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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Minutes 08.06.1991Minutes of the City Council of Laurel August 6, 1991 A regular meeting Montana, was held in President of the Council, 1991. COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: of the City Council of the City of Laurel, the Council Chambers and called to order by Chuck Rodgers at 7:00 p.m., on August 6, Lonnie Kellogg Donna Kilpatrick L.D. Collins Bruce Teeters Chuck Rodgers Bob Graham Ron Marshall Norman Orr INVOCATION: Invocation was given by Alderman Collins. MINUTES: Motion by Alderman Marshall to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of July 16, 1991, as presented, seconded by Alderman Collins. Motion carried 6--0. CORRESPONDENCE: Received a memo from the Montana League of Cities and Towns regarding the 1991 annual conference to be held in Missoula, September 18, 19, and 20, 1991. Received a copy of a letter to Jim Kraft, Yellowstone County Disaster and Emergency Coordinator from Louis Day, Cenex Refinery Manager, regarding the commitment of $ 25,000 by Cenex to implement the Community Awareness and Emergency Response program. CITY CLERK & CITY TREASURER'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: The City Clerk and City Treasurer's financial statements for the month of June were presented. Motion by Alderwoman Kilpatrick that the City Clerk and City Treasurer's financial statements for the month of June, 1991, be approved, seconded by Alderman Orr. Motion carried 6--0. CITY LICENSE - GARY'S WRECKER SERVICE: Gary Coddlngton appeared before the Council and stated he would like to obtain a city license to operate his wrecker service in Laurel. He is licensed by the State and by getting the city license, it would allow his name to be placed on the rotation list for call outs at the police department. Motion by Alderman Marshall to grant a city license to Gary's Wrecker Service, seconded by Alderman Graham. Motion carried 6--0. LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE SERVICE: Dan Sanders was not present at the council meeting. Motion by Alderman Collins that the city remain with the telephone service that they are currently using (AT & T), seconded by Alderwoman Kilpatrick. Motion carried 5--1 with Alderman Kellogg voting, "NO." PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET AND TAX RESOLUTIONS: This being the time and place advertised, a public hearing was held. There were no comments from the audience. Motion by Alderman Collins to close the public hearing, seconded by Alderwoman Kilpatrick. Motion carried 6--0. There will be a special council meeting on Monday, August 12, 1991 at 7:00 p.m. to adopt the final budget and tax resolutions. MISC. TAX RESOLUTIONS: Three SID Tax Resolutions were Council meeting. inadvertently overlooked at the last Minutes of the City Council Page 2 Council Meeting of August 6, 1991 of Laurel SID ~94 EESOLUTION NO. 2551 A RESOLUTION LEVYING AND ASSESSING ALL OF THE PROPERTY EMBRACED WITHIN SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 94 OF THE CITY OF LAUREL, MONTANA WITH THE COST OF SANITARY WATER AND SEWER IN LAUREL INDUSTRIAL PARK Motion by Alderman Collins that Resolution No. 2551 be passed and adopted, seconded by Alderwoman Kilpatrick. Motion carried 6--0. SID #95 RESOLUTION NO. 2552 A RESOLUTION LEVYING AND ASSESSING ALL OF THE PROPERTY EMBRACED WITHIN SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 95 OF THE CITY OF LAUREL, MONTANA, WITH THE COST OF STORM SEWER AND STREETS IN LAUREL INDUSTRIAL PARK Motion by Alderman Marshall that Resolution No. 2552 be passed and adopted, seconded by Alderwoman Kilpatrick. Motion carried 6--0. SlD #98 RESOLUTION NO. 2553 A RESOLUTION LEVYING AND ASSESSING ALL OF THE PROPERTY EMBRACED WITHIN SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 98 OF THE CITY OF LAUREL, MONTANAi WITH THE COST OF CURB, GUTTER, PAVING, SIDEWALK, SANITARY SEWER AND WATER LINE IN NUTTING BROS. SUBDIVISION Motion by Alderwoman Kilpatrick that Resolution No. 2553 be passed and adopted, seconded by Alderman Kellogg. Motion carried 6--0. WEEDS RESOLUTION NO. 2554 BEING A RESOLUTION LEVYING AND ASSESSING A SPECIAL TAX AGAINST CERTAIN PROPERTY AS DESIGNATED IN THE CITY OF LAUREL, FOR THE REMOVAL OF NOXIOUS WEEDS Motion by Alderwoman Kilpatrick that Resolution No. 2554 be passed and adopted, seconded by Alderman Collins. Motion carried 6--0. WATER METER & CURB-BOX REPAIRS RESOLUTION NO. 2555 BEING A RESOLUTION LEVYING AND ASSESSING A SPECIAL TAX AGAINST CERTAIN PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF LAUREL, FOR WATER METER AND CURB-BOX REPAIR Motion by Alderman Collins that Resolution No. 2555 be passed and adopted, seconded by Alderwoman Kilpatrick. Motion carried 6--0. UNPAID SEWER CHARGES RESOLUTION NO. 2556 BEING A RESOLUTION LEVYING AND ASSESSING A SPECIAL TAX AGAINST CERTAIN PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF LAUREL FOR ANY UNPAID SEWER CHARGES Motion by Alderman Kellogg that Resolution No. 2556 be passed and adopted, seconded by Alderman Marshall. Motion carried 6--0. Page3 Minutes of the City Council of Laurel Council Meeting of August 6, 1991 GARBAGE CHARGES RESOLUTIONNO. 2557 BEING A RESOLUTION LEVYING AND ASSESSING A SPECIAL TAX AGAINST CERTAIN PROPERTY DESIGNATED AS GARBAGE DISTRICTS IN THE CITY OF LAUREL, FOR THE REMOVAL OF GARBAGE AND REFUSE Motion by Alderwoman Kilpatrick that Resolution No. 2557 be passed and adopted, seconded by Alderman Collins. Motion carried 6--0. AMBULANCE CHARGES: RESOLUTION NO. 2558 A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING RATES FOR SERVICES, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES OF THE LAUREL VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE SERVICE Motion by Alderwoman Kilpatrick that Resolution No. 2558 be passed and adopted, seconded by Alderman Marshall. Motion carried 6--0. RESOLUTION FOR PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY: Bob Graham made a request to postpone this item until the next council meeting due to the absence of the Mayor and two Aldermen. Motion by Alderman Graham to postpone the resolution the approving of an agreement for the purchase of real seconded by Alderman Collins. Motion carried 6--0. regarding property, REMOVAL OF ANIMAL EXCRETA FROM PUBLIC PROPERTY: ORDINANCE NO. 985 (first reading) ADDING SECTION 6.04.040 TO THE LAUREL MUNICIPAL CODE, REQUIRING OWNERS OR CUSTODIANS OF EVERY ANIMAL TO RETRIEVE AND REMOVE EXCRETA FROM PUBLIC PROPERTY Motion by Alderman Graham that Ordinance No. 985 (first reading) be passed and adopted, seconded by Alderman Collins. Bob Graham and Lonnie Kellogg both expressed concern that this seems to be a good ordinance in reason, but how will it be enforced? If it cannot be enforced, do we want it on the books? It was stated that the Garden Club, who does all the plantings in Firemen's Park, is very much in favor of this ordinance. It was felt that they keep close track of the offenders and they will register complaints when necessary. It would then be up to the police department to issue citations. More discussion followed regarding what is considered public property and would citations be issued only on a complaint basis. A roll call vote was taken. Motion carried 4--2 with Aldermen Marshall and Collins voting, "NO." GENERAL DISCUSSION - BUSINESS LICENSE FEES: Vicki Metzger spoke regarding the proposed Fire/Building Inspector's position. The License Committee discussed ways of raising revenue to help offset the wages paid to this person. One suggestion was to raise the fee for a city business license to $ 60.00. It was stated that in an average year the city issues approximately 300 business licenses but due to the hail, many additional licenses have been issued to roofing contractors already this year. Fage 4 Minutes of the City Council of Laurel Council Meeting of August 6, 1991 Another consideration was to charge a $ 25.00 annual fire inspection fee. Discussion followed regarding comments that have circulated in the business community. Some feel they are being charged enough the way it is and they are not willing to pay more. Funding of this position was discussed and it was questioned if anyone knows how many hours each inspection will take and how many can be done in a work day. Could this inspector realistically inspect all the buildings that need it within the part-time schedule being proposed? Chuck Rodgers referred this item back to the License Committee for more discussion and guidelines. BONDING OF ALL CONTRACTORS: ORDINANCE NO. 986 (first reading) ADDING SECTION 5.09.010 TO THE LAUREL MUNICIPAL CODE REQUIRING ALL CONTRACTORS TO BE BONDED Motion by Alderman Marshall that Ordinance No. 986 (first reading) be passed and adopted, seconded by Alderman Graham. Discussion followed regarding the Collins would like to see the contractors" to "all contractors." wording in the ordinance. L.D. wording changed from "roofing Motion by Alderman Collins to amend Ordinance No. 986 by removing the word "roofing" and to require a bond for all contractors, seconded by Alderman Graham. Motion carried 6--0. A roll call vote was taken the the original motion as amended. Motion carried 6--0 with all aldermen present voting, "YES." cOMMITTEE MINUTES: --Budget/Finance Committee minutes of July 16, 1991 were presented and reviewed. Motion by Alderwoman Kilpatrick to Committee minutes of July 16, 1991, into Alderman Collins. Motion carried 6--0. enter the Budget/Finance the record, seconded by --City Council Committee of the Whole minutes of July 16, 1991 were presented. Motion by Alderman Graham to enter the City Council Committee of the Whole minutes of July 16, 1991, into the record, seconded by Alderman Collins. Motion carried 6--0. --City License Committee minutes of July 23, 1991 were presented and reviewed. Motion by Alderman Collins to enter the City License minutes of July 23, 1991, into the record, seconded by Graham. Motion carried 6--0. Committee Alderman --Fire Committee minutes of July 29, 1991 were presented and reviewed. Motion by Alderman Marshall to enter the Fire Committee minutes of July 29, 1991, into the record, seconded by Alderwoman Kilpatrick. Motion carried 6--0. Motion by Alderman Marshall to sell surplus coats and helmets from the Fire Department for $ 5.00 each, seconded by Alderman Graham. Motion carried 6--0. Motion by Alderman Marshall to authorize two men to travel to South Dakota to inspect the chassis and cab of the new fire truck, seconded by Alderman Graham. Motion carried 6--0. Pages Minutes of the City Council of Laurel Council Meeting of August 6, 1991 --Street and Alley Committee minutes of July 18, 1991 were presented and reviewed. Motion by Alderman Graham to minutes of July 18, 1991, into Kilpatrick. Motion carried 6--0. enter the Street and Alley Committee the record, seconded by Alderwoman Discussion followed regarding a request for a stop sign on the west side of the T&I building where traffic enters East Maryland. It is already state law that traffic should stop before entering East Maryland but the sign would provide visual reinforcement for the students. Jim Worthington has asked the school to place a sign there but no action has been taken. Discussion regarding the request by H&R Block for the handicap access ramp in the public right-of-way. Joe Bradley stated the city should have them sign an agreement stating the city can require them to move it at any time, they have no rights and they have to protect the city from any responsibility concerning this. This item will be presented to the Council at the next meeting in the form of a resolution. COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE: Joe Bradley reported that William Arden who owns the property between the William's property and the FAP Complex, wants to sell his property. There has been no discussion of price. The Mayor did authorize an appraisal to be made of this property just to see what it is worth. There being no further business to come before the Council at this time, the meeting was adjourned at 8:03 p.m. Donald L. Hackmann, City Clerk Approved by the Mayor and passed by the City Council of the City Laurel, Montana, this 20th day of August, 1991. Bob Gauthier, Mayor of ATTEST: Donald L. Hackmann, City Clerk