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03-20-1961 Regular Meetingi 5, March 13, 1961 t , The meeting of Mayor and Council was called to order at 7:00 o'clock -P.M. on March 13, 1961. Mayor`Ireeger presided, all council members present except R. J. Austin. Meeting calledfor the purpose of -discussion of.the Smyrna Public, Library. Council reviewed the plans and specifications as submitted by the architect. Action came when W. B. Sanders moved that Arthitect W. RR. Tapp, Jr,. is hereby authorized.to..advertise for bids according to the plans and specifications sub- mitted this date for the -Smyrna Public Library building. Second. by Harry E.' Ingram and voted. unanimous. Council received a, resolution from Mrs..G. C. Green, Chairman of the,Smyrna Library Board, which endorsed the construction of the building and.pledged the Board's cooperation. Motion by J. B. Ables, second.,by, R. J. McCurry, the resolution be ;entered in the minutes and made a part thereof: . . „ . RESOLUTION nA special called meeting of the Smyrna Library Board attended by Board.Members Mrs. G. C. Green, Mrs. David Cano, Hubert.Colquitt and J. B. Ables, and City officials George Kreeger, J. B. Ables, and Engineer Mike Doyle was held at City Hall on March 9, 1961 at 8:00 P.M. Plans for the proposed Smyrna Public Library Building were reviewed and.the following resolution was adopted by the Board by a unanimous vote. We the members of the Smyrna Public Library Board., being much concerned with the educational welfare of the citizens of Smyrna, and having served on the Board for a number of years with.high hopes and anticipation of a program such as you propose becoming a reality,,are well pleased with the plans submitted and the interest shown by your body. We therefore wholeheartedly endorse your plans and request you con- tinue with your . efforts ,to an early.. completion. of this most important. project. We offer our cooperation and assistance in any way we can serve in the interest of this project." Motion to adjourn.. Adjourn 8:00 o'clock P.M. Next meeting March 20, 1961. March, 20, 1961 Council met above date at City Hall,•Smyrna, to resolve through collective action the twelve items called out per submitted agenda. Mayor G. W. Kreeger presided and. called the meeting -to order at 7:00 olel6ck P.M., with all council members present. In absence of City Clerk, G. Conley Ingram, City Attorney, recorded the minutes of said meeting. ;r - Item No. 1 - Resolution read in Council pertaining to distribution of obscene litera- ture in City with request from Smyrna Ministerial Association to restrict sales. Mayor G. W: Kreeger acted by appointing a three-man committee: - J: B. Ables, Chair- man; W..L. Keck, and R.-J. McCurry to investigate immediately and recommend action}. City Clerk was authorized to write the Ministerial Association of Smyrna advising them of the action taken. Item No. 2 - Reports submitted in council showing forecasted.income andoperations cost for next -three months resulted -in the following resolution: - Motion by Finance Chairman J. B. Ables - We adopt a resolution from this body to the Bank of Smyrna and/or participating banks to borrow as needed fifty thousand ($50,000) dollars for current operating expenses during the calendar year of 1961. Further motioned.that the Mayor and. City Clerk be authorized to sign the first note and the succeeding notes as required at the Bank of Smyrna. Total principal bearing -interest at 5% per annum payable to Bank of Smyrna on. or before December 31, 1961. , Motion seconded by Councilman R. J. McCurry and voted unanimous. MEMO: Total principal and interest-to,,be reimbursed on or before July 15, 1961 from first half 1961 taxes payable in June, 1961. , , NOTE: Delivered to Bank of Smyrna,on March.21, 1961, certified letter bearing signature of Mayor and attested by City Clerk, which letter calls out above action. 59 Continuation. of Larch 20, 1961 Item No. 3 - Chairman N. E. Brenner of Smyrna Civil Service Board reported the Board's findings and activities relative to merit boardratings of covered personnel and re- quested Mayor and Council consider increases on the basis of merit ratings. Motion by J. K. Chastain, second -by J. B. Ables that all salary increases for personnel under civil service recommended.by department head be submitted with approval of the Chairman of said. Committee to the Civil Service Board.; and further, the Civil Service Board's recommendation then be submitted.to Mayor and. Council for final action. Voted unanimous. Council voted to accept Civil Service Board's recommendation covering salary increases of police personnel effective March 16,1961. Motion by J. K. Chastain, seconded by W. L. Keck and voted.unanimous. Council discussed wage scale of city employees submitted. August.l, 1960 by W. B. Sanders and held same in abeyance, including premium payments for overtime worked. pending further study of policy, covering standard.•work week, straight time, and over- time earings. , Resolution endorsing proposed Cobb County bond issue for road and bridge repair was read in council. Councilman R. J. Austin motioned.for support of the proposed bond issue. Motion passed - copy of said resolution enteredin the minutes and made a part therof: - RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the goveringgauthorities of Cobb County have called. a County wide election for April 5, 1961, for the, purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of the County the question of whether Road and Bt!idges Repair Bonds should.be issued to provide funds to repave, rebuild., resurface andrepave roads and. bridges in the County, and s WHEREAS, numerous roads and.streets in the City of Smyrna have been washed out and damaged.by the recent severe floods which the entire County experienced during the month of February, 1961, and WHEREAS, the City Engineer of the City of Smyrna has estimated.that thedamage done to the streets and.roads in the City of Smyrna from these flood waters will exceed. $25,000.00 and that many of the roads and streets in said City have been so severb3.7 damaged., many of them have become unsafe for use by the motoring public, and WHEREAS, the Mayor and Council of the City of.Smyrna are thus aware of the critical needfor funds to repair and restore •many of; -the public roads and streets from,the damage causedby the recent flood waters in the County and are in favor of the -County issuing the necessary bonds to provide funds for such work; NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Mayor and. Council of the City of Smyrna and it hereby isresolved,by said body as follows: That the Mayor and Council of the City of Smyrna endorse the issuance of the proposed Road and Bridge Repait Bonds by Cobb County,and urge the citizens and qualified. voters of the City of Smyrna to support the issuance oB said.bonds by said County and. to go to the polls on April 5, 1961, and to vote for the issuance of said bonds. That a`copy of this resolution be spreadupon the Minutes of this meeting and also let a copy of this resolution be mailed by the Clerk of the City to,the governing authorities of Cobb County and.released.to the newspapers for publication. So ordered this 20th day of March, 1961. at•the City Hall in the chambers of the Mayor and.Council of the City of Smyrna. ATTEST: ar es, City Clerk,, City of Smyrna Maintenance Department (Extension & Construction Fund) showing deficit and overdraft as of March 16, 1961 and.still mounting by March 1961 purchases -,was called out in council for action. Deferred.to April meeting. % a Continuation, of March 20, 1961 ,e Bid proposals for Engineerst transportation were received March 20, ' Engineer M. E.. Doyle• and opened in `council above date as follows MODEL T= - 1961 Chevrolet` 1/2iTon•Pick=up F-100 - 1961"1/2•Ton Pick --up 1404 -•1961 Chevrolet 1/2 Tnn Pick-up •DEALER .'won Motor Comparq Marietta;'Georgia " Russ Ford:Sales Marietta, Georgia Day's Chevrolet-' Acworth, Georgia 1961 by City QUOTATION 1-, 545. 58 r 1,57555 Council voted to -purchase from Anderson Motor Company (1) Chevrolet 1961 1/2 Ton Pick-up Truck,' -straight transmission, 6 cylinder•engine, 135 HP, equipped.with heater,•turn signals, and. no other extras at net delivery price of $1,541.80.• Motion by J. B. Ables, second by H. E. Ingram, and voted. unanimous. - r Request for additional fees covering -plumbing inspections and retention of examination fees was' deferred pending investigation and report of Mayor G. W. Kreeger, Chairman of the Board. City Council authorized public hearing as the usual procedure declaring the City owned property on South Cobb Drive as surplus and no longer required for public.use by the City. Mayor and -City Clerk authorized on recommendation of City Attorney G. Conley Ingram'to advertise and. sell said. property at fair market value or exchange. for other Property of comparable value needed by the City. Public hearing to be:adteriised and held in City Hall on April 17, 1961 per authority of Mayor and Council. During discussion of the proposed. Smyrna Public Library Building, Councilman J. B. Ables suggested construction on day labor basis with current City Supervision. Action deferred pending receipt of bids. Sewerage Ordinance adopted by Mayor and. Council March 6, 1961 was upon•motion'by R. J. McCurry, second by W. B. Sanders, amended to delete from Section No. 2 "six months' and,substitute "twelve months" in lieu thereof. Councilman McCurry's motion was amended by-H.E. Ingram which provided six months time limitation for tap-ons to all future sewerage developments. The vote on the motion and amendment carried.six•to one, J. B. Ables opposed. Sanitation' ordinance effective January 1,i 1961 'and., amended. January 9, 1961 and. March 6, 1961" was adopted.'as amended on motion by R. J. McCurry, second by W. L. Keck, and voted.unanimous. Council voted to confirm employment of James Rhea at $75.00 per week as Sanitation Supervisor with $5.00 per week -increase effective (30) days from date of employment (March 16, 1961.) Motion by R. J. McCurry, second. H. E. Ingram. Recommendations of committee assigned to revise City of Smyrna Subdivision Regulations were calledout by -Engineer M. E.,Doyle. Motion, H.- E. Ingram, second R. J. Austin, these changes be adopted. and mailed'to all builders'of record. The vote was unanimous. On a four to three vote, the'deadline for fine registration for residences outside the City was -deleted.. In final'acton, council agreed'that street paving on the Fred Fett annexed property in Hickory Hills Unit No. 2 shall be installed to meet city specifications. Meeting adjourned on motion - 101130 o'clock P.M. Next meeting April 3, 1961 - 7:00 o'clock P. ity Hall. or: M V. Kr9eger City er : es ltq, . Austin, Council tFarks) r � i R. . c rry, ounce i a on f F BE. IT RESOLVED that the City of Smyrna shall; m4ke a temporary loan to pay expenses for the calendar year 1961, in: too amount of Fifty Thousand ($50,000.00)- Dollars payable on or.before December 31, 1961. such loan 'to be obtained from the Bank of Smyrna and. to -bear interest at the rate of5%per cent per annum. FURTHER RESOLVED that it is represented and warranted to the Hank of Smyrna. and The First Nationaal Bank off'Atlanta and to any other bank or -- person who may participate in the said loan that the aggregate amount of all such loans of this City outstanding at any other time shall not exceed r , s seventy-five (75%)per cent -of the total Bross income of this City from taxes collected by this City 'in th* year 1960; that there is no loan f now unpaid which was made in a prior year under the provisions of J a Article VII, Beet on VII, Paragraph IV, of"the Constitution of Georgia of 1945, Section 2-6004 of the Code of Georgia of 1933 Annotated; further that this City has not incurred in this calendar year and will. not incur in this calendar year, an aggregate of temporary loans or other contracts or obligations for current expenses, in excess of the total anticipated revenue of this City for the calendar year 1961, nor issue in the calendar, year 1961 warrants or other evidences of such indebtedness .in a total amount in excess -of such anticipated. revenue for the year 1961; further that the financial year and: the fiscal year of 'this City is the calendar year. FURTHER RESOLITED that the Mayor and the Clerk of the City are authorized to si-n and. seal in behalf of this City such note or notes as they may doom appropriate to obtain such loan. I do certify that the above and foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the Mayor and Council of the City of Smyrna at e meeting held pursuant to call., on the 20th day of march ,, 1961, and attended by seven members, all of the members 'attending voting; in favor of such. resolution,. all as appears on the records ©f the Mayor and. Council of the City of Smyrna. This 21st day of March •, 1961- I a i r