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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986.08.20 CITY COUNCIL MINUTESwhich would be $2000 more. A motion was made by Glen Pond that there would be no cost-of-living raise and that the city would go with 77-23 on the insurance, seconded by Bruce Casper. All Aye. Nile Boyle said he thought we should pay 100% of the single people"s insurance. The council decided that would be okay. Nile said we really need to get away from that property tax. The mayor said one problem is when we seta policy, for example on insurance 77-23, it stays; we don"t reduce it. The council told the group that there would not be a cost-of-living increase. Farrell Davidson was at the meeting to ask about renting a building by PDQ to put sand in this winter. It needs to be kept dry. The council told him to check on it and see how much rent they want. The mayor suggested that we set up a depreciation fund for vehicles that are over 3 years old. We could borrow from the utility fund for police cars and pay interest to that fund. We could set up a system to buy one police car every 1 to 2 years and the same with a truck. Discussion Qn the budget. A motion was made by Nile Boyle and seconded by Glen Pond to approve the tentative budget $2,598,700. The budget hearing will be set for September 3, 1986, at 7:30 P.M. All Aye. The council discussed raising the fees for park reservations. It was decided to raise the regular reservations from $10.00 to $15.00 for anything up to 5 hours and over 5 hours from $15.00 to $20.00. All large commercial groups will be charged $100.00. The council discussed cutting the Senior Citizen Bus hours. It was decided to cut out Monday and cut the hours to 7 hours from 8 hours from Tuesday through Friday, and only for lunch on Saturday. ~~ Ma ohn C. Porter ~- City Clerk, Rase gl MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING August 20, 1986 State of Idaho) County of Madison( City of Rexburg ) A meeting of the City Council for the City of Rexburg, Madison County, held at the City Hall, at 8:00 P. M. Present were the following: Mayor: John C. Porter Councilman: Glen Pond Bruce Sutherland Bruce Casper Sander Larson Also Present: Mary Smith, City Attorney Rose Bagley, City Clerk Richard Horner, Treasurer 1 A motion was made by Glen Pond and seconded by Bruce Casper to approve the minutes. All Aye. 8:00 P.M.: Public Hearing for property at 325 West Main to grant a special use permit to United Mortgage for a proposed use of property fora radio station, KADQ. It is presently zoned R3, theyy are asking to change it to limited commercial which would allow a radio station to operate in this house. If they ever move, it would revert to residential; or if they sell it, whoever. bought it would have to go through the process of changing it, because it would revert to R3. Dennis Reno with the sales staff at KADQ was at the meeting to answer any questions. Geneve Smith represented her late father's property, which is located next to the property in question. She said they did not object, if they will keep it mowed and watered and take care of the yard. Mr. Reno said it is their intention to remodel and put a business front on the house and make it look attractive. Dick Howe, representing KADQ, arrived late. Glen Pond asked what kind of a sign they would put up. Mr. Howe said they were considering one like Reese Realty has on their property. Mayor Porter told him it would have to be back on the building according to the ordinance for limited commercial. Sander Larson asked if they had enough parking. He said they would use the cement pad for the drive- way and there is a grass area along side the driveway they would convert to parking area. They would leave the lawn and landscaping in front of the house like it is now. Glen asked if there would be a big tower. The only thing they might possibly put is a small tower similar to what the amateur radio operator has right next door. Their transmitter is permanently based on Dick Smith's property on the hill. If it would be necessary to have one it would be 20 feet in height at the most, and that would be located in the back. They would .house the .studio and business office at .this address. There would be no excessive noise. They will insulate the garage and remodel it and make it soundproof. You should not be able to hear the broadcasting outside of the house. They will finish the remodeling .before they move in. The mayor said the park- ing they have would be ample. A motion was made by Bruce Casper to grant a special use permit to change the property at 325 West Main to Limited Commercial from R3 for that one lot only, with the stipu- lation that if the radio station does move or someone does purchase it they would have to come back and meet with the city council. Seconded by Bruce Sutherland. Those Voting Aye: Glen Pond Bruce Sutherland Bruce Casper Sander Larson Those Voting Nay: None The mayor announced that it passed unanimously. RE: SENATOR ANN RYDALCH The mayor told the council that we have with us tonight Senator Ann Rydalch from Idaho Falls. She said she just wanted to visit and see if there was anything she could do to help the city and ask if the city needed any help with Liability Insurance. The mayor told her we do have some insurance, but it is a serious problem, we don't have any insurance on the water slide. Glen Pond said he had talked to Jerry Dick from the Highway Department and they are going to take another traffic count on 5th West and Main and also 2nd East. There might be a chance we can get a light on 5th West and Main.. Sander Larson told Senator Rydalch that if she could we would apprec- iate some help in getting a traffic light on 5th West and Main. RE: FENCE VARIANCE REQUEST BY JACK HOOPES Jack Hoopes and his wife were at the meeting. They have just purchased the property on 1st South and Center from Mack Shirley. They requested to put up a decorative fence around their corner lot 22 feet high. It would be a lattice fence with land- scaping and look very attractive. It is such a busy intersection and they have small children. He had talked to members of the Planning Board, Bob Purring ton, Chuck Frost, Gerald Taylor and Mary Lee Hill. He said they had no objection, Chuck Porter abstained because he is related. .Sander Larson said he remembered that before the flood there was a fence there. Glen Pond suggested that the Planning & Zoning change the ordinance so we are consistant on fences. The mayor told the council that in the old townsite all streets have a 99 foot right-of-way, now in the subdivisions they are 70 foot and 60 foot right-of-ways. He suggested that when we do the new zoning ordinance we change the right-of-way from 99 feet to 80 feet in residential, that would solve that problem. A motion was made by Sander Larson and seconded by Bruce Sutherland to allow a fence. All Aye. RE: WASH-OUT ON TETON RIVER BANK Mayor Porter said he met with the Army Engineer people to go over the lagoon problem and the washout we had on the Teton River Bank. The man from the Engineers that was here last week assured us that they will do something to help us. He said if they can get started before October 1, it won't cost us anything. After October 1, there is ,~.. ,,. some new rules that have gone into effect and we will have to pay 35% of the cost. The city also has the permit from the water resource people. A motion was made by Glen Pond and seconded by Bruce Casper to pay the bills. All Aye. A motion was made by Bruce Casper anal seconded by Glen Pond to adjourn. All Aye. ~~ Mayor C. Porter ,! ` •;City Clerk, Rose e 1