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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCommittee of the Whole Minutes 11.16.1999MINUTES CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE NOVEMBER 16, 1999 6:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS MEMBERS PRESENT: Chairman Chuck Rodgers Bud Johnson Gary Temple Ken Olson Miles Walton Gay Easton Norman Orr Bill Staudinger OTHERS PRESENT: V. Joe Leckie Rick Musson Lary McCann Jim Stevens Mary Embleton Tan Faught Cal Cumin Mary Embleton explained that the Clerk-Treasurer Financial Statements for October were not complete due to computer problems. Black Mountain Softwaze is scheduled to be here on Wednesday, November 17, 1999, to correct some of the networking problems. The utility billing conversion has been completed and the cash receipt machine has been installed. Mazy anticipates that the staff will be comfortable with the new system by the end of this calendaz year. Gay Easton welcomed the mayor back to the council meeting. Mayor Rodgers thanked Gay for taking over for him during his absence. Gary Temple and Miles Walton also welcomed the mayor back. Bud Johnson stated that the Planning Review Committee is considering ways to implement long-range planning. Mayor Rodgers informed the council that a tour of the various. City of Laurel facilities has been scheduled for Tuesday, November 30a', for the two new council members. Those interested in attending should meet at City Hall at 1:00 p.m. Mayor Rodgers is planning to schedule another workshop with Ken Weaver for sometime after the first of the year. Rick Musson stated that 33 applications have been received for the police officer position, and eleven of those applicants are already POST certified. Testing is scheduled for Monday, November 22"a Cal Cumin explained the item agenda for a request for annexation by William Broyles. The request from Mr. Broyles was for a variance of city policy requiring at least a city block for annexation. He was only asking for council permission to apply for less than a city block and then he would complete the required annexation process. Cal stated that the telecommunications towers ordinance was discussed six months ago but was not placed on an agenda. This is basically the same ordinance passed by the City of Billings, and a public City Council Committee of the Whole minutes of November 16, 1999 hearing needs to be set for this ordinance. Since the ordinance had not been properly prepared, it will be placed on the next agenda. Jim Stevens said that the Fire Department would be setting up their Christmas displays on November 28`h' and the displays will be lit up on December 5th. Jan Fought encouraged the council to inspect and test drive the new ambulance that is presently sitting at Auto Trim Design. This ambulance is one of two demos in this area, but the other one did not meet our needs as well. Since this ambulance did not have everything that was needed, Jan signed an agreement to have it brought up to our needs and to have it discounted $3,800. This ambulance is on hold until November 24`h. Larry McCann mentioned that the work at South Pond is almost complete until next spring. The property will be fenced off as soon as the Lions Club is finished with their work. The bathroom, the lawn and the sprinkler system will be completed next spring. The cemetery building is 75% completed. The cost to rebuild it was $62,450 and the insurance paid $57,306. Larry has located a used backhoe to replace the damaged backhoe. The insurance company wanted to repair the old backhoe at a cost of $26,557, but the company would not guarantee the backhoe after repair. Anew lawnmower, costing $8,400, will be purchased to replace the damaged one. Interviews are scheduled for Thursday, November 18th, for the Maintenance I position. The interview committee will consist of Larry, Duke Nieskens, Andy Loebe, Gay Easton, Bill Staudinger and Mayor Rodgers. The Project Impact Grant was awarded to Yellowstone County.. An educational program regazding this grant is scheduled for December 12-16 in Washington, D.C. Jim Kraft will be attending the training session and has strongly recommended that the City of Laurel send a representative. Larry further explained this during the council meeting under unscheduled matters. Larry explained that Town Pump is starting to comply with the regulations of the City of Laurel for their remodeling plans. Larry has instructed Steve Klotz to inform Town Pump to submit only engineer-stamped plans for the city's consideration. Mayor Rodgers took out an ad in the Laurel Outlook to congratulate the Laurel Locomotives on their State Football Championship. The ad, which listed the city council members, cost $120, and he mentioned that any council members could contribute to the expense of the ad if they so desired. Gary Temple suggested that the ad should specify that it was paid for by members of the city council and not by the City of Laurel to avoid misinterpretation by any constituents. The meeting adjourned at 6:52 p.m Respectfully submitted, ~, ~~,__. Cindy Allen City Council Secretary 2