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.
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• 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.
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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.
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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)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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;
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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