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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Minutes 01.19.1982Minutes of the City Council of Laurel January 19, 1982 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 7:04 p.m,, 9n January 19, 1952. COUNCIL MEMBERs PRESENT: Lonnie Kellogg Bill Brennan Marvin Carter Susan Carter Duane Behm {late Terry Fink Donald Meyers Bob Gauthier COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: none INVOCATION: Invocation given by Reverend Wilhelm. MINUTES: Motion by Alderman Fink to approve and adopt the minutes of the regular meeting of January 5, 1982, as presented~ seconded by Alderman Brennan. Carried. CORRESPONDENCE: Received a letter from Federal Emergency Management Agency confirming the meeting set up for. Tuesday, February 9, 1982, at 7:00 p.m., regarding the Preliminary Flood Insurance Study. Received a copy of the minutes of the Yellowstone County Air Pollution Control Board meeting of December 8~ 1981. Received a copy of the minutes of the Interlocal Cooperative Commission meeting of January 6, 1982. Received a notice from the Montana League of Cities and Towns regarding a workshop for newly elected mayors and coun¢ilpersons to be held at the Billings Library building on January 28~ 1982, from 9:30 a.m. to t:B0 p.m. Received a request from Judge Walter A. Menello to ~ave the state from January BOth through February 9, 1982. Motion by Alderman Fink to grant Walter ~. Menello permission to leave the state, seconded by Alderman Meyers. Carried. CITY CLERK'S AND CITY TREASURER'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: The City Treasurer, Peg Kamerzel, read the Treasurer's Report for the month ending December 31, 1981. The City Clerk's and City Treasurer's Financial Statements for December were presented for approval. Motion by Alderman Meyers to approve the City Clerk's and City Treasurer's Financial Statements as presented, seconded by Alderman Brennan. Carried. DAVE MICHAEL: We need a resolution changing authorized signatures from Larry Herman to Albert Ehrlick in order to sign all necessary documents and receive payment on the EPA grant for the Wastewater Treatment Plant. RESOLUTION NO. 1892 AUTHORIZING FILING OF APPLICATION WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA~ FOR A GRANT UNDER THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT AMENDMENTS (33, U.S.C. 1251 ET SEQ.) AND THE CLEAN WATER ACT OF 1977 P.L. 95-271. Motion by Alderman Fink that Resolution No. 1892 be passed and adopted, seconded by Alderman Brennan. Carried. page2 Minutes of the City Council of Laurel CURT McKENZIE - FEDERAL AID URBAN SYSTEM: John MacMartin was not able to attend this meeting, so Curt presented two sets of maps (4 copies each) to be signed by the Mayor and Clerk; The County signed them this morning. One set indicated the Functional Classification and the other set indicated the Federal Aid System. These maps will be forwarded to the state and when ~hey get them and act on it, we will be eligible to draw up to $100,000 for street work which we have outlined. Motion by Alderman Behm to authorize the'Mayor and Clerk to sign the Federal Aid Urban System and Functional maps, seconded by Alderman Meyers. Carried. BILL BRENNAN - POLICE~ FIRE, AND AMBULANCE COMMITTEE: Alderman Brennan presented the minutes of the January 18, 1982, meeting. There was discussion regarding the request of $2,000.00 for purchase of special equipment for training -- flak jackets, flak vests and gas masks. Since this was not included in the 19B1-82 budget, an emergency budget is requested. Motion by Alderman Brennan to adopt ResoIution No. 1894 declaring an emergency exists requiring additional expenditures from the Police Reserve Fund in the amount of $2,000.00 and directing publication of notice of a public hearing, seconded by Alderman Fink. Carried. More discussion regarding the cost of the equipment requested. Motion by Alderman Marvin Carter to reconsider the previous motion, seconded by Alderman Meyers. Carried with Alderman Fink voting "no." Motion by Alderman Marvin Carter to amend Resolution No. 1894 to read: Declaring an emergency exists requiring additional expenditures from the Police Reserve Fund in the amount to outfit three (3) officers and directing publication of notice of a public hearing, seconded by Alderman Meyers. Discussion. Motion by Alderman Behm to amend the previous motion to amend Resolution No. 1894 to read "in the amount of $2,500.00," instead of "in the amount to outfit three (B) officers," seconded by Alderman Marvin Carter. Carried with Alderman Fink voting "no." The question was called, on the original motion made by Alderman Marvin Carter, to amend Resolution No. 1894 as amended. Motion passed with Alderman Fink voting "no.!' . The question was now called on the reconsideration of the original motion by Alderman Brennan to adopt Resolution No. 1894 as amended which now reads: RESOLUTION NO. 1894 BEING A RESOLUTION DECLARING AN EMERGENCY EXISTS REQUIRING ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES FROM THE POLICE RESERVE FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,500.00 AND DIRECTING PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING. Resolution passed with Alderman Fink voting "no." Motion by Alderman Brennan to enter into the record the Police, Fire and Ambulance Committee minutes of January 18, 1982, seconded by Alderman Fink. Carried with Alderman Behm voting "no." page 3 Minutes of the City Council of Laurel MAYOR'S COMMENTS: Dick Metzger and I attended a meeting on Monday, January llth regarding the two-cent county-wide gas tax and they would like us to endorse it and to help get signatures in order to get the issue on the ballot. Discussion. Alderman Fink objected to the tax because service stations in Park City are already a penny less than Laurel service stations, and if you add another 26 people would drive to Park City to buy their gas. Alderman Kellogg commented that because of the price of gasoline more people are turning to alternate sources of fuel, such as propane and diesel; and those people are using our streets and not paying the tax, which makes it unfair to the people buying gas. Alderman Brennan indicated that he was opposed to the 26 tax, but was in favor of getting it on the ballot and let the voters decide if they want it or not. More discussion. RESOLUTION NO. 1893 ENDORSING THE LOCAL OPTION TWO-CENT COUNTY-WIDE GAS TAX PETITION DRIVE. Motion by Alderman Marvin Carter that Resolution No. 1893 be passed and adopted, seconded by Alderman Meyers. Carried with Alderman Fink and Alder- man Kellogg voting "no." CURT McKENZIE - INSURANCE COMMITTEE: We had an Insurance Committee meeting on January 7th regarding the advertisement for bids or to see if we can extend our current policy at the same rate. In contacting all local agents who bid on our current policy, it was agreed upon that we go on a three-year interval basis. Olivia Lee of Williams Agency was supposed to write a letter saying that the premiums would not be raised in the next two years unless it was due to an increase in fees by their underwriters. Discussion. Motion by Alderman Fink to enter into the record the Insurance Committee minutes of January 7, 1982, seconded by Alderman Brennan. Discussion regarding a guaranteed three-year premium. If this can not be done with our current policy then maybe we should advertise for a three- year policy. This was referred to the Insurance Committee for further study. The question was called on the motion to enter the minutes into the record. Motion was defeated 8--0. Mayor Ehrlick requested an audit, and would like to change it to a calen- dar year basis. However, because of state law the audit is required to be on a fiscal year basis {July 1--June 30). Discussion. Motion by Alderman Fink to advertise for bids on an annual audit for fiscal year ending June 30, 1982, seconded by Alderman Meyers. Carried. DICK METZGER announced that HCL Equipment would be in Laurel demonstrating a patching machine on January 6th at 10:00 a.m., and invited the council to come and see how this machine works. page 4 Minutes of the City Council of Laurel Dick also mentioned that a man from Helena will be down to look at the Billings garbage system and wants to stop and spend some time with us also. Apparently they are considering the automated system. Dick would like to meet with the Park Committee as soon as possible to discuss the septic tank problem at Riverside Park. Alderman Marvin Carter called a Garbage Committee meeting 1982, at 4:30 p.m. Dave Michael informed the council that the water level at was up. Joe Bradley mentioned that last meeting he was directed to draw up an ordinance regarding disposing of ashes in the garbage containers, and he informed the council that we already have an ordinance on the books to cover this problem. There being no further business to come before the council at this time, the meeting was adjourned at 8:15 p.m~~~~ ona d L. Hackmann, City Clerk Approved by the Mayor and passed by the City Council of the City of Laurel, Montana, this 2nd day of February, 1982. ATTEST: Dbnal~ L. Hackm-a~n~ City Clerk Al°o~t Ehrlick, Mayor for January 26, the water plant