HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Minutes 01.17.1984Minutes of the City Council of Laurel
January 17, g84
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 Albert Ehrlick at
7:05 p.m., on January 17, 1984.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Lonnie Kellogg Chuck Dickerson
Marvin Carter Donald Meyers
Mel Krug Bob Gauthier
Fred Feuerbacher, III
COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: Rob Harris
INVOCATION: Invocation given by Albert Ehrlick.
MINUTES: Motion by Alderman Meyers to approve the minutes of the regular meeting
o~ January 3, lg8 , as presented, seconded by Alderman Feuerbacher. Carried.
CORRESPONDENCE: Received a letter from HKM regarding the work progress at the
Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Received a letter from Alden Pedersen, Attorney at Law, stating he has a
client interested in purchasing the City ambulance service. This matter turned
over to the Ambulance Committee.
Received a letter from the State of Montana Department of Military Affairs
regarding the 17th Annual Governor's Conference on Disaster Preparedness for
Public Officials, to be held at the Sheraton Inn in Billings, Montana, on
February 14th and 15th.
Received the agenda and minutes of December 13, 1983, from the Yellowstone
County Air Pollution Control Board.
' Received a letter from the Office of .the Lieutenant Governor in reference
to hiring under the new preference legislation.
CITY CLERK'S and CITY TREASURER'S FINANCIAL STATEMENT: The City Clerk's and City
Treasurer's Financial Statement for the month o December, 1983, were presented
and reviewed for approval.
Motion by Alderman Kellogg to accept the City Clerk's and City Treasurer's
Financial Statement as presented, seconded by Alderman Gauthier. Motion carried.
ORDINANCE N0. 765 {second reading)
AMENDING SECTION 17.32.010, DELETING PAVING MATERIALS
FROM LI (LIGHT INDUSTRIAL) ZONE.
Motion by Alderman Kellogg that Ordinance No. 765 (second reading) be passed
and adopted, seconded by Alderman Dickerson.
Discussion.
Upon taking a roll call vote, all aldermen present voted, "YES," with
Alderman Carter voting, "N0." Motion carried 6--1.
ORDINANCE N0. 766 (second reading)
AMENDING SECTION 17.32.010, TO ALLOW HEAVY MANUFACTURING
OR BLENDING OR MIXING PLANTS NOT OTHERWISE MENTIONED IN
HI (HEAVY INDUSTRIAL) ZONE UNDER SPECIAL REVIEW ONLY.
Motion by Alderman Kellogg .that Ordinance No. 766 (second reading) be passed
and adopted, seconded by Alderman Meyers. Upon taking a roll call vote, all
aldermen present voted, "YES," with Alderman Carter voting, "N0." Motion carried
6--1.
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ORDINANCE N0. 767 (first reading)
ADOPTING RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE CEMETERY
COMMISSION.
Motion by Alderman Meyers that Ordinance No. 767 (first reading) be passed
and adopted, seconded by Alderman Carter. Upon taking a roll call vote, all
aldermen present voted, "YES." Motion carried 7--0.
ORDINANCE NO. 768 (first reading)
AMENDING SECTION 12.08.020, PENALTIES, OF THE LAUREL
MUNICIPAL CODE.
Motion by Alderman Carter that Ordinance No. 768 (first reading) be passed
and adopted, seconded by Alderman Dickerson. Upon taking a roll call vote, all
aldermen present voted, "YES." Motion carried 7--0.
CAL CUMIN - APPROVING PLATS: The first plat that came up during the City-County
Planning Board meeting was concerning Dr. Tom Beyl's property, Lots 29--37,
Block 31, East Yellowstone Subdivision. The City-County Planning Board recommends
to the City Council that the petition for an amended plat be conditionally
approved subject to providing an additional 10 ft, to highway right-of-way.
The second one is Les Zuck, Sunhav~ Trailer Court Expansion, to Block 5,
Nutting Brothers Subdivision. The City-County Planning Board recommends to the
City Council that the petition for Sunhaven Trailer Court Expansion be condition-
ally approved subject to extending parking pads 15 ft. deeper into property and
providing permanent trash rack. This one has to go before the Council as a public
hearing before it can be approved. The public hearing will be held February 21
and the Ordinance of Annexation will be March 20th. The first one does not
require a public hearing. The following resolution was presented by the City
Clerk:
RESOLUTION N0. 2046
APPROVING THE PLAT AMENDING LOTS 2g THRU 37,
BLOCK 31, EAST YELLOWSTONE SUBDIVISION TO BE
KNOWN AS LOTS A & B, LAUREL, YELLOWSTONE COUNTY,
MONTANA.
Motion by Alderman Carter that Resolution No. 2046 be passed and adopted,
seconded by Alderman Kellogg. Motion carried 7--0.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
City-County Planning Board minutes of January 12, 1984, were presented and
reviewed.
Motion by Alderman Feuerbacher to enter into the record the City-County
Planning Board minutes of January 12, 1g84, seconded by Alderman Kellogg. Motion
carried.
Personnel Committee minutes of January 10, 1984, were presented and reviewed.
Motion by Alderman Me ens to enter into the record the Personnel Committee
minutes of January 10, 19 , seconded by Alderman Kellogg. Motion carried.
Fire Committee minutes of January 16, 1984, were presented and reviewed.
Motion by Alderman Carter to approve and enter into the record the Fire Com-
mittee minutes of January 16, 1984, seconded by Alderman Meyers. Motion carried.
Insurance Committee minutes of January 5, 1984, were presented and reviewed.
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' Item No. 1 of the minutes: Bob Gauthier stated that Don Miller has accepted
the new proposal offered which is $450.00. As far as he knows this claim is
settled.
Motion by Alderman Gauthier to .enter the Insurance Committee minutes of
January 5, 1984, seconded by Alderman Carter. Motion carried.
Budget/Finance Committee minutes of January 3, 1984, were presented and reviewed.
Motion by Alderman Kellogg to enter into the record the Budget/Finance Com-
mittee minutes of January 3, 1984, seconded by Alderman Dickerson. Motion
carried.
Public Utilities Committee minutes of January 10, 1984, were presented and reviewed.
Motion by Alderman Kellogg that we pay the 10% holdback to Rainbow Painting
ahd K-Decorators, seconded by Alderman Carter. Motion carried 6--1 with Alderman
Gauthier voting, "N0."
Motion. by Alderman Kellogg that the City purchase 3000..sandbags @ 13¢ each
from. Missoula County at a cost of $390.00, seconded by Alderman Meyers. Motion
carried.
Motion by Alderman Kellogg to approve and enter into the record the Public
Utilities Committee minutes of January 10, 1884, seconded by Alderman Meyers.
Motion carried.
Investment Committee minutes of January 16, 1984, were presented and reviewed.
Motion by Alderman Gauthier to enter into the record the Investment Committee
minutes of January 1 , 19 , seconded by Alderman Carter. Motion carried.
MAYOR'S COMMENTS: The Mayor reported that he has appointed the following people
to committees:
Vern Waller - Public Utilities Committee
John Ward - Street & A11ey Committee
Andy Loebe - Street & Alley Committee
Dave Powers - Fire Committee and FAP Committee
Larry Collins - Civil Defense Director
Don Meyers will serve on the Disaster Planning Committee
Paul Peterson - Ambulance Committee
Motion by Alderman Carter to confirm the Mayor's appointments, seconded by
Alderman Kellogg. Motion carried.
Chuck Dickerson stated Dwight MacKay wanted to know if Laurel wanted to
continue with the commissioner meetings in Laurel.
Discussion about publicizing notices of meetings in Gazette as well as the
Outlook. Chuck will inform Dwight of this.
LONNIE KELLOGG - CONSOLIDATION:
Motion by-Alderman Kellogg to put the consolidation issue on the agenda for
February 7th, and encourage-the people to attend the meeting and voice their
opinions, seconded by Alderman Dickerson. Motion carried.
Marvin Carter stated--;he would like to compliment Larry, Dave and members of
the crew for the snow removal we've seen today. We've seen more today than we
did the whole month of December. Street Committee members I commend you for a
job well done.
' The Garbage Committee will meet this next week with the people in Murray
Heights about .their 90-gal. garbage containers. The committee will also set the
new meeting date at that time.
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The Park Committee will meet at 5:00 p.m., Tuesday the 24th.
Police Committee will meet at 5:30 p.m. a week from Thursday.
There being no further business to come before the Council at this time,
the meeting was adjourned at 8:18 p.m.
Approved by the Mayor and passed by the City Council of the City of Laurel,
Montana, this 7th day of February, 1984.
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Donald L. Hackmann, City Clerk
Albert Ehr ick, Mayor