<p> TOWN OF IRMO BUDGET WORKSHOP AND REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING</p><p>March 21, 2017</p><p>The Irmo Town Council held a budget workshop and regular meeting on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 in the Municipal Building. Council members present were Mayor King, Councilmen Pouliot, Waites, Walker and Councilwoman Condom. Others present were Mr. Robert Brown, Town Administrator; Chief Don Perry; Mr. Eric Hale, Town Attorney; and Mrs. Renee Caviness, Clerk/Treasurer. Mr. Al Dozier, The New Irmo News was also present.</p><p>BUDGET WORKSHOP</p><p>Mayor King called the budget workshop to order at 6 p.m. Council discussed the revenue items and would like some information on the Hospitality Tax and Franchise Fees. </p><p>REGULAR MEETING</p><p>Mayor King called the regular meeting to order at 7:02 p.m. and led the Pledge of Allegiance and gave the Invocation.</p><p>READING OF THE MINUTES: </p><p>Mrs. Condom made a motion to approve the March 7, 2017 minutes and Mr. Waites seconded the motion. The vote to approve the minutes as amended was unanimous. </p><p>REPORT OF STANDING: A. Administrative Briefing - The Administrator furnished a written briefing to Council in their agenda packets.</p><p>AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA: None</p><p>CONSIDERATION OF COMMUNICATIONS: </p><p>A. Mr. Pouliot requested a Code Enforcement Report that has detailed explanations and status of each abatement issued. B. Mr. Walker asked Mr. Hale if the individuals who get charged for simple possession of marijuana are tried in the Town’s court. Mr. Hale stated that citizens would go through the Irmo’s Court unless they have more than three simple possession charges.</p><p>C. Mayor King stated that he had received a Richland County road list showing one hundred eighty-nine roads that they are planning to repair. He mentioned that fifty-six of the roads on the list are in the area and twenty of those roads are in the town limits of Irmo. Mayor King stated that he does not have a timeline of when the repairs will be made but is pleased to see progress is being made.</p><p>PRESENTATION BY CITIZENS (AGENDA ITEMS ONLY): </p><p>George Glassmeyer, 100 Denbeck Road, addressed Council on Item B under New Business</p><p>UNFINISHED BUSINESS</p><p>A. THIRD AND FINAL READING OF ORDINANCE 17-08 TO AMEND THE IRMO TOWN CODE, CHAPTER 14, ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE II, NUISANCES; SECTION 14-32 – UNSANITARY, UNSIGHTLY CONDITIONS (MAYOR):</p><p>Mr. Pouliot made a motion to approve third and final reading of Ordinance 17-08 and Mr. Waites seconded it. Mr. Walker is concerned that the Code Enforcement Officers’ are not qualified to serve as building inspectors. Mr. Walker then made a motion to remove “standard building practices” and Mrs. Condom seconded it. Mrs. Condom agreed with Mr. Walker that with the current wording it seems that the officers would need to be licensed building inspectors. Mr. Pouliot stated that the reason why this ordinance was written is because a citizen just leaned a fence against their pile of stuff. He also stated that the officers can use common sense to see that the fence is not properly installed or maintained. Therefore, he does not believe the officer needs to be a licensed building inspector to enforce this ordinance.</p><p>After some additional discussion, Mr. Pouliot asked Mr. Hale if enforcement and prosecution would be a problem with this ordinance. Mr. Hale said it would not be a problem. The motion that would have removed the words “standard building practices” failed 2 to 3 vote with Mayor King, Mr. Waites and Mr. Pouliot voting in opposition.</p><p>The vote for third and final reading of Ordinance 17-08 as originally written was 4 to 1 with Mr. Walker voting in opposition.</p><p>03/21/17 2 Council Meeting Minutes B. THIRD AND FINAL READING OF ORDINANCE 17-09 TO AMEND THE IRMO TOWN CODE, CHAPTER 14, ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE II, NUISANCES; SECTION 14-37 – DILAPIDATED STRUCTURES (MAYOR & CONDOM):</p><p>Mrs. Condom made a motion to approve third and final reading of Ordinance 17-09 and Mr. Waites seconded it. Mrs. Condom made a motion to amend by removing the words: </p><p>“that are present for customer safety” from item 4 under B. Commercial Properties and “that are an obvious safety hazard” from item 5 under B. Commercial Properties.</p><p>Mr. Pouliot seconded the motion to amend. The vote for approval was unanimous.</p><p>Mayor King then made a motion to amend by removing the words:</p><p>“Roofs that have been damaged, with hole(s), or in need of repair; “from item 6 under B. Commercial Properties and replace it with:</p><p>“Roofs that have been damaged, with hole(s), or in need of repair shall be considere d a violation and abatement issued (providing a 10-day period to submit sufficient docume ntation of abatement efforts to the Town Administrator). The Town Administrator will gr ant such time for abatement as the Town Administrator determines is appropriate upon th e providing of sufficient supporting documentation of abatement efforts; and”</p><p>Town Council then stated that Code Enforcement could issue an abatement notice immediately but will not issue a citation until after April 15th. Mr. Waites seconded the motion to amend Ordinance 17-09 and the vote for approval was unanimous.</p><p>The vote for approval of third and final reading was unanimous.</p><p>NEW BUSINESS</p><p>A. FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE 17-10 TO ADOPT AN UPDATED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE TOWN OF IRMO (STAFF): </p><p>Mrs. Condom made a motion to approve first reading of Ordinance 17-10 and Mr. Waites seconded it. Mayor King stated that the Comprehensive Plan is required by law to be updated every 10 years. The vote for approval was unanimous.</p><p>B. APPROVAL TO AWARD CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A WALL OR FENCE AT THE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX NOT TO EXCEED $30,000 (MAYOR): </p><p>Mayor King made a motion for approval . The motion was not seconded. Therefore, it failed.</p><p>03/21/17 3 Council Meeting Minutes C. APPROVAL TO AWARD $1,000 TO SEXUAL TRAUMA SERVICE OF THE MIDLANDS (STAFF): </p><p>Mrs. Condom made a motion to award $1,000 from the Victims Advocate Fund to Sexual Trauma Service of the Midlands. Mr. Walker seconded the motion. Since there has been requests from several organizations, Mrs. Condom made a motion to defer until the next meeting to find out which organization provide the most services to Irmo’s Victims Advocate. Mr. Walker seconded the motion and the vote to defer was unanimous.</p><p>D. APPOINTMENT TO THE OKRA STRUT COMMISSION (OKRA STRUT COMMISSION): </p><p>Mrs. Condom made a motion to appoint Ms. Marnie Robinson to the Okra Strut Commission and Mr. Waites seconded it. The vote to appoint Ms. Robinson was unanimous.</p><p>PRESENTATION BY CITIZENS: </p><p>George Glassmeyer, 100 Denbeck Road, addressed Council on the Police Department and Code Enforcement being short-handed with the same work load.</p><p>DISCUSSION: </p><p>A. Parking exemptions for properties that become non-conforming after road widening projects by SCDOT and/or Counties (Mayor):</p><p>Mr. Hale does not think this needs to be handled by ordinance and stated a variance would be difficult because SCDOT compensates the owner with money when they widen roads. Mayor King stated that if parking gets taken away, then our parking requirements would change and owners could still use the building. He wanted to bring this issue up to Council because he is concerned that some of the businesses that will be affected will have problems renting or selling the property due to the reduction of parking spaces. Mr. Hale stated that parking requirements are based on the type of business and the size of building. He also stated you do not want people parking on the road due to a business not having enough parking. Mr. Walker stated that dealing with this issue at this point is premature and that the area Mayor King is discussing is a school which has plenty of parking. He also stated that Council should address this if and when this issues comes to fruition. Mayor King asked Mr. Hale to draft an ordinance to address potential problems with the road widening.</p><p>03/21/17 4 Council Meeting Minutes EXECUTIVE SESSION: </p><p>A. Mr. Waites made a motion to enter executive session on a legal matter regarding the business license for Mr. Dula’s property located on the corner of Hwy 60 and Woodrow Street. Mr. Pouliot seconded the motion and it passed unanimously; therefore, the Mayor, Council, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Hale entered into executive session at 8:12 p.m. Following executive session, Mayor King called the meeting back to order at 8:50 p.m. and stated that the Town Administrator would handle the issuance for a business license as directed.</p><p>ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, Mr. Waites made a motion to adjourn and Mrs. Condom seconded it. The motion was approved unanimously; therefore, the meeting was adjourned at 8:52 p.m.</p><p>______Hardy King, Mayor</p><p>ATTEST:</p><p>______Renee Caviness, Clerk/Treasurer </p><p>03/21/17 5 Council Meeting Minutes</p>