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Home My WebLink About3/5/2019 - RegularMINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF VINTON TOWN COUNCIL HELD AT 7:00 P. ON TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2019, IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF THE VINT MUNICIPAL BUILDING LOCATED AT 311 SOUTH POLLARD STREET, VINTO VIRGINIA I Bradley E. Grose�-Mayor Sabrina McCarty Janet Scheid Michael W. Stovall Keith N. Liles, Vice Mayor STAFF PRESENT: Barry W. Thompson, Town Manager Susan N. Johnson, Executive Assistant/Town Clerk Susan Waddell, Town Attorney Pete Peters, Assistant Town Manager/Director of Economic Development Joey Hiner, Public Works Director Thomas Foster, Police Chief Fabricio Drumond, Police Captain William Herndon, Assistant Public Works Director The Mayor called the regular meeting to order at 7:00 p,m. The Town Clerk called the roll with Council Member McCarty, Council Member Scheid, Council Member Stovall and Mayor Grose present. Vice Mayor Liles was absent Roll call After a Moment of Silence, Pete Peters led the Pledge of Allegiance to the U.S. Flag. Under upcoming community events, Council Member McCarty announced the following-, March B-10 — 7:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. — Husband in Clover — Star City Playhouse; March 11 — 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. — Rosie's Gaming Emporium Job Fair — Lancer Lot; March 11 — 11:30 a.m. - ribbon cutting for Ellis Senior Care - 316 East Washington Avenue; March 14 ribbon cutting for Mountain View Orthodontics — 221 South Maple Street; March 16 — 900 a,m- — 12:30 p.m. — Home Buying and Investment Seminar — Vinton War Memorial; March 16 — all day St. Patrick's Day Celebration — Macado's; March 21 — 12-1:00 pm — Roanoke Valley Young Professionals Lunch N Learn — Roland E. Cook and March 26 — Senior Expo - Vinton War Memorial. Under requests to postpone, add to or change the order of agenda items, the Town Manager commented that Anne Cantrell was not able to attend the meeting and requested that Item (1) Finance Committee under K, Reports from Council Committees, be postponed until the March 19th meeting. Council Member Scheid made a motion to approve the Consent Agenda as presented, the motion was seconded by Council Member Stovall and carried by the following vote, with all members voting: Vote 4-0; Yeas (4) — McCarty, Scheid, Stovall, Grose; Nays (0) — None; Absent (1) — Liles. Under awards, introductions, presentations, Chief Foster made brief comments and introduced Brandon Alterio as the new Police Officer in his Department. The Mayor and Council congratulated Officer Alterio. The next item on the agenda was the annual update from the Roanoke Regional Partnership, Beth Doughty, Executive Director reviewed the PowerPoint presentation, which was a part of the agenda package and is on file in the Town Clerk's Office as a part of the permanent record. Ms. Doughty first commented that this is the 35th year for the Partnership and then highlighted business investment, outdoor asset development, talent attraction, promotion of the region, global narrative and market intelligence. With regard to market intelligence, there were 457 information requests filled for the year, a 13% increase. They received $280,000 in grant awards and completed nine different research studies and economic impacts analyses, There was a seven percent increase in visibility across all platforms including the websites, social media and newsletters and the Partnership won four awards for in-house creative work, In terms of business investment, $308 million in investments was announced in 2018. Ms. Doughty commented that the Partnership sets goafs in five-year increments and raises private Qector dollars in five-year pledges, In two yeaFa they exceeded their goal for investments by $100 million. There were 10 expansion and location Approved the minutes of the Regular Council meeting of February 5, 2019 and the Regular Council meeting of February 19, 2019; adopted Resolution No. 2284 appropriating funds in the amount of $12,567 for debt payment of Knuckle boom Truck, adopted Resolution No. 2285 appropriating funds in the amount of $1,479.60 received for scrap metal and used oil for recycling to the Public Works budget; adopted Resolution No. 2286 appropriating funds in the amount of o035,912.56 for the claim relating to mold damage at the Vinton War Memorial 0 m with a team of five individuals that produce for an entire television station, three localities and two school systems. RVTV was created in 1993 as an agreement between the Town, Roanoke County and Roanoke City. Ms. Bays -Murphy next commented on the videos produced in 2018 for the Town, which are shared on Channel 3 on Cox Cable and uploaded to all of their social media sites as well as the social media sites for the other localities. Out of the three localities, Vinton has the highest number of views on some of the videos. The budget was approved yesterday by the City of Roanoke and will be presented to the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. Council Member Scheid commented that the PSAs produced for the Fire Department and Rescue Squad were very helpful in recruiting volunteers, particularly with the Fire Department. Council Member McCarty commented that she is now serving on the Committee and expressed appreciation to Ms. Bays -Murphy for giving her a tour of the station and making her feel welcomed. Council Member Scheid made a motion to adopt the Resolution as presented; the motion was seconded by Council Member McCarty and carried by the following roll call vote, with all Adopted Resolution Nov 2287 approving members voting: Vote 4-0; Yeas (4) — McCarty, the 2019-2020 operating budget for the Scheid, Stovall, Grose; Nays (0) — None; Absent Roanoke Valley Regional Cable (1) - Liles. I Television Committee The next item on the agenda was to consider adoption of an Ordinance to repeal Article 1, In General, and Article 11, Recycling, of Chapter 78, Solid Waste, in its entirety by adopting and enacting Article 1, In General, Article 11, Recycling and Article III, Penalties of Chapter 78, Solid Waste, of the Town Code. The Town Manager commented that Council hel-0 a Public Hearing on the proposed Ordinance on February 19, 2019 and nine citizens expresse*' their concerns. After the Public Hearing was closed, Council voted to table action on the proposed Ordinance until the March 5, 2019 meeting. Council held a Special Called Work Session on February 25, 2019, at which time the concerns expressed during the Public Hearing were discussed and revisions were made to the proposed Ordinance by the Town Attorney, 51 The Mayor commented that this was a big leap forward for the Town and would be a much more efficient, safer collection process • would help to improve the appearance of the Town. All of that leads to higher property values and is a good investment • the Town. The Ordinance the sky, but brings the standards up to those throughout the rest of the Valley. Staff has done a good !• on addressing the concerns heard at the Public Hearing. Council Member Scheid commented the development of this Ordinance has been a team effort. She expressed appreciation to the Town Manager, Town Clerk, Town Attorney and Public Works staff for all of the hard work and felt it is a good product. The purpose of the Public Hearing was to hear from the public and the nine speakers provided useful information and 21lowed us to go back and make some revisions to the ordinance that will make it a better instrument in the long run. I The Mayor also expressed appreciation to the Public Works Committee and Council Member Scheid and Council Member McCarty who serve o4mtjtittee. Council Member Stovall commented that this was a job well done and expressed thank to staff for the prompt action to send additional information to the residents of Southampton Townhomes. There may be questions going forward, but at least the groundwork has been laid. Council Member McCarty also expressed thanks to all involved in this process and that moving forward it would help with the appearance of the Town. Council Member Stovall made a motion to adopt the Ordinance as presented; the motion was The Town Manager commented that the official letter has been received from the Department of Housing and Community Development that the Town has been awarded the 2018 Virginia CDBG Grant Offer for the Vinton VIDA Program in the amount of $200,000. Adopted Ordinance No. 999 to repeal Article 1, In General, and Article 11, Recycling, of Chapter 78, Solid Waste, in its entirety • adopting and enacting Article 1, In General, Article 11, • and Article III, Penalties of Chapter 78, Solid Waste, of the Town Code M The • commented • a recent ribbon cutting for Coastal Insurance Planning Company and the Boy • Klondike Derby that was held in • this past weekend. • from • Council Member • asked .i• Clean Valley Day and the Mayor commented the date is April 6t�' and the team from the Town will meet at 9:00 a.m. at Lake Drive Plaza. Council Member Scheid asked about an update on Lake Drive Plaza. The Town Manager responded that he had received an email from Officer Bray on Monday stating that Ms. Thompson with Brixmor was going through her channels to get the funding. Chief • commented that she has • in the request for the modifications to the dumpster bin area and clean up along the bank. Council Member Scheid next commented if there was anything that could be done to encourage them to A�Fm VI-1 ?--t6arrM#uI'i 4*— other areas. Captain Drumond commented that Ms. Thompson is going to have the bank landscaped and she has also requested funding for a bollard system to keep the drivers of the trucks • damaging the fence, which keeps it from closing. She is also going to determine if they need less dumpsters, or different sizes. He would relate to her about Clean Valley Day, Council Member Scheid made a motion to I adjourn the meeting; the motion was seconded by Council Member McCarty and carried by the following vote, with all members voting: Vote 4-0; Yeas (4) — McCarty, Scheid, Stovall, Grose; Nays None; Absent (1) — Liles. The meeting was ?djoumed at 8:05 p.m. I Meeting adjournelil Bradley E. Grose, Mayor ATTEST: i chi U-) Susan N. Johnsod, CMC, Town Clerk 1#1