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AGENDA
CITY OF LAUREL
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2022
6:30 PM
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
NEXT RES. NO.
R22-65
NEXT ORD. NO.
O22-06
WELCOME . . . By your presence in the City Council Chambers, you are participating in the process of representative
government. To encourage that participation, the City Council has specified times for citizen comments on its agenda -- once
following the Consent Agenda, at which time citizens may address the Council concerning any brief community announcement
not to exceed one minute in duration for any speaker; and again following Items Removed from the Consent Agenda, at which
time citizens may address the Council on any matter of City business that is not on tonight’s agenda. Each speaker will be
limited to three minutes, unless the time limit is extended by the Mayor with the consent of the Council. Citizens may also
comment on any item removed from the consent agenda prior to council action, with each speaker limited to three minutes,
unless the time limit is extended by the Mayor with the consent of the Council. If a citizen would like to comment on an age nda
item, we ask that you wait until the agenda item is presented to the Council by the Mayor and the public is asked to comment
by the Mayor. Once again, each speaker is limited to three minutes.
Any person who has any question concerning any agenda item may call the City Clerk -Treasurer's office to make an inquiry
concerning the nature of the item described on the agenda. Your City government welcomes your interest and hopes you will
attend the Laurel City Council meetings often .
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call of the Council
Approval of Minutes
1. Approval of Minutes of September 27, 2022.
Correspondence
2. Ambulance Monthly Report - August 2022
3. Police Monthly Report - September 2022
Council Disclosure of Ex Parte Communications
Public Hearing
Consent Items
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
The Consent Calendar adopting the printed Recommended Council Action will be enacted with one vote. The Mayor will
first ask the Council members if any Council member wishes to remove any item from the Consent Calendar for
discussion and consideration. The matters removed from the Consent Calendar will be considered individually at the end of
this Agenda under "Items Removed from the Consent Calendar." (See Section 12.) The entire Consent Calendar, with the
exception of items removed to be discussed under "Items Removed from the Consent Calendar," is then voted upon by roll
call under one motion.
4. Claims entered through October 7, 2022.
5. Approval of Payroll Register for PPE 10/2/2022 totaling $220,496.95.
6. Clerk/Treasurer Financial Statements for the month of February 2022.
7. Clerk/Treasurer Financial Statements for the month of March 2022.
8. Clerk/Treasurer Financial Statements for the month of April 2022.
9. Clerk/Treasurer Financial Statements for the month of May 2022.
10. Clerk/Treasurer Financial Statements for the month of June 2022.
Ceremonial Calendar
Reports of Boards and Commissions
11. Budget/Finance Committee Minutes September 27, 2022.
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12. Laurel Airport Authority Minutes of August 23, 2022.
13. Park Board Minutes of September 1, 2022.
Audience Participation (Three-Minute Limit)
Citizens may address the Council regarding any item of City business that is not on tonight’s agenda. Comments r egarding
tonight’s agenda items will be accepted under Scheduled Matters. The duration for an individual speaking under Audience
Participation is limited to three minutes. While all comments are welcome, the Council will not take action on any item not
on the agenda.
Scheduled Matters
14. Resolution No. R22-65: Resolution Of The City Of Laurel City Council Authorizing The City
Of Laurel To Apply For American Rescue Plan Act Competitive Grant Funds For The South
4th Street Water, Sewer Stormwater, Infrastructure Improvements Project And Authorization
To Commit Matching Funds
15. Resolution No. R22-66: Resolution Of The City Of Laurel City Council Requesting
Distribution Of Bridge And Road Safety And Accountability Program Funds
Items Removed From the Consent Agenda
Community Announcements (One-Minute Limit)
This portion of the meeting is to provide an opportunity for citizens to address the Council reg arding community
announcements. The duration for an individual speaking under Community Announcements is limited to one minute. While
all comments are welcome, the Council will not take action on any item not on the agenda.
Council Discussion
Council members may give the City Council a brief report regarding committees or groups in which they are involved.
Mayor Updates
Unscheduled Matters
Adjournment
The City makes reasonable accommodations for any known disability that may interfere with a person’s abili ty to
participate in this meeting. Persons needing accommodation must notify the City Clerk’s Office to make needed
arrangements. To make your request known, please call 406 -628-7431, Ext. 2, or write to City Clerk, PO Box 10, Laurel,
MT 59044, or present your request at City Hall, 115 West First Street, Laurel, Montana.
DATES TO REMEMBER
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File Attachments for Item:
1. Approval of Minutes of September 27, 2022.
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File Attachments for Item:
2. Ambulance Monthly Report - August 2022
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Laurel Emergency Services Report created 8/19/22:
2020 2021
1090 requests for service 1228 requests for service
159 times LEMS was unavailable 135 times LEMS was unavailable
72 times AMR was unavailable 34 times AMR was unavailable
288 responses in Ward 5=27% of calls outside of the city of Laurel 318 responses in Ward 5=26% of calls outside of the city of Laurel
Recent Month Summary:
August 2022:
**0 times the QRU responded and the patient refused / no transport to hospital or no patient found
*24 responses in Ward 5 = 25 % of calls outside of the city of Laurel
Requests 97
Missed Calls 8=8 %
Shortest Delay 12 minutes
Longest Delay 55 minutes
Average Delay 30 minutes
Fire Driver Available 16 times
City Driver Available 2 times
QRU Response With 1 Provider 1 time **
On A Previous Call 4 times
No Crew / Provider Available 7 times
AMR Transported or Responded 4 times
Red Lodge Transported 0 times
HELP Flight Transported 0 times
Columbus Transported 2 time
Joliet Transported 0 times
Park City Transported 0 times
Beartooth Ambulance 0 times
PD Assisted Pt or Transported 1 time
FD Assisted Pt no transport 1 time
POV Transport 0 times
Refusal 0 time
YCSO Transported 0 times
MHP Transported 0 times
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2022 Running Totals
January February March April May June July August September October November December Total 2022
Requests 100 84 91 90 97 92 128 97 779
Missed Calls 11 10 9 14 10 16 39 8 117
Shortest Delay (minutes) 12 9 2 6 13 5 6 12 2
Longest Delay (minutes) 69 63 31 64 80 53 68 55 80
Average Delay (minutes) 31 33 20 24 32 25 27 30 28
Fire Driver Available 22 27 28 12 18 13 19 16 155
City Driver Available 1 3 6 1 2 13
QRU Response w 1 Provider 6 5 4 8 7 8 19 1 58
On A Previous Call 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 11
No Crew / Provider Available 2 5 5 3 2 5 21 7 50
AMR Transported or Responded 5 6 5 7 5 5 19 4 56
Columbus Transported 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 8
Joliet Transported 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4
Park City Transported 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Red Lodge Transported 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beartooth Transported 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
HELP Flight Transported 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
POV Transport 5 0 2 5 4 7 8 0 31
PD Assisted Pt or transported 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 4
FD Assisted Pt no transport 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 4
YCSO Transported 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MHP Transported 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
QRU/AMR, Refusal or No Patient 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 0 8
Responses in Ward 5 30 25 21 15 30 24 42 24 211
Other Reporting Information:
-Both of our new full time staff that were hired in July and August have been cut loose from training and working on their own. Both are doing great.
-We have hired a full time EMT to replace our EMT that resigned. Troy Charbonneau has accepted the position. He has been hired as an EMT enrolled in Paramedic
school with the anticipation of him being done with school in a year and a half and then he will switch over to working as a full time Paramedic. Troy is currently a
volunteer for us. He has been an EMT for 30 years, he has been with the Yellowstone County Sheriffs office for 20 years and is retiring. He will begin working full
time for us in October.
-We have had 2 volunteers resign.
-Scheduling continues to be difficult. We do have times when we have only one person crews and occasionally we don’t have a crew. It is better than years past,
however it is still very difficult to fill at times. Other times we have excellent staffing and are able to pull together an extra crew when a second call drops. We are
working on our volunteer roster, we have some new fire driver personnel that we have completed training.
-We have applied for the MDT ambulance grant. I am not certain when they will announce winners, but typically it is September / October.
-We have been awarded a community medicine grant from the state of MT, it is in the very early stages, but our 2 providers will begin their class in September.
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File Attachments for Item:
3. Police Monthly Report - September 2022
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Page 1 of 5
Total Calls Printed on September 30, 2022
[CFS Date/Time] is between '2022-07-24 00:00' and '2022-08-22 23:59' and
[Primary Incident Code->Code : Description] All
Code : Description
Totals
10-15 : With Prisoner 0 0
: Abandoned Vehicle 25 25
: Agency Assist 59 59
: Alarm - Burglary 17 17
: Alarm - Fire 6 6
AMB : Ambulance 99 99
: Animal Complaint 18 18
: Area Check 10 10
: Assault 2 2
: Bad Checks 0 0
: Barking Dog 2 2
: Bomb Threat 0 0
: Burglary 0 0
: Child Abuse/Neglect 2 2
: Civil Complaint 16 16
: Code Enforcment Violation 3 3
: Counterfeiting 0 0
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Code : Description
Totals
: Criminal Mischief 11 11
: Criminal Trespass 3 3
: Cruelty to Animals 10 10
: Curfew Violation 7 7
: Discharge Firearm 1 1
: Disorderly Conduct 8 8
: Dog at Large 22 22
: Dog Bite 1 1
DUI : DUI Driver 6 6
: Duplicate Call 5 5
: Escape 0 0
: Family Disturbance 15 15
: Fight 1 1
FIRE : Fire or Smoke 21 21
: Fireworks 0 0
: Forgery 0 0
: Found Property 12 12
: Fraud 6 6
: Harassment 5 5
: Hit & Run 2 2
: Identity Theft 1 1
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Code : Description
Totals
: Indecent Exposure 0 0
: Insecure Premises 1 1
: Intoxicated Pedestrian 4 4
: Kidnapping 0 0
: Littering 0 0
: Loitering 3 3
: Lost or Stray Animal 13 13
: Lost Property 3 3
: Mental Health 3 3
: Missing Person 1 1
: Noise Complaint 5 5
: Open Container 0 0
: Order of Protection Violation 4 4
: Parking Complaint 22 22
: Possession of Alcohol 0 0
: Possession of Drugs 1 1
: Possession of Tobacco 1 1
: Privacy in Communications 0 0
: Prowler 1 1
: Public Assist 57 57
: Public Safety Complaint 5 5
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Code : Description
Totals
: Public Works Call 18 18
: Report Not Needed 11 11
: Robbery 0 0
: Runaway Juvenile 0 0
: Sexual Assault 5 5
: Suicide 0 0
: Suicide - Attempt 0 0
: Suicide - Threat 3 3
: Suspicious Activity 69 69
: Suspicious Person 19 19
: Theft 22 22
: Threats 2 2
: Tow Call 0 0
: Traffic Accident 13 13
: Traffic Hazard 6 6
: Traffic Incident 13 13
: TRO Violation 0 0
: Truancy 0 0
T/S : Traffic Stop 80 80
: Unattended Death 0 0
: Unknown - Converted 0 0
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Code : Description
Totals
: Unlawful Transactions w/Minors 0 0
: Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle 0 0
: Vicious Dog 4 4
: Warrant 7 7
: Welfare Check 9 9
Totals 801 801
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File Attachments for Item:
11. Budget/Finance Committee Minutes September 27, 2022.
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File Attachments for Item:
12. Laurel Airport Authority Minutes of August 23, 2022.
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File Attachments for Item:
13. Park Board Minutes of September 1, 2022.
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CITY OF LAUREL
PARK BOARD
THURSDAY, September 01,
2022
5:30 PM
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
MINUTES
Meeting called to order at 5:31 by Irv Wilke with Richard Herr, Paul Kober, and Jon Rutt in attendance. Mayor Dave Waggoner a nd Kurt
Markegard also in attendance.
Public Input: Citizens may address the committee regarding any item of business that is not on the agenda. The duration
for an individual speaking under Public Input is limited to three minutes. While all comments are welcome, the committee
will not take action on any item not on the agenda.
No Public Input
General Items
1. Approval of Park Board Minutes of August 4, 2022
Richard Herr made a motion; Paul 2nd and the motion was approved to approve the minutes from the August 4 th meeting.
New Business
2. Jamie Krug: 4-H Shooting Sports Program
Jamie Krug 553 Clarks River Road asked to use the Jaycee hall for the 4 -H Shooting Sorts Program. They setup each time and do not
store anything in the building. Sunday afternoons from 1 -5 pm October to March. They use lead shot and the building is not properly
designed to allow for this in the building we cannot allow it. They do have an archery program that could. Kurt pas sed out the guidelines
for managing a building for air gun shooting. Attached copy. The request is tabled for now.
Old Business
3. South Pond irrigation for trees
Mayor reported Sam Robertus will be repairing at an hourly rate.
4. Elizabeth Terrel with LARC (pool)
Elizabeth and Mary from LARC, Cami Nelson and Amy Mullaney from the chamber attended this meeting to show support in raising
funds for a Splash Park to replace the old pool. Matt Smith from the cities engineering firm KLJ spoke on the process and asked some
questions on different ideas and research that has occurred to date. A number of $250,000 was estimated and it was agreed to allow the
non-profits in Laurel to form a committee to raise funds for this project to be built in spring of 2023.
5. Splash Park at Thompson Park
See discussion under item 4.
6. Kids swing at South Pond.
The Lions Club requested permission to donate some playground equipment to the city for Lions Park. Paul motioned and Jon 2 nd.
Motion approved. Mayor stated it just needed to meet the codes for playground equipment.
Other Items
Fir Field is in design and looking for the proper dirt. Paul Kober discussed the need for tables and chairs at Jaycee Hall. They
can be rented from the Rod and Gun Club. It will be added to rental site. The Mayor asked the Board to consider options of
forming a Park Maintenance District and some discussion followed.
Announcements
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7. Next meeting October 6, 2022
The City makes reasonable accommodations for any known disability that may interfere with a person’s ability to
participate in this meeting. Persons needing accommodation must notify the City Clerk’s Office to make needed
arrangements. To make your request known, please call 406-628-7431, Ext. 2, or write to City Clerk, PO Box 10, Laurel,
MT 59044, or present your request at City Hall, 115 West First Street, Laurel, Montana.
DATES TO REMEMBER
Meeting was adjourned at 6:57
Jon Rutt
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File Attachments for Item:
14. Resolution No. R22-65: Resolution Of The City Of Laurel City Council Authorizing The
City Of Laurel To Apply For American Rescue Plan Act Competitive Grant Funds For The
South 4th Street Water, Sewer Stormwater, Infrastructure Improvements Project And
Authorization To Commit Matching Funds
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R22-65 Approve Submission of ARPA Grant Applications and Related Funding
RESOLUTION NO. R22-65
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF LAUREL CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZING THE
CITY OF LAUREL TO APPLY FOR AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT
COMPETITIVE GRANT FUNDS FOR THE SOUTH 4TH STREET WATER, SEWER
STORMWATER, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT AND
AUTHORIZATION TO COMMIT MATCHING FUNDS
WHEREAS, the United States Congress approved the American Rescue Plan Act of
2021, providing $350 billion for eligible state, local, territorial, and tribal governments to
respond to the COVID-19 emergency; and
WHEREAS, the State of Montana Legislature passed HB 632, providing appropriations
and allocations of Federal funds; and
WHEREAS, one of the grants established in HB 632 is the Competitive Grant Program,
providing funding for water and sewer infrastructure projects; and
WHEREAS, the Laurel City Council has adopted a Capital Improvement Plan
(hereinafter “CIP”) for long-range infrastructure planning that includes construction of water,
sewer stormwater, and infrastructure improvements; and
WHEREAS, the City of Laurel, Montana, being a local government, is eligible to
receive American Rescue Plan Act funds.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Laurel,
Montana that:
1. South 4th Street Water, Sewer Stormwater, Infrastructure Improvements Project. The
Laurel City Council approves this Resolution to authorize City Staff to submit grant
applications for American Rescue Plan Act Competitive Grant funds on behalf of t he
City of Laurel for the following eligible water, sewer stormwater, and infrastructure
improvements project: the 4th Street Water, Sewer Stormwater, Infrastructure
Improvements Project.
2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Resolution shall be effective upon adoption.
Introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 11th day of October 2022 by
Council Member _____________________.
PASSED and APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Laurel, Montana on the
11th day of October 2022.
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R22-65 Approve Submission of ARPA Grant Applications and Related Funding
APPROVED by the Mayor on the 11th day of October 2022.
CITY OF LAUREL
___________________________
Dave Waggoner, Mayor
ATTEST:
_______________________________
Kelly Strecker, Clerk-Treasurer
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
______________________________
Michele L. Braukmann, Civil City Attorney
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File Attachments for Item:
15. Resolution No. R22-66: Resolution Of The City Of Laurel City Council Requesting
Distribution Of Bridge And Road Safety And Accountability Program Funds
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R22-66 Approve Distribution of BARSSA Funds
RESOLUTION NO. R22-66
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF LAUREL CITY COUNCIL REQUESTING
DISTRIBUTION OF BRIDGE AND ROAD SAFETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
PROGRAM FUNDS
WHEREAS, the Bridge and Road Safety and Accountability Account (hereinafter
“BaRSAA”) requires the Montana Department of Transportation to allocate accrued funds to
cities, towns, counties, and consolidated city-county governments for construction,
reconstruction, maintenance, and repair of rural roads, city or town streets and alleys, bridges,
or roads and streets that the city, town, county, or consolidated city-county government has the
responsibility to maintain;
WHEREAS, a city, town, county, or consolidated city-county government that requests
funds under BaRSSA must match each $20 requested with $1 of local government matching
funds;
WHEREAS, a city, town, county, or consolidated city-county government requesting
distribution of allocated funds may make such a request to the Department of Transportation
between March 1 and November 1 of the year the funds were allocated;
WHEREAS, the project to be funded by the City of Laurel is a Citywide Street
Improvement Project; and
WHEREAS, the local match for the allocated funds has been budgeted by the City of
Laurel from Fund 2500 Street Maintenance Fund.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Laurel,
Montana that:
1. The City of Laurel requests distribution of its share of the allocated BaRSSA
funds to be used for the project identified herein.
2. That the City Council of the City of Laurel hereby empowers and authorizes the
Mayor or other staff to execute such further documents as may be necessary to facilitate the
distribution of said funds.
Introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 11th day of October 2022 by
Council Member _____________________.
PASSED and APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Laurel, Montana on the
11th day of October 2022.
APPROVED by the Mayor on the 11th day of October 2022.
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R22-66 Approve Distribution of BARSSA Funds
CITY OF LAUREL
___________________________
Dave Waggoner, Mayor
ATTEST:
_______________________________
Kelly Strecker, Clerk-Treasurer
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Michele L. Braukmann, Civil City Attorney
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