CITY OF CARROLLTON
COUNCIL MEETING
CITY HALL
JULY 27, 2009
7:00 P.M.
COUNCIL: KEVIN CRAIG
MIKE GORDON
TAMMY McBURNEY
DEAN MILLER JR
ADAM RAKER @ 7:07 P.M.
ATTORNEY FOR CITY: NICHOLAS MARSH
POLICE OFFICER: MICHAEL JUMP
PUBLIC WORKS SUPER: RONNIE KNIGHT
PRESS: NEWS DEMOCRAT/SHARON GRAVES
ABSENT:
COUNCIL: NANCY JO GROBMYER
CALL TO ORDER
THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT THE HOUR OF 7:03 P.M. BY MAYOR LOUDEN. MAYOR LOUDEN OFFERED AN INVOCATION, FOLLOWED WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
RECOGNITION OF GUESTS
TIMOTHY BUCKLES, 916 EIGHTH STREET, READ A STATEMENT REQUESTING APPROVAL FROM COUNCIL TO ALLOW HIM TO ERECT A FENCE ON THE CITY’S RIGHT-OF-WAY.
MR. BUCKLES SAID HE HAD SPOKEN WITH BUILDING INSPECTOR, JOHN WELCH, AND MR. WELCH INDICATED THERE WAS NO ORDINANCE GOVERNING FENCES. MR. BUCKLES THEN CONTACTED ALL UTILITIES ABOUT UTILITY EASEMENTS AND CALLED 811 TO ENSURE THERE WERE NO LINES BURIED WHERE HE WAS PLACING THE FENCE.
MR. BUCKLES STATED MR. WELCH CAME AND ASKED HIM TO HALT BUILDING THE FENCE BECAUSE HE WAS WITHIN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. MR. WELCH SAID HE WOULD TAKE IT BEFORE THE B.O.A. FOR A VARIANCE. THE B.O.A. MEETING WAS LAST WEEK AND THE ISSUE WAS NOT PRESENTED.
MR. BUCKLES REQUESTED THE COUNCIL OK HIS FENCE IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
COUNCILMAN MILLER SAW NO PROBLEM WITH THE REQUEST AS LONG AS MR. BUCKLES WAS AWARE THE FENCE MIGHT BE REMOVED FROM THE RIGHT-OF-WAY SHOULD THE NEED ARISE.
ATTORNEY NICHOLAS MARSH ADVISED COUNCIL THEY CAN NOT GRANT THE REQUEST TO ENCROACH ON THE RIGHT-OF-WAY WITHOUT REVISING THE ORDINANCE.
ATTORNEY MARSH STRONGLY CAUTIONED MR. BUCKLES AGAINST ENCROACHING ON THE CITY’S RIGHT-OF-WAY.
COUNCILMAN GORDON CALLED ATTENTION TO ORDINANCE #156.047 WHICH STATES: WITHIN THE AREA DEFINED BY THE INTERSECTION OF ANY TWO RIGHT-OF-WAY LINES OF STREETS OR RAILROADS AND A STRAIGHT LINE INTERSECTING THOSE TWO RIGHT-OF-WAY LINES AT POINTS 30 FEET FROM THEIR INTERSECTION, NO OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION BETWEEN A HEIGHT OF 2 ½ FEET AND 12 FEET ABOVE THE IMAGINARY PLANE DEFINED BY THOSE THREE POINTS. OF INTERSECTION ARE PERMITTED. MR. BUCKLE’S PROPERTY SETS AT THE CORNER OF 8TH AND WINSLOW STREETS AND WOULD ALSO BE IN VIOLATION OF THE ABOVE BECAUSE THE PICKET FENCE HE IS INSTALLING IS 3 FOOT TALL.
ATTORNEY MARSH ALSO ADVISED MR. BUCKLE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY ISSUE COULD NOT BE TAKEN TO THE BOA FOR A VARIANCE.
CRYSTAL AND JAMES MONTGOMERY, 605 6TH STREET, WERE IN ATTENDANCE TO MAKE SURE THE “PIGEON ISSUE” WAS RESOLVED.
ATTORNEY MARSH SAID AFTER LOOKING AT THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE’S DEFINITION OF “POULTRY AND FOWL” THE PIGEON ARE NOT INCLUDED. THE MONTGOMERY’S ARE NOT IN VIOLATION AT THIS TIME. IF SO DESIRED, COUNCIL CAN ADD ” PIGEONS” TO THE CURRENT ORDINANCE TO BE
EXCLUDED BY AN ORDINANCE REVISION.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: REGULAR MEETING: JULY 13, 2009
THE MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN GORDON AND SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN McBURNEY AND DULY CARRIED TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.
AYES 5 NAYS 0
PROPOSAL: HEALTH INSURANCE FOR FY 09-10
MAYOR LOUDEN MADE THE RECOMMENDATION OF BLUEGRASS HEALTH INSURANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2009-2010. THIS INSURANCE IS A 14.5 % INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR AND IS COMPARABLE TO THE CURRENT COVERAGE WITH ANTHEM. THE BLUEGRASS COVERAGE WILL START AUGUST 1ST.
THE MOTION WAS MADE COUNCILWOMAN McBURNEY AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GORDON AND DULY CARRIED TO ACCEPT THE MAYOR’S RECOMMENDATION.
AYES 5 NAYS 0
REQUEST: POINT PARK: FLW OUTDOORS BASS TOURNEY: AUG 21, 2010
THE MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN RAKER AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MILLER AND DULY CARRIED TO APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR USE OF POINT PARK IN THE YEAR OF 2010.
AYES 5 NAYS 0
DISCUSSION: FENCES
THE MAYOR CALLED ATTENTION TO AN ORDINANCE GOVERNING FENCES DRAFTED BY BUILDING INSPECTOR, JOHN WELCH.
COUNCIL DECIDED THEY WOULD LIKE TO LOOK OVER THE DRAFT BEFORE A DECISION IS MADE.
ATTORNEY MARSH WOULD ALSO LIKE TIME TO INVESTIGATE IF THIS ISSUE WOULD FALL TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL.
DISCUSSION: HOME OCCUPATION IN GARAGES
MAYOR LOUDEN CALLED ATTENTION TO THE CURRENT HOME OCCUPATION ORDINANCE AND ASKED COUNCIL THEIR THOUGHTS ON HOME OCCUPATION BUSINESSES IN GARAGES.
HE ALSO WOULD LIKE A CLARIFICATION ON THE ATTACHMENT OF GARAGES.
COUNCILMAN MILLER SAID WITH THE ECONOMY AND LOSS OF JOBS, IT WAS HIS OPINION PROPERTY OWNERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO RUN A BUSINESS IN THEIR GARAGES.
AFTER DISCUSSION, THE COUNCIL WAS IN AGREEMENT THE ORDINANCE SHOULD CLARIFY AN ATTACHED GARAGE TO READ “SHARE A COMMON WALL WITH THE RESIDENCE”.
ATTORNEY MARSH SAID HE THOUGHT THIS WAS ALSO A MATTER FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL.
COUNCILMAN MILLER LEFT THE MEETING @ 8:10 P.M.
PAVING LIST
AFTER LOOKING OVER THE PROPOSED PAVING LIST, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO STRIKE THE POLK STREET PAVING FROM THE LIST AND ADD IT WHEN THE POLK STREET EXTENSION IS COMPLETED AND BEING PAVED.
THE COUNCIL ASKED PUBLIC WORKS SUPERVISOR, RONNIE KNIGHT, TO GET PRICE QUOTES ON THE FOLLOWING PROPERTIES TO REPLACE POLK STREET:
BUTLER STREET TO HAWKINS STREET.
ALLEY BETWEEN 4TH AND 5TH STREETS AND SEMINARY AND
SYCAMORE STREETS.
ALLEY BETWEEN 3RD AND 4TH STREETS AND SEMINARY AND
SYCAMORE STREETS.
PARKING LOT BEHIND OLD FIRE HOUSE.
ALLEY BESIDE POST OFFICE
COUNCILMAN GORDON ADVISED HE HAD BEEN CONTACTED BY THE OWNERS OF THE HAIR STUDIO CONCERNING THE NAMING OF THE ALLEY THAT RUNS BY THE POST OFFICE. AT PRESENT, THE POST OFFICE WILL NOT DELIVER THEIR MAIL TO THEM EXCEPT THROUGH THEIR 6TH STREET ADDRESS.
AFTER DISCUSSION, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO NAME POST OFFICE ALLEY “POSTAL ALLEY” AND NICHOLAS MARSH WAS ASKED TO HAVE THE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE.
1ST READING: ORDINANCE #09-11: NAMING POST OFFICE ALLEY “POSTAL ALLEY”
THE MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN CRAIG AND SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN McBURNEY AND DULY CARRIED TO HAVE THE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE #09-11.
AYES 4 NAYS 0
THE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE #09-11, NAMING POST OFFICE ALLEY “POSTAL ALLEY” , WAS READ BY ATTORNEY NICHOLAS MARSH.
SECOND READING AT AUGUST 10TH MEETING.
COMMENTS:
COUNCILWOMAN McBURNEY MENTIONED SHE HAD RECEIVED AN REQUEST TO PLACE SLOW SIGNS IN THE POST OFFICE ALLEY.
ADJOURNMENT
THE MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN GORDON AND SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN McBURNEY AND DULY CARRIED TO STAND IN ADJOURNMENT AT THE HOUR OF 8:37 P.M.
AYES 4 NAYS 0
ATTEST:
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DWIGHT D. LOUDEN, MAYOR SUSIE MCGEE, ASST CITY CLERK