11.04.1999 Town Council MinutesIm
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 4, 1999
CITY HALL — 109 SOUTH MAIN STREET 6:30 P.M.
THOSE PRESENT: MAYOR COFFMAN, JIM DUNMIRE, RALPH BOYER, LARRY TRACEY,
JANET PHILLIPS AND CHARLES NISWANGER
ATTORNEY, REBECCA BREWER, TRACI BOSTON AND TERRY SELF
CALL TO ORDER: MAYOR COFFMAN CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER.
MAYOR COFFMAN OPENED THE MEETING BY TELLING MS. BOSTON AND MR. SELF THAT
THIS MEETING WAS TO RECEIVE INFORMATION AND FOR DISCUSSION ONLY. NO ACTION
WAS TO BE TAKEN. IF NEEDED, ACTION WOULD BE TAKEN ON A LATER ACTION AGENDA.
MR. SELF REMARKED HE THOUGHT THE MEETING WAS ONE SIDED AND THOUGHT
ACTION WOULD BE TAKEN WHEN HE CAME TO THE MEETING.
THF MAYOR„ A,CK MC R09TnW AND MRCFIF FXA,CTI .V WHAT THEY WANTFn THF. CITY
TO DO AND WHAT WAS IN QUESTION HERE. MR. SELF ANSWERED WHAT WAS IN
QUESTION WAS THE UTILITY EASEMENT THE CITY THINKS IT HAS ON THE 10 FOOT OF
HALL STREET EASEMENT GIVEN TO MS. BOSTON EARLIER THIS YEAR. MR. SELF TOLD
THE COUNCIL THEY HAD A TITLE SEARCH DONE AND IT SHOWED NO EASEMENT.
WHEN THE MAYOR ASK WHAT THEY WANTED THE CITY TO DO, HE REPLIED, BUY THE
PROPERTY OR MOVE THE 6" WATER MAIN IN THE STREET EASEMENT 1N QUESTION.
MR. SELF AND MS. BOSTON WAS TOLD BY THE MAYOR HE WAS NOT SURE EXACTLY
WHAT WAS IN THE 10' OF EASEMENT. THEREFORE, THEY COULD NOT MAKE A
STATEMENT AS TO WHAT THE CITY COULD OR COULD NOT DO.
MR. SELF AND MS. BOSTON BEGAN MAKING ACCUSATIONS AGAINST THE CITY AND ITS
EMPLOYEES. AT THIS POINT, THE MAYOR ASK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
ADJOURN: MOTION BY JANET PHILLIPS AND SECONDED BY LARRY TRACEY TO ADJOURN.
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