HomeMy WebLinkAboutDepartment Head Meetings Minutes 09.12.2006 MINUTES
DEPARTMENT HEAD MEETING
SEPTEMBER 12, 2006 1:00 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
PRESENT:
Larry McCa_tm
Jan Faught
Mike Zuhoski
Gay Easton
Cai Cumin
Peggy Arnold
Mark Richards
Scott Wilm
Steve Klotz
Sam Painter (1:15 p.m.)
Steve Klotz led the meeting.
Council Workshop Agenda - September 12~ 2006
· Paul Manning: Billings/Lamel YMCA
o Paul Manning will make a presentation regarding the YMCA.
o Steve recently met with Paul and Zada Stamper, the pmgram director of the Laurel YMCA
to discuss next year's pool contract.
· Planning Board issues:
o Special Review recommendation regarding bar and casino in Town end Country Supply,
315 South First
· Planning Board recommends approval of the special review.
o Zone change recommendation from Agriculture-Open to Residential Tracts, Bmokwood
Subdivision.
· Brookwood Subdivision is located next to Pheasant Brook Subdivision.
· The city's zoning jurisdiction was expanded to review this request, as the one-mile
zoning jurisdiction only went to the center of the subdivision.
· The Planning Board delayed a decision on the plat because of missing information.
· Planning Board recommends approval of the zone change request.
o Recommendation ragard~g~ extension of approval timeframe for preliminary plat for
Cherry Hill Subdivision, 3 Filing
· Gerald Neumann requested a one-year extension for the preliminary plat.
· Planning Board recommends approval of the extension.
· Clerk/Treasurer:
o 2006-2007 Tax Resolutions
· The tax resolutions will be on the council workshop agenda and presented to the
council on September 19th.
· Execative Review:
o Resolution - Non-union employee wage increase
· Wage increases will be retroactive to July 1 st.
o Resolution - Establishing Volunteer Ambulance Service compensation levels
· Jan stated that the resolution should not be "establishing" but "increasing"
compensation levels.
o Resolution - Chan~e orders for East First Street project
o Resolution - Vacate certain streets in the City of Laurel
o Resolution - Commitment letter increasing the sewer loan from $866,000 to $1,385,000
· The original loan for $866,000 was $400,000 for East First Street and $466,000 was
for the sewer trunk main; the increase is for the sewer trunk main project.
Department Head Meeting Minutes of September 12, 2006
o Resolution - Approving Addendum to City Planner contract
· The addendum to the contract is for $1,000 for moving expenses for the city
planner.
o Ordinance - Amending the Judge's salary (First reading)
o Ordinance - Hours for Kids Kingdom in Kiwanis Park (First reading)
o Ordinance - Create a Park Board (First reading)
· The Park Board and hours for Kids Kingdom will be included in one ordinance.
o Letter of support to the County Commissioners - Replacement of bridge on the Big Ditch
north of and adjacent to 12th Street and east of 5~ Avenue
o Transportation at the Montana League of Cities and Towns Conference on October 4th
· Review ofdral~ council agenda for September 19, 2006
o MDT: PH - Laurel Northeast (overlay) and Laurel Turn Lane scheduled for construction,
2009
· MDT scheduled the public hearing and no council action is needed.
o Ordinance No. 006-06: Ordinance amending Sections 12.08.070(A), 17.16.020,
17.40.090.J.2 and 17.56.040(A) of the Laurel Municipal Code, as recommended by the
City Zoning Commission at~er public hearing and comment. Second reading.
o Ordinance No. 006-07: Ordinance amending the zoning map of the City of Laurel,
Montana, to approve a zone change from R-7500 to Residential Limited Multi-Family zone
for a recently annexed parcel of property to the City. Second reading.
Discussion:
Some articles are still needed for the newsletter.
· Mark has been reviewing the laws and codes.
· Jan mentioned that an EMT class will start on Wednesday.
· Peg stated that the L~rary Board sets the salaries for library employees.
· Steve explained the situation with a black bear in Riverside Park last night.
o The park has been dosed and Fish, Wildlife, and Parks set a trap for the bear.
o FWP asked that the police department patrol the park to make sure no one is in the park.
· Steve received the mosquito surveillance report and twenty-nine positive tests were done in the
State.
· Scott reported that one fire truck has been weighed and inspected and was determined to be a
Class 4.
o The paperwork for reimbursement for the Derby and Emerald Hills fires will be submitted
soon.
The meeting adjourned at 1:26 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Cindy Allen
Council Secretary