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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974.01.16 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES`~ jRE: COLLEGE IN1/ITES CITY COUNCIL AND WIVES TO DINNER I Mayor Porter read a letter from President Eyring of Ricks College, inviting the City Council and their wives to a dinner at the. college.. A tentative date of January 23, 1974, at 7:00 P. M. was set. ARE: MAYOR APPOINTS COUNCILMEN TO HEAD VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS Mayor Porter appointed the Councilmen to head various departments as follows: Finance & Irrigation- George Catmull Fire & Police - Glenn .Peterson Streets - Morgan Garner Health and Sanitation - Nile Boyle Parks 8 Recreation - Warren Porter Water & Sewer -Barton Jensen Barton Jensen was elected president of the Council. Mayor John Porter suggested the Councilmen get with the heads of the departments and begin work on their budgets. Peterson moved that the meeting adjourn at 9:30 P. M. Seconded by Warren Porter. All Aye . /^r ~ /` / ' ,+/ NN,'lf 'r~ ~'J ~ ~' `~ Mayor City Jerk MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF THE CITY OF REXBURG, IDAHO Minutes of the regular meeting held January 16, 1974, at 7:30 P. M. at .City Hall. Mayor John C. Porter present and. presiding. Present were Councilmen George Catmull, Morgan Garner., Barton Jensen, and Nile Boyle, Warren Porter. Councilman Glenn Peterson was absent. Also present were Mike Green of the Post Register and Roger Porter of the Rexburg Standard and Journal. City Attorney, Mary Smith Oldham, and City Clerk, Afton Anderson. ARE: REQUEST PRESENTED ASKING FOR PARKING SPACES FOR TETON STAGES Mayor John C. Porter announced that a request had been presented to him asking for parking spaces for the Teton Stages for loading and unloading at their new location at 123 East Main. A letter was read from Chief of Police, Blair K. Siepert, asking that they consider: I. that parking of the. bus .would take a minimum of 5 parking spaces. 2. that to enforce the area as a Bus Zone would require a No Parking sign at anytime. 3. that business~in that area were very. concerned about the loss of their customer parking. Chief Siepert suggested the possibility of the bus loading and unloading in or near the County Parking Lot, so as not to block the traffic lane in this heavy traffic area. Nile Boyle moved that one parking space be given for loading and unloading of the bus directly in front of the door, temporarily, until the Council has time to study other possibilities. It was seconded by Warren Porter. All Aye ~RE: SUGGESTED FIXING ALLEY FOR ACCESS FOR BUS ~: i ~i Councilman Barton Jensen suggested fixing up the alley for access. Mayor John Porter offered to contact Wells Grover about it.as soon as possible. RE: REPORT ON INSURANCE POLICY RE. Councilman George Catmull was asked by Mayor Porter to give a report on the insurance policy. He announced that the insurance on out buildings and contents was up on January 13, 1974, however he asked that we be covered until we could renew the policy. The Insurance Company has requested that we update our statement of valuation. Barton Jensen read the present listings. It was moved by Barton Jensen that George Catmull be instructed to change ratings as discussed and purchase insurance. Seconded by Morgan Garner. All Aye NEW ROAD GRADER ~~~~ Street Superintendent Dan Moulton arrived at the meeting and was asked to give his report on the new grader he was trying out. Dan stated that the old grader was beyond repair. In checking around they found a used grader, previously owned by Groverr Construction, in Shelley. It had been delivered here for inspection and arrangements were made to rent it for a month to give it a good trial. The price of the grader being $30,500 with a trade in of $3,500 for the old one; making the price $27,000. Morgan Garner reported that it was an exceptional buy at that price, as a brand new one, without any snow equipment, was $49,350. Dan Moulton stated that he had really checked the grader out and it had been well taken care of. All agreed that we need the grader. RE: SWIMMING POOL IN NEED OF REPAIRS Councilman Warren Porter reported that it was necessary to make some arrangements for the repair of the swimming pool before the season began, as there is a leak in the main drain.. Mayor John Porter advised calling on Larry Perkins to check the pool and report the necessary repairs. All Agreed. R Councilman Warren Porter SUGGESTED CHANGING i;ARBAGE R,4TES Councilman Warren Porter suggested changing the garbage rates, as with the additional miles the garbage trucks lead to travel, the costs were greatly increased. The increase in the rates was discussed and the necessity of a manditory garbage service. Barton Jensen suggested not setting the rates or making a new ordinance until the the new garbage truck arrives, so they could see what they would be able to handle. Alt Aye RE: WATER RATES DISCUSSED Ex-Councilman Dick Davis reported to the Council the need to increase water rates for the bonding expenses of the new reservoirs and water lines being put in this year. Mr. Davis gave the Mayor and Council a paper showing their water bills for the months of August and November of 1973; also showing the proposed rate increase of 10 cents and 15 cents, per thousand gallon, on residents. j~1r. Davis suggested disposing of the business rates now applying on business offices and apartment houses, and extra charges for apartments previously set up. Bud Armstrong felt that this would not increase the revenue enough, as needed for the bonds; he felt that the minimum charge would. need to be increasedxr~.~e~. Mayor John Porter suggested that Mrs. Anderson do another survey showing a dozen of various type users on a yearly average. RE: FORSGREN, PERKINS, AND ASSOC. PRESENTED FIGURES OF NEW PROPOSED WA-(~ER PLAN Jim Keller of Forsgren, Perkins, and Associates presented to the Council the figures of the .new proposed water plan. He reported that the costs have all increased from 10 to 20 percent since the study was made, and that a lot of the materials would be hard. to get; some of which would not be obtainable at all. He proposed bidding alternates on a concrete hurried tank reservoir and an above ground steel tank, so that if steel is not assessible they can provide the concrete. Discussion on accepting a well owned by the college was given with no decision being made as to route for pipelines or location of reservoirs. ~,. p. _ r y ...) .. APPO{NTMENTS FOR ELECTRIC BOARD Mayor John C. Porter made the following appointments to the electric board. Harry Brunson, Brunson Electric - 4 years Glen Cooper, Glen Cooper Electric - 4 years John Moore, Rainbow Electric- 2 years Martel Holden, Herdti Electric - 3 years Tom Matthews, Electrical Inspector T. J. Blackham, Utah Power & Light It was moved by Barton Jensen and seconded by Morgan Garner.. All Aye APPOINTP~IENTS TO PLANNING BOARD Appointments to the planning board were announced by Mayor John Porter. Larry Perkins, Chairman of the Planning Board resigned his position as he must be out of town so much. Blair Manwaring - 6 years Alice Tout - 6 years A. H. (Whitey) Brock - 2 years It was moved by George Catmull and seconded by Barton Jensen. All Aye EMPLOYEE MANUAL DISCUSSED Mayor John C. Porter told the. Council of his intention to draw up a City Ernployee manual. This handbook would supply all the necessary information for an employee such as: vacations, sick leave, raises, health insurance, and employee relations. The Mayor appointed George Catmull and Nile Boyle to work on it with help of the Mayor. It was moved by Morgan Garner and Seconded by Warren Porter. All Aye ~. MAX BRINTON RESIGNS Mayor John C. Porter announced that Max Brinton, Building Inspector,. and Gas Inspector had resigned. Mayor Porter proposed letting the gas company do all inspections from now on. Thomas Matthews will take over the building department, temporarily. The wag~will be set at $220 per month for the job of Building Inspector and Electrical Inspector. Moved by Barton Jensen and seconded by Morgan Garner. All Aye _. RAISES APPROVED Raises were approved. Mable Smith, Secretary for the Police Dept., was given a $25.00 raise, however after this raise she wilt not be on the pay schedule with the police officers. Rose Bagley, was given a $20.00 raise. The motion was made by Barton Jensen and seconded by Nile Boyle. All Aye MAYOR PORTER TO ATTEND MEETING IN BOISE PERTAINING TO FEDERAL FUNDS Mayor John C. Porter .told the Council of his {mention to attend a meeting in Boise pertaining to Federal Funds to help with the street projects and needed storm sewers. ORDINANCE N0. 546 Ordinance No. 546 introduced, and there was r AN INTERIM ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING SUFFICIENT EXPENSES AND SALARIES BY THE CITY OF REXBURG, FISCAL YEAR PRIOR TO THE PASSAGE AND APPROVAL ORDINANCE; PROVIDING WHEN THE ORDINANCE SHALL ead, the following FUNDS FOR PAYMENT OF IDAHO, DURING THE 1974 OF THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION BECOME EFFECTIVE. Thereupon it was moved by Councilman Warren Porter and seconded by Councilman Nile Boyle that the rule requiring ordinances of a general and permanent nature to be read fully and distinctly on three different days be dispensed with and that said ordinance be numbered 546 any b 1 ~ ~~ ,~ ~~ 1' ,, ~; passed and adopted as read. 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 George Catmull Morgan Garner Barton Jensen Nile Boyle Warren Porter Those voting Nay: None Absent: Glenn Peterson The Mayor thereupon .declared that the motion, having been passed by not less than three-fourths of the. Council, had been duly carried, aid the Ordinance No. 546 was duly passed and adopted. The City Clerk was directed to publish said Ordinance No. 546 in at least one issue of the Rexburg Standard or Journal, a Newspaper published in the City of Rexburg, Idaho. RE:~ MAYOR PORTER TO PURCHASE A TYPEWRITER Mayor Porter suggested he be given permission to purchase a typewriter and also a bookcase for necessary literature. - All Aye ~ RE: BILLS PRESENTED Bills were presented .for payment in the amount of $17,980.78. It was moved by Barton Jensen and seconded by Warren Porter that the bills be approved for payment. It was moved by Bart Jensen that meeting adjourn at 11:15 P. M. Seconded by Warren Porter. All Aye / / ~ ~ _ Mayor f `. City Clerk MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF THE CITY OF REXBURG, IDAHO ir. Minutes of the regular meeting held February 6, 1974, at 7:30 P. M. at 3- Gity Hall. 1 Mayor John C. Porter present and presiding. Present were Councilmen Warren Porter, George Catmull, Glenn Peterson, Barton Jensen, Morgan Garner, and Nile Boyle. Also present were Mike Green of the Post Register, and Roger Porter of the Rexburg Standard and Journal. Minutes were taken by City Clerk, Afton Anderson. Attorney Mary Smith was absent. Councilman George Catmull moved that the minutes be approved and passed as corrected. Seconded by Barton Jensen. ARE: .BUS SERVICE IN REXBURG All Aye Mayor John C. Porter reported that a gentleman had been to see him requesting an exclusive franchize on bus service. He would have; two 13 passenger buses which would be on regular routes around town. A third bus would be used as a taxi; on call or for charter. All felt this was a service that was needed in Rexburg very badly. Barton Jensen agreed to giving him an exclusive franchize as long as the Ci1-y was not asked to subsidize.