{"id":42699,"date":"2016-09-20T16:02:21","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T20:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=42699"},"modified":"2016-09-20T20:19:57","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T00:19:57","slug":"danville-city-council-live-92016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2016\/09\/20\/danville-city-council-live-92016\/","title":{"rendered":"Danville City Council &#8211; LIVE! (9\/20\/16)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve got the bugs (hopefully) worked out of our new SouthsideCentral system and we&#8217;re going to try it again at tonight&#8217;s Danville City Council meeting. We&#8217;ll be LIVE! at the meeting, so refresh this page often for the latest photos, happenings and commentary. Be sure to check our SouthsideCentral Facebook page for Facebook Live videos.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll start this article with the gameplan for tonight&#8217;s business and work session.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight&#8217;s meeting starts at 7 PM, and our coverage will start before that. Let&#8217;s get started!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what will happen at tonight&#8217;s meetings&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>First, the business meeting:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fred Shanks will do the prayer and lead the Pledge of Allegiance.<\/li>\n<li>The minutes will be approved. The minutes are always approved.<\/li>\n<li>Proclamations for \u201cConstitution Week\u201d (Anne Geyer will pick that up), and \u201cA Day of Action Against Hunger and Poverty\u201d (Karen Harris will pick that one up).<\/li>\n<li>The public comment section.<\/li>\n<li>The consent agenda is all of last meeting&#8217;s grant funding receipts.<\/li>\n<li>Six more grant funding budget amendments for first readings.<\/li>\n<li>Acceptance of the delinquent tax reports from Finance Director Michael Adkins.<\/li>\n<li>Approval of refinancing IDA bonds.<\/li>\n<li>Changing city code to reflect state law changes in conflict of interest forms.<\/li>\n<li>Changing the city code to allow food trucks to include pushcarts and free-standing trailers.<\/li>\n<li>The around the horn session wraps up this meeting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After that, we&#8217;ll move to the work session meeting. Here&#8217;s that gameplan.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The minutes will be approved. The minutes are always approved.<\/li>\n<li>The report of selections for boards &amp; commissions.<\/li>\n<li>Review of the city&#8217;s financial statements.<\/li>\n<li>Three different discussion on incoming VDOT grant funding.<\/li>\n<li>The final around the horn session.<\/li>\n<li>Then a closed meeting from Economic Development.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And there you go. We&#8217;re underway!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/wp-image-1107393554jpg.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/wp-image-1107393554jpg.jpg?resize=640%2C360\" title=\"\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42740\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dan Hayes rocks the room when he talks about Averett&#8217;s upcoming homecoming.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/wp-image-1801719936jpg.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/wp-image-1801719936jpg.jpg?resize=640%2C360\" title=\"\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42742\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jessica Griffith talks about problems with the existing curfew ordinance.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We heart Dan Hayes. He&#8217;s an excellent representative for Averett. We also heart Jessica Griffith. She made a very effective speech.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/wp-image-1147130400jpg.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/wp-image-1147130400jpg.jpg?resize=640%2C360\" title=\"\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42745\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barry Mayo talks about the upcoming ex-offender job fair.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/wp-image-1868711768jpg.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/wp-image-1868711768jpg.jpg?resize=640%2C360\" title=\"\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42748\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tonight&#8217;s studio audience.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/wp-image-137028852jpg.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/wp-image-137028852jpg.jpg?resize=640%2C360\" title=\"\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42750\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">More of tonight&#8217;s studio audience.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Everything moves along smoothly. Sherman Saunders asks about what&#8217;s classified as &#8220;open spaces&#8221; and Madison Whittle asks about taxes being written off. Bill Sgrinia &amp; Michael Adkins answer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Around the horn time. Fred Shanks notes that historic housing is being rehabilitated. Lee Vogler concurs and says tonight&#8217;s secret word! Madison Whittle talks about Averett&#8217;s football game last Saturday. Birthday wishes go out to Mark Aron, the reporter, producer and director of River City TV.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We move to the work session.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/wp-image-303419005jpg.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/wp-image-303419005jpg.jpg?resize=640%2C360\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42763 alignnone size-full\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/wp-image-2003771461jpg.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/wp-image-2003771461jpg.jpg?resize=640%2C360\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42764 alignnone size-full\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/wp-image-1971308450jpg.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/wp-image-1971308450jpg.jpg?resize=640%2C360\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42768 alignnone size-full\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve got the bugs (hopefully) worked out of our new SouthsideCentral system and we&#8217;re going to try it again at tonight&#8217;s Danville City Council meeting. 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