The Henderson City Council will hold a Regular Meeting on Monday, 12 December 2011 at 7:00 PM at City Hall Council Chambers, 134 Rose Ave., Henderson, NC 27536
PUBLIC HEARING
a) Consideration of Approval of Resolution 11-114, Requesting an Amendment to the A. L. Harris Estates Grant 06-C-1609 to Reduce the Benefit Requirement from Seven Homes to Two Homes.
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD ON AGENDA ITEMS
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NEW BUSINESS
a) Consideration of Approval of Resolution 11—111, Awarding Contract with McGill Associates Relative to Engineering Services Needed in Conjunction with Improvements at the Henderson Water Reclamation Facility; and Ordinance 11—62, FY12 Budget Amendment #25, An Amendment to the CIP Sewer Fund Henderson Water Reclamation Facility Improvements Project.
b) Consideration of Approval of Ordinance 11—28, FY12 Budget Amendment #26, Establishing the Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Project/State Revolving Funds Capital Project Budget.
c) Consideration of Approval of Ordinance 11—74, Demolition of Garnett Street (Parcel 0002 05008A).
d) Consideration of Approval of Resolution 11—118, Authorizing Execution and Approval of CSX Facility Encroachment Agreement No. CSX 691920; and Consideration of Approval of Ordinance 11—73, FY12 Budget Amendment #27, Amending Budget for Additional Fees for Spring Street Sanitary Sewer Replacement Required by CSX.
e) Henderson-Vance Economic Development Commission Report on Recent Activities by Stuart Litvin.
CONSENT AGENDA
All matters listed under the Consent Agenda have either been previously discussed by City Council during a previous meeting and/or are considered in the ordinary course of business by the City Council and will be enacted-on by one motion and a roll call vote in the form listed. If discussion is desired by either the Council or the Audience, the item in question will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered separately after the revised consent agenda has been approved.
a) Consideration of Approval of Resolution 11—113, Officially Changing the Names of Hillcrest Street, Ashmont Drive and Barclay Road; and Ordinance 11—71, Modifying Chapter 7, Division 2, Stop Intersections to Change Street Names.
b) Consideration of Approval of Ordinance 11—46, Modifying City of Henderson’s Code of Ordinances, Chapter 4, Relative to Elmwood Cemetery, and 2) Ordinance 11—66, Creating Chapter 4A to the City Code Relating to All Other Cemeteries in City Limits.
c) Consideration of Approval of Resolution 11—108, Authorizing the Mayor to Sign on Behalf of the City, a Supplemental Agreement Relative to the Beckford Drive Widening Project.
WORK SESSION
a) Consideration of Approval of Ordinance 11—70, Amending City Code Section 12-1, Providing for Appeal Rights Regarding the Fire Prevention Codes.
b) Consideration of Approval of Resolution 11—112, Adopting the KLRWS 2007 Local Water Supply Plan.
c) Consideration of Approval of Resolution 11—120, Supporting Urban Progress Zone Designation.
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I recently filed a Complaint concerning the Henderson Police Dept. and after speaking with several members of the community I was told to contact city council member Sara Coffey who according to her heads the Public Safety Committee. I received the generic copy in regards to my response and was originally going to address the City Council about the lack of follow-up on what was a tragedy avoided. My concern is that after speaking with this council member she shared that she had filed a complaint on the same officer that I had an incident with. After a couple of e-mails to the city manager and finally speaking with Capt. Barrow and Chief Sidwell I walked away from the HPD knowing that the Chief is a man of his word and w/o a shadow of doubt is doing a wonderful job. My concern is that during our discussion I shared that the council member who said she had filed a complaint against the same officer appeared to have given me some misleading information b/c the Capt. and the Chief said that ALL complaints come across their desks and Mrs. Coffey hadn’t filed a complaint as she had told me earlier. Politicians wonder why the average citizen doesn’t trust them…..herein lies but 1 example of what I’m guessing is an infinite number. My question is why lie about the complaint? Sometimes politicians forget how they got into office and maybe some need to be reminded that the city/county/country will continue even if they aren’t ‘in office’!
tony coghill
Deception, Have you gone back and challenged her on this, well guess you just did. Chief Sidwell is a great Chief, just hope we can keep him here for a very long time. He is honorable and a true leader. I’m sure there are other Council Members that appreciate what he does for Henderson. What has Coffey acomplished since in office but stir up self aggrandizing, trouble for the city and its institiutions? Can you think of one thing?
Does anyone know anything about the murder that took place on Vanco Mill Rd Thursday afternoon?
Dagny,
I haven’t really been keeping up with what she has/hasn’t done but I do remember one campaign promise that she said she would do. That being finding out and reporting who paid to have ex-councilman’s alston’s yard cleaned off and that she would report the findings. I read the paper and attend numerous city/county meetings but I have yet to hear her explanation as to this matter. I guess my concern with her is why would she purposely tell me what turned out to be a LIE!!! If you could have seen the look on the Capt. and the Chief when I told them that Mrs. Coffey had told me she filed a complaint against the same officer less than 2-3 weeks prior to my incident. W/O going into too much detail she said that her complaint was concerning a “bail jump” that she requested backup from the HPD and thus called 911. She said she heard this particular officer say that “That’s a bailbond business” and that he wasn’t going to respond. Only she knows why she would LIE about filing a complaint but I would hope that she is more trustworthy than it appears. Maybe I’m old-fashioned but I expect that when someone tells me something as serious as the issues involved I would expect them to be telling the TRUTH and not telling me what they think I want to hear.
I sent an e-mail to the City Manager to make him aware that I sat down with the HPD Chief and was satisfied that he has done….and will continue to do what he says!! Too bad some of our local officials can’t seem to do the same. Mrs. Coffey has my contact info. and if anything I’ve written is wrong(it isn’t) she knows how to contact me. For some reason I don’t think she will!! This was a lesson learned on my part and hopefully by my sharing it another citizen will be able to benefit from what was a travesty avoided.
P.S. If you are talking to any elected official don’t take their word as the GOSPEL….check on things for yourself and form your own judgment.