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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1985.08.21 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES~~ Special Budget Meeting August 13,1985 Those Voting Aye: Sander Larson Jim Morris Glen Pond Nile Boyle Darlene Blackburn Those Voting Nay: None MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING August 21, 1985 State of Idaho) County of Madison( City of Rexburg ) A Special Budget meeting of the City Council for the City of Rexburg, Madison County, hels August 13, 1985, at the City Hall. Present were: Mayor: John C Porter Councilman: Sander Larson Jim Morris Glen Pond Nile Boyle Councilwoman: Darlene Blackburn A special budget meeting was held reviewing the budget for 1985- 1986 year. A motion was made by Nile Boyle and seconded by Sander Larson to approve and set the tentative budget in the amount of $2,549,900 and set up the Public Hearing for Seatember 4, 1985, at 7:30 PM. State of Idaho) County of Madison( City of Rexburg) A meeting of the City Council for the City of Rexburg, Madison County, held August 21, 1985, at the City Hall. Present were: John C Porter Mayor: Councilman: 1 Jim Morris Nile Boyle Sander Larson Morgan Garner Glen Pond A motion was made by Glen Pond and seconded by Morgan Garner to approve the minutes. All Aye RE: PETITIONS CIRCULATED Cheryl Lewis and Ja Nel Fowler presented to the council some petitions that have been circulated. (on file) Mrs. Fowler stated that the reason they were at the meeting was to talk to the councih and the mayor into reconsidering Don's employment back with the police department. She told the council that they had some citizens circulat- ing some petitions and there was quite a few names on them. She also presented a letter from the police department that they signed 100% asking the council to recon- sider his employment. Mrs. Fowler said, "He has really suffered with the news media rakeing him over the coals and the money we have had to put out on attorney fees". He wanted her to ask if the council could delay setting a date for the hearing until the council had time to consider the petitions and letter. He also asked if you could have all the council at the hearing. RE: GOOD LUCK CIRCULATING PETITION Cheryl Lewis said they had good luck circulating the petition including the business men, and lso in and out of the city. They say they woill con ti ue to support Don. N ~~~ d~-~ ity erk, Rose g~~~ May r, ohn C. Porter ~~%~. They all had good things to say about Don, and a lot of them didn't even know what the issue was about. Several people have expressed the pain that he had gone through with the injuries on his legs that happened while he was on duty. We would like the council to consider these things. We did not pressure anyone to sign the petition. RE: MAYOR WILL ACCEPT THE PETITIONS FOR NEXT HEARING The mayor told them we would accept the petitions to be used in the next hearing. Don had made a request that there be another hearing and we will try to set it up for next Tuesday. We will have to make sure the hearing officer can be here. He told them it would be an open hearing. RE: TRI STATE TIRE PARKING LOT Lynn Davenport was at the meeting to ask about the lot behind him that is owned by Mr. Richman of which Tri State Tire is using to park cars. The council discussed this. Mayor Porter said he had talked to Mr. Richman and he said if it was against city ordinance he would terminate the least with Tri State Tire. Mr. Davenport wanted immediate action. The mayor said he would. send the police over to tell them they will have to stop using the lot. RE: PROMOTION BY DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS The mayor said the Downtown Merchants want to have a promotion in the downtown area, on October 18 and 19 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM. They request to close the 's treets, Main Street from 1st West to 1st East and Center Street from Carlson Ave to City Hall, so cars can still get into the Food Center. They are going to have a Har- vest Extravaganza. All merchants have agreed. The Council agreed to give the permission to close the streets. The mayor said we would have to have police down there to keep the traffic from going through. RE: TEMPORARY TRAILER FOR ATOMIC WORKS CREDIT UNION The Atomic Works Credit Union requested to put a temporary trailer to use as a business at the lot just north of Flamms Furniture. They plan to build a building but would like to get permission for the trailer for two years while they build the building. A motion was made by Jim Morris to give them a variance to park the trailer for one year with the understanding that if the building is not quite done they can come back to the council and request additional time. Seconded by Glen Pond. RE: PARKING LOT PAVING Jim f+lorris asked about the parking lot paving at Dr. Reneau's office and at Hathaway's Century 21 business. City Attorney reported on Dr. Reneau's, he is building another building and has to do some blacktopping and plans to do it all about the same time. When she talked to him, he said it would take about a month and that has been three weeks ago. RE: PERMIT FOR HATHAWAY Mayor Porter said he had looked up the permit for Hathaway, which was for a temporary use, and if they don't want to comply they can just move it off. Mary said she had called several times to talk to Mr. Hathaway and ask to have him call but he had not returned her call. The council said they thought we should revolt their temporary license, give them 60 days to comply or move it. RE: PLOT PLANS FOR NEW HOMES Steve Clark and J.D. Hawk was at the meeting to present plot plans to put homes on the property at 143 South 2nd East. He had gone to the Planning & Zoning in March and they agreed with the piece of property that was there they could put in 4 homes. They had just got final work on their financing. There is another piece of property 52' by 180' behind Dr. Young's office. They had arranged to get that piece of property to put a fifth home. That would make 5 fourplex, they meet all zoning regulations and parking regulations. The existing home would serve as a manager's unit. They wanted to have it ready for next September. A motion was made by Morgan Garner and seconded by Nile Boyle to approve the plan. All Aye RE: LIMIT PARKING TO KENNEDY SCHOOL Mayor Porter told the council that some of the school patrons of Kennedy School want to limit the parking on 5th West from Main Street south to Kennedy School. The ~~ council discussed it and thought they needed to work with the driver of the AEC bus and find a better spot to pick up the people that ride the bus. Mayor Porter said he would talk to them. Sander Larson said there is a problem with big trucks park- ing along that street. The mayor said he had talked to the police and they were suppose to take care of i t. RE: FEMA LOAN Mayor Porter said that a Representative from Senator Mc Clure's office was in the office to talk to him about the FEMA loan. They got all the information to take back and go to work on it. RE: PAVING AND PATCHING Sander Larson discussed the alley on 2nd East behind Steve Terry's home. It will be a period of time before we pave 2nd East and it is in the plan to pave that a-ley at that time, the mayor told the council. He suggested that we pave it now, it is only 300 feet and should not cost too much. The council agreed. H & K is coming in to do some patching and could do it then. RE: IRRIGATION PIPE BLEW OUT The mayor said up on Shoshone where Bill Turnball lives, there was a blow out on one of the irrigation pipes and it really cut the road. It was just a gravel road. Mary Lee Sellers has been up there to try to get the people to sign a petitionto go on a LID but she could not make much headway. The mayor said he thought we should go up and put a lot of gravel on it. RE: REPAIRS The council discussed several spots around the city that need to be reppired. RE: EXPERIENCE RATING DECREASED Mayor Porter read a letter from State Insurance Fund stating that our Experience rating had gone down and our rates have gone up because of the number of accidents our employees have. We use to get a refund but we don't anymore. Our losses have been higher than average. The mayor suggested that each councilman talk to their department about safety and make sure they are aware of it and then we could have some safety meetings. He suggested we get someone from Utah Power & Light, Ricks College, Art Porter Printing and Louisiana Pacific to talk about safety. RE: NEW T.V. ORDINANCE READY Mary Smith told the council that she had the new T.V. Ordinance ready, she had made the necessary changes. She told the council that we have to publish it once and wait 30 days after the first publication before we pass the ordination. A motion was made by Glen Pond and seconded by Jim Morris to pay the bills. All Aye Morgan Garner asked the clerk to ckeck on the Perry trailer, and tell him their 60 days was up and they would have to move it. A motion was made by Glen Pond to adjourn, seconded by Jim Morris. 11 ye • ~~ ~~' ~-`-~ Minutes of The City Council Meeting M or, John C. Porter City Clerk, se B ley September 4, 1985 State of Idaho) County of Madison(. City of Rexburg) A meeting of thz City Council for the City of Rexburg, Madison County, held Septem- ber 14, 1985, at the City Hall. Present were the following: Mayor: John C. Porter Councilman: Nile Boyle Jim Morris Glen Pond Sander Larson Morgan Garner Councilwoman: Darlene Blackburn Also Present: Mary Smith, City Attorney Rose Bagley, City Clerk