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MINUTES
CITY OF DUNN
DUNN, NORTH CAROLINA
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUNN HELD A SPECIAL CALL MEETING ON
THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2002, AT 7:00 P.M. IN THE DUNN MUNICIPAL BUILDING.
PRESENT WAS MAYOR ABRAHAM OUDEH, MAYOR PRO -TEM MIKE WOMBLE,
COUNCILMEMBERS CAROLYN MCDOUGAL, GEORGE ROBINSON, JOEY TART, AND
PAUL BASS. ALSO PRESENT WAS INTERIM CITY MANAGER RONNIE AUTRY, POLICE
CHIEF PAT GODWIN, INTERIM HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER MOSES GALLION, FIRE
CHIEF AUSTIN TEW, CHIEF BUILDING INSPECTOR SHANE HUDSON, CITY ATTORNEY P.
TILGHMAN POPE AND DEPUTY CLERK DEBRA WEST.
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COUNCILMEMBER TOBY SUMNER WAS ABSENT DUE TO WORK SCHEDULE CONFLICT.
INVOCATION
MAYOR OUDEH OPENED THE MEETING AT 7:00 P.M. AND ASKED JOEY TART TO GIVE THE
INVOCATION. AFTERWARDS, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WAS REPEATED.
REZONING REQUEST
THANATOPSIS ASSOCIATES & BEACON MINISTRIES
INTERIM CITY MANAGER RONNIE AUTRY STATED THAT THE REZONING REQUEST OF
THANATOPSIS ASSOCIATES AND BEACON MINISTRIES WHICH WAS TABLED AT THE
MARCH 7, 2002 MEETING WAS BEFORE THE COUNCIL TONIGHT FOR DECISION. THIS
PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 207 WEST BROAD STREET IN THE OLD SKINNER FUNERAL
HOME. THIS PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED C -3 AND IS REQUESTED TO BE REZONED
R -M FOR PURPOSES OF USING THE BUILDING FOR A ROOMINGHOUSE.
INTERIM AUTRY STATED MR. LOVE OF BEACON MINISTRIES IS PRESENT IF COUNCIL HAS
ANY QUESTIONS.
MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED HE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE REPORT FROM FIRE
CHIEF TEW AND BUILDING INSPECTOR HUDSON REGARDING THEIR VISIT TO THIS
BUILDING.
INSPECTOR HUDSON STATED THAT HE MET WITH MR. LOVE ON MARCH 8, 2002 TO
INSPECT THE BUILDING AND HE PREPARED A LIST OF REQUIRED CHANGES. HE ADDED
( THAT DUE TO THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE BUILDING, IT WOULD NOT HAVE TO BE
SPRINKLED. HE FURTHER STATED IT WOULD BE REQUIRED THAT A FIRE PETITION, FIRE
DOORS AND EMERGENCY LIGHTS BE INSTALLED; ALL OF WHICH MR. LOVE WAS MADE
AWARE. MR. HUDSON STATED THAT HIS MAIN CONCERN OF REZONING THE PROPERTY
TO R -M, WOULD BE THAT MR. LOVE COULD NOT OPERATE THE THRIFT STORE.
FIRE CHIEF TEW STATED THAT THE REQUIREMENTS FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE
ALSO ON THE BUILDING INSPECTOR'S LIST AND THEY INCLUDED: AUTOMATIC MONITOR
FIRE ALARM SYSTEM WHICH WOULD INCLUDE HEAT AND SMOKE DETECTORS, STROBE
LIGHTS AND HORNS TO GO WITH IT SO THAT IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE, THE RESIDENTS OF
BEACON AND THE CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY BE NOTIFIED.
MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE ASKED MR. LOVE IF THESE CHANGES WOULD BE AGREEABLE.
MR. LOVE RESPONDED YES.
MAYOR OUDEH ASKED IF ANYMORE DISCUSSION.
MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER
MCDOUGAL TO APPROVE THE REQUEST OF THANATOPSIS ASSOCIATES AND BEACON
MINISTRIES TO REZONE THE PROPERTY AT 207 WEST BROAD STREET FROM C -3 TO R -M.
MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
CITY MANAGER CANDIDATES
CITY ATTORNEY TILGHMAN POPE STATED THAT THE MATTERS TO BE DISCUSSED
TONIGHT ABOUT THE PROSPECTIVE CITY MANAGER CANDIDATES MUST BE DONE IN
OPEN SESSION.
4 ✓ COUNCILMEMBER TART ASKED FOR A REPORT ON THE APPLICANTS.
MAYOR OUDEH RESPONDED THAT FOUR INDIVIDUALS WERE CONTACTED FOR AN
INTERVIEW AND TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS WILL NEED TO BE DECIDED BY THE COUNCIL.
HE ADDED THAT SOME PLANE TICKETS WERE APPROXIMATELY $1000.00 AND THE
COUNCIL WILL NEED TO DECIDE ON WHAT THE CITY IS WILLING TO PAY. HE FURTHER
STATED SOME OF THE CANDIDATES COULD DRIVE, WHICH WOULD BE CHEAPER FOR THE
CITY.
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MAYOR OUDEH STATED THAT COUNCILMEMBER PAUL BASS WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE
ON APRIL 4 OR 5 FOR NTERVIEWNG DUE TO A MILITARY OBLIGATION. HE ADDED
THAT THE DATE SHOULD BE RESET SO THAT ALL COUNCILMEMBERS COULD BE PRESENT.
MAYOR OUDEH SUGGESTED THURSDAY, APRIL I I BE SET FOR INTERVIEWS AND ALSO
RESCHEDULING THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE SAME DATE.
THE COUNCIL AGREED TO PAY MILEAGE OR AIRFARE, WHICHEVER IS LESS FOR EACH
CANDIDATE TO COME TO DUNN. THE COUNCIL ALSO AGREED TO START INTERVIEWS AT
3:00 P.M. ON APRIL 11, 2002 WITH THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING FOLLOWING AT 7:00
P.M.
MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT HE MAY NOT BE PRESENT FOR THE
INTERVIEWING PROCESS DUE TO HIS JOB, BUT WOULD PUT FORTH HIS BEST EFFORT TO
BE PRESENT.
MAYOR OUDEH STATED THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR EACH COUNCILMEMBER TO BE
PRESENT. HE ASKED MR. WOMBLE TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ATTEND.
MAYOR OUDEH STATED THAT THE COUNCIL AND CANDIDATES WOULD ATTEND LUNCH
AT 1:00 P.M. BEFORE THE INTERVIEWING PROCESS.
INTERIM CITY MANAGER AUTRY ASKED IF CITY ATTORNEY TILGHMAN POPE WOULD BE
CONDUCTING THE INTERVIEWS. MR. POPE RESPONDED YES, HE WOULD BE AVAILABLE.
MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER
ROBINSON TO RESCHEDULE THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING FROM APRIL 4, 2002 TO
APRIL 11, 2002 AT 7:00 P.M. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
OTHER INFORMATION
MAYOR OUDEH STATED THAT COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON HAD AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT ON MONDAY, APRIL 1, 2002 FROM 5:00 P.M.
UNTIL 7:00 P.M., AT THE BRASS LANTERN, THERE WOULD BE A RETIREMENT PARTY HELD
N HONOR OF CHIEF GODWN AND ALSO N RECOGNITION TO BILLY RAY GODWN FOR
SERVING AS CITY ATTORNEY.
MAYOR OUDEH STATED THAT THIS WOULD BE FUNDED BY INDIVIDUALS AND THE CITY
WAS NOT PAYING FOR IT AND DONATIONS WOULD BE ACCEPTED.
MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED HE WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THIS CAUSE AND
WOULD BE HAPPY TO PAY FOR IT HIMSELF. HE ADDED THAT THE CHIEF HAS WORKED
FOR THIRTY (30) YEARS WORKING HIS WAY UP, AND THE CITY SHOULD PAY FOR THIS
BUT IF NOT, THEN HE WOULD BE HAPPY TO PICK UP THE TAB.
MAYOR OUDEH AGREED AND STATED WITH THE ECONOMIC SITUATION, HE WOULD ALSO
HELP PAY FOR THIS WITH HIS OWN FUNDS.
COUNCILMEMBER TART STATED HE WOULD ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS CAUSE, BUT
FELT THE COUNCIL SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR IT WITH THEIR PERSONAL FUNDS.
COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON AGREED THAT THE CITY SHOULD PAY FOR THIS.
MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE ASKED INTERIM AUTRY TO PUT THIS ISSUE ON THE NEXT
AGENDA.
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TO DISCUSS, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 7:27 P.M.
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