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Home My WebLink AboutCity Council Minutes 04.15.1969_ r I Minutes of the City Council of Laurel April 15, 1969 III' jI A regular meeting o~ the City Council of the Gity ~f Laurel, Montana, was held in the Council Char~b~r~ and ~all.ed to order by Mayor Kenneth E. OZson~ ~i' at 7:30 o'clock, P.M., on Tuesday, April 15, 1969. Upon taka.no roll call, the following A:lderrnen'answerecl present: Wafer Parker Richard ~31ack Louis Yovetich Roy Horning E. H. Eb~rsviller,' Sr. Jams Southworth Lille Jones Minutes of the previous meting were read. Motion wa.5 made by Eb~rsviller and seconded by Black that the Eninutes b~ approved with the change that the Police Jude be given a $3 .00 a month raise for clerical purpog~s. Motion carried. Library Report was presented. Motion was made by Black and seconded by Ebersvill~r that the report be apbrov~;d. Motion carried. County Sanitarian's repflrt was pr~sent~d. Motion way made by d ond~d b Black that the re ort be a Aroved. Motion carried. Ebersvill~r an sec y P A_ Police Judge report was presented. Motion was made by Ebersvill~r and seconded by 131a.c~ that the ,report be approved. Motion carried. City Clerk's Cash Report, Trial BalaMee, and Treasurer's Financial Statement ~~r~ presented. Motion was made by Black and seconded by Jones that the reports be approved. Motion carried.. Black made the motion and Ebersviller seconded that the el~~tion judges and clerks b~ paid $1.25 an hour inst~;ad of the usual $1.~0 an hour. lotion carried. An agreement was presented between the State of Montana, State Highwa~r Commission, and the City of Laurel. This a~r~ement will give the City of Laurel State monies from the gasoline tax to p~.y for the repair and eon~truetion of streets in Laurel. This particular agre~men~ was drawn up for the purpose o~ receiving money on the bid the City' accepted from the Farmers Union Central Exchange for liquid asphalt. Black made the motion that the agreement b~ ~I~ accepted and the Mayor be allowed to sign the agreement. Parker seconded and the motion carried. l A letter w~.s read from Local #31b a~ follo~r$: Honorable Mayor & Councilmen: At the regul~.r me~~ing o£ Local #316 it was vot~sd that the ~!i secretary be instructed to write you gentlemen to inform you that the City Loca3~ #316 would like to meet with you. Tn regards to n~~o~,tions of an increase in wa€;es of all City Employees. This notice will s~rv~ a~ ample time as -per our working agreement. Pleaase lit us know who your eommitt~e will be ~o we can get under way. Thank You. Donald C. Lenhardt (Signed) u~c. & Treas. vocal # 316 219 7th Avenue, Laurel The Council aelrnowl~dg~d r~c~ipt of the letter and the Mayor stated that the appointments to the negotiating committee ~ril1 be made the lit meting in May. c ORDINANCE N0. 587 BEING AN ORDI~iANCE APPII~,TAINING CC~NNIUNITY ANTENNA AND GLO~E~- CIRCUT TEZEVI~IOI~ AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM WITHIN THE CITY ~F LAUREL, MONTANA, AND TO THE USE ANn OCCUPATION OF `THE STREETS, ALLEYS AAD (7FHER FUBLIG PLACES OF THE SAID CI'PY ~'~R SUCH PURPOSES; PROVIDING ~`OR THE REGULATION OF SUCH SERVICE, FOR PAYMENT TO THE CITY THEftEFORE~ PROVIDING FOR THE LICENSING THEREOF A1~D THE TERMINATION OF SUCH LICENSE; FUR`~HF.~?. PROVIDING FORA PERFOR- 1KANCE B0~1D, LIABILI'PY BAND., was presented. Motion was made by So~thworth and seconded by Parker that Ordinance No. 587 be passed. Upon taking roll call vote, all Ald~r~nen pre~~nt votesd ~Ay~~ j ~,nd said C3rdinanee No. 587 was declared passed and adopted.. Motion carried. j r-.---~r--_.7 ....._----,--r----r-~---- -I-7------r Ili I II I` Minutes of the Cit council of Laurel Y This b~3.n~ the time and place required by law for the purpose of canvassing votes cast in the regular election held on April 7~ 1969, the canvass developed a~ follo~rs: I, FIRST WARD - Re~i~t~r~d Voters 659 -Votes Cast - 275 Mayor -Kenneth E. Olson- - - - - - - - 229 Charles Wood---------- ~,6 Polio Jud.g~ -Walter Mc~n~llo - - - - - 2~9 Glen Sheets- - - - - - - 1 DavidTesar------- ~.1 reasu er arl n Pfa ~ e ff 2 r - M - - - - - - ~9 Aldermen Louis Yovetieh - ~33 E. H. Ebersviller, Sr. - - - 201 Richard Michael- - - - - - - 90 Dogl~ashLaw-For 186 Against-------- 88 Not Voted------- 1 Motion was made bar Ebersviller and seconded by Yonetich that the canv~,s~ of ballots in the first ward be aee~pted as correct. Motion carried. SECOND WARD - Re~I.stered Voters 563 -Vohs Cast 2l~7 Ma~°r -Kenneth E. 01sQn- - - - - - - - 208 Charle~Wood---------- 32 Police Jude -Walter Menello - - - - - 226 M. P. R~nn~r - - - - - - 1 Ray Harris------- 1 Treasurer -Marlene Pfaff - - - - - - - 226 Robert Kilpatrick - - - - - 1 Ald~rm~n - L~rle Jones - - - - - - - - - 196 Gerald Gass-~.- - - - - - - - 141: Virgil Guinn- - - - - - - - - 129.' L. W. Hageman-------- 1 Harm Erickson - - - - - - - 1 DogLea~hLaw-For---------- 178 Against-------- 66 NotVot~d------- 3 Motion was made bar Jones and $e~ond~d by ~laek that the canvas of ballots in the second ward be accepted as correct. Motion carried. THIRD WARD - R~~i~t~red Voters 5?~l -Votes Cast 230 Mayor -Kenneth E. Olson- - - - - - - - 183 Charles Wood---------- 43 Police Jude -Walter Menello - - - - - 208 ~'icLeikem------- 1 Treasurer -Marlene PfaFf - - - - - - - 2~8 Aldermen -John Beslanwiteh - - - - - - 125 James Seuthworth - - - - - - 111 Jackson Park~;r - - - - - - - 166 Dog LeashI,aw-For l~l Against-------- 7~ Not Voted------- 1~ Motiofl was made b~ Sou~hworth and seconded by Black that the canvass of ballots in the third, ward be accepted as correct. Motion carried. FOURTH WARD -Registered Vote~r~ 322 -Votes Cast 99 Mayor -Kenneth E. Olsory - - - - - - - ?5 Charles Wood---------- 23 Police Jude -Walter M~ne11o - - - - - 88 Treasurer -Marlene Pfaff - - - - - - - 89 . Aldermen -Walter Parker - - - - - - - 86 --~T -T-- - --T ~,---T-- ------r I I Minutes of the City Council of Laurel 11'~ Roy Horning- - - - ' - - - - 87 ICI Louis Yovetich - - - - - - - 1 Do~I~ashLaw-For 1' Against-------- 25 Motion was made by Parker and seconded by Horning that the c~,nvas~ of kballots i.n the fovxth ward be aecex~ted as correct. Motion carried. Thy Ma~ror reported there is an abandon ear ~.t llfl Kurland Avenue;. T.he owner has not begin able to be contacted and the Mayor stated that h~ and the Chief of Police felt the ear should be impounded and tak~r~; to Smith duper Service for storage to get it off the street. Thy Mayor also stated that the rest of the cars the~~r are setting on the street should b~ taken to Smiths or the salvage ~rard on Grind Avenue in Billings. The Mayor appointed the Police Committee to work ww.th Tom Bradley on this matter. Joe Nicholas would like to be relieved of the fob of pltunbing inspector. Thy Mayor has not found anyone to take his place a~ yet. Lyle Jones reported on thy: Air Pollution Program meeting; and once main pr~sent~d an agreement to be approved by the Counc3.l. After di~cu$~ion, aouthworth made the motion ~.nd Parker seconded that the a~r~ement b~ approved. Motion carried. Mr. Clyde Bray addressed the Council stating that the dam the City constructed above the landfill to keep water out of the landfill is e~.using the water to back up and fZaod the road that go~;s into his ranch. Mr. Bray would, like to have the City remedy this situation immediately so he can use the road. After discussion the Mayor appointed the Street and A11ey Committee to work ~ti~h the City Engineer on this matter. Lyle Jones reported on the Recreation Board Meeting. He ~ta~ed that the board had decided to do away with the recreation department in the park. He also stated that the-staff had been cut down and the lifeguards and basket girls were on a monthly salary. ~Ie added. that the Chairman i~ to be paid $100.00 for the su~amer. There was discussion on cleaning the Nutting Drain. There was discussion about the various ~tre~ts to be sprinl~l~d this spring and summer. 1' There was discussion about the water ling to the property glen Watts is going to build a laundromat on. Black ~ta~ed the garbage pick-up seems to be eomin~ along fins. Black thanked everyone for the experience and help he received in hip 2 terms on the City C~tuzeil. Ebersviller reported h~ talked to the Harris Agency about the joint bid between them and Williams A~eney on an insurance po].icy~ in 196.. He Mated. that the two agencies ware to split the eomi~as on, however, Willi~.ms Agency'ha~ never received any kind of pa~m~nt from the Harris Agency. ~bersviller _a. ..a._a 1L~1 L_ a._ia lL~ LT.........~.. A.~~......~ .SF .t,t_.t_ ,......,.i..i...«. ..,,.a. ,......,......i..~.a el,1 `3V cS ti iY t~CCA Wt2211i 11C NV1U kit1G t;C.{,L .L.'7 rigC!lliy Ll Bill a7 ~/i WW1Gltt WCb~j d1V to li ViL GC'•bCU goon that the policy would be taken away from them and liven to the Willi~.m~ Agency for the next five 3~ears. This su~g~stion seemed to be satisfactory with the entire Council. Eber~viller reported that the matter of flp~ning the N. P. Depot was given to the road master$ wife far ;~12~.fl~ per month. Jones made the motion that the curb cuts for the parking lot for the Yellowstone Bank be apnrov~d. Parker seconded and the motion carried. The Mayor Mated the he and the Cit~r Clerk would hire another girl a~ Depu~~r Clerk in the office. Clean up day was designated. as the last we~:k in April. i`a,,---~ , Marlene R. Pfaf' , pu , ,clerk I' - - r ---r-_..-~-,,---~--- ICI I' i Minutes of the City Council of Laurel a Passed b~ the City Council of the City of Laurel, Montana, and approved by the Mayor this 6th day of May, 1969. ~I~ p` i `sw"' ~enn~th Olson, Mayor ~I,~'' ATTEST orothv P. undy,`City Cle yl~l' i i i ~r .__~~.._~_,7__~__ --------~---r-~---r---~ I it I~ I i, I 'I! ''I ~I ~,I