCIL DOES DECIDE TO GIVE THE
4 HARNETT HIGH ALUMNI SOME SPACE, HE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THEY NOT
DESIGNATE ANY PARTICULAR AREA UNTIL THE COMMITTEE HAS MET TO DETERMINE
WHAT IS AVAILABLE.
POLICE CHIEF PAT GODWIN STATED THAT THERE ARE FOUR ROOMS THAT HAVE BEEN
REMODELED AND FOUR ROOMS THAT HAVE NOT AND EACH ROOM IS APPROXIMATELY
600 -800 SQUARE FEET IN SIZE. HE ADDED THAT IF ANYONE HAS A RIGHT TO THAT
BUILDING IT WOULD BE THE HARNETT HIGH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.
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MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER SUMNER TO
DESIGNATE AT LEAST 1200 SQUARE FEET OF SPACE AT THE OLD HARNETT PRIMARY
SCHOOL TO THE HARNETT HIGH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVED.
COUNCILMEMBER TART STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT HE WAS IN FAVOR
OF THE HARNETT HIGH ALUMNI HAVING A PLACE TO MEET; HOWEVER, HE WANTS
COUNCIL TO BE FAIR TO EVERYBODY BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
THAT MAY WANT PROPERTY AS WELL.
COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL STATED THAT A POLICY AND PROCEDURES NEED TO BE
PUT IN PLACE NOW JUST AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE BEFORE.
MAYOR OUDEH STATED THAT INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY SHOULD DECIDE WHAT
NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH THE ELECTRICITY BILL AND BRING BACK BEFORE COUNCIL.
INFORMATION
MAYOR OUDEH ADVISED COUNCIL THAT ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS WERE IN THEIR
AGENDA PACKETS.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT HE AND POLICE CHIEF GODWIN WOULD LIKE
TO MAKE A FEW BRIEF COMMENTS. HE ADDED THAT CHIEF GODWIN AND HIMSELF HAD
WORKED TOGETHER FOR TWENTY OR MORE YEARS AND SOMETIMES THEY SAY THE
WRONG THINGS OR GET OFF ON THE WRONG TRACK. HE FURTHER STATED THAT IN THE
FUTURE THERE WILL NOT BE ANY PROBLEMS BETWEEN HIM AND THE CHIEF BECAUSE
THEY HAVE MET AND TALKED AND THEY ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK
TOGETHER.
POLICE CHIEF GODWIN STATED THAT THE CONFRONTATION THAT HE AND
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON HAD AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING HAPPENED
BECAUSE THERE WAS NO DIALOGUE, AND THEY REALIZE NOW THAT IT CAUSED THE
PEOPLE TO SUFFER. HE ADDED THAT THEY ARE HAVING GREAT DIALOGUE NOW AND
THAT THEY ARE MEETING TWO OR THREE TIMES AND WEEK AND THINGS ARE GOING
WELL.
MAYOR OUDEH STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO CLEAR SOMETHING UP FROM THE
LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING CONCERNING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. HE ADDED
THAT ON BEHALF OF HIS OFFICE AND THE CITY COUNCIL, HE WAS FOR ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT; BUT THEY WANT TO KEEP THE MONEY IN DUNN. HE FURTHER STATED
THAT IF LILLINGTON IS WILLING TO BRING INDUSTRY TO DUNN, THEN THEY WOULD BE
WILLING TO FINANCE IT.
COUNCILMEMBER BASS STATED THAT IN HIS COMMENT MADE EARLIER REGARDING
GILES STRICKLAND & ASSOCIATES, HE MEANT NOTHING ILL' WILLED AGAINST MR. GILES
OR HIS FIRM.
COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL STATED THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE HARNETT
HIGH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION FOR BEING AT THE MEETING TONIGHT AND INVITED THEM
TO COME BACK AGAIN TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
MR. CHRISTOPHER POPE STATED THAT THE DUNN POLICE DEPARTMENT TREATS
FAMILIES LIKE THEY ARE THE BOSS. HE ADDED THAT THEY ARE VERY PROFESSIONAL
AND THEY WOULD GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO HELP ANYONE AND HE WOULD LIKE TO
RECOMMEND A PAY RAISE BECAUSE THERE ARE QUALITY PEOPLE ON THE POLICE FORCE
AND THE CITY WOULD NOT WANT TO LOSE THEM TO SOMEONE ELSE.
COUNCILMEMBER SUMNER ASKED IF THERE IS ANY INFORMATION ON THE FRIENDLY
ROAD PAVING.
INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY RESPONDED THAT EVERYTHING WAS IN PLACE EXCEPT
THE FINANCING. HE ADDED THAT THERE IS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT
WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROPRIATED AND HE PLANS TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AT THE
JULY MEETING. ,
WITH NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, THE FOLLOWING BURIAL RIGHTS WERE EXECUTED:
1. MR. EDWARD KEITH LEE & HIS HEIRS, LOT 5, BLOCK 3, SPACE(S) 2, MEMORIAL
CEMETERY.
2. MS. APRIL J. LEE & HER HEIRS, LOT 5, BLOCK 3, SPACE(S) 1, MEMORIAL CEMETERY.
3. MS. KATHY DIANNE LEE & HER HEIRS, LOT 5, BLOCK 3, SPACE(S) 7, MEMORIAL
CEMETERY.
4. MR. ROYCE & FRANCES P. CRUMPLER & TFIEIR HEIRS, LOT 5, BLOCK H, SPACE(S) 3
& 4, GREENWOOD CEMETERY.
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5. MR. WAYNE & PAM COOK & THEIR HEIRS, LOT 15, BLOCK NN, SPACE(S) 1 -4,
GREENWOOD CEMETERY.
6. MS. JUDITH JACKSON & MARISA T. WHITLEY & THEIR HEIRS, LOT 14, BLOCK J,
SPACE(S) 1 -8, GREENWOOD CEMETERY.
7. MS. NANCY ANDERSON HALL & HER HEIRS, LOT 19, BLOCK T, SPACE(S) 1 -8,
GREENWOOD CEMETERY.
8. MR. EARTHY ALPHIN & HIS HEIRS, LOT 43, BLOCK X, SPACE(S) 1, 2, 5 & 6,
GREENWOOD CEMETERY.
9. MS. ALENE SMITH & HER HEIRS, LOT 44, BLOCK X, SPACE(S) 1, 2, 5 & 6,
GREENWOOD CEMETERY.
10. MR. BARRY & DIANNE SMITH & THEIR HEIRS, LOT 44, BLOCK X, SPACE(S) 3, 4, 7 &
8, GREENWOOD CEMETERY.
11. MR. RANDY HOLMES & HIS HEIRS, LOT 5, BLOCK 3, SPACE(S) 6, MEMORIAL
CEMETERY.
12. MS. MARTHA COTTLE & HER IIEIRS, LOT 5, BLOCK 3, SPACE(S) 8, MEMORIAL
CEMETERY.
13. MR. SHELTON & ZOLA BLACKMAN & THEIR HEIRS, LOT 55, BLOCK S, SPACE(S) 1 -4,
GREENWOOD CEMETERY.
14. MS. EVELYN B. BASS & HER HEIRS, LOT 56, BLOCK S, SPACE(S) 4, 6, 7 & 8,
GREENWOOD CEMETERY.
15. MS. GERALEAN B. MCLAMB & HER IIEIRS, LOT 1, BLOCK NN, SPACE(S) 1, 2, 5 & 6,
GREENWOOD CEMETERY.
16. PAYTON FUNERAL HOME & THEIR HEIRS, LOT 65, BLOCK 15, SPACE(S) 5,
RESTHAVEN CEMETERY.
17. MRS. SUSAN MATTHEWS & HER HEIRS, LOT 16, BLOCK NN, SPACE(S) 1 & 2,
GREENWOOD CEMETERY.
18. MR. ROBERT MCNEILL & HIS HEIRS, LOT 29, BLOCK 13, SPACE(S) 1 & 2, RESTHAVEN
CEMETERY.
19. DAFFORD FUNERAL HOME & THEIR HEIRS, LOT 38, BLOCK 2, SPACE(S) 5,
RESTHAVEN CEMETERY.
20. MR. JOHN LUCAS & HIS HEIRS, LOT 2, BLOCK DD, SPACE(S) 1 & 2, MEMORIAL
CEMETERY.
21. MR. WILLIAM R. LUCAS & HIS HEIRS, LOT 2, BLOCK DD, SPACE(S) 3, MEMORIAL
CEMETERY.
22. MR. MILES LUCAS & HIS HEIRS, LOT 2, BLOCK DD, SPACE(S) 4, MEMORIAL
CEMETERY.
WITH NO FURTHF US} IF�$S'A� �" THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 8:07 P.M.
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� ,: MAYOR
TINA M. SILLS
DEPUTY CLERK