1)       Held Shenandoah Wireless Broadband (SWBA) meeting prior to the regular Council meeting.  SWBA Members include:  Richard Pierce, Chairman; Russell Comer, Jr., Vice Chairman; Keith Sampson, Secretary/Treasurer; William L. Kite, Member; and Clinton O. Lucas, Jr., Member.

2)      Received updates from the technology seminar from Gary Patterson. 

3)      Approved a special event application from Fields United Methodist Church.  The church will hold a yard sale and a lawn party on August 7, 2010.  The yard sale will run from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. and the lawn party will begin at 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the church located on Third Street in Shenandoah. 

4)      Received an invitation to Merck’s annual meeting to update the community on the progress of their environmental project to clean up soil and groundwater at their Elkton plant site.  The meeting will be held on August 12, 2010, at 6 p.m. at the Elkton Elementary School. 

5)      Received a certificate of appreciation from the Department of Veteran’s Affairs for the Town’s support of their programs, including the van that takes veterans to medical appointments at the VA Hospital.

6)      Received an invitation from Virginia Regional Transit to attend their ground breaking ceremony at their new multi modal transit facility at Ivy Ridge Lane, Fishersville, on August 11, 2010, at 10 a.m.

7)      Received a copy of the Summer 2010 Town Newsletter, which includes lots of great information.  Thanks to Judy Jewell for writing, copying, and mailing this newsletter to approximately 1,000 water customers of the Town. 

8)      Heard the Town’s wells seem to be holding up great with recent drought conditions.  The Town does not over pump the wells and switches the well usage regularly. 

9)      Heard state code requires people riding horses after sunset to wear reflective clothing and have lights.  The Town Attorney is reviewing possible ordinances for horse droppings on the streets in Town. 

10)  Work Orders:  weed eat and spray weeds in front of and beside the Shenandoah Elementary School; drill holes in stumps and pack with salt to kill trees then complete final grading, apply fabric and either mulch or rock the bank for the proposed Veteran’s Memorial Park – (Council thanked public works for the excellent job done thus far.); straighten flag pole at cannon and determine a way to get a light on the flag.

11)  Chief Monteleone volunteered to paint a mural on the wall at the Veteran’s Memorial Park.  A contest will be held with local school students to design the mural with the Veteran’s Memorial theme, a winner will be chosen, and then Chief Monteleone will paint it. 

12)  Heard the police department received a $1300 grant, which will be used to replace some of their office computers.  Also, an officer will have one of the new police cars on display at the August 13^th cruise in.

13)  Heard the Town Attorney has advised the Town should not become involved in the disagreements between the Shenandoah Volunteer Rescue Squad and the County of Page, other than to encourage all the matters be resolved quickly.  Also, even if the Town were to take the volunteer squad under the Town Charter, the County would still have the power to regulate it.  The Fifth District Board of Supervisors Member Jeff Vaughan has reported the volunteer squad’s audit all came back okay and the Board of Supervisors have the matter on their next agenda.  It is hoped it will all be resolved following their meeting.

14)  Received June 2010 budget reports for review.  Heard the Town received $3,000 in revenue from the sale of cigarette stamps during the 2009/2010 fiscal year due to wholesalers purchasing the stamps early to prepare for the sale of stamped cigarettes. 

15)  Authorized Council Members to attend the next Board of Supervisors meeting on August 3, 2010, at 7 p.m. in the Board of Supervisors Room in Luray to request the County add Part III of the Uniform Statewide Building Code for Property Maintenance to their agreement with the Town under Building Inspections and request the Town be allowed to use their board of appeals.  If approved, the Town would then hold public hearings, decide upon an inspector and begin taking action against hazardous properties in Town. 

16)  Committee recommended the Council continue to hold two (2) meetings a month and put any money that would have been spent on changing the Charter for one (1) meeting a month towards adopting the property maintenance code.

17)  Authorized issuing a Community Enhancement Award for a property renovated on Third Street in Shenandoah.  This award will be presented at the next Council meeting.

18)   Heard the Planning Commission is reviewing the Capital Improvement Plan to place it in priority order and then the Council will receive it for review again. 

19)   Chief Monteleone will prepare a report on where additional street lights may be needed for Council’s next meeting. 

20)  Agreed when water is shut off for non-payment, it will not be turned back on until the following business day after appropriate payments are made at the office.  Some citizens have been contacting the Mayor and/or other Town Officials requesting their water be turned back on after 5 p.m.  However, due to liability reasons, Council agreed the water service will not be restored to customers shut off for non-payment until the following business day after the customer makes the appropriate payment in the office.   

21)  Parks and Recreation News:  River Park -  clean fill dirt is needed for the volleyball courts; bids are being obtained for the small bridge to extend the walking trail; have applied for a $2,500 Kodak grant; joined a state natural resources group to obtain notices on possible grant funding available for projects in parks and recreation; Big Gem Park – work continues on the bicycle trails and some phases are complete now.  Cannon – work will begin soon on removal of the wheels to have them repaired. 

22)  Authorized replacing Town Hall’s station two computer and upgrading the station one computer for up to $1,000 total.  The Town will check with Citipak to ensure the recommended computer will be compatible with the Town’s software and will work with the upgrades the programmers are planning in the near future.