ELKINS COMMON COUNCIL AGENDA OF REGULAR MEETING
401 Davis Avenue • Council Chamber, 2nd Floor
October 20, 2005
7:00 P.M.
1. CALL TO ORDER – ROLL CALL
2. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. AGENDA ADJUSTMENTS
a. Travel to Charleston for two municipal judges to attend a mandatory 2-day municipal court training session.
4. PUBLIC COMMENT
5. CONSENT CALENDAR
a. Minutes of the regular meeting of September 15, 2005.
6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
a. Proposed Ordinance 022, amending the Sewer Rate Tariff, no action to be taken, due to a probable change in funding source.
b. Proposed Ordinance 37, Approving participation in the West Virginia Municipal League’s WVML Municipal Revenue Enhancement Program, second and final reading.
7. NEW BUSINESS
a. Authorization to execute an agreement with Allegheny Power for installation of two street lights on Railroad Avenue, between 4th and 5th Streets.
b. Employee travel:
i. Fire Chief Meader to Huntington, WV for a National Fire Protection Association training seminar, October 17-20.
ii. One water department employee to Clarksburg, WV for a Rural Water Association training seminar, October 18-19.
c. Request of the Randolph County Development Authority for disbursement of a budgeted contribution of $10,000.
d. November 19, 2005 completion of a 1-year probationary period of employment of Patrolman Rocky C. Hebb.
e. Request of Elkins Church of God and Family Worship Center to sponsor its annual Hallelujah Harvest Celebration on October 31, 2005.
f. Request of Tygart Valley High School to temporarily close a portion of 15th Street on October 29, to provide parking for a tournament of bands event.
8. COMMITTEE REPORTS
a. Building – Building permit applications 2832 thru 2850.
b. Streets
i. Completion of the Sylvester Drive Initial Improvement Project.
ii. Paving of Alexander Avenue.
c. Rules and Ordinance
i. Petition received for the annexation of an area of Bruce Street.
ii. Revision of Elkins City Code.
9. MAYOR’S COMMENTS AND OTHER BUSINESS
a. Proclamation – Make a Difference Day, October 20, 2005
b. Proclamation – Domestic Violence Awareness Month, October 2005
c. Proclamation – Christian Heritage Week, November 20 – 26, 2005
10. ADJOURNMENT
Proposed Resolution 052, Appointment of a city treasurer for a two-year term to commence October 1, 2005.
Status of the regular meeting of October 6, 2005.
Recommendation to close city hall the afternoon of October 7, 2005, in observance of Mountain State Forest Festival activities.
Employee travel:
Two water department employees to Fairmont for a cross-connection training seminar.
Two street department employees to Weston for the Annual Snow & Ice Control Workshop.
Proposal to adopt an official city seal or logo.
Proposal to designate a uniform color for city vehicles.
Authorization to execute an Easement and Right-of-Way for Allegheny Power to install a gas supply mainline from city property to the site of the former railroad yard.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Building – Building permit applications 2822 thru 2831.
MAYOR’S COMMENTS AND OTHER BUSINESS
ADJOURNMENT
