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Home My WebLink AboutCity Council Minutes 10.20.1964Minutes of the City Council of Laurel October 20, 1961 A regular meeting oP the City Cc?~ancil of the City of Laurels Montane, way h~3.d is the Council Chambers and was ca7.l~d t~ order by ~iaymr Jol~ri Beal~.n- witch a~ 7:3D o'clock, P. M., on ~'t~.esday, ~etob~r 20, 196. Up9n taki~ roll calls the follc»ring s~ld~r~r~ ~.ns~rered present. Jacob Ruff R. Ebersviller, Sr. Roy ~iwards ~~~,1 ~~ve Willi~n J. Pa1~ Ed ~euthold .e ~3.~utes of the pre~r3oua me~~ing were read. Motion was made by Ebersviller anel seconded by Nave that the minutes be approved ~s read. Motion carried. Letter xa~ read from the Laurel Garden ~l~ab ~s fo].1ows s October 16, 196lt To the Mayor & City Council City Ha11 Laur¢l, Mont~a Gentl~~n: We wi.s~ to express oar appreciation fmr the installation of an a,deq~.ate wa~erj.r~.g system £or atar projects on Ma~.n Street Park, aid far the ~~pport we h~,v~a rece- ived from Ci~g ~fficial~c and Park St~perintesr~en~, Pete 3'hc~san in the promotion of our bea.~.ti~ieatio~ program these past severe]. years. ~Te do Thank Your, there i~ satisfaction irl kne?wing Drat efforts are being shared and appreciated by others. Most cordially you~~~ (1Krs. het. ~i.) Edyt~. ~~eter~ ` Presiden~~ Laurel 'C~ard~~ C1t~b Motion was ~nad~ by Nave and seconded by R~f~ that the City Clerk write a letter of acl~nc~wledgemer~~. Moti€~n carried. Letter way read from the Tnd~strial Egt~ip~nt Co.~ as fmllows: ~etober 16~ 196l~ City Co~3.1 City of I~~.urel Laur~l~ Mgntana Gentl~~exi: As per request of your City En~ine~r,, Jahn Daley, we ire ~akir~g yo~x the follow- irig prmpo~al for a CMC Model 3T9 Tx'a~h Pt~p ithieh yo~z Wore have i,n your posse~- imn erred which sells for ~lt98.50. We will remit you th~~ machine over a period fl~ tee a~on~h~ for the amount of ~1~9.8~ per month. This will not carry any interest but a~ sAC~n a~ the tee pay- ~ent~ are ~aa.de it beea~nss the property of t~.e C3ty of Laurel. tl'~Y~+~nWi rn es ~snte _ VO A'M'~iR _ ssuaxatir.aas J v.a~ +j y~1~'~ V~I'~/ tT't7.1.9~ IIdDUS~RTAL EQUIPMENT COMPAI~7C {~ign~d B. Bei1~r Sa1.e~ Manager of Political ~~ab Divi~io~as Ruff stated that we wrere~ mot b~dgc~ted foz~ a p~rchas~ of t~.i~ item ~t this ti~e~ bud thought that this item cs~ul~ be re~ated, if the Council appro~s. A~'t~r di~eu~~ic~n~ motion way merle by ~bersviller that the City try to trade-in the ~s~d ptunp Wes hive. Tf th3.~ can be dare., the City cold r~~t tie pimp for the length of time ~eesd~d for tie purcY~~se. Se~ended by Ruff, and motion ear- ried. Brmdley steed t~ia~ in the fut~re~ axe rental-purchase agr~ernent of $1, OOf9.40 must be noted cn by the pe opl~ . City Clerk r~part~d that there had bec~~ a Stag Irr~.spector ir~pecting the City bro~ild3ngs for d3.~cxepaneies ire tl~ case of firs. the r~~d off the I Minutes of the City Council of Laurel t~ss~tisf~.ct0r~r items. R~..ff stated that City Attorney ~ha~ld look into the m~t- ~er of whether or not a 13aens~d erigi ~r was req~.ir~d for a City of thi$ size. Refer the copy of this ~t~te,~At to the City girieer an his rettu~n from v'aaa- t3.on. Harris Agency gta~ement of val~e~ report ~a~ presented. E~rsvil.l.~sr reported on this. The i~s~ararace cc~~mittee made the reco~rmnendati:an to ad~ugt the values of the ~iv~ers3de prap~rt~' tm 31~~2~~.40 ar~d Mill carry the 1Q~0430.~q extended ~ove~~.~e. Mo~i~n made by Palm and ~eeonded by Nave ghat the recom~end- at3ar~ of the ins ~ncs cc ittee be acceptsd. Motiar~ c~rri~d. David Murray a~pp~ared b~~ore t~i~ Council ~o Mate that he had property wed by The Laurel Security and himself. He stated that them wire viz blmcks t~a~ ~he~y Wo~.1e1 13ke to brim Tito the City bud would like to hive the City d0 some bl~dir~, aid to graale, a,~. to ~r~s~ pile ~.p the e ra dart, and he would take care mf it; Bradley staffed that ~ quit claim cued would be weeded ~,o d~di- c~t~ a certain por~ior~ mf th3.s property fc~r a ffitr~et on these two bl.ock~ i~. q~~stien, I~ wa.~ the opinion of the Council that the C3.ty Engineer should be eontacted to get an ~~timate of tl~e cost of this work. ~e Ma~ror th~r~ appointed a co itt~e with Riff ~..s ehairma.~~ ar~d Dave t4 work Frith the Ci~~ E~gir~eer and report beak at the r~x~ meeting. ~bersvill~r reported that he had talked with Dr. ~iall~ end that tl~e I~oetor had ~.~.lowed Mr. Barney tv ~ak~ certain health insp~ctio~s, every two manths. He ~t~ted tY~a~ this work sY~ould be dotes by a cer~ifi~d sa~nitaY"iar~~ aMd wh3.le ~his~ arrang~~~;nt is net entirely satisfactory, Mr. Reinhart of Bil- l~.ng.~ comes up o~tce ire a~rhil~~ After di~cus~ia~n~ ~bersviller sugge~~e~d ghat the cam~ni~t~.e ~'ollmw up on this ar~d inv~sstigate f~rth~r~ and report back at the a3ext meting after all n~mt~rs of the co~aitt~e hive a chances to make f"~'- ther st~.d.y. H~ stated that perh~p~ the Cityr cold do ~ri.th0ut a City Health Officer. L~~a~hold reported that the Laurel Co-op a~td the Qom~aittee hid mete and t~a~ the cc~a3.~tee had lift i~ tip ~o the Co-op to cue beak to the CQUncil witY~ a aoacret~ plate before making amore inv~~tig~tion. Riff r~pc>rted ghat the cam~aittee l~aci looked into the water situation at the Glacier Drive-In 'T'railer Court ar~d t'o~nel ten d.oubl~ taps 0~ the line. kIe stated that ~ l~t~er ~cl~o~tld have ~0~ae out to the Willsan~ previously, but ~i~ce it. did not, he reaom~ded that the Willsans be ~ea~~ a letter b~ regi~- t~reei mail givir~ then thirty days in which to correct this sitt~~t~io~' @r the water will b~ shut off. A copy of tl~i~ 1e~ter to be s~n~ to ~1ra. Fled Hermaai~ ~ecr~tary of tY~e Water Asso~iatian, end to a Mrs. Fort, a person who oecupi~~ a trailer on this property. lave r~por~ecl that the street cu it~ee heel mst with the City E~gi~- eer to gel an e~t3.~ate for the gravel on a percentage ba~ais as to wh~~ the Cit~r will peg, and what a~ho~ld be charged to the prApe~~y owx~er~ provided they eaxi be intere~~ecl. ire getting o~.t a petition for the ~~ree~ work. S.e~t'~old inqu3.r~d about naming the ~w park. 'the ~syor ffiu~g~~ted that sine the I~iwanis Club was i~~~res~ed in this p~rk~ that they should be masked to s~gg~~~ ~ ri~ae. 'fie Mayor eked the committee t4 warp ~3r~ on the l~a.yor~s Prap~r ~r~ak- f~t to be held ore 1V'mv~mber 9th. ft~ff reported that Wayne Fm~~ h~a wort~~d fc~r the City fc~r six ~a~~tha. Palm made the matim~ ~ecobeled by Eber~viller tY~a~ Wayr~ be giv~sa tie 1~¢ per ---~-L---- hoer increase in pay and made a permanent ~mployee~ pr~maea n~ ear papa ~n~ r~- quir~d phg~ie~l examination. Matiora parried. Ruff :tat~d that 1~~ felt the Ci~~r had chat dc~w~ on the extra men too fasts since the~~ was sti11 a good dial of work ~o be donee and the weather i~ Y~olding ~,p. H~ mentioned the t~k tm take carp of the slush iee this winter. Mayor st~gge~ted talking to Joe l~ich0la~~~ B~v~ea, Tirules~ and o~her~ before any- thing was done . Navy oracle the motion that tY~e water ao~nmittee 3.riv~~~ig~te f~ar- ther aid have authr~rity to yet. The motion died for l~sck of a second. Tt ~ra~ decided that the eom~ni~tee r~part back at the next ~ae~tir~g. R~.f~' reported ors a culvert near the new highway that h~ beeA eover~d up TY~e City Engineer to try to ~e~ the High~ray Department to r~placee this e~].v~ert. Palm r~port~d a sharp ridgy aZAn~ the Highway in frflnt of the fed & White Grocery. He felt that this wi11 be d~ngero~z~ in ~h~ wi~~~sr. ~tree~t eom- mit~ee to contact the Highway Dep~rtme~t to try to get th~~ tc~ r~~dy this sit- uation, Psalm m~nt3oned clea~ni~~ the gut~~rs amd gtor~n sewer drains of leaves. I~ w~.a felt 'that ti~itM ~h~ i~a~s still e0ming dc~~n the work ~ro~.ld ox~1.y have to I I ~I Minutes of the City Council of Laurel be daan~ agar. Fire depart nt to be cont~eted to find mt~t ~rhether or r~o~ they woald flash theffie leaee~ down. Treasurer's r~port~ fQr the ~ont~'s of August an+d ~eptem'b~r wire pre- sented. Motion ~ta~ ,de by Eberffiviller and secvr~d~d by Ruff that these reports be approved. l~otims aarrie~d. ~er~ be3~g x~A f~vrth~~ business to come before the Gm~cil at this ti~??e, moti~~ was d~sly made at~d sc~cor~ded that the eti~g b~ ad~o~ar~~d. Motion carried. j orothy* P Bundy, ~3tq Cl-~~~g Pa,~~ed b~ the Cit~r Ca~rs~il of the City of Laurels Montanan and approved b~ the Mayor tY~i~ ~tth day of ~o~smber~ 196~i. x~ Bes ar~w3.tch~ ayor A~ Ts ora y , ~ y~ ity C er i i i ~ ~ ~ ~ i i I i 'i ~I