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Home My WebLink AboutSpecial City Council Minutes 04.15.1942Minutes of the City Council of Laurel .A.pril 15, x.942 The City Cour~ci]. of the City of Laurel met in special session in the C our~c it Chamber and' was called to order by- pda~or Conrad at 5:00 otclock P. P~. Apri1 15, 1942, to cor~~ider the contract with the Northern Pacific Railway Company re~ardir~ the Sewage Disposal Plant . ~ritter~ wa3.ver of t irae of meeting signed by all €z~.derme~ filed v~ith the City Clerk. Upon roll call the follov~ing alderme~a answered present: Mel~anus Fu11.er ~tilsot Thomson Feuerbacher Gorr~er Parer Vardahl The contact with the RT. P. Railvnay Company' regarding the Sewage Disposal Plant was presented aid. read. ,~.fter diacussior~ Resolution Into. 592, being a resol~tio~ approving the contract ar~d authc~ri~3.r~g the ~a~or to execute the same on behalf of the Gity and ordering a copy of sa3.d contract spread upon the mir~ute~ of this meeti~ag ~t~a~ introduced arld read. Th~reupor~, It was moved b~ - Vordahl and seconded by Thomson that Resolut3.on No. 592 b~ passed and adopted. Upon roll. call all aldermen presen'~ voted aye aYad paid motion was declared passed. The contract is as follow: ~'AGREEIvIENT made this 20th day of ,~priZ, 1942, between NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY, hsreir~after called Railway Company, and CITY OF LAUREL, State of l~on'~a~a, hereinafter called City, ~VITATESSETH: Fora nwnber of years the Git~ and Northwestern Improve~er~t Company, a corporation, a ~ub~idiary of thg RaiZwa~r Company, have ~o3.ntl.y owned and r,~intaine~l certain lines of eighteen (18) finch sewer, the outlet of which has been aad now is into and through a twenty (20) inch sewer owned by the Railvua~ Company, said twer~~~ (20) ir~eh sever carrying the sewage to Yellowstone Rive. ,~baut November 25, 194 , the ~ontarxa State Board of Hea1~h issued an order requiring t~.e City to arrange for ~rea~me~t of sanitary sewage before it is emptied into said ri~rer. Plans and arrangements havir~~ beers made, the City is about to construct a ~anitarg sewage treating p].a to be situated near slid r3.ver, and has s~sured an eas~me~t for the purpose of laying a ner~ ei~hte~~ (l8} inch 1i~ae cif ~e~rer through which the sewage aceu~nulated in the City will be b.rough~ to the proposed se~rag~ treating plant. the rowndhouse, car shop, poa~~r plank a~ad inc ider~tal railroad fac3.13tie~ of the Railway Compar~~r, alb of vuhich have been served by and through the pre~er~t serer 13.rzes above m.en~ioned, are situated outside the City Lam .ts, aid ire given' 'I"L1G IZ r~'~ ~I lift ~'fT C}Aril Yle H^.T }1LS 4'~lY 1'f 'S M~f~ 'FA '{~h~A'I' ~Ah dA'M; {+e~hYT ~ft'~1ArAa An t~~t~tf~rn~ vaiv yL~ai,.~..~ cx~r vvaaayvus,~Jr ..~v iv r1ud..+: v.a.a vv vs va v ~.va ~aaa~.i pub ~y ~ru~. ~vovo tavvrct~jv that originated a~ the above m.er~~3.oned structures, a considerable investment would be incurred for the necessary treating plate. The Railway Cornpa.ny~ therefore desires an arrangeu~er~t ~v3.~h the Ci~~ so that the sewage ori~3.~aati.ng at the Ra3.lv~ay Compaiay~ s exiting facil3.ties ar~d facilities wh3.eh may be constructed i~t the future may be treated at aiad through the treating plant about to be erected by the Git~. Attached hereto, marked Exhibit "g~' ar~d made a past hereof, is a blue print on which are indicated (a} approximate Zocatiob cf the eigYi.tee~a (18) inch sever Sine ~a gtly owed as above staffed., it being sha~un ire Fellow and marked with the letters aX~, "din, "E~~, ,,,,~„ND ~~F~', Elsa approximate loeat3.an of the Railway' Gompa~y~ s t~vent~r, (2Q} inch sewer extend3n~ from point "F'" and rurua3.ng s outherl~ to Yellow~to~~ River; (b) location of the roundhouse, car ~l~op, power pla~tt ar~d other fac3.lities of the Railwa~r Company; (c) lc~atiom of r~ew eighteen (1.8) inch serover of the Ci~~ sha~rn i~ dashed rid 13.~es and ~.ark~d witY. letters "A~, "B~, and r'C't, ar~d thence to point "Df' ~rhere it enters the treat3.r~g plant; ar~d (d) location of proposed tremtir~~ plant rear Yello~storae River, NOS THEREFORE the parties agree as fo3.:Lo~vs: I. The pa.r~ies hereto ~vi11 cor~tirau~ to maintain anal to u~~ as heretofore the line of sewer 3o~.~t1y owned as above stated, shown ire minutes of the City Council of Laurel ,Apri 1 15, 1942 yellow and ~nark~d "X~' and "A"" on E~.ibit "A~' . The Ra3.lway ~ ompar~y shall b~, perm3.tted tQ contixaue ~ o dischar~e sanitary sewage into the ~oir~tl~r owed sewer b~~weer~ points "X at~d "A'~ through existing and future additional connections, and also have the right to discharge sanitary sewage through connections a~ suitable locations on the r~e~r sewer 13.~e between points ~'An, ~'B", ar~d 'rCr'. It is u~- derstood that after completion of the treat3.ng plant tl~.e Railwa~r Companp will eor~tir~ue to discharge industrial ~as~~ water info ar~d through the privately owned twenty (20) inch sewer exter~d3ng from point ~'C~' to the river. II. The City agrees to erect a pls~r~t of suff3.c3ez~~ eapae3.ty and proportions ar~d to receive i~a 3.ts lir~e~ of sewer the 9anit~~y sewage that map originate in the present a~ad future struc~ure~ of the Rail~ray Comp~.ny, and to treat said sewage ire the t,r~ating plant 3.n all 9~espects as sewage origir~atir~g in the City 3.s treaded and t~~.BjJOSet~ Qf. III . The Railv~ay Company ,agrees to cont.~3.bu~e to apply on the original. cost of the City's treating plant tM.~ sum of Eleven Thousand Dollars {~11,000.0~), It is agreed that no demand i~ the future will. be made ors the Railwa~r Company to eant~ribute to the cost of any additio~~, reconstructio~a or changes ire said treatir~~ plant. IV . The Railway Campar~y will be charged for the services of the City and agrees to pay a fair service charge, pa;~men'~s to b~ made ar~aually, quarterly yr at such other ir~terga~.s as may b~ ~~r~ed upon. Said service cha.r~e will be computed as follows: TY~.~ parties wi11 determine ghat the total quant3tg of 9~WA~',E3 is that has beep treated through the treat3.iag plant for s om~; test period, and also the quar~tit~ that has ori~ir~at~d at the structures above men'~ior~ed of the Railway Company. Thy total. expense to the City incurred i~ sa3.d period in the operat ior~ of said treading plank having been aace~tained {in which e~per~se nothing shad be included or figured as representing the 3.nteres or the i~avestrnent or anr~~aal depre~iatioi~}, the service ehar~e shall be that portion of the total expense that corresponds to the ratio betvaeen the quan~3.t~r of sewage origina~i~ag at the Railv~ay Compar~y~s structures arad the er~t~.re quantity treated in the test period ~t the treati~ag plant. Thy service charge so ascertained shall continue to be the basis for the rate assessed upoza 'the Railway Compang for the period of ox~e (1) gear and th~reaft~ar ura~G3.l ~h.ere shall be another determination bar the method and formu~.a i this paragraph IV ou~l.i~aed, V. In ~h~ ev~n~ ghat the 8ailway Company r~o lot~~er originates sewage at the structures herein mentidr~ed, the Ra3.l.wap Compaxzg may terminate phis agrseme~t bg ~ix~p (60) day~s~ written ~otiee to the City. S~' the Railway Campa.~y fai~.s to pap service ~ha.~~~s w i 9-'h i r~ sh tnc sa ~ nng'h`1 d i- i me fl f'd-a a - 'iai l i a v, e ,~,a e,.,e..~ a ,~,~.,;,,...a a ++i K ~w vvailtvY.~M Yr.v Vi1aaV fAi VVi ~?i M~~f. ~.l Gi 4% dpi{~,ir Fi j. Gi{.t, Gl,j {1 Fi {7jlj{.~f; t„~, ~jj^~(A~' the City likew3s~. mar ca~acel this agreeYnent on sixty (60) dais t written r~otic~ to the Railway Company. VI. have as otherwise provided herein, Shia agreement shall eara- t3.raue in effect for the period of the existence and usefulr~esg of the heating plant about t o be +~reeted, axed sha11 inure ~o ar~d be bir~dir~~ upon the succ~sscars arzd assigns of the parties. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have cawed th3.s agree- me~t to b~ executed bg their duly authorized ~epreser~tatives and officers. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAIL~!J.AY' COMP,~NY, Bg H. E. Stevens ce Pres3. en CITY flF LAUREL, By Lucius Conrad ATTEST: Mayor , Rosella F~it~ y C er k. Minutes of the City Council of Laurel April 15, 1942 I'~ ~?a~ moved and seconded we do row ad~ou~n. The motion carried. ~r i g er Approved this ~~dag of L~G~~ ' 1942. ~~G~ Mayor, ATTEST: C ity C am. i