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Home My WebLink About1973.11.07 CITY COUNCIL MINUTESRE: BILLS Bills were read in amount of $20,795.35. same be paid, seconded by pAvis. Mot I oned' by J en~en~ Unanimously Carried Dick moved we adjourn, seconded by Jensen 9:30. All Aye yor City .Clerk MINUTES OF THE. REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF THE CITY OF REXBURG, IDAHO Regular meeting of Rexburg City Council held November 7, 1973, at City Hall at 7:30 P. M. Mayor Henry Shirley present and presiding. Council present Barton Jensen, .Albert Pieper, Richard L. Davis, Warren Porter, Glenn Peterson and Ruth Smith, City Attorney Mary Smith, City Clerk & Treasurer Beulah Johnson. Reporters Mike Green and Roger Porter. Minutes of October 17, 1973, were read moved by Peterson seconded by Smith same be passed. ~E: BIDSON POL)CE CARS Unanimously Carried. Bids on two police cars were opened Dodge 1970 was bid at $225.00 Plymoth 1972 was bid. at $155.00 Only one submitted were by Neal Hendricks. Motioned by Smith seconded by Pieper this be accepted. Unanimously Carried 2E: COLLEGE CANADIAN CLUB DESIRES PROJECT TO HELP Mayor stated that the College Canadian. Club desires a project to help the City,and Council to advise the Mayor of possibilities of same tE: ELECTRICAL BOARD DISCUSSED The need for electrical board was discussed. Jensen motioned that City Attorney draw up an Ordinance regulating same. Seconded by Peterson. Unanimously Carried ;E: BIDS ON BURTEN5HAW BUILDING Meeting with the Council with bids for Burtenshaw Building were Dean Pollard Rexburg, Val Dietrich of Dietrich Insurance, Tom Trucker representing the W,illtrust Partnership of Bank of Commerce in Idaho Falls. High bid $34,500 which was the appraisal price, with 10~ down and cash on delivery of Title Insurance and deed. Pollard withdrew from the bidding. Peterson moved we accept Trucker's bid, seconded by Pieper. Unanimously Carried, with acceptance of acheck of $3500.00. ii ~'~ 1 ~, ~: f; { ~~ ' ~ ~.r' rl ~ RE: INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE "AN ORD. CONFIRMING THE .ASSESSMENT ROLL LID`20 j Councilman Richard Davis thereupon introduced an ordiannce entitled 3 "An Ordinance Confirming the Assessment Roll for Local Improvement District No. 20 in Rexburg, Idaho, for the purpose of causing certain streets and alleys and parts thereof within the corporate limits of said City, to be graded, graveled, prime coated, paved, curbed, guttered, surface drained, sidewalks, sewer and water lines constructed thereon within said district; ordering assessments to be made in accordance with the assessment roll and prescribing details concerning said assessments. A motion .was made by Councilman Barton Jensen and seconded by Councilman ,' Glenn Peterson that the rules requiring ordinances of a general and permanent nature to be fully and distinctly read on three different days. by dispensed with and that said Ordinance be numbered 543 and be read ~„ in full and at length and placed upon its final passage. Thereupon the Clerk was ordered to call the roll on said motion and the roll call upon said motion was as follows: Those voting AYE: Barton Jensen Albert Pieper Ruth Smith i Warren Porter Richard Davis ! Glenn Peterson Those voting NAY: None The Mayor thereupon declared that the motion, having been passed by not less than three-fourths of the Council, had been duly carried, Ordinance No. 543 was then read by the Clerk in full and at length as Follows: RE: ORDINNNCE N0. 543 AN ORDINANCE CONFIRMING THE ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 20 IN REXBURG, IDAHO, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CAUSING CERTAIN STREETS AND ALLEYS AND PARTS THEREOF WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF SAID CITY, TO BE GRADED, GRAVELED, PRIME COATED, PAVED, CURBED, GUTTERED, SURFACE DRAINED, SIDEWALKS, SEWER AND WATER LINES CONSTRUCTED THEREON WITHIN SAID DISTRICT: ORDERING ASSESSMENTS TO BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH TFIE ASSESSMENT ROLL AND PRESCRIBING DETAILS CONCERNING SAID ASSESSMENTS: REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. Councilman Warren Porter moved the adoption of said ordinance, which motion was seconded by Councilman Ruth Smith. The clerk was then instructed to call the roll on the passage of the Ordinance and the roll call on said passage of Ordinance No. 543 resulted as follows: Those voting AYE: Warren Porter Richard Davis Albert Pieper Ruth Smith Glenn Peterson Barton Jensen Those voting NAY: None The ordinance was thereupon, by the Mayor, declared to have been duly passed, and the Clerk of the City was directed to publish said Ordinance No. 543 in full immediately in at least one issue of the Rexburg Standard, a newspaper published in the City of Rexburg, Madison County, Idaho. RE: BIDS ON GARBAGE TRUCK Chris Peterson representing bid on refuse 28 cu yd body Smith moved we accept bid. single bidder for truck for accept same. Seconded by P ;; ~' ,r . i' Western Road Machinery presented the only } for Sanitation Department $10,082.0.0. Seconded by Pieper all aye. Ford motor above unit at 8,158.37. Smith moved we leper. All Aye RE:. BILLS Bills in the amouht of $24,312.52 were read. R VOLUNTEER FIREMAN PROGRAM DISCUSSED Peterson discussed volunteer firemen program. Silas Clements, Fire ~~, Chief will present several alternatives at a later date to present to "the council for ppr~vl. ~.: RE- SUNSET DRIVE TO BE CHAN(~~b 0 SUNS`ET`~C I RCLE Peterson ask that Sunset Drive be changed to Sunset Circle and the sign of Taylor addition be removed. Motioned by Jensen, and seconded by Smith that this be done. Unanimously Carried RE: DAN MOULTON GIVEN PERMISSION TO PURCHASE HIGH P(~ESSURE WATER CLEANER Pieper moved that Dan Moulton be given permission to purci~ase high pressure water cleaner for street department and a cab for the sidewalk snow plow. Seconded by SMith. Unanimously Carried 'RE: PERMISSION DENIED FOR RUBY DAVIDSON LID #16 BE EXEMPT OF INTEREST Pieper ask i.f the Ruby Davidson LID #16 could possibly be exempt of interest. Uue to bonding and LID Guarantee Fund permission was denied. RE: CHRISTMAS LIGHTS DISCUSSED Jensen discussed Christmas lights, using same as last year, which can be repaired. This will conserve on energy for the Christmas Season. RE: RANDY PORTER TO BE GIVEN CREDIT FOR OVER CHARGE Davis ask that Randy Porter be given credit for his over charge. Davis also discussed water rates for the new revenue bond payments. RE: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NEEDS $350.00 FOR BROCHURES, IRRIGATION PUMP TO BE TRADED Jensen stated that the Chamber of Commerce needed $350.00 budgeted for City of Rexburg brochures. Also that the irrigation pump recently removed by the New High School could be traded for a smaller pump '. for Nielson irrigation. ~E+ BILLS on LID #20 DISCUSSED Bills for contractors on Lld #20 were discussed. ~E CANVAS OF VOTES: A Canvas of votes cast in the City Election held November 6, 1973, resulted in the following. 1st 2nd 3rd TOTAL MAYOR: Owen Johnson 7 19 22 48 Albert A. Pieper 87 226 274 587 John C. Porter 268: 273 413 954. WRITE INS FOR MAYOR: Ruth Smith I Dick Davis 2 Blair Siepert I (; `~ ~' i + JOINT WATER & SEWER REVENUE ~ONt~ Ist 2nd Ord YES 253 393 570 NO I00 I06 87 GENERAL OBLIGATION WATER-BOND Ist 2nd 3rd YES 248 382 557 NO 99 112 II7 VOTING TOTAL TOTAL 1187 328 There was a total of 1670 voting, with 78 spoiled ballots. Meeting adjourned at II:00 P. M. _~~' f'' ' C r.' ~ iU ~- .~' Lrlt c'-~- ~ ~~ City Clerk:' Unanimously carried or MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF THE CITY OF REXBURG, IDAHO Minutes of the regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Rexburg, Ldaho, held November 21, 1973, at the City Hall. Mayor Henry Shirley was present and presided. The following council members were present: Barton Jensen, Warren Porter, Richard Davis, and Glenn Peterson. Absent were Albert Pieper and Ruth Smith. In the excused absence of City Clerk Beulah Johnson, the Mayor asked Mary Smith to take the Minutes. RE: MINUTES APPROVED Minutes of the regular meeting held November 7th 1973, were read and on motion of Richard Davis, seconded by Barton Jensen and unanimously carried, the same were approved. RE: BILLS APPROVED Bills in the amount of $129,734.89 were read. On motion of Barton Jensen, seconded by Glenn Peterson and unanimously carried, the same were approved and ordered paid. ~2E: CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS DISCUSSED, EMPLOYEES TO GET A TURKEY Barton Jensen brought up the matter of Christmas decorations for the streets. The matter was discussed. The Mayor suggested that instead of having a Christmas party for the city employees, that each city employee be given a turkey.- Warren Porter moved that each city employee be given a turkey rather than having a Christmas party, seconded by Barton Jensen and unanimously carried. ~tE: CITY TO RETAIN PARKING METER HEADS The Mayor stated that since the Johnny Carson show, he had had requests from people wanting to get parking meter heads in order to make banks out of them. The matter was discussed. it was moved by Warren Porter, seconded by Richard Davis and unanimously carried, that the City retain the parking meter heads. ~2E: BOY SCOUTS GIVEN PERMISSION TO SELL CHRISTMAS TREES LICENSE FEE WAIVED The Mayor reported that the Boy Scouts wanted to sell Christmas trees on a vacant lot at 52 South 2nd West and asked that the license fee be waived. It was moved by Barton Jensen, seconded by Glenn Peterson and unanimously carried that the license fee for selling the Christmas trees by the Boy Scouts be waited and that .t hey be permitted to sell Christmas trees in thq vacant lot at 52 South 2nd West. 1 _~'~ t t I