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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1983.11.16 CITY COUNCIL MINUTESit at a more permanent setting. It is our understanding as a city council that it will be moved at the set time. They need to have the understanding that the variance will not be extended. The council instructed Rose Bagley to have Mary Smith write a letter to the Barricks. The council also said they should be charged double for the building permit, because they had moved the trailer in before they got the permit. RE: INSURANCE Nile Boyle asked about the insurance. The mayor said the adjustors are talking about cutting the amount they had agreed to pay us down. He said he thought we needed to get someone to help us. We need someone to represent us that knows what they are doing. Sander Larson asked if there was someone i thing as the people in Seattle. Mayor Porter said charge only $5000. They would like to do this for Council told the Mayor to tell them we are leaning decision next week at our regular council meeting. not want Archibald Insurance to get hurt. RE: ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned. n Idaho that did this same these people do a good job and would a government indemnity. The that way and will make a The council said they did MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING November 16, 1983 State of Idaho) County of Pladison( City of Rexburg) A meeting of the City Council for the City of Rexburg, Madison County, held November 16, 1983, at the City Hall. " Present were the following: RE: APPROVAL OF MINUTES Mayor: John C. Porter Councilman: Glen Pond Sander Larson Morgan Garner Jim Morris Councilowman: Darlene Blackburn Also Present: Mary Smith, City Attorney Rose Bagley, City Clerk Richard Horner, Treasurer A motion was made be by Darlene Blackburn and seconded by Jim Morris to approve the minutes. All Aye. RE: UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE Mayro Porter reported that last Thursday night the water and sewer committee and the plumbers in the area had a meeting. One of the things they .suggested is that we except the Uniform Plumbing Code as we have already adopted it for 1982 with no additions as we have had. Besides the plumbing code, we have had some things the council has approved by resolution that we should do, such as the 3" vent. He said it was the opinion of the committee, the mayor, Nile Boyle, and Glen Pond, to present tonight that we except the code and forget the additional regulations that we have had in the past. DeLynn was at the meeting and he felt we should follow the state code as it was outlined. A motion was made by Jim Morris and seconded by Glen Pond that we go entirely by the 1982 Uniform Plumbing Code with no additions that the City itself imposes. All Aye. RE: APPRENTICE ON JOB Mayor Porter said that code also prescribes that whenever there is an apprentice working on the job he has to be supervised by a licensed plumber at all times. That also solves the problem brought up last week at the meeting by Marlin Hill. There was one other thing they discussed. Ralph Thompson, who is the plumbing inspector, his contractors license is being used by Thompson Plumbing and Heating. The mayor said he had not had a chance to check with the state to see if that is in violation. In the meantime, Mr. Thompson came in and suggested that as of the. first of the year he planned on resigning anyway. The mayor had talked to DeLynn Edstrom to have him take over the inspection at that time. RE: PLUMBING BOARD The mayor reminded Gordon Holey, chairman of the Plumbing Board, and the council that we have a Plumbing Board, and under their rules and regulations .when any disagreement comes up with a ruling about the inspector that any plumber disagree with they should take their grievance to the board. The board will then review it and make a recommendation and present it to the council and they can make additional rules or change the rules. That should take care of any of the disagreements we have had in the past. There needs to be one more appointment to the board, but he had not checked with Nile Boyle or the committee to see who we should put on there. W e will appoint someone at the next council meeting so we will have the board complete. RE: LIFT STATION & SEWER LINE The mayor reminded the council that we are obligated to put in a lift station and a sewer line to serve that area that we have annexed up on the hill and also the Rexburg Heights when they get their sewer system in. There is a new home that is just about completed on one of the lots up there, and they will need that sewer line. W e have the money from the TEDRO money that we have been holding. Last week we had met with John Millar to discuss the sewer line, and he went up and checked it. W e have a lift station that we took out when we put in the line from Rexburg to Sugar City. John said the lift pump was not large enough to go from the,corner;v"f;lA M R Property over to Cresthaven where the sewer line is. He suggested that instead of that we go straight north and hook onto 7th South. That means that we have to get some easements. The mayor had started to negotiate with Deloy Ward RE: TRAFFIC SIGNS The mayor said during the last week he had had people call about traffic signs. Dr. Mix thinks there should be a dead-end sign on the street that goes south of his place. He asked if the council would look around and see if there was any signs that need replacing or new ones that need to be put up. RE: CITY HALL INSURANCE REPORT The mayor said with regard to the City Hall Insurance Report, he had checked with two contractors and they are working on an estimate on what it would cost to replace the building. He had also talked to Forsgren Perkins about an engineer to check the foundation and floors. He had talked to Zollingers, and he said when they lifted the rafters off the bearing wall, the wall would wiggle back and forth, and two other cracks appeared in it, so they had torn it down before someone got hurt with it falling. The adjustors felt that that wall could have been used again. RE: REPORT OF BUILDING COMMITTEE Sander Larson, member of the building committee, made a report that the committee had gone out and looked at all the property that is for sale plus the buildings that are on the market and evaluated them. There are several options. It mostly hinges on the settlement from the Insurance Company. They had ranked the losts and buildings in order of preference. They looked at it from location, availability, price, size, and how much remodeling an existing building would need. The committee will be in a position to make some recommendations to the council after the adjustors give us their decision. RE: WORK RELIEF PENAL BUILDING The mayor said there is one other thing that has come up. The Work Relief Penal Building in Idaho Falls is being built under a new law that was just passed in the last Legislature that allows a public entity to enter into a lease/buy agreement. This is where someone builds the building and they issue tax exempt bonds. The city then leases it back with the option to buy, and after so long of a period, they buy it back for $1. This way we could go in debt without bonding. RE: COST PER METER Last year because of the cost per meter in some of the parking lots for the lights, we turned lights out. Now at Christmas time the merchants have requested that we turn on some of the light because the parking lots get pretty dark with the change in time. W e need them turned on in the lot behind Porters and the one by the Beauty School. He had told Farrell to see if he could hook them up with something else the city has so they wouldn't be so expensive. RE: CHRISTMAS LIGHTS They are putting up the Christmas lights, and we have the Nativity scene that Fergusons bought. Farrell was wondering if that was supposed to go back to the same place or if we could put it by the flag pole at the end of Main Street or at the Tabernacle. Jim Morris said he would check with Fergusons. RE: COMMUNITY PARKS The mayor read a letter from the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation. They had made an inspection of the Community Park. .They .have given it high marks. There was alot of litter on the sight and in the area of the restroo.ms. Ground ruts should be repaired. They want us to write a letter to see what is being done about that advertising on the fence. (copy attached) RE: DIVIDEND The mayor told the council we had received a check for our quarterly dividend from Utah Power & Light for $23,700. RE: LEGISLATIVE MEETING The mayor reminded the council of the Legislative meeting in Idaho Falls held at the Stardust at 6:30 p.m. He thought as many of the councilman as possible should go. RE: DISTRIBUTION OF BUTTER AND CHEESE Mayor Porter said the Eastern Idaho Services will distribute butter and cheese to low income families on Friday. They wanted us to help. They are going to distribute at the Senior Citizens Center. They had agreed to get volunteers. RE: SCOUT TROOPS AT MEETING There were alot of Scout Troops at the meeting and they introduced themselves. RE: CHRISTMAS BONUSES The mayor told the council ..that we have always given Christmas bonuses to the employees of $25.00 or a minimum. of $2.00 a month and then gave a turkey to part time employees and the Planning and Zoning and the Trailer Board. RE: PAY BILLS A motion was made by Glen Pond and seconded by Sander Larson to pay the bills. All Aye. RE: ADJOURNMENT A motion was made by Morgan Garner and seconded by Glen Pond to adjourn. All Aye. C. Porter City Clerk, Ros ag MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING 11/29/83 Those Present: Mayor: John C. Porter Councilman: Sander Larson Nile Boyle Morgan Garner Also Present: Rose Bagley, City Clerk Richard Horner, Treasurer A special Building Committee meeting was held at the City Hall. Mayor Porter said after we had received the bid from Hey rend Construction for $177,000, he had contacted Dick Davis. Heyrend said his bid was on the assumption. that the report that the engineer had given that everything was okay. He wouldn't give a solid bid. Another thing he put the panel board that we would use at $12, and the panel board we had in there was about $25 or $30. Dick Davis went through the basement and checked the wall in the basement which is quite badly damaged.