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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Minutes 02.02.1988Minutes of the City Council of Laurel F~bruary 2, 1988 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 Bob Gauthier at 7:00 p.m., on February 2, 1988. COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Ervin Wood Chuck Dickerson Donna Kilpatriok Bob Graham Chuck Rodgers Bruce Teeters L. D. Collins Norman Orr COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: None INVOCATION: Invocation given by Reverend Wilhelm. MINUTES: Motion by Alderman Dickerson to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of January 19, 1988, as presented, seconded by Alderman Collins. Motion carried 8--0. CORRESPONDENCE: None CLAIMS: Claims for the month of January, 1988, were reviewed by the Budget/Finance Committee and recommended that they be paid. Motion by Alderwoman Kilpatrick to approve the claims the amount of $449,770.50 for the month of January, 1988, seconded by Alderman Orr. Motion carried 8--0. in TEMPORARY SIGN ORDINANCE: This item was postponed until a later meeting. The Chamber of Commerce has asked to be allowed to enter their input. ORDINANCE PROHIBITING SHEEP: ORDINANCE NO. 930 AMENDING SECTION 7.04.020 OF THE LAUREL MUNICIPAL CODE, TO ADD SHEEP TO THE LIST OF ANIMALS PROHIBITED FROM BEING KEPT WITHIN CITY LIMITS Public h~aring no comment. Motion by Alderman Oickerson to close the public hearing, seconded by Alderman Orr. Motion carried 8--0. Motion by Alderman Dickerson that Ordinance No. 930 be passed and adopted, seconded by Alderman Graham. Upon taking a roll call vote, all aldermen voted, "YES" except Alderwoman Kilpatrick, who voted "NO." Motion carried 7--1. HERITAGE DAY: RESOLUTION NO. 2325 DECLARING "HERITAGE DAY" AS A CITY HOLIDAY, TO BE OBSERVED ON FEBRUARY 12TH Motion by Alderman Dickerson that Resolution passed and adopted, seconded by Alderman Collins. 8--0. No. 2325 be Motion carried HOME OCCUPATIONS: None Joe stated "Home Occupations" will be an item on the agenda each time and then if there are any applications, they will be consid- ered and voted on individually. The reason for this is that the County Planning Board minutes often times are not typed and ready for the Council meeting and this would still allow the applicants to be considered for the Home Occupation portion without waiting an additional month. After more discussion, there was some confusion as to what the License Committee's function is then. 3ce explained this is not taking any authority away from the License Committee, but a means page Minutes of the City Council of Laurel February 2, 1988, Council Meetlng of eliminating one step in the approval process if a home occupation license is denied. The first step would still be to have the application reviewed by the City County Planning Board and a recommendation made concerning the home occupation portion. Secondly, the application would go to the Council for approval or denial of the home occupation portion. (If it is denied there would be no reason to pursue the business license.) The last step would then be to go to the License Committee for approval of a business license. Motion by Alderman Dickerson to put Home Occupations as an item on the agenda for a trial period of 6 months, seconded by Alderman Wood. Motion carried 8--0. COMMITTEE REPORTS: --Ambulance Committee minutes of January 28, 1988, were presented and reviewed. Motion by Alderman Teeters to accept the committee's recommen- dation to hire Damon Swan as an ambulance attendant, seconded by Alderman Rodgers. Motion carried 8--0. Motion by Alderman Teeters to enter the minutes of January 28, 1988 into the record, woman Kilpatrick. Motion carried 8--0. Ambulance Committee seconded by Alder- --Budget/Finance Committee minutes of February 2, 1988, were presented and reviewed. Motion by Alderwoman KilEatrick to enter the Budget/Finance Committee minutes of February 2, 1988 into the record, seconded by Alderman Dickerson. Motion carried 8--0. --Cit~ Council Committee of the Whole minutes of January 19, 1988, were presented. Motion by Alderman Dickerson to enter the City Council Committee of the Whole minutes of January 19, 1988 into the record, seconded by Al. derman Collins. Motion carried 8--0. --Fire Committee minutes of January 25, 1988, were presented and reviewed. Motion by Alderman Rodqers to enter the minutes of January 25, ~988 into the record, man Orr. Motion carried 8--0. Fire Committee seconded by Alder- --Fire Committee minutes of February 1, 1988, were presented and reviewed. Discussion followed regarding putting part of the Fire District's contract money in a capital projects fund. Darrell McGillen spoke concerning forming a fire service area. Since O'Donnells Fire Service has went out of business, the County Commissioners are concerned about making fire protection available to every resident in Yellowstone County. They are asking every fire department to set some territorial boundaries in an effort to find out what still needs to be covered. Darrell presented a map to the Council of the area which his men are willing to cover and which they feel comfortable handling. He stated this map is just setting up a territorial boundary and not an actual fire service area. If people not currently covered in this area would like coverage, they need to petition to the County Commissioners, or petition into one of the existing fire service areas. Motion by Alderman Dickerson to boundaries as drawn up by Fire Chief Alderman Orr. Motion carried 8--0. proceed Darrell with the preliminary McGillen, seconded by page 3 Minutes of the City Council of Laurel February 2, 1988 Council Meeting Motion by Alderman Rodgers to enter the Fire Committee minutes of February 1, 1988 into the record, seconded by Alderwoman Kilpatrick. Motion carried 8--0. --Street and Alley Committee minutes of January 21, 1988, were presented and reviewed. Motion' by Alderman Collins to enter the Street and Alley Committee minutes of January 21, 1988 into the record, seconded by Alderman Rodgers. Motion carried 8--0. COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE: None MAYOR'S COMMENTS: The Mayor stated that on year probationary period Crowe he has carried out enforcement school. January 19th Eric Adams completed his one and by the recommendations of Police Chief his duties well and has oomAleted law Mayor Gauthier appointed Eric Adams as a permanent member of the Laurel Police Department. Motion by Alderman ment of Eric Adams as a Department, seconded by Dickerson to confirm the Mayor's appoint- permanent member of the Laurel Police Alderman Orr. Motion carried 8--0. Chuck Dickerson stated the Village Subdivision Homeowners Associa- tion will need the Council Chambers on March 21st, instead of the 28th, as previously stated. Bob Graham requested permission to leave the State February 12th through the 26th. Motion by Alderman Orr to grant Bob Graham permission to leave the State February 12th through the 26th, seconded by Alderman Dickerson. Motion carried 8--0. The Mayor called for a Personnel Committee meeting after the Council meeting. Donna stated the Park Committee will now meet on the first Thursday of the month at 5:30 p.m. Jim Flisraod informed the Council that he had received a call from Ken Williams of 301 West llth Street. He would like to have the light district expanded from Mountain View to 11th Street. Jim said it would be an additional two or three lights north of the park and he sam no problem with this. Jim will check to see if it should be set up as a new district or just widen the boundaries on an existing district. He will report back to the Council at a later date. There being no further business time, the meeting was adjourned to come before the Council at this at 8:12 p.m. Donald L. Haokmann, City Clerk Approved by the Mayor and passed by the City Council of the City of Laurel, Montana this 16th day of February, 1988. ATTEST: Donald L. Hackmann, City Clerk