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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Minutes 10.21.1958Minutes of the City Council of Laurel C)ctober 21~ 19,~g A regular meet3.n~ of the pity Gounc3.1 of ~aur~l, Montana, was held in the Council ~hs~,mb~rs~ and way called to order by Mayor J. J. Parker a~ ?s3~ o'clock P.M., on Tuc~sda~, Oe~ober 21s 198. Upon ro1.]_ ea1.Z' the followi~ a7.dermen answered pr~ssents Ira D. Rmd~ers A. E. Leuthold Walter Monello J. E. Fre~bur~r John ~e~lanwitch H. ~ber~v3.ller Jake Ruuff M3.nut~?~ of the p~ev pus meting of Detaber 7~ 19 8, were read. Motion was made by Ruff grid ~ecanded by Monello that these minutes b~ approved as re~ci. Motion Qarried. ASayor Parl~sr eallsd upon Mr. D~e~uw~ who i~ a ~arba~e ~ontra~tor. Mr. DaLee~.w ~tat~sd that he would eontra~t for the Garba.~e for Laurel at the rats the City i~ eh~.r~in~ ~t phis time. He ~ta~ed that he would purcha~~ the 1~nd for garbage fill. Motion eras made by M~~ello and seconded by E"bers~i.~7.er that this matter be referred to the Street and A11ey Com~nit~ee a~ wall a.~ the City ~n~ir~~~r~ to inve~ti- ~a~G~ end report to the Council ~.t the n~~ regular mee~an~. Mo~3.on serried. Mr. B. P~y~r Harris was called upon. H~ appeared before the Co~aneil r~g~rd- in~ the 1c~t that belor~~ ~o Mr$. Edna Morris, ~rhi~h the ~a.ty is int~reste~d in pur- cha~ing. Mr. Men~llo was called upon to make a report on this. Mr. Monello reported that the committee had met ~3th Mrs. Morriss axed mff~rred h~:r asking pries of $~.~000.~ plug 5~ interest over a period of three dears. Mrs. Morris ~ecegted the offer of the eommi.ttes. Mr. Harris stated that he did not unde~rs~and why the c~unoil ~ant~d to compe-~e with private business ire the piarehase o~ th~.s lo~~ and 1~. Ruff informed h3.m that the qty Counc3.1 had only agreed ~o the offer ~a~de by Mrs. Morrie and was not under the impres~i0n that we wire bidding aga3.n~t any private b~~ines~. Mr. Mene114 Mated that Mrs. Morris had aall~d a ~'ew n~i~ut~s b~~ore the meeti~.g and had raised her pr3Qe~ fc~ ~~,00~.00 ~ash~ which is the o~'fer ghat was made ~e her by the Yellowstone Bank. Under these cir~t~stanees~ motion w~ made by Beslanwitah end seconded by Leuthold that the City withdraw theme offer of ~l~,,~00.00 ~ the City was in no posit3.on to spend that ~i.~d of mo~.ep for one lot. Motion ~~.rried. Mr. Harris th~sn stated that he ~tou7.d give the bu3.ld n~ to the =~`.i.t~, if thrsy would move it off. Dewey Nunn appeared before the Co~.ne3.1 to state th~.t he was tinder the impression that the raise given to the employes in Jt~.ly gov~~n~d every employee in the G`.Lty~ €~d ob~~etesd to the f~.et that Miss Fento~~~ ra3.s~ took ~f~eet 3.n Septe~nber~ end everyone e1~e~~ tank effecst retruaetive to July 1~ 19 8. The pity ~].erk explai~~zd the situation to N1r. Nunn regardi~.g the Library, whi.c~ is always con~id~red a separate part of City affair.. Motion waa made by Ruff and ~eeond~d by Men~llo to refer this matter to Mr. Parker, who is to t~].k to Mrs. Gehrett~ and the library Board. Mc~t~.0n Carried. Mr. ~'r~ebury reported on the ~i1ea~~s propo~i~ion. H~ h~c1. read off the rec;~nme~ndation~ o~ the Finance Committee. He ~~~.ted that ~m~loyee~ or anyone attend- ing any ~neetin~s should be paid ~,s near to the3.r aat~al ~xperr.~~~ as passible. After d3.~cu~~~.on off' this ma~t~r~ mo~ican was made by M~nella end seconded by Ruff that ~hi~ r~comrnendation be aecept~d. Motion carried. ~no~Gh~r question regarding thi$ matter was brought up, and Mr. Me~e21o r~~cinci~d h3.~ motion ~o accept the commit~eeT~ report. Mr. R~f£ rescinded hip second. Mr. Ruff then made the ~o~ion to r~,~er this matter back ~o co i.ttee. ~Annncl~ri l~~r +F't~ear~tvillc~r_ Mc~tinri e~tried. _ _ Treasureris report for the month of ~ep~ernber was presented. Motion was made b~ Beslanwitch ar~d ~econd~d by I~snello that this report be aee~pted. Motion carried. 1Nr. L~t~thold stated that the water committee had been working on a deal ~o put ia~ a crane and ~ hoist at~ the 3.r~take fmr the ptu~pa~e of cleanir~ out the ~and~ aid to take care of the slush ie~. Lowell wa€~ asked to report more: f~al.ly. Rathbun at~t~d tha-~ the wader committee had alxeady ptarehas~d the crane for l1.OO.CJ~. He ~h~n st~.~~d that study had b~~n made on the Y~oist and sta~~d that ~Y~e chain-type of ho3.~~ could be purcha,~ed for ~3~.~0. Motion was made by Leuthold and ~~conded by Beslanwitch that the City p~arehase this hoist for $360.OC)). Motion e~rr3ed. In this conn~etion~ Mr. Ruff stated that he fell that the purehasin~ ccu ni~tee should be con~ult~d in any f~ar~her pureha~es by the City of T~au~el. He s~atEd that a~ long as ~h~re is a purchasing committee, that it shotti7.d be ac~ivc~. Ruff st~tsd that ion Chambers had put ia~ a n~~a curb ~,nd ~utt~r and that the new Street Sprinkling ~urfaee was about ~i inch~~ b~1ow the curb. Dick stated that he thought some ~rav~el could be filled in there. Minutes of the City Council of Laurel Be~lanwitch brought up the ~ub3~ct of the City Lieen~se F~~s. BradJ.ey st~.t~d that th3.s w~~ being taken care of. Beslanwiteh brought up the sub~eet o~ the back ea,~~ments of the C~re~yhound Bus and the Bua from Bi11~.ngs to Laurel. Mr. Rc~d~er~ ~tat~:d that he thought that the men operating the City E~}v.3.pm~nt should report when it is not in good working conditions and ~k that the mechanic keep tY~3.s equi~ent in b~t~er shape. Mr, Nunn ~ta~ed that the equip~n~nt way being serviced properly alr~~.c~.y. Claim 3.n the ~raount of ~6,6l~2.10 ~Q I~cang Construction CompaMy for the final payment on Q.I.D. X86 way presented far payment. Mot3.on ~ra~ made by Fre~bury aid a~eonded by Eber~vi7.7.er that t~.is claim be al.lcrwed. Motion carried. ~ffic~r ~enhardt app~sar~ad before the City Council with hip attorney to answer ~o the charges that had been brou.~ht agaitzst hiYn by e~r~ain part~.e~. Mr. Lngebre~son app~s~r~d in Mr. ~.enh~rdt~~ behalf. In this aonnee~ion~ Mr. E~gebre~~on pr~:asn~ed ~n ~.ff3.dsvit, which h~ mead ~a the Council and ~~~ed that this affid~,v3.t be placed on file, A~'ter discussions ~Ir. Ebersvill~r re~e~nded t~i~ motion made a~ the me~~ing of October 7th which dealt with the ~uspen~ion of 4~ficer Lenhardt. Mr. Rodgers then rescinded his second to this motion. Motion way then made by ~bersviller and seconded by Beslamaitah th~.t this matter be dropped and that the eotar~c31 ~o on r~~vrd as completely ~xon~rating Lenhardt of these char~e~. Motion Qarried. Mr. Rodgers mated that he Felt that tie m~tt~r of Officer I~nhardt w~ very loosely haa~dled. H~a s~a~ad that h~ felt ~ccunebody was ~s].e~p at the switch. Mr. Eb~rsv111er ~t~~ed that h~ did not feel that ar~pon~ wanted to press th~~e char~ea very b~,d.ly. Mr. Rodgers then ~ta~ed that this m~.tter should have been stapped brig ago, if that w~r~ the ~en~ral opin3.on. Report on the Sprinkling Diatri~t way made by Rathbun ar~d Throw. Mr. Leuthold made the motion that the City Attorney write ~o the Viand Cc~mmi.s~ion to find out the possibilities of lea~in~; or purcha~in~ an aerea~ge ~u~~ dent for a Garbage Dill. Seconded by Eber~v3.ller. Motion carried. It was the opinion of the Council that ~h~ owner of some aeseeptabl.e Land could possibly b~ convinced ~ha~ he shou.].d sell or Zea~e some o~ this land to the City for this pwepase. Mr. Rodgers staffed that he way well acgua3sr~d with I~r. Fox, and that he tirould volunteer for this duty. Mr. Ruff also eolun~keer~d. It was de~3.ded that Mr. Fox should be eantacted by M~„yar Parker, Mr. Aod~ers, Mr. Ruffs and the City Attorneys before any contact was made with the State Viand Commis~i~n. 3'he cam~3ttee on the mil~ag~ ra~e~ held a ~~.or~ meeting, and recommended -~o the council the following mileage ratea for considerat3c~n. '~8¢ per m3.le, plus ~5.~0 per day for me~al~~ for opt of town me~ting~.~ X10.00 per day for amore than one day for per~on~ on the monthly payroll. Persons att~r~d3ng ~eetinga on their own ti~ne~ flr persons losing their daily wag~~ to be paid l~~ per m~i.le, acid ~~0.00 per day. When a group o~ persons attend meeting~~ only the p~r~on furnishing the transportation to be-paid m3.leage. All trips of ~y kind to require Council approval. Motion way made by Ruff aid seconded by B~~lanwitch to aee~pt thy, Qommitte~'s report and adopt th~~e rates. Motion e~rried. RESOLUTION N0. 1071 I~SOLtTTI~N ND. 107lt, BEING A RESOLUTION TRANSF~RR.ING C~RTATN FEINDS OF THE G1TY Ut'' LAUHH;L ~ MUNTA.i~fAs ~~.s pr~as~n~ea• i~otilon wa.~ m~a.s ~y l.ienelio ana ~econa~a py Ruff that phis re~sol~itivn be adapted. Upon tr~kin~ ra11 s call vote, X1.1 ~].dermen pr~~ent voted r+Aye~, acid Re.~alu~ion ~o. 107~t w~.s declared posed anal approved. RF,SOLt7TI0N N0. 107 RESOLUTSON N0. 107,x, BEIP~G A RESOLUTION TRA~TS~'~RRING CERTAIN F[TNDS QF THE CT~Y OF LAUREL, M~NTAI~A~ way pres~nt~ds Mo~i€~n was made by ~'re~bury and seconded by Eber~viller that this Re~ol~.~ion be adopted. Upon ~ald.ng rv11 call votes all alcierm~n present voted 'tAyet~~ and resolution ATo. 107,E ws~ declared pais~ed and adopted. +City Clerk brought to the attention of the Council the fact that the first two Tuesdays in November are Holiday~~ and no Council ~ee~tin~ should b~ held. upeaial m~:etir~g to be held dtarin~ the first week in November to appruv~ the elai~na. There basing no fwrther business to ~o~~ before the Qounail thig dime, motion ways made and s~aonded that the mee~in~ be ad~ourn~d. Motion carriesd. - r Dorothy P. dFa City `Cl.~r Pa~~~d by the 'City Council and approved by thy, or this 3rd day o~ I~ovember~ 1958. J.~ Parker, Mayor A~T~STt .