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Minutes of the Cit Council of Laurel v
Mareh 18, 1969
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A regular meeting of the Cit~r Council of the City o.~ Laurel, Montanan I,
was held in the Council Chambers and was called ~o order by* Mayor Kenneth Olson,
a~ ?s3fl o'clock, P.M., on Tue~da~, March 18, 1969.
Upon takiMg roll call, the following Aldermen answered present: j s
Walter Parker Richard Black Louis Yovetich Rohr Horning
E. H. Ebersviller, Sr. James South~ror~h Lyles Jones
The ~inut~s of the previous meeting were read. Motion was made by
Horning and seconded by Black that the minutes be approved as read. Motion carded.
J d e wa$ resented. Motion was made by Black Report of the Police u g
and s~cond~d by Jones that this report be accepted. Motion carried.
Other reports of the City of Laurel were pr~~ented a~ follows City Clerk's Cash Report, Clerk's Tri~.l Balance, City Treasurer's Financial
Report. Motion was made by Black and seconded by Eber~vill~r that these
reports be accepted. Motion carried.
4 Letter from proposed radio station K R A D was read. This letter
of t,estimonia]. from the Mayor anc~ City Council. After + requested l~tter~ j,
discussion, motion was made by Southworth and seconded by Black that the ~ requested letter be written. Motion carried.
Letter was read from Senator C. Thie~Sen.
Sanitarian' report was presented ~,nd read. Motion was made by sI
Ebersviller and seconded by Parker that this report be approved. Motion I
carried.
d e Walter Menello, was read requesting an ?,ether from Police Jug ,
increase in salary far the coming two-gear term. After discussion, the µ
Mayor turned this matter over to the Police and Finance Committees to work
with the City Attorney.
The Mayor reported on the doh quarantine. He paid that twelve
do s wire picked up and three of these were claimed, the other nine were ~
disposed o£. After much discussion motion way made by Horning and ~~eonded
~ by ~.~'bersvill~r that the Cit~r Council put the question of a dog leash law
' up to the people in the corning election. Motion carried with Yovetich and 1
Southworth voting "no's. Matter was turned over to the City Clerk, City i' Attorney and Horning to get the proper wor~.ing on the ballot.
Depot open during times i Regarding the matter Qf keeping the N.P.
of the arrival of trains, Ebersviller reported that the N,P. would expect a
policeman to unlock the door and stay them; and lock up after the train had
left the station. This matter wi11 continue to be in the handy of the
Police Committee, since this arrangement is not satisfactory to the City ' Council as it stands nor.
The Mayor reported oM Cable T.V. City Attorney stated that the
~ City mint set up and pass an_ordinance to allow c~.b7e T.V., also ~~tting a nF+,... .a3 Q..,,Qai nn _ motion WSJ
lieen~e fey and the length o~ t~.mc~ invv~~~u. n1 ~~j
made by 5outhworth and seconded by Parker that the City Council b~ in fa~ror
of drawing up such a cable T.V. Ordinance, tentatively setting the license
fie at $100.00 per year. Motion carried.
00 per ~ The Mayor reported ghat the beer tax should brim about $2.
citizen anr~uall~. The Citq to be paid each month. This should bring in abQUt
~1Q,OOO.U4 per y~~s', and be eax'-marked for the Police Department.
He also reported that the additional gay tax of ~ cent per gallon:
ig to be used for building ~treet:s.
It way reported that Alderman Gerry Gass is r~~overing nicely from
his recent surgery.
E The Mayor announced. that he ~rould be filing for a second term a~
Mayor, at the end of the week.
There was discussion as to Andy Muri'~ sign advertising his ;i
business.
Short report on School District #7 flA~in~ bids on the old North
School property on Thursday, March 20, 1969.
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1Vlinutes of the City Council of Laurel
Jm~aes reported on the air pollution petitions. I'il
Black stated that he would like to su~;ge5t that the residents of the
City of Laurel case to burn trash, etcetera, during the month of April a~ a
pilot program. This is a trial to ascertain how much extra help, space, time, ~.nd so forth that would b~ required to pick ~p all trash that i~ usually
burned. He asked that the residents please co-operate ~'c~r this short period.
Yovetich asked that the question of a carport requested by C.~. Laird
be r~-considered by the Zoning Board. The Mayor stated that h~ would ask
J. J. Parker to fill the vacancy on this Board.
The Council agreed to this re-consideration ~.nd the Mayor a~l~~d that
the first ward Aldermen work with the Zoning Board on this question.
There being no further business to come before the Council at thus
time, motion way duly made and seconded that the meeting b~ adjourned. Motion
c~.rried.
After the meting the Mayor stated that he dad neglected to con~,ratualat~
the ~ri.nnin~ Laurel Loeomotive~ on their triumph at the State Tournam~,nt as
well as the entire season. City Clerk to write a letter to the Editor of the
i ~ Billings rxa~ette.
Dorothy P. Ci.ty Clerk
Passed bey the City Council of the City of Laurel, Montana, and approved
by the Mayor, this 1st day of April, 196.
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Kenneth E. Olson, Mayer
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orothy P. B - dy, Cit~* Clerk
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