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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Minutes 05.21.1991Minutes of the City Council of Laurel May 21, 1991 A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Laurel, Montana, was held in the Council Chambers and called to order by President of the Council, Chuck Rodgers at 7:00 p.m., on May 21, 1991. COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Bruce Teeters Donna Kilpatrick L.D. Collins Chuck Rodgers Lonnie Kellogg Bob Graham Ron Marshall COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: Norman Orr INVOCATION: Invocation was given by Reverend Wilhelm. MINUTES: Motion by Alderman Marshall to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of May 7, 1991, as presented, seconded by Alderman Collins. Motion carried 7--0. CORRESPONDENCE: Received a memo from the Montana League of Cities and Towns the District meeting on Thursday, May 23rd at 10:00 a.m. in at City Hall. regarding Billings Received a memo from the Montana League of Cities and Towns regarding our 1991-92 membership dues. Received notification of the City's allocation of gas tax revenue for next year, which is $ 105,235.00. Received the April minutes and activity report 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, 1991, be approved, seconded by Alderman Collins. Motion carried 7--0. DAN SANDERS - TOUCH AHERICA: Dan Sanders gave a presentation on the long distance phone company, Entech. Entech is a part of Montana Power Company and it has three divisions which specialize in equipment, microwave and long distance telecommunications. Dan represents the long distance portion of the company. Dan picked up copies of the city's current phone bill and analyzed them for comparison purposes. Breakdowns were given for the Montana calls, national calls and the watts line calls. Based on this one month's bills, Touch America could save the city $ 76.29 per month for a projected annual savings of $ 915.48. The Touch America system would be available on ali phone lines throughout the city. It would allow you to call anywhere in the state, the nation and also internationally at a watts line rate. This system gives you more flexibility for less money. The only cost incurred for going with Touch America is that U.S. West charges $ 5.00 per line to transfer you over. Touch America would give us credit for each line that we would transfer over. No changes would need to be made to our current phone system in order to transfer over. The city would still receive the U.S. West phone bill, but we would also receive one printout that lists all the long distance calls per each phone line that is set up with Touch America. This item was referred to the Budget/Finance Committee for a recommendation at the next council meeting. Page 2 Minutes of the City Council of Laurel Council Meeting of May 21, 1991 AWARD 1990-91 AUDIT CONTRACT: The Budget/Finance Committee minutes of May 13, 1991 were reviewed at this time. The committee recommended the the audit be awarded to Steven Cosner, CPA, in the amount of $ 7,500.00. It was felt that since Steve is familiar with doing the city audit, it would require less time on his part and information for the audit. Motion by Alderman recommendation to award the the amount of $ 7,500.00, carried 7--0. also on the city's part in looking up Motion by passed and adopted, 7--0. Collins to accept the committee's 1990-91 audit to Steven Cosner, CPA, in seconded by Alderman Kellogg. Motion FINANCE PURCHASE OF ROLL-OFF TRUCK FROM GARBAGE FUND: RESOLUTION NO. 2527 AUTHORIZING AGREEMENT WITH YELLOWSTONE BANK TO FINANCE THE PURCHASE OF A NEW ROLL-OFF GARBAGE TRUCK FROM THE GARBAGE FUND Alderwoman Kilpatrick that Resolution No. seconded by Alderman Collins. Motion FIRE DISTRICT CONTRACTS FOR 1991-92: and adopted, RESOLUTION NO. 2528 2527 be carried A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUREL AND RURAL FIRE DISTRICT NO. 5~ SAID AGREEMENT RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION Motion by Alderman Marshall that Resolution No. 2528 be adopted, seconded by Alderman Graham. Motion carried 7--0. RESOLUTION NO. 2529 A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUREL AND RURAL FIRE DISTRICT NO. 7, SAID AGREEMENT RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION Motion by Alderman Graham that Resolution No. 2529 be passed seconded by Alderman Kellogg. Motion carried 7--0. RESOLUTION NO. 2530 A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUREL AND CARBON COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT NO. 8, SAID AGREEMENT RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION passed and Motion by Alderman Collins that Resolution No. 2530 be passed and adopted, seconded by Alderman Marshall. Motion carried 7--0. RESOLUTION NO. 2531 A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUREL AND LAUREL AIRPORT AUTHORITY~ SAID AGREEMENT RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION Motion by Alderman Graham that Resolution No. 2531 be passed and adopted, seconded by Alderman Collins. Motion carried 7--0. Page3 Minutes of the City Council of Laurel Council Meeting of May 21, 1991 RESOLUTION NO. 2532 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 Marshall that Resolution No. 2532 be passed and adopted, seconded by Alderman Collins. Motion carried 7--0. BUY-SELL AGREEMENT ON WILLIAMS PROPERTY: Item #9 on the agenda regarding the resolution approving a agreement on the Williams property was tabled until the next meeting. buy-sell council GAS LINE IN FIREMEN'S PARK: Jim Worthington informed the council that the gas line that serves the log cabin building in Firemen'sPark is deteriorating and leaking badly. MDU shut the gas off and has tagged the line to be repaired. Before MDU will fix it, the city needs to sign off on the paperwork. The city will be billed for the expense of time and materials to fix it. Motion by Alderman Kellogg to replace the gas service line in Firemen's Park and to allow Jim Worthington to sign off on the papers, seconded by Alderman Graham. Motion carried 7--0. COMMITTEE REPORTS: --Budget/Finance Committee minutes of May 7, 1991 were presented and reviewed. Motion by Alderwoman Kilpatrick to Committee minutes of May 7, 1991, into Alderman Collins. Motion carried 7--0. enter the Budget/Finance the record, seconded by --Budget/finance Committee minutes of May 13, 1991 were presented and reviewed. Motion by Alderwoman Kilpatrick to Committee minutes of May 13, 1991, into Alderman Collins. Motion carried 7--0. enter the Budget/Finance the record, seconded by --Budget/Finance Committee minutes of May 14, 1991 were presented and reviewed. Motion by Alderwoman Kilpatrick to enter the Budget/Finance Committee minutes of May 14, 1991, into the record, seconded by Alderman Kellogg. Motion carried 7--0. --Budget/Finance Committee minutes of May 15, 1991 were presented and reviewed. Motion by Alderwoman Kilpatrick to enter the Budget/Finance Committee minutes of May 15, 1991, into the record, seconded by Alderman Kellogg. Motion carried 7--0. --City Council Committee of the Whole minutes of May 7, 1991 were presented and reviewed. Motion by Alderman Kellogg to enter the City Council Committee of the Whole minutes of May 7, 1991, into the record, seconded by Alderman Collins. Motion carried 7--0. --City-County Planning Board minutes of May 9, 1991 were presented and reviewed. Motion by Alderman Marshall to enter the City-County Board minutes of May 9, 1991, into the record, seconded by Collins. Motion carrzed 7--0. Planning Alderman Page 4 Minutes of the City Council of Laurel Council Meeting of May 21, 1991 --City License Committee minutes of May 21, 1991 were presented and reviewed. Motion by Alderman Kellogg to grant a city license to Frank's Used Furniture and Wally's Upholstery, seconded by Alderman Marshall. Motion carried 7--0. Motion by Alderman Graham to enter the City License minutes of May 21, 1991, into the record, seconded by Kellogg. Motion carried 7--0. Committee Alderman --Fourth of July Committee minutes of May 20, 1991, were presented and reviewed. Motion by Alderwoman Kilpatrick to enter the Fourth of July Committee minutes of May 20, 1991, into the record, seconded by Alderman Collins. Discussion followed regarding garbage cans in the Thomson Park on July 4th. Dave Michael stated he will place 300 gallon cans in the park but the specifics will be finalized at the next Fourth of July Committee meeting. A vote was taken on the motion. Motion carried 7--0. --Parks Committee minutes of May 9, 1991 were presented and reviewed. Jim Worthington inspected the house in Riverside Park and reported that it is in much better shape than anticipated. It needs to have the chimney replaced and a vent installed for the hot water heater. The committee recommended that Carl Hollabaugh be given a lease on the house. In the past, the tenants of this house were under agreement to do ground maintenance on part of the park. Jim invited all the service clubs who lease buildings in the park, to attend the next Parks Committee meeting to discuss grounds maintenance. Motion by Alderman Kellogg to of May 9, 1991, into the record, Motion carried 7--0. enter the Parks Committee minutes seconded by Alderwoman Kilpatrick. --Police Committee minutes of May 8~ 1991 were presented and reviewed. Motion by Alderman Marshall to enter the Police Committee minutes of May 8, 1991, into the record, seconded by Alderman Graham. Motion carried 7--0. --Street and Alley Committee minutes of May 16, 1991 were presented and reviewed. There was discussion regarding the proposed curb and gutter on South First Avenue. Ail property owners that would be effected were invited to the committee meeting and only two showed up. It is the consensus of the property owners that they would rather not see the work done because of the expense and disruption of customer service to their place of business during construction. Jim Worthington stated this item has been brought up because it has been a number one priority on the list of major needs throughout the city for years. When questioned whether he feels it is a necessary project that would improve the city, Jim stated he definitely feels it would benefit the city. It would define the road better, define the accesses to the property and in the long run, it would help our major approach to town. The city would need to start the process now in order to do construction in the fall. The property owners have the option of hiring and having their portion done by a contractor but if they fail to do so, then the city will do the work or contract it out and charge them. Motion by Alderman Graham to approve construction this fall for curb and gutter on the west side of First Avenue South between Taco John's and Town Pump, seconded by Alderman Kellogg. Motion carried 7--0. Pages Minutes of the City Council of Laurel Council Meeting of May 21, 1991 Motion by Alderman Collins to grant Doris Armstrong permission to plant a tree in front of the Odd Fellows Hall, seconded by Alderman Marshall. Motion carried 7--0. Motion by Alderman Collins to enter the Street and Alley Committee minutes of May 16, 1991, into the record, seconded by Alderman Marshall. Motion carried 7--0. COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE: Carl Hollabaugh asked when the meeting to discuss the contracts in Riverside Park is going to be held. He would like a more definite time frame for when he can move into the house. It was stated that the Parks Committee will meet on Thursday, May 23rd at 5:00 p.m. to. discuss the contracts. City Hall offices will be closed on Monday, May 27th for Memorial Day. Jim Worthington stated the Department of Health will hold a public hearing on the waste water permit for Cenex on Wednesday, May 22nd at 7:00 p.m. in City Hall. MAYOR'S COMMENTS: Bob Gauthier will be appointing Bryan Fischer as Police Officer to fill a temporary position for 30 days, effective May, 25, 1991. Bryan Fischer resigned as Captain of the Police Reserve due to the temporary appointment he is accepting as Police Officer. Motion by Alderman Marshall to accept the resignation of Bryan Fischer as Captain of the Police Reserve, seconded by Alderman Kellogg. Motion carried 7--0. Chuck Rodgers stated the Mayor would like to appoint Dan Koch Jr., Denise Smart and Steve Metzger to the Police Reserve. Motion by Alderman Graham to confirm the Mayor's appointment of Dan Koch Jr., Denise Smart and Steve Metzger to the Police Reserve, seconded by Alderman Teeters. Motion carried 7--0. There being no further business to come before the Council at this time, the meeting was adjourned at 8:22 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 June, 1991. Bob Gauthier, Mayor ATTEST: Donald L. Hackmann, City Clerk