City council considers changes to Mobile Home Ordinance
By Deborah Bennett Millen News Editor

Millen City Council tackled the task of enforcement of the city's Mobile Home Ordinance during its Tuesday, March 6, meeting.

City Administrator Al Knight informed council members of the location of a mobile home in the city that may not comply with code requirements. The matter has also generated a complaint from an adjacent property owner, Knight said.

After some discussion of the matter, council requested that city attorney R.H. Reeves III and Knight investigate the situation and develop a list of code requirements that must be met by the mobile home owner. Should the code requirements be unattainable, the owner is to be requested to remove the mobile home from the property.

Reeves was also requested to revise the city's Mobile Home Ordinance so as to bring it in line with the age requirements of the county Mobile Home Ordinance. Currently, the city ordinance states that mobile homes moved into the city cannot be older than 15 years while the county ordinance limits the location of mobile homes in the county that are older than 10 years.

In other business, council approved the purchase of a PMT video system from P & H Supply of Louisville in the amount of $9,079 plus shipping. The system will be used to video pipelines in the city to determine the extent of repairs, a service for which the city currently has to contract with outside providers to obtain.

O.G. Penner was appointed as a 2-year member of the city's Planning and Zoning Commission when it was announced that a previously appointed member was unable to serve due to health problems.

After some discussion, council decided to stand by its previous decision prohibiting the disruption of traffic at the U.S. Hwy. 25 traffic light by organizations soliciting dona- tions from drivers. The Millen Police Department will enforce the restriction.

Prior to the council meeting, a public hearing was held for the purpose of allowing public input into the development of the city's application for a Community Development Block Grant for up to $500,000. The funds, if awarded, will be used in the areas of housing, public facilities and economic development to benefit low to moderate income persons.

A public meeting was also held earlier concerning Phase II of the Cotton Avenue TE project Streetscape and Greenspace Preservation project. Those in attendance were able to review map displays and express their opinions of the design.