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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974.04.03 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES;~ The Mayor thereupon declared that the motion, having k~eerl passed by nc~t less than three-fourths of the Council, had been duly carried, and the Ordinance No. 547 was duly passed and adopted. 'RE . ~R E i I ~R E The City Clerk was directed to publish said Ordinance No. 547 in at least one issue of the Rexburg Standard or Journal, a Newspaper published in the City of Rexburg, Idaho. HAROLD NELSON CONTACTED MAYOR ABOUT CITY WATER The Mayor reported that Harold Nielsen had contacted him about his city water. The Mayor asked George Catmull to contact Barton Jensen and see what agreements the City had made with Mr. Nielsen in the past The matter was discussed. A DIFFERENT WAY TO REPORT. THE BUILDING PERMITS The Mayor said that he, together with Tom Matthews, the City Building Inspector, had figured out a different way to report the building. permits which had been issued. He had a sample copy which he showed to the Council and the Council approved. SPECIAL CENSUS FIGURE OF }973 NOT CONSIDERED IN FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING The M~yc~r further reported that he had received a letter from the. Secretary ofi .the Treasury advising him that the special census figure of 1973 would not be considered in Federal Revenue Sharing; that only the official census of 1970 would be considered. In order to provide equitable treatment for all governments, the special census would only be considered ifi a comparable special census was available for all other governments within the county area as of the same time period. Meeting adjourned at 8:30 P. M. 1 ~ \ May -, ,#!~' ~' • ~ ~ ~.,_. -%~= ~ a-, ~ ~.~- _:c _ ___ _ __ C fiy G lerk MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF THE CITY OF REXBURG, IDAHO Minutes of the regular meeting held April 3, 1974, at 7:30 P. M. at City Hall. Mayor John C. Porter was present and presiding. The meeting was called to order. Present were Councilmen Barton Jensen, Glenn Peterson, Warren Porter, George Catmull, and Nile Boyle. Attorney Mary Smith and City Clerk Afton Anderson were also there. Mike Green of the of the Post Register and Roger Porter of the Rexburg Standard and Journal: Minutes of special meeting March 22, 1974, were read by City Attorney Mary Smith. It was moved by Glenn Peterson that they be approved. Seconded by Warren Porter. All Aye ~E. t Minutes of the regular City Council meeting of March 20, 1974, was discussed. Glenn Peterson moved that they be approved as corrected. Seconded by Nile Boyle. All Aye RICKS COLLEGE PLANNING BI-SENTENIAL CELEBRATION Mr Peterson and Mr. Bossard of Ricks College arrive at the meeting. They asked that the City be planning for the Bi-Sentenial Celebration for 1976. They wanted to have a good program and asked the City's Co-operati©n. RE: BLAIR MANWARING APPREARED ON BEHALF OF AMR CORPOF7AT1(~N Blair Manwaring appreared on behalf of AMR Corporation regarding a proposed exchange agreement between said corporation and the City of Rexburg. After discussing the proposed contract, the Mayor stated he did not see how the City could make an agreement for the corporation to purchase water from the City at wholesale rates equal to the same rates being charged Ricks College for the reason that Ricks College was putting $300,000.00 into the new water system. Mr. Manwaring stated the corporation would like the City to take over the corporation's proposed water system and sell the water to the individuals in the corporation's development as the corporation did not want to he in the water business. The matter was discussed at some length and Mr. Manwaring was advised by the Mayor and Council that the rate would have to be established on an annual basis. E: CITY APPRECIATES MR. MANWARING SERVICES Councilman George Catmull stated that the City appreciated the services of Mr. Manwaring as a member of the City Planning Board; that Mr. Manwaring and other members of the Board had done an excellent job. JIM KELLER DISCUSSED BIDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW RESERVOIR, PUMPS AND INSTALLATION OF WATER SYSTEMS Jim Keller discussed the matter of bids for the construction of the 'new reservoir, pumps and installation of the additional water system. Inasmuch as the bids were in excess of the amount of money the City • had, Mr. Keller said that there were certain areas that could be deleted from the project and construct¢d at a later date and over a period of time and paid for from the general funds. He had an alternative plan which is attached to these minutes. Other plans were discussed. It was moved by Barton Jensen, seconded by Nile Boyle and unanimously carried that the City move forward vender the proposed alternative plan and that the City Engineer pursue this plan in more detail in order to meet the bond money that is available. ~~''~ RE: NEW F { RE CHIEF ANNOUNCED, ALSO AS5 15TANT F I fiE Ct-I I E:F Mayor John C. Porter reported that Fire Chief Silas Clements is officially retired as of March 31, 1974. He announced the appointment of Gary Owens, who has been the Assistant Chief. He has been a fire- man for 19 years. He also announced that Gordon Tychsen, fireman of 5 years be apponted Assistant Fire Chief. It was moved by Barton Jensen that they be so appointed and subsequent raises be given. .Seconded by Morgan Garner. All Aye WATER, GARBAGE, AND SEWER BILLING PROCEDURE TO CHANGE Mayor Porter brought up the water, garbage, and sewer billing procedure. He reported that at the present time all billing is done at the Ist of the month. It puts al! the billing, mailing of cards, and payments all .done right at the Ist of each month, when there is also payroll and all the tax reports and other reports to be sent out at the same time. He asked the Council if they had any objection to the Clerk billing half the town at the middle of the month, and half of the town at the. end of the month. This would help to even out the work load. It was moved by Barton Jensen that the City Clerk be allowed to divide the town as works best and to bill half at Ist and half at 15th of the of the month. Seconded by Nile Boyle. All Aye RE: SPECIAL MEETING FOR PASSING ORDINANCE 549 ON LID 20 A special meeting of the City Council of the City of Rexburg, Madison County, Idaho, duly called and held according to law on April 8, 1974, at the hour of 5:00 o'clock P. M. at the. City Hall, this being the regular meeting place of said Council, at which meeting there were present and answering roll call the fallowing who constituted a quorum: Mayor: John C. Porter Councilmen: George Catmull Glenn Peterson Warren Porter Barton Jensen Nile Boyle Absent: Morgan Garner Also Present: Afton Anderson, City Clerk Mary Smith, City Attorney Thereupon the following proceedings were duly had and taken: The Mayor explained that on November 7, 1973, the assessment roll for Local Improvement District No. 20, and that the ordinance was not published wifihin one month after its passage as provided by law; and, therefore, the ordinance did not take effect and it is necessary that another ordinance confirming the assessment roll as amended and corrected be passed by the City Council. Councilman Warren Porter thereupon introduced an ordinance entit{ed "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 Councilmen Glenn Peterson that the rules. requiring ordinances of a general and permanent nature to be fully and distinctly read on three different days be dispensed with and the said Ordinance be numbered 549 and be read. ~~ ,4 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 George Catmuli Ni{e Boyle Warren Porter Glenn Peterson Those voting NAY: None The Mayor therupon declared that the motion, having been passed by not less than three-fourths of the Council, had been duly carried, Ordinance No. 549 was .then read by the Clerk ~n full and at length as follows: ORDINANCE NO 549 AN ORDINANCE CONFIRMING THE ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT N0. 24 {N REXBURG, IDAHO, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CAUSING CERTAIN STREETS AND ALLEYS AND PARTS THEREOF WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMIT5 OF SAID CITY, TO BE GRADED, GRAVELED, PRIME COATED, PAVED, GURE3E[~, GUTTERED, SURFACE DRAINED, SIDEWALKS, SEWER AND WATER LINES CONSTRUCTED-THEREON WITHIN SAID DISTRICT; ORDERED ASSESSMENTS TO BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ASSESSMENT ROLL AND PRESCRIBING DETAILS CONCERNING SAID ASSESSMENTS: REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. Councilman Glenn Peterson moved the adoption of said ordinance, which motion was seconded by Councilman. Nile Boyle. 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. 549 resulted as follows: Those voting Aye: Warren Porter George Catmull Glenn Peterson Nile Boyle 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. 549 in full immediately in at least one issue of the Rexburg Standare, a newspaper published inthe City of Rexburg, Madison County, Idaho. The Mayor inquired if there were any further matters pertaining to Local Improvement District No. 20 to come before the meeting or to be discussed and acted upon. Having determined that there was nothing further to be considered pertaining to Improvement District No. 20 at this meeting, the Mayor then proceeded with other matters. RE: OK G{VEN TO FIRE DEPARTMENT TO PURCHASE TILE AND TYCH5EN TO LAY IT Mayor John C. Porter reported that Gordon Tychsen of the Fire Department has requested that he go over to the fire hall. Mr. Tychsen showed the Mayor that the fiile is coming up off of the floor. He suggested that the City buy the the and he would lay it in his spare time. Warren Porter moved that we approve the purchase. Ail Aye RE: BUD ARMSTRONG TO RETIRE t I Mayor John C. Porter advised the Council that Bud Armstrong was ready to retire May I, 1974, and that the retirement system had notified him that with an additional payment of $1,347.00 would give him an increased retirement payment of approximately $100 per monfih and an additional 60 months. The Council felt however, that as the City has been contributing to his retirement for the last 5 years while Mr. Armstrong has not, it would be up to him to pay this. RE: RE: INTERMOUNTAIN GAS COMPANY PRESENT FRANCHISE TAX CHECK Jack Ca{dwell, and Jerry Johnson ofi Intermountain Gas Company arrived at the Council meeting to present the Mayor with a Franchise tax check of $8,500 for the year of 1973. They asked if the City was having any problems they could help with. Mayor Porter suggested that if they would be laying any lines on 4th East. and Ist and 2nd North near the new highschool, this summer that they would lay them before we resurfaced the streets there. They assured the Council that they would do so. AMERICAN LAND TITLE WORK ON NEW LID Mayor Porter Mentioned that American Land Title had done approximately 30 hours work on our new LID and has presented a bill to us without a charge. He felt the Council cou-d fill in what they thought it was worth. Mayor John C. Porter will take care of this. NEW RESERVOIR LOCATION Discussion on the location of the reservoir proved to come up with no `final price on the Darrell Neville property being settled. Barton Jensen advised that they made a definite decision as they have to have 3 days to make up the drawings and get this thing going. Morgan Garner rrioved that the City build the reservoir on the property owned by AMR Corporation and not waste anymore time. Seconded by Warren Porter. All Aye. Glenn Peterson advised getting the deed as soon as possible. RE: JACK RANDALL WILL REPLACE FOUR TREES ON MAIN STREET Jack Randall was a guest at the City Council Meeting. He having :advised the Mayor that he would pay for replacing four of the trees which had died along Main Street. RE: STEVE MEYERS HAS BUILDING VIOLATION Mayor John C. Porter reported that he had been advised of a building violation on the Steve Meyers property on Millhollow. He sent the building inspector, Thomas Matthews, out to check, and it was verified that Mr. Meyers was building a double garage too close to the property line. Steve Meyers has purchased a building permit from Max Brinton while he was building inspector, Barton Jensen, felt that as it was invalid. The Council all agreed that he couldn't be allowed to continue building as there needed to be 25 feet from the property lines. It must be stopped. RE: CITY TO DONATE $100 TO SENIOR C{TIZENS Councilman Glenn Peterson reported on the Senior Citizens Committee. 1-fe felt that they were going to have a very active group. They wanted to find a location of their own where they could have meetings, dinners, games, any recreafiional programs 24 hours a day. He reported that they have been given permission to use the VFW Hall until they found a place of their own. He suggested the City give $100 to help get them started. Barton Jensen moved that the Recreation Department Fund should donate the $100 to help the Senior Citizens. Seconded by Warren Porter. All Aye R COUNCILMAN REPORTS CREW TO HELP WITH PARK CLEAN UP Councilman Warren Porter reported that dike Farmsworth has reported to him that he will have crew to come down and help with the park clean up anytime we let him know. RE: NEED A NEW PUMP TO SUPPLY IRRIGATION WATER Councilman George Catmull reported that we needed a new pump to supply irrigation water to those with water rites. He suggested we make the initial expense in putting the pump in, but make them take care of it themselves after that. Mary Smith said this had been done in many cases. hr ~` ,y +' RE: STREET DEPARTW,IENT GIVEN PERMISSION TO BUY A NEW TRUCK Councilman Morgan Garner advised the Council that Dan Moul-hon, superintendent of the Street Department has asked for permission to purchase another I ton truck like the one he has. He would be able to use it winter and summer. Barton moved that he be allowed to purchase the truck. Seconded by Nile Boyle. All Aye RE: MAYNARD NELSON TO START ON GARBAGE DEPARTMENT FULL TIME Councilman .Nile Boyle reported that Maynard Nelson was to start on the garbage department full time. Nile moved that he be started at a i wage of $500 per month. Glenn Peterson seconded. ', A11 Aye RE: POLICE UNIFORM ALLOWANCE DISCUSSED Discussion on the uniform allowance asked for by Chief of Police Blair Siepert came to no definite decision. All felt the City shouldn't buy clothes for the policemen unless they bought the clothes for the rest of the employees. Barton Jensen suggested we check into the policies of the other cities. Decide next meeting. RE: .RULING ON STEP DOWN CLUB Mayor John C. Porter reported that there has been some difficulty with the Step Down Club. It has been reported to him that they were staying open until 2 and 3 o'clock in the morning. Police Chief Siepert asked the Council to make a ruling on the hours. Glenn Peterson moved that they be allowed to stay open until 12:00 P. M. Friday and Saturday nights and until II:00 P. M. the rest of the week; but that this meant clearing out all patrons at that time. Seconded by Nile Boyle. All Aye RE: ORDINANCE N0. 54$ Trailer Ordinance 548 was introduced, and there was read, the following: ORDINANCE NO 548 1 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING MINIMUM STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR THE LOCATION, AND OPPUPATION OF MOBILE HOMES AND FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND ALTERATION OF MOBILE HOME PARKS OR TRAILER COURTS, AND PROVIDING FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING MOBILE HOME PARKS OR TRAILER COURTS; PROVIDING FOR THE LICENSING OF MOBILE NOME PARKS OR TRAILER COURTS AND TRAILER HOUSING; PROVIDING FOR INSPECTION OF TRAILER COURTS AND HOUSING; PROVIDING FOR EXCEPTIONS AND VARIANCES; PROVIDING FOR THE ENFORCEMENT, SEVERABILITY, CONFLICT WITH OTHER LAWS AND REPEALER; VIOLATION AND PENALTY, DEFINITIONS, AND EFFECTIVE DATE. It was moved by Councilman Barton Jensen and seconded by Councilman Glenn Peterson that the fine 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 548 and be 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: Barton Jensen Glenn Peterson Warren Porter George CAtonu I I Nile Boyle Those voting nay: None Those absent: Morgan Garner The Mayor thereupon declared that the motion having bean passed by noel less than three-fourths of the council, had been duly carried, and 1~Irat Ordinance No. 548 was duly passed and adopted. The City Clerk was directed to publish said ordinance No. 548 in at least one issue of the Rexburg Standard & Journal, a newspaper published in the City of Rexburg, Idaho. RE: NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Attorney Mary Smith presented the Notice of public hearing to change the zoning of Block 13 of the Klingler Addition from R3 to Commercial. The i-learing will be May I, 1974, at 8:30 o'clock P. M., at City Hall. Rf.- PIAYOR ANNOU~,iCED THAT HIGHSCHOOL WILL NOT BUILD A FOOTBALL STADIUM Mayor John C. Porter advised the' Council that the high school would not be building a football stadium as the college has made available their football stadium anytime the highschool needs it. They will, instead have baseball diamonds, practice fie{ds, ete. Bills were paid in the amount of $45,190..36. Moved by Warren Porter, and seconded by George Catmull. All Aye Councilman Warren Porter moved that the meetin adjourn, it being 11:15 P. M. Grl° ~'`) Mayor ,, l ~~ ~",~ ~ ~ L=am. ~.~, ~'-'~_ City Clerk:. MINUTES OF THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF THE CITY OF REX-BURG, AT CITY HALL APRIL 17, 1974 The Meeting was called to order by Mayor John C. Porter at 7:30 P. M. Present City Attorney Mary Smith Oldham, and City Clerk, Afton Anderson. Councilmen George Catmull, Warren Porter, Glenn Peterson, Barton Jensen, Morgan Garner, and Niie Boyle were all present. Also present were Carol Davis of the Post Register, Mr. Ken Newman, of Burrows, Smith & Co., and Jim Keller of Forsgren, Perkins, & Associates. Gordon Tychsen of the Rexburg Fire Department and William Caisse of the Water & Sewer Department were there as obs^rvers. RE: MINUTES APPROVED The minutes of the previous meeting were discussed and Councilman George Catmull moved they be approved. It was P~econded by Councilman Barton Jensen. All Aye F~l 4+1 I DD l SON ADDITION APPROVED Mayor John C. Porter presented a plat on the Widdison Addition for approval. The location being out of the City Limits but still requiring the Council's approval, it being adjacent to the Starlite Addition. Councilman Jensen, after discussion, moved that the .plat be~approved. Councilman Peterson seconded. All Aye