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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Minutes 04.19.1977I Minutes of the City Council of Laurel apr~i is, i~~7 ~I A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Laurel, Montana, was held in the Council chambers, and called to order by President of the Council, E. H. Ebersviller, Sr., in the absence of the Mayor, at 7:00 o'c].ack, P.M., on Tuesday, April 19, 1977. Upon taking roll ca11, the fc~ll~wing aldermen answered present.: I Tom Hard Tom Kilpatrick Chuck. Rodgers Sue Carter Herman Michael Ervin Metzger The minutes were not read since everyone had received their copy. The following corrections were then made: Ervin Metzger asked that the paragraph 'i concerning Helen Schlenz state that it was Dick Metzger that reported on this. li Klpat~ic.~c-•asked that the letter from Sterling Coc~i~ie~s be cr~~ied I! into the minutes as follows: } . _m.~ - _ ..._-„a-r-. I . ~I I~ STERLING CODIFIE~~ INC. - Specialists in Municipal Codification ~ P.O. BOA ?ll r7a r c h 14 , 19 7 7 35 W. COMMERCIAL WEISER, IDAHO'83672 ' (20$) 549-2830 ~ II ~ I Ms . Dorothy` Bundy, (;1erk , ~ ` ~ City of Laurel ~ City Hall Laurel, Montana 59044 Dear Ms. Bundy: i I Pursuant to request from our representative, Mr. Bart Bailey, 1 this is ~ to advise that STERLING is very much interested in' performing ordinance codification services for the City of ~I Laurel. Enclosed herewith, for your information, is our standard Proposal which outlines our methods of procedure,'together with the Agreement form containing the costs for this irn- ~I portant project. The Proposal sets out all our procedures, ~i bud we would like to draw our attention to the fact'th t I Y a we will deliver to you and your `City officials, within four months of our receipt of your ordinance materials, a Code z! ~i tiNork Book or roof co of our new 'Code containin ~ ~ _ ~ The edited .and codified ordin ~ ances of the ~'.ii'V in '1'}tair mnct tire-tn:;flafiP '~nrm. Th e ~ me ans~thatvthsvCoderWork~Bookywill show i each ordinance in ids current amended form. Along w~.th this Code Work Book will be what we ~.erm an ORDINANCI LIST, showing the disposition,in the Code Work Boob°of al1' ~I your ordinances and showing 'any amending or repealing provi- i I, signs to each individual ordinance. ~ Most importantly, also presented at the time of delivery,to ~ you of,this Code Work Book is an ORDINANCE RESUME,. prepared ~I ~ 'i, b'y our experienced Staff showing: i ~ 1. The editorial research of your ordinance materials; I', I I~ 2. Pointing out any discrepancies in your ordinances; I . i - I -T _ - ~ _ - _ _ ~ _ ~ _ ~ 1V.~inutes ~ of the ~ auncil of Laurel - _ v _ _ a _ _ - - 'I i Ms. Doroth Bund Y Y ~ March: l4, :1977 Page 2 I'~~ 3. Suggesting the elimination of any conflicts, dupli- j cations, ambiguities and/or obsolete provisions; 4. Pointing out any conflicts with State law; and t S. Submittal of suggestions for new materials so that Iii our new: Code will be broad and com rehensive'coverin' I Y P I exist in conditions andfor conditions that ma arise g Y ~I in the predictable future. I ~ This Code Work Book is presented to your City 'Attorney, ,or other designated City officials, personally by one of our representatives. It is then-left with'you to present t,o the 'I various departments and officials for review.>In order.: that ~ the City expedite their part on this important project, we haves inserted in the Agreement that the Code Work Book be returned to s w' h'n f ur m nth f our`recei t of same or at such u it i o o s o P y time .the final payment. on this 'codification project will be I, due and payable`. ` Upon return to us of said"`Code Work Book, with your changes, additions and deletions noted, w~ wiil make all. such charges, prepare a complete Index to your new`City'Code and print the desired number of copies in our own modern plant.'ThiS pra-- ~I cedure takes approximately eight weeks from our receipt of` t your materials, Thus, our time involved is six months, and with prompt return to us of the Code Work Book by;,you, .this entire ro ect can well be com leted within t , P J p en months. Once we have delivered your new City; Code to you,'ali you need~!~ ~ to do>is send-us a copy of any general ordinances`passed by your City and we wiT1 prepare the same for insertion in your Code and forward the necessary number.af supplemertt sets to you for inclusion, in your. Code Books: Our time involved is approxi-~, mately two to three weeks, depending-on the number of ordinan~ES forwarded. As you w11 note,we have c{uoted one annual`fee for I, this supplement service. In this `way, the City-knows exactly how much to'budget for .this service no matt'er`how:many or how few pages are changed during the 'year:. II Also enclosed, for your 'informat on, is a sample of the type of ~I I', product; available from=STARLING.-Please note that we can pre- ~ pare any type of format the City should desire. ~ I ~i I - STERLING CODIFIERS h~.s been in the municipal codification business for o"ver ~w~nty years, aliaays maintaining our offices here in ZNeiser. We now service three hundred cities in twer~~y n i States, and-would greatly like to add'the CITY OF L~~JREL to } out- ir~~`~e~s~~re fist. ~ ror rererences,:contacz ne cities of Helena, ~uize, ~onraa, Sidney or Lewistown or the Montana League'of Cities and Towns. If you should need further informat"ion or have and question, ICI lease do not hesitate to caTL on us Our resentatves ~ i wi11 be'glad to meet with you at any time you desire." ~!i Yours truly, ' '~I S`'T~~t~~~VODIFIERS, INC. ~ i M. _ . Ro, lins ~I President i MRR/b . Encs. _ I I I I ~i i , ~ I~, ~I i Minutes of the City Council of Laurel Kilpatrick asked that the following sentence "Ebersviller said to postpone until after the meeting with Loyd Shay" be stricken from the minutes. ~I I Concerning the drainage on 5.i.D, Na. g5, Kilpatrick stated that the motion was made by Kilpatrick and seconded by Metzger. Also the study was to be made by the people making S.I.D. No. 95, nat the city. i Kilpatrick staffed ~Ehat it was not the opinion of the council, but that of the City clerk, to wait for the new Mayor and Council £or approval of the officers of the Fire Dept. and Firemen's Relief Association. Kilpatrick also asked that the Last four items on the agenda that were postponed be'"listed, Laurel Rod & Gun CYub, Laurel Rifle Club, Jaycees and the ~I American Legion Club. With these car:rections, motion was made by Kilpatrick and seconded'}sy"i~~~.zger that the rninut~s`be approved. Motion carried. Certain reports of the City of Laurel, Montana, were presented for approval as follows: City C3.erk s Cash Report, City Clerk s Trial Balance and the City T~e~surex`:s.E~~nanc:~a~~Statement. Motion was made by Metzq~r and seconded by Michael tha~E the reports be approved. Motion carried. I A certified report of the election returns from the April 5th City Election were read as follows: I i Mayor: Ward Ward II Ward III Ward IV Total Larry D. Herman - D 193 194 337 201 925 I Louis M. YovetiCh - I 179 201 2g~ 177 805 City Treasurer: Margaret J. Kamerzel - I 262 280 431 256 1,229 ~I City Police Judge: Walter A. Menella - I 226 251 -374 233 1,084 I Otto J. Preikszas - l 124 1.1I. 177 1.13 525 Alderman -Ward I I Albert S. Ehrlick - D 303 303 I Alderman -Ward II Larry K. Lorfing - D 139 139 Harold E. Burns - I 162 162 Kenneth 'H~g~t~n - I 82 82 Alderman -Ward III A. Duane'B~hn - D 281 281 Ervin J. Metzger - I 289 2$9 Alderman -Ward IV Donald E. Myers - D l69 169 Thomas s. Hard - I 146 146 _ _ _ , t__ r cn cn ~;naries ri. wvva, u i One write-in vote far Paul Guttenburg far Police Judge in Ward 2 Motion was made by Kilpatrick and seconded by Hard that the election returns be approved as read. Motian carriEd. Leiter was read from Herman Hauck requesting annexation of Block 2, Casa Linda Subdivision. Letter was also read from Robert Sanderson, from the £irm of Sanderson, Stewart and Mueller Engineering along with copies of an Exhibit May and annexation report for Block 2, Casa Linda Subdivision. Muir Isaacs reported that the 7th Ave. sewer line is already full and would discourage any further annexation in that area until something is done to alleviate the problem. Bob Graham stated that he would protest this because his subdivision was approved by the council in 1972 and yet the city still allowed Cherry Hills Subdivision and Dave Murray's land to use the 7th Avenue sewer. Graham suggested that possibly the $200.00 sewer surcharge rnaney be used for extending the lateral line. After much discussion, motion was made by Kilpatrick and seconded by Rodgers that this matter be ~~~~rr~d t~;~~~~{~~cnr~:~<~ cormt :~~ee arid.- brought up after the first of May. Motion carried. Minutes of the pity Council of Laurel Dave Powers presented the council. members with a copy of the fire report for the year 1~J76. Motion was made by Kilpatrick and seconded by Metzger that this report be ~gproved. Motion carried. i Dick Metzger re~arted that the sprinkling system at the Cemetery needs some major repairs. these repairs would cost approximately $1,200.00. Michael stated that this was budgeted for last June but realizes there is no 'i money. We could pay for it after the first of July. Ebersviller suggested turning it over to the new administration. It was also suggested that possibly we could use Revenue Sharing money. Madan was made by Rodgers and seconded by Michael that this matter be turned over to the finance committee with authority to purchase when funds are feasable. Motion carried. Dick Metzger reported on a Bowmac Compactor. He stated that the cat I~ we now have is not getting maximum compaction. Western Equipment would like to take four men to Missoula to look at this machine. Western Equipment would pay I~ all expenses. Dick also said there were federal funds available. Motion was made by Kilpatrick and seconded by Carter that Dick Metzger, Jim Redman and 2 aldermen go look at this machine. Motion carried. (Ervin said they could look but not buy). i Dick Metzger reported that there was afire in the garbage truck last week. He a~t~~d t~a~: a letter be written to Wayne Eost commending hirn for his i quick thinking and keeping the garbage truck from burning up. Motion was made by Kilpatrick and seconded by Michael that a letter be written to Wayne and also to Dick. Motion carried. Copy of the letter to be placed in their personnel file. Dick Metzger stated that if there is going to be people working up- i, stairs there should be some serious consideration given to fixing the air con- I ditioner. Dr. Smith asked for approval of the 2 airport leases. He stated that 'I there ha's'~~en"a few minor changes in the lease with Fitchett. City Attorney I stated that we could not change the material provisions in the lease but could i change the new provisions to meet with the F.A.A. Motion was made by Kilpatrick and seconded by Carter to accept both Leases with the initial 10 year provision. Motion carried. Dick Metzger reported on the Swi:rnming Pool Change House. The initial bid has been cut from $53,800.00 to $36,100.00. This does not include the - $4,500.00 architectural fee. The money available is $47,091.75. Motion was made by Kilpatrick and seconded by Carter to accept the bid and get started on the change house. Motion carried. City Attorney, Frank Richter, presented a Resolution on the refunding of the Development Project for Boise Cascade. Resolution No. 1600 was read in its entirety. Since there were no protestors present, motion was made by Kilpatrick and seconded by Michael that Resolution No. 1600 be signed by President of the Council, E. H. Ebersviller, 5r., in the absence of the Mayor.. Motion carried with Kilpatrick, Rodgers, Carter, Michael and Metzger voting in favor of this Resolution. Tom Hard and Gay Easton were absent. City Attorney reported on the letter from Sterling Codifiers. He stated that they demand payment of $1,000.Oq immediately before starting. He also suggested that we rr~~: the codes before final payment is made. Kilpatrick suggested that this matter be brought up at the first meeting in May. This is someLning we nave peen going L~ nave uvne ic.~L d ivr~y ~iinc ai~u ,e wvu~u ~,a~c ~v see it put off any longer. Kilpatrick stated that he was going to hate to see ~bersvil].er leave the Council after so many years of service. The council owes him a great deal of debt. Ebersviller stated that he has sewed the city under S Mayors and has enjoyed every minute of it. He said he would da it over again and hopes that he has not made any enemies. Ebersviller received a standing ovation. Lenhardt invited the council and the people in the audience to stay after the meeting for cake, coffee and ice cream in appreciation of the outgoing Mayor and aldermen. Ebersviller was the only one of the outgoing members present. Sharon L. Herman. Deputy City Clerk Approved by the Mayor and passed by the City Council of the City of !i Laurel, Montana, this 2nd day of May, 1977 Kam:.. ~~,~,..--r~~~ r,.. l_,~-~--- i clt~1 yC3r ATTEST: Dorothy P. B dy, City Cler I