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Home My WebLink AboutCity Council Minutes 10.25.2022MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF LAUREL A regular meeting of the City Council of t e City of Laurel, Montana, was held in the Council Chambers and called to order by Mayor Dav Waggoner at 6:30 p.m. on October 25, 2022. COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: OTHER STAFF PRESENT: Emelie Eaton Michelle Mize Casey Wheelei Richard Klose Michele, Brittney Forrest S Mayor Waggoner led the Pledge of Allegiance to the MINUTES: Richard Herr Iry Wilke Heidi Sparks Bill Mountsier m, Civil City Attorney Administrative Assistant Contract Planner flag. Motion by Council Member Wilke to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of October 11, 2022, as presented, seconded by Council Mernt er Klose. There was no public comment or Council discussion. A vote was taken on the motion All six Council Members present voted aye. Motion carried 6-0. CORRESPONDENCE: None. COUNCIL DISCLOSURE OF EX PARTE C PUBLIC HEARING: None. CONSENT ITEMS: • Claims entered through October 21, 2022. A complete listing of the claims and their am • Approval of Payroll Register for PPE 10/1 • City Council Closed Executive Session • Council Workshop Minutes of June 7, • Council Workshop Minutes of June 21, • Council Workshop Closed Executive • Council Workshop Minutes of July 5, 2022. The Mayor asked if there was any separation of Motion by Council Member Klose to apprc Council Member Wilke. There was no public comr. the motion. All six Council Members present voted CEREMONIAL CALENDAR: None. REPORTS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS: CATIONS: None. is on file in the Clerk/Treasurer's Office. totaling $218,444.63. of February 8, 2022. Minutes June 21, 2022. items. There was none. the consent items as presented, seconded by it or Council discussion. A vote was taken on e. Motion carried 6-0. 1 Council Minutes of October 25, 2022 • Budget/Finance Committee Minutes of Octot • Emergency Services Committee Minutes of S • Public Works Committee Minutes of Septeml • City/County Planning Board Minutes of Sept • Park Board Minutes of October 6, 2022. • City/County Planning Board Minutes of Octo AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION (THREE - Barb Emineth, 501 Alder Avenue, read the attached SCHEDULED MATTERS: • Appointment of Aron Kostelecky to the Pu 11, 2022. :ember 26, 2022. 19, 2022. )er 21, 2022. 19, 2022. LIMIT): into the record. Works Committee. Motion by Council Member Herr to approve the Mayor's appointment of Aron Kostelecky to the Public Works Committee, seconded by Council Member Wilke. There was no public comment or Council discussion. A vote was taken on the motion. All six Council Members present voted aye. Motion carried 6-0. • Appointment of Jonathan Gotschall to the Public Works Committee. Motion by Council Member Mize to approve t e Mayor's appointment of Jonathan Gotschall to the Public Works Committee, seconded by Council Member Wilke. There was no public comment or Council discussion. A vote was taken on the motion. All six Council Members present voted aye. Motion carried 6-0.' • Appointment of Camilla Nelson to the�Laurel Urban Renewal Agency for the remainder of a four-year term ending Dece ber 31, 2024. Motion by Council Member Eaton to approve the Mayor's appointment of Camilla Nelson to the Laurel Urban Renewal Agency for the remainder of a four-year term ending December 31, 2024, seconded by Council Member Wilke. There was no public comment or Council discussion. A vote was taken on the motion. All six Council Members present voted aye. Motion carried 6-0. • Appointment of Richard Klose to the City/(bounty Planning Board for a two-year term ending June 30, 2024. Motion by Council Member Wilke to approve the Mayor's appointment of Richard Klose to the City/County Planning Board for a two-year term ending June 30, 2024, seconded by Council Member Mize. There was no public comment or Council discussion. A vote was taken on the motion. All six Council Members present voted aye. I dotion carried 6-0. • Resolution No. R22-67: Resolution Of The City Council Approving An Application For Special Review For The Pelican Cafe, LLC Authorizing The Onsite Sale And Consumption Of Alcohol On -Premises, Wi hin An Existing Structure Located At 701 East Main Street, City Of Laurel Motion by Council Member Mize to approve Member Eaton. There was no public comment or i motion. All six Council Members present voted aye. • Ordinance No. 022-06: An Ordinance. The Laurel Municipal code Relating To —1St Reading ion No. R22-67, seconded by Council discussion. A vote was taken on the carried 6-0. ig Certain Chapters Of Title 12.18 Of Event Permits For The City Of Laurel Motion by Council Member Herr to adopt Ordinance No. 022-06, seconded by Council Member Wilke. There was no public comment or Council discussion. A roll call vote was taken on the motion. Council Members Herr, Wilke, Klose, Wheeler, Mize, and Eaton voted aye. Motion carried 6-0. ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AG PA : None. 3� Council Minutes of October 25, 2022 COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS COUNCIL DISCUSSION: None. MAYOR UPDATES: The City received an award from MMIA for the claims for 2nd class Cities. UNSCHEDULED MATTERS: None. ADJOURNMENT: Motion by Council Member Eaton to adjot Member Wilke. There was no public comment or motion. All six Council Members present voted aye. There being no further business to come before the at 6:43 p.m. Brittney Approved by the Mayor and passed by the City day of November 2022. (-11 Attest: Iffe Str r, Clerk/Treasurer Dave W 3 LIMIT): None. dollars spent on Worker's Compensation the Council meeting, seconded by Council uncil discussion. A vote was taken on the otion carried 6-0. at this time, the meeting was adjourned Administrative of the 'ty of Laurel, Montana, on this 8th ) 01 °"t I 1/ , Mayor &A -f6 J!:::! rl-,1 n 8 k - '5-01 coru"cc�1 What the homeowner at 506 Birch is �J 4e/t- I 610'-Tlc�� )y oing by living in a house with no water, gas, or electricity is called self neglect,_ it is one of the major issues that adult protection deals with, however . they are under no obligation to step one foot in that house. It is her right to refuse their services. The I being charged with maintaining a publ meowner avoided is nuisance back in Marrh of this year by allowing the city to hau away a yard full of garbage and rotting food.. Currently th re is the remains of a burned to the ground garage on this p operty that is her responsibility to get cleaned up within 6 months:f It is a public hazard. The city council back in October of 2021 unanimously passed Ordinance #021-04 updating o r nuisance codes with fines and jail time for violators. The purpose of TITLE 8 of our codes is to regulate conditions in the city that may constitute public nuisances, are injurious to public health, safety, and welfare, obstruct the free use of property or interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property and to provide for the remediation of such nuisances to protect the public health, safety and welfare and to promote the economic stability of neighborhoods and areas within the city. Also to prevent and prohibit these conditions which reduce the value of private property, interfer with the enjoyment of public and private property, create and constitute public nuisances and contribute to the degradation of the character of neighborhoods and the depreciation off property values. Michaele Herren lives in a neglected ilapidated house. I believe anyone who drove by it would agree. There has been no effort over a 40 year period to takq care of it or the yard. If the city decides not to allow code a iforcement and our police department to charge her for rr aintaining a public nuisance all these many years then th codes that were updated. are TOTALLY USELESS. Thank -you for aur time.