HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Minutes 08.02.1960Minutes of the City Council of Laurel
August 2, 1960
A regular meeting oz: the Cit~% Council of the City of Laurel, Montana, was held in the C~unc~_1 chambers and was called to oxd.er gay Mayor J. J. Parker at 7:30
o'e]_oek, P.T~~., on Tuesday, ~u~ust 2, 190.
Upon roll call the follow-in~ aldermen answered present:
J. ?~reebury Henry Kaiser Herman K. ~~rank John Beslanwitch Steve Ttomee Jake Ruff Cecil Nave
The minutes of the previous regular meeting of July 19~h tiaere read. Motion
;.aas mace by Beslanwitch anc' seconded by ~omee that the minutes be approved as read.
Potion carried.
"~inutes of the special meeting; o.~ July 20th were read. T~otion was made by ~U.ff and seeonred b~ ~`reebury that the minutes be ~~provec3 as regd. M~ti.~n carried.
r~i_nutes of th.e special m~~ctin~ o.f July 2sth were read. Motion was made by
Beslamri.tch and seconder' l~~r Rom e that the minutes be a~aprov~d as read. ~~otion carried.
C1~y ^reena.ng a~~eared before the Cour_cil to ok~ject to the cost of han~;ar rentals, amon;~ other thanks. He asked that the council consider an offer-for she
airport, anc3 that it go back of private ownership. It vas the o~~_nion of most of the
City Council tha-~ yh~ airport remain. under the jurisriction of the Citiy.
`deport of the Health officer, Library ~~eport, Clerk's Tr~..al Balance, Cash
r~r~ort, reports of the patrolmen, and report of the Police Judge were presentees'. Motion
tiaras made by Beslanz~ritch and seeondec~ b;~ Kaiser that these reports be approved. Mo+ion carried.
David ?'•~urr. a r again a~~e~rec~ before the counc~_1 to ask about ~he sewer. Farker
reported on this and also Dick Throm. This matter had previously `been r~Perred to the
T!?ayor anc~ t~ze Ci.t~l ~n~;~nc:~r tiaith authority to act. after discussion, motion ~~aas mace
key ~'r~~bur~ and seconded by ~~slanwitch Trh~t ~,he City ~ouneil goes on record as approving the vacating of that ~aortion of the alley in flock Twelve of the Fourth Avenue
Su?~di_vi.sion which is north of Lots 28 anca 11, on the condition that lot 28 be dPpded
to the Ci~~,r for +.,he °~urpose of vac~tin~; this alle}T. Also ghat the City Ca~I~c21
ten.ta-tivelJT arprove re-muting the san:~t~r~ sewer far ~hF La-tter day Saints Church on.
the con~?it~c~n +hat -t~h.e Ghurch pay for The additional cost of re-r~utin~s this sewer.
emotion ~arr~_ed.
Oliver inTol~3 presented peta_tion to the pity Council as fo? lows
P E T I T I n N
TnTe, the undersigned propert~y~ owners, hereby petaitian and consent that the City council of tshe Cit~T off' ~.aurel crp~te a Sprinkling district on j~Iest Seventh Street
from Scconc~ Avenue to Sixth Av~nu~ fo.r the purpose of doing street ~rork. Motion was
made by ;3eslanUritch and secandecl by Freeburg that this petition be accepted. P~Rotion
carried.
P r T T T I Q N
'~T~, tre un.clersi~~ned p~^op~rty o?aners, hereby petition anc~ consent that 1;h~
"i.tJ Council of ~;he City o:° ~au~°e1 c;r~at~ a Sprinkling; ~i.strict on West Eighth Street from rust Avenue to Fifth Avenue for th.e ~ur~ose of doing street work. ~~fotion ?aas made
by ~ree~urv and seconc~ecl b~.T Ruf_f that t,~7.s petition b~ accepted. ~~otion carried.
1' T~ T I O N
Tr.Te the undersigned propFrty owners, h~r~by petition and consent that the City
Council of the C~_ty of laurel create a Sprink_lin~ ~?istri.ct on Seventh Avenue .from Main
Si;reet to :sixth or Seventh Street for the purpose o~ doing; st~re~t work. Motion was made
by ?duff and seconded ~y L?esl~nU~tch that +his petition be accepted.. P~?otion carried, with ~ran.k voting "T~?o".
PE~'T TIUT?
i+~e, thn undersigned propertJ owners, hereby petition and consent that the City
~`ouncri.l of the ~i~y t~" T,augel GrQat~ a sprinkling district on Maryland Lane from First Avenue to rifth Avenue for the r~urpose of doing street work. T~otion was made b,,T Freeburg
and sec~~nc~ed bT Beslanwitch tha+ +he petition be accepted. Motion carried.
Claims for the month of July were presented as follaws:
~?~untain States Tel. ~C Tel. a !-3.70 Peterson Typewriter Exch. ~ 3.50 ~Jliver 1!7. Hill 100.00 Donald t~k~lander 100.00
?Frances P. Fisher 7.3,E Bundy's :Plumbing & Heating 12.1t~
Gasoline Street Stores 25.39 ~`lorthern Testing Laboratories,Inc. 10.OQ
Montana 7~akota Utilities Co. 16.35 ?~ROntana i'owPr Co. 88.73
Alli~'s Hardware 8.2l~ Acme Chemical Company J~.~..27
laurel Str. eet :De?~t. 29.75 Laui el ?~Tater Dept. 13.25 urug BrothFrs 19.50 Barry Q~?~eary, Inc. 1 .00
Sprin.klin~ district 1950 89.00 :3illings Blue Print Co. ~.5p
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Alex Vogel ~ 60.50 Thomas L. Bradley ~ 50.00
ii entoxz A~ ency 51 .00 Williams Agency 1.31.88
In~?ustrzal Accident Board 7. J2 laurel ~ntater dept. ~.2~ Cz~nsral Fund 19.00 ~aure~. ~~Tater ~e~t. 7-58.75
S~*eepin~ District 1.3.0 4."n. T~Told Co. ~0.8~J
Allie's Hardtraare 1.62 Western Constructi:~n Equip. Co. 195.51
^asoline Street Stores 7.59 Laurel Sertricenter 1~2.3~
Farmers Union Cpni:ral ~xchan~e 156.07 Krug Brothers 216.75
Jiffy h4~acl.yne Shop 2.7.00 laurel Auto Parts 1.86 TnTest End dumber Co. 1.~0 ~-~.M. Baker ~5.~~
rave's Mobil. Servie~ 129.50 laurel Servicenter 129.5b
Laurel Coopera~:ive _Association 181.96 Williams Agency ~~37-.88
Tnc~ust~ial Accident hoard 2 .92 ~.r~T. ~3ates 2b5.93
Tn~ustrial Fc~~aipment Gc~. 2l~Q.OQ ?'eter I~. Thomson 8.O~J
?'~?oun+ain States Tel. & Tel. Co. 3.25 Yelloti~stone Valle~v Electric Coal. 133.9fl Bob's I~aT.~m Mo?~er Service ~..2~ Gamble 51~ore ,;`~a.669 7.76
Johnstons ~.O.OQ Krug Brothers 22.5
Williams Agency 18.78 Industrial Accident Board 2.55
All.ie's ~iardware 89.95 Parker Husky Service 3.5~
Americana Interstate Corp. 6.(?0 Time Inc. 7.00
?oubleday & company 156.b5 Jean Karr & Co. 7-5.35
Americana Corp.-Educational Div. 206.00 Modern Mont~.na 2•~0 Montana Dakota Utilities ~o. 6.7~. American T;,ibrary Assoc. 6.00
Doubleday & Company' Inc. 6.97 Bertha Gehrett 2~t•~~
General Fund 4.00 Laurel dater Dept. 20.070
O~Brien Mfg. 'Corp. 11,3 Herman Sche~sler 17.3n
Gasoline Street Storey l~.80 Industrial hccident Board 3.99
Laurel Water dept. x..25 Al1a.e's Hardware 1.8~ O.M. Wo1d L~.50 W.M. Baker i, a~.o.00
Laurel Water Dept. 22.5 I~Zountain States Tel.. Y~ Tel. 6.25
Montana Pawer Co. 3~•5~ Montana Aakota Utilities ~o. 60.90
B,.zndy's ~'lumbing & Heating 22.70 Lau_~~el Servicenter
Jasoline Street Stores 1.30 ~~allace & Tiernan Co. 2.?5 klZie's Hardware 3.2~ Ira D. Rodgers 1.80
W3.lliams Agency 18.78 Gamble Store 5.~t7
Alli.e's Hardware 11.25 Laurel Water Dept. ?5.75
General Fund 2.00 ~'eter D. Thomson 16.00
Peter D„ Thomson 2It.00 Nlont~na ~3a.kota Utilities Co. ?.~.~0
~tont~ana PoVaer Co. .90 Ira D. Rodgers 3.~~
Park~rf s Musky Service 28.56 Spr3.z?klin~ District 1960 1,6i~6.~0 Q.M. Wold 3.?~ Johnstons 95.~.~
Krug Brothers Z8.fl0 Williams Agency 37.~~
Industrial Accident Board 2.~J~ General E'un.d 3.fl0
Laurel Wager dept. 1.7.50 Laurel Street Dept. 2.50
Mountain States 1e1,. & Tel. 25.96 Montana Power Co ~.9.~9
C4amk~le Store x.06 A11ie's Hardware 1.7~~. tiJ~ F. ~'u11er & Co, 7.~.~.0.87 Montana Pool & Supply 3a~.~5
prank Emin~th 8.00 street dept. g.~~
1~Zontana Power Co. 2.81 T~ontana Dakota Utilities Co. 23.35
Kruk; Brothers 18.00 Tf~illiams Ageney 9~.~0
?'Montana Po~;rer Co, l~£3.53 i~'Iountain States `Pe1. & `g'el. 29.10
Montana Dakota Uti1_ties Ca. b.7~ Hays Conoco 15.0 Gasoline Street Storey ~i9.93 Carburetor ~ ='lectric Co. 27.37
Main Street Standard 2.00 David K. Powers .5.2~
A7_lie's Hardware 2.00 i~illiams Agency 7.x.3-0
Industrial .Accident "_~3oard 61.90 '~Tilliam Reinhardt la.0.~~
T~?onroe Calculatinf~ Machine ~o. ~.9.Q0 Hach Chemical Co. 10.30
Mountain States Tel. & Tel. 3:.5~ Yellowstone Va1.1ey E7.ectr.ic Cook. 6.00
Montana JakO'~3 U'Glll'G1E?S 1+0. 1}.V~ 1°~ozlT.ana rower ~v• ~'>~y. J>
Power Transmission ~q}yip. 18.27 Laird }iadio Jlec~ric 8.00
B-I-F Industries, Tnc. 7.38 Ca.~y Water dept. 4.00 marl G~~T~issman & Sons I~7.40 General Fund 7.00
Laurel Street dept. 7 .50 Zau~el Street dept. 7~.~
Lau;:~e1. Radio ~ L1~ctric t~.9Z Gasoline Str~~t Stores 9.5. 5
Farmers Union ~en~ral ~~xchan~e 192.37- Krug ~~rothers x.00
O.P~I. G~Jold Co. Z~..B£3 Laurel ~ervicenter $.2~
Laurel auto Parts 6.I~1 Industrial 'T'owel & Cover supply 6. d0 tiTalley U~elders Supply, Inc. 37.16 Carpenter Paper Co. 28.73
I3ennett's Co~;tage Grocery 20 Alli~'s Hardt~rare 2.9i
Gamble Store 13.72 ~lilliams A~encY 863.75
Ind~~~.:trial Accident Board 86.75 ~ep-~une `Meter ~or~pany 471..?_~.
Gaso7.ine Street Stores 9.58 UJest~~n construction Equip. Co. 1~.6,~.fl
Industrial EgL~.ip. Go. 100.00 uasolin~ street Stores 31.3. Allie's Hardware 1.?8 laurel inTa~~r wept. x.75
laurel Servicenter 5.50 Hageman Elevator ~.3.7~
Laurel ~nJater 13ept. x.00 gasoline St,Y'E~t', S~,OY'@S 19.29
I3eFranae GMC 16.12 Laurel Servicenter :3.58
MonteP E. d~Jallace LG0.00 Industrial Accident Board 28.80
Sweeping :district 7.5~ Laurel ti~Tater dept. 23.75 ne'~SOI]_I1P street Mores 57.23 ~eFrance G147~ x.8.37
Lauz°el Se:~vicenter 10.7? Zaurel Auto Parts 1.30
Krug ~3rothers 1? .50 i~ontee E. Wallace 162.50
Indusi:rial accident Board 86.39 Montana Power Co. 37 .66
Fontana Power Ca. 101.77 Laurel Water Dept. 96.2>
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Lau rel. S greet Deft . ~ x.80.50 General ~'~a.nd ~ 20.00
Midland Material Co, 1512,75 Kriz~ Brothers 208.50
Motion was made by ~'reeburv and seconded by Kaiser that ti~~ claims be ~pprovPd.
:~4otion carried.
Parker reported on the removal. of the house on the Smith property and asked
chat the Gity Clerk read a litter from she Bidlake 1~~ency. Mayor ~'arker reported that
a George Metzger in Billings i~roYald remove this building and clean up X11 the c~e~ris f'or
the gum of ~~0.00.
Par};er reported mant,r complaints on the uarba e Situation, after discussion,
Jake Fluff and Jack Parker are to talk to Sam about this situation.
A litter was read from tl~e State ]3oarc~ of health re~ardinb our chances for
~~tting our Federal. Grant-in-aid mon~tT ror the sewage disposal plant. Freebury stated
th~~t if we have a successful bond election for the entire amount-needed for the 'treatment
T'1ani;, that; he would 7.ike to o on record as refusing; to sell the bonds if the A'~edex~al
Ga~ant is not available.
In connection with this, l~t.t~r w~5 read i'rom the Door-diver company on tine
condition o~ some o~' our equipment at she present Setiva~ e ~is~osal Flant. B.ra~-zley was
asl~ed zrhether or not there i.s ar~y time limit as to when the project must be started aftWr
~ bon~.~ election, and he says not too hzs llno~zlcd~e.
~3esl~nw3_tch asked. for permission to leave the Stale, i~o~tion ~sr~.s made by ~.u~'f
an~A seconded k~~r Fr~~~aury that this permission be ~rant~d. Motion carried.
Be~lanwitch as chairman of .the Police Cornmi~t~r' had seve:r•al recommendations
to make in regard to the Police T~epartment. Pirst~ he recommended that the policemen be
paid at the rate of 5~1.5D x~er d.o~, during the do quarantines and at other times if' strays
are picked i~p. 1'Iota.on ?~sas mu de by ~~u¢'f an:-~ seconded by rreebury that this recc~mmenc~.ata.on ~e ~ccept.~d. ~`~rotion parried.
He also recommended that the ~oZi_ce ~e ~llo~red to tiaork ~r~cation and. sick time
for the other patrolmen, just ds they have. been. doing, except that they be allowed pad
at half their regular -rate, and with the exception that they must be on ~th~ job, and not
just on call. Motion ~sTas made by ~.uff ar~~ seconded b~T Ka.iser that this reeammendatio~ lie accepted. l~iotion carried.
J~esl~nwitcn also asked Nir. 3radley if he wau1~3 roves ti~ate i,he tranquiliz~;r
pun ~ nd ~rheth r ar not i.t ~roul.d be Peas ible, 1: ~x the purpose o:.:` hel.~in; in the catching
o£ <~o~s.
Nave stated that the Police committee woltld like to have bids on the fees
ordi_nariljj charged for the board and extermination of animals, as the fees paid now seem
to be excessiYre in some cases. Mo~ion was made by ~.'ranl; and seconded by Nave that
this matter be referred to the Police committee. lio~Li~n carried,
Frank r~port~d on the paintin`; of curbs and stripinu of streets. It ~,ras su~~~ ested that the police still '~e a1l~wed t,o do this ~~ork it' they cho,^,e, end be paid for this
at tie l.o~~rest regular laborer rage which is notir being paid to the laborers nozr being
laid to the laborers now working .for the City. ~reebury Baas of the opinion that i_f a man
is no~L busy that he should be ;liven the job, rather than the police. 'the police can
sti17. do tY~e i~rox'k i:E' a city man is not a~railable. Af;,er this was discussion3 motion
to that Pffeet vas made by ~'ree~aury end seconded by ~.izff. Nlo~l;ion carried.. -
It was reported to the council that some of the City employees are dissatisfied
_ ~.ri •i-h '-hn r~ i co i n r~~aRr n" .tt,l ~ _ Rn _ an ~ ~l a imPC~ f.~'tAt, f,hP. ~l -c7?ST haS'1 S Of' 't~'l2 T'c11SG' (~LC~ ri0'~
a,~p1y to the men at +the ?rater plant, and the ~olicemen~ as they worlt ?1 days an.~ then
here 7 ~~~Ts of#'. This makes. a c~iiference o.f 1.b0 per month certain months, and X2.40
per months in oth~~ months. 'iree~ury stated that he would seriously consider ehan~in~;
the schedule of ~~orking ho~a.rs .for these men, so t~.laat 'they ~~ould work five days and h~.ve
two e~a~rs oif, as all other City employees do. 1'~;rker su~~ested that phis matter be
turned o~rer to a commi.t,tee. ~-~otion ~~Tas made by ~~uff and seconded by Navy that ti~.is be turned. o~re~~ to ~h~ Finance Committee. l~iotion carried.
1'~rk~r stat ed that he ~ro~~1d like to see -the old :[~'rark filler building; condemned
by the City ~otzncil. ~:~adle~ st~~ted that he fel~ that it was in tn.e process o~ being
sold, and this ma-cter wo,~ld clear itself u~ very shortly.
.D.,'_ck reported on the ti~aater sii;uation, any, stated that we were doing very
nicely on the new ~cheatzle of ~daterin~ every ot~ier day.
Dick reported ~ha.~ the City shou3_d 'nave some sort az ~ plumbint cods, thinking
that the only serious proY~lem would be that of z:;ettinF an inspec~,or. rTe presented a
cop~,T o.f the Mate Plumbing code, anr3. the aldermen were doing to study this matter further. Licit stated that he would be glad to work with any coruni. tee on this matter. i~lotion ~,as
grade by ~eslanwitch and secon~.ed by Kaiser. th<~.t -th3.~ matter b~ mourned over to the sewer'
committee. ~~~otion carried.
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Dick reported that he wculc? b~ 1eatTin~, the employ of the city about the mi_~d7_e of September to return to college and ~;et his engin~erin~ degree. ~'~f'ter some
discussion., Mayor Parker a~-ked that the meeting k~e adjourned, and that the ald.erm~;n
remain to discuss the hir. ink; of anota~.er engineer.
The;rP bein~~ no further bi.~sin~ss ~o came ;~e~ore the council. at this time
moi,a_on ~.ras cAu.ly oracle and secondec't that the m~~tin~; be adj~uz°ned. T~otion carried.
Dorothy P. ~?ur~dy, Ci~t~r ~2'.l.erk
:.~'assed bit the city c~oun~il and ~~pNoti=ed by the T~~avor th.i~s 16th day of Au~u.st, 3960. ~(s
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