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Columbia City Council Sept. 2, 2014 meeting report In last night's City Council meeting
By Ed Waggener The Columbia City Council had a first reading of the new occupational and payroll tax ordinance now rolling toward what seems certain enactment by January 1, 2014. and a curfew for the City Park inside the VFW Fairgrounds, requested by Jaycee Shannon Rowe and endorsed by VFW Commander Joe Hare was approved. The policy is aimed at curbing vandalism. All council members were present, Craig Dean, Robert Flowers, Dr. Ron Rogers, June Parson, Linda Waggener, and Charles Grimsley. All members of the Council and the Mayor urged citizens to keep Capt. Tony Grider in their prayers. No vote is taken on first readings in proceedings of the City Council. That, Mayor Harris said, will be done at the October 6, 2014, regular meeting. In the interim, an open public hearing is set for next Monday night at 6pmCT, in the Council Meeting Room, City Hall, 116, Campbellsville Street, Columbia, KY. At that time floor will be open to comments and questions from the audience. A powerpoint presentation by the Revenue Committee, June Parson, Robert Flowers, and Craig Dean, will be presented again. (See Council adopts recommendation to implement new tax, tax rate), which includes almost all of the Powerpoint slides, but Councillors Parson, Flowers, and Dean's comments, which will be heard at the meeting. Citizens will be able to comment on the ordinance again at the regular October meeting on October 6, 2014; had the second reading been approved at a Special Called Meeting, citizen comment could not have been made, unless specifically requested by the legislative body. A copy of the proposed ordinance available at City Hall & Dave Wells has a copy Copies of the proposed ordinance can be viewed at City Hall. Citizens and media who asked for copies got them last night from City Clerk Rhonda Loy. City Attorney Marshall Loy cautioned that this is just a preliminary draft, and that the final ordinance is subject to change will be published after its expected adoption at the October 6, 2014 regular meeting. At Monday's session, two persons spoke against the proposed ordinance, and for, during the Citizens' Comments segment of the meeting. Steve Warren, who is a Physical Therapist in Columbia, but who lives outside the city, voice concern being subject to a tax in which he has no say; and Karrie Robertson, and English instructor who now lives in the city but said she is planning to move, spoke against the measure, saying that since the heaviest burden of the tax falls on those commuting into the city, it took no great courage for the council to enact who should be a popular ordinance, that in answer to Columbia Planning & Zoning Commissioner Roy Rademacher, who had applauded members of the council for having great nerve to pass a tax increase before the election. Curfew approved for City Park Jaycee Shannon Rowe appealed to the Council and won approval for a curfew at the City Park to help curb vandalism at the Adair County Fairgrounds, 413 Fairgound Street in Columbia, KY. The curfew is necessary, Rowe said, to keep out vandals who have plagued the grounds in recent weeks. The Jaycees, who operate the Fairgrounds have decided to post curfews, but Rowe said that would do little good if the City Park inside the Fairgrounds does not also have a curfew. Routine matters Minutes for the August 4, 2014, regular meeting were unanimously approved on a motion by Linda Waggener, seconded by Dr. Ron Rogers, and for the August 19, 2014 special meeting on a motion by Craig Dean, with a second by Dr. Ron Rogers. Commander Joe Hare leads Pledge of Allegiance Joe Hare, Commander of VFW Post 6097, Columbia, KY, led the Pledge of Allengence. The meeting was fairly well attended, considering the importance of the Occupational License and Payroll Tax ordinance presented. COLUMBlA CITY COUNCIL holds its regular monthly meeting each first Monday at 6pmCT in City Hall, 116 Campbellsville ST, Columbia, KY. The meetings are open to the public. Mayor Mark D. Harris. Councillors Councillors Craig Dean, Linda Waggener, Robert Flowers, Dr. Ron Rogers, Charles Grimsley, and June Parson. City Clerk Rhonda Loy. City Attorney Marshall Loy. City Police Chief Jason Cross. City Gas Superintendent Ron Cook. City Sanitation Department Superintendent O'Shaughnesy Frazier. City Street Department Superintendent Donnie Rowe. This story was posted on 2014-09-03 08:29:37
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