OAK RIDGE town council
July 1 / MEETING HIGHLIGHTS Schneider explained.
Mayor Ann Schneider, Mayor Pro Tem Jim Kinneman and council members George McClellan, Doug Nodine and Martha Pittman voted on the following items during the July 1 council meeting.
PUBLIC SAFETY
5 0: Adopt text amendments to the town’s development ordinance, as
as reported by CHRIS BURRITT Mayor Ann Schneider called the monthly meeting in Oak Ridge Town Hall to order, with Mayor Pro Tem Jim Kinneman and council members George McClellan, Doug Nodine and Martha Pittman present. Technical difficulties prevented the recording and livestreaming of the meeting on the town’s YouTube page. Ken Gordon, a member of Oak Ridge United Methodist Church and U.S. Marine Corps veteran, offered the invocation. It was followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. The council voted 5-0 to approve the agenda after deciding to postpone discussion and possible approval of a contract with Envirolink, a contractor that has proposed operating a municipal water system for the town. Council members are still reviewing materials related to the contract,
WHAT they voted on, and HOW they voted:
Oak Ridge Fire Department. Capt. Cole Wyatt reported Oak Ridge Fire Department responded to 58 calls in June, including two structure fires. Firefighters obtained about 1,040 hours of training. Wyatt said the department is designing a training tower behind the fire station on Linville Road and wants to complete the facility by early next year. Schneider thanked the fire department and other emergency workers for responding to the alcohol-related vehicle accident on Williard Road June 25 that claimed the lives of 19-year-olds Zach Williamson and Jeff Jones.
Sheriff’s Office. A cumulative report for incidents the District 1 office responded to in Oak Ridge last month was not yet available..
mandated by a new state law
5 0: Pay Carolina Mulching Co. $35,000 to remove trees from Old Union Cemetery on East Harrell Road 5 0: Adopt a resolution setting a $5 filing fee for candidates running for two council seats in the Nov. 2 election
5 0: Approve a three-year lease of space in the Town Park maintenance building on Lisa Drive to the Oak Ridge Youth Association
5 0: Accept the financial report for June and the fiscal year ending June 30
5 0: Engage as a consultant Tom Roberts, of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Environmental Finance Center, to assist with the town’s deliberations on a proposed municipal water system 5 0: Increase Town Manager Bill Bruce’s annual pay by 6% PUBLIC HEARING 5 0 to adopt text amendments to the town’s development ordinance; a new state law requires municipalities
across North Carolina to adopt technical amendments to bring their development rules into compliance with
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