CITY OF CARROLLTON
COUNCIL MEETING
CITY HALL
AUGUST 27, 2007
7:00 P.M.
COUNCIL: KEVIN CRAIG
CHRISTEN BROCK
MIKE GORDON
NANCY JO GROBMYER
DAVID WILHOITE
DEAN MILLER JR
ATTORNEY FOR CITY: NICHOLAS MARSH
CLERK-TREASURER: BECKY H. PYLES
POLICE CHIEF: MIKE WILLHOITE
TEEN COUNCIL MEMBERS: HALEY FRANKLIN
PRESS: MADISON COURIER/SARA DENHART
NEWS DEMOCRAT/PHYLLIS CODLING
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.
CHRISTINA POOLE: FIELD REPRESENTATIVE FOR GEOFF DAVIS
MAYOR LOUDEN INTRODUCED CHRISTINA POOLE, FIELD REPRESENTATIVE FOR CONGRESSMAN GEOFF DAVIS.
MS. POOLE GAVE HER BUSINESS CARD TO ALL CITY COUNCIL AND REMINDED THEM TO CALL HER OFFICE FOR GRANT INFORMATION, ETC.
TOBACCO FESTIVAL
CATHY MORGAN PRESENTED A REQUEST FOR STREET CLOSINGS AND PORT-O-LETS FOR THE TOBACCO FESTIVAL
TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 27TH, 28TH, AND 29TH.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GORDON AND SECONDED BY MR. WILHOITE AND DULY CARRIED TO APPROVE SIX PORT-O-LETS, STREET CLOSINGS AS REQUESTED, AND TO DONATE $200 TO THE TOBACCO FESTIVAL.
AYES 6 NAYS 0
INTRODUCTION OF ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF
POLICE CHIEF, MIKE WILLHOITE, RECOMMENDED OFFICER STEVE ABBOTT, A TWELVE YEAR POLICE OFFICER
WITH THE CITY OF CARROLLTON, TO BE HIS ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF. MR. WILLHOITE NOTED THAT WHEN
CAPTAIN RON CULVER RETIRED MAY 31, 2007 HE HAD BEEN WITHOUT AN ASSISTANT CHIEF.
COUNCIL WOMAN, CHRISTEN BROCK, QUESTIONED CHIEF WILLHOITE HOW WAS OFFICER ABBOTT CHOSEN
AND WAS HE A RANKED OFFICER?
CHIEF WILLHOITE NOTED IT WAS BASED ON THE FACT THERE WAS INDEED AN OPENING AND OFFICER ABBOTT
WAS THE POLICE CHIEF'S CHOICE. HE REMINDED COUNCIL THAT IN THE PAST EIGHTEEN YEARS THERE HAD ONLY BEEN
ONE PROMOTION WHICH WAS HIS PROMOTION FROM OFFICER TO POLICE CHIEF WHEN LAMAN STARK RETIRED.
COUNCILMAN GORDON ASKED IF SENIORITY PLAYED A FACTOR IN THE DECISION?
CHIEF WILLHOITE NOTED THAT PERFORMANCE OUT WEIGHED SENIORITY IN HIS CHOICE.
MAYOR LOUDEN REMARKED THAT SENIORITY WAS NOT THE DECIDING FACTOR IN THE CORPORATE WORLD,
IT WAS WHO WAS THE MOST QUALIFIED. MAYOR LOUDEN SAID HE WAS COMFORTABLE WITH CHIEF WILLHOITE'S CHOICE.
COUNCIL WOMAN BROCK ASKED IF THE OPENING HAD BEEN POSTED?
CHIEF WILLHOITE NOTED THAT IT WAS NOT POSTED BUT THE POSITION HAD BEEN OPEN SINCE MAY 31, 2007.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: REGULAR MEETING: AUGUST 13, 2007
THE MOTION WAS MADE BY MR. GORDON AND SECONDED BY MS. BROCK
AND DULY CARRIED TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.
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RESOLUTION #R07-20: AUTHORIZE MAYOR TO ENTER CONTRACT WITH NICHOLAS MARSH OF MONK
AND MARSH AS ATTORNEY FOR CITY
RESOLUTION #R07-20 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER CONTRACT WITH NICHOLAS MARSH OF MONK AND
MARSH FOR ATTORNEY FOR THE CITY WAS READ BY ATTORNEY FOR THE CITY, NICHOLAS MARSH.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GORDON AND SECONDED BY MS. BROCK AND DULY CARRIED TO APPROVE
RESOLUTION #R070-20 AS READ.
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1ST READING: ORDINANCE #07-32 SETTING 2007 ADVALOREM TAX RATE
IT WAS MOVED BY MS. GROBMYER AND SECONDED BY MS. BROCK AND DULY CARRIED TO HAVE THE
1ST READING OF ORDINANCE #07-32 SETTING THE 2007 ADVALOREM TAX RATE AT $0.26 CENTS PER $100.
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ATTORNEY FOR THE CITY, NICHOLAS MARSH, READ THE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE #07-32 SETTING THE
2007 TAX RATE AT $0.26 PER $100.
REQUEST: POINT PARK: SEPTEMBER 15 & 16th
A REQUEST FROM PLAPP'S OUTDOOR WORLD FOR "OHIO RIVER RUMBLE" ON SEPTEMBER 15 & 16 WAS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WILHOITE AND SECONDED BY MR. MILLER AND DULY CARRIED TO APPROVE THE
REQUEST OF POINT PARK BY PLAPP'S FOR SEPTEMBER 15 & 16TH.
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1ST READING: ORDINANCE #07-33 ADOPTING POLICE POLICY AND PROCEDURE # 7:14: IN-CAR MOBILE VIDEO POLICY
IT WAS MOVED BY MS. BROCK AND SECONDED BY MR. GORDON AND DULY CARRIED TO HAVE THE 1ST READING OF
ORDINANCE #07-33 ADOPTING #7:14 IN-CAR MOBILE VIDEO POLICY.
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THE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE #07-33 WAS READ BY ATTORNEY FOR THE CITY, NICHOLAS MARSH.
COUNCILMAN GORDON QUESTIONED SECTION 4 "SUPERVISORS" IN RELATION TO THE FACT SOMETIMES A SUPERVISOR
WAS NOT ON DUTY WHEN A DISK WAS FULL AND NEEDED TO BE REMOVED AND CHANGED BY A SUPERVISOR.
QUESTIONS WERE RAISED ABOUT THE TIMELINE TO "ERASE" TAPES, WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE, RECORDS OF ERASURE,
AND FILING OF THE DISKS.
ATTORNEY FOR THE CITY, NICHOLAS MARSH, NOTED THAT THE POLICY WAS TAKEN FROM THE KRS STATUTES
AND THE AUTHORITY TO ERASE WAS TO BE ORDERED BY THE DISTRICT JUDGE AFTER A CASE WAS SETTLED.
CLERK-TREASURER, BECKY H. PYLES, SUGGESTED A "DESTRUCTION CERTIFICATE" TO BE COMPLETED WITH THE
DATE, TIME, AND BY WHOM, TO BE FILED WITH THE ORDER FROM THE JUDGE.
REQUEST: POINT PARK: SEPTEMBER 10 & 11, 2008
A REQUEST FOR THE USE OF POINT PARK ON SEPTEMBER 10TH AND 11TH OF 2008 WAS RECEIVED FOR THE 2008 SENIOR EVENT.
IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GORDON AND SECONDED BY MS. BROCK AND DULY CARRIED TO APPROVE THE
REQUEST FOR POINT PARK ON SEPTEMBER 10TH AND 11TH OF 2008 FOR THE SENIOR EVENT.
AYES 6 NAYS 0
SPECIAL MEETING
A SPECIAL MEETING FOR THE SECOND READING OF THE 2007 TAX RATE ORDINANCE WILL BE HELD ON
THURSDAY, AUGUST 30TH AT 11:00 A.M.
"WATER STREET"
DISCUSSION ON THE PAVED AREA COMMONLY KNOWN AS "WATER STREET" WAS LED BY ATTORNEY FOR THE CITY,
NICHOLAS MARSH. MR. MARSH NOTED THAT IT CURRENTLY WAS NOT A CITY STREET, HOWEVER, AS PER STATE STATUTES,
"IF USED PUBLICLY FOR OVER FIVE YEARS" THE CITY CAN PASS AN ORDINANCE TO PUT THIS PAVED AREA IN THE CITY STREETS SYSTEM.
THE PUBLIC HAS USED THIS PASSAGE WAY FOR OVER FIVE YEARS AND THE CITY HAS PAVED IT IN THE PAST.
MAYOR LOUDEN ASKED TO LET PLANNING AND ZONING LOOK AT THIS TO SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY LONG RANGE PROJECTS
FOR THE OHIO RIVER BANK.
EXECUTIVE SESSION: LAND ACQUISITION
AT THE HOUR OF 7:55 P.M. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MILLER AND SECONDED BY MR. CRAIG AND DULY CARRIED
TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
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AT THE HOUR OF 8:29 P.M. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GORDON AND SECONDED BY MS. BROCK TO COME OUT OF
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
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IT WAS MOVED BY MS. GROBMYER AND SECONDED BY MR. MILLER AND DULY CARRIED TO AUTHORIZE
THE MAYOR TO ENTER NEGOTIATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL PROPERTY.
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COMMENTS:
-COUNCILMAN WILHOITE NOTED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS SOME GUIDELINES FOR ADVANCEMENT
OF OFFICERS IN THE FUTURE.
-COUNCILMAN GORDON AND COUNCILWOMAN BROCK AGREED.
-MAYOR LOUDEN REPORTED THE CARROLLTON HOUSING AUTHORITY HAD AN INSPECTION AND RECEIVED
29 OF THE POSSIBLE 30 POINTS AND RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE.
-MAYOR LOUDEN PRESENTED A LETTER FROM JOE DAWSON OF THE AMERICAN LEGION REQUESTING DONATIONS
FOR THE HONOR GUARD.
COUNCIL DECLINED.
ADJOURNMENT
THE MOTION WAS MADE BY MR. GORDON AND SECONDED BY MR. WILHOITE AND DULY CARRIED TO
ADJOURN THE BOARD OF COUNCIL AT THE HOUR OF 8:33 P.M.
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ATTEST:
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DWIGHT D. LOUDEN MAYOR BECKY H. PYLES, CLERK-TREASURER