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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Minutes 10.06.1992Minutes of the City Council of Laurel October 6, 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 October 6, 1992. COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Gay Easton Donna Kilpatrick L.D. Collins Lonnie Kellogg Bob Graham Ron Marshall COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: Norman Orr Albert Ehrlick INVOCATION: Invocation was given by Reverend Magnum. MINUTES: Motion by Alderman Marshal] meeting of September 15, 1992, Collins. Motion carried 6--0. to approve the minutes of the regular as presented, seconded by Alderman CORRESPONDENCE: Received a letter from the State Department of Corrections and Human Services regarding two planned meetings on October lath and I4th, for Education, Vocational, Mental Health and 12 step programming for the new Women's Correctional Center. Received a letter from Yellowstone County Board of Planning regarding the Historic Preservation and the Certified Local Government (CLG) Program. Received a brochure regarding an upcoming Risk Management Workshop in Billings on October 22nd, focusing on Public Sector Safety and Liability Issues. Received the annual report from the Yellowstone City County Health Department. CLAIMS: Claims for the month of September were reviewed by the Budget/Finance Committee and recommended that they be paid. Motion by Alderwoman Kilpatrick to approve amount of $ 258,339.]0 for the month of September, Alderman Collins. Motion carried 6--0. all claims in 1992 seconded the by ORDINANCE OF ANNEXATION - MATHIS SUBDIVISION: This item was tabled until the October 20th Council meeting. Jim Joe will meet with the individuals involved on Thursday, October at ].1:00 a.m. to come up with an improvement plan. and 8th TEMPORARY PARKING OF TRAVEL TRAILERS: ORDINANCE NO. 1049 (first reading) AMENDING SECTION 17.].6.010 TO THE LAUREL MUNICIPAL CODE TO ALLOW TEMPORARY PARKING OF OCCUPIED TRAVEL TRAILERS AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IN ALL RESIDENTIAL ZONES Motion by Alderwoman Kilpatrlck that Ordinance No. 1049 (ffirst reading) be passed and adopted, seconded by Alderman Graham. A roll ca].], vote was taken and all aldermen present voted, "YES". Motion carried 6--0. PROPOSED FUNCTIONAL 1992 URBAN LIMITS: Jim Worthington stated this is a request to give the Mayor authority to sign off with the County Commissioners on the classification of urban limits. Jim stated there was no change from last year. Motion by Alderman Kellogg off on the urban classification, carried 6--0. to give the Mayor authority to sign seconded by Alderman Collins. Motion COMMITTEE REPORTS: Page 2 Council 5yiiihf g0ob!l, etlfe Cfty Council of Laurel The Treasurer received a request for payment on a bond for SID #10, issued in May 1915. Joe said the City should take the position that although our records are rather sketchy back in 1922 when this bond matured, we have to assume that the bond was called in the normal course of business and the statute of limitations is eight years in which to collect. Joe said the bond is old and rather unique and the Council could pay the face value of the bond and interest on two coupons for $ 112.00 and keep the bond or not pay anything on it and send it back. Motion by Alderman Marshall to deny payment of the bond issued in May 1915, seconded by Alderwoman Kilpatrick. Motion carried 4--2 with Aldermen Graham and Collins voting, "NO". Motion _BY Alderwoman Kilpatrick to enter Committee minutes of September 15, 1992, into the Alderman Graham. Motion carried 6--0. the Budget/Finance record, seconded by --City Council Committee of the Whole minutes of September 15, were presented. 1992 Motion by Alderman Kellogg to enter the City Council Committee of the Whole minutes of September 16, 1992~ into the record~ seconded by Alderman Collins. Motion carried 6--0. --Garbage Committee minutes of September 21, 1992 were presented and reviewed. Motion by Alderman Graham to enter of September 21, 1992, into the record, Motion carried 6--0. the Garbage Committee seconded by Alderman minutes Easton. --Investment Committee minutes of September 29, 1992 were presented and reviewed. Motion by Alderman Kellogg to enter the minutes of September 29, 1992, into the record, Collins. Motion carried 6--0. Investment seconded by Committee Alderman --Laurel Airport Authority minutes of August 25, 1992 were presented. Motion by Alderman Kellogg to enter the Laurel Airport minutes of August 25, 1992, into the record, seconded by Graham. Motion carried 6--0. Authority Alderman --Laurel Airport Authorit~ minutes of September 22~ 1992 presented. Motion by Alderman Marshall to minutes of September 22, 1992, into Kilpatrick. Motion carried 6--0. enter the Laurel Airport Authority the record, seconded by Alderwoman --Parks Committee minutes of September 17, 1992 were presented and reviewed. Motion by Alderman Easton to enter the Parks Committee minutes of September 17, 1992, into the record, seconded by Alderman Graham. Motion carried 6--0. The Riverside Park leases on the buildings will be on the agenda for the October 20th meeting. Donna Kilpatrick said she received a phone call from George Figgins requesting permission to hunt on city property around the pond that is located by his house. Donna contacted neighbors and found there are several homes near there and Jim Worthington said the City needs to post "NO" hunting signs on our property. --Public Utilities Committee minutes of October 5, 1992 were presented and reviewed. A letter was received from Liquid Air, requesting permission for water and sewer hookups to the plant if the house at 9].2 West Fourth Street is torn down. Bob Graham said the arguments against it were that the Council has had a policy about not extending services to rural areas and the other was that the service would go from a residential use to a commercial buildinK. Minutes of the City Council of Laurel Page 3 Council Meeting of October 6, 1992 On the other hand~ Bob questioned whether the City has a legal right to tell them where they can put the service on their own property. Use of the services in the commercial building will be strictly for rest room facilities. More discussion followed with concerns being brought up regarding what possible future ases the company may have for the water and sewer. Joe said that once the service is in the commercial building~ the city may not be able to regulate the use of it. Joe suggests that the City get a waiver of annexation before allowing this. Cal Cumin stated that Liquid Air has a non-conforming industrial use in a residential zone and he feels we need to anne~ them at this time while the City still has some hold over them. After looking at a map it was discovered that the city limits are contiguous to this property. Motion by Alderman Collins transferring the water and sewer subject to annexation, seconded 6--0. to grant Liquid Aires request for services to the commercial building, by Alderman Kellogg. Motion carried Motion by Alderman Collins to enter the Public Utilities Committee minutes of September 5, 1992~ into the record~ seconded by Alderman Easton. Motion carried 6--0. --Street and Alley Committee minutes of September 17, 1992 were presented and reviewed. There was discussion regarding the feasibility of improving the gravel road between Alder and Yard Office Road. Jim stated that at one time the County presented three proposals to the property owners. The first proposal was for' a street that would be done much like the Maryland Lane project from 6th Avenue to Washington and the cost would be $ 415~000.00. The second proposal was for a smaller section with a membrane but no gravel base and this would run $ 365~000.00. The final proposal was for a minimum section with approximately 20" of gravel and 2 1/2" asphalt layer for $ 206,000.00. Jim said that if you take the lowest proposal and divide it out among the 31 property owners~ it comes out to approximately $ 361.00 per year for 16 years. The property owners cannot finance this type of a project and they have asked the City and the Planning Board to put them on our priority list so they can receive funding. Jim said the County Surveyor told the property owners that the road is a subdivision road and the County will not help or participate in any way, financially or in service. It is up to them to do it. More discussion followed regarding whether this money would be better spent on streets within the City than out. Motion by Alderman Collins and Alley Committee, seconded 6--0. to send this item back to the by Alderman Graham. Motion Street carried Motion by Alderman Marshall to enter the Street and Alley Committee minutes of September 17, 1992, into the record, seconded by Alderman Collins. Motion carried 6--0. COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE: FIRE/BUILDING INSPECTOR'S POSITION Cai Cumin inquired what the status is of the Building/Fire position. Chuck said he has not been able to contact one and the other one is having surgery and he will ]et somewhere between October 16th and the 20th. individual Chuck know Chuck said the Personnel Committee met and set the funding which is based on 1,040 hours. The job will pay $ 7.60 per hour and with all things considered~ there will be approximately $ 7,800.00 to work with. Chuck said we will hire someone to fill the posit]on rather than doing it on a contract basis because if it is done on contract, the Minutes of the City Council of Laurel Page 4 Council Meeting of October 6, 1992 Cal Cumin strongly suggested that the City look into the possibility of contracting the job instead of hiring it out. He said it will save the City a lot of money and we can set our own terms when hiring. Ali_ it will cost. us is the price of the ad and we can at least see who is out there. Joe suggested that the jurisdictional buildings, the City contact our legislators about expanding area so we have the right 'to inspect our own Cal said he he would like to see the City do this before the end of the year, but we cannot do it until we show we have the manpower to cover the area, So~ we need to get this Building/Fire Inspector position filled soon. RC&D DISTRICT Cal said that the Beartooth RC&D has adopted us into their and it now has to be approved by the federal government. district ALLEY CLEANUP Alley cleanup will be held the week of October 13th - 16th. APPOINTMENTS: The Mayor appointed Mike Atkinson as Chief of Police, through December 31, 1993. effective Motion by Alderman Marshall to appoint Mike Atkinson as Chief of Police, effective through December 31, 1993, seconded by Alderman Graham. Motion carried 6--0. Joe Bradley commended Mike on the fine job he is doing and said the attitudes and cooperation within the department and with himself have improved immensely. MAYOR'S COMMENTS: The 5tayor appointed Marvin Carter to the Beartooth RC&D. Motion by Alderman Kellogg to confirm the Mayor's appointment of Marvin Carter to the Beartooth RC&D, seconded by Alderman Marshall. Motion carried 6--0. A meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 7th at 4:30 p.m. regarding the Volk Construction case. Chuck asked if anyone knows about some extra equipment at Asphalt Supply? Oim said a trailer has been placed there recently. It is up on blocks and looks like a mobile unit for highway use. Jim said he drove around their lot today but no one was there to talk to. There being no fnrther business to come before the Council at this time, the meeting was adjourned at 8:17 p.m. Sharon Herman, Deputy City Clerk Approved by the Mayor and passed by the City Council of the City of Laurel, Montana this 20th day of October, 199~. ATTEST: Donald L. Hackmann, City Clerk