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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Minutes 04.19.1988Minutes of the City Council of Laurel April 19, 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 7:08 p.m., on April 19, 1988. COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Ervin Wood Donna Kilpatrick Chuck Rodgers L.D. Collins COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: None Chuck Dickerson Bob Graham Bruce Teeters Norman Orr Invocation was given by Alderman Collins. INVOCATION: MINUTES: Motion by Alderman Dickerson to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of April 5, 1988, as presented, seconded by Alderman Collins. Motion carried 8--0. CORRESPONDENCE: Received the minutes and activity report for the month of March from the Yellowstone County Air Pollution Control Board. Received the quarterly report from the Laurel Police Reserve regarding hours worked. Received the results of the Comprehensive Performance Evaluation of the Laurel Wastewater Treatment facility. CITY CLERK & CITY TREASURER'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: The City Clerk and City Treasurer's financial statements that the City Clerk the month of March, Motion carried 8--0. of March were presented. Motion by Alderwoman Kilpatrick Treasurer's financial statements for approved, seconded by Alderman Collins. for the month and City 1988, be going to speak in reference to the future the meeting, she were the bids received Bid Bond Attached $ 18,687.00 Jean Carroll Thompson was use of the current library building but, prior to asked to postpone this item until a later date. BID OPENING - CONCRETE SPECS: This being the time and place advertised, opened and read aloud. Merle Cherry Construction Laurel, Montana 59044 Total bid per specifications Quality Concrete Company Billings, Montana 59101 Bid Bond Attached Total bid per specifications $ 26,122.50 The bids were referred to the Street and Alley recommendation at the next Council meeting. STREET LIGHTING AT KIWANIS PARK: Committee for a Jim Flisrand stated that residents of llth Street are interested in expanding Light District #2 to include llth Street. Re checked into this and found the City can expand any existing light district one time each calendar year. All it will take is the Council's approval and no public hearing is required. Minutes of the City Council of Laurel Page 2 Council meeting of April 19, 1988 Jim stated the Council may want to look into expanding this to include all of Laurmac Subdivision instead of just llth Street. Re did point out, however, that the only requests have been from residents on llth Street. Jim stated the City will work with Montana Power as far as pole placement is concerned. The price will depend on cost factors such as the type of pole used and whether the cable will be buried. This cost will then be added to the light district and the property owners involved will be assessed so much per year. More discussion followed and this item was referred to the Street and Alley Committee for further study. RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING CASH: A resolution was presented to transfer cash from the Water Reservoir Bond Fund to the General Fund - Equipment Reserve cash. RESOLUTION NO. 2331 A RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING CERTAIN FUNDS OF THE CITY OF LAUREL, MONTANA Motion by Alderman Dickerson that Resolution No. 2331 be passed amd adopted, seconded by Alderman Orr. Motion carried 8--0. COMHITTEE REPORTS: --Ambulance Committee minutes of April 12, 1988 were presented and reviewed. Motion by Alderman Teeters to enter the Ambulance Committee minutes of April 12, 1988, into the record, seconded by Alderman Dickerson. Motion carried 8--0. --Board of Adjustments Committee minutes of April 12, 1988 were presented. Motion by Alderman Collins to enter the Board of Committee minutes of April 12, 1988, into the record, Alderman Graham. Motion carried 8--0. Adjustments seconded by --Budget/Finance Committee minutes of April 19, 1988 were presented and reviewed. Discussion followed regarding purchases. Bob Graham asked how often the City buys from local businesses and if so, does it cost more than it would if we went out of town. The Mayor stated that this issue is reviewed quite regularly. The City tries to buy locally if the cost does not exceedl0% over what competitors charge elsewhere. If the cost exceeds 10% and the City can save a considerable amount by going out of town, then they do. Motion by Alderman Dickerson to enter the Budget/Finance Committee minutes of April 19, 1988, into the record, seconded by Alderman Orr. Motion carried 8--0. --City Council Committee of the Whole minutes of April 5, 1988 were presented. Motion by Alderman Dickerson to enter the City Council Committee of the Whole minutes of April 5, 1988, into the record, seconded by Alderman Orr. Motion carried 8--0. --City-County Plannin~ Board minutes of April 14, 1988 were presented. Minutes of the City Council of Laurel Page 3 Council meeting of April 19, 1988 Motion bY Alderman Collins to enter the City-County Planning Board minutes of April 14, 1988, into the record, seconded by Alderwoman Kilpatrick. Motion carried 8--0. HOME OCCUPATION: William E. Fillner, 1005 7th Avenue, came before the Council to seek a Home Occupation. Motion by Alderman Dickerson to approve a home occupation for William Fillner of 1005 7th Avenue, subject to the issuing of a business license, seconded by Alderwoman Kilpatrick. Mr. Fillner explained that his business will consist of painting residences (interior/exterior) and doing minor repairs on a bid basis. Materials are purchased per job so there will be no inventory to store. His brushes and tools will be stored in his home and the ladders will be stored in his backyard under the deck. Me stated he would need a business license to be able to advertise and this is what he wants to do. The phone number and mailing address of the home are all that are needed for the business. At this time the question was called for. Motion carried 8--0. --Public Utilities Committee minutes of April 11, 1988 were presented and reviewed. Bob Graham spoke on behalf of Frank Wiley, in reference to his water bill. Frank was unable to attend the Council meeting and asked that this item be postponed until a later date when he can be present. Motion by Alderman Collins to enter the Public Utilities Committee minutes of April 11, 1988, into the record, seconded by Alderman Orr. Motion carried 8--0. Motion by Alderman Collins to recommendation, items # 2, 3, and 4 of the minutes, seconded by Alderwoman Kilpatrick. approve, with committee Public Utilities Committee Motion carried 8--0. COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE: Cal Cumin had three issues he wanted to bring before the Council. The first one was in reference to the current library building. He stated that there will be many people and groups interested in different uses for this building. This is a building owned by the City and it is his recommendation that the Council appoint a council committee to deal with the issues concerning future use of this building. The Mayor appointed a council committee to study options for use of the current library building when it is vacated. Committee members are: Donna Kilpatrick, Chairman; Bob Graham; and Chuck Hodgers. In the second issue, Cal stated that he represents Laurel on the Steering Committee for economic development. The purpose of this committee is to build a consensus among local governments, so when they go to the State legislature they go as a united group with a common focus. The group invites issues from different entities such as schools, businesses~ chambers, local and county governments, labor, and hospitals. Out of 27 different bills, the committee has narrowed it to 5 or 6. Cal stated the bills tend to get watered down to be accepted by all the different groups. The committee feels it is very important to send these bills to the legislature and they would like to go over them with the different groups represented. Minutes of the City Council of Laurel Page 4 Council meeting of April 19, 1988 Cal will prepare a presentation on this for the next Council meeting and a committee will be appointed to go over this and to also keep abreast of issues taking place in the coming legislature. The third issue Cal brought up was in reference to land that is zoned Central Business District Commercial. The land is at First Street and Fourth Avenue. There is a large vacant lot on the corner which has been purchased by a man who intends to open a body shop there. Cal stated the man is well within his rights to do so because of the zoning there, but he is surrounded by a residential neighborhood and Cal feels this is going to cause problems. He just wanted to make the Council aware of the issue. Polly VanNice stated she received a call from a woman from Park City who was in the vicinity at the time the accident occurred east of town. She wanted to complement the ambulance personnel on their quick response time and also on the skill they showed. Bob Graham spoke on behalf of the school bus drivers. He stated they were reprimanded by a police officer for exceeding the speed limit on 8th Avenue by the Baptist Church. There is a 15 mile per hour sign which can be read when traveling north but there is no sign when going south. They would like to see signs on both sides of the road. Jim Flisrand gave an update on the temporary sign ordinance. He passed out copies showing just what is in the State Sign Code. The bureau in Helena stated that we can adjust this if we so choose. Jim stated this is the code that the city of Laurel has adopted. This item is not on the agenda, so Jim suggested that if the Council would like to discuss this further, it needs to be put on the agenda for the next meeting. It was the consensus of the Council to leave the sign ordinance as it is and just enforce it. A Garbage Committee meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 26th, at 5:00 p.m. The License Committee will meet on Mondays April 25th, at 5:00 p.m. A Street and Alley Committee meeting will be held on Thursday, April 21st, at 5:00 p.m. The Mayor appointed Dick Black to replace Carl Ryan on the Police Commission. Motion bw Alderman Collins to Black to the Police Commission, Motion carried 8--0. confirm the seconded by appointment of Dick Alderman Dickerson. A Budget/Finance Committee meeting will be held Thursday, April 20th, at 4:30 p.m. to review the budgets for the City Council and the Mayor. They will also meet on April 25th and 26th at 4:30 to look at the Street and Alley budgets. Chuck Dickerson was asked to serve on a panel to discuss City-County Consolidation. This will be broadcast on radio KBLG on Thursday from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. Jim Flisrand stated he is working on expanding the jurisdictional area with enforcement of the building codes. The State allows the City to go 4 1/2 miles beyond the city limits. He spoke with Mr. Brown in Helena and found out the city is not required to hold a public hearing to do so, but Jim feels it would be a good idea to get the public's input. Jim stated that what this amounts to is that the City would be enlarging the building permit jurisdictional area to encompass subdivisions outside the city limits to enforce proper construction. He feels that eventually these subdivisions will be within the city Minutes of the City Council of Laurel Page 5 Council meeting of April 19, i988 limits and it would be a good idea to control construction now if there is public support for it. Discussion followed and many aldermen felt the people in these areas will be opposed to it. They stated the reason many people live in subdivisions is to get away from city regulations. It was decided to go ahead and set up an informal public hearing to get input on this. Alderman Teeters was opposed to doing this. Donna Kilpatrick requested permission to leave the State from April 20th to May 5th. Motion by Alderman Rodgers to grant Donna Kilpatrick permission to leave the State from April 20th to May 5th, seconded by Alderman Collins. Motion carried 8--0. The Negotiation Committee will meet after the Council meeting tonight. There being no further business to come before the Council at this time, the meeting was adjourned at 8:10 p.m. Donald L. Hackmann, City Clerk Approved by the Mayor and passed by the City Council of the City Laurel, Montana, this 3rd day of May, 1988. of ATTEST: Donald L. Hackmann, City Clerk