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Home My WebLink AboutCity Council Minutes 02.21.1956Minutes of the Ci Council of Lau~~l 21 ~''e ~~ruar•~T ~5~ The City council of ~~ze Ci~y of Laurel, raet in rer_;ulaz cession in the Council Chambers, and was called to order k~~T 1ti a~~~or Thomson., at 7 : ~0 c~~ Moth F~.m., Tug sday February 21, 196. Upon roll cal 7_ the f ollowi.X~ aldermen answered r~resen~~ ~bersviller Parker H~rnin~; Le uthold '~Jilliams Fro~bury xod?ei's "colt Th.e min~ztPs of ~ last meetings were read. It tiva.s ~rioved by ~catt and ~econdea ~?ocl~;ers c~iat the rlinut~~~ be ~~~~rov~d, alter t~.e follo~rvi.ri~? correc~ian 'rzad begin made: "''nit tie City F~ctorneT~ re-V~~rite the lio€, Ordinance end codify tr~~hat is on cho books, and that Ordinance Tao, ~.93 be inc ludod in the revision off' the Doi ~rdin~nces. 1'~ie motion carried. A petition ac~dz°essed to ~h~ T~~ayor and aldermen of t~~e City, read~n~ as follows ~`A~ re~~~.ents of C~.t~y of Laurel, T•~`~on~ana, vae hereby protest; tYl~ passing of the ~?ro~aosed city ~rdin~nce, rela~;in~ to tt~e aax~t prohib~.ti~; pie running ~t largo of dogs licen~ecl b~ t:~e i% t~T of Lau~~el, durinm any ensuing; months or ,ears," was ~res~nted La ale CoL?nc il. 'the ~ o1l.owin~ letter ZNas ~l so ~rc~seri~ed anti 1° gad; l'~ayor and ~lderr~en cuf pity `'Dune it Laurel , I`~.~Iontana City of ~"aurel, I'~Zc~nt~ana Febr~.aary ~1., X956 Ho~.ni~able ~r~ayor and council 1"`erg k:~rs: ti~Te, who aresen~ t.i.,is petition, herebf pi~ot~st t'rl~ passim of Ordinance Tv o. ~+93, rela+~ir~~ tc~ the ru.nnin , a t lar:=e of ao~;s licensed by the City of ~aur~1 , I':~ontana . V'Ve further reiterai;e ~~11~zt we nave ~.17 signers of w'~.ich 256 are doh owners, 139 are riot doh; ovaners, and 22 did not irdica ~e~ ~~"~le also pr~;sent a ?e ~i pion from l;h~ chil:7~en of Laur.~l. . tide feel ghat the pity of Laurel does nit have ~ doh; pound to mec,t the spee~.fications :c~ec~uired by l~tiv. V`d~ feel ~~k~at penning any t~in~; ou-r dogs will re~~.llt in. them becoming; visa.ous and noisy, as vuell as end~n~;erin their n.ealth. '~~1e Feel ~}:l~~t we n.a~e c'_~ildr~~ in Jaurel who ~ eceive m.o_r~ love and a~'i'ec cion Tom. the it _~e t doL;s than f ro~ti their parents. Vue feel ghat due to the inadequa~,e police ~ro~ection we now have, we s'c:~oulc~. be ent:~tled t~ keep dogs for ~r•o:,ection off' our homes ac night. 3~'~e l~eque~t :~~~~~~t this ordinarico be stricken _f'rom i~he record. ~~~~e further request that tx~is petition ~.nd letter be m~.de a ~e-rmanent part of the ~iLy Records. We ~~iank t'rie City r"'or allowing; us ti_~~e to dear our p:notest. Res~ectflzll subrlitted, l~epreseni~in~; the Dele ration c~ Doi; Owners . Robert uu. Y~terson A lame dele~atian of doh o~ntners and non-doh owners were also present at the meeti~l;.,. ~"Zr. :R. ~'eterson spoke in f avor off' la tin doffs run at lame, as spokes- nlan ~'ar she dog o~rdnerq, N~-r~~, i~'tabel Lum~don read an article on the loyalty of dogs to t,leir ma~.ters. Dr. `I'urco~~e attended. she meeting and dnnvaered various quest~.ons put to him by z^~embers of the `council and people attending the meetirl~;. Tv~rs. J~mc~s Ramse~T, as s~~okesm€~.n for the ~-_E U'1r;ments C_Lubs, opposed d~~s running a t la~~ge during the r ro~raing season. Dr. l~urcocte sub;~es~ted Lhat Garden oti~uners grid dog ovmers v~~rk out do problems th~o~z~h `'ouncils among '~oth ~-;coups, without comin~~, to ~~h~ City "ouncil ~~r the Police Several o~ per i~iterested parties also spoke on various ways t~iat the dogs cou~~. be , ~ . controlled in ~~ze ~lt,;;~. Tile T~7ayTor° appo~nced ti~~ ~'ollo~vin~; lderrcien and su~~;ested that the dii'f'er~nt or~ainizations and doh, oYvner~ c'r?oose members to represent the, for a meeting. ~lderxnen clown t~uero 'Roy :E orni.in, nth V'Jard; A11~~rT i:~et~~riold, 3rd `uUar•d; J. E. FreeburJ, 2nd trdard arld J. J. talker for lst 'Ward. A report of ,i~.e i'indin~;s off' the mee tiny 'Lo come t~efor~ 'che Cour,~cil at t~~a meetinf of 1'~'arch 6th, 1.9~~. II Minutes of the City Council of Laurel 21 Febr~zary 1956 T~ir. Tale~rit~ ~'~illiams and '~~r. Jack ~'err~, Tnsuranee Adjuster, appeared bei'ore the Council in re~ar•d to claim d~ `~~lephone Company ar~ain~t tree City, S'or the sever- in~; of a main trunk cablQ south of` the pity Limi~s. l~r. John Der~nrils also app, a-red ~!~f ore the Cou~iflil. IIe ~ totad czar the reap ;given to ha.m, sa~ioVa9.ng tt~e various ~elephor~e lines, failed to show the loca~i on of the cable. Tie Ins~.rance Cora~any s~atod that t;heyw a E, retugin~; the claim on trie basis off' an. inadequate r:iap. It was moved Uy Leutholc~ and seconded by i~~nin~ t'rYat the rnattEr be r eferred to tk7 Insurance company for disposition. l'~.e :rirti on carried. T~Zr. Lloyd ~dlyhre a~~~eared before the ~ounc _1 requ~stin~ reserved street space on east Ttiiain street :e or a taxi stand. 1t wes moved ~y Scott and sec ndod by ~~'ber~~'iller th~a.t th:,~ sA~ace be ros~rvad, subject to a,;~proval b~ the street. ~%ommitt~e, a~'ter inves~i~ation. '~1e :notion carr°ied. Tr'lz~, iti~erritt ~'~illiams r.epor~~d ~izat a man read relportod ho nad broken a s~rin~ on. .pis vehicle from a chuck hale in tb_~ street, and tint he, 1'ir. '~,~3.lliam~, wanted the C i !~Tr to know ~boiat it . 'sir. John l~rohau~h, ''ire ~_~ief, repox°ted on the doorway at I~03 Tvlain treel,. tje stated t;.iat he had heard ak~ou.t `'°'pan.ic-jam hinges" and vvas inves~ie;atin~ whether or not ~he;~r could r~e obtained. Un~il suc~7 time a~ he nod that inf ormation, he stated :,hat tho ~~~ire Laws of 1951, w'rlich c~~ere t~ze roost Decent i,l:at '_ne gad, did n~~ state i,~.at Lire d~~or muss open outward. 'i"~Za reasarerts report foss ~h~ month of JanuaryT tiruas ~resent~d. It tivas moved ~y Parker and sec an.ded bbl t~od~ers the report ~?e a~~ proved. The n1Gti~n carried. Toe C~_orkts report for tn.e r~~nth of JanuarJr was ~resen.i;ea. Tt was moved by Ebersviller grid sec~nnded by ~tad~ ers ~~le r~.~orL- be a~~~roved. h~ motion carried. Phe ti~~later report for January 20th Was ~:~resentea. I-c was ~rlov~d by `~co~t and seconded by VVa.lliams the z°eport be approved. Thy notion carried. It vas moved by T'r~ebury and soconded b,y ~r;k~ersviller teat ~k2e refund cx~e~ from Laurel Co-op. Assoc. , be ~~ro-rated co cz~p~rtments as the charge ~raas made in 1~~7. `.The notion ca.~~~iod. A let,er z"-rim t'~e Lau~~cl Public Sc~iools requesting; t'riat t~~e ~i~y iunnish them vaith the r°quired sewer and vva~o~ lines wlss -read. An a~~licatian t'or v~ork bzr N~'red ~~eiber vas read. Tt ~~as rnovAd 'ay ~'a~°ker and seconded k.~y I-;~k~er. sviller the letter be placed on file . 1'he nloLior~ carried. Clain7s from Iiersez~ i~f~~:. Co., in t~ze ariount o1' ~3g2.28, and pop construction for ~45~3•~-5 were ~res~nted. I~ u~as r~zov~d ~i~ ~~~+eebury and soconded by Parker the claim. b~ a~~~r~oved. ~h.e rlo~ion ca~~i~.ed. It was moved by Scott end seconded by Rodgers that ~}~e changes on Intake submitted bt; Cop `';~ns~ruction be a~~rovea in the arnoLtn~ o~ ~~45,32,~.00 total bid. The mot ion carried. I~ v~a^ r~iov~d by rreebury and seconded by 'arker t%la ~ tkie ~~~'zi~;ineer advertise ~'or ~k:~ids for a~~proxirnately 4p~0,OQ0 for '~~~~~,ter pipe and wipe f ittin i`';~~e motion ca~~ried, 'rim r•esolutian of aY reerient v~~ith amplo~Tees vvas ex~layned by alderman ~ arker, who stated ,~}~iat it vuas in shape ~o be presented to the er.iployees for ne~;oti~tions. It was rnov~d by Ebercviller and secs nded by Rod~~rs that some of the emplo~Tees meet vuitll c;ze eo omit ~:,e of counc ilmen to bass on l;he cr~an~;ed resolui:ion. `l'he motion caul ied. It was moved ~~y ~bersviller and sic ondec~ ~~:;~etz~hold +~hat Alderman I'arker~ s proposal t?~~t ~h~ council me~tin~;s b~ oper7ed vaith a A~ra~er, k~e a~~~roved, w i~h dif'f'erent denominations to take turns at conducting the prayers. The motion carri ed It was moved and secon~ed v+re ao now adjourn. 'l he r:iotion car°ried. t~p;;~roved t}~is nth dais of 11~Y~rch, ly5b. r.~ta~7 or Ci ~y Jerk .d i I I I I i I I