New Market Council Called Meeting

The City of New Market held a special called meeting on September 12, 2013 at 4:30 p.m.  Mayor Charles Guinn called the special meeting to order.  The meeting was opened up in a word of prayer by Alderman Ross Cunningham.  There were no public comments made at the opening part of the meeting. Alderman Frank Solomon made a motion for the approval of minutes which was in second by Alderman Ross Cunningham.  The first item on the agenda during the meeting was the review and discussion uses of property located in C-1 general commercial district zoned areas. This was brought to attention by David Hayes. Hayes stated the property is possibly going to be used as a wrecker service.  They will meet another date before the property goes up for auction to make approvals of the usage and whether a site plan would need to be provided. The last item on the agenda was the review and approval of personnel policy. At the first reading, Alderwoman Carolyn Williams made the motion to approve the policy, which was made second by Maurice Solomon. Maurice Solomon made the motion to adjourn the meeting. Following Solomon’s motion to adjourn Sammy Solomon requested the floor to speak and was joined in discussion by other citizens. Discussion regarding Fire Department funding continued after the meeting adjournment.