CITY OF CARROLLTON
COUNCIL MEETING
CITY HALL
FEBRUARY 23, 2009
7:00 P.M.
COUNCIL: KEVIN CRAIG
MIKE GORDON
NANCY JO GROBMYER
TAMMY McBURNEY
DEAN MILLER JR
ADAM RAKER
ATTORNEY FOR CITY: NICHOLAS MARSH
ASSISTANT CITY CLERK: SUSIE MCGEE
PRESS: MADISON COURIER/SARA DENHART
NEWS DEMOCRAT/SHARON GRAVES
ABSENT:
TEEN COUNCIL: ANGELA WOODS
WILLIAM YAGER
CALL TO ORDER
THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT THE HOUR OF 7:00 P.M. BY MAYOR LOUDEN. MAYOR LOUDEN OFFERED AN INVOCATION, FOLLOWED WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: REGULAR MEETING: FEB. 9, 2009
THE MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN CRAIG AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN GORDON AND DULY CARRIED TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.
AYES 6 NAYS 0
PLANNING & ZONING RECOMMENDATION: ADD FUNERAL HOME SERVICE AS A CONDITIONAL USE IN ALL RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
THE MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN MILLER AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN RAKER AND DULY CARRIED TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION.
AYES 6 NAYS 0
1ST READING: ORDINANCE #09-01: AMENDING CARROLLTON CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 156: ZONING CODE: SECTION 156.023, ITEM H: CONDITIONAL USES IN ALL RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS TO INCLUDE FUNERAL HOMES
THE MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN GORDON AND SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN GROBMYER AND DULY CARRIED TO HAVE THE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE #09-01.
AYES 6 NAYS 0
THE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE #09-01, AMENDING CARROLLTON CODE OF ORDINANCES CHAPTER 156, ADDING FUNERAL HOMES AS A CONDITIONAL USE, WAS READ BY ATTORNEY NICHOLAS MARSH.
SECOND READING: MARCH 9, 2009
MAYOR’S REPORTS
RESIGNATION: URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION: ROBIN KATES
THE MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN MILLER AND SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN McBURNEY AND DULY CARRIED TO ACCEPT THE RESIGNATION OF ROBIN KATES FROM THE URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION.
AYES 6 NAYS 0
APPOINTMENT: URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION
ROBIN WELCH TERM TO END: 12/31/2010
THE MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN GORDON AND SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN GROBMYER AND DULY CARRIED TO ACCEPT THE APPOINTMENT OF ROBIN WELCH.
AYES 6 NAYS 0
COMMUNITY LEADER MEETING
MAYOR LOUDEN ADVISED COUNCIL HE HAD ATTENDED A MEETING AT JIM CRAWFORD’S OFFICE ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2009. PARTICIPANTS WERE MAINLY CCCDC MEMBERS WITH SOME COMMUNITY LEADERS INVOLVED.
THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE IDEAS TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY OF CARROLL COUNTY. THESE PROJECTS WON’T RELY ON MONEY FROM THE STIMULUS PACKAGE BUT COULD BE BID AND STARTED IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
THE MAYOR WENT ON TO SAY THE POLK STREET PROJECT WAS MENTIONED BUT COULD NOT BE MOVED UP TO BID BECAUSE OF LITIGATION.
KEVIN CRAIG, TOURISM BOARD MEMBER, MENTIONED THE POSSIBILITY OF MOVING UP THE FY 2009-2010 SIDEWALK PROJECT FROM NEXT FALL TO THIS SPRING.
THE CULVERT ON 4TH STREET BETWEEN SYCAMORE STREET AND HIGHLAND
AVENUE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND COULD ALSO BE A POSSIBILITY.
EXECUTIVE SESSION: PROPERTY ACQUISITION/DISPOSITION/LITIGATION
THE MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN MILLER AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN RAKER AND DULY CARRIED TO ENTER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THE HOUR OF 7:12 P.M.
AYES 6 NAYS 0
THE MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN GORDON AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MILLER AND DULY CARRIED TO COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THE HOUR OF 7:43 P.M.
AYES 6 NAYS 0
NO ACTION WAS TAKEN.
COMMENTS
ATTORNEY NICHOLAS MARSH INVITED COUNCIL TO THE YOUNG LEADERS INSTITUTE TO BE HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS ON MARCH 12TH FROM 10:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.
ADJOURNMENT
THE MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN GORDON AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CRAIG AND DULY CARRIED TO STAND IN ADJOURNMENT AT THE HOUR OF 7:43 P.M.
AYES 6 NAYS 0
ATTEST:
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DWIGHT D. LOUDEN, MAYOR SUSIE MCGEE, ASST CITY CLERK