{"id":10152,"date":"2014-09-02T15:26:03","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T19:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=10152"},"modified":"2014-09-03T00:56:03","modified_gmt":"2014-09-03T04:56:03","slug":"danville-city-council-live-922014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/02\/danville-city-council-live-922014\/","title":{"rendered":"Danville City Council – LIVE! (9\/2\/2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Editor’s Note<\/strong>: This article is now complete.)<\/em><\/p>\n

We’re LIVE! at Danville City Hall for tonight’s Danville City Council meeting. The meeting starts at 7PM, and we’ll start our exclusive LIVE! coverage before then. If you want a preview of what’s on tonight’s agenda, read today’s earlier SouthsideCentral article<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Be sure to refresh the page often to get the latest happenings, photos and commentaries on what’s going on.<\/p>\n

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We’ve got a good turnout tonight. From left to right: We’ve got 3 guys in suits from Centra, the back left are some city retirees, Missy Neff Gould and Bill Sgrinia in the black outfits, Sheila Baynes talking to Larry Campbell, and Jim Turpin in the red checkered shirt. And of course, HEY DELORES! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

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We’re underway with all councilmembers present. Proclamation time, and we’re done. Averett’s athletic director Meg Stevens\u00a0 speaks about the improvements in their athletic system, and wow, I’m impressed. Averett athletes have a 3.08 GPA. We’re going to try to be at Averett’s home football opener on Saturday for some LIVE! coverage.\u00a0 My turn. I make my speech about skirting the Virginia Open Meetings law. I’ll publish my speech in an article tomorrow. Let’s get started with the business part of the agenda.<\/p>\n

City retirees bonus is pulled from the consent agenda, and the rest of the consent agenda is passed. Now let’s go for the elephant in the room, the bonus for the retirees.<\/p>\n

Harold Garrison speaks against the retiree bonus and covers the topic well by using statistics. Council is hard to read as Garrison goes over his statistics. James Turpin speaks for the retirees and the bonus. Sheila Baynes speaks against the bonus. I speak against the bonus with the points that I raised in my OpinionCentral about it<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The motion to pass the bonus is made by Gary Miller, seconded by James Buckner. That means Buckner is voting yes. Sigh. So much for the smart businessman thinking I was hoping for.<\/p>\n

Buddy Rawley speaks against the proposal. Fred Shanks concurs. Gary Miller speaks in favor. Miller talks about medical expenses rising. Lee Vogler talks about previous cost of living increases given by city councils. Saunders says that he will call for the vote soon. If he does that while people still want to discuss the motion, I hope he gets overruled by the council<\/a>. Shanks clarifies that any budget surplus will be encumbered, challenging Vogler’s position. Vote time. The bonus passes 6 – 2. Sigh.<\/p>\n

On to new business. Everything should go smooth from here. The Main St. Commission on Architectural Review item has been pulled because the appellant didn’t know it was on tonight’s agenda .<\/p>\n

Centra proposal fails due to no motion. What the hell? Note: I’ve found out that this was discussed in a previous work session and council had no interest in making Centra’s new facility tax-exempt. The Centra representatives were caught off-guard by this, and so was the media. I asked the Centra reps and they said the facility will still be built using Centra’s own money.<\/p>\n

Around the horn time. Every councilmember congratulates Lee Vogler on the birth of his new son. OK, we’re done here after we add some bonus photos. We will have a BreakDown article on tonight’s meeting soon.<\/p>\n

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(Editor’s Note: This article is now complete.)<\/p>\n

We’re LIVE! at Danville City Hall for tonight’s Danville City Council meeting. The meeting starts at 7PM, and we’ll start our exclusive LIVE! coverage before then. If you want a preview of what’s on tonight’s agenda, read today’s earlier SouthsideCentral article.<\/p>\n

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