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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Minutes 03.18.1980Minutes of the City Council of Laurel March 18, 1980 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~ a~ 7:00 p.m., on March 18, 1980. COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Albert Ehrlick Duane Behm Donald Meyers MINUTES: Minutes presented. CORRESPONDENCE: Bill Brennan Susan Carter Terry Fink Ervin Metzger COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: Harold Burns INVOCATION: Invocation given by Rev. Dallas Decker. of the regular meeting of March 4, 1980, Motion seconded by RESOLUTION NO. 1775 A RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING CERTAIN FUNDS OF THE approved as CITY OF LAUREL, MONTANA, FROM THE GENERAL OPERATING FUND TO THE LOCAL CRIME CONTROL FUND. by Albert Ehrlick that Resolution No. 1775 be passed and adopted, Alderman Metzger. Carried. RESOLUTION NO. 1776 A RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING CERTAIN FUNDS'OF THE CITY OF LAUREL, MONTANA, FROM THE REVOLVING FUND TO SID 100 BOND SINKING FUND AS A LOAN UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE SID 100 BOND SINKING FUND/HAS SUF- FICIENT FUNDS TO REPAY THE REVOLVING~TFUND. Discussion: Tom Bradley emphasized that in the future the City Council should review very thoroughly SIDs on pending bare land that is speculative in nature. Because if it turns out that the developer can not sell the lots or can not develop the area, the City's revolving fund has to make the pay- ments. He suggested that the City Council look at the possibility of setting up some restrictions of what the City will set up SID districts on in the future. Motion by Alderman Brennan that Resolution No. 1776 be passed and adopted, seconded by Alderman Meyers. Carried. RESOLUTION NO. 1777 A RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING CERTAIN FUNDS OF THE CITY OF LAUREL, MONTANA, FROM THE REVOLVING FUND TO SID 102 BOND SINKING FUND AS A LOAN UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE SID 102 BOND SINKING FUND HAS SUF- FICIENT FUNDS TO REPAY THE REVOLVING FUND. Discussion. Motion by Alderwoman Carter that Resolution No. 1777 be passed and adopted, seconded by Alderman Ehrlick. Carried. AIRPORT: Letter from Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administra- tion advising that $238,050 has been allocated under the terms of the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970, for construction at the Laurel Airport in 1980. page 2 Minutes of the City Council of Laurel STORM SEWER PROJECT: Letter from HKM Associates regard'ing a change order for 42" RCP storm drain extension from 1st Avenue to 3rd Avenue on Main Street. Motion by Alderman Meyers to give the Mayor authority to sign the Storm Drain change order in the amount of $70,824.87, seconded by Alderman Ehrlick. Carried. TOWN MEETING: Letter from Laurel Chamber of Commerce/Laurel Women In Business regarding a special meeting Wednesday, March 19th, 6:30 to 9:00 p.m., at the Fred Graff School cafeteria, to identify needs, establish goals, and set priorities for the Laurel business community for the decade ahead. MONTANA LEAGUE OF CITIES & TOWNS: Letter from Montana League of Cities & Towns requesting that cities and towns submit any and all suggestions for legislation to the League office by April 15th. GARBAGE: Letter from Laurel Chamber of Commerce stating that they would like to go on record as supporting the proposal of private enterprise providing garbage service to the Laurel community. FINANCIAL: The City Treasurer's and City Clerk's February Financial State- ments were presented. Motion by Alderman Metzger to approve the February Financial Reports as presented, seconded by Alderman Ehrlick. Carried. DUANE BEHM--GARBAGE COMMITTEE: The Garbage Committee would like some sug- gestions and direction from the Council on whether the City should continue collecting garbage and running a landfill or to turn it over to private enterprise. Discussion followed. Motion by Alderman Brennan that the City of Laurel stay in the garbage business, seconded by Alderman Ehrlick. Carried with Alderman Fink voting DON MEYERS--PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMITTEE: Ken Beven discussed about putting check valves on all water service lines. This valve would prevent back siphoning. Motion by Alderman Meyers that we make it mandatory to install check valves on all new construction before the meter is installed, and to install any right now that is felt to be immediately necessary and to eventually install one on each service line as time permits, seconded by Alderman Ehrlick. Carried. WESTGARTEN SUBDIVISION: There was discussion regarding the Turcotte sewer line to the Westgarten Subdivision. Motion by Alderman Meyers that before anyone can hook onto the water or sewer line, they would have to pay their fair share to Dr. Turcotte. Dr. Turcotte shall provide a cost breakdown to be placed on record with the City, seconded by Alderman Fink. Carried. BOOSTER STATION: There was discussion regarding the location of the booster station in Murray Park. There were several residents who objected to its location because of their view being obstructed. There is a possibility that the station could be moved about 60 feet for an estimated cost of $3,000. It appears that there would be sufficient contingency money left to handle this move. page3 Minutes of the City Council of Laurel Motion by Alderman Fink to move the booster station approximately 60 feet to the west of the originally proposed location and to authorize the Mayor to sign the change order, seconded by Alderman Ehrlick. Carried with Alderman Metzger voting "no." Motion by Alderman Meyers to enter into the record the minutes of the Public Utilities Committee meeting of March 12, 1980, seconded by Alderman Ehrlick. Carried. Motion by Alderman Behm to enter into the record the minutes of the Garbage Committee meetings of~March 6, 1980, and March 11, 1980, seconded by Alderman Fink. Carried. MAYOR'S COMMENTS: Announced that the jet washer has arrived and will be delivered to the City on Thursday~ March 20th. Reminded the Council of a DCA Workshop on March 26 and 27 in Helena. The Clerk will be attending;and anyone else that would like to go, please let the Clerk know so that they can get registered. Also, there is a Collective Bargaining Workshop in Billings on March April 1 and 2, and the Mayor would like the Collective Bargaining Committee to attend if possible. The Mayor appointed an Insurance Committee as follows: Curt MeKenzie, Chairman Bill Brennan Ervin~Metzger Dave Michaels Don Haekmann Progress reports were submitted on the Storm Sewer, 7th Street Sanitary Sewer, and Upper Pressure Zone (Booster Station.) ALBERT EHRLICK reported that he had met with Montana Power regarding street lighting for the City of Laurel. They suggested that high pressure sodium vapor lights be used because the cost is about half of the conventional type. More about this later after Montana Power comes up with a cost factor. There being no further business to come before the Council at this time, the meeting was adjournS:42 p.m. ona d L. Hac~mann, ci y Cler Approved by the Mayor and passed by the City Council of the City of Laurel, Montana, this 1st day of April, 1980. ~-~La~ry D. Herman, Mayor