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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978.11.15 CITY COUNCIL MINUTESi, MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING November 15, 1978 State of Idaho) County of Madison (ss City of Rexburg) A meeting of the City Council for the City of Rexburg, Madison County, was held on November 15, 1978, at the time of 7:30 P.M. at the City Hall. Present were the following; Mayor: John C. Porter Councilwoman: Darlene Blackburn Councilmen: Barton Jensen Jim Morris Nile Boyle Morgan Garner Warren Porter Also Present: Mary Smith, City Attorney Rose Bagley, City Clerk RE: WALTERS CONCRETE WANTING TO BUY CITY PROPERTY Mayor Porter stated that Mariom Walters from Walters Concrete has been in the City Hall requesting to purchase ten acres of land owned by the City, previously used for the old dump. Mayor Porter said he told her that the Fair Board was going to lease 2 acres from the City. The Mayor stated that the property adjoining was bought by the City before he wasMayor, with the plan to make the entire area into a park. The Council discussed the sale of the property. Jim Morris was not in favor of selling the property. Nile Boyle felt it was in an area that the City might need later on. Barton questioned if it would be to our advantage to lease the ground to them if they used it for parking equipment rather than for a gravel pit until the City was ready to develop it. The Mayor asked the Council tothink about it and it would be discussed at the next Council meeting. RE: BUILDING OF ICE SKATING RINK Mayor Porter told the Council that the Fair Board would like to build an Ice Skating Rink similar to the one in Idaho Falls, and then have the City run it. RE: LIABILITY INSURANCE Mayor Porter said that the Insurance Company with the proposal for Liability Insurance was unable to attend the council meeting as previously thought, but would attend the second council meeting in December. Cheif Blair Siepert is arranging for the Insurance people from Boise to come over and present their Liability Insurance plan. RE: BOY SCOUTS The Boy Scouts from the Rexburg 11th Ward were present. REt PLANNING BOARD TO MEET WITH RICKS COLLEGE Jim Morris stated that the Planning Board would like to set up a meeting with the City Council, Planning Board and Ricks College. They suggested a luncheon meeting. The Council suggested that it be held on the 2nd Wednesday in December. Jim Morris will set up the meeting. RE: HOLIDAYS Jim Morris stated that Chief Blair Siepert contacted him about the employees having the day after Thanksgiving off as a holiday. He said that the Police Department would not have power or heat for part of that day, and wondered since the employees did not have Veterans day off for a holiday if they could have the day after Thanksgiving off. The Council felt that they could not have that day off. The City has 6 designated holidays and the employees are usually given one more. This year they had July 24th off. RE: SNOW REMOVAL Dan Moulton met with the City Council to explain the snow removal procedure. He said the crews would wait until there was an accumulation of snow and then start the snow removal. The snow would be removed first from the Churches, if there was a funeral that area would be cleaned. Dan said that privatly owned snow removal equipment was cleaning parking lots and some were pushing snow into the street. There was a problem of the big piles of snow that was pushed up in the parking lots, when the parking lot owners expected the city crews to haul it away. Dan stated that it could be expensive r~ for the City crews to haul the snow away from the parking lots and~.also when it was pushed into the streets. He stated, however, that after the crews were caught up they could haul the snow away out of the parking lots. The Council discussed charging to haul the snow away and also fining and charging the people to haul the the snow away that they had pushed out into the streets. Mayor Porter suggested that the Council give it some serious thougNst and make a rule on it at another meeting. Jim Morris stated that if all the parking lots had big piles of snow on them there could be a serious parking problem in Rexburg. Dan wants the people to know that the Council is backing the street department about snow not being pushed into the streets. Mayor Porter stated that people should be aware that all the streets could not be cleaned at the same time. Dan said that it had taken the crews 19 hours to remove the snow after the storm. He would like to clean it in 12 hours from now on. The council complimented Dan on the job the crews had done on removing the snow. RE: LID 23 Mayor Porter asked the council if they had had any calls about LID 23. There was a short discussion on it. RE: TEDRO MONEY Mayor Porter discussed the presidents signing the bill for the TEDRO money. Barton Jensen asked how the City was to go about getting the money. Mayor Porter said that the amount might be paid with the BOR claim. He said it might be two years before we get all the TEDRO money. RE: STATES INSPECTION Mayor Porter gave a report on the States inspection of the Landfill. RE: BILLS TO BE PAID Nile Boyle moved that the bills be paid. Jim Morris seconded the motion. All Aye. RE: ADJOURNMENT Warren Porter moved that the meeting be adjourned. Morgan Garner seconded the motion. All Aye. C . ~~ M r o n C. Porter ~? , ~ ,~ " ~~~ City Clerk, ,~e $,~ley 4. That such tax anticipation note be sold at private sale to the First Security Bank of Idaho, N.A., Rexburg, Idaho, aforesaid, by the Mayor forthwith, and that he be hereby authorized to make such sale and to receive the proceeds there- from and pay said Tax Anticipation note dated March 8,1978, and heretofore described. 5. To provide for the payment of said tax anticipation note at maturity, a special fund is hereby created to be known as TAX ANTICIPATION BOND OR NOTE REDEMPTION FUND, and it is hereby provided that all taxes hereafter collected or received from the general tax levy for the current fiscal year shall be placed immediately in such fund until such time as the funds accumulated therein shall be sufficient to pay the hereinabove mentioned tax anticipation note, together with interest thereon at maturity, and the funds so accumulated in the said fund are hereby appro- priated and set apart for such purpose only and shall be used for no other purpose; providing, however, that, this shall not limit the payment of said note to the said taxes collected, but such note shall be the direct and general obligation of the City of Rexburg. It was moved by Nile Boyle, and seconded by Darlene Blackburn that such Resolution be adopted, and the proper. officers directed to proceed accordingly, and that the Resolution be spread on the minutes. Upon call for question, the vote was taken as: For 5, Against 0. Whereupon the President of the Council declared the Resolution duly adopted and directed that the proper papers be executed and that the Mayor proceed to negotiate the loan, as authorized in the Resolution and directed the Clerk to spread the Resolution upon the minutes of the Council There being no further business to come before the Council, the meeting was declared adjourned until the next regular meeting of the Council, subject to call by the Mayor. i.. G' Jo , Mayor. ATTEST: -> ~.~ ~~'.~ ~.~'//~~% G'CS'. Rose Bagley,; t Clerk. (Seal) ~ ~