HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Minutes 04.19.1960Minutes of the City Council of Laurel
Apr~.T 19, 1960
_ A regular meeting of the .City Ce>uneil of the City o~ Laurel,, Mor~tana~ w~,a
held in tie coutacil c~amb~r~ and was e~lled to order by Mayor J. J. Parker at 7s3d o~e].ock, P.I., mn Tuesday, April 19, 1960.
Upon ro11 call, :the following alder~e~ answ~red:pres~nt:
J. Freeburg Steve Romee Henry Kaiser Alex Henry
Cecil Nerve Hermau 1~. Frank
Minu=tes of Elie previous meeting were read. Motion was made by I~ai$~r and
seconded by ~`reebury that the minutes be approvdd sus-read. ~i~ti~n carried.
This being the time arsd place for the apeni.ng of bids for c~rtai.n stre~:t
m~t~rial as adverti$ed, M~.yor Parker called upon the city clerk td open the sealed bids. Bids r~c~i~ed as follows:
PRC~Ff3SAI~ . _
Option A -Delivered at 'Contrac~or~s Pl~n~
Gentl~raen
~h~ undersigned hereby agree to furnish all 6C~ti1j~1~A~~ ~.cLbOT'~ and ma~~:rialsa necessary
to ~uppZy the material or mat~rial~ desi~nat~d i.~ ~tric~ accordance wi.tl~ the specifica-.
dons hereto attached ar~d to per form all other obligatimns and as~w~r?~ all liability
imposed upon the bidder by the Contract, and further agrePS to accept as full cc~pen-
~ation therefor the prices submitted in the ~ollowin~ schedules
Item No. 1 ~,00~ tons _ Type l .~~tf max. Hot Mix
Asphalt ~urf~.ee Cofas~s~ ~kt.~8 ~8,560.(~~
Item No. 2 2,00 tons Type 11 (3~~1~ max.} Hflt
m~ asphalt surface course ~t.28 8,560.0
. Tmtal ~l?,120.00
C)pt on B - T~~l vered ~o Job S3.t~ at laurel
It~~ No. Z 2,000 ~on~ max.) Hot Prix
asphalt surface course 5.56 11,120.00
Ttem No. 2 2,~t~a tong (3~l~" ma3c.) Hot Mix asphalt ~urfac~ course 5.56 11,120.00
Total ~2^~,2~Q.~0
LONG CONS3'RU IAN CO. ~N~.
M. G. gong, President
As the one bid was the only one received, and at first glance s~:emed to b~± about 15~
higher than la.~t years ~o~ion taus made by lY~ve end seeond~d by ftc~mee that this m~.tter
b~ held in abeyane~ for a few days with the possibility of ~ special meeting a~ to
whither to accept or r~~c~c~ this bid. Motion carried.
This being the time and place for ap~n3ng bids on L3.quid Asphalt, b3d~ w~r~
opined by the pity clerk as follow5s
PRQPt?SAL
, 1 n w ...v ey . ~nr~n ___'s.i 36~ L~~ nn
t'G~m lvo. 4o~wv ga.~.~. tt~;-3 ti11TiD8GK M.spna.t.~ .v~7v per ~z3.i~ ~~~ovv.vv
item No. 2 i6,ooo MSC-3 ~tztbaclt Asphalt .725 per t~i~ 1,160. 0
Item No. 3 30'0()0 gals. SC-3 Cutback Asphalt .Q625 per unit 1'875.0
Total Bid ~6,635.C~0
FARI+~~ t~J'~~Id G~AITR~.L ~HANG~, INS.
Henry G. Groves Mgr..
~.s this was the only bid received on liguid aspha7.t, aid it teas 'the recor~n~~.d.~tion of
the City ~~;ineer ghat the prig quoted wa„~ a fair prig, emotion was duly m~.d~s b~*
~'reebury and seconded by ~tomee that the bid fros~ Far~.ers Union central E3cchang~ b~
~.ec~pted. Motion e~rried.
`This being the tine ~d place for opening bids on pit run gravely ~ush~aci gravel surface course, & stone chips, C3.ty C7.erk way asked to open the pealed bids,
which were as follows:
~'ROPU aAI,
C~ntle~sen
The under~ign~d M.~reby agree ~a f~ar~i.ah all ~quip~en~,.:labor aid materials
necessary tm supply the ~.aterial or materials designated 3.n strict accordance ~ritla
the sp~cification~ h~areto attached, and to perform all other obligations and aesua~
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all liability imposed up~ln the bidder by the ~ontract~ ~d f~Zr~h~,r ~.grees to accept a.~ fall comp~n~a~ion therefor the prices subm3~t~d 3.~. the following schedules
QFTI~AT A - TI~;13.ver~d at Contractor's Plat
Tte~n 1 6U~ rsu yda. Pik run gravel .ltQ per unit 2I~0.~4
Item ~ 600 eta.. yds. lE~ maw. cr. gravel surface arse. .95 per unit 57o.C~0 Tim 3 60Q cu. ~rd~. 3/!~" di~t,o 1.0,E per snit 6~Q.t~3
Ttem ~.t 600 ~u. yds. " dittm 1.0~ per unit 630.00
Tt~m 5 l~00 cam. yds. ~~€~tmne chips 1.2~ per unit 5~0.~0
Tt~m 6 1!t('~ cu. yeis. 3/8t~ ditto 2.~0 per unit 2,80.40
Total Bid 5,370.E?0
f3pt3.an B - D~sli~r~r~d to Job ~i~e at Laurel
Item 1 bf~ cu. yds. pig r gr~.veal .80 per unit ~.8~.
Items 2 6~ ~d~. 1" max. er. gavel surface crse. 1.10 per un3~ 66~.~0
Item 3 6(3~ rn~. yel.s. 3~~.++ ditto 1.~0 per unit ?~f~.4 Item C~ eu. yds. TM ditto 1.2Q per unit 7~Q.0
Item 5 f~00 yds. ~ atone chips 1.3~ Per i~ ~4~.C~Ct
Its 6 1lt~(~ ~'d~. 3/8~ ditto x.25 per unit 3~i~~.~
Total Bid ~6,2'7~.00
Krrag. Broth~:ra~
~Sigr~ed~ 'William Krug Partner
there being two bids received on gravely the bid from Barry ~~ieary opened a~ follc~wsa
FRQPC~A~
Tl~e unders3.gn~d hereby agr~~ to furnish ~.7. equipment, labors and ~~,t~rials
~ec~sssary to ~~.pply the material mr ~ateriala d~signat~d in strict accordance Frith the
speei~3~atians hereto attached and to p~rfor~? all other oblig~.tions and assume all
liability it~pesed upon the bidder by the Camtract,, end further a~r~es ~o aece:pt a~
full eompensatian th~rsfor the prices submitted in the follor~ing ~che~d~a3.~s
4P"PIQPt A - Deliv~:r~d at ~antraetor~~ Plant
Item 1 600 cu. yds. pig run gravel .li.5 per ~n3.t 27 .00
Item 2 6Q0 cu. yds. l~+an~. er. gravel surface cr~e. .9~ per unit 570. 0
rtes 3 boo ~a~. 3~/4~~ ~.tt~a ~ 1.05 per ~~.t b3o.c~v
Ttem b00 eu. yds. ~r ditto 1.~5 per unit 63 .00
It~~ 5 l~f~0 cu. gds. ~~one chips 1.35 .per i~n3.t ~l~O.QO Item 6 ].}t1~0 eta.. yds. 318"' ditto 2.0~ per unit 2,800.0
Tot~1. Bid ~ ~:t}~~. C~0
OPTION B - De1.3.vered to Job Site ~,t ~;;aurel
Item 1 60~ cu. yds. pit rv~ gravel .7D per t~r~3.t l~2Q.00
Item 2 600 ctz.. yda. 1~ ~aa~t cr. gravel surface erne. 1.09 per unit 6,~l~.QO
It~ar? ~ 6()~ cu. yds. 3/~.~+ ditto 1.~~ per unit 72~.~0
Item 1~ 600 ctn.. yds ditto 1.20 per .nit 7~~.00
I~e~ ~ ~.0~ cam. yds. ~et store ehip~ 1.,~~ per t~ni~ 6~O.Q0
Items 6 1lt~t? eta. yds. ~/8~ di~~o 2.21 per unit 3, 94.
Total Bid ~6~20$.~
BARMY Q f t~RY ~'~t)RPB~. D
(,~ign~d~ A:gn~s ~'T:~ear~! E'r~sident
A~ there is only 8.017 d3fferenc~ i.r~ the two bids, with drug Brvther$ being the lmw
bidder, it w~.s the recommendation of the -City Engineer that the contr~.~t be awarded
to the Drug Brothers. After discu~sior~, ration ~r~.~ made by Frank end secor~c~~d by Kaiser that the contract b~ awarded to Krug, Silesia. Motion carried.
Mr. fiugh 5~e~ney, Billings Attorney, app~ar~d b~far~ the Citg Cocil ars
r~pre~enting the FoAte Sign company sp~eific~,].lg, aid a7.1. other sign compare. e~ in
the Billings-T,a~rel area, ~.s well a~ the Northern Pa~if3a Railroad, wh3.ch was also
represer~t~d by I~Ir. Curtis, ~o protest orally a~ well a~ with cert~3.n petitions of pro~~~t against the amending of the honing Qrdinance X50$.
In this connection a ~er~ora~dty~ was presented signed by Burke, Hibbs, ar~d
Sweeny s~~ti.~~ the f~e~s in regard to this ordinance. Sign ponies were also
represented by l~r. B~rlina~i, Mr. 'Edwards, Mr. ~IcI~atyre, Robert and Joa~ph Sate, Mr.
Myhre, end others. Also presented was a petition signed b~ seven advertising companies. Alas, l~tt~rs ~,d.dr~ssed to the ~auncil from ~h~ Bi11in~$ Pieon l ufacturing Compa~~
the Billings ldvertising Club , and Burk, Hibbs ~C wce~e~r. Mr. ~re~n3.r~g as a priv~.t~
citizen spoke against amending this ordinanc~~ as did the representative frc~ the V.F.W.
l~~t eour~vil ~ee~ting.
8epr~s~nting perso~~ mho are in favor of the ordinance ~o amend way Arnold
Bezdak who spoke bri~f'1.y, az~d Cecil ~'~ve~ both m~mb~rs of the Laurel Achieve~nemt
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Council, and one litter was read fro~xi the Laurel ~o~en~s Club. Alderman Dank sated
that even if the council went slang with the sign Co~pariies ~,nd defeated the ('}rdinanc~
to emend the zoning ordinance that the ~.eh3.ev~e~nent ~o cil would r~T~7l.ify the City
Council acticm. After mach and l~sngthy dis~a.s~ionf during which Mayor Parker ~
stated that the City council aetior~s should not b~ governed by 3ust ore group, the following Ordinance loo. s~i7 was pr~senteds
o~r~~rt~~ ~Q. 5~.7
B~nvG any ox~n~~c~ nv~ s~~r~au AF f)RDINAN X08 ~Y THE ADDTTIQN
~F SIGN REGi1LATTON AND F[JR~HER ~ ING SE`I'I4N 2.6 v~ sasn o~nn~~ By ~x
ADDI'~TOA~ 0~' A SIQV RE~UI~ATION. Motion was ~naele by Kaiser ~~ia~ this hear3sg be can~inu~d to ~h~ second council meting ire ~Iay for further study. Ass this ~oti.0n
way defeated for want of a se~cend to the motion, i~ ~t~s moved bg Henry end ~eeonded
by I+'rank that Qrdinance No. 547 be paas~d and adopted. iJpor~ ro11 call eot~~ ail
a1d~ en pres~n~ voted ~Aye~fi, except ~.ld~rman Kiser, who voted ~tNo~fs and paid
C?~rdinanc~ 5l~7 eras declared passed and adopt~:d.
Ordinance No. 5l~8 was presented as folla~rs t
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BEIlJG A~ QRDINA~i~CE PROVIDING FOR 9.'fi~ EFtECTI(~N ~F' QtJ2'DQt3R A~VERTI~INQ S~G~TS
AND BII;LBOAR~S : FAR THE PRO~EG~~ON f~F T,IFE PRt~PEft~'Y A~TD THE ~iT~'RAL 1~E.~,~'ARE QF 'FIE PEOPLEa FAR THE F'U~GI~A~"I01~ aF SANS .AND PFt~~?IATG ~'aR P~R.M:LTS Alm F~ F"t?R 1'II~-
M:CTS, A1~iiD PRQVIDING REGtJL~T'IQ~1~ AND R.E~~RT~TTf~1S: REQtT.a3~IdG LIt~fiTS~ AN'D BC?N~a
3'HER~FOR~ AND PRO~IDINQ~ P~NA~,TTES ~QR 'THE VZE3L~lTION TH~EQ~' AND REPI,T~TG CQ~TF~ICT-
TNG (7RDIAT~TCE~. Motion was made by Frank and s~cmnded bar Henry that thin erdi~ane~
b~ ~ciop~~d. Upon roll ~sII vo~~, all a].derme~ preset voted +~Ay~'~~ ar~d s~.3.d
4rdin~.nc~ Nol ~~.8 ~r€,~ declared. passed and adopted.
Arold BeZdak app~areci b~fmre the Council to ask ~h~,t the Mayor proclaims.
the dates of M~.y 7th d Mary 14th a,~ Vehi~ie safety-~h~ck day~~ and asked the
caoperatimn of Polio Officer ~o M~lp with this check, to b~ carried on bar the
~aur~sl Achievement ~nei1. Motion was made b~ Nave and seconded by ~o~nee tha~~ ~hi~
a,etion be approved. Motion carried.
W. H. Gaston, Chief of Polio appeared be~'c~re the ~oun~il to thank Shia body
for the opportunity o~ a~te~ding the T,aw Er~forc~ment Arad in Bo~em~~. H~ stated
that he fell there wa.s much food to be obtained from phis Academy. He g~.v~ a r~por~
tv the ~ouneil on s<~me of their aetiviti~s.
Dick Throes at~,t~d that ~Y~e 'Cityr of ya~arel has no I;oad Limit in the City of Latarel. H~ states that load 13m3.-~~ for the county ~d also for.. the State Highway
are enforced. He ~nen~ior~ed one truck that was ~reigh~;d ~.nd found to be 6~~00 pounds
o~rer-loaded. Ntotion was made by Freeb~ry and s~cor~ded by Nave th~.~ tha pity En~in~er
inve~tigat~e load li~mit~tions, and come up with a r~co~unendation ~o the Co~aneil.
Motion carried.
Letter of app7.3.c~tion w~,.a r~:ad from Ronnie Michael, a.~k3.ng for the Sob of taking carp of the Parks. Motion was made by Fre~bury and ~~conded by
Kamer that this Z~t~er be plac~;d ors file. Nation carried.
- L~~ter f~o~ ~h~* Rod & Gran Club Tncorpor~.taed inkarming embers ~f the pity
Council th~~ they were incorpor~.ted was read. Iri this ca~n~cticu~' ~ new le~s~ wa,~
presented, ds~Qd April 1~ 196~s and ending November 30, 1967, with the only chan~~ in the Ie~se being the chrang~ of name.. ~fo~ior~ was made by ~Fr~ebt3ry and seconded by
Kaiser that this new lease be signed and ~xiade a part of the r~cord~. lotion c~*ried.
Ald~r~xian Fre~bury called s ra~eti~~ of the R~-cr~atia~ eoinmit~~~ to be h~1d
on Tu~sciaYp, April 26th, and requested th~.t the pity +~lerk no~ifg the memb~r~ o~ the
committee. Meting to b~ Meld at 7:30 o~eloek, P.M. in the Council ~h.amb~r~.
Nave stated tY~at had l~~.d. complaints about the Garbage men mot emptying ~,1].
the b~.rn.3.ng barrels. Fig was int'or~ed that the garb~g~ ;n a,~~e not obligated to p cl~ tip anything except the reg~zlaticm cans.
Dick repart~d that he had contact~:d the property owners i.nvolv~ed in regard to
re-pl~,cir~g the sidewalk in thQ alley crossing near G~.enther t s property. He ~t~.~~l that
most of the people wo~.ld be willing to shs~t°~ in this cosh.
Dick reported ~~.~.t the county has 3.ndicated that it will go along with t
City in paving 8th strEet. Hes estima~ea the cost, tm the City to be about ~2,!#00.~0,
which he feels is re onable, if w~ can get help from the County. Tn thin conr~.~ee~ior~
motion was-made by D~ Frank and seco~d~d by Na~r~ that the City Cot~nail honor petitions
for this street ~~rrying 75~ signatures of the property owners involved. Motion carried.
Dick stated that he dial not think the ~i~y mould have enough space for ba~~-
ball diamonds thin year. This matte was discussed len~t~..
Parker reported that the American. ~eg3.on was $o3.ng to try to pay their
share mf the Athletic Park bites. Some other arrangement can be m~.de~ if the cast
~e~ms to b~ prohibitive after the ~ir~t game or two.
Parker r~porte~d that h~ had contacted Cooper on hip proposed Trailer Court
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end he ~tate~ that he beli~v~s~ that Mr. Cooper will go ahead with his plans, especially
as the City h no juriseliction over property out of ~h~ City T~.3mits.
Parker brought ~p the sub~eet of the possibility o~ purchasing and displaying
5Q-star American Fl~.gs. After dise~.ssic~n, emotion was made by Fr~ebury and seconded by
Henry that the ~C3.ty purchase two such f1ag~. Motion ~~rri~d.
Parker r~port~d that tests made an the soil on the Fox property to be used
for garbage fill shed f~tiror~ble. Br~.ley sated ghat the Stake Land Board should
be contacted as to the possibility m~ getting this lamed placed up for auctican.
Motion was made by Nave and seconded by Rome th~.t Mayor Parker g0 ~o Mr. Fox and
te11 him what the City proposes to do. Motion carried.
T;~tter was read from tl~e Volunteer Fire D~partme~~ asking the permission of
the pity Council to again pub ott their Fo~r~h of July fireworks di.splay~ and requesting
two copies of a let~~r to send to the ~ta~e Firs Marshall. Motion was made by
~~~bur~r sand ~ecor~ded by Kai.s~r that t~ii.a permission be granted. Motion e~ried.
Committee appointed to 3nn~~~~.~ate the cots of property and ~rhether or not it was for sale in corin~etion with Sewage Lagoon System was called on to report.
l~r. Henry reported that Mr. Mag~llsson would. not sell under any eire stances. After
eliscussimn ~ during wh3.ah Freeburg and Frank stated ti~at they felt ~h~,t the lagoon
id~:~, be dropped, it way the decision of th.~ cour~eil to go no further info th3~
~y~ter~.
Dick reported ors tMe inrec~ control programs and ~a3.d ghat he had. written
td the State entomologist who would advise ~ to the -~yp~ of ch~~r?3.cal best ~u3.ted
and so fortY~.
Mayor Parker staffed that he felt that so~~ l~tter~ of reeo~nit3.on should be
written tv the Band instruc-~or and tQ the Musics Dir~etor of tY~e ~aur~l Iii~h ~cY~ool Bar~~t end the ~a~arellaires for their good work.
Parker presented a bill from ilex Friekel for dama~.ge to h3.s basement be~aus~
of the City sewer backing ~zps in the amount of 3 .75. Ater di~cussion~ motion
was made by ~"reebury grid ~~?cpnded by Henry that. this utter be turned over to th~ir~e
in~uranc~ cc~mp~}r. Motion carried.
T'he Z,aur~1 Achieve~~nt C~~neil wi~~ed to gain the coop~r~.tion of ~h~ m~mber~
o~ the City Co cif in trying to get the old Folks+ Home, and the ~;:uthera~n hospital,
or both, for the City of T~aurel. Ma~ror Parker to wri-~es letters ~o both these
coneern~~ shcr~ing ~h~ desire to ha4e such establishments. Motion was made by Navy end
seconded by Kamer to ghat ef~eet. Motion carried.
There being no further business to come before the council at this time
motion was ding made and seconded that the meting b~ ad.~otarneei.. Lotion caz~ried.
Dorothy P. ndy~ City C erk
Fass~d by the '~i.ty Council and approved by the Mayor this 5th clay of
May, in the gear 1960. ,
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