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  Johnston hears complaints of loitering around town, unkempt properties web posted November 10, 2009 JOHNSTON – The Johnston Town Council held their November meeting Tuesday evening with councilmen Morris Holmes and Buddy Smith being absent. During the open public comment period held first in the agenda, one woman rose to bring two concerns in order to have them addressed, loitering at certain locations and properties that are not being tended to as they are required. Mayor Willie Campbell asked Johnston Police Chief Chris Aston to address the matters in which he said he would meet with the woman after the meeting to get the specific locations. “I’ve got a pretty good idea where some of them are,” he said, but wanted a complete list. Also brought up was Office Nick Vanput has been charged as the zoning officer and is currently addressing properties that are in violation of the zoning laws. The only New Business the town council addressed included a request and approval of the Holiday schedule for the town and council meeting for 2010. The request was from the Johnston development Board asking to use the Municipal Parking Lot for the annual Christmas Tree Lighting on November 30. Councilman Tommy Burton said he felt the annual event was deserving of their support and made the motion to allow the use of the property which was follow with a quick second by councilwoman Tyra Miller and the approval was unanimous. The approval of the meeting and holiday schedule also passed unanimously. With no other business Mayor Campbell gave his abbreviated report focusing on the progress being made after the repairs to the leaf machine. The machine is up and running and leaves are being picked up however, due to the time the machine was down they are running behind schedule. The mayor said he apologized for any inconvenience the citizens of the town may have been faced with due to the repairs. With no other business the meeting was adjourned to go into an executive session to receive a legal update from town Attorney Greg Anderson. The public meeting was only nine minutes, a possible record for the town council meetings. © Copyright 2009
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