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Columbia City Council Report Regular June 5, 2006 meeting Larry Marshall presides in absence of Mayor Bell. City general fund budget shows expenditures of $1,614,318 for 06/07; Charles Grimsley's dream of Parks & Recreation Board becoming reality; ; Duo County cable franchise gets second reading. City employees raises will be based on merit, decided by Mayor and department heads. Council approves zone change recommendation, moving Don Franklin's Burkesville Street Office Park project along. Another update on CACIDA's economic development ventures, including what happened to the spec building. Joe Moore maintains tradition. By Ed Waggener Tbe City of Columbia will have a general fund operating budget of $1,614,318 next year, with spending exceeding revenues by an estimated $148,715. That's no problem for the budget, however, as the city still estimates the general fund balances will have $1,488, 914 at the end of Fiscal Year 2006-2007. Senior Councillor Larry Marshall presides in absence of Mayor Bell Senior Councillor Larry Marshall presided over the meeting in the absence of Mayor Patrick R. Bell, who was travelling on city business. All six councillors were present for the meeting, which started at 6:00pm, Monday June 5, 2005, in Columbia City Hall. City Councillor Charles Grimsley finally gets a Parks & Recreation Board Color in Columbia Councillor Charles Grimsley may have been the happiest men in Columbia last night. The City Council unanimously approved an ordinance creating a Parks & Recreation Board. It was landmark law for Mr. Grimsley, for a cause he has championed over his years in public life. The ordinance calls for a Parks & Recreation Board with five board members, including one from the city council, each paid $15 per meeting plus necessary expenses. The board will over grants and real estate, bequests or gifts of money for parks and recreational purposes. The 2006-2007 fiscal year budget includes $48,525 in parks and recreation money. Second reading given to Duo-County ordinance The council approved the second reading of the Ordinance No 450.12, allowing a 16 year non-exclusive franchise for the operation of a cable television system in the City of Columbia. The franchise will be held by Duo County Telephone of Jamestown, KY, whose CEO, Bill Magruder was present at the meeting. The vote was unanimous to approve the ordinance. Mr. Magruder said that the communications company's engineers are already working on plans to upgrade the system in Columbia. Duo County takes over the last day of June, 2006. Council approves audit contract The council uninamiously approved renewal of the audit contract with Henderman, Jessee & Company audit servies for the Fiscal Year 05/06. Council takes no action on Rescue Squad request for paving The council heard a request from Bill Anderson on behalf of the Adair County Rescue Squad, who asked that the Council blacktop the access road to the Squad Building. A question was raised over whether or not the road is in the city, and the council declined to take action on the matter. Mr. Anderson noted, again, the services provided by the all-volunteer Rescue Squad, and noted a paved access road would help the Squad maintain its equipment. Councillor Edwin Taylor suggested a way should be found to help the squad with the project. "We've helped pave the Little League parking lot," he said. "It looks like we could do the same for the Rescue Squad." Even so, he did not put the suggestion into the form of a motion, and Mayor Pro Tem Marshall thanks Mr. Anderson, who left, vowing it would be the last time he'd ask for anything from the Council. Council approves zone change recommended by P&Z Commission By a uninamious vote, the council approved the zone change to commercial for the lot owned by Don Franklin at the corner of Bomar Heights and Burkesville ST. The council heard the first reading of the ordinance which changes the Columbia zoning regulations and official zoning districts map to reflect the change. Council has first reading of City compensation plan ordinanceThere was a first reading of an ordinance updating the compensation plan for the City of Columbia. No vote was required on the reading. The plan calls for a 5% pay increase, with the increase to be at the discretion of the Mayor and the Department heads, based on merit. Raises may be different for various employees, but will be 5% for each department. Activity, spending up for CACIDA Martin Jones, the two day a week, $36,000 a year industrial consultant for Col./Adair County Industrial Development Authority (CACIDA), thanked the board for its financial support of the Adair County Industrial Foundations work. That amount is $50,000 per year. Jones appeared in one of his quarterly presentations. It was the longest segment of the meeting. Jones reported that activity has been up, including a $900 trip he made to a Chicago food show, which yielded no strong immediate prospects but helped him build a lot of good relationships, he said. Three good prospects got away, he said, for the following reasons: 1) Columbia isn't on I-65. 2) Columbia doesn't have a railroad, and 3) One firm, which was looking elsewhere anyway, bought another company and would not need a new plant. Jones said that he is prospecting for food processing companies, ones which manufacture food such as frozen dinners, or who are in the food processing equipment business, or who manufacture plastics for the food industry, because, he said, this sector is not going off-shore. He emphasized that he is excluding chicken processing plants from the list of food processing plants he would pursue. Jones presented a handout of CACIDA'S current budget. He thanked the Council for its support, and indicated it would be very nice if it were continued. The document showed total expenses for the first 10 months of $63,411.14, of which $32,000, or approximately 50.46%, went to consulting expense, with the next biggest expense factor being $17,108.44 for employee wages. And because the CACIDA has not spent all the money it has budgeted thus far, the handout a net income of $10,332.54, year to date. CACIDA's budget comes largely from the City of Columbia's $50,000 a year support. A like amount $50,000, comes from Adair Fiscal Court. A long story briefly retold (here): Saga of CACIDA'S incomplete spec building In answer to a question from Councillor Charles Grimsley, Jones outlined, in rich detail, the story of CACIDA's $80,000 spec building which was never assembled, was not a complete building, and which resulted in $10,000 down payment made by CACIDA evaporating. It was a long, presentation, but it boiled down to this: CACIDA is giving up legal action against the seller and is giving the materials to Majestic Yachts to use in the construction of its new building. The legal basis for doing so has apparently been established. The houseboat builder had to re-locate because of the Western Bypass construction. Spec building project was attempted based on old thinking; "Green Field Sites" increasingly important, Jones says Jones said that CACIDA tried to get the spec building erected back when spec buildings were considered a major economic development asset. Now, he says, "Green Field Sites" are becoming increasingly advantageous. Mr. Jones said that the Industrial Park (Green River Industrial Park) is looking good. "Go out and see it when you have a chance," he advised the Councillors. He said it has just been mowed and has a neat, pristine, look. But warned that CACIDA may not be able to keep it that way, all the time, because of budget constraints. Joe Moore moves for adjournment at 7:38pm At 7:38pm, as Mayor Pro Tem Larry Marshall indicated the business of the City Council was complete for the evening, Joe Moore said, "I make a motion we adjourn."And so they did.End of this Story About Your Columbia City Government Regular monthly meetings of the Columbia City Council are held each first Monday in City Hall, Campbellville ST, Columbia, KY 42728 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. City Sanitation Director Kenneth Dulin. This story was posted on 2006-06-06 08:26:16
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