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l~ebruary 3, 2004 The Mooresville Town Council mot in regular session on Tuesday, Iiebr-uary 3, 2004, at G:3U 1'M at the Mooresville Town l tall. Council members present were: President Tnm Warthen, 'Toby Doles, 'T'roy Bryant, and Jolxn L" Clark. The prayer was given by Jeff Dieterlen from the Community Church of 1Vlooresville. A motion was tirade by Councilman Clark, a second by Councilman Doles to approve the r~tittutes of the January 20, 2004 council meeting. Motion carried 4-0. First on the agenda was the public hetu-i.ng sanitary sewer and annexation in the Ray Young Subdi.visiott. President Warthen. began the hearing by snaking the fallowing comments.:)-le told. the audience that annexation was being asked for because the Town is ofl.'eritlg to put in sanitary sewer strains througltouC the addition. 'l'ho reason the annexation is needed is because one of the tools the Town has for funding sewer i:tnprovemertts is Food and Beverage Tax, which is the 1 percent tax you pay at local restaurants artd establishments thttl serve food. When that tax was imposed the roquiretnertts for using the money in this fund were very set and defined. This was sanitary sewer. Stotts sewer, and park improvements" This council has used this money prior in different ways such as walking paths in the park., replacing storm sewers, and repairs and upkeep of the sanitary lines within the civil Town of :Mooresville. This revenue can only be spent within the civil Town of Mooresville. Therefore, the request for annexation is a must. One of the questions he had received was what would I receive i.f I were annexed into the Town of Mooresville. The answer is, police service locally instead of thru the County wltedter or not this is an ir~tprovettient would be your opinion, response tune might be quicker thru the Town cif Mooresville, sire Protection locally (Brown Township does a tine•job) attd this is not a very big deal because the council and current township administration have signed a mutual aid agrcetttont where if your home would catch on .fire you would soe both teams. You would receive snow removal. and street maintenance from the "1'owtt. Part of the increase in the tax funding is for the MVH, t'erl7oVal of Snow Wttlt Silrld, salt or whatever we are using at that time. Town of 1Vlooresville will rnainlain the streets. Probably what the council will do is to try to enter into an agreement with the county so the streets would be brought up to Town specifications after any ground. work is done and placing of sewer lines and infrastructure. Another question that has beets brought up is would there be sidewalks put in the addition? President Warthen said that at this tirtte he didn't think. there would be. He didn't thi.ttk the county would agree to the sidewalks and sae was not sure the Town could fund sidewalks at this time. Eventually all of us would like to see sidewalks in all the civil. Town cif Mooresville. Another item you would receive with annexation is leaf pick-up. Its order to receive a grant, the council. signed an Ordinance there would be no le<rf 1?urning in the civil Town of Mooresville. You rake your leaves up to the street on a scheduled pick.-up day and one of the trucks will vacuum up your haves. This program usually runs for approximately seven weeks throughout the :fall season. The downside of annexation is the difference in the lax taro between Mooresville Town and Brown 't'ownship. We do not have the 2004 rate as of yes. Normally we do have the rate by now, but because of reassessment we do not have this. Taxes payable in 2003 were $1.8318 for Brown Township and $2.1723 for the Town of Mooresville. 1'Ite difference was 34 cents. You would also have all. the voting rights for the election of Town officials and could also serve on the different boards. John Crawford, 4762 Marcia Drive asked if tree limbs could be burned. Councilman Bryant answered trot limbs could bo burned in an approved type of container. The hour's were front ~)AM to CPM. His other question was the sewer lines, would they be run down the tnidclle of the road? Joe Beiktxtan, Street Superintendent said they were looking at two different ways, probably they would stub the laterals across Hadley Road to the property line and between Hadley Road and Marcia 1]r•ive they would rum on one side of rho road or cortte up the back and go between the houses. Sotxieotte asked if the sewer ~~