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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974.02.06 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES'~~.~~ ~r }. 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, and 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 r ~ r ' fy ~ ~. Mayor ~~~n:~ L' j,~ City Clerk MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF THE CITY OF REXBURG, IDAHO ~:. i Minutes of the regular meeting held February 6, 1974, at 7:30 P. M. at City Hall. Mayor John C. Porter present and presiding. Present were Councilmen Warren Porter, George Catmull, Glenn Peterson, Barton Jensen, Morgan t>>arner, 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 Baton Jensen. All Aye RE: BUS SERVICE IN REXBURG 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 City was not asked to subsidize. RE_: MRS RAY BIGLER ASKED FOR PERMISSION TO PLACE TRAfLER NEXT TO HER HOME Mrs. Ray Bigler has asked for permission to place a trailer next to her home for her mother to live in, at 154 South 3rd West. Her mother, Mrs. Jeppesen is in such bad health as to need constant care. Mayor John Porter gave her a petition to have signed by her near neighbors. Glenn Peterson moved that it be okayed if the petition is signed by all neighbors within 300 feet. 1t must be renewed every year. Seconded by Barton Jensen. RE: MAYOR SUGGESTIONS FOR SCOUT PROJECTS All Aye. Mayor John Porter asked for suggestions for Scout projects. Barton Jensen suggested some fountains for the park. RE: POST OFFICE REQUESTS PERMISSION TO RENT OUR BUILDING FROM US LONGER TIME Mayor Porter reported that the Post Office had requested permission to rent our building from us for additional time. They will be delayed with the post office. !t will be about 5 months before they will be able to open bids and then the construction time. They want to continue to rent from us until then, on a month to month bas ~ Mayor Porter noted that they now pay $150.00 per month which was -. He read a letter stating that we would charge them $4.00 per sq. ft. per year which was the goi~ rate. This would make the rental $1,033 per month. No answer having b en received. RE: LARRY PERKINS TO CHECK ON SWIMMING POOL Warren Porter reported that he had talked to Larry Perkins about checking the pool. He will see what has to be done. RE: REPORT ON INSURANCE George Catmull reported that the insurance was taken care of; only waiting for the new rate schedule. Barton Jensen reported that our policy with Transamerica was $2,700 last year and has raised to $3,450 this year. He felt something should be done about the accidents, as a lot of them were carelessness. He submitted the bill to be paid. RE: WILLIAM BATES TO BE MADE ASSISTANT TO DAN MOULTON Morgan Garner reported that Dan Moulton had requested William Sates be made his assistant with a $50.00 per month raise. Mayor suggested that he be put on a three month temporary trial and that the raise begin March 1st. It was thus moved by Morgan Garner and seconded by Warren Porter, All Aye RE: HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT REPORTS ON PROGRESS ON NEW INTERSTATE Gene 8urbidge, Asst. District Engineer, and Bill Kroll, Location Chief, of the Highway Department arrived at the meeting to give a report on the progress made towards our new interstate. Mr. Burbidge reported that the Federal Highways board has questioned our routes for the new highway, making it necessary for them to go before an alternate location hearing. The board will then review and authorize hearing. They will advertize 40 days which would put the hearing about the middle of April They must then submit an environmental statement. All in all approval can't be obtained until Oct. lst. He also mentioned that the Canal- Railroad Route will be continued from Rigby to Lorenzo and hopefully to Thornton next fall. ZE: TERMS Of AIRPORT BOARD MEMBERS EXPIRES 1 Mayor John Porter reported that the terms on the airport board of Art Porter and Jim Meikle expires. Mayor proposed renewing their appointments for another term. It was so moved by Warren Porter and seconded t>y Barton Jensen, All Aye i f-. RE: RESOLUTION ON EMERGENCY DECLARED FOR SNOW REMOVAL EQUIF-~MENT The following resolution was interduced by Warren Porter who moved its adoption: BE IT RESOLVED: .That the City of Rexburg does not have adequate equipment for snow removal; that winter storms are so severe the streets become impassable resulting in cessation of City services and the use of emergency vehicles; that an emergency exists and the public interest and necessity require the purchase of snowremoval equipment without compliance with Section 50-341 Idaho Code. Be it Further Resolved: That the Mayor and City Council be, and they are hereby authorized and directed to forthwith make the purchase of such necessary snow-removal equipment, without compliance with Section 50-341, Idaho Code. Motion seconded by Barton Jensen.. On roll call the vote was as follows. Those voting Aye: Barton Jensen Morgan Garner George Catmull Warren Porter Glenn Peterson Nile Boyle Those voting Nay: None RE: NEED FOR ARCHITECT FOR NEW SHOP Mayor John Porter stressed the need to get an architect to begin work on the shop as it is needed so bad. The whole lot will be fenced, and will contain the dog pound, the impounding lot for autos, and the shop building. It is important to get this started. F<t TRAILER ORDINANCE DISCUSSED Trailer Ordinance was discussed. Mayor John Porter, pointed out that this ordinance would not let any trailers move into twon except in a trailer park. He felt this was a little too harsh. Possibly a section of town could be designated for trailers. He suggested that they reword this and introduce it next Council. RE~ BEER LICENSE APPROVED A beer license application was presented for approval for Carl Farrer. Glenn Peterson moved that it be passed and Barton Jensen Seconded it. All Aye RE~ NEED FOR BUSINESS LICENSE ORDINANCE Mayor John C, Porter noted that a business license ordinance was needed as soon as possible. Barton Jensen suggested adopting the Lewiston s ordinance as it was just what was needed. RE• PURCHASE ORDERS NECESSARY George Catmull moved that it be necessary to obtain a purchase order from the Mayor before buying anything as of now. {t was seconded by Warren Porter. The Mayor also having authority to delegate the approval to whomever. Atl Aye RE: S{LLS Bills were submitted for payment in the amount of $43,368.49. Barton Jensen moved that they be paid. It was seconded by George Catmull. All Aye S } ' r `/ Morgan Garner moved that the meeting be ad,journpd ~t IO:IO i~, M. Seconded by Glenn Petersen. All Aye r 6~ '^ ~ ? ~~ City Ierk ~: i ! I i%-~<~ (~ Mayop MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF THE CITY OF REXBURG, IDAHO Minutes of the regular meeting held February 20, 1974, at 7:30 P. M. at City .Hall. The Meeting was called to order by Mayor John C. Porter. Present were Councilmen Warren Porter, George Catmull, Glenn Peterson, Barton Jensen, Morgan Garner, and Nile Boyle. Attorney Mary Smith and City Cierk Afton Anderson were present also. Also Roger Porter, of the Rexburg Standard and Journal, and Mike Green of the Post Register. Warren Porter moved that the minutes of the previous meeting be approved and passed as corrected. Seconded by Barton Jensen. All Aye ZE: PROPOSED WATER PLAN DISCUSSED, COLLEGE PRESENT ALTERNATIVES Mayor John C. Porter reported that Ricks College had approached him about the proposed water plan. There three alternatives discussed.(I) They could give us their irrigation well and dig them a new well deducting the cost of the new well from their water charges. (2) They could give us their well and get all their water at our pumping costs. (3) They could keep the well and use it for their farm irrigation and lawn sprinkling systems. Barton Jensen explained that .this had been discussed before and there would be considerable cost to our taking the well as it would be necessary to put large vacuum valves in the lines. John Porter explained that it would cost us more to pump water from this well to our reservoir as it would mean pumping the water up hill instead of down hill to town as is done now. Mayor Porter noted that they were to be to a meeting with the College the next morning to decide on this; the college had told him that whatever their decision they would meet their share of the costs, including the 20,E increase. Glenn Peterson suggested they go ahead and make the decision which would best benefit everyone. tE: REPRESENITIVE FROM CIVIC MEETS TO ASK CITY TO TAKE OVER CARE OF TREES Pam Bowen of the Civic Club presented and read a letter #rom the Civic Club, asking the City to take over the care of the trees, flowers, and benches. Many of the trees have died and need to be replaced. Councilman Barton Jensen stated that they had ordered and replanted as many trees as they were able to get last year. He mentioned that the City would continue watering and caring for the trees and flowers but it would be nice if some of the organizations would help with the weeding. Mrs. Bowen asked if it couldn't be stressed to the store owners along the business district not to sweep the sidewalk litter into the plant boxes. This left them full of dirt and scraps of paper and really looked terrible. Barton Jensen agreed and mentioned that there were several of these boxes that needed the dirt changes. ZE: MR _& MRS MICHAEL SHAW REQUEST PERMISSION. TO OPEN CRAFT SHOP IN THEIR HOME Michael and Shirley Shaw request permission to open a craft shop or gallery in their home on East 2nd South. Mrs. Shaw stated that she would be open probably three afternoons a week and wouldn't have near ll~: ~~~~:I~>i~,t~r~:, ~-~in~~ rind cr~r~~~ing as a heaE~ty shop or other h~a~:.in~~~.~,- 1 1