{"id":12211,"date":"2015-03-17T15:23:32","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T19:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=12211"},"modified":"2015-03-19T01:29:54","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T05:29:54","slug":"danville-city-council-live-31715","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/03\/17\/danville-city-council-live-31715\/","title":{"rendered":"Danville City Council – LIVE! (3\/17\/15)"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’re LIVE! at Danville City Hall for tonight’s city council meeting. This article is complete, so enjoy the most detailed coverage that you’ll find anywhere. Let’s get to work!
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Dolores Reynolds, Harold Garrison and Sheila Baynes, HELLO!<\/p><\/div>\n

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What? Two meetings in a row for Duke Energy’s Davis Montgomery? You can never have enough Davis Montgomery. Meanwhile, Keith Walden has a smile on his face for some reason. Heh.<\/p><\/div>\n

We’re underway. Larry Campbell is not here tonight, so everything will pass with a 8-0 vote. Buddy Rawley gives the prayer and leads the Pledge of Allegiance. Register & Bee Publisher Steve Kaylor accepts the proclamation for the Boys & Girls Club.<\/p>\n

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Register & Bee Publisher Steve Kaylor represents the Boys & Girls club for their proclamation. Note Denice Thibodeau being sure to get a photo of the Big Boss.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Steve Kaylor explains the Boys & Girls Club’s mission.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Davis Montgomery listens to the Same Old Stuff from Gary Miller while Lee Vogler attempts to hail a taxi. Alonzo Jones is amused.<\/p><\/div>\n

Duke Energy’s Davis Montgomery tells council about the latest happenings in the Coal Ash World. Unsurprisingly, Gary Miller says it’s been X number of months and Duke Energy still hasn’t paid out Danville’s Cash Jackpot (which will never happen). Lee Vogler gets a case of the Badass and talks tough that it’s past time for Duke Energy to do something. Montgomery smiles and handles those two like a windshield handles bugs. See you in two weeks, Davis!<\/p>\n

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School Board Chairman Ed Polhamus explains the timeline of the capital improvement requests that they made.<\/p><\/div>\n

School Board Chairman Ed Polhamus talks about the school board’s capital request program. Interestingly, Polhamus met with Mayor Sherman Saunders and Vice Mayor Gary Miller in the mayor’s office about 45 minutes before this meeting. Hmmm.<\/p>\n

We start with the consent agenda which conveniently includes the $1,500,000 authorization to repay the Tobacco Commission for Job Busts. No discussion, no comment. Convenient. Fooey.<\/p>\n

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Keith Walden is about to get approval for his Stewart St. housing development. Finally. He’s doing all the speaking again tonight. He’s smart.<\/p>\n

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\nShelby Clark maintains her opposition to the project. She says that the marketability of her house will be diminished because she’ll have an apartment building against her backyard. Fooey. We have to have lets of separate votes on this issue because there are different parcels of land involved. They all pass 8-0.<\/p>\n

Gary Miller says that there might be a need for a traffic light at the West Main St. one day. That panics former opponent Melanie Vaughan. Planning director Ken Gillie points out that Gary Miller pulled his prediction out of his ass. Not really, but that would been funny. As a traffic planner, Gary Miller is a great cardiologist.<\/p>\n

Around the horn time. Nothing remarkable is said. Let’s move to the work session.<\/p>\n

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Police Capt. Barry Creasy presents a request to allow police officers to enroll in the Virginia Retirement System.<\/p><\/div>\n

Danville police officers and firefighters don’t participate in the Social Security system thanks to a vote taken back in the 1950’s when it wasn’t mandatory. They could change that and opt-in with a majority vote but they never have done that.<\/p>\n

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HR director Sara Weller explains the differences between the Danville retirement system and the state’s. She says that the police proposal to join the Virginia Retirement System isn’t practical because all of the city’s employees would have to join it.<\/p>\n

After a smoke break<\/del> five minute recess, we start the budget workshop part of the work session. They recap the city attorney’s budget quickly, the grill Sara Weller about a new annual $75000 software request for personnel and benefits administration. Weller stands by her request, so we’ll see if that stays in the budget. We move to economic development and that’s enough for council to go into closed session. I’ve already fallen asleep once (literally), so we’re done here.<\/p>\n

We’ve got more coming up on SouthsideCentral!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’re LIVE! at Danville City Hall for tonight’s city council meeting. This article is complete, so enjoy the most detailed coverage that you’ll find anywhere. Let’s get to work!<\/p>\n

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