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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973.01.17 CITY COUNCIL MINUTESMINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY Council MEETING OF THE CITY OF R~XBURG, IDAHO Januaay 17, 1973 The regular session of the City Council convened at 7:30 P. M. with the following members present: Bart Jensen, Ruth Smith, Albert Peiper, Dick Davis and Warren Porter. Reporter Rick Ripley and Ron.. Clifford were also present. Absent and excused were Mayor Henry Shirley, Councilman Glen Peterson, Attorney Mary Smith and Clerk Beulah Johnson. ARE: PROFESSOR RICHARD BIRD PRESENTS BROCHURE ON REXBURG TO COUNCIL ~~~ _ is Professor Richard Bird of the Ricks College Art Department appeared befiore the council and presented a layout and copy of a proposed brochure on Rexburg and the surrounding area which he was preparing for the Chamber of Commerce. The brochure contained many pictures and limited copy. Although no sales pitch was made by Mr. Bird, it was known to most council members that the primary purpose of the presentation was to solicit City funds to help in the publication of the brochure. RE i..;..., MINUTES READ Minutes of the meeting of January 3 were read by Pieper, and on motion of Smith, seconded by Davis, were unanimously accepted. ARE: "PARTY WALL" AGREEMENT WITH BLOCKS DISCUSSED Reporting on previous business, Jensen stated that a party wall agreement with Ross Reese representing Cy Block had been reached. The City would be paid $1,000 for use of the wall with Cy Block obligated to close all windows with 4" pumice block on the South side only. Other conditions were to be spelled out in a final document prepared by Mary Smith. ARE: REPORT ON MEETING TO DISCUSS REMODELING OF COURTHOUSE Dick Davis reported on a joint meeting held on January 4, with the three 1972 county commissioners, Sherrill Ford Smith, Police Chief Blair Siepert, Mayor Shirley, and Councilmen Pieper and Davis to discuss remodeling of the courthouse for a new jail and law enforcement office!. Both Smith and Siepert felt that office space provided for them was woefully inadequate. A proposal had been made to add a second story over the jail for City police officers at an estimated cost of $80,000. The commissioners asked the City to stand this expense. A counter proposal was made by Pieper wherein the existing offices on the ground floor west of the courtroom could be used as police offices and the present police offices at City Hall would be exchanged for certain departments presently housed in the Court House. All agreed that this was an excellent suggestion and the commissioners were asked to have the architects prepare some preliminary plans. RE: BILL READ Current bills totalling $17,347.85 were read by council members and on motion of Jensen, seconded by Smith, were unanimously approved. SMITH PRESENTED A PROPOSAL FOR REGULAR CLEANING OF THE CITY HALL Councilwoman Ruth Smith presented a proposal from Stanphill & Jensen's Cleaning Service offering to do regular cleaning of the City Hall for $125.00 per month. Smith felt that regular city employees should not be asked to do janitorial service. Other council members disagreed. After some discussion it was generally agreed that the possibility of hiring a college student to clean the restrooms should be investigated. Beulah Johnson was to be asked to pursue this problem. RE: COMPLAINT ON A FINE LEVIED AGAINST YOUTHS FOR RIDING SNOWMOBILES ON STREETS Davis reported that a citizen had called him concerning a finc~~ levied against two youths for riding snowmobiles on City streets. General discussion of the complaint revealed that the fines were probably justified. The current snowmobile laws were reviewed showing that judicious crossing at a right angle was legal but that paralleling the traffic was a violation. RE: DISCUSSION ON POSSIBLE USES OF f2EVENUE SHARING FUNDS Pieper led a brief discussion on passible uses of revenue sharing funds. Purchase of a fire engine, installing a sprinkler system in Smith Park, sidewalk improvements, and waterworks extensions were mentioned as possibilities. The meeting adjourned at 9:30 P. M. n / City Clerk C yor MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF THE CITY OF REXBURG, IDAHO Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Rexburg, Idaho, held at the City Hall February 7, 1973, at 7:30 P. M. Mayor Henry Shirley was present and presiding. In the excused absence of the City Clerk, the Mayor asked Mary Smith, the City Attorney, to take the minutes. The following members of the Council were present: Richard Davis, Barton Jensen, Albert Pieper, Ruth Smith, and Glen Peterson. Councilman Warren Porter was excused. Minutes of the regular meeting held January 17, 1973, were read. Moved by Barfion Jensen, seconded by Albert Pieper and unanimously carried that the minutes be approved as read. RE: MAYOR INQUIRES ABOUT BROCHURE PREMOTING RICKS COLLEGE The Mayor inquired as to whether or not any figure had been given by Richard Bird as to what he would expect from the City for the brochure promoting Ricks College. Albert Pieper explained that no figure was mentioned and that Mr. Bird was just doing the artistic work. RE: AMENDED OR MODIFIED PLAT OF THE PARK VIEW ADDITION PRESENTED Ross Reese and Charles Rasmussen presented an amended or modification plat of the Park View Addition, showing a continuation of a dead end street into the Starlite Addition, and an increase in the size of the lots, and asked that the city accept and approve the amended or modified plat, which had been signed by the City Engineer and the County Commissioners, and had also been approved by the Planning Board. The Mayor stated he thought there would be no problem and the City would act upon it at the next meeting. RE: PARTY"WALL DISCUSSED The matter of the party wall a and Ross Reese was discussed. should not be signed until the investigation as to whether or of the Building Code; that the meeting the following week and DISCUSSION ON NEW JAIL greement between the City of Rexburg The Mayor stated that the agreement Building Inspector concluded his not such an agreement was in violation Council would be having a budget would act on the matter then. The Mayor stated that insofar as the new County jail was concerned, the Chief of Police, Mr. Siepert told him that the Architect had ruled out the possibility of making the lower floor into offices and that the better plan would be to enlarge the present jail by extending to the back. RE: JANITORIAL SERVICES FOR CITY HALL DISCUSSED The matter of janitorial services .for the City Hail was discussed. T.he Mayor stated he had received two excellenfi applications and would discuss the matter further with the City Clerk.