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Minutes of the City Council of Laurel
May 16, 1967
A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of L€~t~:~?~~,
Montana, way held in. the Council Chambers and was called. to order by
Mayor Kenneth f~lson, at 7:30 o~clock, P.M., on Tu~sd.ag~, May 16, 1967.
Upon taking roll call, the following Aldermen answered.
present:
Gerald. Gass Roy Edwards Walter Parker Richard. Blaek
Louis Yove~Gic~ Roy Horning E. H. Ebersviller Jirn Southworth
RESOLUTION N0. 1312
A RESf3LIITI4N CREATING SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT N4. 93 CAF
THE CITY ~F LAUREL, DESIGNATING THE BOUNDARIES THEREOF AS DEFINED BY
RESOLUTION N0. 1311, PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAUREL,
AND REFERRING TD SAID RESOLIITION QF I1~TENTI~N F'OR FURTHER PARTICULARS.
This being the place and time specified. and designated. in
Resolution No. 1311, declared it to be the intention, of the City Council to create Special Improvement District ~To. 93~ for the City
Council to hear and. pays upon protests filed. with the City clerk
against the proposed work and.. against the creation and. extent of such
district, the City Clerk informed the Council that three protests had.
been filed. with her. After much discussion, Alderman Bl.aek declared.
the protests "insufficient" and introduced. Re~olution.No. 1312, creating Special Improvement District ~To. 93 of the City of Laurel,
designating the boundaries thereof as d:efined..by Resolution 1311,
passed. by the Cit~r Council oP the Cit~r of Laurel and. referring to
said. Resolution of Intention for farther particulars. After more
discussion as to excluding certain properties from S.I.D. No. 93,
Alderman Black made a motion which was seconded. by Alderman Southworth,
that said. Resolution 1312 be passed end adopted. Motion carried on a ro11 call w3.th all Aldermen present answering "Aye". Whereupon, the
Mayor declared, said motion carried. and. said. Resolution~No. 1312 duly
passed. and adopted..
Followin.~ discussion on widening a portion of East Maryland.
Lane, Parker made the motion that the Third. Ward. Aldermen, Black and.
Southworth, be liven permission to obtain a right-of-way easement from Mr. Dee Sherrow for the City to remove his fence line in order to
widen East Maryland. Lane, install sideway, curb & gutter, and. to
replace his fence line again.. Ebersviller seconded. the motion and. the
motion carried..
Certain reports of the City' of Laurel were presented, for approval. Revenue Report, Bud.~et Report, Trial Balance, Cash Report
and. Trea.se~rer~s Report. The motion was made by Ebe~sviller and. seconded
bar Gass that these reports be approved.. Motion carried..
A letter was read from Dr. Norman Schoenthal, Chairman of
the Cleaner Air Week, stating the C3.ties of Billir~s and. Laurel would.
receive a Certificate of Award. for their out~tand:in~ educational activities conducted.durin~ Gleaner Air Week last fall., along with
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planning, execution and. results of Cleaner Air Week. The awards are to be presented. to the Mag4rs ataa luncheon in Billings, May 18, 1967.
The Mayor stated that anyone interested. would be welcome.
The Mayor ~relcomed the Student Council and, asked.. the Student
Mayor, Curt Ger~e, to introduce the Student Council, which he d.id.
Parker reported. that at a meeting of the Recreation Board.,
it was decided. that because of lack of funds to support the ~wimmin~
pool, the City would. have to charge swimomer~ for the use of the pool.
The Board. recomrnend.ed. the following rate : Family Season Tickets $6.00;
Individual Season Tickets $2.00; Chil.d.ren $.25; Adults 18 anal over $.50.
Yo~etich made the motion that the Council approve the reeon~ner~d,ation
of the Board.. Blau seconded. the motion and. the motion carried.. Parke ad.d.ed that the details for the sale of these tickets has not been
worked. out, but another Board Meeting is planned. He also stat~:d. ghat
swi~rnning instruction fees will remain the same.
Bradley reported there will be a hearing on the Airport
situation on Monday, May 22, 1967.
The Mayor rEported that Mr. Herman Kline at 606 EigY~th Ave.
is in the City Limits and. the trailor court behind. him is not, so these
people are putting their mail boxes on the boulevard. in front of
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Mr. Kline?s house which is city property. After d.isucs~ion of this
problem, Black made the motion that the Po7.ice Department be instructed.
to cor~.tact these people and. have them remove the boxes From Git~
property. Southworth seconded the motion ar~.d-~ the rt~otion carried..
Daley reported. on the Water Pollution Meeting he attend~,d.
ice. Helena .
The following Petition was presented. to the Council:
P E T I T I O N
We, the undersigned residents ar~d property owners hereby
petition the City Council of the City of Laurel, Montana, to force
the o~ane~s of the buz~n.ed. rout property ad.3acent to l~.1~ First Avenue
South, to remove the debris.
Yovetich made the motion that this matter be referred. to the
City Engineer end the Fire Chief to declare this property a fire hazard..
Ebersviller seconded. the motion and. the motion earr3.ed..
Brad.ley~ reported on the property the City is purchasing from
the Bank in Red, Lod.~e. He reported.. there are back taxes on this
property. After discussion, Yovetich m~.d.e the motion that the back taxes a~.d, legal fees be paid. out of the alloted $x{.00.40 end. the
remainder be sent to the Bank. Southworth s~~onded the motion. Motion
carried. A letter is to be written to the Bank explaining phis
situation.
There ~+ras discussion on the license money we are to reeeige from Billings.
The Mayor reported. ~e received.a letter from HUD, stating
our grant was in the process of being ~.pp~o~ved.
Southworth reported: the wn.derpass need. cleaning. Daley
will check with the Highway Department an this matter.
South~rorth also reported. that the land.-fill is a mess, and.
Mr. Grabus would li1~e to put up a fence to catch some of the piper.
After discussion, it was decided ;ghat the land.-fill also belongs to
the County anel they would. have to be notified. before anything can be
done. This matter was referred. to the Street and. Alley Committee. Southworth also reported that Mr. Grabus would.li~e to have a set
closing time. After discussion, it was c3.ecid.ed this would not be
advisable.
The Mayor reported that the properly belonging to the Catholic
Church needs sidewalk, curb and. gutter. Da1.ey reported. he and, several
Aldermen k~~d.a verbal agreement with the officials of the Church and, they would. do this work over a period. of years. However, nothing hay
been done and. Daley will check into the matter and report back to the
Council.
Edwa~d.s r~por~ed. that he had. met with the School Board. and.
they will go along w3.th any program the City sets up for placing more
stop signs around the school. He stated. the school would buy the sins
if the City installed. them. Ed.ward.s also reported. on fixing the flasher
on First Av~:nus and Eighth Street. Dale~r wi11 chick tv see if it can
be reparied. There is to be another School Board meting an thi:~ matter.
Black reported. that Parlor, Horning and. he had, met with the
Negotiations Committee, anal.they had. made their demands.
Ebersviller reported. he had: complaints that some garbage cans
d,id not meet the specifications set in the (~rdinar~,ce. Daley was ask~sd. to have the garbage crew report ar~y cans ghat do not comply with the
ford inane e .
Ebersvi3ler also reported, that something ought to be done
about people burning trash after o~clock, P.M., and. that maybe if
everyone would burn trash two days a week, it would. aid to our air pollution problem.
i' Yovetich reported on the necessity of more patrolmen on
weekends. There was much discussion.
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Mr. Willoughby appeared, before the Council to ~,sk if anything
had. been d.ecid.ed. on the cable television situation. After much d.iscu~sion, Yo~etich reported. the committee was still not reae1.y to make
any comittments.
There being no further business to come before the Couneil at
this time, motion was duly made and. seconded that the meeting be
adjourned. and. turned. over to the Student Council. Motion carried..
Marlene R. P of , p leek
Passed. by the City Council of the Cit~r of Laurel, Montana, aid.
approved. b~ the Mayor this 6th.:~d.ay of J~n.e, i9b7.
G~ ~
enne f~lson, Mayor
ATTEST:
Dorothy P~" Bund.y, City C1 rk
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