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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1985.09.04 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES~~ 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 petitiQnto 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. • 1 ~1`i~(~L,i ~ ~-` -,~ 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 the City Council for the City of Rexburg, Madison County, held Septem- ber 14, 1985, at the City Hall. A motion was made by Glen Pond to adjourn, seconded by Jim Morris. 11 y~ 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 Bagfidy, City Clerk I` ~~~ 1~exburg City Police Department 12 North Center ,~ REXBURG, IDAHO 83440 ~ ~ a .~~ f~ . _ August 23, 1985 BLAIR K. SIEPERT Area Code 208 356-6224 Chief of Police Mayor: On 8-~3'-85 at 1:20 P.M. I made personal contact with Mrs. Elden Perry at 306 South 3rd West in reference tc their trailer home bin; moved because of zoning ~.~iolations. Mrs. Perry i^dicated that she tho~.ight they had been given 9~ da,s tc move their trailer b~~t I advised her that it was my ~_~nder- standing that the council had allowed them 60 days, but should she ha~re question, feel free to contact .a member of the council or City Hall. Mrs. Perry also stated that they were in the process of buying a hcme but hadn't closed the deal as cf yet. Resp tfully Submitted,. ~~'~~~` air K. iep .rt thief of Police cc: Mayer John Porter Rexburg Police Department file ~J ,~ ~ ! .' ~~ `~~ 1~exburg City Police Department 12 North Center REXBURG, IDAHO 83440 ~~~~~.~ >~ August 22, 1_985 BLAIR K. SIEPERT Area Code 208 Chief of Police 356-6224 Mayor Porter: I personally made contact with Mr. Jay Hepworth of Tri State tiro on 8-22-85 at 1:00 P.M. and discussed the problem of his bus- ine:s wing the Richmond lot for commercial use. Mr. Hepworth was advised that the City Council had ruled at the Council meeting on the night cf 8-21-85 that he aas in violation of the City zoni^g code and would be requeGted to dis-continue anj further use of the property for commercial purposes. Mr. Hepworth commented to writer that he was aware that Mr._Davenport had complai^ed to the City Council concerning the lot in question, and that he, Mr. Hepworth, was waiting for a decision fro... the City Council so that he cculd notify Mr. Richmond in dissolving his lease o.. the property. Mr. Hepworth appeared to be very unc+erstanding but was advised by writer should he have f:.~rther questions, he sho~~ld make contact with the Pexburg City Planning Commission for more information. !?espectfully Submitted, 1 Blair K. Si per Chief of Police BKS/sv cc: Mayor John; Porter Rexburg Police Department file :~~~ 1 A motion was made by Jim Morris and seconded by Nile Boyle to approve the minutes. All Aye Budget Hearing was held at 7:30 PM. No one was at the meeting to object. RE• ORDIN ~1.CE hh-3 City Attorney read the annual appropriation prdinance 663. AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED THE ANPJUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REXBURG, IDAHO, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR OCTOBER 1, 1984, TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1986, ,4ND APPROPRIATING TO THE SEVERAL DEPART'1ENT, OFFICES AND FUNDS OF THE SAID CITY GOVERNMENT FROM THE REVENUE DERIVED FROM TAXES LEVIED FOR SAID FISCAL YEAR, AND ALL OTHER SOURCES, SUCH SUMS AS MAY BE NECESSARY OR DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL TO DEFRAY THE EX_-_ PENSES AND LIABILITIES OF SAID CITY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1986. RE: ORDINANCE READ ON THREE OCCASIONS A motion was made by Councilman Morgan Garner and seconded by Councilman Jim Morris that the rules requiring an ordinance of a general and permanent nature to be read on three occasions be dispensed with and that said ordinance be numbered. Those Voting Aye: Darlene Blackburn Nile Boyle Jim Morris Glen Pond Morgan Garner Sander Larson None RE: FINAL PASSING OF ORDINANCE Ordinance 663 was-then placed before the council. The Mayor then called for the voting for final passage of the Ordinance, and the motion was made b.y Darlene Black- burn and seconded by Nile Boyle that ordinance 663 be passed. Those Voting Nay Those Voting Aye: Those Voting Nay: The roll showed all majority of all the ance, and that said motion carried. councilmen present voting Aye carried, the members of the City Council had voted for Ordinance was July and regularly passed. Darlene Blackburn Nile Boyle Jim Morris Glen Pond Morgan Garner, Sander Larson None Mayor declared that the the passage of the Ordin- Mayor Porter declared the RE: LYNN ARCHIBALD TO BE APPOINTED ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF r•ayor or er p ace e ore e c unc rchibald to be appointed the permanent Assistant Pilice Chief, and Captain. He asked Blair Siepert if he would like to say anything. He said he did recommend that Sgt. Archibald be appointed a full time Captain, and that be effective for budget purposes October 1; but would like the rank to be effective immediately. The mayor told Blair that the council had talked about the salary part of it and he thought that he should go over it with the Police committee. A motion was made by Morgan Garner and seconded by Nile Boyle that Lynn Archibald be made permanent Assistant Chief and Captain. All Aye RE: REQUESTED DAY CARE CENTER Rhoda Lea them was at the council to request having a day care center at 172 East 2nd South to be called Wee. Ca re Day Care. The city clerk had given her all the rules and regulations for a day care center and the mayor asked her if she could comnl,y. Mrs. Leatham said they use to have boys housing so there u~as parking for 5 cars and there is a big play area fenced in the back yard. The mayor said that zoning is such so it can be allowed. The mayor said we only give a business license, the state gives a day care license. A motion was made by Morgan Garner and seconded by Darlene Blackburn to approve the business license. All Aye. RE: RESOLUTION READ CONCERNING GENERAL CITY ELECTION. ayor or er rea a reso u ion ty election to be held November 5, 1985 designating the polling places and designating the registrar and deputy regi- strars.(copy attached) A motion was made by Sander Larson and seconded by Glen Pond to pass the resolution. Those Voting Aye: Those Voting Nay: Nile Boyle Jim Morris Glen Pond Sander Larson Morgan Garner Darlene Blackburn None ~~ RE: SUMMER. EVENT FOR REXBURG Bob Smith, representing the Chamber of Commerce to give a presentation. For a number years the Ricks College American Folk dancers have been traveling to Europe, they have represented America well in a number of fold dance festivals. The thought occured to several of them that the same king of thing could occur in Rexburg. Most college towns have a summer event, and we have looked for something to do here. The chamber formed a committee in May to study the proposal. The chamber felt it was something the wanted to pursue. He handed out a copy of the Festival Advisory Board/Dance Festival Committee and the Tentative Schedule. He said when they were in Europe they were housed either in schools or with families. They would like to host the dance teams in homes. The dancers would be here about 15 days, and there would be about 90 performers coming in. He said they are trying to raise funds, and are looking for someone to underwrite the grogram. We estimate it will cost about $50,000. We hope to recover that amount from sales performances and other various ways. There is money available in the form of grants. The mayor said that he thought it would be an exciting thing to get going, and that he and the city council would do anything they could to support it and help. They would also help to raise the money. RE: DATE CHANGE ON HARVEST PROMOTION Brad Liljenquest was at the meeting representing the Downtown Merchants Association. He made a request to change the date of the Harvest Promotion from Oct. 17 & 18 to Saturday Oct. 19, because they decided they needed the daylight hours. The council felt there was no problem. RE: PARKING PROBLEM DISCUSSED Mayor Porter iscusse the parking problem on 5th West and Main. He said he still had not got in touch with the AEC bus driver yet. He had got some calls from concerned citizens requesting an overpass walkway. In checking with the engineers he found it would cost about $180,000. There are some people that are getting out some petitions to send to the Highway Department requesting a stop light. He had had the police watching and making arrests on that road. RE: BID OPENING ON SANDER SPREADER The mayor told the council that we had the bid opening for the Sand Spreader. The low bidder was Tesco Williams. A motion was made by Nile Boyle and seconded by Sander Larson to accent the low bid. All Aye. RE: STREET IMPROVEMENTS The council discussed the street improvements and reviewed the costs by H & K. RE: MEETING WITH COMMISSIONERS The mayor told the council that there was a meeting with the commissioners on Monday, September 9, 1985, at 3:30 PM. RE: FLOOD INSURANCE The mayor told the council that there is a survey being made by FEMA on Flood Insurance. An engineering firm in Boise has the contact. They have been in Rexburg going over the boundaries of our flood plain. They propose to call everything within the city Class B. They said they couldn't find anywhere that the water would be over 6 to 8 inches deep in the areas that are marked as the flood plain. By classifying it as Class B there would be no restrictions on building in any area in the flood plain, and you can still get cheap insurance. The mayor told them to go ahead with it. RE: TRAFFIC PROBLEMS en on o e council that there is a problem with the traffic on 2nd North and 3rd East, with traffic coming and going to the high school. Morgan Garner said he thought the traffic was bad on 3rd East and 1st North. The council felt that the Safety Committee should check it out and report back. RE: DISCUSSION OF MAYOR'S SALARY i e oy e sai e a severa people approach him about how much the Mayor's salary was, and stated that they did not think it was enough. The city clerk stated that she thought it was a full time job, and that i9~yor Porter was on the job nearly full time. The council thought it should be looked at another year to make the position of mayor full time or think about a city manager. 1 A motion was made by Sander Larson and seconded by Darlene Blackburn to pay the bills. All Aye. Morgan Garner mad a motion to adjourn, seconded by Sander Larson. All Ayer ~l City C erk, Rose ~ gl Minutes of City Council MeetingMa r, John C. Porter October 2, 1985 State of Idaho) County of Madison( City of Rexburg) A meeting of the City Council for the City of Rexburg, held October 2, 1985, at the City Hall.