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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977.01.05 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES1~ State of Idaho) County of Madison(SS City of Rexburg) MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING,OF THE CITY OF REXBURG, IDAHO A meeting of the City Council of the City of Rexburg, Idaho, Madison County, was held on Wednesday, the 5th day of January, at the hour of 7:30 P.M. at the city hall at which meeting there were present and answering roll call, the. following: Mayor: John C. Porter Councilwoman: Darlene Blackburn Councilman: Nile Boyle Morgan Garner Warren Porter Barton Jensen Absent: Norman Holman Also Present: City Attorney, Mary Smith City Clerk, Afton Anderson RE: MINUTES READ AND APPROVED Minutes of the December 1 and December 15th meetings were read. Councilman Nile Boyle moved the minutes be approved as corrected. Councilman Warren Porter seconded. All Aye RE: APPLICATION FOR NEW FIRE DISTRICT Mayor Porter reports. Application was made for urban development funding last October in the amount of $385,950.00 to build a fire station. The county voted to have a new fire district. They must all be housed in the same building. The grant was accepted. Four or five years ago the city had contracted to build a new fire station. Plans were made then. We have sent them in to be up dated. The plans must be ready in 90 days. RE: BIDS FOR FRONT END LOADER Bids were opened on a front end loader. Low bids were by John Deere and Western Equip - ment. The bids were: Folder Equipment, Clark 2 1/2 yd $49,650, 3 yd $55,000; Snake River Equipment, used Huff $58,000; Idaho Equipment, Fiat $65,562; Western Road Machine, Trojan 2 1/2 yd $37,800; Arnold Machines, Huff 3 yd$50,351, small $41,977; Elliot Ind., John Deer $36,000 and smaller at $30,100; G & K Caise 2 1/2 yd $36,000. 3 yd $48,000. Councilman Morgan Garner feels the cat should be the way to go. We should go with the larger machine. Discussion on army surplus equipment. RE: MACHINE ELLIOTTS BID WAS OVERBID Representative of Elliots in Idaho Falls stated that the machine they bid was overbid. Councilman Barton Jensen moved eve check on 2 1/2 yd new one. See if we can get another- one to use meantime. Warren Porter will investigate. Councilman Morgan Garner and the Mayor will decide. Councilman Nile Boyle seconded. RE: HEARING ON RIGBY MORRELL ZONING CHANGE All Aye 8:00 Hearing on Rigby-Morrell zoning change. Mr. Crapo representing. The plans have been presented with a 300' buffer on the East side of the property and a smaller com- mercial zone. Petitions were presented that were. signed in November of 1976. There would be no problem of water and sewer as they are already available. Mr. Crapo asked that the council, if unable to grant change now, merely table until after planning has been completed. Mayor Porter explained that there are a lot of commercial properties now within the city limits and he does not want to change any zoning until the planners get through with their study. There has been another grant for study awarded this week. IRE: CITY WATER AND SEWER EXTENTION FOR WELDON STODDARD PROPERTY DENIED Weldon Stoddard asks to have city water and sewer service to his property for develop- ment, also for the city to participate on cost. Mayor Porter said they could not hook on to the city system without being annexed. There would also have to be some updating of our sewer sytem before an additional subdivision of that size could be put on the city lagoons. IRE: MOTION MOVED AND ADOPTED "Be it resolved that any person, firm or corporation desiring to construct over a four plex in the city of Rexburg must present for approval of the City Council a preliminary plat and building plan, which must remain on file with the city clerk so the Building Inspector can refer to the plan during construction and require that the construction complies with the plans. Seconded by Norman Holman, Council- man. On roll call all councilmen present voted "aye"." Councilman Nile Boyle, presented the proceeding motion and moved its adoption. RE: WESTERN DEVELOPMENT REQUEST ZONE CHANGE Western Development have purchased a piece of property on lst North which is zoned residential. They want permission to put a trailer on that lot and operate their business from there for one year. Mr. Lynn Davenport read a letter from the• residents in the area that do not want anymore camrnercial property there. Nir. Davenport is reluctantly against them using the property for commercial use even temporarily a.s they bought, the property knowing it was zoned residential. The council turned down the request. RE: PROPOSED ROUTES FOR. NEW SEWER LINES John Millar showed maps of proposed routes for new sewer lines for North 2nd East. They want to put this on an LID. Mary Smith, City Attorney, suggested consolidating this with other projects to go on one LID. Councilwoman Darlene Blackburn moved we begin proceedings to develop LID. Councilman Barton Jensen seconded. All Aye COMMITTEE REORGANIZED Mayor Porter advised that as of the 1st of the year the committees will be reorganized. Warren Porter has been the councilman over parks and recreation. Mayor Porter appointed him to take over the Finance and Irrigation Committee and appointed Councilman Norman. Holman to take over the Parks and Recreation Committee. Councilman Morgan Garner moved the appointments be made. Councilman Barton Jensen seconced. All Aye RE: CITY LOADER WAS HIT BY A TRAIN Mayor Porter reported that the city loader was hit by a North and 2nd West. The loader was totaled out, and we In the meantime they have hired back a contractor with a RE: PLANS DRAWN UP FOR DOG POUND train on the crossing at 1st are trying to get another one. loader. Mayor Porter reported that plans had been drawn up for a dog pound. Blue prints were given to contractors 30 days prior to Manwarings, Zollingers, Western Development, Bonneville Western and E & L Const. The only bids submitted were Bonneville Western with a bid of $46,743 and E & L Const. with a bid. of $15,'377. Councilman Barton Jensen moved the low bid of E & L Const. be accepted. Councilwoman Darlene Blackburn seconded. All Aye DISCUSSION OF FIRE AT CITY DUMP ON NORTH 5th WEST RE: CHRISTMAS LIGHTS DISCUSSION Mayor Porter reported on the Christmas lights. Utah Power & Light will run wires with utility plugs for the Christmas lights if the city authorizes them to do so. We could then have our employees put them up without the big expense of having electricans put them to install utility plugs for Christmas lights. Councilman Morgan Garner seconded. ~y All Aye .3D RE: BILLS APPROVED Councilman Morgan Garner moved the bills be approved for payment. Councilman Nile Boyle seconded. All Aye RE: RENT PART OF OLD SHOP FOR STORAGE Mayor Porter reported that Brunson Electric wants to rent part of the old shop for storage. Councilman Morgan Garner moved that the Mayor work up an agreement. Councilman Barton Jensen seconded. 1 1' City Jerk, Afton Anderson All Aye ~. Ma ; ~-3o~h C. Porter KINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF THE CITY OF REXBURG, IDAHO STATE OF IDAHO) County of Madison(SS City of Rexburg) The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Rexburg, Idaho, Madison County, was held on Wednesday, December 15th, at the hour of 7:30 P. M. at the city hall at which meeting there were present and answering roll call, the following: Mayor: Councilwoman: Councilman: Also Present: RE: MINUTES OF PUBLIC HEARING READ John C. Porter Darlene Blackburn Norman Holman Morgan Garner Barton Jensen Nile Boyle Warren Porter Mary Smith, City Attorney Afton Anderson, City Clerk Mayor Porter read the minutes of the-_pubiic hearing held by the Planning Board December 9th. This was the first of two hearings on HUD grants. The next hearing is on December 28th. The planning board studied the proposal for the Rigby-Morrell property. There were approximately 30 people present to protest the zoning change. After due consider- ation the planning board voted to recommend that the council turn down the zoni.x-g change. Tri-County and Robinson hearing granted a continuance. This was an annexation. RE: COMMERCIAL PROPERTY FOR A CERTAIN USE ONLY LJ It was brought to the attention of the Mayor arslCouncil that the plans for the Shannon Motel property has been changed. At the time that the property was annexed, the owners asked that it be zoned Commercial so they could rebuild their motel. They have now decided to put in a shopping center. Councilman Barton Jensen suggested that the city ordinance on zoning should be changed so that Commercial property could be restricted for a certain use. This would prevent some of the problems the city has run into. RE: PLANNERS ARE NOW HERE IN REXBURG Mayor Porter said the planners are here in Rexburg now. Boing Computer Services study and recommendations. We can then ask for implementation grants and development programs, by the middle of next summer.