HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Minutes 05.21.1963Minutes of the City .Council of Laurel
May 21, 19b3
A regu~r meeting of the City Council of the City of Laurel, Montana,
~~as head in the Council Chambers and was ca~.led to order by Mayor Jahn $eslanwitch
a~ 7:3~ O'clock, P. M., on Tuesday, May 21, 1963.
Upon taping roll ca11, the following aldermen answered present:
Jacob Ruff E. H. Eber~viller £ioy~ Edwards G~ra~c~ L. Gass ~
Kenneth 0~ son Eddie Leuthold Cecil nTave Wm. Pa~.m
The minutes of the previous meting were read. Motion was made by
~dwaxds and sect~nded by Olson that the minutes be approved as read.. Motion .carried.
Copy of a letter was read from the Zoning Board of Adjustment ~.s follow s
May 8, 1963
Minton Anderson
~0? Ord .~~v~. T~atare~., Montana
Dear Mr. Ander. scrr~
Your request to construct a commers;ial. building on lots 8, 9, and 10 of Block 2Q,
Zaurel Heights Subdivision was considered at the ?'oning Board of Adjustment's
meeting or? May 1963.
The Zoning Board of Adjustment approved a variance to the restrictions on R-2
r. esidentia1_ ~o the extent of pErmitting the above lots to be 11wEC~ f01" a restaurant.
This variance in zoning should permit you tc~ proceed with 1-,he construction of the
bui3.ds.r~g as you have p1.an~ed. You mad obtain the necessas'y building permit at the City Engineer's office.
P2~T letter to you dated M~v 8, 1963 was in error in 5ayinb the Board had approved a
change in the Zoning classification. The intent r~£ the Board has been to approve a
variance tc the zoning regal ations which was considered to b~ reasonable and not
contrary to the intent of the ~rdir~ance.
Very tr~.ly yours
(Signed)
N~;il W. ~ak~r, Secretary Zoning Board of Ad~ustmEnt
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Nottingham
Mayor ~3eslanwitch Bentson
At this poinf~ the Mayor ca3.led upon Attorney Bradley for an opinion as to whether
ar not the Zoning Boards decision is final, or if the Council has the last word.
Citp Attorney stated that the hoard of Adjustment has the final say. The n7~.yor
t~,h~n ca.l.led upon Mr. Engebregson, whc, made a very lengtY~.y report. Ebersv311er st~.te~ that he would Like to have a rECess called so that tl~e Council could decide
T3H.,+. An _ ThP R'fa~vn'!^ t,t,Pn called a ten minute recess of the Council and City
~ttorney.v~Uponvre convening the meeting Alde~m.an Ruff reported that according to
the City Attorney, the City Engineer is obligated to issue a building permit to
the l~radersons. After discussion, ?~~tion was made by Ruff and seconded by Navy
then the City Clerk wx°~to a letter tai the honing Boarc'' ~.sking whither or not
they would re-cons~~er this matter of a variance. Motion carried. Tt was sug-
gest that possibl~* the Zoning Board would calla joint meting Frith the members of
the City C~unci.~.. At this t3.me Eng~bregson presented ~~h.e City Clerk with a copy pf f°dbjec'tions of Protestants".
Mr. John ~ael~nan was called ~.pon as Civil Defense Director to give a
report. This report included statements that the bounty will pay one-fourth of
the cost of the Gi~~il De~en.~e Froj~ct, the City is obl.igate~ tc~ pay one-fourth,
axed the Federa? Goverr~m~rt will pay nne half. Included irx the c~s~ wouZc~ be salary fc~r ~jr. Lac?~nan of ~3~0.00 per month :for three months. The A~ayor sug~~sted
that the C:~_ty budget far two mills to be set aside for this project, and that the
City ~:evy~ ~hi~~~half mi11 fc~~° the 1963-~.961~ t~.x year. Nation was made by Ruff and
s~~c=nd~d ~y Olson that she City ~_srk m~,k~ a not to budget two mills from the
ge~aer~.~ f~n~, ~.n.d ~s~ one-h«~f mi].1 a-~ budget ~im~. PZQti.an carried.
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Ma~ror stated that he would 1ik~ to hire John Laclflman at X350.00 per
montoh, for three months. Motion ryas made t~ this effect by Olson and seconded
by :~'t?ersva_l1er. Motion carried. Laclan~.n tcs re~o~^t to the City Council on~~
each month.
Loyd Shay appeared befo~°~ the Council with a request to put up a
maa.3 bow, and made several si~agE~tions. Sugge~si~ed that st b~ p1ac~~ in the ally
b~t~we~;n the post office anc~ City Hall' and made this a one may a.11Eye Calvert
from the Laurel Outlook stated that thegT would have na cY~jection to having i~t at
the side of their bu~.lding. After ~.isuc~sion, this matter was turned over to tie Police ~om~ni~~ee and the Street and ~~ley Cammittee.
Pets Th~m~~n a~?pea~°ed before; the Council. to thank that body for the
power mower for tre Parks.
~e ~hh~rdt ag~pe~re~ ~Qfore the council in behalf. of Local 1Vo. Silt to
ask to me Pt with the Committee to negotiate for a raise in wabes. '~'h~ Mayor then stated. that the previously-name Labor Coryunittee sae changed to the Grievance
Lom~n~_tt~e, and h~ then a~poin~ed Olson, as chairman, Ruff, Pa1.m andLez~.thold.
Lenhar:~t ~.sk~~ that ~mp3oyees '~e able }o atter_ci the mE~#,in~;s. Pa7.m and Edwards re-
por#~ec~ on the :na.~;ter ~f time ~~.3.p fs~r ~eorg~ ~3e~un, wnd City Clerk was a~ke~ tai
~°e;~~. uheir report. LenYzardt stated that ~tz~~m.~nts m~.de in the report were not
true.
Palm a.sk~d p~~mission to Zea~r~ tre st~.te. Mot~.on was made by Ruf.~ and
seconded by OlSOn that per~missi~ra be ~raz~t~d. I~cs+ion ea~r~-+_~~..
Ed~~~d~ asked perm~.ssi~sn to l~a~r€~ the st~,t,~. Notion eras made by Eb-
~rs~riller ~,nc~ seconded by Palm that perm. ~sion be gran°~ed. I~~otion carr~.Pd.
Mayor asked ~Prmission ~o ?ea~a~ the TJnited States 'f'Y'OYri June 9~ t?zY°ough
Jun:-~ 2~.th. Mo~i~n was made by R.zzff and. ~~:con~.ed bar 1l~ave th,~,t per~ra:~s~icn be
gra~t~~o Motion carri~~.
L~u-~holc~ asked pe~mis~3~n to ~~~.~rs the sta~~e. Motion was made by Eb- ~r~ ~ril~ gar ane~ ronded b;~ Ruff ~ha~ p~rrniss~.fln be granted. Igo+~ion caxri~d.
Cl~,a.iY~ fer p~y~~v~,~ examinav~~~ri for Robert Bail~et that hid been turned
over ~o the Finance Commit~e~ was pr~:~~n~vd. After discussion' motion ~aa~ made
by Ruf.~ and s~cor~ded ~y Olson that thi.~ cla~rn be 3].low~:cl. Motion carried.
Rats c~:L equipment rental try be set for a ahax±.ge to +.,he c~.ubs at Riv~r-
sid~ Park on ~gui~m~r~~ rental. ~bersv:ill.~r ~n word, a~~ ~h~.s committee.
Claims for Danco mower, McCormick mo~~r ~,n~ Cub Tractor were: presented.
T~otion ~a~.s merle by Ruff a,nd seconded by Olson that these claims be ~llowec~ with
2>~ t~ be ~ai~. from Garbage #1 , Garbage ,~2 and Insect ~antr~3.' witka '~5~ tee b~
fro~r4 °a.r2~s. Moti~an car°ri~d.
Edwards reported on the R~creat~i~n Pro~rar~' ~.nd s~a~~d that in the past
the ~s°c~gram h~~ only beer? three hours per day, and the R~cr~~tion Committee would
r~c~rr~enc~ ~~.a~ the girl be fu11 time. Me~tio~i ~,~~,4 ana.~e by Puff ana s~ecnd~d b~
F'~~m that one Girl be hired on this program full time. Motion carried.
L~u~hold ~ren~zon~d that the srr~all buil~~ng should have same touching up,
~n~. fixi.ng. Ruff, Tenhar°dt, and Thomson r~x~or~~d on th~~, an~i other damage done
'to -~:ne swimming pool bazldin~. Tt was sagges~ that the C~~y offer a ~mal1 reward
~>i`' ~c~.n0, ~n~ an ad be placed i:~ the paler reading ~'~2~.00 reward offered for
inforr~~ation leading to the arms and conviction ~f these responsiblz foac damage
to the p~r~ fac~l~.ties." S2ot~on eras made by c7ison ana seconctea by raun tnati ~nls
matter b~ referred to the Park Cornmi-~~ee tiaith authority to act. Motion carried.
1Vave, a:~ a m~rn~aer of the Street Committee Mated ti~at he wou~.~ ~~ke to authorized. to ask for bids for a ne~a distributor, ~o be bid in twa darts. This
is -~r~e recc~~rn€~ndation of the Street Cc~r,?mitte~ be a~cept~d. Motion carried.
Olsa~n ~ta~:ed that t?~e crabs at ftivear~ide Park hacl asked far so;rie City
~~uipmerat9 anc~ the clubs to furnish the labor. Motian was made by Ebersviller
tha+„ no charge bP made for the equipment rental to the clubs, ~.f these eZubs wi11 p~.y the city e~ploye~ to run the equipment. Seconded by Qlson, with ~t~pulation
that the gas and oil be taken out of the Riverside Park Fund. Motion carried.
Ruff repor~ed that the Wat~:r Committ~:~ had. met r~~ga~~.ing ~.rrigation
rats. He stated that the School and the Refinery wou3.~ dike to. have a flat
rate. The Corrrmit~~~ suggested that ZO¢ per TOQ sq. feet bps charged for irrigation, i_f_, ho~J~~,r~r9 the p7_ace~ with over 15,0~~ sq. feet pad for making a s~parat~ w~.ter
tap t~ k~e used only for irrigation. The Mayor stated thaw he would be opposed
to putting any more places on a flat rate.
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Much discussion on the cosh o~ water meters for shcools. City Fngi-
neer stated that. he had been asked ~o order a meter' but that he had not
done so, since tFr~ other sehool5 have not yet paid for the ones their have. Council direcved the City Engineer not to order the meter unt?1 these bills
have been laid.
City Clerk tc~ try t~ collect the insurance yet du~~~: from the Rifle
Club.
City Engineer stated that he would like to have a Committee appointed to inspect the new Sewage Disposal Plant with regard to making a final inspection..
The Mayar t,ren appointed the Sewer Corr~nittee.
City Engineer reported on the water tlzrn-off sitrzation. He recommended
that the Council make a sta~dy of this with the idea of putting responsibility for
the U~-,ility~ bills in the hands of the property owner, -i.f there are more than one d?sn11i n~; on one tap w3_th no possibility of shutting off the water for non-payment
of the bi~.~.. Tom s•tatPd that a motion should be made to this effect. Motion
was thin made by F'bersviller that the property owner be given a. th~t~'-day notice
te9 get ~;ach place ~n a ser~arat~ water taps or to give u~ notice that 'they will
assume the bill. Seconded by Olson. Mation caxried.
Du~cussion of checking the Harold Van Nice property if the exchange
student ha.s ~~ne, and see that the water is SY~ut off.
City Engineer asked permission tc~ make a test strip of about two blocks
i~ the v~_cinity of the High School. After discussion, motion was made by ~bers-
vill~r that the City Erabin~er be authori~.ed to get costs on this ttao-block strip. ~~conded by Ruff. Motion carried.
Ru~'P asked that all aldermen would look over the building ordinance re-
garding foundation~~
T'~~rn being no further bu~~ ness to come before th,e Coun~;il at this time,
mo-~ion was duly made and seconded that the meting be adjourned. Motion carried. f,
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D or othy .Bundy, City e rk
Passed by the City Counc~.l of the City of Zaurel~ and approved by tY~e
Mayo?^ ~ch.is ~.th day of Jane, 1963. f,
`~fo~~~lanwi~ch, Mayor
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