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Home My WebLink AboutCity Council Minutes 04.02.1957Minutes of the City Council of Laurel 2nd April 95? The City Council of the City of '~aurel, met in regular session in the Couneil Chambers. and was. ..c,alled to order by j~iayor Thomsoa~ at 7:30 a~aloak p. m. 'Tuesday April 2nd, 1957 Upon roll call the following aldermen answered present F~bersvi:iler Horn~.n~ arker Leu~hold ~odger~ Freeburg UVill.~.ams Scott The minutes o.i the list meeting were read. Tt was moved by Williams and seconded by Leuthold the m~.nutes be approved. 1.'he mota.on ca~~ried. delegation of students of the `senior Mass, appeared before the Coune it requesting porm~ss~on from the Council to stage a regular glean-up grogram in the Cit l~neyT stated chat they wanted to prove that all juveniles worn not delinquents, and had the thought that they might be able to establish suok~ a custom for the futdtre classes to follow. They uvould Like to clean Main Street, the parking lots in the City, and the City parks. Also the alloys, and put rubbish where it can be p~.cked up readily by Cit,~ employees ana vehicles :end the farm veh~.cles that they mi.~ht be able to get to uae. T~ was moved by Parker and seconded by;:Ebersviller that the May~~ e~.esignatec±a committee to help het the program started as soon as possible, and r- to request permission from the ~chool Board ~o allovu the students to part~eipate in such a clean-up. `rhe motion carried. The l~~ayor thereupon appointed the following members to such a committee Chairman of the street Co~;~'nitteo' dodgers; Chairman of the Police Committee, Parker, Chairman of the tiVater Committee, Scott; and chairman of the Purchasing Committee, Leuthold. Mr. Hobert Fry a~~eared before tine count i1 in regard to bu ~ldin~ a carport on the south side of his present house. iie sated that it would o ome within 2-feet of the property line to the south, and the ordinance states that there ghall be 5-feet t the edge of 'the property line. -fit was moved by ~bersviller and seeorided by Williams that the matter be referred t o the Aldermen in the VUa:~~d and the City Engineer, with authority to act, it' 1t2r. Fry will get written consent of the a~a~'~ting property ownor. The mo~Gion carried. Mr . ~enr y ~'ichtner appeared before the Council in regard to the moving and repairing of a ~ara~e which is now on his property. He stated that at the present, the garage is on property which he has sold to his daughter, and he would like ~o get it cif . ~e could not place it on his property in any way that it would be 5-feet from the property line . It was recommended that NZr. F~chtner apply fora building hermit and let the ~%n~ineer and Aldermen of the 1'~ir~t ti'Vard view the sa.tuation, be~'ore angthin~ further is done . Mr. Barry O'i,eary, Jr., appeared before ~Lhe `'ounoil requesting that Block 5, o£ the r~ourth Avenue subdivision be brought into the City. He vacs informed that he w would nave to petition such aetion. P~Ir. Ralph t'agel a~~peared before the Council in regard to rates on insurance for the Yi~ai:er Plant b~.ildin~, as of October 15tY~~. The library report f'or the month of Ty'larch was presented. It was moved' by Horning and seconded by Leuthold the report be approved. The motion carried. The Police Jud~e~s re~~ort for the month of ll'1arch was ~~resented. Tt was moved b ~Lbersviller ~ d seoonded by Leutnold the report be a~~roved. The mntion carried. The bills of the month of l~Zarhh were presented f'or payment. After due oonsid- arat~on by the r'inance Corrli~.it~ee, it was moved by Freeburg and se~on.ded by Rodgers the f' ollowin~ bills be allowed: ~'-z~, fi~ Harold Thr om 322.08 Ellen Cartwright 6.72 Charle s ~yr~ood 275.27 Dorothy Bundy 7.20 W. H. Gaston 2~}1. z6 Water Dept. 20.70 Robert Schm~dit 278.20 Yellovustone Bank 2000.Oo D. C. Lenhardt 266.~L~. Yellowstone Valley Elea 13.02 Sam Ehrlich 70.22 Street Dept. 1026.00 Phillip Schreiner 76.50 Chary s ~~ood 29.00 .Sam Ehrlich 201.78 W. H. Gaston 15.00 Ph~11ip Schreiner 13 .30 Hobert Schmidt 1 .00 Henry Schmidt Jr. 299. D. C . Lenhardt 15.00 Clayton Gaus tad 238. Dr. L. C . xall . H7 James Bare 257.05 Mrs. Carole Behm 22.00 Lmil Unterseher 70.00 Charles ~~ood 23. 63 ytiater Dep t. ~.8~5.27 ~~arold Gaston 7. 00 Peter D. Thomson, et al 2~+.1 D. C. Lanhardt 1.63 'Tillie Hohendorf' 67. ~ Pub. ~%rnpl. Retirement 230.69 ~%llen Cartwright 11}..2 lt~ont. ~Zunc. League 95.43 I x..l r. Minutes of the Ci Council of Laurel 2 April 1~7 Dorothy Bundy 3.55 yaurel Trading 9.98 Evelyn Staley 7.~0 Water De~t. 31.50 Yellowstone dank 3.50 Bearing up~ly 9.00 Benton ~genay 255.55 Johns ton Lumber 92.32 Lowell Rathbun 75.00 Frank E~lineth 16.00 Billings Flue Prim 3.06 Johnston Lum'r_,er 13.11 Kuker--~tanken 24.37 UVater Dept. 6. U0 Selby Re-print ~.15 De~ranQe GMC 2.02 snook ~.rt .60 Fenton ~~~ency 80.40 Thompson Yards 32.55 Water llept. 35. 0 Thomas L. Bradlay 119.58 Industrial Equip 17. 6 R. H. Sterrett b3.54 ~~andara Oil 1 7.~0 H. Sterrett 18.00 0. N`.. VVold Co. l~}~..~.7 Gaylord ~asto,n 1 .00 0. 1~7. fold Co. 121.50 Joe Larson, treas. 25.00 Industrial Equip. .00.00 "aural F''i?'e Dept. 177.00 Acme ~hemioal 8.65 Bundy Plbg. 6.~.7 Acme `trading 6.25 Mrs. George Rehm 3 .20 Color spot 5.03 'Thomas L. Bradley 50.00 Harris ''J'Vest End Lumber 64.78 Water Dept. 19L}'~Ol Kaspert s Photo 7.91 Water ~'e~t. 261.37 aural Trading .25 Water Dept. 172.05 T~ohof Bros. 20.00 Montana-Dakota Util. 217.07 Stauffer ChemiQal 647.08 Montana Power 1660.27 Stroup Hardware 1.70 Mountain fit. Tel. 84.38 Thompson Yards 21.13 5oc~al Security Tax 121 .95 galley ,Welders 21.60 State Board of Equal. 9.91 0. M. ~~~ld Co. 14.65 Laure~_ Outlook 65.0 General F~znd 1029.93 Dorb~hy Bundy 13.50 ~l. Bacharaoh, Inc. ~.39~• Charlotte Cranwill 13.00 Cop Construction & F. L. Flynn 19~5~.~~~'_ ~~~h A. Everettt 13. UO it is Hohendorf 50.00 helen Shearer 13.00 Ellen Cartwright 13.16 C~1e~ '+f~falton 13.00 Dorot~iy Bundy 35.7 Union Lodge 15.00 Lowell Rathbun 75.00 Mrs. C. Colson 1..00 Yellowstone Bank, Tax 279.80 Rose Foley 1J~.00 Water Dept~p 1~5b•56 Betty Csroll 1~.. 00 ~4Val1.a. ce ~ Tio rnan 4. Betty Shoop- 1~.. QO ~uatar. Dept.- 81. 8 Helen Smith 14.00 Barry O~Leary, Tnc. 539.98 school Dist. ~7 1 .00 Water Dept. 179.00 Hazel Barney 15.00 Water vept. 57 ~;mma Brickman 15.00 Z'Uat er Dept . 31.5 R4ary Duncan 15.00 Doubleday & Co. 97 Josophine Moon 15.00 Mrs. George Behm 12.00 Isadora Ni~hclas 15.00 Frances Fenton 13.58 D . M. ol.d C o. 15.00 Matilda F rohaugh 15.72 Margaret Huntington 15.50 Pub. Empl, retirement 20.06 Rosa Kilpatrick 15.50 Soc. Sec. Tax 7.6~~ Hazel McCabe X5.50 Mant. Dak. Util. X9.63 Olivia Metzger 15.50 Curtis Cir. Co. 10.00 Mina Smith 15.50 Yellowstone Bank, Tax 20.60 'West End Lumber 15. UO Laurel Outlook 2.24 pity Water Dept. 150.00 House Beautiful 5.50 '~~llie Hohendorf 10.00 St. Board of Equal. . Yellowstone Bank, ~,aurel 19,8.8.93 'The motion carried. Yellowstone Bank, Laurel b,947.13 It was moved by ~'reebury and seconded bar ~~illiams that the PJlayor be authorized ,ter ,aoo~a n~ A ~ ~ AV h~twPAn T,n-t~ h R. 7. B.i_ock 2~. of she Allard Subdivision, VV .J 111 kVVk v.~v r..r a~ .,w~~.... ..J _ ~ l i i The motion carried. It way moved by Leuthold and secondod by Horning that the maintenance agreement on the National A~din~ 1'~~achine bo approved. The motion carried. It was moved by Leuthold and sec~~nded by Ebersviller Lhat the check being held belon~in~ to Clay Greening be returned to him, and that the City At'~orney write an app~riate letter of e xplanation. The motion carried. it was moved by Freeburg and seoonded by Rodgers that the claim on bantam shovel be re-appraised for value, and the claim be approved. the motion oarr~ed. It was moved by Scott and seconded by P~r~er tha'c t~~e culvert at 6th Streot and gilder Avenue be studied by the Street Committee and City ~n~ineer, and that they have authority to act to the best interests of the City, in r emedying the necessary trouble. The rlo~ion carried. It was moused by Freeburg and seconded by Leuthold that Riverside Park be dedicated as being held for Park Purposes in or der Ghat ~t canno~G be sold, without the vote of the people, and the City Attorney was instructed to check all deeds to such property. the motion carried. Alderman Le~~thold reported that he had talked with the ~ou.nty ~-~-e-~-~ in regard to improv:~ng 8th .venue north from 1d2ain Street to past the new saheo~, an,d he thought that the road should be ready, if the ~ ounty does o ome in. i ~ i j I II I I I ii Minutes of the pity Council of Laurel 2 April 1957 It was agreed that provisions should be made in the next budget to day f'or sections o.f Sidewalk in town, which will be charged to proper~y owners, but put in by City. Also that property owners should be informed that they will have two years to put in such walks. It Vaas moved by Ebersviller and seoonded by Rodgers ~ha~ the ml~nut~s of the ~,~ater T~~eetin~ of Pllareh ~(th be approved. The motion carried. It was moved by Leuthold and seconded by Parker that the City accept tho repo of the Lngineerin~ firm of lack and Veai~ch, and ~uithhold lU5 days liquidated damages of X20 per day. The motion carried. It was moved by Scott and seconded by Rodgers that X20,000 0~ '~~Iater ~3ond Fund money be put in 90-da,y Treasury notes, as recor~mend~d by :tay Lathom, and treat other funds be watchgd, and money in~'ested, if possible. The motion carried, . It was moved and seconded, we do now adjourn. The motion carried. City Cler Approved this i6th day of April, 1957• ~ ~ Mayor A~I'TE~T City clerk i I i