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HomeMy WebLinkAboutM120583District No. 1 Commissioner: District No. 2 Commissioner: District No. 3 Commissioner: A.M. O'Meara, Chairman B.G. Brown, Member John L. Pitts, Member Clerk of the Board: Jerdine C. Bragg Public Works Director: Gary Rowe -------------------------------------------------------------- FAIRRUNEIRM ------------------------------------------------------------- Week of December 5, 1983 Chairman, A.M. O'Meara, called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. with all members in attendance. Ben Levine re; Gardiner Sawmill: Mr. Ben Levine came before the Board to respond to David Goidsmith's, Minning Director, letter of Nov- ember 29, 1983, regarding the installation of a chipper at his Gardiner sawmill- He explained that a chipper is a necessary part of aprofl'-able sawmill operation and indicated that it has been in his plans since he submitted them for review by the County. The Planning Department advised that Mr. Levine's original application did not mention a chipper, and now the chipper will have to be dealt with separately to make sure it complies with the County's comprehensive plan. The board indicated that the Planning Department would send Mr Levine the noise abatement requirements so he will have some guidelines to draw up t -',-.e project plans for the chipper and submit them for review by the County. Hearing Notice re; Health Department Fee Schedule: Comm--*,-ss-L.c)ner Brown moved to set Monday December 19, 1983 at a.m. or the public hearing on the proposed amendments to Ordinance No. 7-82, Jefferson, County Health Department Fee Schedule. Commissioner Pitts seconded i-_Ihe ,notion. Unanimous. Hearing Notice re; Budget Appropriation, Construction and Renovation-Bud-get-F--C-om—missioner Pitts seconded Commissioner Brown's motion to approve and sign Resolution No. 113-83 to set the public hearing for December 19th, 1983 at 10:30 a.or the approval of a $150,000.00 budget appropriation for Che Construction and Renovation Budget to be used for payment of costs incurred for the construction of the new Correctional Facility. Budget Transfer; Assessor's Office: Resolution No. 114-83 was approved and signed on the motion of Commissioner Brown, seconU_eT_5y_ Commissioner Pitts,for a budget transfer in the Assessor's office. Budget Transfer; Juvenile Probation: Commissioner Pitts moved to approve and sign. Resolution No. 115-83B_uJget Transfer for the Juvenile Probation department. Commissioner Brown seconded the motion. Unanimous. Peninsula Maintenance re; proposal for maintenance on the Multi-servl�ces -UTIU—ing. Mr.& Mrs. Hussey ot Peninsula Building Maintenance submit-t-e-EFT'He 1984 proposal for the maintenance of the Multi -service building. The Board advised Mr. Hussey that they would be considering the proposal during the budget hearings. Paul Miller re; Resignation from the 03A Advisory Board: Commissioner Brown moved to accept the resignation of Paul Mille7c_lrom the advisoryboard of the Olympic Area Agency on Aging.- Commissioner Pi_-ts seconded the mot -1 -on. Unanimous. Liquor Control Board re; Harbormaster Restaurant Change in Corporate Otticers: Commissioner Brown seconded Commissioner Pitts' motion to aDproVe—tbe change in Corporate Officers for the Harbormaster Restaurant liquor license. Unanimous. Minutes, Week of December 5, 1983 page 2: VFW Hall Rental re; Sheppard's Academy Pre School: The rental agreement with the .eppar s Academy Pre SchooI for the 4J Hall was approved by the motion of Commissioner Brown, seconded by Commissioner_ Pitts. Unanimous. BUSINESS FROM COUNTY DEPARTMENTS: Public Works re: Request for Reimbursable Work; Jefferson County Library: 12/5/83 Upon the recommendation of Gary Rowe, Commissioner Pitts moved to approve the Agreement with the Jefferson County Library for preparation of the site of the new County Library. Commissioner Brown seconded the motion. Unanimous. Call for Bids; Petroleum Products for 1984: Commissioner Brown moved to call for bids for petroleum products for 1984. Commissioner Pitts seconded the motion. Unanimous. Road Restrictions Resolution:Upon the recommendation ot Gary Rowe, Commissioner Brown moved to approve and sign Resolution No. 116-83 County Road Limits: This will allow County Roa-as to be signed with the permiss- able loads for various tire sizes from December 5, 1981 to March 1, 1984. Commissioner Pitts seconded the motion. Unanimous. Rural Arterial Program: Gary Rowe explained the types o f roa projects tie wi l be considering for submission to the federally funded 'ural Arterial program. The roadsunder consideration are: A portion of the Beaver Valley Road, a portion of Hastings Avenue, Flager Road, Ir_ondale Road, Anderson Lake Road, Coyle Road and Duckabush Road. He will bring the prospectae down for the Board's review next week. Approval and Signing of Bills: After review by each Commissioner the November bills to be paid in December were approved and signed. Approval of Minutes: Commissioner Brown moved to approve the minutes of November 21 anT79-, 1983. Commissioner Pitts seconded the motion. Unanimous. Hearings; 1984 Budget: The budget for each department/group receiving ounty tunds was reviewed in public hearings per the attached schedule. These hearings continued through Friday December 8, 1983. HEARING re; Proposed Use of Federal Revenue Sharing Funds: Chairman O'Meara opened the nearing at p.m. tor discussion ot the proposed uses of the Federal Revenue Sharing funds. After reviewing the proposed dollar amounts for the following programs, Drug Abuse, Community Action Council, Juvenile Diversion, Mental Health, Parks and Recreation and Current Expense,.the Chairman asked for comments from the public. Two negative responses were received about funding for the Domestic Violence Program. One man felt that it was anti -family, anti -male, and anti-Christian and objected to the current trend in the way the problem of domestic violence was being handled. The other man against funding ::`_his program stated that he had heard that the program does not support the family unit. One woman commented that she was very glad the Domestic Violence P�-ogr_am is in existence. Since there was no further public comment, the Chairman closed the hearing. The final figures for the allocation of the Revenue Sharing funds will be set when the final budget is approved. sy-5 Minutes, Week of December 5, 1983 Page 3: Hotel/Motel Tax Uses for 1984_ After reviewing the possible uses of the Hotel7Motel Tax or t e budget, Commissioner Pitts moved to award $10,000 to the Chamber of Commerce and $3,000 to the Centrum Foundation. Commissioner Brown seconded the motion. Unanimous. Commissioner Pitts seconded Commissioner Brown's motion to award $665 to the Children's Workshop Theater. Unanimous. Public Defender Contract: Commissioner Pitts moved to accept the 1984 contract ot the a am- efferson Public Defender, after con- sidering the contracts that were submitted. Commissioner_ Brown seconded the motion. (Contract not signed this date) Unanimous. The conflict of interest contract for 1984 was awarded to S. Michael Watkins on the motion of Commissioner Brown, seconded by Commissioner Pitts. (Contract not signed this date). Unanimous. County Commissioners' Budget Hearing: It was stated that salaries could e re uc�5y�e amount ot $7,765 due to a replacement of personnel and the deletion of clerk hire. Benefits were not considered at this time because of the unknowns involved. During the discussion, the errors and lack of correct information was again raised by Commissioner Pitts, who did not agree with the present scenario regarding the staffing of the Commissioners' office. He felt that between the clerk hire allocated to the Auditor's, Assessor's and Treasurer's offices, which amounted to $800 less than Lorna's present salary, they would benefit by using Lorna rather than untrained individuals. The present office manager would then take over Lorna's duties and an Internal Manager would take over the office management, monitor and coordinate the budget procedure, and coordinate other_ areas within the Courthouse. Without doing this, he felt they would have to dismiss Lorna in order to provide a portion of the $19,200 required to hire an Internal Manager in April. He stated that he realized that personality, job description, and a variety of other things would be extremely important. Commissioner Brown restated his opposition to the hiring of an internal manager at this time, but did offer to place $4,000 to $5,000 into professional services in order to hire a financial expert to develop the kinds of figures that Commissioner Pitts would feel comfortable with in considering next year's budget. Commissioner Pitts totally agreed that this is the wrong time to hire an internal manager -- it should have been done in 1980. He stated that he felt the Commissioners' responsibility was to manage and that they could not do that without proper information; that at the current time they do not receive the correct information and that an outside consultant could not provide the information outlined in a public document given by the Auditor's office. He felt the duties of the Commissioners' had grown so much that they didn't have the time to determine the correctness of the Courthouse and that there are areas in the Courthouse that are not being attended to. For these reasons, he has lost confidence in the information provided to him. Also, some of his concerns regard areas other than the budget and he has not heard a proposal from either Commissioner Brown or Chairman O'Meara that would address those concerns. So, he would have to stay with the best idea which was his proposal to hire an internal manager. He then stated that the final decision was evidently up to Chair- man O'Meara. Chairman O'Meara stated that there are areas that could be improved, but also, that this was the first year these problems have arisen and that given more lead time, they could receive correct and complete information. He feels this year has been quite a lesson, but he has to agree with Commissioner Brown that now is not the time to hire an internal manager. He feels they should work with what they have next year and then decide. Also, the option to act later in the year is available. Commissioner Brown restated his willingness to set aside $4,000 to $5,000 for professional service as a compromise solution. Commissioner Pitts stated his unwillingness to compromise with the al- ternate proposal that had been presented. Minutes, Week of December 5, 1983 Page 4: At the conclusion of the balance of the budget hearings, and after meetings with the Teamster's Union Representatives the meeting was adjourned. ATTEST: Clerk of the Board A.M. O'Meara, Chairman J B.C. Brown, Member L. Pitts, Member