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Columbia City Council regular October 3, 2005 meeting report Council approves rezoning for annexation, approves P&Z recommendation to deny Tina Inez Graves' request to rezone 502 Burkesville commercial, and tables request for rezoning 503 Greensburg Street to make way for dry cleaners. Mayor Bell casts first tie breaking vote to sustain Skateboard Ordinance. City approves resolution which may result in fines for Charter Cable. Sue Stivers, Robert Flowers, Edgar Troutman, Billy Wheat re-appointed to boards. Gaddie-Shamrock gets paving bid. High Street to get No Parking signs. Carrie Bolin to get signs, stripes. Mayor announces receipt of grant money, PRIDE clean-up week. Joe Moore maintains tradition, moves adjournment. 39 minute meeting. Photo, Mayor, Joe Moore, follows this story By Ed Waggener In tonight's Columbia City Council Meeting, the gallery was packed with standing room only. The large crowd was present almost entirely because of the City of Columbia Planning and Zoning's three recommendations. One recommendation was tabled, two were approved. The Council tabled the recommendation by the Planning & Zoning Commission to allow a change in zoning for 503 Greensburg Street from R-2 to C-1. In a letter from P&Z Chairman Joe Pyles, the Commission said that the building at the address had always been commercial and that it should have been grandfathered in as commercial. The planned use of the property, owned by Dr. Roger Dale Smith, Donna Smith and James G. Corbin, is to open a dry cleaners there. Councilman Larry Marshall said that he wanted to table the recommendation to have time to study the environmental impact of the chemicals used in the cleaning process. "I have concerns about this." The vote was 6-0 to table the matter until a later date. The Council voted 6-0 to accept the Planning and Zoning recommendations on two rezonings:
See article, photos of property, for which zoning changes sought Charter Communications given warnings; may be fined $100 a day City Attorney Marshall Loy read Resolution No. 2005-12, which cited Charter Communications, which holds the city cable Tv franchise, for failure to comply with its contract on three points: "We're trying to get some decent reception here," Mayor Bell said, "but we never have. A lot of people in town have already gone to (satellite) dishes or just given up." He added, "I've told them, 'I don't want to be contentious, but you've have had 10 years and all we get are promises.'" Mayor Bell breaks tie to sustain Skateboard Ordinance The Skateboard Ordinance survived a critical vote only by Mayor Patrick R. Bell breaking a 3-3 tie vote after the second reading of the ordinance. It was the first occasion in his tenure as Mayor that Mr. Bell has had the opportunity to vote to break a tie. Following the reading, a motion by Council Member Grimsley, seconded by Council Member Larry Marshall, picked up only one additional vote, that of Council Member Joe Moore, with the other three Members, Craig Dean, June Parsons, and Edwin Taylor voting no. Mayor Bell broke the tie by voting "Aye," and the second reading was approved. Mayor's announces four reappointments Mayor Bell recommended four re-appointments and all were unanimously approved. They were as follows;
Mayor Bell announced the receipt of two grants:
Mayor Bell announced that the Fall Pride Clean-up drive will be October 17-22, in conjunction with the Adair County Fall Pride Clean-up drive. "Dumpsters will be set up on Tutt Street and at the Fairgrounds," he said. "And on October 22, we're calling for volunteers to help with a roadside cleanup throughout the city." Mayor Bell commended the work of City Clerk Carolyn Edwards and of Rhonda Edwards in coordinating the cleanup drive. Gaddie-Shamrock gets paving bid The council voted 6-0 to accept the street paving bid of Gaddie-Shamrock. The vote came on a motion by Senior Council Member Larry Marshall, seconded by Council Member June Parsons. Gaddie-Shamrock bid $38/ton, for a total of $71,255.70, vs. a bid by Burton Stone & Paving of $42.50/ton, for a total of $97,537.50. In other business: On a motion by Council Member Craig Dean, seconded by Council Member Edwin Taylor, the Council voted 6-0 to approve the minutes of the September 6, 2005, regular meeting and of the September 16 and 19 special called meetings. No one spoke in the citizens' comments segment of the meeting. Councilman Larry Marshall introduced an ordinance, given first reading by the city attorney to amend the budget. The amendments, Mayor Bell said, were largely to handle the payment for the new ladder truck and for changes needed in the utilities budget. A similar introduction and first reading was given to an ordinance adopting a supplement to the Code of Ordinances. Votes were not required on either action. Council recommendations Council Member Craig Dean recommended yellow striping or signs on the speed bumps on Carrie Bolin Drive. Mayor Bell said that would be done. He recommended something be done about rats and mice on the Public Square and was told that is already being addresed. Mr. Dean moved that signs be put up on both ends of High Street to say, "No Parking on Street 7 - 4," and the motion passed 5-1. The only other Council Member to comment in the "Council Announcements" segment was Edwin Taylor, who requested Council Members be thinking about the next sidewalks to be built. Councilman Joe Moore again maintained his long standing tradition. At 6:39 p.m., as Mayor Bell stood up and said, "We have just one other item of business," Joe Moore announced, "I move we adjourn!" And so they did. The motion requires no second. In reply to the comment below:Thanks, very much, for posting your thoughts, which are appreciated. And sorry about the confusion I may have caused, as the reporter. However, when Joe Moore moved for adjournment, the meeting was over. There was no more to be discussed. Every item on the agenda had been addressed. I've been told that a motion for adjournment is the only one which does not require a second. The Columbia City Council meetings are conducted, under the leadership of Mayor Pat Bell, in a very fair, businesslike manner. It has just become a notable tradition that Joe Moore moves for adjournment, always after a signal from the Mayor that business is complete. I like the tradition. And when I report the time elapsed in the meeting, it's just a metric which I hope people use to measure how much city business can be handled, properly, in that length of time. My take is that most in Columbia tend to believe that Mayor Bell and Joe Moore are both making outstanding contributions to life here. And both, by the way, have a sense of humor. Hope this helps. And please continue commenting. - ED WAGGENER Regular monthly meetings of the Columbia City Council are each first Monday. Mayor Patrick R. Bell. Council Members Larry Marshall, Joe Moore, Charles Grimsley, Craig Dean, Edwin Taylor, and June Parsons. City Attorney Marshall Loy. City Court Clerk Carolyn Edwards. City Police Chief Mark Harris. City Utilities Commission Director Jim Williams. City Works Director Donnie Rowe. This story was posted on 2005-10-03 21:34:54
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