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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Minutes 11.16.1999 MINIJTES OF THE CITY COIJNCIL OF !.,AURI L November 16, 1999 A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Laurel, Montana, was held in the Council Chambers and called to order by Mayor Chuck Rodgers at 7:00 p.m. on November 16, 1999. COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: Ken Olson Gay Easton Bill Staudinger Dirk Kroll Gary Temple Miles Walton Norman Orr Bud Johnson Mayor Rodgers asked the council to observe a moment of silence in behalf of the family of Miranda Fenner. MINUTES: Motion by Aldermma Easton to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of November 2, 1999, aspresented, seconded by Alderman Johnson. Motion carried7-0. CORRESPONDENCE: a. Montana Mtmicipal Insurance Authority: Memo of November 4, 1999, regarding Regional Liability Risk Management Workshops. b. Air Pollution Control Agenda for November 9, 1999; Activity Report for October 1999. c. William A. Broyles: Letter of November 10, 1999, regarding annexation. CONSENT ITEMS: a. Clerk/Treasurer Financial Statements for the month of October 1999. b. Committee Reports. --Budget/Finance Committee minutes of November 1, 1999 were presented. --City Council Committee of the Whole minutes of November 2, 1999 were presented. --City-County Planning Board minutes of November 4, 1999 were presented. --Public Works Committee minutes of November 8, 1999 were presented. c. Resolutions. 1) Resolution No. R99-49: Resolution of intent to annexation park property in Nutting Subdivision from Yellowstone County. RESOLUTION NO. R99-49 RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO ANNEXATION PARK PROPERTY IN NUTTING SUBDIVISION FROM YELLOWSTONE COUNTY. 2) Resolution No. R99-50: A resolution approving Change Order No. 8 to the Water Treatment Plant contract to account for credits due the City and monies due the contractor. Council Minutes of November 16, 1999 RESOLUTION NO. R99-50 A RESOLUTION APPROVING CHANGE ORDER NO. 8 TO THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT CONTRACT TO ACCOUNT FOR CREDITS DUE THE CITY AND MONIES DUE THE CONTRACTOR. 3 ) Resolution No. R99-51: Award of low bid for river charmel work. RESOLUTION NO. R99-51 AWARD OF LOW BID FOR RIVER CHANNEL WORK. 4) Resolution No. R99-52: A resolution approving the bid for the water tender chassis from Billings Truck Center. RESOLUTION NO. R99-52 A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE BID FOR THE WATER TENDER CHASSIS FROM BILLINGS TRUCK CENTER. The mayor asked if there was any separation of consent items. Alderman Walton removed item 5.a. out of the consent items, as the Clerk/Treasurer Financial Statements for October were not completed due to computer problems. These financial statements will be placed on the December 7th consent agenda. Alderman Johnson separated item 5.c.2) out of the consent items. This became item f. on the agenda. Alderman Temple separated item 5.c.3) out of the consent items. This became item g. on the agenda. Motion by Aldem~an Walton to approve the remaining consent items as presented, seconded by Alderman Johnson. Motion carried 7-0. SCHEDULED MATTERS: a. Confirmation of Appointments. Ambulance Reserve Attendant: Mayor Rodgers appointed James Brown as an Ambulance Reserve Attendant. Motion by Alderman Johnson to confirm the appointment of James Brown as an Ambulance Reserve Attendant, seconded by Alderman Orr. Motion carried 7-0. Fire Code Inspector: Mayor Rodgers informed the council that Jim Stevens had been hired as the new Fire Code Inspector. b. Request for annexation by William Broyles. Motion by Alderman Johnson to accept the application from William Broyles for annexation of less than one city block, seconded by Alderman Staudinger. Motion carried 7-0. c. Home Occupation: Hills Screen Printing. Planning Board recommends approval. Larry McCarm expressed concern about the possibility of fire hazard with this home occupation and recommended that the Fire Code Inspector should complete an inspection. Motion by Alderman Temple that the Home Occupation application for Hills Screen Printing be referred back to the City-County Planning Board and the Fire Code Inspector for further consideration, seconded by Alderman Olson. Motion carried 7-0. 2 0])'~ Council Minutes of November 16, 1999 d. Planning Board ordinances. recommends adoption of telecommunications towers Planning Board recommends adoption of the changes to the Home Occupation Ordinance. Joe Leckie stated that items d. and e. were not properly before the council at this time. The ordinances will be prepared in proper form for their first readings at the December 7th council meeting. The public hearings and second readings will be held at the December 21st council meeting. No action was taken on these items. Resolution No. R99-50: A resolution approving Change Order No. 8 to the Water Treatment Plant contract to account for credits due the City and monies due the contractor. RESOLUTION NO. R99-50 A RESOLUTION APPROVING CHANGE ORDER NO. 8 TO THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT CONTRACT TO ACCOUNT FOR CREDITS DUE THE CITY AND MONIES DUE THE CONTRACTOR. Motion by Alderman Johnson to approve Resolution No. R99-50, seconded by Alderman Staudinger. Alderman Johnson asked that the council be presented with an overview of the change orders that have been requested and approved for the Water Treatment Plant project. Larry McCann will coordinate this presentation. A vote was taken on the motion to approve Resolution No. R99-50. Motion carried 7-0. g. Resolution No. R99-51: Award of low bid for river channel work. RESOLUTION NO. R99-51 AWARD OF LOW BID FOR RIVER CHANNEL WORK. Motion by Alderman Temple to approve Resolution No. R99-51, seconded by Alderman Easton. Alderman Temple asked for clarification regarding the qualifications of Ganco Enviroxmaental Construction, the low bidder for the river channel work. Larry McCann received references for this company, and it is a worldwide company that has completed work in the ocean and other similar projects. Larry informed the contractor that the only change orders that would be accepted for the project would come from the City of Laurel, and he agreed. A vote was taken on the motion to approve Resolution No. R99-51. Motion carried 7-0. UNSCHEDULED MATTERS: Larry McCann explained some information about the Project Impact Grant training session scheduled for the middle of December in Washington, D.C. Yellowstone County has been awarded the grm~t, but the decision regarding the recipient of the grant money has not yet been made. Jim Kraft has strongly suggested that a City of Laurel representative should attend this training session. The deadline to register for the training session is Friday, November 19th. Larry explained the costs involved regarding airline tickets, hotel rooms and meals, and he asked for the council's direction about whether or not to send someone. The council had further discussion about the Project Impact Grant and the training session. Mayor Rodgers and the council agreed that the City of Laurel should send a representative to Washington, D.C. to attend the training session. Alderman Johnson suggested that Mayor Rodgers and the department head should make the final decision regarding who should attend. Council Minutes of November 16, 1999 There being no further business to come before the council at this time, the meeting was adjourned at 7:29 p,m. CindyAl~e~necret~d~ Approved by the Mayor and passed by the City Council of the City of Laurel, Montana, this 7th day of December, 1999. Attest: Mary/K.~bletoA, Clerk-Treasurer