HomeMy WebLinkAboutSpecial City Council Minutes 07.20.1960Minutes cap the City Council of Laurel
July 20, 1960
A Special meeting of the City Council of the City of laurel., Montana, was held
in the Gity Clerk's office, and called to order by Mayor J. J. Parker at 7:30 o'clock~P.?!?.,
on ?.~Tednesda~T, Ju3y 20, 1960.
Upon roll call the following alder^nen. answered present:
Jake Ruff John Feslan~ritch Alex Henry Henry Kaiser
Cecil '~?ave Steve Romee Herman K. Frank
The budget 1~ei_r_g she matter under discussion., city clerk handed the budget to the members of the c~if~erent comm~ittEes, far their inspection. after a great deal of
discussion, ~u.~f, being the senior member present, and a member of the budget committee
I~ recommended to the council +hat the prelimir:ary budget sae aece~tec~ as a -whole as follows:
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General------- ----16~m.lls
Police- - - - - - - - - - - - 3~ mills ~~a.~ht fist ~1 Maintenance - - 1 mill
~sght fist ~2 M~~.ntenan.ce - - 2 mill
Street------------10 mills
Parks,Playgrounc~s ~ Band - - - 7 mills
Public ~ibraxy - - - - - - - - 3 mills
Swim. Fool B<>nds Int. - - - - l~ mills Stoxm >Ewer Bonds R,~ Int. - - - 2 mills
;~~unicipal Airport- - - - - - - mills
Motion eras made by Beslanwitch that the r~commenc~ation of thy: budget comr~ttee
be approved. Seconded by Kaiser. Mayor ?'arker asked for a roll call vote, hThich is on
record as fall.ows: Ruff, Yes; B~slanwi.tch, Yep; Kaiser, Yes; ~~ave, 170; Franks Rio; Romee,
noj Henrv, PTO. The amount in question was the one-half mill for the airport. This motion was defeated, and there was much heated discussion of the matter of the airport.
Beslanw ~f~~ch then rescinded his motion, Kamer rescinc~ea his second to the defe~t~d
m~~~_on. ~~otion was then made by Steve ?~omee that the ~iu.d.ge{~ aomms.ttees recommendation to
the ~areliminar~ ~iud~et as a whole be accepted. Motion was carried this time, with Henry
tiro ~ inp; P?o.
Frank, Beslanwitch, and Mayor Parker wanted to ~o on record as comm.endinm the
budget catnmittee and the City Clerk, for food detailed. reports and facts and figures of the
budget as a whale.
There ~ein~; no further bu~in.ess to come before the Council ~t this time' motion Y~;as ~3u1y madF any? seconded ~haf, the meeting be adjourned until next Noonday, July 25th,
x.960, at-r ~*hich tiime the cotancil tiai11 meet again -~,o discuss any chan.~;es in the budget. t~~otion
carried.
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Passed by the City Cou?~cil and approved by the ~fiayor this 2nd day of Au~zst,
x_ 960.
. J. Parker, Mayor
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Dorothy 1 . B c?y, City Cler