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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Minutes 06.02.1992Minutes of the City Council of Laurel June 2, 1992 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 June 2, 1992. COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Norman Orr (late) Albert Ehrlick L.D. Collins Lonnie Kellogg Donna Kilpatrick Ron Marshall COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: Gay Easton Bob Graham INVOCATION: Invocation was given by Reverend Abelseth. MINUTES: Motion by Alderman Marshall to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of May 19, 1992, as presented, seconded by Alderman Collins. Motion carried 5--0. CORRESPONDENCE: Received a memo from the Montana League of Cities and Towns regarding Capital Improvement Ballot Measures. Received a copy of a letter written to the State Department of Commerce from the Yellowstone County Commissioners, regarding their support of the City's request to extend its building code jurisdictional area outside of its municipal limits to encompass Laurel owned property. Alderman Orr arrived at this time. CLAIMS: Claims for the month of May, 1992 were reviewed by the Budget/Finance Committee and recommended that they be paid. Motion by Alderwoman Kilpatrick to approve all claims in the amount of $213,157.31 for the month of may, seconded by Alderman Collins. Motion carried 6--0. BID OPENING - 1/2 TON TRUCK: The City Clerk said that under State law, an advertisement must be run two consecutive times and the bid cannot be opened within 5 days and not more than 12 days after the last advertisement. Due to an error by the Laurel Outlook, the ad was not run the second time. Joe Bradley said the people who submitted bids will be notified that an error was made and if they want to withdraw their bids, they have the right to do so. Motion by Alderman Collins to re-advertise for the new 1/2 ton truck~ seconded by Alderman Kellogg. Motion by carried 6--0. It was stated that the time frame for purchasing this truck in the current fiscal year is getting tight. Jim Worthington recommended advertising on June 10th and 17th with the bid deadline at 5:00 p.m. on June 23rd. He would like the Street and Alley Committee to meet on the 23rd and make a recommendation to the Council at a special Council meeting on June 24th, at which time the bid could be awarded. The Street and Alley Committee will meet on Tuesday, June 23rd at 5:00 p.m. A special Council meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 24th at 5:00 p.m. Page2 Minutes of the City Council of Laurel Council Meeting of June 2, 1992 INTENT TO ANNEX LOTS IN MATHIS SUBDIVISION - 2ND FILING: RESOLUTION NO. 2585 NOTICE OF INTENT TO ANNEX CERTAIN LANDS CONTIGUOUS TO THE CITY OF LAUREL, MONTANA Mo%ion by Alderman Orr that Resolution No. 2585 be passed and adopted, seconded by Alderman Marshall. Joe Bradley said this calls for public comment from the affected property owners for a twenty day period. They have to send protests to the City Clerk in writing and they are counted at the first Council meeting in July. Joe said a protest of 50% or more of property owners would kill this intent to annex. In response to a question, Joe said he will have to research whether just a portion could be annexed if this resolution fails. We would be fighting our own City ordinances because we are not to take in just a portion of a block, but he will check into it. Joe clarified this by saying you can take in a portion of a block if the remaining portion is already in the city limits. Jim stated the property owners have expressed concern regarding the schedule for putting in city services. He would encourage them to attend the Public Utilities Committee meeting that will be held on Monday, June 8th to discuss these concerns. At this time a vote was taken on the motion. Motion carried 6--0. TRANSFER FUNDS FROM STATE GAS TAX TO CAPITAL PROJECTS - STREET EQUIP: The City Clerk stated that this resolution will have to be postponed until after the Special Council meeting on June 24th. According to State law, a city can only transfer 25% of its annual allotment from gas tax money. Since the new pickup will be purchased with gas tax money, we will have to wait until the bid is awarded and a dollar figure is known. The resolution was tabled until Wednesday~ June 24th at 5:15 p.m. which time a second Special Council meeting will be held. at AGREEMENTS WITH FIRE DISTRICTS: Items #7-12 on the agenda, regarding fire district contracts, are being postponed until the June 16th Council meeting. Darrell McGillen stated the Fire Department has approved all contracts with the different districts but they are waiting for the return of the signed contracts. ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGE LEVIED: ORDINANCE NO. 1037 (second reading) AMENDING SECTION 12.36.080 OF THE LAUREL MUNICIPAL CODE, ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGE LEVIED Public Hearing: No comments. Motion by Alderman Marshall to close the public hearing, seconded by Alderman Orr. Motion carried 6--0. Motion ~X Alderman Orr that Ordinance No, 1037 (second reading) be passed and adopted, seconded by Alderman Marshall. A roll call vote was taken and all aldermen present voted, "YES". Motion carried 6--0. Minutes of the City Council of Laurel Page 3 Council Meeting of June 2, 1992 ASSESSMENT OF SID DISTRICTS TO BE PUT IN REVOLVING FUND: ORDINANCE NO. 1038 (second reading) ADDING SECTION 12.36.090 TO THE LAUREL MUNICIPAL CODE, REVOLVING FUND Public Hearing: No comments. Motion ~y Alderman Orr to close the public hearing, Alderman Marshall. Motion carried 6--0. seconded by Motion by Alderman Collins that Ordinance No. 1038 (second reading) be passed and adopted, seconded by Alderman Kellogg. A roll call vote was taken and all aldermen present voted, "YES". Motion carried 6--0. COMMITTEE REPORTS: --Board of Adjustments Committee minutes of May 19, 1992 were presented and reviewed. Motion by Alderman Kellogg to enter the Board of Adjustments Committee minutes of May 19, 1992, into the record, seconded by Alderman Orr. Motion carried 6--0. --Budget/Finance Committee minutes of May 27, reviewed. Motion by Alderwoman Kilpatrick Committee minutes of May 27, 1992, Alderman Collins. Motion carried 6--0. 1992 were presented and to enter the Budget/Finance into the record~ seconded by --City Council Committee of the Whole minutes of May 19, 1992 were presented. Motion by Alderman Kellog~ to enter the City Council Committee of the Whole minutes of May 19, 1992, into the record, seconded by Alderman Orr. Motion carried 6--0. --City-County Planning Board minutes of May 21, 1992 were presented and reviewed. Planning Alderman Motion by Alderman Kellogg to enter the Board minutes of May 21, 1992, into the record, Orr. Motion carried 6--0. City-County seconded by --4th of July Committee reviewed. minutes of May 28, 1992 were presented and Motion by Alderwoman Kilpatrick Committee minutes of May ?th and 28th, Alderman Marshall. Motion carried 6--0. to enter the 4th of July into the record, seconded by --License Committee minutes of May 18, 1992 were presented and reviewed. Motion by Alderman Marshall to grant a city business license to Songer's Interstate Exxon, pending a fire inspection, seconded by Alderman Orr. Motion carried 6--0. Motion by Alderman minutes of May 18, 1992, Motion carried 6--0. Marshall to enter the License Committee into the record, seconded by Alderman Orr. --License Committee minutes of June 1, 1992 were presented and reviewed. Page 4 Council Meeting of June 2, 1992 Minutes of the City Council of Laurel Amy Ness, Location Manager for Sam Productions, stated the company has rented the Boise Cascade building for storage and filming of a family movie. They expect to be in town until the middle of September. The fire inspection will be an ongoing one due to the changing uses of the building and sets. Motion by Alderman Marshal] to grant a city business license to Sam Productions, seconded by Alderman Orr. Motion carried 6--0. Motion by Alderman Marshal] to enter the License Committee minutes of June 1, 1992, into the record, seconded by Alderman Orr. Motion carried 6--0. There was discussion at the committee meeting regarding Ken Weaver at MSU who is willing to review our license ordinances and make a recommendation~ free of charge. The Mayor spoke with this gentleman at a conference and the committee feels it would be in the City's best interest to have someone review them that is familiar with the way other cities handle licensing. The recommendation would be free of charge, but further work on his part would require a fee. It was felt that we have enough trouble with our licensing that it would benefit the city to have him look over our licensing ordinances. Vicki will contact Ken for more information regarding this. There was discussion in committee regarding Richard Barnhardt's license. It was the consensus of the Council to leave his license as it is at the present time. --Parks Committee minutes of May 28, 1992 were presented and reviewed. Motion by Alderwoman Kilpatrick to minutes of May 28, 1992, into the record, Motion carried 6--0. enter the Parks Committee seconded by Alderman Orr. Motion by Alderman Kellogg to grant the Jaycees permission to use Firemen's Park on Saturday, June 13th for a pet show, seconded by Alderman Marshall. Motion carried 6--0. --Street and Alley Committee minutes of May 21, 1992 were presented and reviewed. Motion by Alderman Ehrlick to enter the Street and Alley Committee minutes of May 21, 1992, into the record, seconded by Alderwoman Kilpatrick. Motion carried 6--0. There was discussion at the committee meeting and the Council meeting regarding whether private individuals can buy asphalt from the City. This subject has come up in the past and some felt there was a resolution on the books that would not allow this. Joe will check into this and report back. COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE: COUNTY WIDE PARK DISTRICT Ca]. Cumin stated that the County Commissioners are meeting on Thursday to adopt a resolution of intent that would create a county wide park district. This district would include the cities of Laurel~ Billings~ and Harlowton along with all other county land. This board would oversee certain kinds of parks within the county.~ The reason this has come about is because of the large number of people interested in developing the Yellowstone River as a scenic natural resource. Cal said the Laurel Park Board and the County Park Board do not have the resources to work with this large of a project Page 6 Council Meeting of June 2, 1992 Minutes of the City Council of Laurel on their own. This board will have to work with the local park boards and it will not infringe on existing jurisdictions. The main focus will be on big regional parks and also land that is under no ones jurisdiction such as the Chief Joseph's Park and Pompeys Pillar. If the Commissioners pass this resolution, public hearings will be held and it will go on the November general election ballot for a vote of the people. If it passes, one mill will be levied for the program. CARNIVAL Darrell McGillen, on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce, stated they would like to bring a carnival to town. They are aware of the license fee and the garbage charges that are required, but they would like to know if there are any other restrictions they should be aware of. They have checked into insurance and the City would be named as an insured party. Darrell questioned whether there are restrictions regarding how long the carnival can operate at night and Joe could not find anything that pertains strictly to carnivals. Darrell stated they are looking at holding it on private property and they would like to coordinate it with the Herbstfest. They would like aL1 the odds and ends to be cleared up before they present it to the Herbstfest Board. MAYOR'S COMMENTS: The Mayor stated he received three annual passes from the Laurel Dodgers in appreciation for the support the City has given them. The schedule will be posted downstairs and anyone is welcome to use the The Mayor appointed the following swimming pool personnel: Jodi Johnson - Kyle Hoffman - Doug Woerner - Marty Edgmond - Assistant Manager Head Lifeguard Head Lifeguard Head Lifeguard Motion by Alderman Kellogg to confirm the Mayor's appointment of swimming pool personnel, seconded by Alderman Orr. Motion carried 6--0. Jennifer Feldhaus asked to be removed from the Building Committee. The Mayor appointed Emily Eaton to the Building Committee to Jennifer and also to the Parks Committee to replace her Dennis, who is unable to serve on the committee. replace husband Motion by Alderman Marshall to confirm the Mayor's appointment of Emily Eaton to the Building and Parks Committees, seconded by Alderman Orr, Motion carried 6--0. The Mayor would like to start negotiations as soon as possible. meeting will be held on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. A FIRE/BUILDING INSPECTOR The Mayor spoke regarding the Fire/Building Inspector position. He has discussed this with fire inspectors from many different cities and they all felt that we need to have a good, sound program set up that will be a benefit to the city. Chuck said there are several retired inspectors in the area and he would like to see us contract with one who is very knowledgeable in setting up a program. Once a program is in place, the City can then advertise to fill the position, In regard to a question, Chuck clarified that this person would help set up a program that would cover the fire inspection portion because that is their area of expertise. Minutes of the City CoUncil of Laurel Page 6 Council Meeting of June 2~ 1992 Discussion followed regarding whether the City would have to pay workers comp benefits to this person. Joe and Don Hackmann stated that if the City were to provide office space, equipment, transportation and such for this person, then we would have to provide benefits. But if the City were to contract with a person for a set fee and not provide them with anything, we probably would not have to pay benefits. In order for him to be just a contractor~ he would have to prove that he is actively soliciting for other contracts, regardless of whether or not he is getting any. It was questioned what would happen if he were hurt while doing an inspection. Joe said that the city would either have 'to cover him under our workers comp~ if he doesn't have any of his own~ or we could require him to have his own as part of the contract. Joe questioned whether Chuck would like to start the process by calling these individuals in for interviews. It will have to be determined what length the contract should be and Joe stated that since the City has not had regular inspections~ the first time through may take much longer. Chuck feels it may take as long as 16 to 18 months to get through all our businesses the first time. It was stated that schools and churches are required to have inspections every year. It was the consensus of the Council to have Chuck invite these gentlemen in for discussion and interviews. There being no further business to come before the Council at this time, the meeting was adjourned at 8:14 p.m. Donald L. Hackmann, City Clerk Approved by the Mayor and passed by the City Council of the City of Laurel, Montana, this 16th day of June, 1992. ATTEST: Donald L Hackmann, City Clerk