HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Minutes 06.06.1967Minutes of the City Council of Laurel
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A re~a.l~r ~eeti_rsg of the City ~uncil of the City of Laurel, Montana,
~r~.~ held 3n the ~our~cil chambers, end was ~.11ed to order bg Mayor K~r~,tiet~ plaox~,
at ?s30 o~el.ock' P.M., on 2'uesd~y~ dune 6, 1967.
Upon t~.ising roll call, then follawring aldermen answered pre~~nts
Gerald Ga~~ Roy Edw~rd.~ W~?lter Parker Louis Yov~tieh
boy Horning H. ~b~rsvill~r dames Southworth
~'h~ min~tea of tie pr~viou~ meestin~ were regd. Motion w~.s made b~
C~a~~ end ~ecand~d byr Parker that the minutes be ~.pprovc~d as read. 1~otiot~
carried.
Certain r~port~ of the Cite of Laur~1 were pr~as~nt~d for appr~v~,1 as
follows Report of the Polies Judge and ~h~ reports of the Patrolmen. Motion
was made by Edwards and s~cond~d by C~~.~s that the~~ repor~~ b~ approved. Motion
carried. H~a1th O~fic~r~~ Report and Library Reports were presented. Motion
was made by Ebersviller and ~ecanded by So~thworth that the~E r~porta bey approved. Motion carried.
A litter from J~rr~ ~C Nita Cantrell regarding his bog ~'~l.lir~g on the
ter~ni~ court and g~ttin~ ~~at. ~'ll~ Mayor stated that this matter b~ referred
to our insurance company.
A phoned message from the office of L. R. Dciz~kee, Dir~etor of ~lorth-
we~st Operational S~~,ttl~, Washington was r~~.d. a~ follou~r~ :
"I am ple~.~~d to anno ce ~ppro~ral of fund reservation in the amount
of ~111,0~2.00 for yotar pro~eet 6iTu-6-~7-0012 water ~tor~e. ~hi~ r~serv~.tion
does not eonstitut~ Final approval end no ~etiott sho~.ld bey undertak~r~ in reliance upon final approv~.1.+{
A litter frcam doytt~ ~CC~i~~~ler ~~~losin~ petition aig~a~tl. b~ her
neighbors r~que~ting ~ GYtp License for a yarn shop in her homy xas read.
Motion w~.s ~ad~ by Eber~viller and aeconded by G~.ss that tM~ City ia~ue this
license to her ~ub~eet to the approval of the ~onin~ Board. Motion carried.
flRl)Il'~ANCE N0. X79
QRDI.NANCE N0. 579 BEING AN OftDI~1ANCE PROVIDING ~'OR THE RE~CEIVIIdG OF
BSDS AND THE L~TTIIVG ~F A G~NTRAC3' FOR THE fi~NSTRUCTI~N ~F IMPROVENt~~iTS IN
SPECIAL IMPR~VF,MENT DISTRICT 1~~. 93 wa,s pres~nt~d. Motion ~r~.s made by
Southworth th~.t this ordir~~ne~ b~ p~.s~~d and adopted. Seconded by Eb~rsvill~r. Upon t~.kin~ ro11 c X11 vote, all aldermen present votQd ~~Aye" and paid
Ordinance was declared pa~~ed aid adopted.
~R1~ZNANCE N0. 580
o~n~~rc~ ~o. 580, B~r~v~ o~n~a~vc~ ~.~a~zBrni~ ~o~, ~~or~nvA~zorr, AND ~tA.TE flF ZNTERFST 0~ BDI~iDS OF SPECIAL IMPR~BE[~EI~T DISTRTC~' N0. 93,,
PROVIDING FAR TfiE TTME AND PAYM~~IdT AND REDE[~P`TI~N OF S~ICt BONDS, was pres~r~ted.
Marion way made by Parker and s~eor~d~d by Yovetieh that this Ordin~.nce be
passed and adopted. ~Jpon ~akin~; a roll eal.l vote, X11 alderm~r~ present voted
E~Aye" and said C7rdinance wa~~ declared passed and adopted.
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. b~ sta~pl~d to the sp~c3fication~ that the luting of the contract would be sub~ec~ to the gale of the bonds. Ebersvill~r mach this in the form of a
motion, ~econd~d by Gasa, and the ~aotion carried.
Cl~.i.ms for the month of May wire presented for appravr~l ~.s fa~l~ws
S~~rs Roeb~ek 1~0.0~ Williams A~e~cy 266.x.0
Reporter Pr~.ntin~ 57.10 Mo~tata n States Tile. 36.73 Street G~~ 5tor~s ].1:~.~3? L. P. Ar~d~rson 1~.,~0
Montana Power 93.~~. ~ont~.na Dakota tTtil.ities X1,19
Jahnsor~t~ 1.3~ Limb?: Inc. Z0.1
Montana Mt ~ai.cipal League 155.40 International +Gonf'~r~nce ~O.Oa
Peterson Ty~~writer 3.7~ dater Qperating 5.40
~tr~et 9.2~ Garbage ~ 2 1.31 Garbage # 1 .~t~t Mourit~i~ States ~el~. 69.7
W'~,t~r Op~ra~in~ ~~.00 Sweeping Dist. E~.00
Industrial Egrzip. 5.'~9 Western +~onstrue~ion Z1.1~
f~~mbl~s 1.66 Street Gab Sores 86.3E
Laurel Ser~r~cente~r 212.8 L~.t~rc~l Amato Ps~r~~ 12.95
F~n~r~ Union Central Exchange X37.77 P~t~r I~~witt 978. 0
Peter K~witt q~~.60 Peter Kewitt ~'~9..^fl Kr~zg Brothers 302.0 L~nrel Servic~nter 2.50.
Minutes of the City Council of Laurel
Yellowstone Valley Ele e. 15.35 0. 1~. Vold Go. 9.~e Joh~~tans S.Q1 Moria~ettta 13lt.7
Raymond barman 5.7~ L~.urel Outlook 1 .36
Mount~i~t 3t~te~ `~ele. 16.9 Montane Dakota Utilities 11. 1
P~r~nts Magazine ~.l.a Am~rica~ Medical Aasso. 12.4
Pare~t~ Magazine 7.12 Harv~e~t Ye~.r~ .Pub. l~. Q
Don R. Phillips Tnc. ~t5.9~ a~.rbag~ ~ 1 .41~• Water Operating 2.~0 street 1.7
Garb~.~e # ~ 1.31 Del Chemical Corp. ~l~8.98
~lt~ River Concrete l~2.~0 Lovell Clay Prodw.et~ 21.1 0
Penn~alt Ch~mie~.]as ~51.~~ l~~~t~.in t~te~ Tile. 1E~.2~
Man~~..na Dakota Ut3.li~3e~ 59.60 Montana Po~a~r 106,E
AT. P. R~il~ray ~7.~~ Street Gas Sores .89 La3xd Elec. .5D Gatr~bl~~ 3.18
Laurel Coop 2.30 Krug Brothers 30. 0
Allis 12.70 tTriit~d Btttild3.ng Center ~.p2
Monts~na Dakota IItiZitie~ 6.60 Montana Power .8D
Street Gas Stores 6.94 Coast to Coast 2.16
A11i~a 3.l~~ dohn~tons l~5.~,0 J. E. M~ur~t ~3.~~ Pes~.lt ~hemieal~ 1~0.~0
~Iont~r~.a Power .a0 Frar3k Emineth E.~O
Williams Agency 1~.l~.0 Montana D~.kota Utiliti~s~ 33.x.0
Montar3~ Poorer 1.94 H~et~an El~vra~ter 27.0
Co~s~ t~ Coast .39 A11ie~ ~.~3
Mor3s~ettas 12.r~Q Johns~on~ 8.~1~
Monta,~a Power .80 J do W Welding l~.00 ~~t~r Op~ra~3~g 22.7 utre~t 16.00
Yellowstone County asurer 138.32 U. National. Bank 208.~~.
Tom ~radle~ .39.00 Mmrissettess~ 3 6.7
City o~ Laurel ].Et.1~a.. mast to Coast X6.27
Jahnston~ 11.98 Mt. Va11ey Garc3.~r~ ~7.~~
Hageman Elevator 27.(30 ~i'illi a Agency 34;,80 L~.urel Outlook 56.3lt R. L. Polk Co. .3.00
Mt. Stakes Tele Z3.?9 Mont~n~ D~.ko~a Utilities 11. 1
3~i.~h Super Ser4ic~ a.9Q street Gas Stores L.7?
McCc~rmickts Food Mart ~.6Q 4w1 Cafe l~.6
Dr. R. J. Rosselot 10.f30 Indi~.apolis Badge Co. 12.24
Fichtner Ch~v. 9?~.~1 Peterson Typ~wr3.~~r 3.7L~ Williams Agency United Building Winter 6.07
M~. States Tel . lt3.02 Montana Dakota Utilitieffi 66.29
Mont~.na Power 901.36 Yellow~tmn~ Va..I.l~y flee. 6.~0
Bundyts F1b. 2.x.6 T,~ird Radio 1 2.63
Coast to Goat ~t9.38 La~r~l Goep~ratiee 1~i35
All.i~s 5.63. Jmhn D~,1ey 20.00 Tubman Food Mart 1 .95 ~~r~~t 111.0
Montana Fowd~r 1.20 ~ & L Body Shop 5.00
Gambles 3.77 H. D. Fowler Co. 21.7
St~~~t C#a~a Storey 53.10 ~,aur~l Amato Parts X3.5
Valley Welders 26.61 A~on~ana t~.te Board He~.lt~i 270.0
Grinnell Co. o~ the Pacific 35.6 Gr3.nn~11 ~o. of Pacific 39!~.~0
Jahn-Mar~wi.11~? Products 29~.9~ Ia~ar~1 Qtatlook 1 .04 Peter I~c~witt 275.20 Peter ~~witt 972.x.
Willi~,~as Agency ~0.~0 ~Tat~r Operating 28.(
Midl~.nd Implement lt7.lt5 Crime & Ordway 1 2.03
Grinnell Cc~. of the P~.cifi~ 281.71 street x.8.7
Water Operating 136.7 garbage 1 2.19
~arb~ge 2 6.56 Midland Imple~e~t 16.36
Grinnell Co. of the Pacific 13..47 Street Stores 11.33
L~,vre1 Cn-op l.~? L. P. Andes~~on Co. X1.2 Street 17.0 Wa~~r ppera~3ng 3.40
Street Goa Toren 33.E~9 La~ar~1 Co-op 3. 32
L. P. Anderson Co. 1~3.7~ Montane. Power 396.0
Montana Power 390.31 Weis$m~M & ions ~.~6
J & W G+Teldin~ 3.~~
Motion was made bq G~,s~ and ~ecor~d~d by Edwards that these claims b~ a11ow~•d. Nlation carried.
City Clerk ~..nnou~need the d~t~s of the regular ~,nd ~speeial ~ae~ting~
req~3red for the ~~xt two months. ~'h~ M~.yor thin appo3.alted the Fi~an~e
Co~nittee to head the budget meetings and r~qu@~t~sd that the ent xe Cotu~cil ~tten~.
The M~.yor annour~c~d the r~si~n~.t3.o~ o~ P. A. Johnston, `ram ~h~
~pn3.ng Board, and asked the approval of the Co~ne3.l to n~.ra~a ~eorg~ Pri11 to
fill the vacancy until July 1, 196. Motion way made by ~b~rsviller acid
seconded by ~ovetieh that the appointment be approved. Motion carried and
Yovetieh made the motion that th~a City Clerk writs a le~~er cif' ~ppreci~.tion to Mr. Joliriston. Seconded bar Farker and the motion cs~rried.
Minutes of the City Council of Laurel
Thy Mayor repa~~ted some o~ the Gas Comp~an~r~s tr~nehes wire sinking.
Thy Mayor also r~port~d ors the W~.ter R~$ervoir Gr~.nt.
Yov~stich reported that the property o~ 315 ~ 317 s ~a 319 wo«~.i~na i~
all v~.eant and that the weds and gr~.as is unsightly. 3'here Hai much discua~ion
about the NYC help to do this work. Bradley repo~t~d on t~3.s. He Mated that
the elear~ up was usu~.lly carried on once a ~resar only«.
Yov~~ich r~port~~ on a aulv~rt on the ao~.th side. Yov~tich r~port~d
on storm ~~~rer Irnprovemen~. H~ asked. whether or pct we could get another ~r~ant
for this pro~~ct. It eras the opinion of moat of the +~o~aneil that w~ should ~;~t
the Reservoir fini~h~d first.
Yov+~tich reported on the eommi~tee+a~ inv~~tig~,~ion o~ the ~abl~ T.~.
question. There was much discu~sior~. Yovetieh reported that the ~~mmitt~~ was split two to one on the question ar~d that tiro were against the cables T.D. at
this time. Ga$s st~.ted that h~ ~'~1t that it w~.s up to the people. H~ aays~ the
Council should provide the ~~rvice and the p~opl~, eo~ld sub~~ribe or not as
they Wished. R'he Mayor stated he did not feel that La~r~l. was read. Parker
stated that he would like to ae~ a po3s1 taken of the reaiden~~~ cir~tzl~ted by
the Outlook. Ebersvill~r paid that not very many p~opl~ t~k~ the Outlool~. After discussion motion was mad~± by Ebersviller aid seconded by Yovetiel~ that
the Council accept the adv~ar~~ committee report.. ~'he Mayor called for a ro11
call vote. Upon taking roll ca11, the result way G~.ss - «Norr~ ~~~~.d$ _ s,y~$rr
Yoveti~h _ Fsye~", Parker - s'1~oTM, ~bPr~vill~r - ~tyesE~, Horning - "Y~~tt~
~outhworth - "No". Black was absent. Vote berg four to three in favor, the
motion carried.
Parker reported on a me~tin~ with Yeager ~.nd t~appelma~ who ~ta~ed
that the School wo~.1d go ~1ong in tY~e amount of ~7~4.0~ to re-finish the
tennis eourt~. Parkr~r ~tat~d that he would like to accept the offer. Motion
was made by Eber~vill~r and seconded by Yovetich that the ~70~.~0 bps ~c~ept~d
From the school for this purpose. Mo~Gion carried. P~rk~r suggested plant mix for the purpose.
Parker reported that the G~~ Company ditch i~ settling on Date Avg.
He alos reported on sidewalks.
Letter from the Catholic Church was read of followsz
Mr. John Dale
C3.ty Engineer
Laurel, Mon-~ar~a
Dear Mr. Dale~a
3.'his 1~tt~r is to informs you that fit. Anthony Church intends to
in~taZl. 300 f~~t of etlrb ~,nd gutter on the vaunt lots owned b~ St. Anthony
Church this year. Another 300 f~aet will be installed d~arir~ 19b~ and the
remainder during 1969.
Sine~rel~,
(signed ) Rev. John P. Maher
Gass r~part~d that in view of this promise in writing that the City could
exelc~de this prvp~r-~y from the Sp~eial S~nprove~n~nt District #93, and he
reca~met~ded this action. Motion way made by Southworth rid seconded by
Ebersvill~r that we approve this written o~'fer. Motion c~rri~d.
Qass requested permission to le~.ve the Mate. Motion way made by Ebergviller ~.nd ~econd~d by Parker that perini~sion be ~r~,nt~d. Motion carried.
Edwards requested p~rmi~sian for Gaston to leave the estate. Motion
w~.s made by G~.s~ ~.r~d seconded by Parlor that p~rmi~sion be granted. Motion
earri~d.
Letters to the Mayor and Ceuneil were r~~,cl as follows:
Honorable Mayor
Members of the City Co~~ncil
Laurel, Nfontana
C~ntlemen s Re z Vol~n~r i~operty
Thy Fire Chief and the City ~ngi.rieer have inspected the burned
buildi.n~ at First Avenue South ~n~ Fourth Street. T~~ finei this charred shell
to be a v~r~ dangerous problem. It i~ a re~.1 safety haz~.rd a~ well a~
health hazard and we recommend that it be removed immediately.
(Sigiried )
G. a~ston, Firs ie
(Signed )
John Daley' Engineer
Minutes of the City Council of Laurel
Honorable Mayor
~fembe~s of the City Council Laurels MOn'~anA
E3~ntlemen: Ret Henry Goer, fir. Estate Lots 1!~
S 1~ Block 11 Y~llawston~ S~zb.
the Fire ~hie~ and the pity ~~ir~e~r have insp~~~ed the property ~t X13 Durland Av~n~e ~nnd fi.~d this to be very d~n~erous and a fire h~.$ard
exists. It i~ a reel safely hazard a~ X11 a~ a health hazard ~,ncl we
recon~.m~nd that it b~ removed imm~diat~ly.
(a i~necl ~
G. Easton, ire ~hi~f
(i~ned~
ohn Dala~q~ pity Engineer
Bradley reported on these. Nation ~aa~ made b~ ~ber~viller incl. seconded by Gass
ghat the F3.re Chief t s and Lr~~ineer t ~ report be accepted and that the C3.ty C1~rk be directed to give notice ~o any per$o~ having an~r interest in the property
and that this must be cleaned up within thirty clay . If this i~ not done
within the specified time, the City wi11 take pare o~ this property and charges
b~ assessed against the property. Motion carried.
There being no f~rth~r busine~~ to come before the Council at this session, motion was dull made and seconded that the meeting be ad~o~arn~d.
Motion carried.
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>oro~hy P. y, pity erk
Pa.~s~d by the City ~ounc~l~arid ~,pprowed by the Mayor of the City of
Laurel, Montana, this 24th day of June, 19b7.
" enr~eth E. flZffion, Mayor
A~"P.~ s
orothy P. dy, City erk
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