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Johnston June Council Meeting Edgefielddaily.com web posted June 14, 2005 The Town of Johnston held its regular monthly meeting tonight, Monday June 13 and after the invocation and Pledge of Allegiance Mayor Dean Campbell went into the required public hearing on the Ordinance providing for the Establishment of Vested Rights Right to Develop property. In spite of requests for attendance by the public no one from the public was present to speak on the matter. With there being no public comments on the ordinance, or for the council, Mayor Campbell moved forward to approving the minutes of the May regular meeting. With a motion by Councilman Smith and a second by Councilman Burton the minutes were approved with a 6-0 vote. Approval of the May Financial Report, motioned by Councilman Holmes and seconded by Councilman Nicholson was also passed unanimously. The Mayor then moved onward to the town budget for the fiscal year 2005-06 with a, “good news change,” the mayor said. Mayor Campbell stated the county council had just passed the county budget and it contained a $1,000 contribution from the county for the library project which allowed the town to amend the town’s budget to include the contribution and lessen the burden on the town. “We are very pleased,” Mayor Campbell said. With a motion by Councilwoman Miller and a second by Councilman Nicholson the budget received a unanimous vote. The second reading of the Ordinance providing for Vested Rights also passed will the full support of the council after a motion by Councilman Burton and a second by Councilwoman Miller. Next on the agenda was consideration of the approval of CDBG Emergency Housing Repairs. Mayor Campbell stated under the guidelines the use of the funds could only be used for lower to middle income housing projects and not to exceed $5,000 each. The mayor said there were four such projects for the council to consider, a house on May St which needed the installation of a 40,000 BTU heating and air system priced at $4,400; a house on Johnson St needing ridge vents, roof repairs, and porch repairs priced at $4,800; a house on Ridge Rd and one on Railroad St both needing to be re-roofed at a cost of $4,850 and $4,940 respectively. With a motion by Councilman Burton and a second by Councilwoman Miller the projects got the full support of the council. There was no old business so the mayor moved on to new business with the first item being a lead driver for the public works department retiring. The mayor stated the driver had turned in a resignation and the town needed to replace the driver and would need to run an ad to fill the position. Councilman Burton asked if the driver had resigned or was just going to work part time. The mayor stated he had the resignation letter to which Burton said, “I would like a copy of that letter.” Councilman Burton said he was under the impression the driver wanted to work part time. Mayor Campbell stated there were no part time positions available. A second piece of new business was on the old flour mill, “Alex Hamilton has been working on the demolition since June of last year and still is not done,” the mayor said adding the town had already extended the permit once and it was going to expire in a few days. “We’ve never extended on twice to anyone,” the mayor said. Councilman Burton said he did not understand what the problem was and that it appears as if nothing is getting done as long as the “buddy buddy stuff is going on.” The mayor said he did not know what that comment meant but was simply asking council if they would want to have Mr. Hamilton appear at the July meeting to explain why he had not completed the demolition. Councilwoman Miller asked if the town could begin to issue fines on the property and Town Administrator Gambrel stated they could, “Good, sometimes hitting them in the pocketbook gets their attention,” Miller said. The council agreed that the permit did not need to be extended and would like to have Mr. Hamilton appear. Under the Administrators reports Mr. Gambrel stated the water lines had been completed and they were waiting to make sure the “punch list” was properly completed. Among other items Mr. Gambrel stated they would start paving the following street in the near future; Bland, Edisto, Aiken, Parker, and Walker St. With no other business the meeting was adjourned. Return to Main Page
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