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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988.05.04 CITY COUNCIL MINUTESi,'~ i J~ RESOLUTION TO SET UP A PLAN WITH FINANCE COMPANY/PURCHASING EQUIPf~IENT The mayor explained to the council we purchase equipment from time to time and enter into an agreement when we buy the equipment on time. At that time we have to negotiate with the banks. We can now set up a plan with a finance company so we can have a limit of so much money and won't have to go through the process of negotiating. Richard told them that the interest vaill be 93% prime from Idaho First for the first $50,000.00. At the first of August we will reevaluate what we will need for the following year and add it on. Glen Pond said he was concerned if we have an open line of credit that it should still be approved by the council so they can keep track of it. The mayor told him that we would still have to have it approved by the council, and also in the budget. A motion was made by Nile Boyle and seconded by Darlene Blackburn to pass a resolution to enter into the agreement to set up a plan with a finance company without having to go through the process of negotiating, but that all purchases will have to be reviewed by the council firs,. All Aye (copy attached) RESOLUTION TO OPEN DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS WITH 8 BANKS The mayor read a resolution to open deposit accounts with the following banks: Idaho Bank & Trust Valley Bank Idaho First National Bank Westmark Credit Union East Idaho Federal Credit Union Edward D Jones & Co. First Security First Federal Savings & Loan We would also require two people sign the checks, those signing would be: The Mayor, Treasurer, City Clerk, and President of the Council. (copy attached) Glen Pond said we need to make sure there is adequate insurance covering any deposit. The mayor said they have to allicate a certain amount of their capital assets to cover any transaction. A motion was made by Glen Pond and seconded by Darlene Blackburn to approve the resolution. All Aye BUDGET WORKSHOP IN IDAHO FALLS The mayor reminded the council that on April 26, Tuesday in Idaho Falls, there would be a Budget Workshop. A motion was made by Glen Pond and seconded by Nile Boyle to approve the minutes. All Aye Meeting Adjourned. Jo ter, f~layor -% ~ e~ Rose Bagley, City rk MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING May 4, 1988 State of Idaho) County of Madison( City of Rexburg) A meeting of the City Council of the City of Rexburg, Madison County, held May 5, 1988, at the ~i-ty Ha11. ~'I l__1 ~~ L~ Present were the following: i] Mayor: John C Porter Councilmen: Glen Pond Nile Boyle Nyle Fullmer Bruce Sutherland Councilwoman: Darlene Blackburn Also Present: Mary Smith, City Attorney Rose Bagley, City Clerk Richard Horner, Treasurer A motion was made by Darlene Blackburn and seconded by Bruce Sutherland by Bruce Sutherland. All Aye. REQUEST FROM BRAD GRAPPLE TO REZONE FROM COMMERCIAL TO R3 ON 2ND SOUTH Glen Pond reported from the Planning Board a request from Brad Chapple to re-zone from Commercial to R3 on 2nd South, between 4th and 5th West up to the paint shop and if there is any businesses in the area they be grandfathered until the time the business is sold. They are unable to get a loan on their property because it is zoned commercial. The Planning and Zoning recommended that they proceed with it they did not feel there was a problem. The land on 5th West would still remain Commercial. A motion was made by Glen Pond to proceed with a hearing to rezone the property. Seconded by Bruce Sutherland. All Aye AUDIT ON THE LOAN ON THE NURSING HOME The mayor told the council we are having an audit on the loan on the Nursing Home, and for some reason we can't find a resolution on Fair Housing Resolution. We have passed one each time we have got a grant from HUD, but are unable to find one. f~layor Porter read the resolution (attached) a motion was made by Nile Boyle and seconded by Darlene Blackburn. All Aye AMERICAN RECYCLING WOULD LIKE TO PUT A BIN IN REXBURG Mayor Porter told the council he had rec~~ved~ a letter from the City of Idaho Falls telling us that American Recycling would like to put a bin somewhere in Rexburg for poeple to put their cans in and then they~~will pick them up and pay us for them. We could contribute the money for some worthly cause or we can use it for the parks. They discussed putting them in the parks. Nile Boyle suggested we give the money to the community chest. The council agreed this would be a good idea. MAYOR MET WITH THE PLUMBING BOARD The mayor told the council they had a meeting with the plumbers, Nyle Fullmer and DeLynn. One thing is we need one more member on the Plumbing Board. Gordon Holley and Louis Smith are on the board now. They suggested Grant Reid who works for Thompson Plumbing. That would give one for Holley Plumbing, Smith Plumbing and one for Thompson Plumbing. A motion was made by Nyle Fullmer and seconded by Nile Boyle to approve the name of Grant Reid to be appointed on the Plumbing Board. All Aye OUT OF CITY PLUhIBERS NEED CITY LICENSES From time to time we have plumbing firms from other cities who come in to do work in Rexburg. Idaho Falls and Caldwell have an ordinance saying any people who work in the city as a plumbing contractor have to have a city license. To get that license, they have to show a state contractors license. The men that work for them will have to have a state plumbing license and the apprentices have to have an apprentice license. We hive a plumbing ordinance, but we need something to license them in the city. In Caldwell the contractor has to pay $35.00 and to renew it, is $35.00, a license plumber pays $10.00 and to renew it pays $5.00, a apprentice pays $5.00. Caldwell's ordinance says applicants for a permit shall pay to the City Fees established by the Plumbing Board by rule and regulation subject to the approval of the City council. The council agreed to go ahead and have Mary draw up an ordinance. i _, STUDENT HOUSING The mayor discussed the student housing, they want us to make an ordinance similar to the following: The city would make annual inspections for fire safety to all apartment houses, without charge. If we get a complaint then we will make a through inspection, and if the complaint is valid, we will charge the apartment house owner so much for the time it takes to do the inspection. Nyle Fullmer ask if the request was coming from the college or the Off Campus Housing Association. The mayor told him we had a meeting with Off Campus Housing Association and they felt it would be a good idea to draw up an ordinance and have them look at it before we pass it. Nyle Fullmer ask if we are called out on a complaint are we going to levy any fines? The mayor explained as he under- stood it, we would investigate it and if the complaint is valid we would give them 30 or 60 days and if it wasn't fixed we would fine them. The council directed Mary to draw up an ordinance. BRAD REED/RUDD & COMPANY PRESENTED AUDIT Brad Reed representing Rudd & Company was at the meeting to present the audit. Brad said he had gone over the audit with the mayor, Glen Pond, and Richard in detail. He gave the highlights of the audit to the council and told them if they had any questions to get in touch with him. He told the council that with the City of Rexburg the firm would offer an unqualified opionion, which means it is a clean opinion with no exceptions. He told the council that in the general fund, the fund balance in the past had been in the red, but this year it is in the black. All the other fund balances are in the black except the Golf Course and they were in the red but have budgeted this year to get out of that deficit. Over all the City has improved this year. The city has done good in keeping its expenditures under budget this year. Brad told the council that they had made a suggestion that we have a manual for the accounting system for the city. A motion was made by Glen Pond and seconded by Bruce Sutherland to except the audit as presented. All Aye REPORT ON SAFETY COMMITTEE Bruce Sutherland reported on the Safety Committee. He said on the Millhollow Road they were not ready to submit a total report. They also did not have a recomendation on the handicapped parking yet. He reported on the striping on 4th South from lst West to 4th West. He showed the council a sketch. He said the committee and the Chief of Police had reviewed the situation. The problem is coming into the city by 4th South to 4th West there is a turning lane at all, it reverts to a two lane road which continues until just in front of Ericksons and then there is a stripe paint d so it doubles it back up to a four lane road. Because of that stripe, peopele go stra~g t up the hill on Biking drive others turn down 2nd West. It gives people the feeling that it is a four lane road. There is a necessity for some turning lanes from 1st West to 4th West. He explained his sketch, starting at 1st West going West there will be a four lane road with a turn lane at each corner. One difficulty is in front of the 9th Ward Church they have an inset about 5 or 6 feet. In order to be wide enough for a four lane road, that will have to be changed to parallel parking. All along that road from Erickson Pontiac out to 4th West will have to be painted yellow with no parking along the street. Mayor Porter told the council that Farrell Davidson thought it would be a good idea of do the same thing from 3rd East up to the old hospital. Glen Pond proposed that the council get some feed back from the people on that street about the no parking before we make a formal motion. Members of the council agreed with Glen and ask the clerk to notify the property owners to come to the lst meeting in June to discuss the proposals and get their suggestions. They would also like the Chief of Police to come to that meeting. COUNCIL DISCUSSED THE MILLHOLLW ROAD. The council discussed the Millhollow Road. Bruce Sutherland talked about some of the alternatives that the safety committee had discussed. He reported that they had run a check on a stop sign on 2nd South coming down the hill. There were 250 vehicles that were checked. There was an average speed of 30 mph, several registered speed of over 50 mph, several in 40 mph. The council felt there should have been some tickets given, to slow the traffic down. Mayor Porter said he thought we need to get another route. Bruce Sutherland said rather there is another route or not a vehicle could still go through the high school. Bruce said they talked about a 1 [~ ~ f, ~' . barricade, but the state law prohibits it. The council said they thought we needed a way to stop a runaway truck. The mayor said the county are talking about coming down the Erickson Dugway and on to 5th West. Bruce said if we put something up that is against code we cound have a law suit if someone hit it. The mayor said they had already decided they were going to extend 2nd West and that would be the ideal alternative. If the county would join in with the city, we could get the funding a lot faster. Glen ask if the school district shouldn't have some responsibility. The mayor said he thought we needed to put 3 or 4 big holders almost immediately. The council decided they should get the State Highway Safety Engineers in Rigby about the problem and let them tell us what they would suggest. ARBOR DAY Mayor Porter reported on Arbor Day. He told the council that the Steiner Ditch was under construction and we are going to have to buy pipe. Cleanup day would be on Satruday, May 7, the scouts will be working. The city would haul bulk trash all of h1ay. A motion was made by Nile Boyle and seconded by Nyle Fullmer to pay the bills. All Aye Meeting Adjourned. Jo er, Mayor L r ,I -, Rose Bagley, City C1 MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING Play 18, 1988 State of Idaho( County of Madison) City of Rexburg( A meeting of the City Council for the City of Rexburg, Madison County, held play 18, 1988, at the City Hall. Present were the following: Mayor Councilmembers: Also Present John C Porter Glen Pond Darlene Blackburn Nile Boyle Bruce Casper Bruce Sutherland Nyle Fullmer Mary Smith, City Attorney Rose Bagley, City Clerk Richard Horner, Treasurer A motion was made by Nyle Fullmer and seconded by Darlene Blackburn to minutes. All Aye UTAH POWER AND LIGHT/SERVICE TO STEINER DITCH Mayor Porter introduced a resolution to approve an agreement with Utah Light for service to the Steiner Ditch Pump to show we will pay for the and authorize them to put the power in. Nyle Fullmer made a motion to resolution, seconded by Bruce Sutherland. All Aye approve the Power & power pass the