Here’s what else happened at Monday’s City Council meeting:
* The council unanimously approved the demolition of a structure at 804 Parkway Drive.
* A four-way stop was approved for the intersection of Clark Street and Montgomery Street.
* An ordinance inserting a substitution clause in the city’s sign regulation was referred back to the Land and Planning Development Committee meeting scheduled for December 12.
* Chief Engineer Frank Frazier informed the council that the walls of the old Vance Hotel had been knocked down and the slopes levelled. The project was to have been completed by November 29. City Attorney John Zollicoffer asked Frazier if a barrier needed to be installed to prevent people from riding bicycles on the site. Frazier responded that there is no way to keep people out of the site. He informed the council that “No Tresspassing” signs would be installed.
* Frazier informed the council that a traffic signal is planned for the intersection of Graham Avenue and Ruin Creek Road. He informed the council that in the interim some foliage has been cut back to increase visibility.
* Attorney James P. Green was approved to provide legal services for the David Street Project. He was the only applicant.
* A deed for Vance County to surrender its 50 percent interest in the Central Fire Station was approved by the council for presentation to the Vance County Board of Commissioners. The lot on which the fire station was constructed was never split off from the Armory, which the city and county own jointly.
* A request from Oxford Road resident Esa Allen to extend watering credits through November was approved. Those who use city water that does not go through the city sewage system can request rebates for such usage on the sewage portion of their water bill.
* Council member Mike Rainey asked to schedule a Human Resources Committee meeting. He inquired specifically as to whether promotions had been done and salaries increased for those that had been budgeted. City Manager Eric Williams stated that it is a complicated process and requires a committee meeting. He said, “We have a very detailed methodology we go through.” He told Rainey and the council that if the methodology was not followed that they would have “the biggest Pandora’s Box” that they had ever seen. It was indicated by Williams during the discussion that Rainey’s request might concern a specific employee.
* Police Chief Glen Allen provided Council member Elissa Yount with police department pay information. She requested that she be given the information by position and the salary for that position. Allen responded that he could provide her with the information, but that it would not reflect was goes into determining base pay for a particular position because of mitigating factors such as the educational level of the specific person in that position.