01102002WE
MINUTES
CITY OF DUNN
DUNN, NORTH CAROLINA
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUNN HELD A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING ON
THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 2002, AT 7:00 P.M. IN THE DUNN MUNICIPAL BUILDING.
PRESENT WAS MAYOR ABRAHAM OUDEH, MAYOR PRO -TEM MIKE WOMBLE,
COUNCILMEMBERS CAROLYN MCDOUGAL, TOBY SUMNER, GEORGE ROBINSON, JOEY
TART, AND PAUL BASS. ALSO PRESENT WAS INTERIM CITY MANAGER RONNIE
AUTRY, CITY ATTORNEY BILLY GODWIN, POLICE CHIEF PAT GODWIN, CAPTAIN
MORRY DENNING, CAPTAIN RONNIE RADCLIFFE, FINANCE DIRECTOR RENEE'
DAUGHTRY, RECREATION DIRECTOR PERRY HUDSON, CHIEF BUILDING INSPECTOR
SHANE HUDSON, CITY ENGINEER ED POWELL, INTERIM HUMAN RESOURCE OFFICER
MOSES GALLION, CITY ACCOUNTANT DEBBIE WILLIAMS, CITY PLANNER/CODE
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER KELLY BOLLINGER AND DAILY RECORD REPORTER LISA
FARMER.
KELLY BOLLINGER WAS APPOINTED AS DEPUTY CITY CLERK FOR THE PURPOSE OF
THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
INVOCATION
MAYOR OUDEH OPENED THE MEETING AT 7:00 P.M. AND ASKED CAROLYN MCDOUGAL TO
GIVE TIIE INVOCATION. AFTERWARDS, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WAS REPEATED.
MAYOR OUDEH CLOSED THE REGULAR MEETING AND OPENED PUBLIC HEARINGS AT 7:05
P.M.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
REZONING REQUEST
JOIIN AND JANICE WEEKS
INTERIM CITY MANAGER RONNIE AUTRY STATED THAT THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN NOTIFIED
THAT ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMENTS WOULD BE HEARD AND RECEIVED CONCERNING
THE REQUEST BY JOHN AND JANICE WEEKS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE
CORNER OF EAST PEARSALL STREET AND SAMPSON AVENUE FROM C -2 TO C -3.
HE ADDED THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS DULY ADVERTISED ON DECEMBER 20, 2001 �" ^
AND DECEMBER 27, 2001 AND THE PLANNING BOARD RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE
REQUEST DURING THE DECEMBER 11, 2001 MEETING. A COPY OF THE APPLICATION,
MINUTES OF THE PLANNING BOARD AND OTHER PERTINENT DATA IS ATTACHED UNDER
ITEM VI -1.
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED IF THERE WAS ANYONE PRESENT TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS
REQUEST.
P. TILGHMAN POPE STATED THAT HE WAS THERE TO REPRESENT MR. & MRS. WEEKS AND
STATED THAT THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM C -2 TO C -3 TO BUILD A
RESTAURANT. THE C -2 ZONING DISTRICT IS A DISTRICT DESIGNED TO SUPPORT
PROPERTY OF 3 ACRES OR MORE UNDER ONE OWNERSHIP. MR. POPE FURTHER STATED
THAT IF THE PROPERTY IS NOT REZONED IT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE USED FOR
ANYTHING AND THAT THE PERMITTED USES IN C -2 AND C -3 ARE VIRTUALLY THE SAME.
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED IF THERE WAS ANYONE PRESENT TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS
REQUEST. HEARING NONE, MAYOR OUDEH CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING AND
RECONVENED THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING AT 7:10 P.M.
CONSENT ITEMS
MINUTES OF DECEMBER G, 2001 MEETING WERE PULLED FOR CORRECTION
AUDIT CONTRACT- COUNCIL CONSIDERED APPROVING FY 2001 -2002 AUDIT CONTRACT
WITH GILES, STRICKLAND AND ASSOCIATES. (ATTACHMENT IA)
FINANCE DEPARTMENT - COUNCIL CONSIDERED APPROVAL OF PRINTER PURCHASE.
FIRE DEPARTMENT - COUNCIL CONSIDERED APPROVAL OF ANNUAL CERTIFICATION LIST
OF FIREMEN.
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MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT AND RESOLUTION FOR BRIDGE INSPECTIONS- COUNCIL
CONSIDERED APPROVING DOT TO PERFORM BRIDGE INSPECTIONS IN THE CITY OF DUNN.
(ATTACHMENT #1)
TAX RELEASES/REFUNDS- COUNCIL CONSIDERED APPROVAL OF TAX RELEASES /REFUNDS
#70- #80.
BUDGET AMENDMENTS - COUNCIL CONSIDERED APPROVAL OF BUDGET AMENDMENTS
07440 (ATTACHMENT #2)
A MOTION WAS RECEIVED BY MAYOR PRO -TEM MIKE WOMBLE TO APPROVE ALL
CONSENT ITEMS MINUS #1, SECONDED BY PAUL BASS. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVED.
MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE MADE THE FOLLOWING SUGGESTED AMENDMENTS TO THE
MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 6, 2001 COUNCIL MEETING:
• PAGE 6, PARAGRAPH 8: THE PARAGRAPH SHOULD READ AS FOLLOWS:
" COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL AMENDED HER ORIGINAL MOTION, SECONDED BY
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON, TO APPROVE THE SUBLEASE WITH THE PROVISIONS
THAT HARNETT HIGH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OBTAIN INSURANCE IN THE
AMOUNT OF $500,000.00 WITH THE CITY OF DUNN NAMED AS AN ADDITIONAL
NAME INSURED, TO ADD IN THE SUBLEASE THAT THE CITY WILL NOT INCUR ANY
COSTS FOR ANY REASON ON BEHALF OF THE TENANT, AND IF THE CITY OF
DUNN'S LEASE TERMINATES WITH THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, THEN THE
HARNETT HIGH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION'S LEASE WOULD CEAS E. (STRIKING
"WOULD HAVE THE OPTION TO RENEW THEIR LEASE WITH THE BOARD OF
EDUCATION. ")
WITH THESE AMENDMENTS, MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE MOTIONED TO APPROVE #1
UNDER CONSENT ITEMS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS. MOTION
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
ITEMS FOR DECISION
REZONING REQUEST
JOHN AND JANICE WEEKS
INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY STATED THAT A REQUEST WAS RECEIVED FROM JOHN
AND JANICE WEEKS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF EAST
PEARSALL STREET AND SAMPSON AVENUE FROM C -2 TO C -3 SO THAT A RESTAURANT
CAN BE BUILT.
MR. AUTRY ADDED THAT THE PLANNING BOARD MET ON DECEMBER 11, 2001 AND
RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST. MR. AUTRY ALSO STATED THAT THE
APPLICATION FOR REZONING AND A MAP OF THE PROPERTY WAS ATTACHED FOR
COUNCIL'S REVIEW.
MOTION MADE BY MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER GEORGE
ROBINSON TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING BOARD TO REZONE
THE PROPERTY FROM C -2 TO C -3. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
AUDIT REPORT - FY 2000 -2001
INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY STATED THAT DENNIS STRICKLAND WITH GILES,
STRICKLAND, AND ASSOCIATES WAS PRESENT TO REVIEW THE FY 2000 -2001 AUDIT AND
ATTACHED THE COUNCIL WOULD FIND THE SUMMARY POSITION STATEMENTS OF MAJOR
FUNDS FOR THEIR REVIEW. A COPY OF THE FULL AUDIT WAS DISTRIBUTED TO THE
COUNCILMEMBERS AND THE MAYOR.
DENNIS STRICKLAND BEGAN HIS PRESENTATION WITH THANKING THE
COUNCILMEMBERS, THE MAYOR AND THE CITY MANAGER FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
MAKE THE PRESENTATION AND FOR ALLOWING GILES, STRICKLAND, AND ASSOCIATES
THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLETE THE AUDIT FOR THE CITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000 -2001.
MR. STRICKLAND STATED THAT THE CITY OF DUNN IS IN EXCELLENT FINANCIAL
CONDITION. MR. STRICKLAND REQUESTED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZE THE
FIXED ASSET ITEM BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD
(GASB) STATEMENT #34 REQUIRES CITIES TO INVENTORY INFRASTRUCTURE, SOMETHING
THAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE IN YEARS PAST.
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MR. STRICKLAND FURTHER STATED THAT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION HAS
SUGGESTED THAT THE DEFINITION OF EQUIPMENT BE INCREASED TO $5,000 AND AN
INCREASE OF $100,000 OR HIGHER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE. MR. STRICKLAND SUGGESTED
THAT MAY BE TOO HIGH FOR THE CITY OF DUNN AND THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT
WOULD BE DISCUSSING THIS ISSUE WITH THE COUNCILMEMBERS, MAYOR, AND CITY
MANAGER IN THE COMING MONTHS. MR, STRICKLAND MADE THE RECOMMENDATION
THAT THE DEFINITION OF EQUIPMENT UNDER FIXED ASSETS EQUAL $1,000 AND THE
DEFINITION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE EQUAL $75,000. MR. STRICKLAND ADDED THERE IS
TIME TO DISCUSS THIS BUT THE DEFINING AMOUNTS NEED TO BE IN PLACE BEFORE THE
CITY IS REQUIRED TO REPORT UNDER THE STANDARDS OF GASB STATEMENT #34.
MR. STRICKLAND DISCUSSED THAT IN THE PAST, THE IMPORTANCE OF CASH AND CASH
BALANCES WITH THE CITY AND WHAT IT PROVIDES FOR THE CITY IN REVENUE BASE HAS
BEEN STRESSED. MR. STRICKLAND STATED THAT IN FY 2000 -2001, AS WELL AS IN YEARS
PAST, THE CITY HAS DONE WELL INVESTING MONEY AND EARNING INTEREST, YET MUCH
OF A CITY'S REVENUE IS BEYOND THE CITY'S CONTROL SUCH AS PROPERTY TAX
ASSESSMENT AND MONEY THAT IS ALLOCATED FROM STATE GOVERNMENT. MR.
STRICKLAND STATED THAT DUE TO THE TIGHTENING OF BUDGETS ON THE STATE AND
FEDERAL LEVEL, HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE INTEREST EARNED ACCOUNTING FOR 5.5
CENTS ON PROPERTY TAX VALUATION, THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE HAD TO HAVE A 5.5
CENT PROPERTY TAX INCREASE OVER THE PAST YEAR TO GENERATE THE SAME
AMOUNT OF REVENUE. MR. STRICKLAND ADDED THAT INVESTING MONEY IS
IMPORTANT AND CASH BALANCES ARE IMPORTANT AND THE CITY OF DUNN HAD DONE
AN OUTSTANDING JOB WITH BOTH.
MR. STRICKLAND STATED THAT GILES, STRICKLAND, AND ASSOCIATES HAD COMPLETED
THE FY 2000 -2001 COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL REPORT AND THAT IT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED
TO THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICER ASSOCIATION (GFOA) FOR THEIR APPROVAL. HE
ALSO ADDED THAT FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS THAT THE ANNUAL REPORT HAD
RECEIVED THE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING FROM THE GFOA
AND THAT THE CITY OF DUNN STANDS WITH THE VERY ELITE ACROSS THE STATE AND
COUNTRY IN THAT ASPECT.
MR. STRICKLAND STATED THAT THE TAX COLLECTOR FOR THE CITY OF DUNN HAS DONE
AN OUTSTANDING JOB AND THE COLLECTION RATE FOR THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR WAS
98.96 %. HE ADDED THAT IN COMPARISON THE COUNTY HAD A RATE OF 79.79% FOR
COLLECTING MOTOR VEHICLE TAXES AND THAT THE CITY OF DUNN SHOULD BE PROUD
OF THE TAX COLLECTION SERVICES.
MR. STRICILAND REVIEWED THE TWO PAGE SUMMARY THAT WAS PROVIDED IN THE
AGENDA AND IN SUMMARY STATED THAT MANY OF THE DECREASES WERE DUE TO THE
STATE DELAYING OR HOLDING LOCAL GOVERNMENT MONIES, THEREFORE AFFECTING
THE CITY'S REVENUE. AN ADDITIONAL HIGHLIGHT THAT WAS MADE WAS THAT
EXPENDITURES OF THE GENERAL FUND WERE LESS THAN PRIOR YEARS. HE ADDED
THAT DUE TO THE PAY STUDY IMPLEMENTED SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND THE SECOND
PHASE OF THE STUDY HAD MUCH TO DO WITH THE USE OF THE $510,000 THAT WAS USED
OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. MR. STRICKLAND STATED THIS WAS NOTHING TO BE
ALARMED ABOUT AND THAT THE CITY OF DUNN WAS IN EXCELLENT FINANCIAL
CONDITION. HE STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE FINANCE
DEPARTMENT AND THE PERSONNEL IN PLACE NOW FOR DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH
THE CITY'S FINANCES AND THAT THEY TAKE A PERSONAL INTEREST IN THEIR JOBS.
MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER TART TO ACCEPT THE REPORT AS PRESENTED,
SECONDED BY TOBY SUMNER. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
RENO LEGGETT
INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY STATED THAT A REQUEST WAS RECEIVED FROM RENO
LEGGETT TO DISCUSS WITH COUNCIL A PUBLIC RIGHT -OF -WAY ISSUE. MR. AUTRY
STATED THAT MR. LEGGETT RESIDES AT 800 EAST DIVINE STREET AND HAS BUILT A
CARPORT IN THE REQUIRED SIDE YARD AND ENCROACHED IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT -OF-
WAY BY APPROXIMATELY 5.5 FEET. MR. AUTRY ADDED THAT THE STRUCTURE WAS
BUILT WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CITY OF DUNN'S INSPECTION DEPARTMENT
AND THAT THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS DOES NOT HAVE JURISDICTION OVER THE
RIGHT -OF -WAY ISSUE.
RENO LEGGETT THANKED THE COUNCIL, MAYOR, AND MANAGER FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THIS REQUEST. MR. LEGGETT STATED THAT THE PURPOSE OF
THE CARPORT WAS TO REDUCE PARKING ON THE STREET AND TO DECREASE THE
POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE BEING DONE TO HIS VEHICLE BY CHILDREN PLAYING ON THE
STREET.
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HE ADDED THAT THE MAIN REASON OF BUILDING THIS CARPORT WAS TO IMPROVE THE
FLOW OF TRAFFIC ON EAST DIVINE STREET AND TO PREVENT SAFETY HAZARDS. HE
ADDED THAT HE HAD NO IDEA HE WAS IN VIOLATION OF ANY CODES WHEN BUILDING
THIS CARPORT AND HAD NO INTENTIONS OF VIOLATING ANY CODES.
COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL ASKED MR. LEGGETT WHAT EXACTLY DID HE WANT THE
COUNCIL TO DO. MR. LEGGETT RESPONDED THAT HE IS REQUESTING THAT COUNCIL
ALLOW HIS CARPORT TO REMAIN IN THE RIGHT -OF -WAY.
MR. AUTRY STATED THAT THE COUNCIL IS BEING CHARGED WITH MAKING THE
DECISION OF WHETHER OR NOT TO ALLOW THE PART OF THE CARPORT THAT EXISTS IN
THE RIGHT- OF-WAY TO REMAIN. IF THE DECISION IS TO APPROVE THE EASEMENT THEN
THE ISSUE WILL NEED TO GO BEFORE THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT TO ADDRESS THE
VIOLATION OF THE CARPORT BEING BUILT IN THE REQUIRED SIDE YARD.
CITY ATTORNEY BILLY GODWIN STATED THAT THERE ARE TWO ISSUES TO CONSIDER,
ONE BEING THAT THE STRUCTURE EXISTS IN THE RIGHT -OF -WAY AND THE SECOND IS
THAT THE STRUCTURE IS IN THE REQUIRED SIDE YARD. HE ADDED THAT CITY COUNCIL
HAS JURISDICTION OVER THE RIGHT -OF -WAY AND THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS HAS
JURISDICTION OVER ISSUES CONCERNING SETBACKS, ETC. MR. GODWIN STATED THAT
WHAT MR. LEGGETT IS ASKING FOR IS REFERRED TO AS AN EASEMENT INTO THE CITY
RIGHT- OF-WAY AND THAT NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL STATUTE GRANTS
MUNICIPALITIES THE AUTHORITY TO ALLOW EASEMENTS IN THE RIGHT -OF -WAY.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT THIS STRUCTURE IS APPROXIMATELY 1 %s
BLOCKS FROM HIS HOUSE AND HE QUESTIONED IF THE CITY OF DUNN HAD A BUILDING
INSPECTOR. MR. AUTRY ANSWERED THE QUESTION STATING THAT THE CITY DOES HAVE
A BUILDING INSPECTOR. COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON ASKED IF THE INSPECTOR RIDES
AROUND TO CHECK ON THE CITY AND THAT IT WAS HIS UNDERSTANDING THAT SOME
KIND OF PERMIT WAS NEEDED BUT THAT THERE IS ALSO A CERTAIN AMOUNT THAT
MUST BE MET BEFORE A PERMIT IS REQUIRED. SHANE HUDSON, BUILDING INSPECTOR
WITH THE CITY STATED THAT THE DETERMINATION OF WHETHER OR NOT A PERMIT IS
REQUIRED IS BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE STRUCTURE. HE ADDED THAT A PERMIT IS
NEEDED FOR BUILDINGS LARGER THAN 12 FEET BY 12 FEET AND THREE OF THE FOUR
SIDES ARE ENCLOSED. MR. HUDSON ADDED THAT THIS STRUCTURE DOES NOT REQUIRE
A BUILDING PERMIT BUT IS REQUIRED TO MEET ALL ZONING SETBACK REQUIREMENTS
AND REGULATIONS.
COUNCILMEMBER BASS STATED THAT HE HAD ISSUES WITH THIS IN THE PAST IN HIS
DISTRICT AND THAT THE CITY REQUIRED THAT THE STRUCTURE BE REMOVED BECAUSE
w IT WAS IN THE CITY RIGHT -OF -WAY.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON ASKED MR. LEGGETT HOW LONG THE POLES WERE IN THE
GROUND BEFORE A ROOF WAS ADDED. MR. LEGGETT STATED THAT BEFORE THE
INSPECTOR MADE A VISIT, EVERYTHING WAS COMPLETED AND THE SHINGLES WERE
BEING ADDED. COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON ASKED IF THE POSTS HAD BEEN IN PLACE
FOR SOME TIME AND MR. LEGGETT RESPONDED YES.
MR. ROBINSON STATED THAT HE UNDERSTOOD THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE MAKE
MISTAKES BUT IF THE INSPECTOR IS LOOKING OVER THE CITY THEN HE SHOULD HAVE
CAUGHT THAT BEFORE IT GOT TOO FAR AND SAVED EVERYONE SOME TIME. MR. BASS
STATED THAT HE AGREED BUT THAT THE SAME THING HAPPENED IN HIS DISTRICT AND
THE CITY MADE THEM TAKE IT DOWN. MR. ROBINSON CONTINUED BY STATING THAT HE
WAS NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT THE CARPORT BEING IN PLACE, BUT IF THE CITY HAD
BEEN LOOKING THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN CAUGHT AFTER THE FIRST POLE WAS
INSTALLED. MR. BASS AGREED WITH HIM AND ADDED THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER
LADY IN HIS DISTRICT THAT REQUESTED TO PUT UP A CARPORT BUT WAS DENIED BY
THE CITY BECAUSE IT DID NOT MEET THE REQUIRED SETBACKS AND WAS IN THE RIGHT -
OF-WAY. MRS. MCDOUGAL ASKED WHEN DID THIS OCCUR IN MR. BASS' DISTRICT. MR.
BASS REPLIED THAT IS WAS LAST YEAR. MRS. MCDOUGAL ASKED IF THIS PERSON CAME
BEFORE COUNCIL AND MR. BASS STATED THAT SHE HAD NOT AND THAT SHE HAD MADE
THE REQUEST BEFORE THE CITY AND THE INSPECTOR AND IT WAS DENIED.
COUNCILMEMBER BASS ADDED THAT THE LADY THEN CAME TO HIM AND HE MET AT
HER RESIDENCE AND THE MEASUREMENT WAS INTO THE CITY'S PROPERTY. HE ADDED
THAT HE AGREED WITH THE CITY IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE REGULATION.
COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL QUESTIONED IF THERE WAS AN ORDINANCE IN PLACE
ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES.
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MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED YES AND COUNCILMEMBER BASS ADDED THAT
THERE IS AN ORDINANCE IN PLACE AND THAT THIS TYPE OF BUILDING CANNOT BE DONE
IN THE RIGHT -OF -WAY. MR. WOMBLE STATED IT IS NOT ALLOWED BY THE CITY'S
ORDINANCE TO PUT STRUCTURES THAT ENCROACH IN THE SETBACKS AND WHEN THEY
SPEAK WITH SHANE OR KELLY CONCERNING THE SETBACKS, THEY ARE INFORMING THE
PEOPLE THAT THE ORDINANCE PROHIBITS BUILDING IN THE SETBACKS OR RIGHT -OF-
WAY. MR. WOMBLE CONTINUED BY STATING THAT WHAT HAD OCCURRED IN THIS CASE
IS THAT THE BUILDING INSPECTOR CAUGHT IT AFTER THE STRUCTURE WAS BUILT AND
THAT THE STRUCTURE IS IN VIOLATION OF THE CODE. HE ADDED THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL IS THE FIRST BODY TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE THE REQUEST.
COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL ASKED THE CITY ATTORNEY IF THE CODE HAD BEEN
CHANGED BEFORE. MR. GODWIN STATED THAT THE CITY CODE HAS BEEN MODIFIED
WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL DEEMED IT NECESSARY.
MR. ROBINSON ASKED MR. BASS, IF THE PERSON IN HIS DISTRICT HAD COME BEFORE
COUNCIL. MR. BASS SAID NO, THAT THE BUILDING INSPECTOR, RICKY PARSON AT THE
TIME, DENIED THE REQUEST BASED ON THE FACT THAT THE STRUCTURE WOULD BE
BUILT IN THE CITY'S RIGHT -OF -WAY. COUNCILMEMBER BASS ADDED THAT THE
INSPECTOR DENIED THE LADY'S REQUEST AND REQUIRED THE PERSON THAT BUILT
THEIR STRUCTURE WITHOUT PERMISSION TO REMOVE THE STRUCTURE FROM THE
RIGHT -OF -WAY. MR. BASS STATED THAT HE WANTED THE COUNCIL TO BE FAIR AND NOT
ALLOW SOME TO AND SOME NOT TO BUILD IN THE RIGHT -OF -WAY.
COUNCILMEMBER TART STATED THAT IT WAS UNFORTUNATE THAT MONEY WAS SPENT
WASTEFULLY AND HE FELT BAD ABOUT ANYONE THAT DID THAT, BUT DID NOT FORESEE
HOW THE COUNCIL COULD CHANGE THE CITY CODE TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO BUILD IN THE
CITY RIGHT -OF -WAY BECAUSE ONCE THE COUNCIL ALLOWS THAT, MOST ANYONE WILL
BE ALLOWED TO BUILD ANYWHERE.
CITY ATTORNEY GODWIN READ GENERAL STATUTE 168 -273 ADDRESSING THE
AUTHORITY OF THE COUNCIL IN HANDLING THESE TYPE SITUATIONS.
MR. BASS STATED THAT IF THE COUNCIL APPROVED THIS REQUEST THEN THE OTHER
PEOPLE IN HIS DISTRICT THAT HAD THIS HAPPENED NEEDED TO BE ALLOWED TO PUT
THEIR CARPORTS IN THE RIGHT -OF -WAY. COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED IN HIS
OPINION HE DIDN'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH IT AS LONG AS IT WASN'T BLOCKING VISION.
MR. WOMBLE STATED THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN IN HIS DISTRICT WITHIN THE LAST
MONTH THAT HAD A SIMILAR STRUCTURE AND WAS FORCED TO REMOVE THAT AS
WELL. MR. WOMBLE ADDED HIS APOLOGIES BUT THAT IN ALL FAIRNESS THE COUNCIL
SHOULD TREAT EVERYONE THE SAME.
MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE MOTIONED TO DENY THE REQUEST BY RENO LEGGETT,
SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON AND MCDOUGAL STATED THAT THEY WERE NOT OPPOSED
TO ALLOWING THIS EASEMENT BECAUSE THE STRUCTURE WAS NOT INFRINGING ON
ANYONE'S ABILITY TO SEE AT THAT CORNER. COUNCILMEMBER SUMNER STATED THAT
HE TOO REGRETTED THE SITUATION BUT WAS GOING TO HAVE TO SUPPORT THE CODE
AND THE ORDINANCES OF THE CITY. MR. ROBINSON STATED THAT HE WISHED THE CITY
WAS AS FIRM ON THE OLD, RAGGED HOUSES IN THE TOWN AS IT IS ON THESE CODES AND
THEN MAYBE THE CITY WOULD GET SOMETHING DONE. HE FURTHER STATED THAT ONE
BLOCK FROM CITY HALL THERE WERE RAGGED HOUSES AND QUESTIONED IF THERE IS A
CODE ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES. COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL CONFIRMED THAT
THERE IS A CODE ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES. MR. ROBINSON SUGGESTED THAT IT BE
PLACED ON NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA.
MOTION TO DENY APPROVED.
4AYES 2NOES
MICHAEL WOMBLE CAROLYN MCDOUGAL
JOEY TART GEORGE ROBINSON
PAUL BASS
TOBY SUMNER
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RESOLUTION - MID - CAROLINA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT
INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY STATED THAT THE 2001 NC GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS
APPROPRIATED STATE FUNDS TO LEAD REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT
ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND THAT $55,000 WILL BE USED FOR LOCAL
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND OTHER LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. MR.
AUTRY STATED THAT A RESOLUTION NEEDS TO BE ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO
RELEASE TO MID - CAROLINA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS THE CITY OF DUNN'S SHARE OF
THESE FUNDS WHICH IS $1,328.49. MR. AUTRY FURTHER STATED THAT IF THE COUNCIL
DOES NOT ADOPT THE RESOLUTION THAT THE MONEY WILL REVERT BACK TO THE
STATE AND THE CITY OF DUNN DOES NOT GET TO KEEP THE FUNDS.
MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER TART, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER SUMNER TO
ADOPT THE RESOLUTION. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
POLICE DEPARTMENT - PURCHASE OF VEHICLES
INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY STATED THAT THE CITY OF DUNN POLICE DEPARTMENT
IS REQUESTING THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF 5 POLICE VEHICLES
FROM STATE SURPLUS. MR. AUTRY ADDED THAT THE VEHICLES THAT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT IS CONSIDERING ARE 1997 FORD CROWN VICTORIAS (POLICE PACKAGE)
WITH APPROXIMATELY 72,000 MILES ON THEM AT THE COST OF APPROXIMATELY
$8,500.00 EACH INCLUDING PAINTING AND STRIPING. MR. AUTRY STATED THAT THE
PURPOSE OF THESE VEHICLES WOULD BE TO REPLACE POLICE VEHICLES WITH EXCESS
OF 130,000 MILES ON THEM AND THAT THE VEHICLES CURRENTLY IN USE HAVE
MECHANICAL AND BODY INTEGRITY PROBLEMS WHICH MAY BECOME DETRIMENTAL TO
THE OFFICER'S SAFETY AND JOB PERFORMANCE. MR. AUTRY YIELDED TO CHIEF
GODWIN TO SPEAK FURTHER ABOUT THE MATTER.
COUNCILMEMBER BASS SUGGESTED THAT BEFORE THE POLICE CHIEF SPOKE, THAT HE
WANTED TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THE DISCUSSION UNTIL THE BUDGET RETREAT
AND HE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE MORE IN DEPTH BEFORE A DECISION IS
MADE. COUNCILMEMBER TART SECONDED THE MOTION.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT HE FELT THAT WHEN TALKING ABOUT
SAFETY CONCERNING THE OFFICERS AND CITIZENS, THE CARS NEEDED TO BE
PURCHASED. MR. ROBINSON ADDED THAT THE CARS ARE IN BAD SHAPE AND THAT THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT IS BEHIND ON REPLACING CARS POSSIBLY DUE TO THE FORMER
CHIEF OF POLICE, BUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS THESE CARS. MR. ROBINSON
DISCUSSED THAT AT SALEMBURG AT THE TRAINING FACILITY, CERTAIN CARS, IF IN BAD
\ y SHAPE, ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE USED ON THE COURSE AND THAT IS EMBARASSING.
COUNCILMEMBER BASS STATED THAT WAS THE REASON HE WANTED TO TABLE THE
DISCUSSION BECAUSE HE REALIZES THAT THE CITY NEEDS CARS BUT QUESTIONED IF IT
WAS BETTER TO BUY USED OR NEW CARS. COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON REQUESTED
THAT HE WANTED TO HEAR WHAT THE CHIEF OF POLICE HAS TO SAY ABOUT THE
MATTER.
CHIEF GODWIN STATED THAT HE DID NOT FEEL THAT WAITING UNTIL THE RETREAT
WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA CONSIDERING THE NEED FOR CARS. HE ADDED THAT HE
COULD WAIT UNTIL THE FEBRUARY COUNCIL MEETING BUT GOING BEYOND THAT TIME
WOULD NOT BE ADVISABLE.
MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT HE HAD SPENT SOME TIME DISCUSSING THIS
ISSUE WITH CHIEF GODWIN AND ALSO REALIZES THE NEED FOR POLICE CARS, BUT HE
AGREED WITH MR. BASS ABOUT WAITING TO DISCUSS IT AT THE RETREAT. HE
DISCUSSED HOW HE HAD SPOKEN WITH CHIEF GODWIN ABOUT CONSIDERING AN
ANNUAL PURCHASE OF NEW VEHICLES ON A REGULAR BASIS AND DOES NOT
PARTICULARLY LIKE PURCHASING SEVERAL USED VEHICLES AT ONE TIME BECAUSE
THEY WILL NEED REPLACING AT THE SAME TIME.
CHIEF GODWIN STATED THAT HIS MAIN CONCERN IS THE LIABILITY FOR THE PUBLIC
AND THE OFFICERS IF THEY CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE CARS THEY HAVE NOW.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT HE WOULD RATHER NOT CONTINUE TO PUT
OFF THE PURCHASE OF THESE VEHICLES AND QUESTIONED THAT IF COUNCIL DOES WAIT
UNTIL THE RETREAT, WILL THE COUNCIL APPROVE FUNDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF ALL
NEW CARS. MR. BASS RESPONDED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW IF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
WOULD GET ANY MONEY APPROPRIATED FOR CARS.
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MAYOR OUDEH SUGGESTED THAT MR. ROBINSON, MR. BASS, THE CITY MANAGER, AND
THE POLICE CHIEF GET TOGETHER AS A COMMITTEE AND PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL A
LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE THE FEBRUARY MEETING TO BE DECIDED UPON AT
THE FEBRUARY MEETING.
COUNCILMEMBER BASS CONTINUED THAT HE DOES NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT PURCHASING CARS BUT WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS WHETHER IT IS
BETTER TO PURCHASE NEW OR USED VEHICLES. MR. ROBINSON RESPONDED THAT HE
AGREES BUT MR. BASS CANNOT SHOW THE CHIEF OF POLICE THAT THEY WILL GET NEW
CARS OR ANY CARS AT ALL.
CITY ATTORNEY GODWIN STATED THAT A MOTION TO TABLE THE DISCUSSION HAD
BEEN MADE AND A QUESTION NEEDED TO BE CALLED TO VOTE. MAYOR OUDEH STATED
TIIAT HE HAD A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS TO TABLE THIS DISCUSSION,
SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER TART.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON QUESTIONED THE AMOUNT OF THE CARS THAT THE CHIEF
WAS TALKING ABOUT. CHIEF GODWIN STATED THAT CAPTAIN DENNING WOULD
PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.
CAPTAIN DENNING STATED THAT SINCE THE AGENDA WAS SENT TO THE
COUNCILIVIEMBERS AND MAYOR, THE PRICE ON THE VEHICLES HAD DECREASED
APPROXIMATELY $500 TO $1,000 AND NOW THEY WERE ANYWHERE FROM $6,000 TO $6,500
NOT INCLUDING TAXES, DEPENDING ON MILEAGE. COUNCILMEMBER BASS QUESTIONED
HOW LONG THE CARS WOULD LAST THE DEPARTMENT. CAPTAIN DENNING RESPONDED
THAT BASED ON HOW THEY ARE DRIVEN, ON AVERAGE THESE CARS WILL LAST TWO TO
THREE YEARS WITH APPROXIMATELY 8,000 TO 10,000 MILES PER YEAR. HE FURTHER
STATED THAT HE AGREED ABOUT PURCHASING NEW CARS, BUT THE DEPARTMENT
NEEDED CARS NOW AND IT TAKES APPROXIMATELY $23,000 TO BUY A NEW CAR WITH
SAME EQUIPMENT AND TAKES THREE TO FIVE MONTHS TO GET THEM IN. MR. ROBINSON
ASKED HOW MUCH WOULD THE TOTAL COST BE PER CAR TO PURCHASE THE USED CARS
BEING DISCUSSED. CAPTAIN DENNING RESPONDED THAT NOW THE TOTAL PRICE WOULD
BE BETWEEN $7,500 AND $8,000 EQUIPPED.
MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT THE PURCHASE OF CARS FOR THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT WAS NOT APPROVED IN THE BUDGET. MR.WOMBLE ADDED AFTER
DISCUSSING WITH THE POLICE CHIEF, ABOUT 20 VEHICLES NEED REPLACING ON A
REGULAR BASIS AND THAT WOULD SUGGEST PURCHASING FOUR TO FIVE CARS EVERY
YEAR TO GET ON A REGULAR PLAN. CAPTAIN DENNING SUGGESTED THAT IF THE STATE
CONTINUES TO PROVIDE BLOCK GRANTS FOR THE PURCHASE OF CARS THEN THAT WILL
COVER TWO CARS PER YEAR FOR THE DEPARTMENT. MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED
THAT NO CARS HAD BEEN AQUIRED BETWEEN 1994 AND 1997 AND IF THESE CARS ARE
NOT PURCHASED WHILE A REGULAR PURCHASE PLAN IS BEING DEVELOPED, THEN THE
CITY WILL NOT CATCH UP. MR. WOMBLE ASKED IF THERE WERE ANY FUNDS AVAILABLE
IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET THAT COULD BE REARRANGED TO SUPPORT SOME
OF THE COST OF THE PURCHASE OF THESE VEHICLES.
COUNCILMEMBER BASS ASKED HOW MANY CARS WERE IN OPERATION UNDER THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT. CHIEF GODWIN RESPONDED THAT BETWEEN 42 AND 44, BUT NOT
ALL OF THOSE CARS ARE USED FOR POLICE PATROL.
CHIEF GODWIN STATED THAT $16,800 WAS APPROPRIATED FOR THE PURCHASE OF
MOBILE VIDEO CAMERAS AND IT IS HIS UNDERSTANDING THAT THE MATCH FOR THIS
MOST LIKELY WILL NOT BE PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNOR'S HIGHWAY SAFETY
PROGRAM DUE TO BUDGET CONSTRAINTS AT THE STATE LEVEL. HE ALSO ADDED THERE
IS $1,900 IN CONTINGENCY THAT COULD BE PUT TOWARDS THE PURCHASE OF THE
VEHICLES.
COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL QUESTIONED IF THE DEPARTMENT HAS A MAINTENANCE
PROGRAM. CHIEF GODWIN STATED THAT THE DEPARTMENT DOES AND ALL OF THE
VEHICLES ARE SERVICED THROUGH THE CITY OF DUNN'S PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON ASKED IF ANY OF THE CITY OF DUNN VEHICLES HAD BEEN
TURNED DOWN AT THE TRAINING FACILITY IN SALEMBURG. CHIEF GODWIN RESPONDED
THAT SEVERAL HAD AND A LIST WAS PROVIDED IN THE AGENDA BOOK. CHIEF GODWIN
ALSO ADDED THAT THE LIST OF PROBLEMS INCLUDED CONCERNING THE CARS THAT
FAILED TO BE ACCEPTABLE ON THE SALEMBURG TRAINING COURSE WAS GENERAL
MAINTENANCE THAT COULD BE DONE QUICKLY, BUT THERE ARE BIGGER PROBLEMS
THAT WILL NEED ATTENTION.
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COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT THE POLICE NEED CARS FOR SAFETY
REASONS. COUNCILMEMBER SUMNER ADDED THAT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY BEING
REQUESTED FOR FIVE USED CARS WAS APPROXIMATELY $40,000. CHIEF GODWIN AGAIN
STATED THAT THERE COULD BE $16,800 AVAILABLE FROM THE BUDGET TO PURCHASE
THESE CARS.
MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE RECOGNIZED THAT THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND TO
TABLE THIS DISCUSSION AND HE REQUESTED THAT THE QUESTION BE CALLED FOR THAT
MOTION. COUNCILMEMBER BASS WITHDREW HIS MOTION TO TABLE THE DISCUSSION.
MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE MOTIONED TO ALLOW THE PURCHASE OF THE FIVE VEHICLES
AT $8,000 TO TOTAL $40,000 AND THAT MONEY WILL COME FROM FUND BALANCE, MINUS
THE $16,800 PROVIDED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET.
COUNCILMEMBER TART ASKED ABOUT THE $1,900 THAT WAS MENTIONED. CHIEF
GODWIN STATED THAT IS CORRECT AND THAT AMOUNT WITH THE $16,800 WOULD
EQUAL APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THE TOTAL COST OF THE VEHICLES. MAYOR PRO -TEM
WOMBLE STATED THAT WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS TO INCREASE THE CAPTIAL OUTLAY
FOR VEHICLES TO $40,000 AND REDUCE THE MOBILE VIDEO CAMERAS BY $16,800 AND
THE BALANCE WILL BE FUND BALANCE. (ATTACHMENT #3- BUDGET AMENDMENT #41)
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVED.
COUNCILMEMBER BASS ASKED THE QUESTION AS TO WHAT WILL NEED TO OCCUR TO
HAVE THE CARS ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE FOR REPLACEMENT. CHIEF GODWIN STATED
THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS CHARGED WITH HAVING TO CATCH UP FOR THE YEARS THAT
CARS WERE NOT PURCHASED. CHIEF GODWIN ADDED THAT AS LONG AS THE BLOCK
GRANTS CONTINUE, THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE ABLE TO BUY TWO CARS WITH THE
BLOCK GRANT MONEY AND ONE TO TWO AT MOST FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
COUNCILMEMBER BASS STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE FOR THE CITY OF DUNN TO GET
IN THE POSITION SO THAT USED CARS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE THE ONLY
OPTION.
MR. AUTRY STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN DISCUSSING THE ISSUE WITH CAPTAIN
RADCLIFFE AND CAPTAIN DENNING OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS AND THEY ARE
PREPARING A PRESENTATION TO DISCUSS AT THE RETREAT. MR. AUTRY ADDED THIS
PLAN SHOULD GET THINGS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR FUTURE PURCHASES OF
POLICE CARS.
CHIEF GODWIN ADDED THAT RECENTLY ONE OF THE OFFICERS HAD COMPLETED A DRUG
BUST AND SIEZED A CAR WITH A CLEAR TITLE THAT SHOULD BE OWNED BY THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT WITHIN 30 -45 DAYS AND HE IS PLANNING TO TRANSFER HIS CAR DOWN TO
ANOTHER OFFICER AND TAKE THE SIEZED VEHICLE. MR. GODWIN STATED THAT HIS CAR
IS BEING TRANSFERRED BECAUSE OF LOW MILEAGE AND HE IS TAKING THE SIEZED
VEHICLE BECAUSE IT HAS HIGH MILEAGE.
ADOPTION OF INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODES
INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY STATED THAT A CODE AMENDMENT IS BEING
SUGGESTED BECAUSE TFIE STATE HAS MADE CHANGES TO THE BUILDING, RESIDENTIAL,
PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, AND MECHANICAL CODE AND THE CITY NEEDS TO ADOPT
THESE CHANGES.
CITY ATTORNEY BILLY GODWIN STATED THAT WHAT THE COUNCIL IS BEING ASKED TO
DO IS ADOPT THESE AMENDMENTS SO THAT CHANGES MADE BY THE STATE
CONCERNING THE BUILDING, RESIDENTIAL, PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, AND MECHANICAL
CODE WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE INCLUDED IN THE DUNN CITY CODE WITHOUT HAVING
TO GO THROUGH THE ADOPTION PROCESS EACH TIME CHANGES ARE MADE.
MOTION TO ADOPT THE CODE AMENDMENT BY MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE, SECONDED
BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. (ATTACHMENT
#4)
INFORMATION
° CITY ATTORNEY BILLY RAY STATED THAT HE HAD DISTRIBUTED HIS LETTER OF
RESIGNATION AND A PROPOSED ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE POSITION OF CITY ATTORNEY
TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO ALL CITY ATTORNEYS AND POSTED IN THE LILLINGTON
COURTHOUSE IF THE COUNCIL WISHED FOR HIM TO DO SO. MR. GODWIN ALSO
SUGGESTED THAT THE COUNCIL MIGHT WISH TO CONSIDER APPOINTING AN INTERIM
CITY ATTORNEY IF IT APPEARS THAT IT MAY BE A LONG PROCESS.
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MOTION TO AUTHORIZE MR. GODWIN TO DISTRIBUTE AND POST THE POSITION
ANNOUNCEMENT BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO -TEM
WOMBLE. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
MR. GODWIN STATED THAT HE APPRECIATED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE CITY OF
DUNN AS THE CITY ATTORNEY AND HAD BEEN WORKING AS THE CITY ATTORNEY SINCE
1995 AND WORKING WITH THE FORMER CITY ATTORNEY ON CITY ISSUES PRIOR TO THAT.
HE ADDED THAT IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE SERVING 3 COUNCILS AND 3 DIFFERENT
MAYORS AND IT HAS BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE LAW
GOVERNING MUNICIPALITIES AND TO GET TO KNOW THE VARIOUS COUNCILMEMBERS,
MAYORS, AND PARTICULARLY THE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY. MR. GODWIN STATED
THAT HE HAD WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH MANY OF THE CITY EMPLOYEES AND HE
WANTED THE PUBLIC TO KNOW HOW DEDICATED THE CITY EMPLOYEES ARE TO
SERVING THE CITY OF DUNN. MR. GODWIN CLOSED WITH A STATEMENT OF
APPRECIATION TO THE FORMER AND CURRENT COUNCILMEMBERS'..AND, MAYORS FOR
ALLOWING HIM THE PRIVILEGE OF REPRESENTING THE CITY OF DUNN.' '
MAYOR OUDEH STATED THAT HE WILL MISS MR. GODWIN AND THAT HE WISHED HIM
THE BEST AND THAT HE WAS A FRIEND OF HIS AND THAT HE HOPED TO KEEP IN TOUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT HE HAD ENJOYED WORKING WITH HIM AND
IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR WHOMEVER TAKES THAT POSITION BECAUSE IT WILL BE
VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO FILL MR. GODWIN'S SHOES AND. ADDED THAT HE WOULD
MISS MR. GODWIN.
[STANDING OVATION FOR MR. GODWIN]
COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL STATED THAT SHE WISHED MR. GODWIN WELL IN HIS
ENDEAVORS AND THAT IT HAD BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH HIM.
MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT HE AGREED AND IT HAD BEEN A PLEASURE
WORKING WITH MR. GODWIN AND THAT HE WOULD BE MISSED. MR. WOMBLE ALSO
STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE MR. AUTRY TO PLACE THE IDEA OF EXPLORING HARNETT
COUNTY TO ASSUME DISPATCH OPERATIONS ON THE NEXT AGENDA. HE ADDED THAT
THE CITY OF DUNN SPENDS APPROXIMATELY 6 CENTS OF THE TAX BASE TO FUND THE
DISPATCH SERVICE FOR THE CITY OF DUNN.
COUNCILMEMBER BASS STATED THAT IT HAD BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH'MR.
GODWIN AND THAT HE WAS PROUD OF MR. GODWIN.
COUNCILMEMBER TART AGREED WITH MR. BASS AND ADDED THAT HE APPRECIATED
THE KNOWLEDGE THAT MR. GODWIN HAS OF MUNICIPAL LAW AND HAS HANDLED
HIMSELF VERY PROFESSIONALLY. HE ALSO ADDED THAT HE REALLY APPRECIATED MR.
GODWIN'S CHRISTIAN PRESENCE ON THE COUNCIL.
COUNCILMEMBER SUMNER ALSO AGREED WITH MR. TART AND ADDED HE WAS ONE OF
THE LAWYERS HE ENJOYED WORKING WITH.
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WITH NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, THE FOLLOWING BURIAL RIGHTS WERE EXECUTED:
I. MS. COSTELLA M. LICGINS AND HER HEIRS, LOT 28, BLOCK 13, SPACE(S) 1 -5,
RESTHAVEN CEMETERY.
2. MR. MYRES TARRY STANFIELD AND HIS HEIRS, LOT 25, BLOCK 00, SPACE(S) 1 -4,
GREENWOOD CEMETERY.
3. MR. MYRES TARRY STANFIELD AND HIS HEIRS, LOT 18, 13LOCK 00, SPACE(S) 1 -8,
GREENWOOD CEMETERY.
4. MR. MYRES TARRY STANFIELD AND HIS HEIRS, LOT 11, BLOCK 00, SPACE(S) 1 -8,
GREENWOOD CEMETERY.
5. MS. LAURA MCLEAN AND HER HEIRS, LOT 48, BLOCK 15, SPACE(S) 2, IN
RESTHAVEN CEMETERY.
6. MR. PAUL WILLIAMS, LOT 49, BLOCK 13, SPACE(S) 6, RESTHAVEN CEMETERY.
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