HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Minutes 12.18.1973Minutes of the City Council of Laurel
December 18, 1973
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A regular meeting of the City Council of the Cit3r of Laurel, Mont. ~
was held in the Conn.cil Ch~nbers and called t~o order bq Mayor L. M. Yovetich, at ?•04 o~clock, P.M., on Tuesday, December 18~ 1973.
Upon taking roll call, thy: following aldermen answered present:
Torn Hard G~.y Easton Tom Ki.lp~trick E.H. Eber~viller, Sr.
Chuck Rodgers Bob Burns Ervin Metzger
The minutes of the previous meeting of Dee. I973, were read.
1!~otion was made by Ebersviller and seconded by Hard that the minutes be approved
as read. Motion carried.
Certain reports of the City of Laurel, were presented for approval
as follows: City Clerks Cash Report, City Cle~k~ s Trial Balance and City Treasurer' ~ Fittanci~.]. St~.tement. Motion was made by Metzger and seconded by
Rodgers that these reports be approved. Motion carried.
RESOLUTION N0. 1l~61
~tESOLUTION N0. 1l~.61, BEINQ A PftOPOSAI~ TO EXTEND THE BOUNDARIES TIDE CITY OF LAUREL, MONTAbTA, TO INCLUDE AI,L OF LOTS ONE (1), TWO AND THF?EE
(3) IN BLOCK SEVEN (7); AND ALL OF La'T'S ELEVEN (11) THROUGH TWENTY-FOUR IN
BLOCK NINE (9) AND MURRAY HEIGHTS PARK, .ALL IN MLTRRAY HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION
IN THE NORTH WEST PGR'~'IORT was presented. Kil~a~rick reported that the ccymmittee
would like to recommend th3.s this property be brought into the City L~.mits
with the stipulation that a letter b~ drafted and put on file to notify all
future property owners and the d~v~lopers ~o put in a pressure system pump. Kilpatrick made this in the form of a motion seconded by Metzger. Motion
carried.
Kent Harris, chairman of the point City-School District Common Use
Facilities, agpe~.red before the council with seYeral approaches in securing
funds for a professional recreation study of the city and school owned Zand. The Mayor stated that he feels professional planners are needed. The Council
also agreed with this. Bradley stated that the City does not have any mun3_cipal
funds budgeted for this but Revenue Sharing money could be used. Motion way
made by Easton and seconded by Ebe~sviller to except plan "A" which wou],d
consist of the 3.~nmediat~ hiring of S.T.R. to perform a feasability/cost study
with a commitment for payment not to exceed $10,~~0.0~ in monthly instalments
over 6 month period gtartin~ March 1, 197.. Funding of these payments would be from its own resources. Since School District #7 will have: no funds avail-
able until its next fiscal year the City wou~.d 'be required to service the
obligation until that time. Motion carried.
The Mayor reported on the Water and Sewer Rate study. H~ stated that
the first thing we must do 3s apply to the Public Service Ccxnmission fora ~ub- stantial rai.s~. Motion was made by Metzger and seconded by Ebersviller that
the City Clerk send in an application immediately to the Public Service Ccnnm-
ission asking for a public hearing by the 1st of February. Motion carr~.ed.
Rodgers stated that the Jaycees would like to have a rear door at
Riverside Hall. This matter referred to the Planning and Improvement Committee.
Rodgers reported that the Public Sa.f'etq Canmittee had been stue~ying
the possibility of a security impounding aria. This would be South East of the
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. q,,,,~.,~ ~,G „o~~ 1V,, 1?Fi ~u~~u~u S/~I13C1~3 ana ~unx cars. lrie cost would be approx~.~ately $6~0.~0 to $850.00 installed. Motion was made by
K3.lpatrick and seconded by Hard that the materials be ordered to start on this
impounding area. Motion carried. The Public Safety Caanm,ittee i~ also studying
the possibilitg of building a dog kennel. This kennel would have to be sarn,e
place where there could be 2~. hour ~urveillanee. The Cormnittee to continue
working on this mater.
Motion was made by Kilpatrick and seconded by Rodgers to incorporate
into the building codes a requirement to 3.nstall a vacuum breaker on all outside
water taps. Motion carried.
Kilpatrick suggested setting up a city serva.ee district which would not allow anyone outside certain boundaries to ccttne into the city limits until
further water and sewer d~velopnent~ can be made. These boundaries would coin-
cid~ with the big ditch, and nothing north of the ditch would be brought into
the city until these develo~anents are made. Kilpatrick made this in the farm
of a motion seconded by Metzger. Motion carried.
The:Mayor reported that the 1a~t een~us count was 99 short of 5,000.
Burns ~ugg~sted new hours for the city dump. From 8:00 A.I. to 12s00
noon. There was sane discussion concerning this matter and the council decided
to wait unti3 after the first week in January when daylight savings time goes
into effect.
Lenhardt reported that the new Police ear had been wr~ekEd. He ~ c~~e~-z
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prices for a new car, and what it would cost to repair the old one. Burns ~ II recommended that we collet frcan the insurance co. and buy a new ear. Motion
was then made by Kilpatrick and seconded by Burns that the city purchase
new Police ear. Mvtion carried.
There being no further business to cane before the council at this
times motion way made by Rodgers and seconded by Burns that the meeting be
ad~oux~ned. Motion carried.
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Sharon L. Herman, Deputy C~.ty Clerk ~
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Approved by the Mayor and passed by the City Council of the City of
Zaur~;l~ Montana, ~hi~ day of Jarauary~,_.7.
. M. Y e iah~ Mayor '
ATTEST :
Dorothy cif, Cit~k
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