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Home My WebLink AboutCity Council Minutes 01.20.1959Minutes of the City Council of Laurel January 199 ~1 regular meeting of the Cit~r Council of the City of Laurel, Montana, Jas held in the Council ~~?umbers, and was called to or. der by i~iayor J. J. Parker, at 7:3( a'clock, P.[~5., on Tuesday, Janu~.ry 2r, 1959. Upon roll ca11 the folloTain~ aa_derrian answered present lra D. T~odgErs h. E. ?~~uthold J. E. Freebury E. I?. Lbersviller John l3esl~.nti~ritch Jake Ruff Minutes of_ the PrPV oats meeting were r. end: I~"otion was made by E~eslanwitch and second~~~ by puff that the minutes be a~pro~red as read. i~'~otian carried. D. C. Lenhardt ~ I)e*~aey n~utin appeared beaore the Council with a copy' of a ~.~JOrliing contract that they wished to have signed. After much discussion and and three rescinded motions, it ~:Tas moved ~~y Beslanwitch and seconded ~y EbersvillPr that this matter be tizrn.ed over to the City Attorne y, w~.th instructions to drata up Resolution No. 1X87 which ti~till be a netia working agreement. Motion carr3_tid. Letter off' appli cat~_on yrom Sherry Pori,er for Mork at tYie Paol Uras read. P~Sotion was made by }?reek~ury and seconded bu '_tuff that +his app7_ication b~ turned over to the future Park comriittee. P~Ioti_on carried. RESC?1~TTTION N~. l~£~~ Resolution No. 1.x'85, being a Resolution transferring certain fun:~_s of the pity of Laurel *~aas presented. Piotion eras made by ~bersv~.l~er and seconded ~"y~ Leuthol_d tha~athis ~?eso ~n~ icon„~ e~ adopted. ~~fter taking; roll caJ_l vote, x.11 aldermen present,p and saki Reso7_ution eras c~.eclared gassed and adopted. '~.E:SOLtJ~'TUP1 N0. 1n86 Resolution ~?o. 1~~?b, being rPSOlution transferring certain funds of the Ci ~ y o_f. Laurel was presented. ~~Zotion Ural made 'i,~ F,berstri.ll~r and seconded SFr I,euthold that this Resolution Y}e~ adopted. After taking roll_ call vote, all aldermen present,'°as sa d Resolution w~.s declared passed and adopted. The ~a~ lowing collater. ~.1 was presented for approva7_: IJ. S. Treasury fonds of 1963 ~ f?-15°196 2 1~2 ~ S~~nn~.~~ TT. S. mrea~ur~- ]ion-~s of 1961 11-1~-19E~1 2 1~2~ l~Q~On(i,nn City of Laurel, SUrimr~ing "ool fond 3 born~s 7-1-59 2. 1~2~ ~ 5c?o.~0 School District ~K ctillwat.er County 2 bonds 6~-30-6~ 1,2J 1yQ00.00 ~ 6-30-65 ~ Z/~~o (1Q~ . " 6-3~-b~3 2 1~2,°,'~ 1, 0''C'.0~' 2 6-3~-~y 2 _~/2 ~ ion.00 Cit~r of Red Lodge, 1 12-1_-62.. 2 1/?_`;~ 1, 5~0. ~'C? IJLVir. Center P~~mori~.l 1?_l-f~~.~ 2 1/?_? J_~ C~.hO Z i~ z-~-~~~ 21,1% 5~0.~0 1. 1-1-65 2 5~o.on r - - j I lil 'I B Minutes of the City Council of Laurel Motion ti-sas made: b~,r Freebur,~,r and. seconded by ~~~~ers~sill.er that this collateral k~e approved. t~~ot~ on car. riPd. Petition as fc1loT~s t~ras presented. P~`TITTON t~1e, the undersigned, being ~;he propertu o*larers concerned hereti~il,h, petition the C~_ty Council to illClu~?e us in a livht; ng c? ~stri.ct for the purposE o_f installing; street lighting at tYie folloTaing .location: Fourt}z Asenae from Seventh ~tr~et to T~'Ia-ryland Lane. ?~1e understand that ~;h:~ cast fc,r this lighting district t~ril_1 ~~e 8~¢ per lot for insade lots and ~I.6n per lot for. corner lots, per ;year which ?Jill be added lz~on cur taffies. rated this 5th day of January, 1~K9 I~io-~ion ~~.?as made b~~ _~eebt?r~T and seconded btT Rod;ers that this pe+ition be adopted, end tr~is section be placed on nett years tax rolls. Also incnrx~orated. into the mo+ .on T~Tas that the starting date of the new ra-l;e charged b;,r t;he Tlontana - Power Cnrri~an,-yr be lased. as a basis for the first ~~ear's charge on Light #2 f'or. this district. Tlotion corr. iec~. 'i otion spas made by Rodgers and :~econ~ed b~,% Taeut;ho]_d that the Montana PoTnrer Company be 4f'~ of this request for ne~a lights . T7ot=ion. carried. Gash ~tieport for. the montrz of December t~ras presented. P~lotion was made by Beslanwitch & seconded bar L~,.~t,hoid that this report be accepted. ~Zotion carried. Treasurer°ti Report; for the month ~f December ~~a.s presented. ?lotion Ural ma~'e b~T L,euthold <F~: seconded ~,y Dodgers that this repoit be arcep~ed. T~otion c«rried. Clerks Trial Balance for Decein~er was presented. Motion was made by FrePbury ~ seconclec ~a~r Reslanwitch that this report ~~e accepted. Motion carried. 3udget Report far December was presented. Tutotion was made by Ruff & seconded bar ~'b~rsviller that this report be accepted. P~Totian ~arri~d. Revenue 2eport far December was presented. Nlotiori was m~.de bar Fversviller 6c seconded by Rodgers t}Zat this report be a.ccept~d. Potion carried. letter a.dc~ressed to Fber5vill.er from C. A7. t^Toods was r. ead. ~dver. ti_sing on Ri=rersicae Par. k cabins Trras discussed. Tt TrJdS decided that R.i-~,r~rside nark !'~.~~in~ a.~ain be ar~Tertised for sale the .first part ~f February, and t,l~.<?t bids b~ o~c~nPci the second me~tino zn ~ehruartir. LoTfrP7_l.. reportn~? on ~~7hat wog. k was being done to~,~rards repairing street equipment, to ~e~t r. ea.d~ .for. the spr. ink work. Eb rsvil7_er made a rr~otion that the city collect the ~16.~0 for the pay of two d~nut~ ~s at tree ts.me th~.t RiTrerside is ran+ed. .for a fiance, and clerk's offs ce to arr~~~e for the c',_eputies ti~ith~ the chief. of polio. Secon~ecl by R.odge;rs. i~lotien Carr .Pd. Bes~.~~rA~~aatch asked whether or riot a bond issue could be placed on the ballot for th.e puz°pose of r urchasinb new equipment. F?radley cornmen.tec?. on th.~.s. FrPebur~r znade tre motion, se~ond~d ~>J~ es7_anwitch that the Ca_tV A too°ney cheek into the 1aTdJ on this si~bjert, ara~ dr~.t„r up a ~~esolutic~n if' neces~~ry. ~eslan;aitch asked iahat can be done to enforce our ordinancE re~ardin~ curb cuts. I~ this c~nx~ection, the City ~a;ngir~eer -eras instructed to look into the files nor r~rnat;ev~r information he can find r. ~~~.rding an,~r previous surve~.r5 that have beers made. .Large meter rates ~~Jere discussed, and ~ report by the engin~er~5 offie~ taas p~•esent~d al~n~ s•rith a recorrar~end~tion foi a. c}~.an~P of r~.te~. l~~otion ~ras mace by ~euth.old and seconded k,y Fbersviller that -(-,h~ col.incil accept the recor;~rnendation of t?~e en~;inF~er and take ~rhatever action necess~.Jr to secure the approval of the :Public Service Com~rnission~ Potion -parried. ~esl>n,Titch sta~.:ed that he woulc like to con~r~.tulate the 3~Ta5Tor on t2ze story that an~eared in la.>t weekts Laur~:l Outlook. A'Ir. ?~oc?gers said that he also ~rished to comp]_iment the J~layor. Lo?ael_l reported that tYie council sYiou.ld do something about the ser~rer roddin~ machine. T~7ay~r ~'a,rker sta+.,ed th<~ it shou~_d be advertised for bids. nlo~,ion way made by Leuthold znd seconded by ??eslanwitch that this mach3_ne be ~.~vcrtis~d. Potion carr?ed. fit r'tl b~ ~ passed. some programs for the Inte.rna.~;ional Builder's association meeting to be l~~elc in Billings. Zhis meeting to take the place of the regular ~lanuary. IIe also asked for permission to attend, ~lon~; c,rith dick. T•~iot,ion was ma<~e by '3esla.n~sitch. and seconded by Leuthold that :Lois*ell, Dicky ~=layor and iireek>ur~= be allowed to attend this meeting. I~2oticn carried. i Minutes of the City Council of Laurel Lotirell again r~raught up the que~ti~n of. storm sewer mains. He have ~ report of zigures on tYai~ program. He stated that by cuttin; out same o.f ~;he proposed dr. a~_ns the price could be cu.t down to ~1b9,~^~'.~~. T~otion taas made by Zeuthold and seconded by dodgers that the City Attorney prepare peti+ions an~ ha.ve them! aTrai~_able for somF interested. parties to ci.rcula-~P these petitions. iv'otion carr~_ed. 'r'hcre being no furt~,her b1~.siness to come be~ore the Council at this time, motion was made and 5ecande~ that the m~~tin~ be adjourned. Motion carried. J oroth~T y e Passed by the City Council and appro red by the P~Ia~Tor this arc' d:a;~ of Fek~ruary, 1y~9. ~ p f ~T ~J. - axYer, Mayor Am'~'FST iorat~hy P. nr~y, City filer I I i ~ I i I