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Minutes of the City Council of Laurel
September 16, 3969
A regular mEetin~ of the City Council of the City of Laurel,
Montana, way held in the Council Chambers and was called to order by
Mayor Kenneth E. Olson at 7:30 P.M. o'clock on Tue$day September 16,
19~?9.
Upon taking roll aa11 the .following aldermen answ~r~d present
Roy Horning Lyle Jflnes Walt Parker John Beslanwitch
Lour Yovetich
They minutes of the previous m~etin~ of September 2 were read, Motion was m~,d~ by~ ~eslanwiteh and seconded by Horning that the minutes II
b~ approved. Motion carried.
A letter from Claude Wafters, Deputy State Examiner, announcing
his retirement was read. i,',
A lettEr s~Gating that CY~ue~ Rogers was elected to the Laurel
Volunteer Fire Department August 20th wag read.. Motion was made bar
Beslan~riteh and seconded by Parker that this appointment b~ approved.
Motion carried.
Letters from. Mike Mansfield and Lee Metcalf aclmowled~ing the receipts of our application for a hi~;hwa~r safety project grant ~o- asp ~t.
with the Emer~eney Medical Service project were read.
The City Clerk's cash r~port~ Gity Clerk's tr~:al balance, &
City Treasurers financial report were pr~s~nted for approval. Motion way ~I
made by Beslanwitch and seconded by Jones that these reports b~ approved. ~ Motion carried.
A letter to the Council was read as follows: 'i
Honorable Mayor and City Councils
Please accept my resi~n~.tion City Treasurer as of September ~0, 19E~9, for Gary and I are expecting a, bat~~r thy: first part of December.
I wish to thank you for the kindness and consideration you have
shown m~ during the list three years. Thank ,you.
sincerely,
(Signed, Marlene Pfaff )
A~otion was "mac~,e ;by~.Wa7:t "Parker and seconded bar Bes2ar~witch tha-~ this
resignation be aecepted~ and a letter of appreciation b~ written to her.
Motion caxri~d.
The a~pointm.ent of Mrs Robert Kamm~rzel was made to fill the un-
Pxpired term of Marlene Pfaff, City Tre~.surer, effective October 1' 196 .
Albert L~uth~ld end Ray ~t~evens appeared before the council to
request that ~ the alley to the south pf the bank b~ designated a one way
alley with only East Bound tra~'fic. ?3efore the present~ti~n Mr. I,~uthold commented the council on the fine fob they were doing. He termed them as
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~+.~ac+e~>Nia~L~ • .~aa viic Ni v~.v~cu ut ivy 1~1 UclL11S ~ile~ W~U1Ci 1:LK~ Ti0 Ifia.K6 ~ the a11ey to the South of the bank a one way alley going from west to East.
It was su~~ested to try a one way a11~y for a few weeks as a trial period.
After much discussion this issue way turned over to the polio committee,
Chief of Polies, Gaston, and Bradley for further c~ns~.deration.
Rohr Horning asked. when the hump was doing to be but at 7th ave.,
and. 2nd Street. Daley stated that there w~;re four ;positions in which the hump co».ld be p~a.t. Horning to ask the peonTe where-they want it.
Ly1~ Jones reported on the cros~w~,l.ks on 1st Ave. He sated that
the paint was warn and that you could no longer see them. Daley said that
fresh paint woixld be put on. Jones also asked if they would put the
pedestrian crossing sins back up.
Walt Parker stated that the ordinance to restore the streets &
alleys in the same manner b~f ors they wer€~ worked on should be ready by the
next me~:ting.
Louie Yovetieh reported on a letter that he received from Sandy Herzog stating that the people living on T~aurmac Lane wanted a fire h~rdrant.
She said there were too many new homes in the area that were in dander with
only the one hydrant. Daley said even though this way out of the city limit
there should be a hydrant installed. After much diseus~ion the matter wa.s
referred to the water committee for further action.
Yov~tic;h also reported that the people: on Laurmae Lane wanted the
grater to ~o over the road because there was too much dint.
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Minutes of the City Council of Laurel
Daley asked the council what he sh~aulel do to char the slush-i.ce problem at the river. Daley urged the council to take action on this I~
before the w3.nter ma~th~,s~t in. I
Mayor Olson reported on action talon at the recent meeting; o~ ~
'the Municipal Lea~;u~ of Cities and ~,Towris. .A study made by a group of
student I~a.T,uyers and aceoun-tants in Missoula are setting up a book j concerning ~h~ problems of the municipalities. This book should be
availably by the lst of the gear.
I Laurel's share of tk~e gasoline tax should b~ about ~1q,~00
per year w3.th more to be spent for street maintenance. At least $7, 00
of that amount is to b~ spent far street maintenance instead of the proposed
1~. of the total ~novnt received.
Mr. Goodall from the B.O.R. said that our swimming pool-was in
sad shape. A71 the equipment at the pool is about 2~ years old, and '
badly d~teriarated. It was su~~e~t~d that thought be given to a bond is~ue~.
Daley to work up an evaluation of the pool i
Them tieing no further business to come before thy, council at this j
session, motion was duly made and seconded that the meeting be adjourned.
Motion carried.
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a~ron~eiser, Deputy City Clerk
Passed by the City Council of the City of Laurel, Montana, and
approved by the Mayor this 7th day of October, 1969.
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nneth E. 01~on, Mayor
ATTEST
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orothy P. Bun , Cit~r Clerk
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