East Central Reporter

City of Martinsville City Council met July 11.

Here is the minutes provided by the Council:

Roll call was answered by the following council members and elected officials: Melinda Lovell, Troy Propst, John Skinner and David Doran with Chris Davidson and Mike Cribelar absent. Also in attendance were Clerk Marlene Wilhoit and Treasurer Melinda Owen with the absence of Mayor Herman Davidson. Employees and citizens in attendance are attached to the back of the minutes.

In the absence of Mayor Davidson a temporary chairman was elected to chair the meeting.

**Motion by J Skinner 2nd by T Propst to elect David Doran as temporary chairman for this meeting.

Upon roll call vote all council members present voted for the motion. (4)

**Motion by T Propst 2nd by M Lovell to approve minutes from 06-20-18 council meeting and 06-28-18 budget/finance committee meeting.

Upon roll call all council members present voted for the motion. (4)

**The FY treasurer report is almost finished and ready to send to auditors. Reports will be ready for next council meeting.

**Motion by T Propst 2nd by J Skinner to approve the June 2018 bills payable July 2018 in the amount of $67,367.15.

Upon roll call all council members present voted for the motion. (4)

**Motion by M Lovell 2nd by J Skinner to approve Ordinance 2018-7-1 titled: “Appropriation ordinance for the City of Martinsville”.

Upon roll call all council members present voted for the motion. (4)

This ordinance is to make a modification to section 202.02 of the city’s codebook. This allows the codifier/publisher to make the appropriate changes so that it is in the same format of the codebook.

**Motion by J Skinner 2nd by T Propst to approve Ordinance 2018-7-2 titled: “An Ordinance Concerning Amendments and Supplements to Codified Ordinances”.

Upon roll call all council members present voted for the motion. (4)

This ordinance must be passed prior to August 1, 2018 and will keep small wireless facilities from installing its equipment on its own accord at any location on city right-of-way of its choosing without permission or an application fee.

**Motion by J Skinner 2nd by M Lovell to approve Ordinance 2018-7-3 titled: “An Ordinance Providing For The Regulation of and Application For Small Wireless Facilities”.

Upon roll call all council members present voted for the motion. (4)

Teresa Reynolds was present to address the sanctuary city resolution recommendation. She said there are people that come into her place of business that would like the City to support the County’s resolution for the sanctuary city. She feels that the more voices heard at the state and federal level the better. Most of the council members present were in favor of passing a resolution but are tabling the issue until full council is present. It will be brought up again at the July 25th meeting.

Council discussed the proposal of a sidewalk to the new Dollar General store. It was mentioned that looking at other new Dollar Stores in the area there are no sidewalks and if money was going to be spent on sidewalks it should be used on sidewalks in town that need repaired first. Council was informed that the Mayor had met with the county engineer and was considering changing the already approved Motor Fuel Tax plan to allow for money for a new sidewalk to the Dollar General store. This will be tabled and discussed at the July 25th meeting.

Council discussed the Talley Automotive utility services. In June 2017 the council agreed to spend up to $10,000 for drive way entrance off of North York Street and water, sewer and gas utilities run to property of Zach Talley’s Automotive with money coming from the 3M general community development fund. So far a total of $7,256.10 has been spent for material and supplies just to make the drive way entrance leaving $2,743.90 for utility installation. An estimate for gas service was presented at meeting of $7,304.87 and the cost for sewer would be even more than that. Council was under the impression that work was to be done by contractors for Tally Automotive and bills presented to council for approval but material so far has been billed to the city and use of city equipment and personnel utilized. There needs to be a meeting with Talley and his contractors to have questions answered so estimates can be prepared. Council stated that all costs for Talley project comes to a halt at $10,000.00 and a letter needs sent to Talley advising him of this. From the outcome of this discussion the council would like an ordinance prepared that states no council members are permitted to use city equipment or city employees for non-city related projects or city equipment should not be used for personal use.

Public Comments:

The property that was given to the City on Mill Street by Martinsville on the Move and Littlejohn Grain was done by a quit claim deed. The attorney recommends we have a title search completed to make sure both properties are clear.

There are also wells on each property that need sealed and to do so requires a permit from the health department and the state. Nothing should be done until title search is complete.

**Motion by J Skinner 2nd by M Lovell to adjourn meeting @ 8:00 p.m.

Upon roll call all council members present voted for the motion. (4)

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