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CITY OF
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PUBLIC HEARING/CITY COUNCIL MEETING=
MINUTES
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Monday, March 8, 2010
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I. =
CALL TO ORDER:
Mayor Ronnie Cobb called the council meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, March 8,
2010. The following members were present: Mayor Ronnie Cobb, Councilman/Mayor Pro
Tem Louis
Earl Gray, Councilman Eddie Stinnett, City Manager, Ron Goulart and City Attorney,
Robert Stultz.
II. INVOCATION:
Councilman/Mayor Pro Tem Louis Hamm=
gave
the invocation and the council lead the=
Pledge
of Allegiance.
III. READING OF THE MINUTES OF PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETIN=
G:
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Minutes of the Regular Meeting R=
11; February
8, 2010
=
= Mayor Ronnie Cobb calle= d for a motion to discuss/approve the minutes from the regular meeting
=
held February 8, 2010.
=
= Councilman Eddie Stinnett made the motion to approve to waive the oral reading of the
=
minutes from the regular meeting held February 8, 2010 and approve as presented.
=
Councilman/Mayor Pro Tem Louis Hamm seconded the motion.
=
= There was no discussion.
=
= Mayor Ronnie Cobb called for a vote to approve to w= aive the oral reading of the minutes of
=
the regular meeting held February 8, 2010 and approve as presented. Vote was unanimous.
= Motion carried to approve to waive the oral reading of the minutes of the regular meeting held
= February 8, 2010 and approve as presented. =
=
=
IV. COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR:
= Mayor Ronnie Cobb thanked the previous coun= cil, the current council and the employees who
= had input in getting COSTCO to= the area. He noted this was a team effect and even th= ough it
= took time it was well worth it. He also recognized Mr. Derrick Laney, = wrestler for LFO, who
=
has just won his third (3rd) consecutive State Championship Title. Coach Donnie Welborn and
= Derrick Laney came forward, Coach Welborn thanked the council for having them here tonight
= and noted Mr. Laney will be competing this summer for the All American Status and has
=
finished his career with over 170 wins and only 6/7 loses. This year he has won three (3)
=
State Titles and has recently signed a contract with West Georgia University to play football.
=
= &nbs= p; Mr. Derrick Laney thanked the c= ouncil for having them there and explained an injury he suffered
=
back in the fall before returning to the mat in late January.
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V. HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION:
=
Ms. Gerry Depken, Historic Preservation Commission came forward to give a
“Snippet” on
= the closing of the war, the retirement of the POST,= the incorporation of the budding to= wn and the
=
awarding of a town on Febru=
ary
17, 1949 with 100+ residents. =
=
VI. ANNEXATION:
None
VII.= ZONING:
None
VIII. MISCELLANEOUS ORDINANCES: <= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>
IX. RESOLUTIONS:
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Resolution No. 2010-02, Resolution =
to
Transmit
Community Assessment and the Community Participation Program portion=
s of the Catoosa
X. UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
Approve accident and sickness insur=
ance
for the volunteer/part time firefighters
City Manager, Ron Goul=
art noted
that this item was tabled so POST and the City=
could
work
on an invoice to p= resent to the council excluding the City = paid personnel.
= Fire Chief, Bruce Ballew came forward to note this new invoice in= cludes approximately 65-70
= people.
=
= Councilman Eddie Stinnett asked if this new invoice included= any personnel that does not fight
= fires.
=
=
Fire Chief, Bruce Ballew noted it did cover personnel t=
hat do
not fight fires such as personnel
=
involved in Fire Preven=
tion and
Fire Support Programs and the =
few
volunteers that they have.
=
= Mayor Ronnie Cobb ask if these persons were covered under other workman= 217;s compensation
= insurance.
=
= Fire Chief, Bruce Ball= ew noted “yes” however that workman’s compen= sation would only cover
= them if they got hurt on their “real” jobs not if they g= ot hurt fighting a fire.
=
= Mayor Ronnie Cobb calle= d for a motion to discuss/approve the accident and sickness insurance
= for the volunteer/part time firefighters in the amount of $4,448.
=
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= Councilman Johnnie “Red” Smith made the motion to discuss/approve the accident and sickness
=
insurance for the volunteer/part time firefighters in the
amount of $4,448. Councilman/Mayor
= Pro Tem Louis Hamm seconded the motion.
=
= Councilman Eddie Stinnett noted he still questioned this coverage for volunteers who do not
= cover fires such as administration help and etc.
=
= Fire Chief, Bruce Ball= ew noted they had the same responsibility to them as they do the actual fire <= /p>
= fighters for instance if the support group is out supporting those who are fighting a fire and they
= get hurt the department has the same responsibility to them as they do to they fire fighters. He
= noted that also if they were at a= school for a safety education seminar or etc. and fell or
= somehow got hurt then they should be covered.
=
= Mayor Ronnie Cobb reite= rated that the support person could be at an actual fire.
=
= Councilman Earl Gray as= ked Fire Chief, Bruce Ballew if this = was in his budget.
=
=
Fire Chief, Bruce Ballew noted it was in his budget.
=
= There was no further discussion.
=
= Mayor Ronnie Cobb called for a vote to approve the accident and sickness insurance for= the
= volunteer/part time firefighters in the amount of $4,448. Vote was unanimous. Motion carried
= to approve the accident and sickness insurance for the volunteer/part time firefighters in the
= amount of $4,448.
=
XI.&=
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NEW BUSINESS:
=
(to relocate electric poles on
City Manager, Ron Goulart noted that as a part of the Stuart Street Extension Project = a couple
Mayor Ronnie Cobb called for a&=
nbsp;
motion to=
discuss/approve
Work Authorization to relocate a couple of utility poles on Stuart Street in the amount of
$10,113.74.
Councilman Johnnie
“Red” Smith mad=
e the
motion to discuss/approve North Georgia Electric
Work Authorization to relocate a couple of utility poles on Stuart Street in the amount of
$10,113.74. Councilman Charles Sharrock seconded the motion.
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Mayor Ronnie Cobb noted they have had two (2) meetings with North Georgia Electric to try to
Mayor Ronnie Cobb called for a vote to approve North Georgia Electric Work
Authorization to <=
span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> relocate a couple of utility poles on
$10,113.74. Vote was unanimous. Motion carried to approve
Work Authorization to relocate a couple of utility poles on
2. Approve prope=
rty
for surplus
City Manager, Ron
Goulart noted that periodically the City takes surplus equipment or
equipment that is no longer being used and place it on Gov.deals for sale. He noted the items on
Mayor Ronnie Cobb called for a motion to discuss/approve placing the surplus equipment/
property on Gov.deals for sale.
Mayor Ronnie Cobb called for a vote to approve placing the surplus equipment/property on
Gov.deals for sale. Vote was unanimous. Motion carried to= approve placing the surplus
3. Fire Departme=
nt
staff funding – monthly (Councilman/Mayor Pro Tem Louis Hamm)
City Manager, Ron Goul=
art noted
he would have to defer this item to Councilman/Mayor Pro
Tem Louis Hamm since he placed this item on the agenda.
= Councilman/Mayor Pro Tem Lo= uis Hamm made the motion to contract with&= nbsp; POST Volunteer
=
Fire Department month by
month for 90 days or
=
County or some contract=
with POST and the City of
=
$31,667 per
=
Budget and the City
Manager’s Contin=
gency Fund
both paying $15,833.50 each. C=
ouncilman
= Johnnie “Red” Smith seconded the motion.
=
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There was general discussion regarding the $7,000 per month contribution from POST Volunteer
and where the monies come= from, amount of funds to run the station(s), previous statements made
= regarding depleting funds, number of volunteers and requests for various amounts of funding.
=
= (Mr. Robbie Tester spoke however his voice was inaudible on tapes/DVD).
=
= Mr. Gary McGhee, Battalion Chief, came forward and= noted he along with several other <= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> people
=
have worked on several options to determine what were the best and in
the best interest in the City
= for City coverage a= nd for coverage for the unincorporated areas that they cover. He noted he fells
= as though the option Counci= lman/Mayor Pro Tem Louis Hamm has made a motion for is the
= best. He noted POST will pay $7,000 a month to run normal n= eeds for POST and on a= month to
= month contingency hope the = County will respond with a RFP in a m= inimum amount of time. H= e
= noted they wanted closure on this issue and want to continue 24 hour coverage seven (7) days a
= week. He spoke in regards to response time noting they have cut it in about 2/3 of what it used to
= be He noted they wanted to continue to deliver the service&= nbsp; this community (being = the City) and
= the unincorporated areas rightly deserve.
=
=
Councilman Earl Gray
noted he had previously ask
POST Officials to=
meet with Fort
= Oglethorpe Fire Chief, = Bruce Ballew and City Manager, Ron Goulart to discuss these issues
= and according to POST Officials they have not done so. He also enquired as to how much
= funding it would take to run two (2) stations.
=
= Mr. Robbie Tester noted= they did not meet with the City Manger,= Ron Goulart. The Board and
= the City Fire Chief sat= down and went through his budget and decided what they could live with
= and it was presented through the City’s Fire Chief.
=
= Councilman Earl Gray asked why they wouldn’t meet with the City Officials and give them
= their expertise…
=
= Councilman/Mayor Pro Tem Lo= uis Hamm injected that they had a motion on the floor and he
= had clearly spelled out that it would be month by month for 90 days until the RFP from the
=
County arrives or a con=
tract
between the City and POST can be decided and during
= will have a chance for the = Council and the Board to meet and = discuss a contract if that is what
=
everyone wants and
=
=
Councilman Eddie Stinnett noted first of all this all has to go through the City Manager, Ron
=
Goulart and then to the Council. He noted he had presented
=
POST had paid during
= presented from POST did= not add up to him because one minute they talked about cutting and then
= they have $7,000 to pay and he felt like they needed to be help accountable.
=
= Councilman/Mayor Pro Tem Lo= uis Hamm noted that what he handed out was an explanation as =
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=
to how the amount the City =
pays could change depending on
calls, volume and training which
= would probably fluctuate lowe= r but could in an extreme case fluctuate higher and in this case it
= would be further funds would be a decision left upon the City Manager.
=
= Mayor Ronnie Cobb noted there were two (2) legal items to be considered. First off was the
= funding dispute between the County and the POST that went bef= ore a Judge for a deter= mined set
= amount that could not be deterred from without approval. The second item was POST was to
= provide the same services for the same amount of monies as previous.=
=
= There was general discussion = as to whether POST had been back to = the County to ask for funding,
= as to what the “contract” would actually involved, City and fire department budget issues and etc.
=
= Mayor Ronnie Cobb used an example of the Fire Department responding to a call= where an
= ambulance and a police officer were already present and questioned as to whether or not fire=
= personnel are paid for responding to these types= of calls.
=
= There was general discussion as to why there is no distinguishing between= serious “roll over
=
type” calls and “fender benders” and how the Fire Departments =
are at
the mercy of the 911 Call
= Center when these calls come in noting they get calls in which the public has called and limited
= information has been made available. Also, there was discussion regarding POST supplying the
= City with a financial statement each month as to how and where the money was spent and why a
= list has not been supplied to the City as requested noting all paid employees and etc.
=
= Councilman/Mayor Pro Tem Louis Hamm noted that POST and the City has not purchased a
=
Chaplain’s car.
=
bodies that have donated money such as the
= Rossville and some other entities that Chaplain’s serve. = The other Chaplain’s = car was actually
= given to the Chaplain from the Catoosa County Sherr= iff’s Department who was gettin= g rid of
= the car.
=
= Councilman Eddie Stinnett questioned as to whether the personnel was being paid by po= ints or
= by response noting money that the Chaplain, who is also a part of the Fire Department, has been
= paid.
=
= It was noted the Chaplain is not paid for being a Chaplain,= he is paid on points and is considered
= a part of the support personnel and is paid just like any other support personnel whether that are
= involved in fire prevention and etc. It was a noted Chaplain Neal Brown is= a Certified EMT
= Mayor Ronnie Cobb called for a&= nbsp; vote to approve the Fire Department Staff funding on a =
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monthly basis as stated in =
Councilman/Mayor
Pro Tem Louis Hamm’s request:&nb=
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to contract with
=
POST Volunteer Fire
Department month by month for 90 days or=
until something on
=
RFP comes from the County or some contract with POST and the City
of
=
made in the amount of $31,667 per month with these funds being split with the Fort Oglethorpe
= Fire Department Budget and the City Manager’s Continge= ncy Fund both paying $15,833.50
= each. Vote was 3-2 as follows: Councilman/Mayor Pro = Tem Louis Hamm voted “yes,”
= Councilman Charles Sharrock= voted “yes,” Councilman Johnnie “Red” Smith voted “yes,”
=
Councilman Eddie Stinnett
voted “no” and Council=
man
Earl Gray voted “no.”
Motion carried
= to approve the Fire Department Staff funding on a monthly basis as stated in Councilman/
=
Mayor Pro Tem Louis
= month by month for 90 days or until something on the RFP comes from the County or some
= contract with POST and the City of Fort Oglethorpe is made in the amount of $31,667 per
=
month with these funds=
being
split with the Fort Oglethorpe Fire
Department Budget and
the
= City Manager’s C= ontingency Fund both paying $15,833.50 each.
=
= Mayor Ronnie Cobb noted the Public Hearing on the agenda will have to&nbs= p; be rescheduled due to =
= Mr. Dave Howering’s absence then asked if they could go ahead with the Public Hearing le= gally
= with Councilman/Mayor Pro <= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Tem Louis Hamm overseeing it since he is on the committee.
=
= City Attorney, Robert Stultz noted “yes” Councilman/Mayor Pro Tem Louis Hamm could
=
Legally present the Catoosa County Joint Comprehensive
= is on the committee.
=
=
=
********************PUBLIC
HEARING********************
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I. CALL TO OR=
DER:
=
Mayor Ronnie Cobb called the
Public Hearing to order.
=
=
II.
=
Community Assessment and Community Participation Program
=
=
Councilman/Mayor Pro <=
span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Tem Louis Hamm noted the
City of=
=
Oglethorpe and the
County Commissioners want to join in a Catoosa County Joint
= Comprehensive Plan for the years 2011-2031 which will be a committee assessment along with
= and community particip= ation program having regular scheduled meetings and public heari= ngs to
=
educate and inform
= community assessment, obtain input on the proposed community participation program, notify the
=
community of when the plan components will be transmitted to the Regional
Development
= Center Northwest Regional Commission for review. He noted he would like to see the
= citizens get involved in this and would do his best to have the meetings and time listed on the
= government channel on TV as quick as possible and has asked all the chairmen of= the commission
= of the city to be come to give input as well as all of the City Councilman. He encouraged
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everyone to participate and become involved so they can see where they want the Cities/County
= to go in the next twenty (20) years.
=
= There was inaudible discussion from the audience.
=
= Mayor Ronnie Cobb noted= this is a massive comprehensive plan and he would like to see a model
of this placed on the =
City’s Web Site. He also thanked Councilman/Mayor Pro Tem Louis
Hamm for serving on this
committee and giving of his time noting the importance of it. He
called for anyone who had questions or who was either for or
Comprehensive Plan 2011-2031 to come forward.
There was no response.
III. CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING:
Mayor Ronnie Cobb closed the
Public Hearing on the
Plan 2011-2031, Community Assessment and Community Participation Pro=
gram.
= ****************CITY COUNCIL MEETING CONTINUED****************
=
XII.=
CITY MANAGER’S REPORT:
Mayor Ronnie Cobb ask in regards to Item 3, under NEW BUSINESS: Fire Department Staff
funding, would the budget have to be amended.
City Manager, Ron Goulart noted there were going to be some serious problems and that it
would have to be amended with three (3) readings. He noted as far as getting the money he was
not recommending cutting other departments, but the City would have to go into their reserves
and cash in a CD. He noted that depending on
budget amendment. He noted he would run out of contingency money and the Fire Department
will run out of money also. &n= bsp;
Councilman/Mayor Pro Tem Lo= uis Hamm noted his motion was for ninety (90) days and even
if we don’t hear from the County
he feels as though the City
Mayor Ronnie Cobb reite= rated that they would have to amend the budget and probably cash in a
CD and ask if they should do that in regards to the City employees which have not had a raise in
two (2) years and department heads who have sacrificed positions in order to make budget will
they be made whole.
City Manager, Ron Goulart noted “no” that in orde= r to do that they would have to take out a lot
of money.
There was general discussion on how much money would actually be tak= en out of the contingency
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fund and how much would be taken out of the Fire Department Budget.
=
City Manager, Ron Goulart
noted that once the money has come out of&=
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the Fire Department’=
;s
Budget they will have to make up that amount somewhere so he will either have to go back to the
contingency fund to make the Fire Department’s Budget whole….he noted that he keeps digging <= /p>
himself into a whole. =
Councilman Johnnie “Red” Smith noted that the City has had a bunch of permits a= nd asked the
City Manager if he had counted how much is coming from the Costco Development. He
recommended the City take a look at the budget every now and then and adjust the budget = as
needed.
City Manager, Ron Goulart noted we did not know yet as to how much the City will get off of
the permit however, if= it is a regulatory fee you cannot use a regulatory fee to balance your
General Fund Budget.
of that regulatory procedure.
There was general discussion regarding “loss negotiations,” revenue = from sales tax, property tax
and etc.
Mayor Ronnie Cobb noted they needed to address Resolution 2010-02, Resolution to Transmit.
Community Assessment and the Community Participation Program portion=
s of
the
Joint Comprehensive
Resolution<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> to Transmit Community Assessment and the Community Participation Program
portions of the Catoosa County Joint Comprehensive Pl= an 2011-2031.
City Manager, Ron Goulart read Resolution 2010-02, Resolution to Transmit Community
Assessment and the Community Participation Program portions of the Catoosa County Joint
Comprehensive Plan 2011-2031. =
Mayor Ronnie Cobb calle=
d for
a motion to discuss/approve
Transmit Community Assessment and the Community Participation Program portions of the
Councilman/=
Mayor
Pro Tem Louis Hamm made
the motion to discuss/approve Resolution
2010-02, Resolution to Transmit Community Assessment and the Community Participatio= n
Program portions of the Catoosa County Joint Comprehensive Plan 2011-2031. Councilman
Earl Gray seconded the motion.
Ms. Gerry Depken, resident, came forward to ask what the definit= ion of Community Assessment
is and what was the Communi= ty Participation Program.
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Mayor Ronnie
Involved and suggested &= nbsp; Councilman/Mayor Pro Tem Louis Hamm call her at a later date t= o
=
explain to her Resolution
2010-02.
City Manager, Ron Goulart recommended Ms. Gerry Depken take Councilman Charles
Sharrock’s place representing the City due to f= amily illness.
The Council agreed Ms. Gerry Depken could take Councilman Charles Sharrock’s place
representing the City d= ue to family illness.
There was no further discussion.
Mayor Ronnie Cobb called for a vote to approve Resolution 2010-02, Resolution to Tr= ansmit
Community Assessment
Resolution 2010-02, Resolution to Transmit Community Assessment and the Community
Participation Program<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> portions of the Catoosa County Joint Comprehensive Plan 2011-2031.
City Manager, Ron Goulart noted they did receive the contract=
on
the
Project however they are
having to make a change in it before they can execute the contract.
He also noted that he and Chief Building Official, Mark Lindsay attended a seminar on the
Wetland Credits. He reminded the Council= the City had to spend $48,700 on Phase II for
credits and Phase III is going to require $60,000. He noted they met with one of the directors in
to purchase the credits especially since this is only a temporary disturbance.
Mayor Ronnie Cobb noted through the Northwest Regional Commission an ARC Grant
approval for $300,000 on sewers.
XIII.CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS AND BUSINE=
SS:
Councilman Johnnie
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XIV.CITIZEN’S PETITIONS AND REQ=
UESTS:
1. Ed Parrish &#=
8211;
Mr. Ed Parrish, resident on Barnhardt Circle, came forward to request instead of proceeding
with the Phase II sidewalk project as they voted on tonight take a lot of the sidewalks on
the money towards repairing and replacing the sidewalks on
not know where they were at as far as where the money was slated for these sidewalks but the
residents would like
= It was noted that the grant money given to the City was requested for and has to be used for next
= phase of the multi purpose trail.
=
XV. EXECUTIVE SESSION:
None
XVI. ADJOURNMENT:
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Mayor
Ronnie Cobb called for a motion to adjourn.
Councilman Johnnie “Red” Smith made the
motion to adjourn. Councilman/Mayor Pro =
Tem Louis Ham seconded the motion.
Mayor= Ronnie Cobb called for a vote to adjourn. Vote was unanimous. Motion carried to
adjourn.
Respectfu= lly Submitted,
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Ms. Carol Murray, City Clerk =
=
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Ronnie
Cobb, Mayor
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