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12-18-1967 Mid-Monthly Meeting109 (Continuation of December 4, 1967 Meeting) A request was submitted in Council regarding the 1967 taxes on the Georgia Richards property, Powder Springs Street, sold June 1, 1967 to the Four Square Church. It was brought out that at the time -of closing the property owner paid the first half of the 1967 taxes. The Four Square Church requested the City write off the last half 1967 taxes. The Council was in full agreement that full taxes on the property are due the City of Smyrna. A motion was made by J. B. Ables that the labor and 'materials cost to'install water lines at the Jonquil Stopping Center shall be negotiated and. settlement made within one week from this date in the amount of $800.00. Motion seconded by J. C.'Porterfield and voted unanimous. (See copy of invoice mailed 12=6-67 in connection with above.) Mayor G. W. Kreeger appointed a three man committee to check out 1967 engindering costs on"labor, materials and overhead by projects with the recommendation to the full council on the hiring of a full time City Engineer. C. W. Armour appointed Chairman. in In final action, J. B. Ables motioned that the City of'Smyrna comply fully with the laws covering open records, the City assuming no responsibility of typing or reproducing any City records requested. The motion seconded by D. L. Mixon and voted unanimous. U U There being no further business, a motion was made by D. L. Mixon to adjourn, the time 9:55 P. M. Next meeting December 18, 1967. DECEM BER 18, 1967 The mid -month meeting of Mayor and Council was held December 18, 1967 at 7:30 o'clock P. M. The meeting was the last scheduled meeting of Mayor and Council during the calendar year of 1967. Mayor Kreeger presided, all Council Members present except D. L. Mixon. City Attorney Berl T. Tate. absent due to sickness. In- spectors, Department Heads and the press were in attendance. In the'first order of business, Mr. Ernest Jones submitted in Council a quit claim deed,"City of Smyrna to the First Methodist Church, a tract of land approximately twenty-five feet in width and five hundred eighty feet from Church Street to Love Street and known per certain recordings as Clara Street. Quit claim deed dated December 18, 1967, signed and attested, and returned to Mr. Jones for recording. The second document submitted by -Mr. Ernest Jones was an easement granting the City'of-Smyrna all rights, privileges and usage of the tract called out above and formerly known as Clara Street. Said rights including a permanent walkway between Love Street and Church, and further that the dedicated land per quit claim deed be used for controlled parking of automobiles and never be closed to pedestrian traffic. " The following building permits on recommendation of building in- spector C. M. Hamby were approved as follows: One neon sign, King -Williams professional building, for Northi de Realty Company, approved on motion B. F. Stewart, second J. B. Ables, voted unanimous. One 8x12 foot -temporary sign requested by Smyrna Realty Company calling out the proposed shopping center on Spring Road, east of Argyle School. Motion C. W. Armour, second Homer Kuhl, voted unanimous. One 41x6' sign for C & B Realty Company, 564 Cherokee Road. Approved on motion by J. B. Ables, seconded Homer Kuhl and carried. 110 (Continuation of December 18, 1967 Meeting) A commercial structure on East Spring Road known as 60 Minute Laundry approved for the developer Chambers and Associates, Inc. on motion C. W. Armour, second Homer Kuhl, voted unanimous. A final permit approved covers a building for the serving -of Minnie Pearl's Country Fried Chicken, Benson Pool and Old Concord Road. The present building McRae's Bar-B-Que to be dismantled. Motion R. H. Wood, second Homer Kuhl, voted unanimous. The Council approved on a five to one vote to adopt a Resolution to Governor L. G. Maddox, Lt. Governor George T. Smith and House Speaker George L.-Smith, II, urging their leadership to provide Georgia municipalities not less than one-half of the proposed one cent increase in state collected sales tax in the 1968-session of the Georgia General Assembly. The motion to adopt the Resolution by Homer Kuhl seconded by. B. F. Stewart. Councilman C: W: Armour voting against the motion. On motion by'J. C. Porterfield, seconded by C.'W. Armour, the Council approved as submitted the November 6 and November 20 Minutes. Under committee reports two items were discussed in Council concerning Spring Road and sidewalks on Glendale Place. On the recommendation of the State Highway engineer, the Council approved temporary speed control signs on the newly paved section of Spring Road. The recommendation was 45 MPH with 25 MPH in the Argyle School zone. ' The subject of encroachment on the'G. C.'Fortner property, Glendale Place, was discussed and deferred pending further reports and/or surveys to be submitted at no cost to the City by Hensley=Schmidt, Inc. Items brought out in Council on this project hinged on the fact that the installation was completed by the county, the en- gineering was by Hensley and Associates for the county and that the citizen who claims the encroachment requested $200.00 damages plus replacing corner stakes.' Financial reports for the month of November and five months cumulative were distributed in Council with comments by.finance director J. B. Ables. ' Under the heading, Status of Funds, City of Smyrna, the City Clerk called but that the bank balances in -the 1965 Street Improvement Bond Fund and the City of Smyrna Extension and Construction Fund were insufficient to meet current and prior month payables. Invoices of record revealed approximately $3500.00 due for engineering and utility relocation on Spring Road. Pipe, fittings and meters purchased in October and November plus payrolls through the end of the year developed approximately $2,000.00 deficit in the Extension and Construction Fund. Motion by J. B. Ables that this Council approve a transfer of funds as an'appropriation of $2000.00 from the Water Revenue Fund to the Extension and Construction Fund to meet current accounts payable. Motion seconded by B. F. Stewart and voted unanimous. The second motion by J. B. Ables authorizes a loan from the Water Revenue Fund to the 1965 Street Improvement Bond Fund, said loan reimbursable upon receipt of funds due the City of Smyrna from the State Highway Department of Georgia. The amount of the loan $5,000.00 required to meet obligations through 12-30-67. Motion seconded by J. C. Porterfield and voted unanimous. The cut off date, formerly called out as December 17, 1967, for the reading of water meters in Deerwood by Cobb County was changed to January 16, 1968 on which date the City of Smyrna shall'read all meters of record in the Deerwood subdivision and commence billing thereafter. The first Monday in the new year being a"holiday, the Council set the date for the first meeting as January 8, 1968. Motion by C. W. Armour, seconded by B. F. Stewart. There being no further business, a motion was made to adjourn-- 8 :35 P. M.