HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Minutes 05.05.1953Minutes of the CiLy Council of Laurel
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~he~ ~i.~y ~~uneil of the pity of Laurel. , met in regular Session in the Counoil Chaff er~~ and ~a~ c~~.11ed t o order by j~ayor Thomson at ? :30 of alflek P. M.,
Tue~aa~, 5~n, 1953•
Upon ro11 pall the f ollm~vin~ alde~~nen answered present s
MQ~~.~.~a.~ Be ~lanwit ~h
Fr e e bum y Tubma.n Ruff' Harris
Rodgers ~Q€stt
The zn3.nute~ oP the l~.st meeting were read. Tt was moved by Freeburg and
~e~~nded by SQO~~ the ~3.nute~ be a,.>proved. The motion Qarried.
Mme. B. Harris appeared before the ~aun~il ire regard 'G o the Bonds whiahar•
being of ~ered for sa y. He su.~~~s~ed 10 year bond, be sold, and expl~in~d
~o~e of the ~.dvan~age~ for the sh~r~er berm bonds. loo cation was ~ake~. in ohm
ma~~er~.
Dir. Beyer H~.rri~ appeared before the Co~anoil ~eque~t 3.ng help from the City' in imprQ~ring the parking lot on First Stress, and improving ~~e nor~th-
sou~Gh ~11~y 5.n BlOe~k 1, oP East Lalare ~ubdiw3.a ion. He al ~equ~ steel that
~om~thing be done about the burning of garbage in the residential di~t~ia~.
- The Ntayar Mated ghat this being the firw~ meeting of t13e new CounQi 1
nominations vuere now in order for a President of the ~ouneil for the er~~u3.n
berm. Alderman Tub~nan nominated ~oot~, which move way seo~nde~. bg Rodgers. Alderman Scot nominated ~''reebury, whia~i r~.ove was ~eaor~ded by Tubrr~a~. There being
no other nominations, the ~~ayor stated ghat there would be vote. -Upon opening
end ah~oking ballo~Gs, ~aQt~ reQeived 7, and F~eehury reQe3.~red 1. Thereupon the
Mayor dealar~ed SOOtt, Pr~aident o~ the Cm~nmiZ.
The Ma.go~ appoin~~d the fbllo~+ing ~omrnit~ee~ for the aarr~ing teem:
Finantt~: Fr~ebury, SQOtt, Be~lanw3t~h
L3.gh~ & Waters Tubman, MQ~anu~~ Sao~t
attest and A11eyt Rodgers, F'rsebury, Tubman
Sewer: Rodgers, duff, Ha~rri~
Fire & Polio e ~ Tubrnan, Bealan~?it ah, Ruf ~
Parks ~IQ~~.nu~, Freeburg, Ruff
PurQhingt Ma~~ar~us, Har~ia, B~~la~witQh
the Magor r?2ade the following app~~ntmen~~ for the ~c~ming term;
City Clerk: ~i11 i~ Hoher~dox~f
City Attorney: Hugh Sweenoy
He~.lth Off Qer E. C. Ha1i
fit y Engineer ~ John Dennis
Water & Sewer Co~n.i~a3.onert John Denn~.s
Polioe Chi~f~ Charles oocl.
I~ w~~ moved. bg ~ao~~ arid. seQOnded by Tubrr~an the ~.ppoir~tmen~s of ~Ghe Ma~ror'
be apprc>v'ed. The rnotio~ carried.
the Mayor ~.ppoin~~d the following Committ,ee~ for the Qo~ning terrn.s
Cemete~~r Board: C. W. Ls~ird, Fred Gre,fP, Melvin William, L. L. Smith, J~aab Ru.~f ~ J. E. Freeburg, Peter D. '~homson
ReQreatian Board: J. E. Fre~bta~q, C. J. NiQManu~, D. A. Not~ir~~ha~,
Fred G~~fP, J. J. Parker, M. T. Hoppel, F. E. May~~.
Lib~,rg hoard.: Ber~?aa G~Yu~ett, Mabel S~~el.e, ~c~ia Chapm~„n
Tt was moved b~ ~aot~ and seconded r~~ ~'r~enury~ the appointments of the Nl~,yo~?
be approved. The mot ion Q arri ed.
~t this po3.r~.t of the rnee~ing the ;~ohool Gmunail toak over, and made their
appointments. Thy also passed O~d.inanae No. 1, and Rem l~tio~ No. 1.
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l r, Mar13.n Payne appeared before the ~QUri~il r eque~i..ng permission ~o r~rr~.t Riverside P~.rk for the ,~Uth of May, and. ~h9 13th of Jeans, for publ3.m danain~;.
The C~uneil approved the dates.
Mr. ~Williarn ~oorr~bs geq~.e~~ed the Cou~~31 to ar~a~e a SpeaiaZ Improvement
~i~~GriQt for the pladirig of sid~~valks, curbs and ~u~Gter~ ors seventh Avenue.
Mr. Harold VanNiQe appeared before the CouriQil, s~atin~ that the wader line a~ the Me~hodi~t ~hurah and par~canage, would have ~o be replaced with a 1~" l~.ne.
I~ way moved by McManua and seoonded by Rodgers, that the lirLe be ~eplae~d
it i~ at the present ~im~, v~ith the one serviQe, serving ~h~ Chu~eh and pa.r~onage.
Thy motion carried.
NIA. John Laird appeared before the ~otaneil ~v3.~. prioe~ on dupl. traffiQ Qontrm li.gh~~ for ~Ghe Qorner o~ F3.r~t Avenue and First S~~eet. It way moved by Harr3.~
ar~d senonded by Ruff that the City adver~is~ for bids f'or -the inatallatio~ of suc~i
ligh~Gs, Mating ghat the City vuould furnish posh and do the~e~va~Gior~, and the
Engineer would supply ~peQificia~ion9 of what was wan~e~.. The r~otio~ carried.
Mr. F. E. l~ay~s appeared before the Cc~unail reque~~i~ tha~G li~h~Gs be planed in the North Park. ~To action wag taken.
The ~olioe repor~Gs for the month of April were -read. ~t w~.s moved by Ma~anu~
and seQOndedby ~oo~G~ the reports be ~~oproved. The motion a~rried.
the report of the ~oliee Judge vas read. I~ vacs moved by ~BO~ G and s ec4nd~d
bar M~~Ia~.u~ the repor~G be approved. the r?3o~ion card ed.
The Library repm~t far tie month of April was read. It was moved bg
Freebu~y and seQOndecl by Me~~anus the report be approved. 'Fhe motion Qarried.
The Watsr report ~'or April 20~h ~ra~ re~.d. St was mo~aed by F~eebury and
~e8onded by Seott the repot be approved. The mot ion Qarri ed.
~ ORDINANCE N0. l~.~}.8
O~dinanae No. I.~L}.8, b~3.n~ an ordinano~, closing Alleys in BloQks 3~}., 8c 35,
€~f the All,~rd Subdvision was presented for final reading. I~ was moved b~
Fre~bury and s~aond~d by '~ubman ~ha~ C}rdinanee No. I~.1~8 b~ fin~.ily pa~~ed and
approved. Upon roil oall all aldermen pre~en~ voted ~~ay~" and said 4rdir~.anam was declared ~inall~r p~saed ar~d aa~proved.
RESOLUTION N0. 811
Re~~ol.ution No. 817., being resolution. transferring oer~Gains funds cif the
City of Laurel, way read. It was moved bar Rodgers and ~eoonded by Tubman, that ~~solutian No. 811 be passed and ~pprov~d. Upon ro11 a 11 X11 ~ld~r~rnen pre~en~
voted "aye" and paid Resolution vas d~alared p~.ssed and approved.
RESOLUTT G:~ N0. 8i2
~e~olution No. 81~, b~ix~ a r~solut~on of I n~ent~.on ~o ~rea~e SpeQial Improve
mend D3.strict No. 7b, bs~n,~ curbs and gut~Gex~a from the ~;a~t side off' Idaho. AVer~ue to the East City L3.m3.~s, ~ra~ rea.d. ~t v~a~ moved by Rodgers and seQOnded by
Tubrn.an that Resolution No. 812 be p~.s~~d and ~pprovsd. Upon ro11 Qall gal].
aldermen. present vo~Ged '~a~~" end said Resolution was dealar~d pa~~ed and approved.
letter f ll~s. ~athron Lockwood, in. which she reques~sd a 13.ght be plaQed
on the 3.nterseQ~ ion o~ Fouf~'~h street and Alder Avenue way read.. ~t was moved by
Scott and seconded by Ruff, the 1e~-~er be referr~el to cane Light ~flmmitt~e. The
mo~3.on aarr3.ed.
Petitions requestir~ the removal of corrals at '~i~th Street and Fir a~enug
were peal. I~ was moved by Seott and ~edonded by Ruff the matter be re~'erred
~Ghe City Attorneg~ ~o ~rri~~ the owners of the land, The motion parried.
The billy o~ the month of April were presented for p~.ymen~. A~'ter dui
consideration bar the ~inanQe ~ornmittee, It was moved by~ F~eebury and seQOnd~d
by Rodgers the f ollowin~ billy be paid
Peter D. ~hom~on, et al 136.00 Ir~.dustrial Equipment ~o. 12.17
Tillie Hohendorf 5:L.65 Laural ~o-ep As~oa. 3~.8.3Q
Clara L. err 54,00 Harold Garter 13.57
'~ribun~ Prin~in.~ c~ Supply 8.65 0. M. old Co. .39
Yellowstone Bank ~.2~,~ Tillie Hohendor~ 159.9 Johr3 F. Denn3.~ 75.OQ Clara L. Orr 163.
Jahn F . ~enni~ 81.l~.~ Phi1i~ E. Noel 17L~..1~
Selby tie-pr~.nt ~.$4 John Dennis 182.1
Hugh ~weene~ 71..02 Paul Br~~ia~l1 306.91
1~i. V. D. Ch~p~an X0.40 Joe Niehola~ 273.$8
- John Broha~z~h 1.x.00 Kenneth M. Bevan l~l.~.19
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Joy La~r~Qx~, T~e~,s. 2 .00 E. 0. ~'onn~.~ X71.31
Laurel Fire Dept. 78.00 R. H . S~erret~ ~~3.~E
~Ifo~elro~t s Prey. Shop 11..6 Mrs. George Bohm 1~~..8
Clerk & ReQO~d~r ~35.5~ Famed Miller 277.19
City ~41at er dept. 66.00 dam Tirane ~ 338.1
Tillie Hohendo~~ 14. 0 Clare, L. Orr, Ta~c 605.80 Clara L. Ors 1~.4~ Pub liQ Empl~y~e~ ~ s Rehr em~n~ 33~•?
John Harman 66.0 Montana I~~.ko~~ Uti1. 11.36
Yellowstone V~.~le~r 8.03 l~gont~n~ Pawer~ Co. 99.33
Charl~~ Wood X84.99 Moun~~in Te & Tel. ~b.l
~har1. ~ ~ Woad 1~.0~ ~v~~~y~ ~ P1g. 3, 78
G~o~~~ ~ohm~in~r 262.50 T~~~e Qxy~gen Co. .2
Ge or g~ Sehreine r 1,~. 40 laurel T~ad.~.ng ll Harold. B~rnhard~ 2E~.7.11 1VIar° shall We11 ~ Ito r~ ~6.8~i
Harold. Bernhardt 15.OD Montana-Da~ot~. Uti1.. 12.01
Dr. C. H~11 ,~~.0~ Ae~.~~el~er Valve Co. 3 .6p
Thoma ~ Lo~'~hou~e 1~.0~ ~mitht a ~u~er~~~S~rv. ~~.6
Billings Elegy. ~uppl 17.6 Petty C~~.ti 3~.8p
Gardner ~~ug 1.43 ?ever D. Thomson 30.40 Mair~t~t. ~.~d. b.lt~ John F. Denn3.~ ~~.fl
Harry Rai 3.~~ darn ~inrie~ 10,00
Sarre Ehrl .k 11.~.,~.64 John F. D~nni~ 7 .04
Ph3.llip Sahre3.ner 131 X29 Jamey Ba~ra~ ~~~.9
Sin Eh~l3. ~zh 1.7,x. b0 Jol~n.st oxi vuz~ber Go. . 0
Philip ~rahr~iner 83.36 Krug Broth~r~ 3~.7
hrs. Jake Hine 32.4 Northern Pacific ~i~r. .t~9 J. F. ~ill~ 10.04 Hermes ~eh~s~l~r ~.48.5D
Big Di~~h Co. .~U Pe~tg Gash ~9.~.6
~homp~on Yards 26.86 Mrs. Gorge Be:ham 13.,E
Jake Ban~ert X26.78 Doubleday 8c Via. 3.
Kenne ~h B~v~n 167 .7I:~. Fr~~.e e ~ Fent ors 111.
l~anu~1 ~:~ampa~ 6~j.E~O Montana Power ~o. 1l. $8
#~.da~t Reib er. ~.7 ~ 96 ~s~ur~l 4u~la~l~ 33.0D Henry' ~ah.midt dr. ~9~,51 Pub1 is Employees ~i~t3.reme~.~ 16.66
Henn ~~reak~p 238.11 Clara L. Ors, ~rea~. 16.E
F acme r ~ Una. ors. Gent . 13 2.65 Edna ~ha~.p~ns 7.20
Thy in4~ ~:;tarried.
~.~~~ep orb on the meeting at I~a1.i spell, was Div en by the tA1at er C mm~ai ~ ~i ones.
He ~~,ve a repot o~. tY~e ~'i1.~~ration plant, a~.d ~~a~ed ~ha~ ~'hom~.~ Robinson,
cif Black & Veal ~h had t Yae o~ i.gi~.al pl~rls for the f'i lter?~.~3. on p1.an~ . mat Yee
way revising them, and bringing then up~.i~o dale.
I~G w~.s moved by ~r~ebury and a~oonde¢ by Be~l~nwi~~l~:atha~ the Polioe~ givr dmg o~rners a +~itation, 3.n ~h~ ev~n~ that they do nab buy l~.eense ~~am h3:m,
which the; are to preser~~ ~o the oft'iQe, at the terns of pureha~e of ~uoh
li~en~e, in order that the Police Qon~e~ating the ovener~ be gives a~edi~ for
the dog li~er~~e sold. The motion earr3.ed.
I~ way moved by ~~~.b~an and ~~~nncl~d by F~eebury that the City pta~eh~.~e
g~agel not to ex~~~d 'jOg Qub3.a bards. With 'G he Water Depar~Gr~.en~ ~uppZ~ing 2t~~ yards of same. The motion earried.
It ~a~ moved and ~~eonded, we do mow aci.~~urn. The motion carried.
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