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Columbia City Council Report, September 4, 2012 meeting In September 4, 2012 City Council action
By Ed Waggener Columbia has a lot going for it with the Columbia/Adair County Airport, C/AC Airport Board Member John Rarey told the Columbia City Council last night in a successful request to get the city to restore $7,700 in funding to the facility. The vote to restore the funding was 6-0, with all Council Members - June Parson, Jim Hadley, Tony Grider, Robert Flowers, Linda Waggener and Craig Dean - present and voting for the action at the Council's September meeting, Tuesday (because of Labor Day), September 4, 2012. At the request of Columbia Mayor Mark Harris, Mr. Rarey briefly enumerated just some of the major accomplishments of the airport and its economic benefit to Columbia and Adair County. Mr. Rarey cited the boards work in obtaining $565,000 in state grants which will grow to $776,000 when $211,000 for improved lighting at the airport is received. While the last grant is 100% state funded, Mr. Rarey said that without some City and County support, the airport has much less credibility when it pleads the case for the airport. Earlier grants included $500,000 for paving - done by local contractors - and $65,000 for additional hangar space, also built by local contractors. He said that many local businesses fly to visit prospects, as he does for his printing firm, a large Columbia employer. As well, he said that parents frequently use the airport to visit children at Lindsey Wilson College. The Pines at Lindsey Wilson now coordinates a fly-in for golfers with the airport, and even guests at William T's/Truly Elegant Dining often fly to Columbia just to enjoy the extraordinary food served there. In the future, he said, there are plans to extend the 2,600 foot runway to 4,000 feet, and, if the land can be acquired, to 5,000 feet, which would make Columbia's airport the same length as Campbellsville's and Russell County's airports. He cited the airports importance in recruiting doctors and in bringing more visiting doctors to Columbia. Councillor Tony Grider, an Emergency Medical Technician, noted that patients for Adair County who can't be flown to tertiary treatment centers by helicopter now have to be flown from Jamestown or Campbellsville. With the longer runways Mr. Rarey envisions, those flights could be handled more quickly from Columbia. City getting serious about making streets golf cart legal, Mayor Harris says. Mayor Mark D. Harris announced that the City is checking into the idea of making golf carts street legal on qualifying streets in the city. Mayor Harris said the city is looking into the matter. "The college utilizes them every day," he said, adding, "We'd be among the first if we do it." The mayor made the remarks about golf carts in a response to inquiry from Councillor Linda Waggener about the status of sidewalks for Lindsey Wilson students going between the main campus and the Lindsey Wilson Sport Park. The Mayor said he is talking with state authorities in Frankfort about funding the project. Growing cycling popularity prompts call to make city more Bicycle Friendly Concern for bicycle safety was voiced by Councillor Craig Dean, who wanted the Mayor to look at using the City's Vacuum Sweeper truck to clean shoulders along the bypass to make them safer for cyclists to use. Nuisance ordinance goes home with councillors The city's proposed nuisance ordinance was passed out to the CIty Council for consideration at a later meeting. City's new cruisers striped - and they are much greener City Police Chief Jason Cross announced that the City's new Dodge Charger police cruisers have been striped by Don Swofford of Campbellsville and are very sharp in appearance. He also noted that the cruisers get some 80% better gas mileage. "They run 18 mpg," he said. And that, he added is much better than the 10-12 miles per gallon fuel usage of the cruisers they replaced, bought during the tenure of his predecessor, former Chief Mark D. Harris. Minutes approved routinely The Council voted 6-0, on a motion by Councillor Tony Grider, with a second by Councillor Linda Waggener, to approve the minutes of the August 6, 2012 regular meeting. Council approves second reading of Budget Amendment The council approved a second reading of Ordinance No. 220.155, read by City Attorney Marshall Loy, which simply changes the revenue and expenditure sides of the budget to allow for a $600,000 grant not in the original 2012-13 fiscal year budget. The vote was unanimous. In Councillor Comments: - Councillor June Parson was first to speak in the Councillors' comments segment of the meeting, and commended the work of the Columbia/Adair County Airport Board.The meeting was well attended with many media types. Former Councillor and candidate for the council Dr. Ronnie "Butch" Rogers was in the audience. Mayor Mark D. Harris presided with all councillors, Craig Dean, Linda Waggener, Robert Flowers, Tony Grider, Jim Hadley, and June Parson all on time and present. City Attorney Marshall Loy, Chief of Police Jason Cross, City Gas Superintendent Ron Cook and his wife, Linda Cook, City Planning and Zoning Member Roy Rademacher were present. City Clerk Sonya Roy recorded the session. The council adjourned at 6:27pmCT, on a motion by Robert Flowers. This story was posted on 2012-09-05 06:54:37
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