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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1985.05.15 CITY COUNCIL MINUTESi_tte, RE: COUNTY CLAIM The council discussed the county claim. RE: PAYING THE BILLS A motion was made by Glen Pond and seconded by Sander Larson to approve the bills. All Aye. RE: ADJOURNMENT A motion was made by Jim Morris and seconded by Morgan Garner to adjourn. All Aye. ~ May ohn C. Porter .fir:- ~/--`'-Cz ° G~°-~~ City Clerk, Rose B y MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING May 15, 1985 State of Idaho( County of Madison( City of Rexburg) A meeting of the City Council for the City of Rexburg, Madison County, held May 15, 1985, at the City Hall. Present were the following: Mayor: John C. Porter Councilman: Jim Morris Nile Boyle Glen Pond Sander Larson Nile Boyle Councilwoman: Darlene Blackburn RE: READING OF MINUTES A motion was made by Morgan Garner and seconded by Sander Larson to approve the minutes. All Aye. RE: SCOUTS AT THE MEETING Scouts from Troop 215, 249 and 305 was at the meeting. RE: PLANS FOR THE WIDENING AND MODERNIZATION OF SOUTH 2nd EAST STREET The mayor told the council that before the meeting the street committee had gone over the plans that the engineer has prepared for the widening and modernization of::Sauth 2nd East Street. They dedided that they would call the prople that live on that street and who are directly involved with the improvements that they plan to make, and let them see the drawings and become acquainted with what is going to be done and talk to them on a one on one basis. Morgan Garner reported on the meeting, the appointments would be made by Clint Kingsford from Forsgren Perkins. The engineers would give the mayor a schedule of the meetings and the council would be welcome to attend, one of the street committee would be there. RE: LETTER FROM CHARLEY COLLINS The mayor had recieved a letter from Charley Collins. On May 1, 1984, he left San Francisco and is headed East and is walking all the way. When he comes into a city he would like to have a little publicity and if people want to make donations to him the money would go to the Sloan Kettering & Memorial Cancer Center in New York. His father died of cancer, and that is his way of raising some money. He will let us know when he will be here, so we can give him some publicity. ~. ; -~ RE: STREETS THAT NEED TO BE REPARIED J Th.e Mayor said we have been getting some calls about streets that need to be repaired The city has been repairing all the small pot holes. The larger ones we have contrac- ted with H & K Contractors. They will repair where the sewer line work was done on 3rd West just west of the Hart Building, also the intersection of 2nd East and 2nd North, where a sewer line was put in, and there are other large ones that broke up from the winter that will be fixed. RE: EASEMENT THROUGH THE DE LOY WARD PROPERTY The mayor discussed the easement that we have been trying to get through the Ward property about 12 years. He had met with De Loy Ward and John Mellar, the engineer They discussed the plan that they had come up with and Mr. Ward had agreed to (Mayor Porter showed the plat plans). Mr. Ward wants to make sure that the extension of 2nd West would be in the plat so that he would know where it was going to come out. He also has plated the lots shown, he wants the city to except that plan as the preliminary plat. He will develop six or seven of the lots that he will be able to sell. He will also develop the street but not curb and gutter or pave it. In the covenants that he will give to the people that buy the lots he will tell them when it is all sold it will go under an LID that they will have to pay to have the street paved and curb and gutter. We will also allow those people to hook on just like anyone else. The reason he is doing it this way is because he doesn't have enough money to develop the whole thing, and wants to keep the area in agriculture land as long as he can. Six or seven lots from the plat he may decide to sell right away and will plat those and file with the assessor. We: will except that and tell him he can go ahead and sell it. The council had no objections and the mayor said he would see him and get the easement signed. RE: STREETS THAT ARE SINKING The mayor discussed the streets that are sinking. Jim Keller has made a study of these streets and has found a firm in the Seattle area that has a grouting machine that will force grout under the pavement and curb and gutters and fill up the areas that have been washed away. they are doing some work in Idaho now up at Coeur d'Alene area now, and they have agreed. to come down here for $2000 and do one or two of these areas to see if it is feasible to save the street by this method, they think they can do it. If they tear up the streets that have been undermined, and put it back new again it will cost about $44,000. The grouting will cost between $12,000 and $14,000. We can do one area and see if it is going to work and if it doesn't then the deal is all off. Morgan Garner said he was concerned that we might have the same problem next year, if the cement in the grouting would hold he thought it might be okay. Farrell & DeLynn was concerned about the places that have been washed out that follow the waterline and if we put the grout in and a waterline breaks that they will have to dig it out with a jack hammer. The engineers suggested that in those areas they use a clay material that fills up and makes it so the water won't seep through. The mayor thought we should get some betinite from Monteview and use it. It would be so it could be dug out again. Where there is curb breaks, the grout would be forced into the cracks and seal them. The council had no objection, so the mayor said they would get them in as soon as possible. A motion was made by Morgan Garner and seconded by Nile Boyle that we enter into an agreement with the Grouting Company. All Aye. RE: PROBLEM WITH VACANT LOTS The mayor discussed the problem we have every year with vacant lots. Most people cooperate but there are some people rho live out of town who we have a hard.. time getting their lots cleaned up and there is some people who just don't do it. We mailed a copy of the ordinance calling for enforcement of noxious weeds and cleanup ordinance, also a letter was sent with it saying the city was going to make every effort to make sure this was enforced. RE: THE MAYOR DISCUSSED THE $500,000 REVELVING LOAN GRANT Tomorrow at 10:30 A.M. the state people will be here and all of the Grantees of this region,to go over the rules and regulations that apply to this Revolving Loan Grant. In the application we said it would be loaned to help with the construction of the nursing home, so that is what we have to use it for. They will in turn use it to extend the water line that they will need for their construction, then they will pay it back with interest. As they pay that back over a period of 10 years or what ever they decide, we can then use this money for anything we want to. We can loan it to ourselves to put in a water line, streets, or curb and gutter. We will have to set up the rules and regulations and administrative. We get $500,000 next year, as it is loaned out and paid back the funding comes to the dity. The mayor said his feeling was that we always keep the principle so we will be working on the interest all the time.. If we loan it to the city we will set up a fund to pay it back. ;~ RE: JIM GORDON HOUSE ON 2nd SOUTH AND LINDEN The mayor told the council that Jim Gordon had built a house on 2nd South and Linden. He has put a sidewalk on Linden, but there isn't any sidewalk on the south side of 2nd South and he would like to forego putting a sidewalk on that side because there is a big hole. A motion was made by Nile Boyle to give him a variance on the side- walk on 2nd South until such time as the other people on that street put sidewalks in. All Aye. RE: MEETING WITH GIBBONS COMPANY The mayor said Rose and Mary had a meeting with the Gibbons Company and they re- commended a Policy and Procedure Manual. We will give copies to all department heads and council members and start using it. RE: FAIR LABOR STANDARD ACT Also the Supreme Court has ask that the Fair Labor Standard Act be observed by all City, County, and States. He said we have been in the process of reviewing our rules and regulations to see if we are in conformance. This will be discussed at the meeting at Couer d'Alene, and we will find out more about it there. RE: PAYING BILLS A motion was made by Nile Boyle and seconded by P~lorgan Garner to approve the bills. All Aye. RE: ADJOURPJMENT A motion was made by Jim Morris and seconded by Glen Pond to adjourn. All Aye. C•~~~ May ,John C. Porter ,e' ~. MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL P7EETING June 5, 1985 State of Idaho) County of Madison( City of Rexburg) A meeting of the City Council for the City of Rexburg, Madison County, held June 5, 1985, at the City Hall. Present were the following: Mayor: John C. Porter Councilman: Nile Boyle Morgan Garner q Jim Morris Glen Pond Councilwoman: Darlene Blackburn Also Present: City Attorney, Mary Smith City Clerk, Rose Bagley Treasurer, Richard Horner RE MINUTES A motion was made by Jim Morris and seconded by Darlene Blackburn to approve the minutes. All Aye. RE: COMPLAINT ABOUT CARS PARKED AT 11~; NORTH 1ST WEST City Clerk, Rose B ey Lynn Davenport was at the meeting to make a complaint. He lives on West 1st North