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Home My WebLink AboutCity Council Minutes 04.02.1974Minutes of the City Council of Laurel April 2~ 19?~. A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of La~a.rel, Montana was held in the Council Chambers, anti was eG].led to order by Yresid~nt of the Council, E.H. Ebersviller, Sr., on TueSdmy, April 2, 1974 at 7:00 o'clock, P.M. Upon taking roll call, the following aldermen answered present: Tam Hard Gay Eastor~ Tom Kilpatrick E. H. Ebersviller, Sr. Chuck Rodgers Bob Burns The minutes of the previous meeting were read. Motion was made by Hard and seconded by Burns that the minutes be approved as read. Motion carried. Claims for the month of March were presented for approval as .follows: Payroll Fund 25~~tI~7.17 Petty Cash 105.OQ Ray & Rosemary B1ol~n 300.00 Paul Kroll 100.00 Clarlee Pierson 100.00 H-R O~cygen ZY.Sp Hats Conoco 33.}0 St. V~ncents~ Hospital 13.20 Emergency Med.ieal Serviees 1.00 Prof~ss3onal Un~_f`orm Shop 21.00 Petty Cash 71.26 Water Dept. 177.pQ FiremEn~s Relief Assoc. 1,275.06 Dave Power 25.00 Vol. Fire Dept. 26,x.00 Hal Gremmer 2 .00 Petty Cash l~8.33 Petty Cash lO.OQ MoMtana State Treasurer 263.00 Petty Cash 67.38 Mt. B~11 13.6 Street Gas Stores 18.96 Western Business Forms 87.87 Yellowstone 0~'fice Supply 5.95 Peterson Typewriter 35.15 Mt. Bell X1.26 Street Gas Stores 19.39 Clark Lincoln Mercury Inc. $.62 Ben's Tnterst~te Exxon x.00 Laurel Auto Parts 9..68 Johnson Ford 2.62 Richard Metzler 10.00 United Building Center 5.00 Montana Power Co. 150.30 Mont. Dakota Utilities 8 .35 Carpenter Paper Co. 16.17 Duro Test 3l~7.65 Acme Plumbing & Heating 17.50 33illings Counseling .fissociates 150.00 Leslie Oertel 25.00 Dave Powers 25.I~0 Mont. Dakota Utilities 21.80 Mt. Bell 91.lt0 Hales Conoco 12.00 Superint~nd.ent of Pub. Instr. 24<~.~ H-R Oxygen & Supply 10.50 Louis E. Crow 5.~0 Coast tc~ Coast 9.50 Bridger Motor Equip. 35.00 Dave Powers 177.88 Dave Powers 128.10 Garbage ~#I 1..75 Garbage ~2 Z.25 ~r'ater Operating 27.00 Laurel ~.uto Parts 7.81 Tractor & Equipment ~.01.1~ B.L.M. Tire 386.90 Street Gas Stores 89.65 Western Business Forms 28.63 Laurel Coop 409.x.5 William Krug 3l~2.90 Roscoe Steel ~ Culvert 269.50 Yellowstone Valley Electric 12.78 ~nTater Operating 1s.~5 Street 1.25 Cathy Schreiner 15.7 fit. Be11 17.88 Mont. I3akota Utilities 29.87 Big Sky L~:nen 6.20 McNaughton Book Service 116.12 Water Operating 12.50 Dewey Nunn 35.00 - S.E.C. Corp. 99.~~ Montana Power 170.20 Mt. Bell- 17.1Q Mont. Dakota Utilities 167.71 Weber Machine & Welding 78.93 Great Northern Tool & Supply Co. 43.31 Bearings Supply 12.95 Laurel Auto Paxts 32.l~2 Western Business Forms 28.62 ITT Marlow- 1,289.2Q Mont. Dakota Utilities ~..6~ Mont. Power 1.x.0 Street Gas Stores 6.47 Big Ditch Co. 1.G0 Ntontana Power Co. 1.l~0 LeRoy Kuper ~ 1l~.02 Street 16.00 ~Jater Operating 21,5p Montana Power Co. 12.75 Mont. Dakota Utilities 108.19 Ramsey Lumber Co. ~..3Ei Kenneth ~nineth 59.p~ United ~3uilding Center 57.61 Mont. Power Co. 2,6~.6.OQ William Krug 10.00 Montana Power Co. 1.x.0 Western Business Forms 31.70 Willis Sales 19.10 Mont. Dakota Util3t3es 29.87 Mt. BeI1 22.69 Street Gas Stores 11.51 S4nith's Super Service 3.00 Laurel Auto 73,63 Owl Cafe 6,2~ Yellowstone County 25.00 Modern Auto Sales 1,35~.~6 Laurel Veterinary Hospital l~0.54 Dr. R.J. Rosselot 47.00 Grinnell Corpo 198.t~9 Peterson Typewriter b.l~~ Western Business Fox~ns 28.63 Laurel Outlook ~5.8~. Kenneth Seven ,35.00 S . E . C . Corp . 7).t ~ 25 Van Waters & Rogers 109.00 Montana Power Co. 919.31 Yellowstone Valley Electric 3.00 Mont. Dakota Utilities 1g6.0~. Mountain Bell 55.18 County Sanitarian 5.00 L~ur~1 Coop Assoc 17.17 Ramsey Lumber Co. x.6.16 Gaanbles x..27 Lauxel .Auto Party x.3.36 Industrial Towel & Cover 18.26 Anderson Steel Supply 3l~5.GQ Coast to Coast 3.99 Waterworks Supplies 1,122.71 Stormont Welding 3.00 Street Gas Stores 61.63 Minutes of the City Council of Laurel. Street Gas Stores 21.57 Laurel Auto Parts .97 C.W. Je11y & Sons 8.75 Western Business Forms 28.62 Water Operating 15.00 Street 73.50 Street Gas Stores 73.27 Laurel Auto 2.92 C.W. Je11y & Sons 26.25 Tniestern Business Foxms 28.63 Montana Power x.75.70 Montana. Power Co. 1~72.3~ Motion. was made by Burns and seconded b~ Hard that the claims be allowed. ~ vtion carried. ORl~1:NANCE N0. 603 BEING .~V ORDINI!~NCE AMENDING A PORTION OF CH.AP`~ER XVI-1 ANIMALS - OF THE REVISED ORDINANCE OF' LAUREL AND DECLARING ~'sN EMERGENCY, was presented. Motion was made by Haxd and seconded by Burns that the Ordinance: be declax~d passed and adopted. Upon taking roll call vote, tie aldermen voted ~s follows Burns, "yes"; t~odgers, °yes"; Kilp~.trick, "no"; Easton t~~TeSr~~ Hard, "yes"; and Ordinance No. 603 was de- clared passed and adopted. Library reports for the month's of February and Mareh were presented for approval. Motion was made by Kilpatrick and seconded by Easton that the reports be approved. ~ otion carried. RESOLiTPION N0. 1l~6~. RESOLU'T'ION N0. 1464, BEING A RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING THE SUM OF $5 000.00 FRCM THE INTEREST ON CEMETERY BONDS ACCOUNT TO TIC CEMETERY MAINTENANCE AND 0~' R* ATTQN ACCOUNTS was presented: Motion was made by-Burns and seconded by f~ilpatrick that the Resolution be declared passed and adopted. Mota.on carried. RESE~LUTION R10. 1.65 RESOLL"TION N0. ]_1a.6s, BEING A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE CITY OF T,AL?REL, M01~1T1iNA~ LOCAL GOVEl~NMENT STUDY CONI[~ISSION~ TO CONSIST OF T[-~k~.E+',E (3) ME~'lBERS WAS presented. Motion was made by Eaton and seconded by Rodgers ghat this Resolution be declared passed and adopted. Motion carried, Letter frrnn Charles M. Mood, Sr., protesting the Treasurer's billing of a City license was read. 1~fter discussion, motion was made by Rodgers and seconded by Easton, that he be given notice to appear before the council on April 9th at 7:00 o'clock, P.M., to state his case. Motion carried. Earl Gras.nger appeaxed before the council to ~.sk for wader and sewer in Block 4 of Stouffer Subdivision. He stated that he would bring this property into the City limits. Tom ~3radley to write him a letter stating this request to present to the council, along with a description of the property. Dave Powers appeared before the council with specifications for a fire truck, ~n.d asked for permission to advertise for bids on this unit. After dis- cussion, motion was made by Kilpatrick and seconded by Burns that the city ad- vertise for bids on this unit. Motion carried. $16,000.00 has been ear m~.rk~d for this unit from Revenue Sha.rin~ funds. Hard st~.ted that CET''t,&1X1 szdewa.lks should be repaired. Hard also ec~mp].~.ined about the hours that the dump is available for resident use. Kilpatrick s~ae~ested this matter be turned over to the Planninn and Improvement c~nmittee. v Kilpatrick mentioned that the paper drops across from City Ha11 should be fixed, and a letter written to the S~rayi.ng Company in Red Lode that did the damage. A bill has been sent. Rodgers presented a list of the new officers of the fire department, ~s follows President - - - - - - l4Tarvin Carter Fire Chief- - - - -Dave Powers Vice President- - - - -Frank Smith xst Assistant - - - Bra.c3 Wilder Secretary-Treasurer - -Dick Black 2nd Assistant - - -Chuck Rodgers Fire Marshall - - - - -Hal Gremmer 3rd Assistant - - -Bill Gremmer Relief Associ~.tion: President - - - - -Scott T~Talton Vice President- - -Wayne Halvorson Sec'y.Treasurer - -Dave Ruff Trustees: - - - - -Dive Powers (ex officio) Reserves: Don Hedges Chuck Brohau~;h Chuck Brohaugh Leonard Lamb Hul Gremmer (`seorge Strand Pete Vennes Darrell McGill.an Ben Willems David C~auslow Minutes of the City Council of Laurel Rodgers reported. that the ambulance committee needed two more members, and suggested Gay Easton, Leo Yeager and Mayor Yovetich. Committee recc~nmended that the council send Darrell Smith to a con- ference in ~ielena, expenses paid. Motion was ma@e to this effect bar Kilpatrick and Seconded by Haxd that permission be granted. Meeting to be April 3rd and ~.th. Motion carried. Ebersviller reported that Comer was back home after two operations, and sent thanks to the council for the flowers. Br~dley~ reported on the city lots to be sold. He suggested having an appraisal of the lots first to set a minimum that the city would accept. Erersviller turned this matter back to c~nmittee. Bradley reported that cities have no more immunity to law suits. He was speaking of the airport.~and statAd that the city has no 1~ability insurance. Refer this matter to l~Zerritt 'uJilliams. Lenhardt appeared before the council on the gambling issue. This matter tzarned over to the Public Safety Cam~n:ittee. Jlzdge Menello reported that the Justice of the Peace Court wi11 be dissolved for Laurel as of January 1~ 1975, and court will be held in Billings Montana. There being no further busine~~ to come before the council at th~_s timQ~ motion was duly made and seconded that the meet~.ng be adjourned. Motion carried. Uoroth F B~ i~ k----~--- Y Ys 3r Passed by the City Council of the Cit aurel, cmtana, and approved by the Mayor this 16th day of April, 197.. Z ui5 l'• . Yove i Mayor ATTES2 Dorothy P Lundy, City Clerk