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Sunday, 07 March 2010 |
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CITY OF REMERTON - REGULAR MEETING & Public 2010/2011 Budget Meeting
MONDAY, MARCH 8, 2010 - 5:30 P.M. Welcome Guests.
Pledge and Prayer -By Council person Sherry Wood
Establish Quorum of Council - Council members Wood, Gordon, Stacks, Wetherington and Mayor Holsendolph were present. There is onve vacant council seat.
Approval of minutes from Regular Council Meeting, Monday, February 8, 2010 - Approved without comment. Citizens to be Heard -None NEW BUSINESS:
1. Financial Report-Lisa Mashburn, City Clerk
2. Consideration regarding employee insurance quotes for year 2010. - Approved unanimously to continue with Provident for health insurance and swith to Lincoln for all other insurance.
3. Authorization for City Administrator to proceed with development of the Remerton Mill Project. - Approved three to one to proceed with the information gathering stage. Council member Reggie Stacks voted no.
Click here to listen to the Mill owners' proposal to Remerton from last Monday's Work Session.
OLD BUSINESS:
1. Second reading to amend the Alcoholic Beverages Ordinance of the City of Remerton. - Read, no vote, yet. ADJOURN. (min 9:25)
PUBLIC HEARING IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING REGULAR SESSION. "The Mayor and Council of the City of Remerton will hold a Public Hearing at City Hall to discuss the budget for fiscal year 2010-2011 on March 8, 2010 immediately following the 5:30 p.m. Regular Session. Adoption of the Proposed Operating Budget will be at Remerton City Hall Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 5:30 p.m. A copy of the Proposed Operating Budget may be viewed at Remerton City Hall between the hours of 8:00 a.m. & 5:00 p.m., Monday –Friday." ------------------------------------------------------------ City Attorney Brad Folsom announce that he had sent the revised proposed new City Charter to Council and Mayor and that there were only 19 legislative days left to get it through the State legislature this year. Council member Bill Wetherington maintains the CityofRemerton.com website and said he would publish a copy there soon for the public to examine.** There will be another meeting at 5:30 on Monday, March 22, 2010 for budget changes and a possible vote on the proposed charter.
 Click here to listen to the joint Council Regular Session of March 8, 2010 and 2010/2011 Public Budget Meeting (~23 mins) (*The last 15 minutes of the meeting were lost due to editor error.) **The Proposed New City Charter is available from the CityofRemerton.com website in the InfoCenter>Documents section or by clicking here: Proposed Charter (pdf)
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Sunday, 28 February 2010 |
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CITY OF REMERTON - Worksession
Monday, March 1, 2010 at 5:30 p.m. Welcome Guests.
Citizens to be Heard- none
NEW BUSINESS:
1. Discussion regarding employee insurance quotes for year 2010 - Lisa Mashburn, City Clerk.
2. Discussion regarding Remerton Mill Project renovation proposal - Joe Tillman, Glenn Gregory and Bill York (min 03:20-41:50) Mr. Gregory was absent and the 39 presentation was made by Mr Tillman.
3. Discussion regarding feral cat donation program - Lisa Mashburn, City Clerk - (min 41:53)
4. Department Reports:
a. City Clerk-Lisa Mashburn (45: ) b. Probation-Jessica Freeman
c. Police-Mike Terrell
d. Fire/Utilities/Public Works-Ron Woods
e. City Administrator-J.D. Byrd (50:50)
OLD BUSINESS:
1. First Reading to amend the Alcoholic Beverages Ordinance of the City of Remerton- Lisa Mashburn-City Clerk ADJOURN (51:50)
 Click here for the 52 minute audio of the March 1, 2010 Council work session
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Tuesday, 09 February 2010 |
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CITY OF REMERTON REGULAR MEETING
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2010 5:30 P.M. Welcome Guests.
Pledge and Prayer- Led by Mayor Holsendolph Establish Quorum of Council-There are currently four filled seats on council, occupied by Sherry Wood, Ryan Gordon, Reggie Stacks and Bill Wetherington. All members were present.
Approval of minutes from Regular Council Meeting, Monday, January 11, 2010-Approved.
Citizens to be Heard-None. NEW BUSINESS:
1. Financial Report-Lisa Mashburn, City Clerk-The General Fund balance is ~$118K, ~$149K is held in several CD's, the SPLOST 5 account has ~$159K and the SPLOST 6 account ~$217K. About $38K was collect in utility fees last month.
2. Consideration regarding changing the required food percentages for City establishments under current Alcohol Ordinance. Suspend item CD 6-1 item 6 of codification-City Attorney Brad Folsom threw a bucket of water on Couucil's plan to cross out parts of the Alcohol Ordinance tonight. He pointed out an amendment to the ordinance would have to be created and given two readings before a vote could be taken. The first reading will be at the March Work Session.
3. Discussion regarding Resolution to adopt the 2009 updates to the Greater Lowndes 2030 Comprehensive Plan-Ann Marie Wolfe, City of Valdosta.Amanda Peacock of the RDC made the presentation and the updates were approved.
OLD BUSINESS:
1. Consideration regarding final pay out request for Standard Contractors, Inc regarding water distribution system- Jack Byrd, City Administrator-Final payment of ~$125K was approved. About ~$13K is being retained pending some minor details being resolved.
ADJOURN-Sixteen minutes from Pledge to Adjourn-good work, Council!
Click hear for the audio of the Feb. 8, 2010 Remerton City Council Regular Session (~15mins)
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 |
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Some thoughts about tonight's upcoming vote on "suspending" the food sales percent requirements of the Alcohol Ordinance. A food sales requirement has always been a part of the obligation for holding a liquor sales license in the City of Remerton. Straight up bars (liquor and beer only) were never permitted. A percentage of gross sales being food was only required for Sunday liquor sales. And that percentage is set at 50% by the State regulations. Until the current Liquor Ordinance was enacted last January there was no statutory % requirement. It was phased in over three quarters last year to the final 30%. Restaurant are required to turn in quarterly sales reports to the City separating the liquor and food sales. There has been laughter from Council at several sessions over the the fictitious numbers reported by some establishments. During December and January meetings whether and how to conduct an audit was discussed. The result of that request? Suspend the food sales requirement so as not to hurt any of these businesses during the current economic climate. Here a a few questions: If establishments are turning in obviously bogus numbers to the City are they doing the same on their monthly State sales tax reports? Has anyone from the City requested a copy of these reports to correlate with the quarterly reports? Why should we care? Because the City receives a direct 1% of the gross reported sales of all businesses in Remerton in the form of SPLOST funds. Why have a food sales requirement at all? The idea was to keep out pure drinking bars and the law enforcement and public nuisance they bring. If the suspension happens we'll be back to the crockpot and a package of frozen buns and hotdogs, served twenty different ways. Did it ever change?
If we do not want to harm businesses during these hard times why not eliminate the anti-adult entertainment language as well? That should bring in some new businesses and revenue for the City.
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Saturday, 30 January 2010 |
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CITY OF REMERTON-Worksession Agenda
Monday, February 1, 2010 @ 5:30 p.m. Welcome Guests.
Citizens to be Heard.- None
NEW BUSINESS:
1. Discussion regarding Resolution to adopt the 2009 updates to the Greater Lowndes 2030 Comprehensive Plan-Ann Marie Wolfe, City of Valdosta - Ms Wolfe did not show up.
2. Discussion regarding changing the required food percentage now required by Alcohol Ordinance-Lisa Mashburn, City Clerk. - Since several bars are turning in highly suspect numbers and auditing will cost too much, the logical(?) solution seems to be getting rid of the 30% food sales requirement. More on this later...
3. Department Reports:
a. City Clerk-Lisa Mashburn - Did you notice the Cutoff date on your water bill? The City is having so much trouble collecting on overdue bills they have gone to the method most commonly used in similar small towns. Due on the 1st, overdue on the 15th, cutoff ten days later. There is a $30 reconnect fee. A letter will be sent to all residents explaining this. b. Probation-Jessica Freeman
c. Police-Mike Terrell
d. Fire/Utilities/Public Works-Ron Woods
e.City Administrator-J.D. Byrd
OLD BUSINESS:
1. Discussion regarding final pay out requests for Standard Contractors, Inc regarding water distribution system-Jack Byrd, City Administrator - There are discrepancies in the final bill to be worked out before the City makes the last payment.
ADJOURN.
City Council Work session - Feb. 1, 2010 (~38 mins)
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Saturday, 09 January 2010 |
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CITY OF REMERTON REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 2010 at 5:30 P.M. Welcome Guests.
Pledge and Prayer.
Establish Quorum of Council.
Approval of minutes from Regular Council Meeting, Monday December 14, 2009.
Citizens to be Heard. NEW BUSINESS:
1. Financial Report-Lisa Mashburn, City Clerk.
2. Consideration regarding renewal of Alcoholic Beverage License-Lisa Mashburn, City Clerk
3. Consideration regarding DDA appointments as submitted-Jessica Freeman
4. Consideration regarding DDA meeting dates-Jessica Freeman
5. Consideration regarding donating money to the Temple Israel of Valdosta to purchase trees-Mayor Cornelius Holsendolph
COUNCIL COMMENTS.
ADJOURN.
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Friday, 01 January 2010 |
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CITY OF REMERTON - Worksession Agenda
Monday, January 4, 2010 5:30 p.m.
Welcome Guests.
Citizens to be Heard. Presentations, Public Hearings and Updates:
1. Update regarding water distribution project-Ron Woods-Public Works- Work is 98% done. Valdosta Water to start flowing into Remerton's system starting Friday, Jan. 8.
NEW BUSINESS:
1. Discussion regarding renewal of Alcoholic Beverage License-Lisa Mashburn, City Clerk - At minute 12 Councilman Ryan Gordon proposes ignoring the the new Alcohol Ordinance food sales requirements until a new tie-breaking councilperson has been elected in March. His (likely correct) assumption is that the new councilperson will be in favor of relaxing bar restrictions. (More on this later, but mark this first public announcement as the beginning of the process that will lead to the eventual, inevitable annexation of Remerton by Valdosta.)
2. Discussion regarding DDA appointments-Jessica Freeman-
3. Discussion regarding DDA meeting dates-Jessica Freeman - DDA meetings reduced from monthly to quarterly.
4. Department Reports:
a. City Clerk-Lisa Mashburn-There is a new front desk employee, Rachel Tate.
b. Probation-Jessica Freeman-No report
c. Police-Mike Terrell-No DUI's for Dec. One loud music complaint about Milltown Groove.
d. Fire/Utilities/Public Works-Ron Woods- There will be renewed fire inspections due to safety problems found in the recently sold and converted Jaks on Baytree Pl.
e. City Administrator-J.D. Byrd-Retreat being planned, new budget among the topics.
ADJOURN (More later. Ed)
Click here for the Jan. 4, 2010 Remerton City Council Work Session (40 mins)
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Monday, 04 January 2010 |
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Former City Council member Lydia Day sent along a few snapshots taken from her new home   in Salt Lake City, Utah. 
Sunrise from the front yard.
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Thursday, 31 December 2009 |
Have a safe and happy New Year everyone. 
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City Council Called Session - Monday, March 22, 2010 at 5:30 * The 2010/2011 Budget, Mill and Alcohol Ordinance revisions may be on the agenda.
Something is up with the Strickland Mill property. J. Glenn Gregory, who has been the Chairman of the DDA since its inception, has resigned. He is also one of the investor in the Strickland Mill property. The reason for the resignation was to "avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest".( 
