The Alleghany
County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Monday, October 6,
2003, at 6:30pm in the Conference Room of the County Office Building, 90 South
Main Street, Sparta, North Carolina.
Present: Chair Eldon Edwards, Vice-Chair Warren
Taylor, Commissioner Graylen Blevins, Commissioner
Chair Eldon Edwards called the meeting
to order and opened with a prayer.
Chair Eldon Edwards stated that the
agenda needs to be amended to delete patio solid waste fees and add closed
session under NCGS 143-318.11 (a) (1)—confidential information.
Commissioner Warren Taylor made a
motion to approve the amended agenda for this
AGENDA
Motion on Agenda for
October 6, 2003 meeting
Motion on Minutes for September 15, 2003
meeting
RE: Transportation Lease
RE: Junk Cars & New Subdivision
RE: Junk Cars
1. CJPP Board
Appointments
2. Farmland
Preservation Board Appointment
3. Budget
Amendments
4. Patio Solid
Waste Fees (deleted)
5. Transportation
Improvement Plan
6. Other Business
7. Public
Comments—30 minutes
8. Closed
Session—NCGS 143-318.11 (a) (6)—personnel
NCGS 143-318.11 (a) (1)—confidential
information (added)
9. Adjourn
Commissioner
Commissioner
Jack Conaway, Planner, presented a
subdivision for approval. He reviewed
the subdivision plat and explained the criteria from the ordinance concerning
the usage of driveways. He stated that
the subdivision meets and exceeds the Subdivision Ordinance.
Commissioner
Jack Conaway, Planner, came before the
Board to start a dialogue about abandoned or junked vehicles and mobile
homes. He gave the Board the positives
and negatives of having a voluntary program and having a mandatory
program. He reviewed NCGS 153A-132
giving the Board the authority to enact an ordinance dealing with abandoned or
junked vehicles. He explained the
definitions of abandoned vehicles and junked vehicles. He gave the Board an overview of
The Board of Commissioners and
The Board of Commissioners asked that
more in depth information be obtained before the Board goes forward on this
concept including budgets and amount of activity performed for that amount of
money, total amount of time involved in the dismantling process and soil
contaminants from junk cars.
Arnold Wagoner came before the Board to
discuss the health hazards of abandoned and junked vehicles. He read NCGS 20-137.6 defining the hazards of
junked vehicles and old mobile homes. He
stated that the volunteer system would never work in this County. He gave examples of junkyards in his
community, his support for dealing with abandoned and/or junk vehicles, the
health hazards of such vehicles and getting revenues from personal property
taxes to pay for the removal of these vehicles.
Chair Eldon Edwards and Commissioner
Warren Taylor discussed the County’s limitations on vehicle taxes.
Arnold Wagoner continued discussing the
health hazards of junk cars.
Chair Eldon Edwards reminded everyone
that the public comment session at the end of the public meeting is for
comments related to topics discussed at tonight’s meeting.
Commissioner Warren Taylor made a
motion to approve the recommendations by Tom Kilby for JCPC. Commissioner Graylen Blevins seconded the
motion. Vote 5:0.
Commissioner Warren Taylor made a
motion to approve the recommendation by Paul Edwards. Commissioner
County Manager
Commissioner
Commissioner Warren Taylor made a
motion to approve budget amendment General Fund #6 in the amount of
$16,088. Commissioner Graylen Blevins
seconded the motion. Vote 5:0.
Commissioner
Commissioner
County Manager
Commissioner
Commissioner Warren Taylor and County
Manager
The Board of Commissioners discussed
putting an emphasis on moving projects up and attending the Division 11 meeting
in
Chair Eldon Edwards asked for public
comments.
DW Miles stated that we can get the
media involved in getting a voluntary junk car program started and be creative
to get the public interested including letting fire departments use the old
trailers for training exercises.
DW Miles asked the Board to get the
State to look at having the bypass come back into Highway 21 near Kentucky
Fried Chicken to decrease the need of having to build two bridges.
Chair Eldon Edwards stated that he
mentioned this idea a few years ago and didn’t get any results.
Chair Eldon Edwards asked for
further comments.
Robbie Lucke asked if the
Chair Eldon Edwards stated that the bypass
would be complete at that time.
Commissioner Warren Taylor made a
motion to enter into closed session under at NCGS 143-318.11 (a) (6)—personnel
and (a) (1)—confidential information at 7:59pm.
Commissioner
The Board of Commissioners had a
5-minute recess at 7:59pm.
Mary Walker, Tax Administrator,
joined the Board during closed session until 8:15pm.
Commissioner
Chair Eldon Edwards stated no action
was taken during closed session.
Being no further business, Commissioner
Graylen Blevins made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:38pm. Commissioner
Respectfully
submitted,
Clerk
to the Board
Attest:
Eldon
Edwards
Chairman