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Home My WebLink AboutCity Council Minutes 07.19.1960Minutes of the City Council of Laurel July 19th, 19~U regular meeting of the Git~ Council. of +he City off' laurel, n~c~ntana, was held in the Council ChambQrs and was called to order by Mayor J, J. Parker, at 7:3d o' clock,. on TuPS ?ay, July 19th, 1960. Upon taking .ro17_ call, the follc~win~ aldermen answered present; J. E. Freek~ury John Beslanwitch Jake ~.uff Steve Romee A1_ex Henry Henry Kaiser Cecil ~?av~ Herman K. Frank The minuses of the previous meeti.n~ were read. Motion eras made by r'reebury and seconded bar= Henz*y that the minutes be approved as read. A~otion carried. A r~?r. ?~T~ads appeared before the Council to c3emonstrat~ a new machine to be Used for taking fin~?erpx~ints. .A letter Td~~as read from the State Board of Health, regardinn our. application fbr a grant-in-aid for cur nra~osed ~e?a~age treatment Plant. Sn this connection, a question way I raised as to what amount to place on the ballot for th.A people t~ vote. on. rl'he t~ifference t~ao?z1d be between "~~1~,00~?.00 end ` 300,000.00. This would depend on whether or not we can ~;et the loan from fihe Federal Grovernmen-t. Ater discussion, motion Baas mace ~y Ruff and seconded b~ ?~eslanwitch -ghat, the "Mayor anc? City Engineer, write a lit+er to the State Board of Hea7:~h to a~~ a ~n our situa+ion, and t.ry to het more of a definite ans~,rer from them. ~?~otion carried. Mr. Montgomery appeared before the CoLincil to ask that the City put up a two-hour ~arkin~ si~*ns in the half-lock that his store is in. After discussion' motion was made by Kaiser and secon~?e~ by rreebur~r -L-hat -this matter be referred to the ~ao~ice co~7~m`i.ttse. motion car~°ied. Thy _fal.lowing reports were presented for approval. library report, Treauurer's report, cosh report, trial balance for the month of June, 196. ^'[otzon was made by ~eslanwitch anc' seconded by Ruff that these reports be approved. 1~~otion carried. OR'~I~tANCE N0. >~.9 0~?~Il1TAT?GE A10. 5~.9, being; €~n t?rdinance fixing the maximum rate of interest that + the City of Laurel shall pay upon special improvement ?'istrict Bonds, a~ was pr~sented.J r'otion was made by ~'reeburv and seconded by duff that ~hj.s ~r~inance be adopted. Upon fiaki.n~ .roll call vo±~, al7_ aldermen presence voted "Aye", and said Ordinance Uras declared passed and adobted. RESO~L1TTQnT N~. 115 RFS~I,IJ~'I4rT n1~. 1150, BEIT?C A R ~'SC?~UTIOTI TRANSFERRT.NC~ CF~?,TATN Fi11~t~?S Of~` THE CITY ~F ~AUR~, Mt~NT~r?~, ~„ras ~resen~ed. CRotion was mace by Freeburg anc~ seconded by Hu~.f that tYzis resolution be adopted. iT,~on taking roll call vote, all aldermen present voted "Aye", and said resolution was ~3eclared passed and adopted. petition as follows was presented to the council for approval. it P E T S T I C ~~Te, ~rhe Und~rsis~ned, being the o~rners of all 0~' Block TwAlve (12) of the Fourth .venue Subdivision to she City o_c laurel, County of Ye1.1~w,~ tone, Sta-t~ of T'fon~ana, hereby x~~tition the City Cotincil to vacate anc~ close the upper portion of the alle~r in the said. I31ock :Twelve (12), from dot Ten (10) North to the end of the alley. T~Te hereby inform the City council of th.e City of laurel that the P~7ormon Church wishes to purchase the u^per portion o~ B~_ack 'twelve (12), and will build a church upon the same, if the a11ey k~e vacated anr~ closed. Dated this 11th day of July, 1960. ~ C}'L~ary Brothers Bar, Bans Q~~~ary, Jr., In this connection a letter i~as called to the attenta.on o:f the Council from fir. H. McCatle~ protPSting the closing of the alley. Action Baas suspenr'ed on this matte~~ ~ to dive the City ~n~irePr the chance to prepare a r.?rawin~; for the Colancil. Later on, he .reported fully on this matter and there was some discussion ~!~otion was then made by Beslanwitch and seconded by Fre~bury that the matter of the petition be referred to the Gi.ty H.n~ineer anc~ N'ayor ?'a.r?cer, with autha~^ii,y to act. r~'~otion carried. This being the t~_me and place to pass on certain resolutions involving tax assessments for the fiscal year 1960-f~1, cit:T clerk ~res~nted same in order, as follows; RFS'?LUTIO~? 1153 I p~'S!~LTTTIdN 1~?:7. 1153,, B~'II~TG A RFSQT~UTION ~EV~IRTG TAX_rS~'~. R GE~?~'~,~l~ AI~T3~ SPECIs IC PLTR?~OSr~S TOR TH1'+', CITY QF ~1!U'~~~ ~ M01~?TA!~TA~ ?i'OR THE ~+I~'C.AL YT''AR BFGI?~TI~?ING JLT~:,Y lst,~ 1960, Minutes of the City Council of Laurel as follows: General - - - - - - - - - 16.5 mills Police- - - - - - - - - 3.5 mills I3i~ht ~rl "T~int~nance- - - 1 mill Light ~`2 Maintenance- - - ~ mills Street- - - - - - - - - - 10 mills Parks, Play~rotan~s- - - - 7.0 mills Public library - - - - - - 3.0 mills Swim Pool Br~ncls & Irzt. - - 1.5 mills Storm Sewer Bonr3s & Tnt. - 2.0 Mills i~?unic-i ~:al Airport- - - - - .5 mill Total ~.7 mi11s. Motion was mace b~ ~.uff any? seconded by "eslan?.aitch that this Resolution be vassed and ac?op+ed. Upon taking roil ca1.l vote, all alc~~rmen present voted. "Aye" and the mo~ion carr~_ed, after the Ci'~y Cleric e~lained to the Council that this was only a preliminary anr~ must be n~ablished. R~S~LU'PI!~N n?Q . 11~J~ :R.~SrJLUTT0I~T 1~t0. 115?~, F3EIDIG A R:!~'~S~}T,UTI~?~? LFVYIN~ A?~T~ ~SS~;~SING A S'~-'ECIAF.~ TAX .~1~AII~?S`!' CF~,T~ZT1 PRO?~RTY ?~~'SIGI~T,4TE'~ ~S G~~RBACxE ~?IST~IC`~ N`~. 1, was presen~Ged. ?~~otion was made by Ruff and seconded by l~Tave that this resolution be passed and adopted. Upon taking ro11 call votes all aldermen present voted "4ye", anc~ said resolution was declared gassed and a~?opted. FFSQ~L?`?'SON A'0. 115 A ~.ESOLUTIO~T LEVYING hI~'~7 I~SS ~SSINC~ A SPECIAL TAK 1~1GAINST CirRT.F~II~T PRbPERTY T'~'SICTTtgTTr_3 AS ('sAR;t~3Ar?;: ~TSTRICT ~Tp, 2, was r,resentPd. I'?otion u~zs made b~ Nave and seconded by P~omee that this resol~1tion be adopted. After tak.n~ roll call vote, all aldermen nr. ~sen-~ voted "AVe'~, and said resolution *~as c~¢clared passed and. adopted. RFSOLUTIOA? n1J . 1156 A RESt~S,UTIQl~? ~E~rYIR?G .~?~T~? A`"~SE~;SING .A SP~'~'GTAL TAX AGAINST CERTAIN PROPERTY ~?ESIGI~T~T~'T? _AS ~~IGHT T~ZSTRICT TTY. 1 gTAIAT'T'~'T~?;~~?CE, was presented. Motion was made by Romeo and seconded icy ~eslan?r'tch t~h~t +his resolution be passed and adopted. Upon taking roll call vote, a13. aldermen present voted "Aye", and said resolution was declared passed anc~ adopted. ~t~'SQIUTIQN I~1n. 117 BEIATG ~ ~FSQT IITIQ?~T LE~G7~'I1`?G APj?~ ASSESSIl~TG A ~?rCIAI, TAX AGAINST CERTAIN PRQp~'RTY ?~~SIGr?ATFr; .~G LIrHT ~~AIN?'~?~TAR?rF T~I~T?~TCT ~Tt~. 2, was ~resentec3. Motion was mace by B~slanwi.tch anc' seconded by Freeburg that tl~.is resolution be adopted. Upon taking roll ca?.l vote, all aldermen presen-~ voted "ayes', and said resolution was declared passed and adopted. ~~SUT~UTIQN Nth. 11 8 .-......,,.....,,.,-...r TT:t>.~,-r„rn .,,.gin A,^~['tiTG~['~Tf~T('~ n aasrr+'r'n7 mAV Ar±ATTTC`T !''G`77TATAT 'RR(ST3fieRTV ~i{~.L~~IS ~ {..~;~{.13.,U'1'1C1~~i ,L.~~r~V.'1~`dl. .Ai'~~~ K~?a.G~.7~liv,:z H u.c_.ci...11~ lnrl nv!y.i~u~...,~ v::u~in.a.a~ i.~~i,.~as. T'MBFi.AG~'.1~ in1ITHI~T Gt~RF3gGE ~TS`?'3?SCT"~- ?~TQs. 1 & 2~ °JL ~'FF~+' CITY f.)F LAUREL FOR, Trl~ 5:P:~?,AYING Q~' II~fS~ STS, was presented. Motion was made by Freeburg and seconded bar Her~x~r that this ~ resolution be ?gassed and adopted. t?~on taking roll ea11 vote, a1I aldermen present voted "Ayer'' and said resolution was declared passed and ac~opt~d. ~Fs~~,U~r~o~T ~~ca . 1159 i BF~I~?C, .A RESQLIITT_0~? L~j:1~~ II~TG ANTS ASSESSING ALL JF Tub ~RO~'~'RTY EMB.RACET~ C~~THIN S'?'R~'?7.' SrT~,+'?~'ING ~TSTRICT R?0. 1~ Qr' THE CITY OF LAUR.F~~L~ F'OR"THHF+„ SfiJEEPINCr QF ST?3,~TS IN 'THE r.~~,~TTpt~t 0~. Bt1ST~TFSS 1~TSTR?CT, was presented. Motion was made bzr Henry anc3 seconded by Kaiser t?~a~L this resalution be adopted. Upon taking roll eal1. vote, all aldermen present vo#;ed "a.ye", and sa=i.d reso7_ution was declared passed and adopted. ??FSOLUTION N0. 1160 II F?~'II~TG .A RFS~LUTIOhi .AUTHORIZ]:t~TCx THH; CITY Tl?~`ASU~ER, '~0 PL:A.CF~ QN THE' T~.X tQT,LS C~R,Tr~Z~? CHARCxES mK~,T ?f,~R~ ~Tr1T ASSESSFl3 ORT 1959-1960 TAXLS, was presented. Motion was made I~ b~ Kaiser and. secone?ee~ by Frank that this rPSOlution be adopted. Upon taking roll ~aii ~ vote, al_l aldermen pr.went voted "Aye", and said resol.utian Uaas declared parsed and ~c?apted. ~rSC~LtTTI~aR? Nth, 11c~1 B~"?1`?G .A '~.ES~?LU'1'IQT? L~:VYI'~?C t~D;~? 4SSIs'SSII~TG .AF..~L CAF THE PRQP:ERTY EMBRACES T~'IT'dI~? ,P~I~7K~TI~?G ~`IS`~RIGTS 1960, 6aa~ presQnted. A?fotion Teas made b~ Kuff and seconded by Beslanwi.tch that this resolution be passed and adopted. Upon taking roll call vote, all alclerm.en present voted ".A?re", anal said resolution T~ras declared passed and ac?opted. s, Minutes of the City Council of Laurel Health Officer's report dated July 1, 1960, zras presented. Motion 5~aas made by ~'reebury and seconded by Beslanwithc that this report be accepted. ?~?otion carried.. Freeburg asked permission of the council ~o leave the State. Motion was made b~ F..uff and seconclEd by I-I~nry that permission be granted. I~1o-tion carried. HFnx~ asked. ~erni.ssian of the council to leave the Mate. Motion was made b~ Ruff and sec~xaded by ~~~ave that permission be granted. Motion carried. ~u~~'.f reported that Forest Avenue was gEtting, in bad shade. PFtition .for street sprinkling; was presented as follo;~s: P~' T~ TI 0 N We' the undersigned property owners, hereby petition and consent that the City Council of. the ~it~ off' :~~aureZ crate a sprinklinC cis±rict on fast ~'~_fth Street from A..lder Avenue Elm .!avenue £or the purpose of doing sfreet tiTOrk. ?lotion was made by ~eslanws.tch ~ and seconded by have that this petition be approved. There being some confusian as to the vot~j ?~ayor Parker asl~ed fir a roll ca11. ,CAldermen voted as follows: Beslanwitch~ Yes; ~I Free~~~ary, Ycs; Ruff, Yes; Romp=e, ~To; Henry, Tto; Kaiser, No; I~Tave, ves; Frank, t~TO. mhis vote resulting;~_n a tie vote, Mayor darker was asked to break the tie. His vote being Yes, said petition was considered accepted. It eras si~at~d that ano~;her pet~.-t~ion was a little short of the required number of sig?~.a~bures for sprink7 ink on Thircl Avenue. Motion was made b~T ~'reebury and seconded by ~eslan~±ch ghat this petition be accepted, anv?~say. Qn voting, hearing several noes, Mayor Parker main called for a rill ca11 vote. Vo~;ing was as follows: Fr~ebi~ry, Yes, Beslan~,aitrh, Yes, Ruff, Yes; R.omee, A?o .i{wiser, Ye.s; Henry, tdo; TTave, ~"es, and Frank, l~Io. Motion carried. Henry asked for a report on "~ashington Avenue. Throm explained that he was not yat finished with the job. Frank staf;ed that he had heard objections to the street danc~_na at ThriftwasT. Franc retorted that he hid complaints about the Garbage sit~zation behind the 7.,av.rel Trailer Court. also bad ~arba~e s~_tuation at the Merchants Apartmants. ~'hrom to invPSti~ate any? take care of this. Kaiser had. complaints on garbage, also Henry. Frank stated that he hay? complain s that the Insect Control program was not effective. dick stated that they intended to spray 7~~lednesday evening. H~nrJ s1a+ed that he had found a man T~rho would tear the house r~own on the youth Side. ?'arker rc-~quest~d that we hold off until he caxa investigate as to whether or not the place had been sold. Romae reported 'Ghat there were tree branches on Pennsylvania on the boulevard between. 5th anc3 bth. ~.uff reported that there was a grater leak down at Riverside Park. Ruff inquired abou~G the fact that. the lifeguards are ~ivin~ swimming lessons and ch~r~in~ fox teem. Freebu.ry reported on this. TTave reported two meters in the Laurel Trailer Co~.rt, 5~t down in the ground ~I and .full o£ water, crewing a hazard to children. It was suggested that perhaps a lock could bP z~laced on this door. I~rave asked whether or not anyone had checked on the numlaer of shares of water the fanners had, who used the ditch ~n Alder Avenue. As our C~.ty Attorney had left the meet-i.n.~ ear7_y to at~end a ditch meeting, this matter was deferred until his return. Freeb~zr~r reported on tha overtime -gut in by +he ?~Jater Plant employees. He stated that the water committee would recommend that triese employees be paid at the rate of time and ne half for necessary overtime. Motion was made by ~3eslanwitch and seconded by ~?omee that }he recommendation of the comm21te~ be accepted. l~TO~cion carried. F'~rker reported that Jc~ran Lackman had asked whether or not th.~ Little I~e~gue ~3aseba?.I teams could use the park, T„~ fihe possibility that ~h~ lights might lay on for ab~aut 1 to 2 hours each night. It was the opinion the council that -Ghe City has a certain obl.i~ation to these boys, Affer d~seussion~ motion was made by Frank and seconded by ~ BeslanT~itch Ghat the Little L~~gue Baseball Players be allowed to use the Athletic Park Lig?~±,s as no charge. ?~'~otion carried. i Par~;er reported that the Cemetery Board rad ~~ac~ a meeting, and. regue5~ed that the City clerk read the minutes of that meeting. After the read.3.n~, motion was made by ~j ~3Aslantiaiter and s~conc~ed by Herir~ that the minutes be approved. motion carried. Minutes of the City Council of Laurel Dick reported on the water situation. After discussion, i-t was the opin~.on of +he caurcil that t~ate~ng be allowed different sides of the street on odd and even days. Pick also suggested having some pamphlets printed to inform the public. ?`lotion was made by Ruf£ and seconded bar ~'reebury that the n'~~ayor and City i~n~ineer nota.fy t~:;~; ~ubli.c by any means feasible if and when a sEx~ious Urater shortage e~:curs. Motion earri~~~. . ~?a~ror Parker called for a Special Aryeeting for the Council. to study the budget and to pass Resolut3~on 7.151 creating S.I.Q. X90, on j~Tednesday, July 20' ~9~~, at`7t~0 o'clock P.M., i_n the City Clerk's office. Mayor Parker ca17_ec~ for a Special Meeting; for the council to r~ any necessary changes ir? the budget on Monday, July 25, 1960, in the Council Chamber. s, at 7:30o'clock P.m. There being no further business to come before the council at this time, motion Baas duly made and secon.deC +hat the m~etin~ be ~d~ourned. Motion. carra_~d. ..s~~~-.~~" try ...orothy F. undy, itv Cl.rk ?'assed by the Citg Council of the Cit~r of laurel, Montana, anc~ approved by the P~ayor this 2nc? dad of August, 1960. ~ ~ J ~ J Parker, Mayor ATT~'ST orothy P un~y, City Cle ~:r#;~., I