| The
Wise County Board of Supervisors met in regular session
on Thursday, November 9, 2000, at 6:00 p.m. in the Board
of Supervisors meeting room located in the Wise County courthouse.
The following members were present:
Honorable
Robert Adkins-Chairman
Honorable
Virginia Meador-Vice-Chair
Honorable
Douglas Mullins
Honorable
Edgar Mullins
Honorable
Betty Cornett
Honorable
Douglas Stallard
Honorable
Jeffrey Salyers
Honorable
Donnie Dowell - members of said Board and
Shannon
C. Scott-Acting County Administrator
Karen
Mullins-County Attorney
Annette
Underwood-Executive Secretary
PRAYER
Rev.
Ben Murphy, Pastor First Church of God, led the Board in
prayer.
PLEDGE
OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
MINUTES
A
motion was made by Donnie Dowell, seconded by Virginia Meador,
to approve the minutes as presented.
The motion was unanimously approved.
APPROVAL
OF AGENDA
Administrator
Scott asked that several invoices be added to the agenda
as well as the holiday schedule for County employees.
A
motion was made by Doug Stallard, seconded by Donnie Dowell,
to approve the agenda to include the additions as listed
above. The
motion was unanimously approved.
Jeff
Salyers entered the meeting at this time.
IN
RE: PUBLIC
EXPRESSION
Mike
Dizney asked the Board that he be allowed to use the county's
convenience centers and landfill as a non-county resident
because he has rental property in Wise County from which
he has Wise County refuse that needs to be disposed of.
Since he does not have a County decal, he is not
allowed to use the county's disposal facilities. Mr. Dizney
agreed to pay the $30.00 user fee and noted that he already
pays taxes on his rental property.
The
was some discussion on the language of the ordinance pertaining
to the use of the disposal facilities with regard to Mr.
Dizney's request and the fact that his tenants have not
paid their landfill use fee.
After
further discussion, Chairman Adkins asked that Administrator
Scott and Attorney Mullins work with Mr. Dizney and find
a solution to his problem.
Aubrey
Dale Sturgill voiced his opposition to the procedure of
taking tag numbers at the convenience centers which in his
opinion is the invasion of privacy.
There
being no further comments, the public expression period
was closed.
IN
RE: VDOT PAYMENT
A
motion was made by Doug Stallard, seconded by Betty Cornett,
to approve the VDOT payment in the amount of $3,907.89 for
construction done on roads throughout Wise County to be
paid from the Coal & Gas Road Fund.
The motion was unanimously approved.
IN
RE: GRAVEL
PAYMENTS
A
motion was made by Jeff Salyers, seconded by Betty Cornett,
to approve the gravel payments in the amount of $2,421.45
for gravel placed on roads throughout the county to be paid
from the Coal & Gas Road Fund.
The motion was unanimously approved.
IN
RE: NEW RURAL
ADDITION LIST
T.
G. Branson, Highway Resident Engineer, reviewed the rural
addition list with the Board and asked for their consideration
of approval.
A
motion was made by Doug Stallard, seconded by Jeff Salyers,
to approve the new rural addition list as presented.
The motion was unanimously approved.
IN
RE: SIX YEAR
PLAN
Mr.
Branson stated that a public hearing was held last week
for public input on the Six Year Plan.
He will present the plan at the December Board meeting
for approval.
IN
RE: RESOLUTION/CHILDREN
AT PLAN SIGN/WEST RIDGE AVENUE/APPALACHIA
A
motion was made by Edgar Mullins, seconded by Doug Mullins,
to approve the resolution requesting the installation and
maintenance of "Watch for Children" signs to be placed on
West Ridge Avenue in Appalachia.
The motion was unanimously approved.
RESOLUTION
#
2000
(Said
resolution on file in the County Administrator's Office)
IN
RE: WISE COUNTY
MASTER TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLAN
Jack
Kennedy addressed the Board regarding the Wise County Master
Telecommunications Plan stating that in the spring of 2002
the local cable franchise agreements are up for renewal.
The cable companies now serving Wise County, Charter
Communications and Adelphia, offer cable modem services
throughout the nation which is a rapid way of getting high-speed
Internet services into the homes of Wise County citizens.
The
objective of the plan is to notify Adelphia and Charter
that the county is interested in ensuring the availability
of cable modems to the customer base by the time the agreement
is up for renewal in 2002.
He offered the following recommendations:
Customers
should have the option to have cable modem services.
Define
a rollout plan with the cable companies beginning in the
most populated communities to ensure a more rapid ROI to
the private firms.
Explore
investment incentives with the cable companies.
The
County should work with the local municipalities to coordinate
a shared "vision" for cable modem access and add to the
incentive packages offered for rapid deployment to the cable
companies.
Franchise
agreements should include provisions for review of digital
cellular service and LMDS with Adelphia at "trigger" dates
in the franchise agreement instead of a one-time 10 or 15
year blanket agreement.
For example, in 2003 the franchise agreement could
terminate unless there is a roll-out of digital cellular
services by Adelphia, or terminate in 2005 if there is no
wireless LMDS services offered at targeted locations within
the county. These
issues must be explored with legal counsel and the cable
companies.
After
further discussion, a motion was made by Doug Mullins, to
allow the County Administrator working with the town managers,
to begin the negotiation process with a firm in that particular
area of expertise and ascertain whether or not this will
be cost effective for the county and whether or not the
county wishes to continue.
Donnie Dowell seconded the motion.
The motion was unanimously approved.
Virginia
Meador stated that she has received several complaints from
citizens that are not happy with the cost of the digital
programming. She asked that Adelphia come before the Board
and explain the digital programming to the Board and its
customers.
IN
RE: TAX MAP
PARCEL SPLITS
Jack
Kennedy addressed the tax map parcel splits stating that
several municipalities and other entities have invested
funds to determine a precise estimate of the total costs
to up-date the parcel splits (subdividing land) of Wise
County. This
included the mapping and digitization of 300 splits.
An
offer has been made by Anderson and Associates to map an
additional 1000 split at $26 per split.
At this point in time, the total of splits to be
mapped is uncertain.
He noted that the parcel split maps would be the
first layer of data for a modern GIS that Wise County has
made periodic investments to build over the past several
years. This mapping will assist in the redistricting process,
flood zoning, etc.
Therefore, Mr. Kennedy asked the Board to consider
an appropriation of $26,000 from contingency funds to continue
the tax map up-dates and share in the investment costs of
mapping the parcel splits.
After
further discussion, a motion was made by Doug Mullins, seconded
by Doug Stallard, to appropriate $26,000 to fund the mapping
of an additional 1000 splits at $26 per split.
The motion was unanimously approved.
IN
RE: DANCE HALL
PERMIT/CLARK STALLARD
A
public hearing was held on November 2, 2000, to receive
citizens comments regarding a request from Clark Stallard
for a dance hall permit for the Moose Lodge building located
on Highway 58 near Coeburn.
There
was no opposition to this request at the public hearing.
A
motion was made by Jeff Salyers, seconded by Doug Mullins,
to approve the dance hall permit for the Moose Lodge building
in Coeburn as
requested by Clark Stallard.
The motion was unanimously approved.
IN
RE: ZONING
ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
A
public hearing was held on November 2, 2000, to receive
citizens comments regarding a proposed amendment to Wise
County Zoning Ordinance #2-1991.
There
was no opposition to the proposed amendment at the public
hearing.
A
motion was made by Doug Stallard, seconded by Jeff Salyers,
to approve the amendment to the Wise County Zoning Ordinance
as presented. The
motion was unanimously approved.
(Said
amendment on file in the County Administrator's Office)
IN
RE: SPECIAL
USE PERMIT RATIFICATION
Attorney
Mullins advised the Board that the Board at its meeting
in October approved a Special Use Permit for Cynthia Crofoot.
This approval was done in error since a public hearing
was required prior to Board approval. Therefore, a public hearing was scheduled for November 2, which
requires ratification from the Board at this time.
A
motion was made by Doug Mullins, seconded by Jeffrey Salyers,
to ratify the action taken to advertise for a public hearing
on November 2, 2000, regarding the request from Cynthia
Crofoot for a Special Use Permit.
The motion was unanimously approved.
IN
RE: SPECIAL
USE PERMIT/CYNTHIA CROFOOT
A
public hearing was held on November 2, 2000, to receive
citizens' comments regarding a request from Cynthia Crofoot
for a Special Use Permit for the purpose of establishing
a commercial dog kennel to be located at 86l6 Bean Gap Road,
Pound, VA.
There
being no discussion, a motion was made by Edgar Mullins,
seconded by Doug Mullins to approve the Special Use Permit
for Cynthia Crofoot as stated above. The motion was unanimously
approved.
IN
RE: REGIONAL
JAIL UPDATE
Bill
King gave an update on the status of the regional jail.
It has been projected that there will be a need for
774 beds for an 8 county area. After reviewing the number of miles that officers and families
would have to travel from the eight different counties,
a recommendation of three (3) separate facilities; one in
Dickenson County, one in Western Scott County and one in
Washington County, now appear to be the most feasible.
The
State will participate in 50% of the cost to build the regional
jail but would not participate at all in a single county
facility. The
chance for a regional juvenile detention center is now very
feasible which could co-exist with one of the three regional
jail facilities.
IN
RE: CERTIFICATE
OF SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION/PHILLIPS & JORDAN
A
motion was made by Doug Stallard, seconded by Jeff Salyers,
to approve the Certificate of Substantial Completion/Phillips
& Jordan for the construction of the Phase III development
of the Blackwood Wise County Landfill site.
The motion was unanimously approved.
IN
RE: TRANSFER
OF FUNDS/WISE COUNTY CLEAN TEAM
A
motion was made by Virginia Meador, seconded by Betty Cornett,
to approve the transfer of
$4,080 from the Litter Control budget to Wise Clean
Team as requested by the Litter Prevention and Recycling
Program Manager. The motion was unanimously approved.
IN
RE: TRANSFER
OF FUNDS/TREASURER'S OFFICE
A
motion was made by Doug Stallard, seconded by Betty Cornett,
to approve the transfer of $4,513.00 from the postal services
line item to the ADP Equipment line item in the Treasurer's
budget. The
motion was unanimously approved.
IN
RE: TRANSFER
OF R.A.I.D. FUNDS
A
motion was made by Jeff Salyers, seconded by Virginia Meador,
to approve the transfer of funds from the R.A.I.D. Operational
Account to the General Fund in the amount of $1,185.00 as
requested. The
motion was unanimously approved.
IN
RE: MILEAGE
INCREASE
A
motion was made by Donnie Dowell, seconded by Jeff Salyers,
to increase the rate for mileage from 27 cents to 32.5 cents
per mile. The
motion was unanimously approved.
IN
RE: PROCLAMATION/AMERICAN
EDUCATION WEEK
A
motion was made by Doug Stallard, seconded by Jeff Salyers,
to approve the proclamation proclaiming November 12-18,
2000 as American Education Week.
The motion was unanimously approved.
IN
RE: LANDFILL
USE FEE REFUNDS
A
motion was made by Jeff Salyers, seconded by Doug Mullins,
to approve the landfill use fee refunds as presented. The motion was unanimously approved.
IN
RE: PAY INCREASE
FOR PART-TIME EMPLOYEES
A
motion was made by Doug Stallard, seconded by Jeff Salyers,
to give a pay increase to all county employees, either full-time
or part-time that are making less than $7.00 per hour. If the 3.25% increase scheduled for 12/1/00 will accomplish
that amount, then fine, if not, those who would not reach
the $7.00 figure, would be raised to $7.00.
Therefore, $7.00 per hour would be a minimum pay
for county employees. The motion was unanimously approved.
IN
RE: APPOINTMENT
/ IDA
A
motion was made by Doug Mullins, seconded by Edgar Mullins,
to reappoint Roger Mullins to the Wise County IDA for a
term of four years.
The motion was unanimously approved.
IN
RE: LENOWISCO/DISABILITY
SERVICES BOARD
A
motion was made by Doug Stallard, seconded by Virginia Meador,
to table the LENOWISCO Disability Services Board appointment
until next month.
The motion was unanimously approved.
IN
RE: APPOINTMENT/
PLANNING COMMISSION
A
motion was made by Edgar Mullins, seconded by Doug Mullins,
to reappoint Faye Barker to the Planning Commission for
a term of four years.
The motion was unanimously approved.
IN
RE: APPOINTMENT/
PSA
A
motion was made by Betty Cornett, seconded by Virginia Meador,
to appoint Larry Blann to the Wise County PSA for a term
of four years. The
motion was unanimously approved.
IN
RE: APPOINTMENT
/ SOCIAL SERVICES BOARD
Donnie
Dowell nominated John Markham for reappointment to the Social
Services Board.
Jeff
Salyers nominated Robbie Robbins to serve on the Social
Services Board.
Chairman
Adkins asked for a vote on the reappointment of John Markham
to the Social Services Board.
Aye-Donnie
Dowell
Edgar Mullins
Doug Mullins
The
vote failed.
Chairman
Adkins asked for a vote on the nomination for Robbie Robbins
to the Social Services Board.
Aye-Betty
Cornett
Virginia Meador
Bob Adkins
Doug Stallard
Jeff Salyers
The
vote carried.
Chairman
Adkins stated that Robbie Robbins is appointed to the Social
Services Board for a term of four years.
Virginia
Meador made a motion that the Social Services Board appointment
for district three be tabled until next month.
Betty Cornett seconded the motion.
The motion was unanimously approved.
IN
RE: DERBY COMMITTEE
APPOINTMENT
Chairman
Adkins appointed the following individuals to serve on the
Derby Committee with only one serving on an "as need" basis:
Melvin
Eads
Cathy
Kennedy
Bob
Grant
IN
RE: LANDFILL
USE FEE ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
Attorney
Mullins reviewed and explained the proposed amendments to
the landfill use fee ordinance that have been recommended
by the Landfill Use Fee Committee.
She stated that these amendments require a public
hearing for public input.
There
was a lengthy discussion on the extra money that would have
to be paid by the household regarding the disposal of trash
other than household garbage and the language of some of
the other ordinances that are proposed to be amended.
It was noted that perhaps further study and discussion
is needed since there is some unrest with the proposed language.
Donnie
Dowell suggested that since the Board was not willing to
accept the Landfill Use Fee Committee's recommendation,
then a new committee should be appointed for further recommendations.
After
further comments, a motion was made by Doug Mullins, seconded
by Virginia Meador, to set a public hearing on December
7, 2000, at 6:05 p.m. for public input regarding the proposed
changes to the ordinance as submitted by the committee.
Aye-Virginia
Meador
Nay-Betty Cornett
Doug Mullins Jeff
Salyers
Donnie Dowell Edgar
Mullins
Bob Adkins
Doug Stallard
The
motion failed.
There
was further discussion on alternate avenues that could possibly
be taken to repay the landfill expansion loan.
Doug
Stallard said he could go along with the changes recommended
by the committee if the " by household" language was removed.
After
further discussion, a motion was made by Doug Stallard,
seconded by Donnie Dowell, to delete
" by household" in the amendments of the ordinance
and hold a public hearing on December 7, 2000, at 6:05 p.m.
to receive citizens input on the proposed amendments to
the Assessment of Fee for Disposal of Solid Waste.
Aye-Doug
Mullins Nay-None Abstain-Virginia Meador
Edgar Mullins
Bob Adkins
Doug Stallard
Betty Cornett
Jeff Salyers
Donnie Dowell
IN
RE: R-O-W
EASEMENT FOR CEMETERY/BOGGS AVENUE/APPALACHIA
A
motion was made by Doug Stallard, seconded by Donnie Dowell,
to approve $1,000 toward the expense of placing gates on
Boggs Avenue in Appalachia to secure the mining operations
and to give access to the cemeteries in that vicinity.
The motion was unanimously approved.
IN
RE: LONESOME
PINE OFFICE ON YOUTH/ROOF REPAIR
A
motion was made by Doug Stallard, seconded by Betty Cornett,
to approve an amount not to exceed $11,000 for the roof
repair on the county-owned building now occupied by the
Lonesome Pine Office on Youth.
The motion was unanimously approved.
IN
RE: TRAIL AND
RECREATIONAL EASEMENT/SUGAR HILL
Donnie
Dowell reported that the Sugar Hill Trail is a part of the
Appalachian Bike Trail and the maintenance of the trail
would be limited to funds available.
There is a $30,000 grant for this trail for which
the County is being asked to act as the "flow through" agent.
Administrator
Scott asked that the easement also contain the language
that the width of the trail be 36" and the easement be for
a period of 20 years.
Mr.
Dowell made a motion to approve the Trail and Recreational
Easement for Sugar Hill with the legal counsel making the
added addendum as stated above to be attached to said easement.
Jeff Salyers seconded the motion.
The motion was unanimously approved.
Virginia
Meador made a motion that the chairman be authorized to
sign the Sugar Trail Easement.
Donnie Dowell seconded the motion.
The motion was unanimously approved.
IN
RE: RESOLUTION/BAN
ON OPENING BURNING
A
motion was made by Doug Stallard that the Board not act
on the resolution regarding placing a ban on opening burning
since there has been some rain, but authorize the County
Administrator to use his discretion for enacting this resolution
if it becomes necessary. Betty Cornett seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved.
IN
RE: PAYMENT
OF ACCOUNTS
A
motion was made by Donnie Dowell, seconded by Doug Stallard,
to approve the payment of accounts to include those payments
added by the County Administrator.
The motion was unanimously approved.
IN
RE: RESOLUTION/HOUSING
AUTHORITY/MULTI-FAMILY RENTAL PROJECT
A
motion was made by Doug Stallard, seconded by Donnie Dowell,
to approve the resolution to insure further funding and
construction of an 88 unit multi-family residential rental
project for low income individuals and families known as
Inman Village Development. The motion was unanimously approved.
RESOLUTION
#
2000
(Said
resolution on file in the County Administrator's Office)
IN
RE: E911
PAYMENTS
A
motion was made by Betty Cornett, seconded by Doug Mullins,
to approve the 911 payments as presented. The motion was unanimously approved.
Jeff
Salyers and Doug Stallard left the meeting at this time.
IN
RE: BLACKWOOD
LANDFILL PAYMENTS
A
motion was made by Donnie Dowell, seconded by Virginia Meador,
to approve the Blackwood Landfill payments as presented.
The motion was unanimously approved.
IN
RE: LANDFILL
ENTERPRISE FUND PAYMENTS
A
motion was made by Donnie Dowell, seconded by Betty Cornett,
to approve the landfill enterprise fund payments as presented.
The motion was unanimously approved.
IN
RE: HOLIDAY
SCHEDULE
A
motion was made by Donnie Dowell, seconded by Virginia Meador,
to approve the holiday schedule as presented. The motion was unanimously approved.
ADJOURN
There
being no further comments, a motion was made by Doug Mullins,
seconded by Betty Cornett, to adjourn the meeting.
The motion was unanimously approved.
ATTEST: WISE
COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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Clerk Chairman
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