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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Minutes 10.20.1981Minutes of the City CoUncil of Laurel October 20, 1981 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 Larry D. Herman, at 7:00 p.m., on October 20, 19B1. COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Albert Ehrlick Susan Carter Duane Behm Terry Fink Donald Meyers Ervin Metzger COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: Harold Burns Bill Brennan ~NVOCATION: Invocation given by Reverend Gray. MINUTES: Minutes of the regular meeting of October 6, 1981, approved as presented. CORRESPONDENCE: Receiyed a thank you card from Mrs. Albert Ehrlick for flowers she received during her recent hospitalization. CITY CLERK'S AND CITY TREASURER'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: City Clerk's and ~ity Treasurer's Financial Statements for the month of September were pre- sented for review and approval. Motion by Alderman Metzg. er to approve the City Clerk's and City Treasurer's Finanbial Statements as presented, seconded by ~lderwoman Carter. Carried. ORDINANCE NO. 699 (second reading) AMENDING CHAPTER 18 OF THE LAUREL MUNICIPAL CODE Motion by Alderman Meyers that Ordinance No. 699 be passed and adopted, seconded by Alderman Metzger. Upon taking a roll call vote, all aldermen present voted "yes." LIGHT DISTRICT NO. 3 PUBLIC HEARING: This being the time and place advertised, a public hearing was held. There were no protestors present. Four protest letters were received by the clerk as follows: William H. Arden 4,226 sq. ft. William Lohof 10,890 sq. ft. Rose M. Kilpatrick 4,500 sq. ft. Mrs. Fern D. Oliver 25,350 sq. ft. The total protested square feet represents 2.7% of the total area in the district. Discussion. The project would begin as soon as all of the material has arrived, but no exact timetable could be given by Mike Richmond of Montana Power Co. The new assessment would go on next years taxes, beginning when the project is completed. RESOLUTION NO. 18B4 A RESOLUTION CREATING SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 3 OF THE CITY OF LAUREL, MONTANA, AND DESIGNATING THE BOUNDARIES THEREOF. Motion by Alderman Meyers that Resolution No. 1884 be passed and adopted, seconded by Alderwoman Carter. Carried. page 2 Minutes of the City Council of Laurel Motion by Alderman Meyers that Resolution No. i885 be seconded by Alderman Metzger. Carried. MAYOR'S COMMENTS: Without any objection from the Council, council meeting is set for Wednesday, November 4th at 7:00 City General Election. RESOLUTION NO. 1885 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF LAUREL, MONTANA, TO EXECUTE CONTRACT WITH THE MONTANA POWER COMPANY, WITH AN OFFICE AT BILLINGS, MONTANA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF BUPPLHING ELECTRICAL ENERGY TO AND OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FOR SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. AND FOR THE MONTANA POWER COMPANY FURNISHING ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT AND THE COST OF INSTALLATION AT ITS OWN E×PENSE. passed and adopted, the next regular p.m., due to the TERRY FINK POLICE CAR: Discussion regarding the lease of a reconditioned police car from Financial Consultants International, Inc. Mike Bloom stated that it is a one-year contract, fully equipped vehicle except for a radio, and we will have to pull a radio from another vehicle. It has the light bar and police package. The City will have to provide for the maintenance like we do now. The price is $210o78 a month. The vehicle has about 45,000 to 48,000 miles on it. Sue Carter brought up that in the future we should look into the possibi- Iity of reconditioning our own vehicles. Mike Bloom mentioned that what con- cerned him was the high mileage on our present vehicles. Terry Fink said, "Let's try the lease. If it doesn't work, we can try something else." RESOLUTION NO. 1886 APPROVING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUREL AND FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS INTERNATIONAL, INC., SAID AGREEMENT RELATING TO LEASING OF ONE (1) 1979 CHEVROLET MALIBU POLICE VEHICLE. Motion by Alderman Fink that Resolution No. 1886 be passed and adopted, seconded by Alderman Ehrlick. Carried. ALBERT EHRLICK - SCHOOL ZONE SIGN AT THE CORNER OF WEST FIRST STREET AND SECOND AVENUE: Wanted to know what the City's liability is if someone should run into it. Mike Bloom says that it is not a legal sign. This matter was referred to the City Attorney for review and recommendation. SUE CARTER - WATER LINE IN CHERRY HILL II: I was a little informed about this but the Park Committee was not. Mayor Herman explained the problem regarding the water lines. The City approved the plans for the water lines in Cherry Hill II based on the STR study of 6" and 8" water lines. When we got ready to file the plat, Dave Powers and Curt McKenzie went and checked the water pressures. Come to find out there is no way that we can get into 6" and 8" lines in that area. Con- sequently since we had already approved the lines, we opened ourselves up with some severe liability with the developer. The State and we had approved it. Rather than get into litigation over the matter at a cost of about $40,000 we checked with the County Assessor to see wBat the land is valued at and as page3 Minutes Of the CitY Council of Laurel you know we have to give 1/12th of the value of the park or cash. The land is valued very low. But we could not go below what was assessed~ So as a compro- mise we accepted $5,000 for the City/County park dedication fund with the under- standing of the developer that he will put in the larger lines. I have directed the City/County Planning Board that in the future they are not to approve any plans for water and sewer lines. The way they should be approved is subject to the engineer reviewing them at the time of filing. That will avoid this problem in the future. It really puts us in a bind. Every time we do a study we assume the study is current and will continue for a time. This STR study is totally outdated to the point that we can not rely on it. They now have to put in 10" and 12" lines and a loop in order to get this matter taken care of. One of the problems is that we did not have a city engineer at the time the 6" and 8" lines were approved. Curt McKenzie suggested that there should be a pressure test before final approval. The Mayor introduced into the minutes all correspondence relating to this matter. DUANE BEHM GARBAGE STUDY: Commented on the meeting held October 8th regarding a possible incinerator for solid waste disposal and as soon as the results of the rate study gets here we can discuss it at a council meeting. There being no further business to come before the Council at this time, the meeting was adjourned at 7:38 p.m.~~~ Do--~ld L~, City Clerk Approved by the Mayor and passed by the City Council of the City of Laurel, Montana, this 4th day of November, t981. Mayor