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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981.11.18 CITY COUNCIL MINUTESMINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING November 18, 19S1 State of Idaho) County of Madison( City of Rexburg) A meeting of the City Council for the City of Rexburg, Madison County, November 18, 1981, at the City Hall Present were the following: Mayor: John C. Porter Councilman: Jim Morris Sander Larson Nile Boyle Morgan Garner Glen Pond Councilwoman: Darlene Blackburn RE: MINUTES A motion was made by Nile Boyle and seconded by Sander Larson to approve the minutes. All Aye. RE: STOP SIGN ON MILLHOLLOW ROAD Mayor Porter told the council the first thing on the agenda was to hear the pros and cons on the proposed stop sign on Millhollow Road. He told the group last August there was an accident on a street where we had a yield sign and the council decided to change the yield to a stop sign and instructed the safety commission to make a study all around the city to see where stop signs should be placed or taken out or if a four --way stop should be placed, and that was the reason the report that was given at the last meeting. Richard Smith - He said the reason many of them were at the meeting was to discuss the stop sign on Millhollow where it intersects with 2nd South. He gave the reasons for opposing the stop sign. The main reason is that it is the only route into Rexburg from Rexburg Bench, that the potato trucks and grain trucks come off Rexburg Bench, and he felt strongly that it would be disastrous to put a stop sign there because in all reality when the roads get slick, there are anywhere from fifteen to twenty-five potato trucks come off there a day. He said he personally had slippej through that stop intersection, and trucks have gore off the road before it was changed to a right angle. He said he felt strongly that it should be left as an open through way street. A year or two ago the council_ decided to place that as a 25 mph speed limit, he was opposed to that. As long as there is no other route into the city, he felt that it was important that that be left as a through street. He felt it would be a definite hazard to put a stop sign in there. The only other route into the city from Rexburg Bench goes by the water tower down 2nd East. The pedestrian traffic, with the college students, the narrowness of the street, and the steepness of the street makes it unexceptable. Until there is something better he thought it had to remain a through street, and would suggest it be returned to 35 mph. Ken Benfield - He wanted to rebut a little bit, who cares if that is the only route inside the city limits. If trucks can't stop going down the street they need to slow down. A six ton truck going down that road at 35 mph in icy conditions do not make sense. He did not want them to run into his house. He felt it did not make sense to say they did not want to go down 2nd East because of the pedestrian traffic with the college students, but they did think it was okay to go down Millhollow when there was a lot of small children; he thought the college students had more of a chance of getting out of the way of a truck than small children. They had a radar check up on Millhollow the other day, and a lot of people got tickets, including a man in .the room that night. The 25 mph zone does not even get recognized, so he and his family went around Millhollow and took a petition for the people to sign to get a stop sign put on Millhollow (attached), there was only three people that did not sign the petition. If a truck can't stop on that street, he should not be on that street, the roads are dry 90 of the year on that road and they are also sanded on that road. The way he would feel his family would be safer is with a stop sign at that corner. The city cannot afford to send a police officer up to run a radar check all the time to slow the traffic, it would waste tax money. Richard Smith - He did not think anyone here at the meeting wanted to get it into a personal argument, and they are concerned about everyones safety. We have to look at the road as it has been used in the past because there will always be heavy truck traffic down the road. The stop sign being placed in the middle of the throughfare will cause an unsafe condition. If the reason they want a stop sign there is to slow trucks down, we had better enforce the speed limit. Just like West Main which is a busy street, there are a lot of children that have to cross the street to go to Kennedy School and there is no stop sign there, and the speed limits are stricktly enforced there. He personally thought the heavy truck traffic at 35 mph is safe, if the council sees fit to leave it at 25 mph that is their choice in order to control the traffic in a safe manner. Having to stop at the bottom of the hill doesn't only cause a hazard in the winter, it also impedes the truck traffic. It has been used like that for years and will continue to be used like that. He said the people on Millhollow should have a right to speak out, but they should also take a count of the traffic on that road, because it isn't just the joint landowners that use the road as in a typical neighborhood, so he felt very strong that placing a stop sign there is not necessry. Frank Webster - He said he was the culprit, that was referred to as getting a speeding ticket, and he was ashamed of it because he was breaking the law, and one thing was accomplished from that by getting a speeding ticket, it had made him more conscience of the speed limit and he needed to be more speed minded. He thought that might be the controlling thing; he could not agree with making the speed limit 35 mph, to keep it at 25 mph and controlling it with an occational radar check would solve it. This morning the road was slick and will be slick from now until sometime in April. It was very mediocre slick this morning, it wans't slick like it is in the winter, and on purpose he slowed down as he came down the hill from 25 mph until he got down to 10 mph and he applied his brakes to stop where he assumed the stop sign would be and he began sliding and slid completely through the intersection, had he kept going he would have hit the gutter on the other side until he released his brakes in the middle of the intersection and at that time he again had control of his car. If the road had been really slick there would be a problem trying to stop coming down the hill even at 5 mph. He felt the stop sign should be eliminated and the speed be controlled. If we are going to put a stop sign there, we should put stop signs wherever kids have to cross the street, kids have got to be taught to watch for the traffic. Bill Webster - His concern primarily is for the safety and surely the safety of the children. He felt the mistake had been made already, the way Millhollow had been laid out without any sidewalks. He had a concern for the farmers on Rexburg Bench being restricted in their ways to get into Rexburg. He pro- tested that none of the farmers had any input in the decision of putting the stop sign on Millhollow. He said they felt there were more controls and more restrictions all the time in getting into town. We don't want to haul our stuff down that road, we don't want to bring out machinery down that road, but that is the road, we don't know anything else , 2nd East is out of their way. He suggested the next six roads coming into 2nd South have the yield signs replaced with stop signs, because there have been some serious accidents there. He was agreeable with anything that would make and maintain the safety of the people. What he is opposed to is the arbitrary manner in which restrictions are being placed on them without the input of the people that are involved. They would like to have their rights at least acknowledged and respected. Ken Benfield - The keyword is progress. The stop sign where it is going to be placed is not going to impede but a few seconds. If you agree you want it to be safe then you are going to have to slow down, you are not going to slow down if there is not a stop sign there, because nobody obeys the 25 mph speed limit. The people living on that street who have kids are the ones that are directly involved. Gene Jeppesen - He said he did not live up there, but ask if there was a stop sign at the bottom of Millhollow, he was told yes. He said he felt the question is if they are coming down off the hill like they are use to driving on the hill, the trucks need to be slowed down in some manner, and a stop sign would be more likely to be observed without an officer present than a 25 mph speed zone. Mayor Porter told them there are dips in the road to slow down the traffic, and we are planning a South Arterial, that is suppose to be a traffic carrying street from Millhollow Drive clear over to Taylor Chevrolet. When the street is put in there will be an opportunity of turning there and going over to 2nd East, and the reason that we don't have any stop signs is that it is in the master plan. 1 That will be a way to get straight north out of town, and that is why we have kept that free of stop signs all the way down, because eventually we will have to widen that and go clear on out that way. He said he remembered that the developer of Indian Hills was the one that forced the curare to be taken out. That was one of the reasons the city improved Millhollow Road. Earl Kemp said the grade there was not real severe it was 2 to 3%, Merle Jeppesen - We lived on lst North and there was a lot of traffic there with no stop signs, and our kids got use to the traffic and never got out in the street. Now were we live there is a stop sign on both ends of the street and the kids don't watch for cars. If the children get use to all the cars stopping they do not watch for cars, if they know they are not going to stop then they check everytime for cars before then cross the street. If you are coming down the hill in a truck going 20 or 25 mph you have more control over it than you do when you have to stop at a stop sign. Boyd Webster - If you want to take into consideration a stop sign on a hill, go to 2nd South and 2nd East, that is one of the biggest accident corners there is and everyone in Rexburg knows that a stop sign is there, that lives up on the hill, but you come down on a slick street and there is no way that Millhollow Road is going to have more sand and more salt on it than 2nd South and 2nd East. Gary Olsen - If the trucks are coming down off the hill and can't stop and a child runs in front of the truck they are going to figure out how to stop, or they are going to hit the kid one or the other. He said he would propose a temporary stop sign be put there and then be taken out at a later time if it isn't a workable situation. That would give us a chance to see if something else would work. Richard Smith - Ask if the council considered the stop sign to slow traffic down or to divert traffic and yield traffic to other directions. Jimm Morris told him it was to slow traffic. down. Jim told the group this matter had been brought up by the people and a safety committee had made a study on the road. The average speed is 43 mph, and it had been recommended by this committee to the council to put a stop sign in, Jim had then brought the recommendation to the council and they voted on it. The question really involved up there is not whether to stop the traffic, however we do have a traffic problem of speed. People travel to fast on the road. Richard Smith - I know 5th West has been a major concern, but the city has been successful in slowing the traffic down, and they have done that without placing a stop sign. Jim told him anytime you have a school, it automatically slows the traffic down. Lewis Mulkay - Whenever a side street enters a main Arterial, the traffic on the side street stops. And. this Millhollow has become a thoroughfare, and there is already a stop sign entering Millhollow. Usually in other areas of the country a lesser highway coming into a main highway, the priority is given to the main highway. When we go to the highway going out of town we have to stop. Millhollow wasn't planned that way but that is the way it is. Bill Webster - We are missing something here, we that use the road are vitally interested in the safety of those young people. It isn't right the way it is now, those people that live there cannot park in front of their homes and the children are not as responsible as we would like them to be. Many times he had had to stop and take some little tiny child by the hand and lead them off the road and then go ask their mother to please keep them off the road. We are simply stating that we do not think that the stop sign is going to solve the problem. Richard Smith - I would suggest before we cut off one of the thoroughfares into Rexburg we try an alternative to slow the traffic down. Mayor Porter said that when this was first brought before the council, on one considered that it would be an inconvience with the farm traffic. When it was paved, it was thought it was amain thoroughfare into the city. He ask if there had been a traffic count done, Earl Kemp said there had been and he would get the information to the council. The mayor said if there wasn't anymore comment we would bring the hearing to a close. RE: COMMUNITY CONSULTANTS TO GO OVER SEWER SYSTEM AND SET UP THE RATES Mayor Porter said he had called Community Consultants, and they will come up for approximately $3500 and go over the sewer system like they did the water system and set up the rates. He thought he could get them down a little, and could probably use some of the TEDRO money on the sewer. They also want the water usage of everyone from October to April. There are some places that use a lot of water like a cement plant where the water does not go into the sewer system and they would moniter that. Some places they would put a flow meter in. A motion was made by Morgan Garner to enter into negotiations with with Community Consultants, seconded by Nile Boyle. All Aye. RE: BLOWERS FOR THE TREATMENT PLANT Earl Kemp reported the blowers for the treatment plant are being shipped this week, they should be here tomorrow or Friday. We are looking for the treatment plant to be wrapped up next month. We will start the operator training the first of December, we have people coming in to train the operator. The buildings are done on the exterior but they are still working on the interior. Two contractors are finished. That leaves just the Areation contractor, who should be finished the end of the month, and Charles Zollinger should be finished the first of December, so the plant is right on schedule. Mayor Porter reported he had received a letter from EPA and we have the ok on our ordinance but they haven't got Sugar City's yet. They will hold back some of the money until they get it. Earl Kemp said. it should be all cleared up because they now have Sugar City's. Earl also said that Sugar City's sewer is now coming into Rexburg. Mayor Porter told the council they were going to train everyone in the water & sewer department plus Farrel to operate the plant. RE: RICHARD HORNER REPORTED ON THE COMPUTOR Richard Horner reported on the computor, the bills were sent off on Tuesday. We don't have the terminal up, it will be up by Thanksgiving. We will soon be able to put the general ledger on it. Mayor Porter said they are keeping track of all expenses, so we will know how much it is costing. RE: CHRISTMAS BONUSES Mayor Porter explained every year the city have been giving Christmas bonuses, but we have to get the okay from the council. Last year we cut the program down a little, we gave $2.00 for each month they had worked with.a maximum of $25.00 and a minimum of $10.00. The people on the planning board and part time employees we give a turkey. A motion was made by Morgan Garner and seconded by Nile Boyle to give the Christmas bonuses and turkeys to the employees. All Aye. RE: ASSOCIATION OF IDAHO CITIES LIABILITY INSURANCE PROGRAM. Mayor Porter told the council the Association of Idaho Cities now have a Liability Insurance Program. We have a questionare that he would fill out and send in. The program we have includes about everything they have. RE: STOP SIGN ON MILLHOLLOW DISSCUSED The council again discussed the stop sign on Millhollow. Nile Boyle ask about signing or stripping the crosswalk, the stop sign would be there for one reason to slow down the traffic. Everyone knows we are not going to radar check the road all the time. If there is any other alternative that would work he would be in favor of it. The mayor said the information we really need is the number of cars on the road. Sander Larson said they say it is a thoroughfare, but the thoroughfare ends when the city begins and when homes are there and the children. Earl Kemp told the council to put a speed bump in would cost $18 a foot for a total of $600 or $700, he also told them the right -a -way is wide enough to put parking, curb and gutter and sidewalk in. It was decided to form a committee of two councilmembers, Jim Morris and Morgan Garner and people from Millhollow and also farmers and have a meeting and see if they could come up with a solution. Gary Olsen - suggested putting up flashing lights. Earl Kemp said it would cost about $200. The Mayor said a stop sign would cost about $25. 1 4 6 SMITH, HANCOCK & MOSS ) MARY SMITH J. D.HANCOCK BRENT J. MOSS VAL DEAN DALLING.. JR W. LLOYD ADAMS t 1885-1969) November 23, 1981 First Security Bank of Idaho Rexburg, Idaho 83440 Gentlemen: 30 SOUTH2nd WEST REXBURG. IDAHO 8,1440 PHONE. 208-3565493 I have examined the proceedings consisting of the Minutes of a regular meeting of the City Council of Rexburg, Idaho, held November 18, 1981, showing a Resolution adopted by the Council at that time authorizing the City to borrow $200,000.00 and issue as evidence of such debt, Tax Anticipation Note dated November 23, 1981, bearing interest at the rate of eleven (11) percent per annum, maturing February 1, 1982. I have examined copies of the Minutes, Resolution and Note and find that they comply with the provisions of Chapter 31, Title 63, Idaho Code, and amendments thereof_, which provides for the anticipation of revenue by taxing districts. This opinion is based upon the figures set forth in the Resolution showing that the Tax Anticipation Note in the amount of $200,000.00 will not exceed seventy-five (75) percent of the general tax levied by said taxing district in the current fiscal year and not yet collected. There are no other Tax Anticipation Notes or Warrants outstanding to be paid from this levy. Yours very truly, �j A�'i �.�Z Marh slb MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Rexburg, Madison County, State of Idaho, was called to order by the Mayor, John C. Porter, at 7:30 o'clock P.M., on November 18, 1981, at the City Fall at Rexburg, Idaho, there being present the following: Mayor John C. Porter, Councilmen Nile Boyle, James Morris, Glen Pond, Morgan Garner, Sander Larson and Darlene Blackburn; also City Clerk Rose Bagley. Nile Boyle was recognized by the Mayor and presented to the Council the following resolution: RESOLUTION BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Rexburg, Madison County, State of Idaho, a municipal corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Idaho, and a taxing district within the meaning of Section 63-3101, Idaho Code, in regular meeting assembled: 1. That the City of Rexburg borrow money in the sum of $200,000.00 and issue as evidence of such debt, a Tax Anticipation Note, bearing interest at the rate of eleven (11) percent per annum from the date thereof until paid, which said note shall mature February 1, 1982; that said sum be borrowed from, and said note be issued to the First Security Bank of Idaho, a National Banking Corporation, Rexburg, Idaho, with its office and place of business in Rexburg, Idaho; such money to be used for general expenses of the City in anticipation of the r taxes levied for the current fiscal year for general purposes, and not yet collected by the City. 2. That the tax levy for the current fiscal year has been completed; that the amount of taxes levied for general purposes exclusive of taxes required to be raised to pay the principal of outstanding bonded indebtedness of the City during said current fiscal year is in the amount of $331,419.00, of which sum none has been collected; that this proposed Tax Ll r IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said City of Rexburg has caused this note to be signed by its Mayor and attested and the seal of such City affixed by the Clerk this 23rd day of November, 1981. Sj�� n C. Porter, Mayor ATTEST: Rose Bagley, City Clerk Ll r $200,000.00 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF IDAHO COUNTY OF MADISON TAX ANTICIPATION NEGOTIABLE NOTE 11% Rexburg, Madison County, Idaho November 23, 1981 FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the City of Rexburg, Madison County, State of Idaho, promises to pay to the First Security Bank of Idaho, N.A., a National Banking Corporation, with its office and place of business at Rexburg, Idaho, or its order, on the 1st day of February, 1982, the sum of Two Hundred Thousand ($200,000.00) Dollars, lawful money of the United States of America, with interest from the date of this note at the rate of eleven (11) percentum per annum until paid. This note is issued in pursuance of a Resolution duly adopted by the City of Rexburg, Madison County, State of Idaho, on the 18th day of November, 1981. It is hereby certified and recited that each and every act, condition and thing required to be done, to have happened, and to be performed precedent to and in the issuance hereof has been performed in full and strict compliance with the Constitution of the State of Idaho and the provisions of Chapter 31, Title 63, Idaho Code, and amendments thereof; that the amount of this note is not in excess of 75 percent of the taxes levied by said taxing district for the current fiscal year and not yet collected, and that the tax levy for said current fiscal year has been completed but the entire proceeds therefrom have not yet been paid to the City of Rexburg by Madison County; that the full faith, credit and resources of the said City are hereby pledged for the payment of this note, according to its terms; that there remains to be collected all of the taxes levied for the current fiscal year. There are no other tax anticipation notes outstanding. 1 5 Anticipation Note does not exceed 75 percent of the taxes not yet collected by said taxing district for the current fiscal year, and the proceeds therefrom have not yet been paid to the City of Rexburg by Madison County. 3. That such Tax Anticipation Note shall be a negotiable instrument, and shall pledge the full faith, credit and resources of the City for the payment of the same, and shall be substantially in the following form: 1 r 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 of the City forthwith, and that he be hereby authorized to make such sale and to receive the proceeds therefrom and deposit them to the credit of said City. 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 appropriated 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 6, Against 0. Whereupon the Mayor 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. John C. Porter, Mayor ATTEST: Rose Bag ey, i y CTerk (Seal) RE: RESOLUTION TO BORROW $200,000 Nile Boyle presented to the City Council a resolution for the City to borrow $200,000.00 on a Tax Anticipation Note. A motion was made by Glen Pond, seconded by Jim Morris to borrow the money. Those Voting Aye: Jim Morris Sander Larson Nile Boyle Morgan Garner Glen Pond Darlene Blackburn Those Voting Nay: None RE: BILLS A motion was made by Nile Boyle and seconded by Morgan Garner to approve the bills. All Aye. RE: ADJOURN A motion was made by Sander Larson and seconded by Nile Boyle to adjourn. All Aye. ( � C�R& Mayo John C. Porter City Clerk se Bagley Special City Council Work Meeting November 30, 1981 Those Present: Mayor: John C. Porter Councilman: Jim Morris Nile Boyle Glen Pond Sander Larson Morgan Garner Councilwoman: Darlene Blackburn Also Present: Rose Bagley, City Clerk Richard Horner, Treasurer Mayor Porter told the council that after the last meeting and the city borrowed $2009000 to keep the city going and now as a council they needed to sit down and look everything over and see where we could cut. The voters gave us the ultimatum. He had talked to Farrell Davidson, and decided that one way we could save some money is to put the Water & Sewer Department, Sanitation Department, Street Department, and the Parks Department under the Works Director instead of having various Department Heads we would have foremans or supervisors in those departments, with the understanding that under Farrell's direction they have to get out and work just like everyone else. The men in those departments can be shifted around to the other department if they need to be by doing that we can get by with fewer employees, and do a good job. He said the Police Department is spending more money than they should. From 1979 to 1980 their budget was $288,000and now it is $430,000. He handed out a copy of employees and wages earned by employees. The police have 21 men, eight patrolman, and 12 officers, they have two secretaries, dispatchers. Because their budget is the largest, that is the one we need to trim down.