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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Minutes 04.20.1993Minutes of the City Council of Laurel April 20, 1993 A regular meeting Montana, was held in Council President Bob Graham at of the City Council of the City of Laurel, the Council Chambers and called to order by 7:00 p.m., on April 20, 1993. COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Norman Orr Albert Ehrlick L.D. Collins Donna Kilpatrick COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: None Gay Easton Bob Graham Ron Marshall Lonnie Kellogg INVOCATION: Invocation was given by Alderman Collins. MINUTES: Motion by Alderman Marshall to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of April 6, 1993, as presented, seconded by Alderman Collins. Motion carried 8--0. CORRESPONDENCE: Received a report from the Laurel Police Reserves for the third quarter 1993. Received a memo from the Billings Preservation Society about a public meeting regarding the Billings Depot at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 27, 1993 at the Billings City Council chambers. Received the minutes from the RC&D Regional meeting held at EMC on March 26, 1993. Received a memo from the Public Employees' Retirement Board regarding HB 517 - Retirement Incentive Program. Received a notice of a workshop to be held at the Laurel Library on April 27, 1993 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:40 p.m. regarding wellhead protection. Received the minutes and activity report for the month of March from the Yellowstone County Air Pollution Control Board. CITY CLERK & CITY TREASURER'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: The City Clerk and City Treasurer's financial statements for the month of April were presented. Motion by Alderwoman Kilpatrick that the City Clerk and City Treasurer's financial statements for the month of April, 1993, be approved, seconded by Alderman Collins. Motion carried 8--0. FIRE PROTECTION CONTRACTS: RESOLUTION NO. 2642 A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUREL AND RURAL FIRE DISTRICT NO. 5, SAID AGREEMENT RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION Motion ~X Alderman Orr that Resolution No. 2642 be passed and adopted, seconded by Alderman Collins. Motion carried 8--0. RESOLUTION NO. 2643 A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUREL AND RURAL FIRE DISTRICT NO. 7, SAID AGREEMENT RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION Motion ~ Alderman Marshall that Resolution NO. 2643 be passed and adopted, seconded by Alderman Orr. Motion carried 8--0. Minutes of the City Council of Laurel Page 2 Council Meeting of April 20, 1993 RESOLUTION NO. 2644 A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUREL AND CARBON COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT NO. 8~ SAID AGREEMENT RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION Motion by Alderman Orr that Resolution No. 2644 be passed and adopted, seconded by Alderman Collins. Motion carried 8--0. RESOLUTION NO. 2646 A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUREL AND LAUREL URBAN FIRE SERVICE AREA (LUFSA), SAID AGREEMENT RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION Motion by Alderman Kellogg that Resolution No. 2645 be passed and adopted~ seconded by Alderman Orr. Motion carried 8--0. RESOLUTION NO. 2646 A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUREL AND LAUREL AIRPORT AUTHORITY, SAID AGREEMENT RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION Motion by Alderman Orr that Resolution No. 2646 be passed and adopted~ seconded by Alderman Collins. Motion carried 8--0. NOTICE OF INTENT TO ANNEX LOTS - MATHIS SUBDIVISION: Jim Worthington stated this property is located on the north side of 14th Street and has been discussed at several previous meetings. A petition was presented and the property owners are requesting that Lot 7, Block 3 and Lots 1, 2~ 3 of Block 4 be annexed. They have a contractor that will install the water and sewer lines at their own expense. The council was directed to look at a map of the area that was attached to the Public Utilities Committee minutes of April 14, 1993. It was stated that the extension of services would only pertain to the above mentioned lots. The owners of Lot 4, Block 4 could request at some future date to be annexed and they would then have to pay the cost of extending the services to their lot. RESOLUTION NO. 2647 NOTICE OF INTENT TO ANNEX CERTAIN LANDS CONTIGUOUS TO THE CITY OF LAUREL, MONTANA Motion by Alderman Collins that Resolution No. 2647 be passed and adopted~ seconded by Alderman Ehrlick. Motion carried 8--0. COMMITTEE REPORTS: --Budget/Finance Committee minutes of April 6, 1993 were presented and reviewed. Motion by Alderman Orr to enter the Budget/Finance Committee minutes of April 6, 1993, into the record, seconded by Alderman Kellogg. In regard to the purchase of decals for city vehicles and equipment, Darrell McGillen stated the Fire Department will not use the decals. Each vehicle is currently lettered with "Laurel Volunteer Fire Department" and there is no need for a decal. Mike Atkinson said the police ears have a standard police decal and they have not used city decals for over 10 years. It was stated the decals would be used on equipment and vehicles throughout the rest of the city. A vote was taken on the motion. Motion carried 8--0. Minutes of the City Council of Laurel Page 3 Council Meeting of April 20, 1993 --City Council Committee of the Whole minutes of April 6, 1993 were presented. Motion by Alderman Collins to enter the City Council Committee of the Whole minutes of April 6, 1993, into the record, seconded by Alderman Easton. Motion carried 8--0. --Public Utilities Committee minutes of April 14, 1993 were presented and reviewed. Jim Worthington stated Eileen Royer is requesting to hook into the city sewer line. She has been on city water for many years and has had a septic tank that has now gone bad. Motion by Alderman Collins recommendation to allow Eileen Royer, the sanitary sewer with her paying Alderman Orr. Motion carried 8--0. to accept the committee's 208 East Maryland, to hook into the proper fees, seconded by In regard to the lots in Mathis Subdivision, Jim Worthington stated the council just passed Resolution No. 2647 to annex these lots. The committee now recommends that the water and sewer lines be extended to these lots. Motion by Alderman Marshall to accept the committee's recommendation to extend the water and sewer lines at 14th Street and Fifth Avenue, seconded by Alderman Orr. Motion carried 8--0. L.D. stated that Angela Petrosky attended the committee meeting regarding a private water line that is outside the city limits. The committee referred her to the Water Users Association. Motion by Alderman Collins to enter the Public Utilities Committee minutes of April 14, 1993, into the record~ seconded by Alderman Marshall. Motion carried 8--0. --Street and Alley Committee minutes of April 15, 1993 were not at the council meeting but items in the minutes were discussed. Albert Ehrlick stated that Leonard Fichtner has requested that No U Turn signs be posted along Southeast Fourth Street and South Washington Avenue. He wants to stop traffic from turning around in the street and causing a traffic hazard by his business. Jim Worthington said the kids are making U-turns by Terry's Quik Stop but they felt that if you place one sign in that area, the kids would slide on down the street and make the turns further down the street. The committee recommended placing sufficient signs on South 4th and on South Washington to stop the U-turn movement. Jim said it was recommended by a traffic design person that a total of 16 signs be erected, four on each side of the street on South 4th Street and four on each side of Washington Avenue. The cost will be approximately $ 50.00 per sign. Albert Ehrlick stated that the committee received a request from Merle Breeden to place a Handicapped Parking zone in front of his father-in-law~ home at 217 East Fifth Street. Me suffered a stroke and his movement is limited and due to the fact that it is across from the Middle School, there is usually no parking available for those picking him up for appointments or for the physical therapist who visits him several times a week. This item was referred to the Police Committee for further study. Four hour parking on Southeast Fourth Street was mentioned but it was stated that an ordinance needs to be drawn up. COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE: ISTEA FUNDS Cal Cumin stated The deadline for three applications were received for the ISTEA funds. submittal was Monday~ April 19th at 5:00 p.m. Minutes of the City Council of Laurel Page 4 Council Meeting of April 20~ 1993 The first application is for a railroad museum and they are requesting $ 184,000.00 in funds. The second application is for improvements to the Canyon Creek Battle Ground which would be a joint application for the City of Laurel and Yellowstone County. They are requesting approximately $ 30,000.00 in funds. The third application is for a bike path/pedestrian trail out to the golf course area and the request is for $ 64,000.00 in funds. Cal said this was a preliminary application to see what kind of interest was out there. The applications need to be reviewed by Jim Worthington and himself. Cal said the Planning Board was appointed to set the process up and get it going but now he needs direction from the council as far as how they want to handle it from here. Do they want the Planning Board to review the applications and make a recommendation or do they want to appoint another committee to handle it? Lonnie Kellogg recommended that the Planning Board review applications and set priorities. the Cal said the program requires about 13% matching funds. The museum and Canyon Creek project are both proposing private funding. The bike trail application proposes that the City of Laurel pick up the matching funds. Cal said the Planning Board would hold a public hearing and have each applicant make a presentation. The committee would then review the applications and make a recommendation to the council. Motion by Alderman Kellogg to allow the City County Planning Board to be the committee for reviewing the ISTEA applications, seconded by Alderman Ehrlick. Motion carried 8--0. WARD BOUNDARIES Jim Worthington stated he and Don Hackmann reviewed the Ward Population Report and would like council approval for the establishment of the ward boundaries for the City of Laurel as follows: 1980 1990 Ward 1 1492 1483 Ward 2 1343 1342 Ward 3 1274 1458 Ward 4 1372 1403 TOTAL 5481 5686 Jim recommended that the precinct and ward boundaries remain the same. Motion by Alderman Marshall to accept and adopt the Ward Population Report prepared by Jim Worthington and that the precinct and ward boundaries remain the same, seconded by Alderwoman Kilpatrick. Motion carried 8--0. Donna Kilpatrick questioned why the LUFSA contract does not have any trustees when all the others do? Don Hackmann stated that they do have trustees but they are listed on another sheet of paper and he did not copy that page to save coping costs. APPOINTMENTS: Bob Graham stated that the Mayor wanted the Grant Committee appointed. The committee consists of the following people: Gay Easton, Chairman Jim Worthington Chuck Rodgers Patsy Guenthner Don Hackmann Cal Cumin Carol Mayes Motion by Alderman Collins to confirm the Mayor's appointment of the previously listed people to the Grant Committee, seconded by Alderman Ehrlick. Motion carried 8--0. Minutes of the City Council of Laurel Page 5 Council Meeting of April 20, 1993 The Mayor appointed Jerry Philhower to the Laurel Police Reserve. Motion by Alderman Collins Jerry Philhower to the Laurel Kellogg. Motion carried 8--0. to confirm the Mayor's appointment of Police Reserve, seconded by Alderman BUILDING PERMITS Lonnie Kellogg stated there is a lot of construction being done without permits and some of it does not appear to be up to code. He stated the city is losing money from this and he wondered whether it would be possible for the police officers to watch for construction while they are on patrol. If they see any being done without the orange permit being visible, they could write down the address and turn it in to Cheryll. Mike Atkinson said the officers can do this and he saw no problems with it. Bob Graham stated that Don Hackmann prepared a preliminary worksheet on the budget and he advised all aldermen to stop in at City Hall and look it over. There being no further business to come before the council at this time, the meeting was adjourned at 7:30 p.m. Donald L. Hackmann, City Clerk Approved by the Mayor and passed by the city Council of the City of Laurel, Montana, this 4th day of May~ 1993. Donald L. Hackmann, City Clerk