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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979.04.04 CITY COUNCIL MINUTESshort. tirr~e~ this spring until the traffic was deverted that way. It then would have to be referred to the Safety Council for a permanent solution. Morgan GarnE~r seconded. All Aye. The City Clerk was instructed to call Bob Smith, head of the council; and have hi_m check into the prob)em. Prrs, Robison said that the PTA would find the Safety Guard. She said they would like a stop 1_ight put in. The council told her that the Highway department. have certain guidelines that. might prevent it. Th.e council also discussed a Cross Gverwalk for the cros::ing. RE: POLICE DFPARTME'NT POWT'R BTLI, Jim Morris broL~.ght up the matter of the Police Department Power Bill. F.e stated that when the new Police building was built, they did not put in two meters for power, consequently the power. bill was on a different rate making the bill too high. It was costing about $1000 a month.. The County is looking into getting it corrected. Barton Jensen fe7_t the Architect should take care of it. The County has held back $20',.000 from the general cor.,tractor until it. is correoted. RE: PARKING PROBLEM AT PROFESSIONAL PLA7,A Doug Smith of. Professional Plaza had ask Jim Morris to discuss the parking problems at Frofessioral Plaza. At tt-ze present time it is being ticketed for two hour controlled parking. The GGUr1C11 felt that if they wanted the parking changed that they should all sign a petition and present i.t to the City Council. RE: BILLS Morgan Garner moved that tree bills re approved, h?arren Porter seconded. RE : ADJOUR.NNiEN`I' Jim Morris rlo~~ed that .the meeting be adjourned, Nile Boyle seconded. M hn C. _._. _ ____ _ _~'~~k G.l~~ - City Clerk, Rose Rag, /~~ MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 4, 1979 State of Idaho) County of Madison~(SS City of Rexburg) 1 Porter 1 A Meeting of the City Council for the City of Rexburg, Madison County, was held on April 4 1978, at the time of 7:30 P.M. at the City Hall. Present. were the following: Mayor: Councilwoman: Councilmen: John C. Porter Darlene Blackburn Jim Morris Nile Boyle Warren Porter Barton Jensen Morgan Garner In the excused absence of Rose Bagley, the Mayor asked Mary Smith to take the minutes. RE: MINUTES BEING APPROVED On motion of Jim Morris, seconded by Darlene Blackburn and unanimously carried, the minutes of the regular meeting of the City Council held March 21, 1979, were approved. RE: GORDON THATCHER AND VAR MANWARING- DRILLING WELL FOR RACQUET BALL COURTS Gordon Thatcher and Var Manwaring were present and stated that they were building racquet ball courts in Rexburg on 1st East. They explained the heating and air Condit- Toning system which would require the installation of a 70-foot well to be located at the front of the lot and which would produce 50 gallons of water per minute~;~ that they would run the water through the system for heat in the winter and air conditioning in the summer. The matter of draining the water into the storm sewer was discussed. Mr. Thatcher explained that for domestic purposes, they would use the city water supply. It was moved by Barton Jensen, seconded by Nile Boyle and unanimously carried that Mr. Thatcher and Mr. Manwaring be permitted to drill said well for the purpose of heating and cooling their building and dump the overflow into the city storm sewer. That all of thi~vould be done at no expense to the city. RE: EARL KEMP OF FORSGREN & PERKINS GAVE COMPARISON OF WATER CONNECTION & FEES Earl Kemp of Forsgren & Perkins, City Engineers, gave a comparison of water connection and water fees. He stated that cities charged differently if the street had to be broken into; that the patching of the Rexburg streets had not been done properly by those breaking into the streets. He asked that the city consider in the future that when the pavement is broken, those breaking the pavement be charged an amount suffic- Tent to fix the street and the city fix it. The matter was discussed. AUTOMATIC TURN OFFS ON THE CITY PUMPS The Mayor reported that the power company was going to put automatic turn offs on the city pumps and that one pump a week would be turned off. The pumps would be alternated. Mr. Kemp suggested that the city insist that an override be provided in the event it was necessary to use all the pumps in case of fire or other disaster. The matter was discussed. The Mayor explained that during the winter one pump is shut off in order to conserve the-power and that the one located at Smith Park has not been turned on since the flood. RE CIVIC CLUB TO REHABILITATE THE TABERNACLE LAWN ANE1--GROUNDS The Mayor stated that he had met with the Civic Club for their "Keep America Beautiful" program. That the club was going to take on the project of rehabilitating the taber- nacle lawn and grounds. He thought it would be a good idea for the City to go along with the plan. That the month of April was to be designated as "Keep Idaho Beautiful and Green Month," and he would like Rexburg to become involved in this program. The Mayor said he had received a letter from the Clean City Committee of Pocatello, an affiliate of "Keep American Beautiful, Inc." The Mayor said he would designate the lst week in May as clean-up week. RE': COST OF GAS & BID FOR SAME The matter of the increased cost of gas and putting the same up for bid for use in the City equipment was discussed. SUGAR CITY REQUEST FOR STREET SWEEPER FROM REXBURG TO BE USED The Mayor said that he had been contacted by Sugar City requesting that the Rexburg City Street sweeper be used once a month on the Sugar City streets. The matter was discussed The Counsel was of the opinion that this could be done provided that Rexburg furnish the driver for the sweeper. The Mayor stated that the Federal Government provided a chart for the chargesto be made for use of equipment. He stated he would try to work out something with Sugar City. RE: REPRESENTATIVES OF REXBURG IRRIGATION CO. ATTENDED MEETING. [1 Del Palmer, Lorin Kauer and Ted Eriksen of the Rexburg Irrigation Company attended the meeting. Mr. Kauer stated that according to the city minutes of June 15, 1966, the city has agreed to let the Rexburg Irrigation Company use the water that the city was not using because of the closure of many of the city ditches. Mr. Kauer stated that the city had apparently forgotten it had made such an agreement with the Rexburg Irrigation Company and had leased the water to other parties. He further stated that according to the minutes of December 3, 1975, at the expiration of these leases, the City would offer all o$~.ts excess water to the Rexburg Irrigation Company. The matter was discussed. It was moved by Barton Jensen, seconded by Morgan Garner and unanimously carried that the City check into the matter of leasing the water and consider it at the first meeting of the council in May. EARL KEMP - INTER-CITY AGREEMENT FOR SEWAGE TREATMENT SERVICES Earl Kemp presented a proposed Inter-city Agreement For Sewage Treatment Services between the City of Rexburg and the City of Sugar City and also an agreement with the Rexburg ". Irrigation Company and the City of Rexburg whereby the City would be able to discharge treated waste water from its sewer treatment facilities into a canal operated by the Rex- burg Irrigation Company. The agreements were read and discussed. Barton Jensen presented the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION WHERAS, Sugar City has an inadequate sewage treatment facility and the governing body of Sugar City desires to provide a sewage treatment facility for Sugar City, and WHEREAS, Rexburg will have a sewage lagoon and treatment facility which will be of sufficient size to treat the sewage of the inhabitants of Sugar City as well as the inhabi- tants of the City of Rexburg, and j WHEREAS, the City of Sugar City will pay usage fees to the City of Rexburg for the use of Rexburgs's facilities, and WHEREAS, the City of Rexburg has negotiated a contract with the Rexburg Irrigation Company whereby the City of Rexburg will be able to discharge treated waste water from its facility into the canal operated by the Rexburg Irrigation Company, and WHEREAS, a copy of the contract between the City of Rexburg and the City of Sugar City is attached hereto and a copy of the contract between the Rexburg Irrigation_ Company and the city of Rexburg is attached hereto, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Rexburg enter into an agreement with the City of Sugar City whereby the City of Rexburg for certain considerations and agreements to be performed by the City of Sugar City, will accept for treatment the sewage of the inhabitants of the City of Sugar City, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Rexburg enter into an agreement with the Rexburg Irrigation Company whereby the Rexburg Irrigation Company agrees to let the of Rexburg discharge treated waste water from its facility into the canal operated by the Rexburg Irrigation Company, and City BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of the agreement between the City of Rexburg and the City of Sugar City and the City of Rexburg and the Rexburg Irrigation Company be attached to this resolution, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor and Clerk Qf the City of Rexburg, Idaho, be and they are hereby authorized and directed to sign said agreements on behalf of the City cE Rexburg. Nile Boyle seconded the adoption of the resolution and the Mayor called for a vote. The following councilmen voted "Aye": Barton Jensen Nile Boyle Morgan Garner Jim Morris Warren Porter Darlene Blackburn RE: CONSIDERING DROPPING 7th SOUTH FROM HIGHWAY INTERCHANGE Mr. Kemp asked permission to drop 7th South from consideration as the highway inter- change and that the city consider other alternatives. He stated this would save considerable time and effort insofar as any impact statement was concerned. The Mayor stated that the City had already decided to drop 7th South from the plan. RE: INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 601 Councilman Jim Morris introduced and read in full Ordinance No. 601. It was moved by Councilman Nile Boyle and seconded by Councilman Warren Porter, that the rule requir- ing ordinances of general and permanent nature to be fully and distinctly read on three different days §e dispensed with and that said Ordinance 601 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: Barton Jensen Aye Nile Boyle Aye Morgan Garner Aye Jim Morris Aye Warren Porter Aye Darlene Blackburn Aye RE: GAS FRANCHISE MONEY RECEIVED The Mayor stated he had received gas. franchise money and it was $2,000.00 more than last year, being approximately $16,600.00. ~: MEETING WITH STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT PEOPLE ON HIGHWAY BRIDGES. The Mayor reported he had gone to a meeting with the State Highway Department people in Rigby on highway bridges. That the State Highway Department will have typical bridge plans for building 28-80' wide bridges and plans for three typical sub-structures and would give the plans to the City if we want to build a new bridge. The City would still have to have an engineer for bidding purposes. The Mayor said the State High- way Department had a formula for the identification of highways and street hazards and that if the city street hazards fit the formula, the Highway Department would pay 80~ of the cost to eliminate the hazard. That they will do 100 of the funding for marking streets we designate inside the city. The Mayor stated he has asked Chief Siepert and the Traffic Safety Committee to make a survey and the state will provide plastic to mark areas. They will do this for two years and after that we are on our own. The Mayor ~` stated there is a new manual for traffic devices for 1979 and that Chief Siepert had sent for one. RE: MAYOR REPORTED 402 FUNDING AVAILABLE The Mayor reported 402 funding was available under a three-year program for medical training for firemen, training for city attorney's and staff in prosecuting cases, training police in investigation, and training engineers. The matter was discussed. RE: SUBJECT OF FOUR-WAY STOPS DISCUSSED Tyre matter of four-way stops at various streets was discussed. Nile Boyle stated he thought that two-way stops should be re-established at Porter Park and Al Klingler's corner, also on College Avenue in as much as the Taylor Chevrolet has moved. Darlene Blackburn also suggested that the four-way stops on her street corner be eliminated. The Mayor stated he would have Chief Siepert take care of eliminating the four-way stop signs on those streets. RE: BILLS It was moved by Jim Morris, seconded by Darlene Blackburn and unanimously carried that the bills be approved and paid. RE: ADJOURNMENT It was moved by Darlene Blackburn, seconded by Morgan Garner and unanimously carried that the meeting adjourn. ~.~ ., .i City Clerk, Rose ~le~/ y Jo C. Porter MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING April 18 , 1979 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 April 18, 1979, at the time of 7:30 P.M. at the City Hall. Present were the following: Mayor: John C. Porter Councilwoman: Darlene Blackburn • Councilman: Jim Morris Barton Jensen Warren Porter Nile Boyle Morgan Garner Also Present: City Attorney, Mary Smith City Clerk, Rose Bagley RE: PERMISSION FOR OUTDOOR DANCE ASKED FOR Mayor Porter stated that some Ricks College students had contacted him about having an outdoor dance. They had requested having one at Rainbow Apartments, they had notified all the neighbors and gotten an okay from them. The dance would end at 11:00 P.M. Barton Jensen reminded the council that all student outdoor dances had to be cleared with Ricks College.