There was a special meeting of the Flemingsburg City
Council Monday, November 19, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. in the City Annex. Council members present were Ricky Hurst,
Marty Voiers, Scott Manning, Georgianna Sparks, Meredith Story, and Van
Alexander. Mayor Louie Flanery
presided.
Councilman Manning led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Councilman Story updated Council on the prepayment
program through PEAK. Story spoke with
utility personnel at Grayson and Olive Hill, both customers of PEAK since
2000-2001. The two cities purchase gas
together with Grayson using 70% and Olive hill 30%. Both have recognized savings and are well satisfied with
PEAK. Story noted that PEAK might not
be able to offer Flemingsburg as much flexibility on storage as their other
customers because Flemingsburg uses Columbia Transmission and they don’t have
many customers on Columbia. Story said
the program needed to be investigated further and suggested that the City also
look at the prepayment program offered by Atmos. The cities of Vanceburg, Morehead, and Carlisle are current
customers of Atmos. They will be
holding a meeting in Morehead Tuesday, December 4th for anyone
interested in their prepayment program.
City Attorney Tom MacDonald reviewed the
Occupational Tax Ordinance No. 11-07-2, which had been changed to comply with
the uniform language of the model ordinance required by the state. MacDonald noted that on page 5, Section 1b,
a minimum of $75 was added; on page 6 a new section 4 was inserted to include
peddlers and other seasonal occupations; page 7, section 5, subsection 1
includes a stipulation for large tax payers requiring quarterly payments if
their annual tax liability exceeds $5,000; and on page 12, Section 8,
subsection 6 it states that businesses are required to send the city a copy of
1099’s, which should assist the city in catching contractors without a business
license. Councilman Hurst moved to
approve. Councilman Alexander seconded
the motion. All were in favor.
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Louie Flanery, Mayor
ATTESTED:
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