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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1983.01.05 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES'. 1 RE: CENTINNIAL CELEBRATION DISCUSSED, CITY SEAL TO BE USED ON NOVILITY ITEMS The Mayor stated that the celebration of the Rexburg Centennial would be this summer and the Centennial Committee was concerned that. many novelty articles would be sold using reproductions of the City. Seal; that the Committee thought a charge should be made for the use of the city seal and the proceeds given to the committee. The Mayor stated the City would check into the matter. He also read the proposed celebration agenda prepared by the Committee. RE: SEMINAR TO BE HELD ON INDUSTRIAL. BOND AUTHORITY FOR CITIES, ATTORNEY SHOULD ATTEND The mayor stated in the November, procedure should the Seminar. that the proposed Industrial Bond Authority for Cities had been passed 1982, election and that there was going to be a seminar on how the be set up by the Cities and he proposed that the City Attorney attend RE : SNO~~ REMOVAL The mayor explained that as far as snow removal was concerned, the City would do all it could on regular time as there were no funds for overtime; that they would make every effort to take care of emergencies. RE: RESOLUTION PASSED FOR AGREEMENT WITH RAILROAD A motion was made by Darlene Blackburn and seconded by Morgan Garner to pass a resolution authorizing the City Clerk and Mayor to sign an agreement with the Railroad. All Aye RE: BILLS PASSED Moved by Glen Pond, seconded by Sander Larson and unanimously carried tht the bills be paid. RE: ADJOURNMENT Moved by Morgan Garner, seconded by Darlene the meeting adjourn. City Clerk, Rose Bagley Blackburn and unanimously carried that ~~~ c_ M o Porter MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE REXBURG CITY COUNCIL HELD JANUARY 5, 1983, AT 7:30 O'CLOCK P. M. AT THE REXBURG CITY HALL. State of Idaho) County of Madison( City of Rexburg) Present: Mayor_ John C. Porter and Councilman James 2Yorris, Glen Pond, Sander. Larson, Nile Boyle and Morgan Garner, Councilwoman Darlene Blackburn was .absent and excused. Also present: Mary Smith, City Attorney, and Richard Horner, City Treasurer, In the excused absence of Rose Bagley, City Clerk, Mayor Porter asked Mary Smith to take the minutes. Re: MINUTES APPROVED Mayor Porter stated the first item on the agenda .was .the approval of the minutes of the regular meeting of the City Council held December 15, 1982. Glen Pond moved the December 15, 1982, minutes be approved. Seconded by Sander Larson and unanimously carried. RE: MAYOR AND CLERK AUTHORIZED TO SIGN AGREEMENT WITH UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD The Mayor stated the City had been negotiating with .the Union Pacific to widen three railroad crossings; that since the streets had. been paved, curbed and guttered, the streets were wider than the crossings and had to have barricades on the extended sides; that they had reached an agreement about a year ago and that it had to be ~_ signed. The. estimated. cost is $7500.00 which the City had provided for in its budget, however, the Union Pacific would let the City pay one-half this year and one-half next year. Moved by Nile Boyle, seconded by Sander Larson and unanimously carried that the Council approve the agreement and the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized and directed to sign the same. RE: PETITION FROM PEOPLE IN 600 BLOCK OF WEST MAIN REQUESTING SNOW REMOVED The Mayor stated he had received a petition from people in the 600 Block of West Main asking that the snow be piled in the. center of the street and removed rather than to the sides, covering the sidewalks. The matter was discussed. The conclusion was reached that there was not money in the budget to remove the snow from the center and that the City ordinances provided the property owners were to keep the sidewalks in .front of their property cleaned off. RE:ORDINANCE 651 Mayor Porter stated proposed .ordinance No. .651 pertaining to the Utah Power & Light Company franchise and 2% franchise tax was before the Council for action. The Mayor stated the proposed ordinance had been introduced at a special meeting of the City Council held November: 29, 1982; that the proposed ordinance .had been. published in one .issue of the Rexburg Standard-Journal on the 30th day of November, 1982, and that more than thirty (30) days had passed since its introduction and publication. The Mayor recommended that .amendments be made to the ordinance which were favorable to the City, to-wit: That Section IV and Section IX be deleted as these sections would impose unnecessary liability on the City. The Mayor stated Section XIII should be corrected to show "electrical inspection permit" rather than "building permit". The Mayor asked if anyone present would like to be heard either for or against the proposed ordinance. RE: OPPOSITION TO LENGTH OF TIME_EOR-FRANCHISE Nile Boyle stated he had been contacted. by many people who were against granting the franchise for such a long period of time, that they were not concerned about the tax but the length of time. Sander Larson said he had received the same sentiments from numerous people and Morgan Garner stated he had .also received the same comments. Jay Fluckiger stated he objected to granting the franchise for such a long period of time and putting the City in the control of a large eastern corpora- tion. RE: ANTI-PRIVACY ACT - STUDIES BEING DONE ON LOW-HYDRO PROJECTS The Mayor explained the Anti-privacy Act which had been passed by the Idaho Legislature several years ago which prohibited another power company going into the territory already served by a power company. He further explained it would be impossible for the City to bond for enough to buy out the Utah Power & Light Company and even then we would have to find a power source; and that we likely couldn't bond for enough to develop our own although he was getting all of the available studies and information pertaining to low-hydro projects in this area; that if such a project were feasible it would be one way in which power costs could be lowered as the law provided the power companies must enter into a contract to purchase the power. He stated the Mayor and Council would continue to investigate all possibilities to lower power rates. RE: FRANCHISE GIVES POWER COMPANY THE RIGHT TO USE CITY STREETS AND ALLEYS The Mayor explained that the franchise gave the power company the right to use City Streets and alleys for its power lines and that if it had to get permission for each line extension if there were no franchise, it would undoubtedly increase power costs. RE: POWER COMPANY DISCUSSES REDUCING TERM OF FRANCHISE NOT ADVISABLE The matter was discussed as well as reducing the term of the franchise from 25 years to 10 or 15 years. Mr. Rees explained such short terms would be very restrictive for the power company in its financing; that it would take longer to get a plant or line and might lead to brown or black-guts. J RE: IF CITY DOES NOT GIVE UTAH POWER & LIGHT 25 YEAR FRANCHISE IT WOULD HURT UTAH POWER & LIGHT BORROWING POWER Lee Boyle, Manager of the local Federal Land Bank, stated that being in the financing business he could see that a short term franchise would restrict the ability of the Utah Power & Light Company to .borrow and would cost the user more; that if we wanted to develop our own .project, we could still do that and sell-.the power to the Utah Power & Light Company. Mr. Boyle stated he had worked with the Power company on many projects and they had .always-been bery helpful; that its headquarters were in Rexburg, which had been a great benefit to the City; that if we didn't give them a 25 year franchis, its ability to borrow would be restricted; that granting the 25 year franchis would not hurt the City, in fact it might same the City money as the Power Company could obtain financing. over a longer period of time rather than on short term bonds. The Mayor asked if anyone else wanted to make a statement. RE: Z% FRANCHISE TAX MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR BUSINESSES TO KEEP OPERATING Nile Boyle stated the 2% franchise tax would raise business expenses and make it very difficult for businesses to keep operating. RE: NECESSITY OF THE TAX The Mayor explained the necessity for the tax; that the City had cut its budget wherever possible and ..was .not replacing employees; that employees in every City department had been decreased; that the City was $60,000.00 short in its budget and he didn't know how they could cut down more; that per capital, taxes in the City of Rexburg were the lowest in Idaho. RE: ORDINANCE 651 PUT BEFORE THE COUNCIL The Mayor stated he was placing .proposed Ordinance No. 651, as amended with Sections IV and IX deleted and the correction of Section XIII to show "electrical inspection permit" rather than "building permit", before the Council for action. A motion was made by Councilman James Morris and seconded by Glen Pond that the rules requiring ordinance of a general and permanent nature to be fully and distinctly read on three different days be dispensed with and that said ordinance be numbered 651, be read 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: Nile Boyle James Morris Glen Pond Morgan Garner Sander Larson Those voting Nay:. None The Mayor thereupon declared that the motion having been passed by the Council had been duly .carried and Ordinance No. 651 was then read by the Clerk in full and at length. Councilman Nile Boyle moved the adoption of said ordinance which motion was seconded by Councilman James Morris. 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. 651 was as follows: Those Voting Aye: Nile Boyle James Morris Glen Pond Morgan Garner Those Voting Nay: Sander Larsen ~a The ordinance was thereupon by .the Mayor declared to have been duly passed and the Clerk of the City was directed to pub ish said Ordinance No. 651 in full immediately in at least .one issue of the Rexburg Standard-Journal, a newspaper published in the City of Rexburg, Madison County, Idaho. RE: CITY EXPENDITURES DISCUSSED The Mayor stated Richard Horner, Treasurer, had been reviewing the expenditures of each department and that if he finds any department that looks like it is going over its budget, he will call in the department heads and explain to them that they have to cut back; that sometimes because of emergencies in the departments overtime is necessary but each department was trying to hold it down. RE: MONEY REFUNDED FROM INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT INSURANCE The Mayor stated .the City had received $17,135.00 refund from the Industrial Accident insurance premiums; that the refund is based on the amount of money paid in and that paid out; that Rexburg's refund is eighty (80) percent; that the City had instituted safety programs which had helped to reduce our accidents and helped the. City to get the premium refund: that the City would continue with the programs. RE: BILLS PAID It was moved by Glen Pond, seconded by James Morris, and unanimously carried that the bills be paid. All Aye. RE: SCOUTS AT MEETING Several Boys Scouts from-Troop 249 attended the meeting and introduced themselves. RE: MEETING ADJOURNED It was moved by-Nile Boyle, seconded by Sander Larson and unanimously carried that the meeting adjourn. vim`. ~` Ma ohn C. Porter Rose Bagley, C y C rk MINUTES OF SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING January 12, 1983 State of Idaho) County of Madison.( City of Rexburg) A meeting of the City Council for the City of Rexburg, Madison County, held January 12, 1983, at the City Hall. Present were the following: Mayor: John C. Porter Councilman: Jim Morris Nile Boyle Morgan Garner Sander Larson Also Present: Rose Bagley, City Clerk Richard Horner, Treasurer Mayor Porter told the council he had Farrell Davidson and Blair Siepert .talk to the State people about the light by Circle K. He showed the council a diagram. There are spots on the pavement that activated the light. They have not got it painted yet, so they don't stand in and it doesn't work. They are going to change the timing on the light also.