CITY OF ARNOLDSVILLE CITY COUNCIL CALLED MEETING  10/8/2024  Mayor: Council Present:  Danny Morcom  Lillian Sanders, Norma Craddock, Joel Kriner, Blake Arnold, Joyce Sniff  City Employees Present: Dana Player City Attorney Present: Danny Love  At 6:00 pm the meeting was called to order by Mayor Danny Morcom  Mayor Danny Morcom called the meeting to ask the council to pay off the mortgage on the city hall building. He told the council it would save the city from paying interest every month. He said the water side pays 70 percent, and the city side pays 30 percent of the bill. Blake Arnold said that we needed to drill a new well and well house. He was concerned about the water maintenance and did not want to spend the money now. He said it was at a good Lillian Sanders wanted to know where the safety threshold was at for how much money we Joyce Sniff asked how many other loans we had. Mayor Morcom said that we had three other City Attorney, Danny Love, said they could pay some on the principal oft the loan if there was no Joel Kriner suggested that they accelerate the payments to the principal of the loan, and this would lower the amount ofinterest to be paid. He said they could revisit this after the water On a motion from Joyce Sniff, seconded by Joel Kriner, it was approved to pay $1,000.00 extra At 6:28 pm, a motion to adjourn the meeting from Joyce Sniff, seconded by Blake Arnold.  interest rate.  needed to leave in the account.  loans from GEFA but that they were at a zero interest rate.  prepayment penalty.  projects were complete.  each month on the mortgage of the building. Vote 5-0  Vote 5-0 S Mayor  arlac2y Date  AdeeoN  1    CITY OF ARNOLDSVILLE CITY COUNCIL MEETING  10/17/2024  Mayor: Danny Morcom  Council Present: Norma Craddock, Joyce Sniff, Joel Kriner City Employees Present: Dana Player, Lynn Shedd, Adam Boswell  City Attorney Present: Danny Love Guests Present: Melvin Fleming  At 6:00 pm Mayor Danny Morcom called the meeting to order.  Minutes  Onan motion Norma Craddock, seconded by Joyce Sniff, the minutes for the September 19, 2024,  regular meeting was approved as submitted. Vote 3-0  General Fund Financial Report  On ai motion from Norma Craddock, seconded by Joyce Sniff, the September 2024 General Fund  Financial Report was approved as submitted. Vote3-0  Water Fund Financial Report  On a motion from Joyce Sniff, seconded by Norma Craddock, the September 2024 Water Fund  Financial Report was approved as submitted. Vote 3-0 3rd Ouarter Reports - ARP, Online Purchasing, TSPLOST  On a motion from Joyce Sniff, seconded by Joel Kriner, the 3rd Quarter Reports 2024 were  approved as submitted. Vote 3-0 Water Department Report  Water Superintendent, Adam Boswell, said that everything was going smoothly. He put in several taps that needed bores and there was still one to do. The Meyer Farm Well is waiting on Georgia Power tol be able to finish the repair. He backed the wells down some more. The lead and copper audit has been completed. Mr. Boswell said that they would need to update There was a water leak on Oak Street that they repaired. Lynn Shedd is waiting on it to pack down before he covers the road. Adam Boswell said they normally do concrete. He said that  itevery year.  eventually asphalt comes apart.  1    Fire Department  Arnoldsville Fire Chief, Heath Baker, reported that there were a couple of calls. The Barbecue Chief] Baker said that the tanker truck would be here around midnight, but it would be two to three weeks to get in service. They need somewhere to put the truck, sO they are going to keep He also said they are looking for internet at the fire station. Windstream does not offer service at  Fundraiser and 50/50 Raffle will be next Saturday, October 26th.  the old engine truck that is out of service at Gabriel's.  that location. Zoning  Land Use/Zoning Officer Lynn Shedd reported that he has an inspection on a power pole tomorrow. Also, they are clearing out on Yancey Road for the modular home to be brought in.  New Business  Mayor Danny Morcom said that he sat down with Joel Kriner and Norma Craddock to discuss the 2025 Budget. They went over each line item and came up with the new budget. Joyce Sniff Mayor Morcom stated that there was a complaint about large oaks trees possibly falling on Oak Street with bad weather like we had from the hurricanes. He said there were 7 or 8 huge trees. City Attorney, Danny Love said that he would check into it, but the road is extremely narrow and doesn't meet any requirements for widths. Itis a one lane road and unclear oft the right of way. He would need to see who is responsible. Attorney Love asked Mayor Morcom if the trees City Attorney, Danny Love, asked about having the Christmas Party this year again at the Arnoldsville Baptist Church. Joyce Sniff suggested that we have it on December 14th. City  said that she trusted them and agreed with it.  looked healthy. Mayor Morcom said they did look healthy.  Clerk, Dana Player said she would get with them and see if we could set it up.  Old Business  City Attorney, Danny Love, said he is working on the emergency water masterplan. He suggested that they have a limit on the gallons of water a customer can use and if they go over, there will be a surcharge. It was agreed they would discuss this at the next meeting. At 6:42 pm, a motion to adjourn the meeting from Joyce Sniff, seconded by Norma Craddock  Vote 3-0  Llauacay Date  VMGvG  Mayor  Minutes prepared and submitted by City Clerk, Dana Player  2