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Home My WebLink AboutCity Council Minutes 11.20.1962Minutes of the City -Council of Laurel Novem~xer 20, 1962 A regular meeting; o_f the City Council of the City of Laurel, Montana, was held in the Council Chambers and was called to order by 1~Tayor John Beslan- witch at 7:30 o'clock, P. M. , on Tuesdays November 20, 1962. Upon taking roll ca11~ the folloGaing aldermen answered present: Jacob Ruff Steve Romee Kenneth C71son Gerald Gass Harold Wilson Cecil l~Tave Henry Kaiser Roy Edwaxds ~'h~ minutes of the previous meeting were read. Mv~ion was made by Olson acid seconded by Kaiser that t~~e mirnz~es stand approved as read. lotion carried. Letter was read from the City of Columbus, Georgia. TViotion-was made by Ru~f and seconded by Kaiser that this letter be placed on file. Motion carried. Letter way read from the ti~`est school F T A Association. City Clerk was instructed to answer this 1~tter. It was repor~Ged that there being protests to the creation of special Improvement District ,~92 in the amount or 61/~ action be t~.ken by the Council to kill the district. Alderman Ruff made this motion, seconded by Kaiser. Motion carried. Paul Gjefle appeared before the Council. to asT~ that 1_i_ve music be per- mitted in the local baxs for New Year's Eve. Motion was made by Ruff and seconded by f~lson that permission be gr.antPd. I~~Zotion carried. Nave was asked to report on shelves for the Library, and also four cYiairs. T~~ere being sufficient budget for these items, it was tl~e recommendation of the committee that these be purchased. Ruff then made the motion 'that the council authorize th.e purchasing com¢nittee to purchase the shelving; and chairs with the approval of the Library Board. Seconded by Edwards, and the motion carried. The T~:ayor reported that 't;YYiarles Rodgers had. nc>t yet been paid :Cor his right-of-way, and that the contractor. had~torn up some of the street that had not been replaced. Gene i~Iaydew and the street committee to aleck on this. Gaston appeared before th.e council to ask th~j.t certain traffic signs be repaired or replaced. pity Engineer to take care of these. Ruff stated that six months ado Lai hired an engineer, and that the council had agreed nn a raise of ~25.b0 per mont'.n after this period. NTotion wa.s i~h~n made by Ruff and seconded by-Olson that the ~25.~0 raise be granted to be ef~'ective November 2~th. Motion carried. Ruff reported t'_~:at expenses wi11 have -L-o be cut down in all departments. Olson reported- on ;]_igrits at Riverside Park. .Fie stated that a time clock could be purchased, or that tYiey could be turned on manually. It was the corrunittee~s recommendation that ~mineth be informed of the activities going on at Riverside Park, and he would turn them on at dusk, and out at 10 T'. T~Z. City Clerk to give Emineth a list of these activities. Olson reported t?~~.at he had called Crown Engineering, and this compan~r 7~ n ra n nma ~i r~ a rid ~F'i vora ~F-1~ o -r.ri rir~ ~r re• -1-Y~ r~ d- r.r.~. v+~ v~ i.-F o n+ ~ c f'n .tea- ..vie. LT'.+.r...rl. w. !1't r. ~.,.c~.~.~. v....~, u.p, ~ ysa~.u vaiv VY111\A.VVY~.) vixa~ avci c iiv~ vav.i.~l.ea~,~vt'y . iivwc vcy ~ v.~avta stated t'~.t they T.~ere still not satisfactory, end that we should not yet okay the claim for payment. l~Iotion was tt_zen made by Ruff and seconded by Romee that the recommendation of this committee be accepted. Notion carried. ti~Tilliam Gibbs, representative of Black & ~Teatch, appeared before the Council, with Gene ~Zaydew, to report t?~~at I~ir. Henne, who was expected at the meeting was not able to be here. After much discussion, Ruff suggested treat the Council. try to mach F-Ienne T,~tednesday and arrange a date for a personal meeting. If he does nod; sY~.ow up, a registered, special delivery letter is to be written setting a date for 'rim to begin the repairs. 41son made this in the form of a motion which was seconded b~ Edwards and th.e motion carried. request for a light to be placed on the corner of Mountain View Lane and Montana Avenue. pity Clerk to inform the Montana Power company of the deci- sion of the council. Bentsen brought up the Subject of relief men for the Water Plant, and so north. Olson to have a meeting with ~ngineer~ Edwards and Gass regarding this problem. ~I ~ i i ~I i 1Vlinutes of the City Council of Laurel Bentsen stated he had no report to make on the auxiliary moor as yet. There being no further business to come before the council at this session, motion was duly made and seconded that the meeting be acl.journed. Motion carried. orothy P.. undy, City C rk Passed by `the City Council of the City ~f Laurel, and approved by the ~Zayor this lath day o~ Decembers 1962. ; ohn Beslanwiteh, I~zayor AT'T'EST Lv~.~ Dorothy P. iax~.dy~ ity Cl k ~ i, i i i