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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986.11.19 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES:.°F RE: Ei~1PL0YEES WORKING VETERAN'S DAY INSTEAD OF FRIDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING Mayor Porter told the council that in our Personnel ('Manual it states that the employees get November 11th, Veteran's Day, as a holiday. The employees are proposing that they work on Veteran's Day and take the Friday after Thanksgiving off. The mayor explained that we would just shift that holiday and not give an extra holiday. They would still have nine holidays. Bruce Sutherland said the only problem would be with garbage pickup, and that would have to be worked out. The ;mayor told them that the City really does not have as many holidays as some other public entities. We may have to pay overtime to the garbage department. A motion was made by Nile Boyle and seconded by Bruce Sutherland in lieu of Veteran's holiday we give the employees the Friday after Thanksgiving off this year and review it next year. All Aye. RE: SOLICITING The mayor told the council we have been having complaints from some businessmen that there is a lot of solicitation going on in the city in the business area as well as the residential. It is getting to be a problem. When you are operating a business, it is a public place and you can't really keep people out. He suggested that they put up a "NO SOLICITING" sign. He thought we should do it at the City Hall. Bruce Sutherland said we maybe should work through the Chamber of Commerce. RE: JIM LONG TO DRAW UP TREE ORDINANCE Jim Long was at the meeting with some scouts. He works with the Horticulture Land- scape Department at Ricks College. The mayor explained to him about the 2nd East project that all the trees will have to go. After eve take the trees out, we would like to plant trees back that are of the same kind on each street. .Mr. Long told the council that most cities have tree ordinances. He would be happy to help draw up a tree ordinance. The mayor told him the city would appreciate it if he would take that assignment and help draw up an ordinance. RE: CITY TREASURER EPMPOWERED TO INVEST ;MONEY A motion was made by Glen Pond and seconded by Bruce Casper to adopt a resolution that the City Treasurer be directed and empowered to invest money. (copy attached) All Aye. A motion was made by Bruce Casper and seconded by Nile Boyle to approve the bills. Meeting adjourned. Ma C. Porter City Clerk, Rose Bagl MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING November 19, 1986 State of Idaho) County of iMadi son City of Rexburg) A meeting of the City Council for the City of Rexburg, Madison County, held Nov- ember 19, 1986, at the City Hall. Present were the following: Mayor: John C. Porter Councilmen: Nile Boyle Bruce Casper Bruce Sutherland Glen Pond Councilwoman: Darlene Blackburn Also Present: Rose Bagley, City Clerk .Mary Smith, City Attorney A motion was made by Bruce Sutherland and seconded by Bruce Casper to approve 'the minutes. All Aye. RE: SOUTH 2ND EAST PROJECT Mayor Porter reported that Forsgren-Perkins had submitted new drawings to the State Highway Department. The whole design study is changed. It looks favorable. RE: RESOLUTION ON SEAT BELTS The mayor reminded the council that at the last meeting we talked about a resolution on seat belts. The Safety Committee went over it and recommended the council pass it. (copy attached) The council discussed the resolution. The garbage trucks are not equipped with belts and they don't go fast enough. A motion was made by Bruce Casper and seconded by Bruce Sutherland to pass the resolution. Those Voting Aye: Nile Boyle Bruce Casper Bruce Sutherland Darlene Blackburn Those Voting Nay: None Glen Pond abstained because he arrived late I RE: REQUEST BY SUPERIOR EXCAVATION TO PARK TRAILER TEMPORARILY The mayor told the council that Superior Excavation had requested parking a temporary trailer behind Thunderbird Oil for the winter to use as an office to operate their snow removal equipment. A motion was made by Nile Boyle and seconded by Darlene Blackburn to allow them to park the trailer behind Thunderbird Oil for the winter. All Aye. RE: DR. SPAULDING REQUESTS MOVING OFFICE TO RESIDENCE Dr. Spaulding requested to move his office from the Rexburg Medical Center to his residence at 115 East 1st North. The mayor and council said they would have to refer the matter to the Planning Board. RE: SAFETY INSPECTION OF DISCOS` The mayor told the council that during the past two weeks we have been involved in a controversy regarding the discos in Rexburg. When the new disco opened, no one had any idea that they would have so many people there. The Safety inspection was made thinking there would be about 500 people. The first night they had about 1400 people. We have had some complaints about the safety features. We had the State Fire Marshall come to give us some advice. He went through the three discos in Rexburg and pointed out some of the things that should be done. In the new disco they have to have more entrances and the front entrance has to be wider. They are making those changes. There also has to be some signs up that say this building is designed for 1200 people. RE: FOUR INSPECTIONS REQUIRED FOR NEW BUSINESSES We have decided that whenever anyone comes in to get a business license, whether it is a new building or an old building, if it is changing to something else, before the license is issued the safety inspector, the building inspector, the electrical inspector and the plumbing inspector will have to sign the application that every- thing is in compliance. We will then give them a certificate of occupancy. This will have to be done whenever a new occupant comes into the building, whether it is the same type of business or not. The mayor said we would have to work out some additional inspection fees. RE: FIRE AND BUILDING INSPECTORS The council discussed a letter they received from the Fire Chief, V. Rex Larson. In the letter he suggested that "it is time that the city have a full-time inspector. That the fire and building inspectors positions be on a forty-hour week. He sug- gested that the person hired have a very strong background in building construction." (letter on file) The mayor said he and Sander Larson, and Rex Larson had a meeting to discuss everything. We think that we can find someone up to the college that can help on a part-time basis. We can call him when we need an inspection that is too big for our inspectors to handle. Maybe later we can hire someone full-time to handle all the inspections. Right now we only have a $10,000 budget to work with. We only pay the inspectors about $100 a month. In order to be a building inspector you have to be licensed. by the state. There is a number of licenses you can get. The one our building inspector has is a second class license. He can inspect anything up to two stories residential or business. If it is anything bigger than that we have got to find someone else. On the nursing home we had Ricks College, who checked `~ everything and went all over the nursing home plans. If we ge class license, we will have to pay them about $20,000 a year. two buildings every two or three years that takes that type of hire someone to inspect on the one-time basis. Gordon Tychsen We have sent him to a number of clinics that states have held, go to another one. RE: STOP SIGNS BY RAILROAD TRACKS t someone with a first We only have one or an inspector. We can understands it all. and he is going to Bruce Sutherland reported on the Safety committee meeting. They discussed the stop signs by the railroad tracks. The committee has found some of them to be a nuisance. (recommendations on file) They recommended the removal of the railroad stop signs at the following locations: 1. Northbound stop sign at the railroad crossing located at the intersection of 4th South and 5th West. 2. Eastbound and Westbound stop signs at railroad crossing located between 3rd and 4th West and 2nd South. A motion was made by Nile Boyle and seconded by Darlene Blackburn to concur with the recommendations of the safety committee and remove the stop signs recommended by them. All Aye. A motion was made by Darlene Blackburn and seconded by Bruce Sutherland to pay the bills. All Aye. A motion was made by Nile. Boyle and seconded by Glen Pond to adjourn. All Aye. Ma Jo n C. Porter "~ -L City Clerk, Rose Bagle MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING December 3, 1986 State of Idaho) County of Madison( City of Rexburg) A meeting of the c;ty council for the City of Rexburg, Madiion County, held Decem- ber 3, 1986, at the City Hall. Present were the following: Mayor: John C Porter Councilman: Glen Pond Nile Boyle Bruce Sutherland Sander Larson Darlene Blackburn Bruce Casper Also Present: Mary Smith, City Attorney Rose Bagley, City Clerk A motion was made by Darlene Blackburn and Seconded by Nile Boyle to approve the minutes. . All Aye. RE: APOLOGY FOR TAKING STREET SIGN Steve Pace was at the meeting to aplolgize for being involved in taking street signs about a month ago. He had done some community sercice hours. He would never let it happen again. The mayor told him that it was a serious matter to remove traffic safety signs, it could result in a serious accident. RE: STREET LIGHT ON BOTTOM OF APACHE REQUEST ditch Webster came to the meeting to sk about getting a street light at the bottom of Apache. He said it was a dark spot. P~ayor Porter said we are in the process of checking other areas that need lights. We then make a list of lights that need to be put in and give it to Utah Power 9x Light.