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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993.01.20 CITY COUNCIL MINUTESCity Council 1/20/93 7:30 P.M. State of Idaho) County of Madison( ss City of Rexburg) Present were the following: Mayor:Nile Boyle Councilman:Brad Liljenquist Nyle Fullmer Jim Flamm Farrell Young Arriving at 8:50 P. M.Bruce Sutherland Excused:Glen Pond Pledge to the flag. A motion was made by Nyle Fullmer and seconded by Jim Flamm to approve the minutes. All Aye Mayor Boyle asked, after everyone had looked at the fact sheet handed out by Ted Hendricks about the contract with ECIPDA, if the council was ready to vote. Brad Liljenquist declared a possible conflict of interest and asked to be excused from voting. The mayor stated that we would wait for Bruce Sutherland before we would vote. RE: AUDIT REPORT Brad Reed and Scott Bond were at the meeting representing Rudd and Company to present the audit. Brad stated that they had gone over it with the Mayor and Richard this afternoon. Brad went over the audit briefly with the council after he handed out copies of the audit to the council.(copy on file) He gave the city a clean opinion. A motion was made by Brad Liljenquist and seconded by Nyle Fullmer to accept the audit. All Aye RE: STEVE EAGAN WITH NEW AGE RECYCLING SERVICES Steve Eagan with New Age Recycling Services was at the council meeting to discuss his recycling business. He gave the council handouts explaining what he would be doing. He submitted a bid to the city council to see if they were interested in a recycling program in the city parks in the spring. The mayor suggested possibly the golf course would be interested in the program. They would supply the number of containers that the city would need in each park and they would empty them on a weekly or biweekly basis or monthly basis depending on the need. He said there isn't a lot of value to the recyclable items. The charge he wanted to charge was $6.00 per container per month and they would supply the container. The container would be something like the city provides now in a galvanized steel and they would lock the lid down and cut a hole in the top only big enough for recyclable items. He also explained the residential service he would provide. They would charge $7.00 per month for a biweekly pickup for residents. Nyle Fullmer suggested that we get an opinion from Clair Boyle and the Parks and Recreation. Jim Flamm felt we should look into options for the city and coordinate it. Nyle Fullmer thought it was a good idea. The Mayor told him we would get back with him about recycling it in the park. RE: DISCUSSION ABOUT DUMPING OF USED OIL Mayor Boyle showed the council an article and told the council that they are pushing to make it mandatory for the dumping of used oil. In a year to eighteen months you will not be allowed to dump it in landfills. Ray Oakey has a place he will allow anyone to dump their oil and when it gets full it is transferred to a transfer station. They will have to keep tires and oil out of the landfill. Farrell Young asked about Upper Valley Industries and their recycling. The mayor explained and discussed it. The mayor told the council we need to hold a Public Hearing to amend the budget for a grant for $10,000 for a state seat belt grant. The hearing would be set for February 3. RE: RESOLUTION 93-2 FOR A GEM COMMUNITY ACTION GRANT TO PURCHASE & CONSTRUCT A LARGE SIGN TO PUT UP ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF REXBURG, PASSED Mayor Boyle read Resolution 93-2 for a Gem Community Action Grant. This would be to purchase and construct a large sign to put up on the South aide of Rexburg. (copy on file) A motion was made by Nyle Fullmer and seconded by Brad Liljenquist to adopt the resolution. All Aye. RE: OLD ORDINANCES ABOUT SNOW REMOVAL IN SIDEWALKS The mayor told the council we have two ordinances on file Ordinance 5 passed in 1899 for keeping the sidewalks clear and Ordinance 50 stating that snow needed to be cleaned off the sidewalks on the south side of Main Street only. These ordinances need to either be revised or repealed. The council discussed the ordinances and thought we should not tell the business down town to clean the sidewalks and not the business on other streets. RE: DISCUSSION OF CLEARING DRIVEWAYS FOLLOWING THE SNOW PLOW The mayor told the council that he had gotten a lot of complaints about snow pushed in driveways by the snow plow. In Idaho Falls, they only clean the streets when they declare an emergency. They have only declared an emergency twice and when they do declare an emergency it will cost them $100,000. When they do clean the streets they have a front end loader go behind the snowplow and scope out driveways. Sugar City also does that.- The mayor talked to Wayne Parkinson and he told him if we hired it out it would cost about $1.00 a driveway. Idaho Falls pays $1.50 to do that. It would be rather expensive. The mayors feeling would be people would like to have it done, even if they had to pay for it. The council asked how we would pay for it? The mayor said we could not assess it we would have to budget for it and do it. (discussion) RE: NEED TO REMOVE SNOW AT EAST MAIN INTERSECTION(?) BY PROFESSIONAL PLAZA Margie Waldren 71 South 2nd East, was at the meeting with a petition. As you are at the old Hospital coming west down Main Street and want to turn into Professional Plaza, and pull between the medium across from Professional Plaza, you look for cars and can't see around the snow to see cars. You finally have to pull out a little to see the cars. Margie did that and was hit by a car and her car was totaled. She felt the city should cut the snow back so you could see if there were any cars coming. Just give the snow a haircut so you can see the traffic coming from the west. The snow has never been chopped this year. It is dangerous. The police gave her a ticket because she had pulled out in the road a little to see the traffic. On the ticket the police called it an intersection. Two police officers could not agree if it was an intersection and finally got their book out to check. If it is an intersection, then treat it like one. It needs to be sanded and the snow chopped so it does not obstruct your view. Jim Flamm said he thought we should block it and close it off in the winter. He was in agreement with the problem. Brad Liljenquist stated, we have an ordinance saying you cannot plant trees and shrubbery next to an intersection to block the view. Snow is the same principle, it blocks the view. A discussion on the trees that are planted along the medium. Jim told the council that the East side of the medium is bad, you can't see around the snow to see the cars. Mrs Waldren said she had not seen any sand around that medium all year. Brad said we need to get the pile of snow moved that is obstructing the view. The mayor said he would get with Farrell Davidson and the Police Chief and go look at it and see what can be done. RE: DISCUSSION OF SNOW REMOVAL The mayor asked the council if there was anything the council felt that could be done different to help with the snow removal. Brad mentioned that one year the council looked at an attachment for the snow plow to clean out driveways. It was discussed but Farrell did not like the idea because it was too slow. Nyle did not feel we should clean out everyone's driveway. We could be like Idaho Falls and say we would plow it when we get six to eight inches of snow on the ground. That is unrealistic and it is also unrealistic to say we would go plow out the driveways. The mayor said he really felt sorry for widows and people with poor health. Nyle suggested that the boy scouts or neighbors should help. Nyle asked how many driveways we had in town. Richard said there is over 2000 water hookup. Nyle stated it would cost around $3000 every time they plowed out the driveways. Mr Waldren suggested that the people that wanted their driveways cleaned could get on a list and pay $1.00 each time. The mayor said it would cost a lot more if they had to travel all over. Mr Waldren said most of the people would want it. Jim Flamm suggested that we talk to some contractors and see what we can find out and possibly let people know that service is available. RE: DISCUSSION OF SNOW REMOVAL ON THE SIDEWALKS Council discussed the ordinance of removal of snow on the sidewalks. It was suggested that we write letters and see if we can resolve it without making rules. RE: GARBAGE CONTAINERS ON COLLEGE AVENUE Brad Liljenquist discussed the garbage containers that are left on the sidewalks on College Avenue and boxes. They need to be cleaned up. Jim Flamm discussed sanding the whole street coming down the hill. RE: BIDS ON THE SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER The mayor told the council the Senior Citizens Center bids came in $60,000 too high. We do not have that much money and we will have to make some changes. Jim Flamm reported on the Impact Zoning work meeting. A motion was made by Nyle Fullmer and seconded by Brad Liljenquiat to pay the bills. All Aye. RE: DISCUSSION & APPROVAL OF ECIPDA FOR THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THE GRANT ON THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT Discussion on the contract with ECIPDA. Bruce Sutherland arrived at 8:50 P. M. A motion was made by Farrell Young and seconded by Jim Flamm to accept and sign the contract with ECIPDA for the Administration for the grant on the Wastewater Treatment Plant. Those Voting Aye: Nyle Fullmer, Jim Flamm, Farrell Young. Those Voting Nay: Bruce Sutherland. Brad Liljenquist abstained. Meeting Adjourned. Mayor, Nil L. Boyle City Clerk, Rose gl