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Home My WebLink AboutCity Council Minutes 02.06.1960Minutes of the City Council of Laurel February 6,1960 A r~~ular meeting of the City Council of the City of. laurel, Montana, was held in the Council Chambers, and way called to order by Mayor J. J. Parker, at 7:30 o'clock, P.M., on Tuesday February 2, i96o. Upon roll. ca11, the following aldermen answered present: J.E. ~'reebury Cecil n?ave Jake Ruff ~~enr~r Kaiser ~Ierma~ K.Frank `~hc~ minutes of ther~t~ular meeting o~ January 19, 1960, w~;re read. T'rank suppested the ad~~ition of the word "round type" concerning the parap;raph on b~.ll boards end suns. R?otion was made b~~ Ruff and seconded. by Nave that the m~.nutes be approved as corrected. Motion carried. Mr. Bradley then called the attention of the council ~o the fact that he be1_ieved th.e E~rd~ranee as sug~e5ted by the committ~~ at the January 19th m~etin~ way too strong. He supgestec~ amending the ~oninp ordinances and. amending the build-i n~ c~c~e before adopting the ordinance as rscommended.. Aft~;r discussion of this matter this was referr~ci back to the committee which included the street & alley committee, the police committee, and the Board of A~beals. 'Phe minutes of the special meeting of January 2~th, 19 0, were read. Motion 1a-as made b~~ Ruff and secon~3ed by PTave that ~khe minutes be approved as read. ?lotion carried. Certain reports were presented for approval. Report of th.e Police Jud.Qe, reports o.f the patrolmen., and. library reports .for the months of ~eeember and Janu.axy. Motion was mace by T1ave and sPCOndPd by duff that these reports be approved. Motion carried. JoP :arson appeared before the council as a re;~resentativ~ of the Chamber of Commerce. He s±ated that he had heard that an o~'.fer would be made for the lots which the city owns, a.f'ter removing the old eit~ barn. He stated ' +hat the Chamber of Commerce ~ou1d recommend strongly that the City keep these lots with. a view to making a 1'arlcin~ Lot out of these lots. After discussion, motion was made bar RU.i'f anc~ seconded b~ Kaiser that the City should not sell tie lots. ?`Rotion carried. Chief of Police Gaston a~p~ared before the council with several reau~sts. HP stated that ~hP South. Silo P.T.A. had asked h7_m to nave a bicycle .rack placid by the Commercial Club ~3uildin~ to keep the bicycles oFf th.e sideT~ralk. Tt was the c~pa_nion of the council thai-~ this woial.cl not be a Good idea, as it would n~~essi-t,ate the children crossing the highway after ~aaxkin~ their ba..cycl~s. It was thought that there would be, too much op~urtun3.ty for accident. The City trill st~c~y this matter and come up with a recomm.enc~ation as to a suitable place for a rack, and in the meantime, the ~'olice will confiscate 'the b~.cycles foun~3 l~inp on the sidewalk. Gaston also requested. an ordinance allowing the Police 1)epartmen~t; to dispose of uncalled for articles which are found, such as bicycles,, hub caps, etcetera. Possibly at an .Auction. This Ordinance should sta+e that the Police department will hold these articles for thirty days, and then dispose of them, with the money ~oin~ into the Police ~~partment. Czaston also requested an ordinance governing persons who follow rs re ~trucxs. tsraa..~ey reportea teat there is already a Mate .haw, and ~ha~ an ordinance by the City is un-necessary. Gaston pointed out that whatever fines are collected, unless the city has its Dian ordinance will ~o into the county. The Fire Chief h.as already requested such an ordinance, anc3 a copy of same. T~fr. F3rac~ley s+.,ated t~,hat ~e would prepare such an ordinance. Gaston also requested an ordinance g;ovex~:zin~ the disposition of persons who drive ~ahile their driving licenses are revoked. Bradley to prepare such an ordnance. After discussion, it was also the decision of the council that -the -hwo-week quarantine ?period far dogs to allow the policem~;n to pick up the strays will be .from February 15, ~a March 1, 1.960. Claims for the month of January were presented for payment a s fo].1ows I i Minutes. of the City Council of Laurel ~lounta~in Stags TeI. & TeI. 3~.~? . Priee~ ..Pharmacy .l~0 Gasoline Street Stores 11.b6 .Trott Px°inting Co. 6.OQ, Montana Power Co. 93.7 Montana Dakota U~G litics Co. 73.3? laurel. Water"~epaxtmen~ 27.00 laurel ~~reet ~epar~men~ 16.00 Industrial Accident Board 6.~~ Alexander Vogel 16.00 Tndu~trial Accic~~nt Board 70.37 Laurel Water I~epar~rnen~ 37.~t~ I, General 6..00 rave's ?~obi1 Service 31.?7 Western Construction Equip. Co. 12.51 Allie's Hardware 1.07. Et. W. Bates 26~.9~ Gasoline Street Stares 27.32 Smiths Super Service X7.20 Q~. M. Wo1d Co. 20.57 E. J. Scarxy & Co. 21.29 Kruk Brothers 68.60 laurel Co-Qp Association 137.53 standard Qil ~o. 137.27 Tndu.strial Egu.ip. Co. 10~.~0 7Gaurel Street Dept.' 12.00 Weyerhaeuser Co. 1.22 Commissioner of Stag Lds. ~C inv. 32.50 Ind.ust~ al Accident Board ~..~t2 Laurel Street ~ep~x~ment 8.04 laurel water T~epartment ~.~0 Frice Pharmacy 1.8~ I Mountain Stags Tel. Tel. '8.~0 Johnstone ry 7.21 Yellowstone Va1,1ey Ele.Coop.Tnc.l3.8~ Montana Dakota Utilities ~'o. 17.87 Elsie P. Johnston. x.80 Poplar Mechanics Magazine 3..~0 Boys fife Ma~azinc 3.~0 The Book.Suppl~ Co. x.29 Tnd~astrial Accident Board x.08 IFau.r~l Water I~~partmen-~ 1.0~ Buridy's Plumbing & Heating 7.00 Cxen~ral x..00 Hash Chem3.eal Co. 9.97 Price's Pharmacy 2.)~0 I Hach Company 8.56 Mountain Stakes Tel. & Tel. 5.~~ ~~o~thern Paea.f~.c Railway Co. 17.28 Mgn~ana ~akot~ Utilities Co. 16.6 f ~ew~y Nunn 37.52 ~av~'s Mobil ~~;r~r-i.ee 7.3.60 Gasoline Street Stores 1.30 A11i~'s Hardware 1.9~ _ - Wallace.& Tiernan I~n~. 7.80 Industrial Accident Board ~.1,~. Montana Dakota Utilities Co, 1.2~ Montana Power Co. 1.80 Allie's Hardware 2.26 laurel street 'department 28.5 Laurel~Wat~r ~epartmerit 1.25 Frank-Emine~h 16..00 I~~urel Strut ~epartmer~t 1.25 Montana ~ako~a Utili-~ie~ Co. 71.8,E Mon~Gana Power ~o. i~.37 Marshall-tells Stores 6.7~ American Meter Co., Inc, 30.71 Montana Fower ~o. .9 Industrial. Accident Board 60.~~. R. Po1.k & Co. 31.00 A11 e's Hardware 1.96 Mountain Sates Tel. ~ 'fie]:. 23.70 Montane. Dakota Utilities Co. :17.8 Gasoline Str~~t Stores 80.Z,~ I ~?ain Street Standard l~.20 ~rniths duper Serv3.c~ 3.2~ Hays Conoco Service 2.00 Wm, R. Reinhart 2~.~ fir. R. Turcotte 6~.Q0 National Cash Register Go. 10.9 Industrial Accident ]3oard 8.27 Hach Chemical Co. 6.98 ~~on Chemicals, Zne.. 370,40 P~to~ntain States Tel. & ~'el. 32.76 Montana ~ako~a Utilities ~o. 1~2.?$ Montana Power Co. 898. 3 Johnstons 117.12 West End ~,mbr. Co. 8.08 Bearings Supply Cv. Z~.9~. Northwest Chemical ~aboratox~ies 5.22 ~parlin~ ~Tetc~r Co. 171.72 Pric~ts Pharmacy 1. C0 laurel Str~~t ~3~:partment 68.25. General 15.QQ .Industrial Equip. Co. 27.38 Montana Welding & Radiator C,o. 15. 0 Sm7..th's Super Service .9.27 Bundy's Plumbing & Heating 1.8~? 0. M. Wold Co. _7.3~ Gasoline Street Stores 99.19. Krug, Brothers 2.00 ~agcman Elevator 1..70... Carpenter Paper ~Co. ltt.63` Malley Welders Supply, Inc. 3.6 ~11ie'~ Hardware. 39.35 H. Fowler Co. one. 327.1 ~'cn~on A~~ncy 17.50 Industrial Accident Board 21~.l~5 _ G~'s~13:ne Street Store 12.56 ~e France G Co. .9 Industrial Accid~n-~ Board' 73.31 Fenton A~~ncy X2.50 Laurel Water ~epar-bment 95.0 laurel Street ~Ppartmer~t 115.25 ~aur~7. Sweeping ~a_strict 13.,0 General ~..0 Gasolne'Stree~ Stores 37.3 ~e Fran~~ GMG Co. 2.85 ~'on~ana Power ~o. 375. b6 Montana Power ~o. 39~..81~ Industrial Equip. Co. ~.0~.00 George Fahy F~ Al 15.E Western Gonstr~.ct on Equip. 198.66 Gasoline Street Stores x..92 Motion was made by F'reebury and sPCOnded by ~tzff that the-claims be I allowed .with they .exception. of a claim in the amount of 7.0~ to Bun.d~r~s Plumbing & H~atin~ .for cleaning; a sewer. This c3aim c3. d not have enough explanation as to the reason for this, anc~ the City Engineer was ~.ll at home and. did not attend the meeting. Mot3.on carried. - Application for ~rark signed by Fart Crow and one ~i~;ned by Jams Blocker were read. Motion was made by Koff and seconded by ~Tav~ that the applications be placed on f3_le. ?lotion carried. I i~iritten report was read ~'~om the committee to investigate Athletic 'ark ~ite~, as follows:-, Motion was made b~f ~°reebury and seconded b~ Kaiser to accept the recommen~atian of the Committee. ~..,,C,~,~,C. ~ ,,~a.~a'' ,ter.-~ Parker asked for a report esn the water line west o£ town. Freebuzy r stated t~~hat it was the recomrne~~ion of the Committee that if the line is j replaced, that it be replacedwith an eight-inch line with ~'ir~ h~rdrants' and financed -~hro~~h the customers own financing or ~hrou~h a Rural Improvement District. I w. - i II ' ~ I~, i' ~I i Minutes of the pity Council of Laurel If the customers rlee de just to keep tM.is ~~i.sting line repaired, it is the II, recommendation of the committee that a meter be placer3 at tY~e City dim t~ an~3 any Px~,ra water ,being wasted thro~zgh leaks in -the ling be~'ond this po3.nt i that the c~iffer~nc~ inlcubie feet be charged equally each month to people now I on the 1in.e. After discussion, it wag mooed by Ruff and seconded by Nave that I~ the report of the committee be accepted. Motion earrie~d. I i'arkPr made a request tha-~ the City ~urcha~e three chairs for the cotancil chambers. Motion was made by ~'reebur~r and seconded by Kaiser that this matter be r.ef~rred to the purchas~n~ anal finance committees. Motion ~ carried. I Parker reported on the Airport. I~ Parker reported on n~;w Z~ater dines. Parker r~por~~d on the Green River Sins, anc~ the 'T'wo-hour parking ~ign~. Parker reported that we have had twelve wat~;r 1.eak~ in January. Mr. Talmac~~;e Robinson, the new employee who started with City on Februar~r 1, 1900, rer~orted that dynamite is very expensive., H~ su~~ested that one man with a ~ra~ line could-clear certain ob5truetions in the river away from I the intake. Tt was hip opinion that.it would be less expensive in the 1on~ run. , Motion There bein„ r~o further busln.ess to come before the counca.l at this time, motion was duly made and. seconded that the me~~in~ b~ ac~~otzrned. carr3_ed, _ I ~ . Frothy P.. ~znc~y, City C1e k Pa~~ed. b~* the City Coune3.l ane~ approved. by the Mayor .this ~6~h ~3ay of February, 19 0. 'I . J Pas~ker, Mayor j i ATTEST: ` ' ~GGS?4 I~I'I ~orath~ P. ndy, C3.t~~ C1e I ~ Written report was r~ac1 from the committee to inves-~igate Athletic Park T.it~s,, as follows I~~ter bow is to be locked and read before and after ~+ach game. Persons using the lights sha11 be charged ,0~5¢ per K.Ut.H. to pay for the Power and. help pay for cleaning and replacing the lights. Keys are to be had from the,?~ity clerk, City En.g n~er, or Mayor Parer. Motion was made, etcetera; I I I I I c I - II I ~i i I I : li i I I i I 1 I I I I I I I . i I i I, I I I I =<..~J I I I I I I I J i .,;;:..,i I i;: l1. f.:;;.. G { I i.:. :I I:.4l11 :I ::I - j`-. 1.': G4 --i ~ v....:. 1 : ..f..::l- 1 .I . , .e:,:e I k. *:^h~N'.r.., . . ! „e .bl1.. y 11 I . i I I I I I I I 1 1. 1 i I.. ~ I I, I I I I I i I I 1 i I