November 10, 1999 - 7:00 PM - County Board of Commissioners Meeting Minutes (Special)

10 688 November 10 , 1999 Special Called Meeting The Johnston County Board of Commissioners met in Special Session , Wednesday , November 10 , 1999 , at 7 00 pm in the Emergency Operations Center located in the Johnston County Courthouse Law Enforcement Center , Smithfield , North Carolina , with the following members Present James H Langdon , Jr , Chairman , Cookie Pope , Vice - Chairman , Jerry F Wood , DDS , Eleanor N Creech , Thomas M Moore , Wade M Stewart and Allen L Mims , Jr , Absent None Also Present Rick Hester , County Manager , Joyce H Ennis , Clerk to the Board , Mark Payne , County Attorney , Calvin Genereux , Planning Director , and Dave Roesler , Assistant Planning Director The Chairman called the meeting to order and announced this meeting is to discuss the proposed Development Ordinance Since all Board members were present , the Chairman stated he would like for the Board to consider one additional matter prior to beginning discussion on the proposed ordinance 1 County's Participation with Developer at NC 42 West Area - Upsizing of Force Main and Pumping Station at Austin's Pond Subdivision On April 5 , 1999 , the Board approved the expenditure of 55,000 from the Wastewater Capital Reserve fund for upsizing a force main and pump station at the Austin's Pond Subdivision near White Oak Creek on NC 42 In May the Utilities staff recognized the project was going to be more involved than first expected , and after polling the Board for approval , the County's participation was increased to 71,000 Changes in field conditions including unforseen obstructions on NC 42 have required several changes and additions to the project The County's share of these changes if 7,07440 Staff is recommending the Board approve the increase for a total project cost of 78,07440 for this project Upon a motion by Commissioner Jerry F Wood , seconded by Commissioner Thomas M Moore and carried by unanimous vote , the Board approved the following budget amendment for the total appropriation for the NC 42 West Area Austin's Pond Subdivision Project DEPARTMENT - Public Utilities FUND BUDGET LINE ITEM REQUESTED CHANGE CODE CLASSIFICATION EXPENDITURE INCREASE DECREASE 68 79707400 Capital Outlay 78,07440 FUND BUDGET LINE ITEM REQUESTED CHANGE CODE CLASSIFICATION REVENUE INCREASE DECREASE 68 792033990 Fund Balance Appropriated 78,07440 2 Proposed Development Ordinance Assistant Planning Director , Dave Roesler , gave an overview of the proposed ordinance section by section and pointed out the major changes in this ordinance compared to the existing document He noted a real effort has been made to provide a more readable and easily understood ordinance that is up to date with the new laws that have been enacted by the General Assembly The Board discussed the various aspects of the proposed ordinance and how this could possibly change the method of approving rezoning special use cases In discussion about a County policy concerning wastewater allocation for developments , Engineer Tim Broome stated his department needs some direction from the Board as to how this needs to be handled Mr Roesler stated the new proposal would expand the Planning Board to a ten member boardPage689 with two alternates and modernize the enforcement measures of the ordinance Following a lengthy discussion during which the Board made several suggestions , Mr Roesler agreed to revise the draft ordinance and bring it back to the Board for further discussion and a subsequent public hearing _______________________________________ James H Langdon , Jr , Chairman _____________________________ Joyce H Ennis , ClerkPage