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06152000I. *IV1 CITY OF DUNN DUNN, NORTH CAROLINA MINUTES THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUNN HELD A SPECIAL CALL MEETING ON THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 2000 AT 7:00 P.M. IN THE DUNN MUNICIPAL BUILDING. PRESENT WAS MAYOR PRO -TEM MIKE WOMBLE AND COUNCILMEMBERS GEORGE ROBINSON, JOEY TART, CAROLYN MCDOUGAL, PAUL BASS AND TOBY SUMNER. ALSO PRESENT WAS CITY MANAGER CARL DEAN, CITY CLERK JOYCE VALLEY, POLICE CHIEF PAT GODWIN, FIRE CHIEF AUSTIN TEW, ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR JOE CAMPBELL, RECREATION DIRECTOR PERRY HUDSON, BUILDING INSPECTOR RICKY PARSON, AND DAILY RECORD REPORTER LAURA PECK. CITY ATTORNEY BILLY GODWIN WAS ABSENT DUE TO A MISSIONARY TRIP TO MEXICO. PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TIM HOLLOMAN WAS ABSENT DUE TO VACATION. INVOCATION MAYOR OUDEH OPENED THE MEETING AT 7:00 P.M. AND ASKED COUNCILMEMBER TART TO GIVE THE INVOCATION. AFTERWARD, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WAS REPEATED. PUBLIC HEARING FY 00 -01 BUDGET CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THAT THE PROPOSED FY 00 -01 BUDGET IS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND A PUBLIC HEARING WOULD BE HELD ON JUNE 15, 2000 AT 7:00 P.M. HE ADDED THAT THE NOTICE WAS DULY ADVERTISED ON MAY 31, 2000. THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES AD VALOREM TAX RATE WAS FIGURED ON A 98% COLLECTION RATE, WITH APPROXIMATE TAX BASE OF $407,740,044.00 AND A TAX RATE OF $0.46 PER $100.00 VALUATION. HE REVIEWED HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BUDGET AS FOLLOWS: • NEXT YEAR'S PROJECTED STATE REVENUES ARE ESTIMATED TO BE BUDGETED AT FY 99 -2000 RECEIPTS. • RESIDENTIAL GARBAGE FEES ARE NOT RECOMMENDED TO CHANGE FOR THE COMING YEAR OF $96.00 PER MONTH. • COMMERCIAL COLLECTION RATES WOULD BE DEPENDENT ON THE CITY COUNCIL'S DECISION, AND EFFECTIVE JULY l 2000 THE CITY WILL NO LONGER HANDLE COMMERCIAL COLLECTIONS. • $352,008.00 HAS BEEN OBLIGATED TO TRANSFER FROM THE WATER FUND TO THE GENERALFUND. • $429,795.00 HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED FOR PRIOR YEAR SURPLUS TO COVER OPERATING CAPITAL AND ONE TIME EXPENSES. • $225,000.00 HAS BEEN OBLIGATED FROM AVERASBORO FIRE DISTRICT REVENUES TO OPERATE AT CAPITAL COSTS. • ALL GRANTS HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATED IN THIS BUDGET TO INCLUDE REIMBURSEMENTS FOR THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS AT DUNN MIDDLE SCHOOL, GRANT FOR WAYNE AVENUE SCHOOL AND THE OFFICER FOR DUNN HOUSING AUTHORITY. • REVENUES IN THE WATER FUND RATES WILL NOT BE INCREASED THIS YEAR, BUT WE ARE RECOMMENDING A 10% INCREASE IN BULK WATER CUSTOMERS. • $95,000.00 HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED OUT OF PRIOR YEAR SURPLUS FOR THE INFILTRATION PROGRAM AND WATER FUND. • HOSPITALIZATION INSURANCE HAS BEEN BUDGETED AT $250.00 PER EMPLOYEE PER MONTH. • INCREASED EXPENDITURES IN ANTICIPATION OF HIGHER GAS PRICES. • THE ONLY NEW POSITION THAT HAS BEEN REQUESTED IN THIS YEARS BUDGET IS ONE MAINTENANCE WORKER POSITION IN THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT. ON • RESIDENTIAL GARBAGE SERVICE WILL STILL BE MAINTAINED AT CURRENT LEVEL. • DRUG OFFICER'S POSITIONS WILL AGAIN COME OUT OF DRUG FORFEITURE MONEY. • ALL DEBT REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATED OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. • $200,000.00 HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED IN THE WATER FUND TO CONTINUE TO CORRECT INFILTRATION PROBLEMS. $100,000.00 HAS BEEN OBLIGATED FOR THE GRANVILLE STREET WATERLINE PROJECT. • NO NEW POSITIONS HAVE BEEN PROPOSED ON THE WATER FUND SIDE AND ALL DEBT (' SERVICE REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN OBLIGATED FOR THE FY 2000 -01 BUDGET. CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT THE PROPOSED SALARY INCREASES FOR FY 2000 -01 WERE AS FOLLOWS: YEARS OF SERVICE 0 -5 2% 6 -10 4% 11 -20 8% OVER 20 10% HE FURTHER STATED THAT CHIEF TEW HAS REQUESTED THAT COUNCIL LOOK AT ADDING SLEEPING QUARTERS AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. HE ADDED THAT THE DEPARTMENT HEADS HAVE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB AT TRYING TO CONTROL COSTS AND STILL PROVIDE THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE. MAYOR OUDEH ASKED IF THERE WERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. MR. HAROLD LAMBETH, A RESIDENT OF 711 W. MORRIS CIRCLE, STATED THAT HE WAS VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE RECREATION ADVISORY COMMISSION AND CHAIRMAN OF THE NUTRITION PROGRAM "MEALS ON WHEELS ". HE ADDED THAT HE WAS PRESENT AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING AND HE THOUGHT THE COMMENT THE MAYOR MADE WAS INAPPROPRIATE AND UNBECOMING OF A MAYOR. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE THOUGHT COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL WAS OUT OF LINE BY GOING TO THE NEWSPAPER. HE ASKED MAYOR OUDEH AND COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL HAD EITHER ONE OF THEM EVER ASKED RECREATION DIRECTOR HUDSON TO GO WITH THEM TO THE PARKS AND SHOW HIM WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, AND ASK HIM WHY IT HAS NOT BEEN DONE. HE ADDED THAT FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT HAS ASKED FOR TWO POSITIONS, BUT HAVE NOT GOTTEN THOSE POSITIONS AND THE CITY SEEMS TO THINK THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT CAN WORK WITHOUT THEM. HE ADDED THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RECEIVES GRANTS FOR POLICEMEN FOR ONE OR TWO YEARS AND AFTER THAT THE CITY PICKS UP THE SALARY. HE FURTHER STATED THAT HE HAD WORKED FOR THE CITY FOR 34 YEARS AND HE KNOWS WHAT GOES ON IN CITY GOVERNMENT. HE STATED THAT COUNCIL STATED AT THE LAST MEETING THAT THIS WAS NOT THE COUNCIL THAT MADE THE POLICY, BUT NOW IS THE TIME TO CORRECT THE POLICY. HE ADDED THAT COUNCIL CRITICIZES RECREATION DIRECTOR HUDSON BECAUSE THE PARKS ARE NOT CLEANED, BUT IF IT IS NOT FUNDED, THEN IT CANNOT BE DONE. MAYOR OUDEH STATED THAT RECREATION DIRECTOR HUDSON IS GETTING PAID, HE SHOULD DO HIS JOB. MR. LAMBETH STATED THAT IS RIGHT, HE IS GETTING PAID BUT HE MUST HAVE THE MANPOWER TO DO THE JOB. HE STATED TO MAYOR OUDEH THAT INSTEAD OF ASKING CITY MANAGER DEAN OR RECREATION DIRECTOR HUDSON TO RIDE TO THE PARK, HE ASKED COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON, AND THAT IS THE ONLY COUNCILMEMBER THAT WAS ASKED TO GO. HE ADDED THAT THEY RODE OVER TO THE PARK AND NIT - PICKED THIS AND THAT SO THE PUBLIC COULD HEAR IT AND COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL CARRIED INFORMATION TO THE PAPER. HE STATED THAT THE RECREATION DIRECTOR DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH HELP AND WITH THE HELP FIE DOES HAVE, HE IS DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB. MR. LAMBETH ADDED THAT COUNCIL TALKS ABOUT CODRINGTON PARK, AND ASKED WHO ELSE IS OVER THERE, IT IS NOT THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT. COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL STATED THAT THIS DID NOT JUST START WITH THIS COUNCIL. 559 MR. LAMBETH RESPONDED THAT IT STARTED WHEN HE WAS THE RECREATION DIRECTOR, AND THE COUNTY TAKING THE PARK AWAY. HE STATED THAT TYLER PARK WAS BOUGHT WITH A GRANT. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THIS WAS THE ONLY LAND THEY PICKED AND THE CITY HAD TO GET THE LAND FROM THE COUNTY; AND NOW THE SAME THING WITH TART PARK. HE ADDED THAT THE CITY WORKED OUT A DEAL TO BUY THE LAND FOR TART PARK. MAYOR OUDEH ASKED WHY IS TART PARIS CLEAN, AND THE OTHER PARKS ARE NOT. MR. LAMBETH RESPONDED THAT OFFICER RODNEY ROWLAND IS SUPPOSE TO HELP CLEAN CODRINGTON PARK. COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL STATED SHE DID NOT KNOW WHERE MR. LAMBETH GOT HIS INFORMATION THAT SHE WENT TO THE NEWSPAPER, SHE STATED SHE WAS HERE AND THE REPORTER WAS HERE AT THE MEETING. MR. LAMBETH ASKED COUNCILMEMBER. MCDOUGAL IF SHE MADE A STATEMENT TO THE NEWSPAPER. COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL RESPONDED THAT WHAT SHE SAID WAS SAID IN THE MEETING, AND SHE ADDED THAT SHE WOULD NOT TAKE ANYTHING BACK THAT SHE HAD SAID. COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL STATED THAT FOR FOUR YEARS CODRINGTON PARK HAS BEEN DENIED, AND NOW SHE IS ON A SECOND TERM AND IT STILL IS BEING DENIED. SHE FURTHER STATED THAT WHEN YOU GO BY THERE TO A FUNERAL IT IS DISGUSTING. SHE ADDED THAT WHEN THE OTHER COUNCIL WAS INCREASING THE SALARIES SHE SPOKE ABOUT IT THEN, AND OBVIOUSLY MR. LAMBETH DID NOT HEAR IT. MR. LAMBETH STATED THAT HE ALSO HEARD WHEN SHE AND COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON VOTED AGAINST THE BUDGET AT THE LAST MEETING AND COUNCILMEMBER BASS SAID HE DID NOT AGREE WITH IT, BUT HE WOULD VOTE FOR IT. MAYOR OUDEH STATED THAT COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO AGREE OR DISAGREE. MR. LAMBETH STATED THAT HE RESPECTS THE MAYOR BUT HE SHOULD HAVE ENOUGH RESPECT FOR THE RECREATION DIRECTOR AND CITY MANAGER TO FIND OUT FROM RECREATION DIRECTOR HUDSON OR CITY MANAGER DEAN WHY THE WORK IS NOT GETTING DONE AT THE PARKS, INSTEAD OF GETTING ANOTHER COUNCILMEMBER TO GO AND LOOK AND THEN BRING IT UP AT - HE BUDGET MEETING; AND WHEN THE MAYOR STATED THAT HE WOULD NOT GIVE ONE DIME TO THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT, THIS STATEMENT WAS OUT OF LINE. MAYOR OUDEH ASKED MR. LAMBETH IF HE WAS FINISHED ADDRESSING COUNCIL. MR. LAMBETH RESPONDED ANYTIME YOU WANT. COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL STATED THAT CODRINGTON PARK STILL NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP AND SOME ACTIVITIES NEED TO BE SCHEDULED THERE. MR. LAMBETH STATED THAT HE IS NOT SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES THERE, HE IS SAYING COUNCIL NEEDS TO GO THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS TO GET THE WORK DONE. HE ADDED THAT CITY MANAGER DEAN IS IN CHARGE OF PERSONNEL. MAYOR OUDEH ASKED MR. LAMBETH TO ASK CITY MANAGER DEAN WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME HE WENT TO CODRINGTON PARK. MR. LAMBETH SAID HE DID NOT WANT TO ASK HIM. MAYOR OUDEH STATED THAT WAS WHAT HE NEEDED TO DO. MR. LAMBETH STATED NO HE DID NOT NEED TO KNOW, THE MAYOR NEEDED TO KNOW. COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT CODRINGTON PARK IS IN HIS DISTRICT. MR. LAMBETH STATED THAT HE HAS HEARD EVERYBODY TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY NEED THEIR DISTRICT AND HOW THEY LOOK AFTER THE PEOPLE IN THEIR DISTRICT, BUT TOLD COUNCIL THEY REPRESENT THE WHOLE CITY OF DUNN. 560 COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL STATED THAT IS RIGHT, THEY DO REPRESENT THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY BUT THEY ALSO HAVE THEIR DISTRICTS TO LOOK AFTER. SHE ADDED THAT SHE REPRESENTS DISTRICT 2 AND IF ANY OF HER CONSTITUENTS COME TO HER WITH A PROBLEM, SHE TRIES TO GET THE PROBLEM SOLVED. SHE ADDED THAT SHE HAS TALKED TO CITY MANAGER DEAN ABOUT THE PARK BEFORE, BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE AND IT IS TIME FOR A CHANGE. MR. LAMBETH STATED IF CITY MANAGER DEAN IS NOT DOING HIS JOB, THEN IT IS TIME FOR HIM TO GO. COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL RESPONDED THAT SHE DID NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH (\ i' THAT. MAYOR OUDEH STATED THAT COUNCILMEMBERS HAD TWO MINUTES TO FINISH. COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT AS A CITY COUNCILMEMBER HE HAS THE RIGHT TO GO IF THE MAYOR, CITY MANAGER OR ANY OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS CALL HIM TO GO LOOK AT SOMETHING. HE ADDED THAT HE IS NOT HERE TO SATISFY ONE INDIVIDUAL. HE STATED HE DID GO TO THE PARK WHEN ASKED AND HE VOTED THE WAY HE WANTED TO VOTE, NOT BECAUSE SOMEBCDY TOLD HIM TO. MR. LAMBETH STATED THAT HE IS NOT QUESTIONING THE WAY THE COUNCILMEMBERS VOTE. HE FURTHER STATED THAT HIS QUESTION IS WHY WAS RECREATION DIRECTOR HUDSON NOT WITH THEM SO THEY COULD POINT OUT SOME THINGS TO HIM THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE. HE ADDED THAT COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL WAS SUPPOSE TO CALL RECREATION DIRECTOR HUDSON BUT SHE DID NOT. COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL STATED THAT RECREATION DIRECTOR HUDSON WAS NOT IN HIS OFFICE WHEN SHE CALLED. MAYOR OUDEH STATED THAT THE TWO MINUTES WERE OVER, AND CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING IN REFERENCE TO THE FY 2000 -01 BUDGET. HE OPENED THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING AT 7:20 P.M. CONSENT ITEMS MAYOR OUDEH ASKED IF THERE WERE ANY CONSENT ITEMS COUNCIL WISHED TO DELETE FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED HE WOULD LIKE TO DELETE BUDGET AMENDMENT #120 FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. MINUTES - COUNCIL CONSIDERED APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE MAY 4, 2000 MEETING. MINUTES - COUNCIL CONSIDERED APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE MAY 18, 2000 BUDGET WORKSESSION. MINUTES - COUNCIL CONSIDERED APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE MAY 30, 2000 SPECIAL CALL MEETING. BUDGET AMENDMENTS - COUNCIL CONSIDERED APPROVAL OF BUDGET AMENDMENTS #119 4140. (ATTACHMENT #I) TAX RELEASES/REFUNDS- COUNCIL CONSIDERED APPROVAL OF TAX RELEASES /REFUNDS #729- #738. (CLERKS NOTE: THE TAX COLLECTOR MAINTAINS TAX RELEASES/REFUNDS) ASSESSMENT RELEASES /REFUNDS - COUNCIL CONSIDERED APPROVAL OF ASSESSMENT RELEASE/REFUND #24. (CLERK'S NOTE: THE TAX COLLECTOR MAINTAINS ASSESSMENT RELEASES/REFUNDS) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION OF FIREMEN - COUNCIL CONSIDERED APPROVAL OF ANNUAL CERTIFICATION OF FIREMEN FOR THE DUNN FARE DEPARTMENT. (ATTACHMENT #2) AVERASBORO FIRE DISTRICT CONTRACT - COUNCIL CONSIDERED APPROVAL OF THE AVERASBORO FIRE DISTRICT CONTRACT. (ATTACHMENT #3) 561 CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT BLDGET AMENDMENT #120 IS A REQUEST FROM PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR HOLLOMAN TC TAKE $11,500.00 FROM INFILTRATION AND PUT $10,000.00 IN METERS AND $1500.00 IN MAINTENANCE - REPAIR AND EQUIPMENT. HE ADDED THAT THIS IS FOR NEW BUSINESSES THAT OPEN IN TOWN THAT REQUIRE LARGER AND MORE EXPENSIVE METERS SUCH AS THE TOUCH READ METERS. . MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT EVIDENTLY THE CITY IS TRYING SOMETHING NEW, AND HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF EXPLANATION AS TO WHAT THE COST WOULD BE. SINCE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR HOLLOMAN WAS NOT PRESENT, CITY ENGINEER ED POWELL STATED THAT HE COULD EXPLAL'Q WHAT IT IS, BUT AS FAR AS THE COST HE DID NOT KNOW, BECAUSE THAT WAS BEING DONE INTERNALLY BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. CITY ENGINEER POWELL STATED THAT HE WAS AT A MEETING A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WHEN PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR HOLLOMAN MADE A PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL ABOUT CHANGING THE EXISTING METER READ SYSTEM TO A TOUCH READ SYSTEM SO THAT THE METERS ARE DOWNLOADED AIND CAN BE IMMEDIATELY SENT TO CITY HALL TO A COMPUTER BASED PROGRAM THAT WILL DEVELOP A BILL. HE ADDED THAT IT IS BASICALLY MOVING FROM A MANUAL SYSTEM TO A COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM, AND IT ELIMINATES HUMAN ERROR IN READING DIALS ON A METER. AFTER DISCUSSION, COUNCILMEMBER BASS STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO DEFER BUDGET AMENDMENT #120 UNTIL COUNCIL CAN TALK TO PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR HOLLOMAN TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE PROGRAM AND THE COSTS. MOTION BY MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL TO APPROVE ABOVE CONSENT ITEMS - EXCLUDING BUDGET AMENDMENT #120. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. BUDGET ORDINANCE -FY 2000 -01 CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT COUNCIL HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE BUDGET. HE ADDED THAT HE WOULD ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. CITY MANAGER DEAN RESPONDED $300.0:F. COUNCILMEMBER BASS STATED THAT THE $10,000.00 PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR HOLLOMAN ASKED FOR THE GIS STUDY SHOULD BE PULLED UNTIL A LATER TIME. HE STATED THAT WAS MONEY THAT WAS THROWN AWAY. CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT IF GIS WAS APPROVED, IT WOULD BE BROUGHT. BACK AS A PROJECT BUDGET FOR CONSIDERATION IN JULY. MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE ASKED IF ALL CAPITAL OUTLAY ITEMS USUALLY COME BACK TO COUNCIL. CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT DEFENDING ON THE ITEMS NEEDED, FOR INSTANCE A COMPUTER, THE DEPARTMENT WILL GO AHEAD AND PURCHASE WHAT IS NEEDED. HE ADDED THAT OTHER ITEMS SUCH AS A MOBILE DATA COMPUTER IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD COME BACK BEFORE COUNCIL. MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAW HE WOULD LIKE CAPITAL OUTLAY ITEMS TO COME BACK BEFORE COUNCIL. CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT ANYTHING UNDER $5,000.00 DOES NOT HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE COUNCIL. HE FURTHER STATED THAT CAPITAL ITEMS OVER $5,000 TO $20,000 GOES TO INFORMAL BIDS, SUCH AS EQUIPMENT WHICH USUALLY SEEK WRITTEN PROPOSALS, AND CAPITAL ITEMS OVER $30,000.00 WOULD HAVE TO GO TO FORMAL BID. COUNCILMEMBER BASS STATED THAT HE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE DEPARTMENT HEADS ARE DOING AND SPENDING. COUNCILMEMBER TART ASKED WHAT �S THE PRICE PUT ON AN ITEM BEFORE IT IS CONSIDERED AN ASSET OR CAPITAL OUTLAY. CITY MANAGER DEAN RESPONDED $300.0:F. 562 COUNCILMEMBER TART STATED THAT HE DID NOT DISAGREE WITH WHAT COUNCILMEMBERS WERE SAYING ABOUT CAPITAL ITEMS COMING BACK BEFORE COUNCIL; HOWEVER, THE DEPARTMENT HEADS ARE IN PLACE FOR A REASON AND IF THEY ARE DOING THEIR JOBS RIGHT AND IF COUNCIL HAS CONFIDENCE IN THEM, COUNCIL SHOULD NOT HAVE TO SEE EVERYTHING THAT IS DONE. HE ADDED THAT PERSONALLY, HE HAD BETTER THINGS TO DO THAN LOOK AT $300.00 ITEMS. COUNCILMEMBER BASS STATED THAT HE A3REED WITH COUNCILMEMBER TART, BUT HIS REASON FOR WANTING THIS IS NOT BECAUSE HE DISTRUSTS ANYONE, IT IS JUST THAT HE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT IS BEING SPENT. MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT THERE WERE ONLY TWO ITEMS THAT WERE LESS THAN $1,000.00 IN THE BUDGET. HE STATED HE DID NOT WANT TO SECOND GUESS EVERY DECISION EITHER, BUT HE DOES THINK THAT COUNCIL NEEDS TO BE BETTER INFORMED. CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT IF IT IS INFORMATION THAT COUNCIL WANTS, HE COULD PUT CAPITAL OUTLAY INFORMATION IN THE AGENDA PACKETS EACH MONTH. COUNCILMEMBER TART STATED THAT IF STAFF HAD A REPORTING PROCESS, IT WOULD WORK WELL FOR COUNCIL. THE CONSENSUS OF COUNCIL WAS THAT ITEMS UNDER $5,000.00 WOULD NEED TO BE REPORTED TO COUNCIL TO SHOW WHAT HAS BEEN PURCHASED, AND CAPITAL OUTLAY ITEMS OVER $5,000.00 WOULD NEED TO COME BACK BEFORE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. COUNCILMEMBER BASS ASKED CITY MANAGER DEAN FOR AN EXPLANATION OF THE ABC TAXES AND BEVERAGES. CITY MANAGER DEAN RESPONDED THAT $12.500.00 IS REVENUE AND NORMALLY 10% OF WHATEVER IS CHARGED GOES INTO A SEPARATE ACCOUNT TO HANDLE ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG EDUCATION PROGRAMS. COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON ASKED WHAT IS THE POSSIBILITY OF CLOSING ONE OF THE ABC STORES. CITY MANAGER DEAN RESPONDED THAT HE HAS TALKED WITH MR. SMITH AND SOME OF THE ABC BOARD MEMBERS, ADDING THAT HE THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO TRY TO MEET AGAIN IN JULY. COUNCILMEMBER BASS STATED THAT HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ABC BOARD, AND THIS YEAR THEY WERE GOING TO GIVE THE CITY $10,000.00. MOTION BY MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS TO APPROVE THE BUDGET AS PRESENTED. COUNCILMEMBER SUMNER STATED THAT HE WANTED TO AMEND THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO CHANGE THE 2% TO 3% WITH THE REST REMAINING THE SAME. MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT HE WOULD AMEND HIS MOTION TO REFLECT COUNCILMEMBER SUMNER'S REQUEST. AFTER DISCUSSION, MOTION BY MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS TO APPROVE THE FY 2000 -01 BUDGET AS PRESENTED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CHANGING THE 0 -5 YEARS OF SERVICE FROM 2% TO 3 %. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. (ATTACHMENT #4) BOARD APPOINTMENTS CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT HISTORICALLY THE CITY COUNCIL HAS HANDLED BOARD APPOINTMENTS WHICH WILL BE EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2000. ABC BOARD MOTION BY MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER SUMNER TO RE- APPOINT KEITH FINCH TO THE ABC BOARL. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. 563 PLANNING BOARD CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT SHARON ALTMAN HAD RESIGNED HER POSITION AS OF JUNE 30, 2000 AND COUNCIL MUST ,APPOINT SOMEONE TO FULFILL HER TERM OF OFFICE WHICH ENDS JUNE 30, 2002. MOTION BY MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER TART TO APPOINT ROBERT "BOB" WESTMORELAND TO THE PLANNING BOARD WITH TERM ENDNG JUNE 30, 2002. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. DUNN LIBRARY BOARD CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT THE LIBRARY BOARD HAS RECOMMENDED GENE DRIVER AND MARTHA GOFF TO REPLACE PHIL GURKIN AND SUSAN CREIGHTON. HE ADDED THAT FRANCES OPPERMAN AND TENSE ELDRIDGE HAVE SERVED A PARTIAL TERM AND THE LIBRARY BOARD RECOMNIENDS THEIR RE- APPOINTMENT. MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SUMNER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL TO APPOINT GENE DRIVER, MARTHA GOFF, FRANCES OPPERMAN AND TENSE ELDRIDGE TO SERVE ON THE DUNN LIBRARY BOARD. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. DUNN HOUSING AUTHORITY (MAYORAL APPOINTMENTS) MAYOR OUDEH STATED THAT HE WOULD MAKE A DECISION LATER AS TO WHO WOULD BE APPOINTED TO SERVE ON THE DUNN HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD. WATER/SEWER TAP RELOCATING CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT THE CITY HAS HAD A POLICY REGARDING RELOCATION OF WATER AND SEWER TAPS AS FOLLOWS: HE STATED THAT TWO HOMES ARE OWNED BY THE SAME PERSON WHO SHARE A COMMON TAP AND ONE OF THE HOMES IS SOLD TO A DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNER. THE OWNER OF THE FIRST HOME REQUESTS THAT TAPS BE PLACED ON THEIR PROPERTY SO THAT NO QUESTIONS ARISE AS TO MAINTENANCE, ETC. IN SOME INSTANCES, THIS PERSON WAS BILLED AND IN SOME INSTANCES THEY WERE NOT. HE ADDED THAT IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR THAT ANYTIME A TAP IS MOVED FOR CONVENIENCE THAT THE PERSON REQUESTING THE TAP PAY FOR SAID TAP(S) PRIOR TO THE WORK BEING r° PERFORMED AND HE FURTHER RECOMMENDED THAT THIS POLICY BECOME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON TO APPROVE THE REQUEST BY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR HOLLOMAN TO BILL THE PERSON REQUESTING THE TAP BE RELOCATED PRIOR TO ANY WORK BEING PERFORMED. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. GRANVILLE STREET CHURCH PROJECT CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT TYPICALLY, AN INDIVIDUAL OR BUSINESS WOULD BE BILLED $8.00/LINEAR FOOT FOR THE TOTAL FOOTAGE IN FRONT OF THEIR RESIDENCE OR HOUSE. HE FURTHER STATED THAT IN THE GRANVILLE STREET CHURCH PROJECT, THAT WOULD BE 600 LINEAR FEET FOR a TOTAL ASSESSMENT OF $4,800.00. HE ADDED THAT THE MAIN STORM WATER COLLECTION DITCH BESIDE THE CHURCH WILL REQUIRE 60" PIPING. HE ADDED IT HAS BEEN CUSTOMARY IN '_'HE PAST TO BILL THE AFFECTED OWNER ONLY THE COST OF AVERAGE PIPING SIZE, WHICH WOULD SERVE THEIR PROPERTY; THEREFORE, IN THIS SITUATION, 24" PIPE WOULD BE USED AT A COST OF $6.20/LINEAR FOOT. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE FOOTAGE AFFECTING THE CHURCH IS APPROXIMATELY 275 FEET; THEREFORE, THE CHURCH'S PORTION OF THIS ASSESSMENT WOULD BE $1,677.50. HE STATED THAT IF COUNCIL APPROVES THIS PROJECT, THE CHURCH WOULD BE BILLED $6,477.50 OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST OF $64,336.00. CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW IF THE CITY HAD HEARD ANY RESPONSE FROM THE RAILROAD YET. MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON TO TABLE THIS ITEM UNTIL A LATER DATE WHEN PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR HOLLOMAN COULD BE PRESENT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. 564 WATER FACILITIES IMPROVEMENTS CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT THE CITY HAD RECEIVED A STATE GRANT OFFERING OF $2.0 MILLION TO BE APPLIED -0 WATER FACILITIES IMPROVEMENTS. HE ADDED THAT ENGINEER RANDY MCNEILL AND THE PUBLIC WORKS STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED OPTION 1 WHICH INCLUDES ALL ITEMS INCLUDED IN THE $3.0 MILLION GRANT APPLICATION. CITY MANAGER DEAN REVIEWED THE PROJECT COST SUMMARY HE YIELDED TO CITY ENGINEER RANDY MCNEILL WHO STATED THAT THESE ITEMS HELP THE CITY QUALIFY FOR THE CRITICAL NEEDS GRANT PROGRAM. HE ADDED THAT SINCE THE CITY WAS APPROVED FOR THIS GRANT, THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO CONSTRUCT AT A VERY MINIMUM THE 3 MILLION GALLON RESERVOIR AND WOULD ALSO HAVE TO PROVIDE THE STANDBY POWER AT THE WATER PLANT AND THE RAW WATER PUMP STATION. HE STATED THAT THE LEAST THAT THE CITY COULD GET BY WITH WOULD BE THE $2,320,000.00 PROJECT BUT INCLUDED IN THAT IS ABOUT $200,000.00 IN CONTINGENCY. HE ADDED THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO MAKE A DECISION AT SOME POINT IN TIME WHETHER THEY WANT TO GO WITH THE $2 MILLION DOLLAR GRANT ONLY OR TRY TO ADDRESS ALL THE CRITICAL NEEDS AT THE WATER PLANT, AND AT WHAT LEVEL OF FUNDING DOES THE CITY WANT TO DO THIS. HE FURTHER STATED THAT HIS FIRM HAS ALREADY DESIGNED THIS PROJECT FOR THE $2,520,000.00 AND IT IS IN REVIEW RIGHT NOW IN RALEIGH. HE STATED THAT HE ANTICIPATES A PERMIT AND AUTHORIZATION TO CONSTRUCT IN JULY. HE STATED THAT AT THAT POINT, HIS INTENTION IS TO BD THE BASIC PROJECT, AND THEN TAKE ALTERNATE BIDS FOR THE STANDBY PROJEC"S. HE ADDED THAT THE STATE HAS TOLD THE ENGINEERING FIRM THAT IF THE CITY WANTS TO BORROW THE MONEY TOWARDS EXPANDING THE PROJECT AT THE $3 MILLION DOLLAR LEVEL, THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT WOULD BE A LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT THROUGH LOCAL BANKS. CITY ENGINEER MCNEILL STATED THAT THE CITY WOULD BE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY TO CONTINUE TO USE GAS CHLORINE FOR PROTECTION, DUE TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND EVACUATION PLANS THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO KEEP LARGE a CYLINDERS OF GAS CHLORINE THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR AN EFFECT UPON EVERYBODY IN THAT AREA. HE STATED THAT NOW MAY BE A GOOD TIME TO BEGIN LOOKING AT THE AVAILABILITY OF LEASE PURCHASE AND ADVERTISE THE BASE PROJECT WITH SOME ALTERNATES AND THEN LET COUNCIL MAKE THE DECISION AS 70 HOW MANY OF THOSE WE ADD IN BASED ON CONTRACT COSTS AND LET CITY MANAGER DEAN DECIDE HOW MUCH MONEY IS NEEDED ON THE LEASE PURCHASE. MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT HI'S RECOLLECTION ABOUT THE DISCUSSION OF THE GRANT WAS TO CHOOSE OPTION I AND SUBTRACT FROM THAT THE CONTROL SYSTEM, RENOVATION AND THE BUILDING OF THE LABORATORY EXPANSION. HE ADDED THAT WOULD COVER THE TOP FIVE CRITICAL NEEDS AND THE OTHER TWO ITEMS COULD BE DELAYED UNTIL A LATER TIME. CITY ENGINEER MCNEILL STATED THAT IF COUNCIL DESIRED, HE COULD TAKE THE TOP FIVE ITEMS AND MAKE THAT A BASE BID AND BID THE OTHER TWO AS ALTERNATES AND IF THE PRICES WERE GOOD, MAKE A DECISION TO GO AHEAD NOW OR DELAY IT UNTIL LATER. HE ADDED THAT IN THE MEANTIME, THE CITY SHOULD BEGIN TALKING TO BANKS ABOUT THE LEASE PURCHASE FOR THE REMAINING FUNDS. MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT EVEN IF COUNCIL THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE THE APPROPRIATE ACTION, THE CITY IS NOT ACTUALLY COMMITTED TO THAT UNTIL THE BIDS COME BACK AND ARE ACCEPTED. CITY ENGINEER MCNEILL STATED THAT IF THE CITY SUBMITS THOSE FIVE ITEMS, THERE WOULD BE A COMMITMENT TO BID THOSE ITEMS BUT IF THE BIDS COME IN ABOVE WHAT THEY ANTICIPATE, THEY MAY HAVE TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO TAKE SOMETHING OUT. CITY ENGINEER MCNEILL STATED THAT HIS FIRM WOULD BID THE WHOLE PROJECT AND COUNCIL MAY BE SURPRISED AT THE COSTS. CITY MANAGER DEAN ASKED WHEN THE C= COULD EXPECT TO BID. 565 CITY ENGINEER MCNEILL RESPONDED HE EXPECTS TO GET A PERMIT AND AUTHORIZATION IN JULY. HE ADDED THAT THE PERMIT AND PLANS ARE COMPLETED BUT THEY NEED TO BE READY FOR THE CONTRACTOR BIDDING AND PRICING. HE STATED THAT THEY WOULD PROBABLY BE BIDDING IN SEPTEMBER, AT WHICH TIME THEY WOULD NEED TO KNOW IF THE MONEY IS AVAILABLE. COUNCILMEMBER BASS STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO TABLE THIS ITEM UNTIL THE BIDS ARE RECEIVED. MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SUMNER, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE TO INSTRUCT CITY MANAGER DEAN TO PURSUE OPTION 1 AND AS HE GETS THE INFORMATION THAT COUNCILMEMBERS RECEIVE IT IN A FASHION THAT THEY CAN PICK AND CHOOSE AMONG THE OPTIONS. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. AWNING /SIGN- PUBLIC WORKS CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT THE AWNING AT THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING WAS DAMAGED BY THE WIND ON MAY 27, 2000. HE FURTHER STATED THAT PRIOR TO THIS, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN SEEKING BIDS ON A NEW AWNING AND SIGN WITH A COST OF $9,708.00. HE ADDED THAT THE DAMAGE ON THE CURRENT AWNING IS $4,372.50. THE CITY'S INSURANCE HAS A $2,500.00 DEDUCTIBLE PER INCIDENT WHICH LEAVES $1,872.50 THAT WILL BE PAID TO THE CITY. HE STATED THAT THERE ARE FUNDS AVAILABLE UNDER CONTRACT LABOR TO GET THIS JOB COMPLETED AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR REQUESTS THAT THIS EXPENDITURE BE APPROVED AND THAT THE WORK BE COMPLETED AFTER THE BUILDING HAS BEEN PAINTED WITH THE TOTAL COST AFTER INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENT OF $7,835.50. MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS TO APPROVE THIS EXPENDITURE TO ALLOW THE PURCHASE OF A NEW AWNING AND SIGN FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. ETJ- MOBILE HOMES CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT COUNCIL HAS A PROPOSAL SUBMITTED BY ATTORNEY BILLY GODWIN FOR MOBILE HOME OCCUPANCY IN THE ETJ. HE STATED HE HAS MET WITH ATTORNEY GODWIN AND COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL CONCERNING THE MOBILE HOMES IN THE ETJ, AND ATTORNEY GODWIN HAD ALSO DISCUSSED THE PROPOSAL WITH COUNCILMEMBER BASS. CITY MANAGER DEAN REVIEWED THE FOLLOWING PROPOSAL WITH COUNCIL GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS: TO AMEND THE CITY CODE IN THE APPROPRIATE AREAS TO PROVIDE THAT SINGLE -WIDE MOBILE HOMES (SWMH) ARE AUTHORIZED AS A CONDITIONAL USE IN THE ETJ WHEN THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS CAN BE MET: I. THE OCCUPANT OF THE SWMH IS RELATED BY BLOOD OR MARRIAGE TO THE OWNERS OF THE TRACT UPON WHICH THE SWMH IS TO BE SITED; 2. THE PERMITTEE SHALL BE THE OWNER OF THE TRACT UPON WHICH THE SWMH SITS; 3. NO LEASE OR RENTAL OF THE SWMH TO PERSONS OTHER THAN TO THOSE RELATED BY BLOOD OR MARRIAGE TO THE OWNERS OF THE TRACT UPON WHICH THE SWMH IS TO BE SITED; 4. THE SWMH IS CONNECTED TO A PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM, IF AVAILABLE, OR TO A SEPTIC SYSTEM CONSTRUCTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS OF THE HARNETT COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT; 5. THE SWMH OBTAINS ITS WATER FROM A PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY, IF AVAILABLE, OR FROM A SOURCE APPROVED BY THE HARNETT COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT; 6. ALL SET -BACK REQUIREMENTS OF THE ZONING DISTRICT HAVE BEEN SATISFIED; 7. NO MORE THAN ONE SWMH PER TRACT OF LAND. AS USED HEREIN, "TRACT OF LAND" SHALL MEAN A SINGLE PARCEL OF REAL PROPERTY WHOSE BOUNDARIES HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED OR DELINEATED BY A DEED OR MAP RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR HARNETT COUNTY; 8. UNDERSKIRTING IS INSTALLED AROUND THE ENTIRE SWMH; 566 9. THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, IF GRANTED, SHALL BE LIMITED IN DURATION TO NO GREATER THAN FOUR YEARS FOR ANY SINGLE TRACT OF LAND; 10. IN THE EVENT THE OWNER OF THE TRACT UPON WHICH THE SWMH SITS SELLS OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERS TITLE TO THE .SAID TRACT, THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT GRANTED HEREUNDER SHALL BECOME VOID AND SHALL NOT BE TRANSFERABLE TO SUBSEQUENT PURCHASERS OF THE TRACT; 11. UPON EXPIRATION OF THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, THE PERMITTEE SHALL CAUSE SAID SWMH TO BE IMMEDIATELY REMOVED FROM THE TRACT AND UPON FAILURE TO DO SO, THE PERMITTEE SHALL BE LIABLE TO THE CITY OF DUNN FOR ALL COURT COSTS AND EXPENSES, INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEY'S FEES, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER COSTS INCURRED BY THE CITY REASONABLY RELATED TO ENFORCEMENT OF THIS PROVISION. COUNCILMEMBER BASS STATED THAT ATTORNEY GODWIN HAS DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH AND DID A GREAT JOB IN PUTTING THIS PROPOSAL TOGETHER. HE STATED THAT HE THOUGHT COUNCIL NEEDED TO ADD TO THE PROPOSAL THAT IN THE CITY, THERE COULD ONLY BE ONE DWELLING PER PARCEL OF LAND. MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT COUNCIL CANNOT MAKE THIS CHANGE WITHOUT THE PLANNING BOARD REVIEWING THE PROPOSAL FIRST, AND HE STATED THAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE WOULD BE UNENFORCEABLE BECAUSE IT REQUIRES THERE TO BE A RELATIONSHIP BY BLOOD OR MARRIAGE TO THE OWNER OF THE LAND. HE ASKED WHO WOULD MONITOR WHEN PEOPLE MOVED IN OR OUT AND WHO WOULD CHECK THE RELATIONSHIPS. HE ASKED AFTER FOUR YEARS EXPIRE, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THERE IS A SINGLE PARENT WITH TWO OR THREE CHILDREN LIVING THERE; WHO IS GOING TO BACK THE TOW TRUCK UP TO THE MOBILE HOME AND HAUL IT OFF. HE ADDED THAT THIS SOUNDS GOOD NOW, BUT IN THE END HE THINKS IT WILL CREATE SOME PROBLEMS FOR WHOEVER IS ON THE CITY COUNCIL LATER. HE ADDED THAT COUNCIL IS BEATING THE ORDINANCE FOR ONE PERSON AND HE DID NOT THINK THIS WOULD BE ABLE TO BE ENFORCED. COUNCILMEMBER BASS STATED THAT IT IS NO MORE THAN SOMEONE HAVING A CAR, ✓ DRIVING IT FOUR YEARS THEN PARKING IT IN THE YARD, IT IS THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO MONITOR ANY CARS SITTING IN THE CITIZEN'S YARDS. COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL STATED THA- FIRST THIS ORDINANCE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD FOR ANY FINE TUNING. COUNCILMEMBER TART COMMENTED THAT IF THE CITY IS HAVING PROBLEMS TOWING CARS, HOW MUCH MORE TROUBLE WILL THEY HAVE TRYING TO TOW MOBILE HOMES. MAYOR OUDEH STATED THAT COUNCIL NEEDED TO REFER THIS PROPOSAL BACK TO THE PLANNING BOARD AND GET THEIR RECOMMENDATION. MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL TO SEND THIS ISSUE BACK TO THE PLANNING BOARD TO REVIEW AND ADD THAT THERE COULD NOT BE TWO DWELLINGS ON ONE PLOT OF LAND. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. WATER BILL - JANETTA LIGON CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT PURSUANT TO A REQUEST BY COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL, MS. JANETTA LIGON REQUESTS TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL CONCERNING WATER BILLS, HOWEVER MS. LIGON WAS NOT PRESENT AT THE MEETING. COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON ASKED WHEN THIS CHANGE WAS MADE CONCERNING THE WATER BILLS, WAS IT IMPLIED AS A TIME TRIAL. CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT THE DISCONNECTS STARTED IN APRIL AND IN THAT MONTH THERE WERE 167 RESIDENTIAL DISCONNECTS AND 300 COMMERCIAL WITH A TOTAL OF 200. THE ACTUAL REPORT SHOWED A TOTAL OF 270, SO THERE WERE SOME THAT PAID PRIOR TO GETTING CUT OFF. IN ORDER TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE PERSON THAT USUALLY PAYS BUT WAS ON VACATION OR FORGOT TO PAY THEIR BILL, THE SYSTEM IS WORKED OUT WHERE WE WOULD CHARGE A PENALTY, PUT IT ON THE NEXT MONTH'S BILL; BUT IF THE NEXT MONTH IT WAS NOT PAID, THEN THE WATER WOULD BE CUT OFF. THIS IS ONLY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN ON THE CUT OFF LIST BEFORE. 567 HE ADDED THAT BY USING THIS METHOD, CUT -OFFS ARE DOWN TO 92 RESIDENTIAL AND 5 COMMERCIAL WITH A TOTAL OF 97, WHICH IS ALMOST 50% LESS THAN THE MONTH BEFORE. UTILITY SERVICE SPECIALIST PATTY PAGE STATED THAT THERE HAS BEEN A MAJOR DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CUT -OFFS THIS MONTH. SHE ADDED THAT APRIL WAS THE FIRST MONTH THAT THE POLICY STARTED AND THERE WERE A LOT OF CUSTOMERS THAT WERE CUT OFF, BUT IN MAY FIRST TIME CUSTOMERS WERE NOT CUT OFF AND THERE WAS A MAJOR DECREASE IN THE NUMBER LISTED FOR CUT -OFF. COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT PEOPLE HAD CALLED HIM AND THERE ARE SOME ELDERLY PEOPLE IN DUNN THAT MAY NOT GET THEIR MONEY TO PAY THEIR WATER BILL ON TIME. HE ASKED HOW MUCH TROUBLE WOULD IT BE TO SEND THEM A SECOND BILL. UTILITY SERVICE SPECIALIST PATTY PAGE RESPONDED THAT IF SECOND NOTICES WERE SENT OUT THERE WOULD BE SOME PEOPLE THAT WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND THEN THE CITY WOULD LOSE TWO MONTHS. SHE ADDED THAT IF THE PERSON IS A TENANT IN A HOUSE, AND THEY MOVE OUT, THERE IS NO WAY TO COLLECT IT IF THERE IS NO FORWARDING ADDRESS. COUNCILMEMBER BASS ASKED HOW MANY CUSTOMERS REQUEST EXTENSIONS. UTILITY SERVICES SPECIALIST PATTY PAGE RESPONDED THAT CUSTOMERS ARE ALLOWED ONE EXTENSION PER YEAR AND USUALLY THERE ARE ABOUT 20 -25 PER MONTH. COUNCILMEMBER BASS ASKED IF ANY OF THE CUSTOMERS THAT HAVE BEEN CUT OFF HAD ASKED FOR AN EXTENSION. UTILITY SERVICES SPECIALIST PAGE RESPONDED THAT CUSTOMERS KNOW THAT IF THEY HAVE ALREADY SIGNED AN EXTENSION FOR THE MONTH, THERE IS NOTHING ELSE THEY CAN DO UNTIL THE BILL IS PAID. CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT SOME CUSTOMERS HAVE CALLED WITH REALISTIC HARDSHIPS AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE HANDLED ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT A LOT OF ELDERLY PEOPLE ARE INDEPENDENT AND DO NOT WANT TO ASK FOR HELP. -- COUNCILMEMBER BASS STATED THAT HE AGREES THAT WE DO NEED TO CARE FOR OUR ELDERLY PEOPLE BUT THE WATER DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO SET A POLICY TO GO BY WITH GUIDELINES. COUNCILMEMBER TART STATED THAT ORIGINALLY, COUNCIL WAS GOING TO PUT IT INTO PROCESS AND SEE HOW IT WOULD WORK ON A TRIAL BASIS. HE ADDED THAT IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS WORKING. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE THOUGHT THE POLICY SHOULD REMAIN IN EFFECT A LITTLE LONGER AND GIVE IT A CHANCE. UTILITY SERVICES SPECIALIST PAGE STATED THAT THE MAJORITY WHO ARE CUT OFF ARE NOT THE ELDERLY. COUNCILMEMBER BASS ASKED MS. PAGE IF SHE COULD FLAG SOME OF THOSE ELDERLY CUSTOMERS THAT ARE HAVING PROBLEMS PAYING THEIR BILLS BECAUSE HE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW MANY THERE ARE. COUNCILMEMBER TART STATED THAT THERE ARE TWO PROGRAMS IN PLACE, THE MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION AND MAYOR OUDEH ALSO HAS A PROGRAM THAT CAN HELP PEOPLE WITH HARDSHIPS TO PAY THEIR BILLS. MAYOR OUDEH ASKED UTILITY SERVICE SPECIALIST PAGE TO PROVIDE ANOTHER REPORT TO COUNCIL AT A LATER DATE. HE ALSO ASKED HER TO GIVE HIM THE PHONE NUMBERS OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT PAYING THEIR BILLS ON TIME, AND HE WOULD VOLUNTEER HIS TIME TO CALL THOSE PEOPLE AND FIND OUT THEIR AGES AND ASK THEM WHY THEY HAVE NOT PAID THEIR BILL. PAL PROGRAM -KATHY CHANCE CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FROM COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL, KATHY CHANCE REQUESTS TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL CONCERNING THE PAL PROGRAM. MS. KATHY CHANCE STATED THAT SHE WAS HERE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL CONCERNING ALLEGATIONS THAT WERE MADE AGAINST HER SON AND SOME OTHER YOUNG MEN THAT WERE A PART OF THE PAL PROGRAM. SHE FURTHER STATED THAT BACK IN MARCH THERE WAS A FIGHT AT TRITON HIGH SCHOOL; HOWEVER, HER SON WAS NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE FIGHT. SHE ADDED THAT OFFICER ROWLAND CALLED HER AND TOLD HER THAT THE PRINCIPAL WANTED TO TALK TO HER SON THE NEXT DAY AND AT THE MEETING, MR. DAN HONEYCUTT TOLD HER AND THE OTHER PARENTS THAT OFFICER ROWLAND HAD NAMED HER SON AND THE OTHER BOYS AS GANG MEMBERS. SHE STATED THAT THE PRINCIPAL TOLD THE PARENTS THAT THE SHIRTS THE BOYS WORE THAT HAD "HOT BOYS" ON THEM WERE GANG RELATED. SHE FURTHER STATED THAT THOSE SHIRTS HAD BEEN WORN FOR TWO YEARS; IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM, WHY WEREN'T THE PARENTS CONTACTED. SHE ADDED THAT HER SON IS NOT A GANG MEMBER. COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL ASKED MS. CHANCE IF SHE HAD CONTACTED OFFICER ROWLAND. MS. CHANCE RESPONDED NO, OFFICER ROWLAND CONTACTED HER. COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL ASKED HER WHAT HAPPENED WHEN OFFICER ROWLAND CONTACTED HER. MS. CHANCE RESPONDED THAT OFFICER ROWLAND TOLD HER THEY WANTED TO TALK TO CALVIN, HER SON, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN THE FOLLOWING FRIDAY. COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL ASKED OFFICER ROWLAND AS FAR AS THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT, DO THEY HAVE A PLANNED AGENDA TO FOLLOW. OFFICER ROWLAND RESPONDED THAT THEY HAVE ACTIVITIES FROM 3:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL ASKED OFFICER ROWLAND HAD HE SEEN THOSE SHIRTS MS. CHANCE IS TALKING ABOUT. OFFICER ROWLAND RESPONDED YES. COUNCILMEMBER BASS ASKED OFFICER - ROWLAND HAD HE HAD ANY REPORT OF PROBLEMS WITH THEM BEFORE. OFFICER ROWLAND RESPONDED NO. COUNCILMEMBER BASS ASKED OFFICER ROWLAND WAS HE AWARE THAT THERE WAS A GANG. OFFICER ROWLAND RESPONDED NO. COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL ASKED MS. CHANCE WHO SAID THERE WAS A GANG. MS. CHANCE RESPONDED THAT MR. HONEYCUTT TOLD THREE DIFFERENT PARENTS THAT THESE BOYS WHO PLAY FOR THE PAL CENTER WERE GANG MEMBERS. COUNCILMEMBER BASS ASKED MS. CHANCE WHAT IS HER COMPLAINT AS FAR AS THE CITY OF DUNN. MS. CHANCE STATED THAT IF OFFICER R0 IS NAMING HER CHILD AS A GANG MEMBER, SHE THINKS IT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO AND SHE WANTED ANSWERS. MS. JOANN JOHNSON STATED THAT HER SON WAS ALSO LABELED AS THE "LEADER OF THE GANG ". SHE STATED THAT SHE WAS NOT THERE THE DAY MS. CHANCE MET WITH MR. HONEYCUTT, HOWEVER SHE WAS THERE THE DAY THE FIGHT BROKE OUT. SHE ADDED THAT WHEN SHE GOT HOME THAT AFTERNOON HER SON TOLD HER MR. HONEYCUTT HAD SUSPENDED HIM FROM SCHOOL FOR FIGHTING. SHE IMMEDIATELY TOLD HER SON TO PUT ON HIS SHOES AND THEY WENT BACK TO TRITON HIGH SCHOOL. SHE STATED THAT THE DOORS WERE LOCKED AND A GENTLEMAN UNLOCKED THE DOOR FOR HER TO GO IN. SHE SAID SHE FOUND MR. HONEYCUTT STILL THERE AND ASKED HIM WHAT WAS GOING ON AND WHY WAS HER SON SUSPENDED FROM SCHOOL. SHE ADDED THAT HE TOLD HER THAT HER SON WAS BREAKING UP THE FIGHT. SHE STATED THAT THE FOCUS GOT OFF OF THE FIGHT AND GOT ONTO THE SHIRTS THAT THE BOYS WERE WEARING. SHE STATED THAT MR-HONEYCUTT STATED THAT HE HAD TALKED WITH OFFICER ROWLAND AND OFFICER ROWLAND TOLD HIM THAT THESE BOYS WERE GANG MEMBERS. 569 SHE ADDED THAT THESE GUYS PLAY BASKETBALL FOR THE DUNN POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND IF OFFICER ROWLAND FELT LIKE SOMETHING WAS GOING ON, WHY DIDN'T HE CONTACT THE PARENTS. SHE ADDED THAT SHE WENT TO TALK TO OFFICER ROWLAND AND MR. ERIC BETHEA WAS THERE. SHE STATED OFFICER ROWLAND TOLD HER THEN THAT HE DID NOT SAY THAT, SO SHE WANTED TO GO LITTLE FURTHER TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. SHE STATED HE TOLD HER IT NEEDED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF ON THE "INSIDE ". SHE STATED THAT SHE THOUGHT IT NEEDED TO BE BROUGHT OUT INTO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE HER SON HAS BEEN LABELED AS A GANG LEADER. SHE STATED SHE RECEIVED A RESCINDED LETTER ON HER SON'S SUSPENSION FROM THE SCHOOL. COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON ASKED HOW DID MR. HONEYCUTT AND OFFICER ROWLAND MAKE CONTACT. MS. JOHNSON RESPONDED THAT IT WAS HER UNDERSTANDING THAT MR. HONEYCUTT CONTACTED OFFICER ROWLAND. COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON ASKED OFFICER ROWLAND IF HE WAS CONTACTED BY MR. HONEYCUTT. OFFICER ROWLAND STATED THAT THE DAY OF THE FIGHT HE WAS AT DUKE UNIVERSITY. HE ADDED THAT HE HEARD ABOUT THE FIGHT THAT EVENING WHEN HE RETURNED HOME BUT SCHOOL WAS ALREADY OUT FOR THE DAY. HE STATED HE WAS SCHEDULED TO MEET WITH MR. MATTHEWS TO CARRY HIM A LIST OF NAMES THAT ATTENDED THE CONFERENCE BECAUSE IT WAS A SCHOOL DAY AND THEY WOULD BE EXCUSED. HE STATED THAT AT THIS MEETING IS WHEN MR. MATTHEWS TOLD HIM WHAT HAD HAPPENED. COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL ASKED OFFICER ROWLAND IF HE RECALLED BEING PRESENT WHEN MS. JOHNSON SAID SHE TALKED WITH HIM AND MR. BETHEA. OFFICER ROWLAND STATED THAT HE TOLD MS. JOHNSON THAT HE WOULD TALK WITH MR. HONEYCUTT AND ASK HIM IF HE MADE THE STATEMENT IN CONTRARY TO WHAT THEY HAD TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE ASKED OFFICER ROWLAND IF HE TALKED TO MR. HONEYCUTT. OFFICER ROWLAND RESPONDED YES AND MR. HONEYCUTT DENIED IT AND SAID THAT HE WOULD MAKE THAT STATEMENT TO THE PARENTS. COUNCILMEMBER BASS STATED HE WAS NOT CLEAR AS TO WHO MS. CHANCE'S COMPLAINT WAS WITH, WHETHER IT WAS WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR WITH MR. HONEYCUTT. MS. CHANCE RESPONDED WITH BOTH BECAUSE HER CHILD HAS BEEN LABELED AS A GANG LEADER. SHE STATED THAT HE WAS A KID THAT GOES TO SCHOOL AND MAINTAINS GOOD GRADES AND DOESN'T GIVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PROBLEMS. SHE STATED THAT IF HE IS A PROBLEM IN SCHOOL, HE WILL BE A PROBLEM AT HOME AND IN THE COMMUNITY AND THERE IS NO RECORD OF THAT. MAYOR OUDEH ASKED MS. CHANCE IF SHE TALKED WITH MR. HONEYCUTT. MS. CHANCE RESPONDED YES. COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL STATED THAT THE CITY SUPPORTS THE PAL PROGRAM AND THAT IS WHO MS. CHANCE'S COMPLAINT IS WITH. MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT POLICE CHIEF GODWIN HAS INVESTIGATED °\ THIS AND FIE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHAT HE HAS TO SAY. POLICE CHIEF GODWIN STATED THAT THE CORRESPONDENCE THAT HE RECEIVED WAS FROM THE NAACP. HE STATED THAT HE CORRESPONDED BACK TO THE NAACP. HE STATED THAT IN THE LETTERS, THE ALLEGATIONS WERE THAT OFFICER ROWLAND HAD MADE A STATEMENT TO MR. DAN HONEYCUTT THAT THE YOUTHS WERE IN A GANG. 570 HE ADDED THAT HE CALLED OFFICER ROW'.AND INTO HIS OFFICE AND ASKED HIM ABOUT THE ALLEGATIONS AND OFFICER ROWLAND STATED HE DID NOT MAKE THOSE ALLEGATIONS. POLICE CHIEF GODWIN FURTHER STATED THAT HE TALKED WITH MR. DAN HONEYCUTT AT TRITON HIGH SCHOOL AND HE ALSO STATED TO HIM THAT OFFICER ROWLAND DID NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT ANY OF THOSE STUDENTS BEING IN A GANG. HE ADDED THAT CAPTAIN RONNIE RADCLIFFE CALLED MR. DAN HONEYCUTT AND HE TOLD HIM THE SAME. HE ADDED THAT HE CORRESPONDED BACK TO THE NAACP WITH THE INFORMATION THAT HE HAD. HE ADDED THAT THOSE WERE THE ONLY ALLEGATIONS AND HE DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING ELSE TO DO. MAYOR OUDEH ASKED MS. CHANCE IF COUNCIL COULD GET A STATEMENT FROM MR. HONEYCUTT THAT HE DENIES IT, WOULD THAT BE ACCEPTABLE TO HER. CHIEF GODWIN STATED THAT MR. HONEYCUT=' STATED HE WOULD BE GLAD TO TALK TO THE PARENTS AT ANYTIME. COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL STATED THAT FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE A PROBLEM HERE IN THE CITY THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED. SHE ADDED THAT IF THERE IS A PROBLEM IN THE PAL PROGRAM, THEN COUNCIL NEEDS TO FIND OUT WHAT IT IS AND CORRECT THEPROBLEM. SHE ADDED THAT OUT OF RESPECT, OFFICER ROWLAND AND CHIEF GODWIN SHOULD SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH MS. CHANCE AND MS. - OHNSON TO HEAR THEIR SIDE. POLICE CHIEF GODWIN STATED THAT HE READ OVER THE THREE ALLEGATIONS. HE STATED THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE HERESAY TO HIM. HE ADDED THAT HE WAS NOT THERE AND HE REACTED ON THE INFORMATION THAT HE HAD. HE STATED THAT HE WENT TO THE TWO MAIN SOURCES AND THEY DENIED THE ALLEGATIONS. COUNCILMEMBER BASS ASKED POLICE CHIEF GODWIN IF MR. HONEYCUTT TOLD HIM DIRECTLY THAT OFFICER ROWLAND DID NOT MAKE THAT STATEMENT. POLICE CHIEF GODWIN RESPONDED THAT IS CORRECT. COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON STATED THAT HE WOULD BE GLAD TO GO TO THE PAL BUILDING AND TALK WITH THOSE BOYS AND OFFICER ROWLAND TO TRY TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS SITUATION SO THAT IT CAN BE PUT BEHIND THEM. COUNCILMEMBER BASS STATED THAT HE THOUGHT IT WAS A REAL PROBLEM BUT HE THOUGHT THAT IT SHOULD BE GOING BEFORE THE SCHOOL BOARD ALSO. HE ADDED THAT IF MR. HONEYCUTT TOLD CHIEF GODWIN THAT OFFICER ROWLAND DID NOT MAKE THAT STATEMENT THEN IT SEEMS TO HIM THAT MR. HONEYCUTT MADE THE STATEMENT. MAYOR OUDEH STATED THE FIRST THING THE CITY NEEDS TO DO IS WRITE A LETTER TO MS. CHANCE AND MS. JOHNSON TO SAY THAT OFFICER ROWLAND HAS NOT SAID ANYTHING, AND THE PROBLEM WITH MS. CHANCE WILL BE WITH THE COUNTY. COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL ASKED CITY MANAGER DEAN IF THERE IS AN AGENDA AT THE PAL PROGRAM AND IF HE KNOWS WHAT TYPE OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ARE BEING DONE. SHE ADDED THAT SHE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY ARE CALLING THESE KIDS GANG MEMBERS. MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT THE TOPIC BEFORE COUNCIL IS IF THERE WAS A POLICE OFFICER WHO ACTED INAPPROPRIATELY. HE ADDED THAT THE CHIEF HAS TALKED DIRECTLY WITH THE PRINCIPAL WHO STATED THAT THE OFFICER DID NOT SAY THE BOYS WERE GANG MEMBERS. MAYOR OUDEH SUGGESTED THAT THE PAL PROGRAM COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING EVERY TWO MONTHS TO DISCUSS WHAT THEY ARE DOING OR EITHER HAVE ONE OR TWO COUNCILMEMBERS WORK WITH THE PAL PROGRAM. MS. CHANCE STATED THAT THERE ARE NO EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THERE, THE ONLY THING THEY WORRY ABOUT IS A KID PUTTINC A BALL IN THEIR HANDS. COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL STATED THAT OFFICER ROWLAND HAD TOLD HER THAT THERE IS TUTORING OFFERED IN THE PAL PROGRAM. 571 COUNCILMEMBER BASS ASKED WHO IS IN CHARGE OVER THE PAL PROGRAM CITY MANAGER DEAN RESPONDED THAT OFFICER ROWLAND DIRECTS THE PAL PROGRAM. COUNCILMEMBER BASS ASKED OFFICER ROWLAND IF THE PAL PROGRAM CONSISTS OF AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM. OFFICER ROWLAND RESPONDED THAT CURRENTLY THEY DO NOT BECAUSE THE BUILDING IS UNDER RENOVATION; HOWEVER, THEY DO NOT HAVE PA16 STAFF TO TUTOR, AND MUST RELY ON VOLUNTEERS. MAYOR OUDEH RECESSED THE MEETING AT 9:05 P.M. AND RECONVENED AT 9:10 P.M. COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL ASKED MR CHARLES SMITH TO COME TO THE PODIUM. MR. SMITH STATED THAT HE DID SERVE AS A VOLUNTEER AND WAS THE PAST PRESIDENT OF THE PAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN 1996. HE STATED THAT HE HAD SPOKEN FOR THE PAL PROGRAM BEFORE THE EDUCATION BOARD IN LILLINGTON AND AT THAT TIME THE GOAL WAS TO PROVIDE EDUCATION ALONG WITH ATHLETIC PROGRAMS FOR THE KIDS. HE STATED THAT IT IS NOT TRUE THAT T-3EY HAVE TUTORS AT THE PAL BUILDING. HE FURTHER STATED THAT OFFICER ROWLAND IS ONLY ONE PERSON. HE ADDED THAT IF THEY CAN NOT GET THE VOLUNTEERS THAT THEY NEED, THEN USE THE RESOURCES THAT THEY HAVE, WHICH IS THE POLICE FORCE. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE EDUCATION THAT THESE CHILDREN ARE SUPPOSE TO GET FIRST IS DRUGS, ALCOHOL AND GAMES. HE STATED THAT IF OFFICER ROWLAND IS GOING TO STAY THERE, HE NEEDS STAFF AND HE NEEDS TO EDUCATE HIMSELF SO THAT HE CAN HELP EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN; BUT IF NOT THEN HE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE STATED THAT HE WOULD REITERATE AGAIN THAT THEY NEED TO TRULY SATISFY THOSE PARENTS AND THE ONLY WAY CITY COUNCIL CAN DO THAT IS TO WRITE A LETTER TO THE SCHOOL BOARD REQUESTING THEIR RESPONSE TO THESE ALLEGATIONS SO THAT COUNCIL CAN KNOW WHERE ITS RESPONSIBILITY LIES. COUNCILMEMBER BASS STATED THAT HE THOUGHT THE PAL PROGRAM NEEDS TO BE STUDIED AND THAT THE MAYOR SHOULD APPOINT A COMMITTEE TO STUDY WHAT GOES _. ON IN THE PROGRAM TO SEE IF IT IS BENEFITING OUR CHILDREN; IF IT IS NOT, AS TAXPAYERS, WE ARE THROWING AWAY MONEY. MAYOR OUDEH STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE FOR CITY MANAGER DEAN TO CONTACT THE COUNTY BOARD IN REFERENCE TO THIS ISSUE. CITY MANAGER DEAN RESPONDED HE WOULD HAVE THE LETTER OUT THE NEXT DAY. HE APPOINTED COUNCILMEMBER CAROLYN MCDOUGAL, COUNCILMEMBER PAUL BASS AND COUNCILMEMBER GEORGE ROBINSON TO SERVE ON A COMMITTEE TO WORK WITH THE PAL PROGRAM TO MAKE IT EDUCATIONAL. CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT RECREATION DIRECTOR HUDSON AND SENIOR CENTER DIRECTOR LIZ BURNETT COULD MEET WITH COUNCIL TO TOUR THE FACILITIES. HE ADDED THAT HE KNEW THERE HAD BEEN A TUTORING PROGRAM IN THE PAST BECAUSE HE HAD SEEN IT FOR HIMSELF. COUNCILMEMBER MCDOUGAL ASKED CITY MANAGER DEAN TO SUPPLY HER WITH A LIST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AT THE PA=, PROGRAM. RAIL TRAIL CITY MANAGER DEAN YIELDED TO MR. AL CAPEHART, PRESIDENT OF N.C. RAIL TRAIL, TO DISCUSS THE RAIL TRAIL WITH COUNCIL. MR. AL CAPEHART STATED THAT HE IS PRESIDENT OF THE N.C. RAIL TRAIL WHICH IS A STATEWIDE CITIZENS VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION SEEKING TO PRESERVE RAIL CORRIDORS, WHERE THE TRAINS USE TO RUN, AND TO PROMOTE RAIL TRAILS. HE EXPLAINED THAT THE TRACKS AND TILES ARE REMOVED AND A TRAIL IS PUT ON THE RAIL BED. HE STATED THAT THE COUNTY HAS TAKEN THE LEAD AND ALONG WITH THE TOWN OF ERWIN HAS INITIATED THE PROCESS OF MAKING AN APPLICATION FOR THE CONVERSION OF THE DUNN -ERWIN RAILWAY INTO THE DUNN -ERWIN CONNECTOR RAIL TRAIL. 572 MR. CAPEHART RESPONDED THAT IT IS NOT USED AT NIGHT, ONLY FROM DAWN TO DUSK AS IS MOST PARKS. HE STATED THAT ONE OF THE MAIN ISSUES THAT MANY ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE IS THE SAFETY OF HAVING PEOPLE UNKNOWN TO THEM PASSING THROUGH THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS HE ADDED THAT MOST PEOPLE USE THE TRAIL EITHER FOR TRANSPORTATION OR FOR EXERCISE AND IT IS A WAY OF INTRODUCING COMMUNITY WATCH OR SECURITY TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. HE ALSO STATED THAT ADJOINING PROPERTY VALUES INCREASE BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE LIVING CLOSE TO THE RAIL TRAIL. AFTER DISCUSSION OF THE COST OF THE PROJECT, MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON TO TABLE THIS ISSUE UNTIL COUNCIL HAS MORE INFORMATION. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. PROPOSED FEE SCHEDULE CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT THE PROPOSED FEE SCHEDULE FOR HOUSE DEMOLITION THAT COUNCIL REQUESTED AT THE MAY MEETING WAS AS FOLLOWS: THE FOLLOWING IS THE PRICE PER TON, WHICH INCLUDES EQUIPMENT, LABOR, LANDFILL FEES, LIEN FEES AND ADMINISTRATIVE FEES. ONE STORY HOUSE 1,500 SQ. FT. 55/TON $3,660 (PRICE INCLUDING EQUIPMENT, ETC.) $2,000 (CURRENT BILL, LANDFILL FEES ONLY TWO STORY HOUSE, 3,000 SQ. FT 621T ON COULD NOT BE SEPARATED INTO WOOD, METAL, ETC. $6,923 (PRICE INCLUDING EQUIPMENT, ETC.) $4,000 (CURRENT BILL, LANDFILL FEES ONLY ONE STORY HOUSE, 1,500 SQ. FT. 125 /TON $8,259 (PRICE INCLUDING EQUIPMENT, ETC.) THIS WOULD BE IF THE HOUSE DEBRIS $6,600 (CURRENT BILL, LANDFILL FEES ONLY THE ABOVE FEES WERE BASED ON $1,360 PER LABOR FOR A ONE -STORY HOUSE AND $2,080 FOR A TWO -STORY HOUSE. MAYOR PRO -TEM WOMBLE ASKED IF COUNCIL COULD ADD A PROVISION TO THIS THAT IT BECOMES A LIEN UPON THE PROPERTY AS SOON AS LEGALLY FEASIBLE. MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBINSON TO MOVE PROPOSED FEE SCHEDULE FOR HOME DEMOLITION FROM DISCUSSION TO DECISION. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BASS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER TART TO ADOPT THE FEE SCHEDULE TO TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED. INFORMATION COUNCILMEMBER BASS REQUESTED THAT COUNCIL RESCHEDULE THE JULY MEETING OR ALLOW HIM TO BE EXCUSED BECAUSE HE WOULD BE OUT OF THE STATE. MR. VINCENT YOUMANS, 1004 E. EDGERTON STREET, STATED THAT DUNN NEEDED A SPEED LIMIT SIGN ON THE 1000 BLOCK OF E. EDGERTON STREET. HE STATED THAT THIS IS A .RESIDENTIAL AREA AND HE HAD NOTICED SEVERAL PEOPLE WALKING AND CHILDREN PLAYING IN THE AREA AND THE CARS ARE SPEEDING DOWN THE ROAD LIKE IT IS I -95. HE ADDED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO A SPEED LIMIT OF 20 -25 MPH AND CHILDREN AT PLAY SIGNS ON THE STREET. CITY MANAGER DEAN STATED THAT CITY COUNCIL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CHANGING THE SPEED LIMIT. THE CONSENSUS OF COUNCIL WAS TO RESCHEDULE THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR JULY 20, 2000 AT 7:00 P.M. WITH NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, THE FOLLOWING BURIAL RIGHTS WERE EXECUTED: 1. MS. WILLIE MAC SMITH & HER HEIRS, LOT 38, BLOCK 15, SPACE(S) 1 & 2, RESTHAVEN CEMETERY. 2. MS. CLARA MCNEILL & HER HEIRS, LCT 37, BLOCK 13, SPACE(S) 7 & 8, RESTHAVEN CEMETERY. 3. MS. TAMMY MCKOY AND HER HEIRS, LOT 17, BLOCK 2, SPACE(S) 5, RESTHAVEN CEMETERY. 573 4. MS. MATTIE GRADY BAILEY AND HER HEIRS, LOT 55, BLOCK 15, SPACE(S) 7 & 8, RESTHAVEN CEMETERY. 5. MS. BRENDA FAYE LASSITER AND HER HEIRS, LOT 64, BLOCK 15, SPACE(S) 6, RESTHAVEN CEMETERY. 6. MS. LUBETHA F. MASSEY AND HER HEIRS, LOT 37, BLOCK 15, SPACE(S) 5, RESTHAVEN CEMETERY. 7. MR. PABLO & SARAH ROSA AND T_-IEIR HEIRS, LOT 1, BLOCK D, SPACE(S) 1 & 2, MEMORIAL CEMETERY. MAYOR OUDEH ADJOURNED THE SPECIAL CALL MEETING AT 9:59 P.M. J CE .VALLEY,CMC T ERK