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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998.07.15 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES\>, _, .";if ,II'' i' "i. 1 DATE: (071598) City Council 7/15/98 7:30 P.M. Present: Mayor: N11e L Boyle Councilmembers: Marsha Bjornn Glen Pond Kay Heck Ny1e Fullmer Farrell Young City Clerk: Rose Bagley Attorney: Stephen Zollinger Finance officer: Richard Horner Pledge to the flag. A motion was made by Farrell Young and seconded by Glen Pond to approve the minutes of 7/1/98. All Aye Marsha stated that she would like to go into an Executive Session for a Personnel matter Following the regular business on the Agenda. RE: APPROVAL OF BID FOR AMBULANCE HAY AT THE FIRE STATION TOPIC: (22,43,,,FIRE STATION,AMBULANCE) The mayor told the council we need to approve the bid far the Fire Station. A motion was made by Nyle Fullmer and seconded by Glen Pond to accept the low bid from "Double E" for the construction of the extension for the Fire Station. A11 Aye RE: RESPONSE TO JOHN WATSON/BUILDING PERMIT FOR FIRE STATION TOPIC: (22,43,,,FIRE DEPT.,WATSON*JOHN,HOSPITAL,FIRE STATION) Chief Larson handed out a letter he had written with concerns the Fire Department has, as well as to respond to John Watson's comments at the last council meeting. Glen asked if there had been a meeting with John Watson and the hospital to resolve the issues? Stephen stated that a meeting had been set up for Monday which will be attended by the Fire Department, City Engineering Department, John Watson and hie mechanical engineer. At that meeting they will just deal with the aspects of it. The mayor asked the council if we should charge a building permit for the addition to the Fire Station. It was felt we should charge for the permit. RE: APPROVAL OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR TAGGERT TOPIC: (22,43,,,HR0ULIMS,C.U.P.,ZONE CHANGE) A motion was made by Nyle Fullmer and seconded by Kay Beck to eet a public hearing For a Zone Change and Conditional Use Permit for Taggart on the property south of the old Hroulims par}cing lot. All Aye RE: APPROVAL OF THE TENTATIVE BUDGET TOPIC: (22,43,,,HUDGET) Approve the Tentative Budget- Richard Handed out a Summery and copy of the tentative budget. He discussed the budget and discussed some minor changes. A motion was made by Nyle Fullmer to approve the tentative budget and set it for Public Hearing for August 5. A11 Aye RE: MILL LEVY ELECTION TOPIC: (22,43,,,MILL LEVY,STREETS,SUNRISE DR.,7TH S.,SIDEWALKS) Mi11 Levy Election- The mayor showed maps Joe had done that needed either street repairs or new streets. The mayor read a list of streets that needed to be done. (copy on file) The total for all repairs and new streets would be about $2,764,842. Discussion on Sunrise Drive. The council felt that should be done by the developer of that subdivision. The mayor said we would need to pay for the overeizing '\ i?, because it was designated ae an arterial. He also stated that needs to be done £or a school bus turn-a-round. To do the Sunrise Drive the church property would have to be cut back. The mill levy will give us about $95,000, so it would only do about two small streets. Discussion. Nyle asked if in the contract with the college if they were going to put a sidewalk on 7th South. He felt we should make a formal request ' that they need to put it in now. Discussion on the construction of 7th South. Discussion on the flooding at the Alta Curtis corner. The mayor said Joe was working putting a pump in so it will pump it into the !,.__. canal. A motion was made by Ny1e Fullmer and seconded by Marsha Bjornn to hold an election for the Mi11 Levy. The mayor thought we need to get some facts o£ the property tax and where the taxes go. He felt we would have a hard sell on streets this year because of all the work we have been doing on streets. The mayor called for a vote on the motion. All voting aye. RE: REVOLVING LOAN FUND TOPIC: (22,44,,,NURSING HOME,M.E.D.C.O.,A.M.E.T.,E.C.I.P.D.A.) Revolving Loan Fund- We still have not got the money from the sale of the Nursing Home. The mayor, Kay and Glen met with a company just west of town called A.M.E.T. M.E.D. C. O. has been working with them for a couple of years trying to keep them in the Rexburg area. Glen reported they are now showing some interest in the Penney's building. Previously they had talked about working with them on a deal at the Business Park but when they saw the Penney's building they showed some real interest. They are having some meetings with their accounts tonight to see what ]rind of funds they are going to need. They were talking about using some of the funds from the Revolving Loan Fund when the Nursing Home is paid off based on what they need and maybe setting up a loan to A. M.E.T. They make sophisticated welding machines, the software plus the hardware portion of it. Idaho Fa11e is trying to get them to go down there. A11 of their money comes from out of state. Clair Boyle reported he had tal)ced to their accountant and they want to go with us. They want to know what the interest per tentage would be. They employ about 21 people. They are using Ricks College students and hope they will come back and work after they Finish at H.Y.U. They are a solid company. They do computer design, electrical repairs and engineer electrical repairs. After Stephen looked at the zoning ordinance, he felt it would fit in that zone. A motion was made by Ny1e Fullmer to authorize the mayor or Glen, if the mayor is not available, Stephen and Richard to go ahead with the loan. Seconded by Kay Beclc. A11 Aye Richard told the council that E.C.I.P.D.A. administers the loans. RE: REPORT ON THE SKATE BOARD PARK TOPIC: (22,44,„ PUGMIRE*PAUL,GRANT,SKATEBOARD PARK,PORTER PARK) Paul Pugmire- Report on the skate board park. They have contacted the C.H.C Foundation in Idaho Palls, a private granting company, about the _... possibility of getting money to fund the skate board park. They have a biannual granting schedule and the deadline for the next round of applications is August 17 so his proposal for the council's consideration is that we submit an application to C.H.C. in this round °-- of applications on August 17. He said he would put together the application but it needs to be officially applied for by the City of Rexburg which means he would need a resolution from the council in order to submit this application and a cover letter from the mayor and council. He would like support to move forward. He does not know yet how much money they will aslc for. They are working with the architect and engineer to come up with some estimates. They are trying to keep their requests to not more than $30,000. $30,000 is kind of a cut off for C.H.C. As part of the application they would claim matching funds for the ground, for the city preparation, for the labor and for some of i _? (' the equipment that they will come in with. He did not ]chow the total cast of the project. He explained for the application they need a specific piece of ground and would like the N.E. corner of Porter Parlc. He and Ny1e Fullmer have gone door to door around the neighborhood. There is enthusiasm but not full support. Most of the neighbors are supportive but their is a pocket of negative people. They have gone around the South and East side and need to go around the rest of the area. (discussion) A motion was made by Kay Beck and eeconded by Nyle Fullmer to sponsor the application and support it. A11 Aye RE: MOFFET REQUEST TO CONNECT CITY WATER TOPIC: (22,45,,,WATER DEPT.,ZMPACT ZONE) The mayor discussed that Greg Moffet has some property that is barely in the city. They want to build a house on it. There is a 2" water line serving the houses along that road. Those houses are not in the city but have had water service. Our engineer and water department says we cannot hook anymore houses on that line. There needs to be a 12" line. Stephen told them we may be premature on this issue because they hit a 14" line out there today. We need to see how far it goes. The mayor said if it does not go out there it would cost us about $25,D00 for the city to oversize the line. RE: REPORT ON IRRIGATION MEETING TOPIC: (22,45,,,IRRIGATION,DITCHES) Glen reported on the Irrigation Meeting. They met with the ditch people and Ray Rigby. Ray recommended that we don't change anything now so we can keep our water rights. The mayor reminded the council of the City Party tomorrow night at 6:00 P.M. RE: SIDEWALK COMPLAINT AT ROSEWOOD SUEDIVISION TOPIC: (22,45,,,SIDEWALK,LINCOLN SCHOOL,ROSEWOOD) Kay said he had eome complaints about the Hastening's subdivision across from Lincoln School. They have left one lot without a sidewalk. We need to check it out and get them to put the eidewallc in. A complaint that that the people replacing the sod are doing a bad job. Kay questioned the stop sign up by Dr Crouch's house. It was felt there was no need for it and questioned who authorized it. Farrell reminded the council of the Air Show on Saturday. RE: IDAHO FALLS INTERESTED IN WATER SLIDE TOPIC: (22,46,,,POOL,PORTER PARK,WATER SLIDE) Stephen reported that Idaho Fa11s have on interest in our Water Slide. A motion was made by Ny1e Fullmer and seconded by Glen Pond to pay the bills. A11 Aye .. _.. A motion was made by Marsha to go into an executive session for a Personnel Matter. Seconded by Ny1e A11 aye. Meeting adjourned. s Mayor, Nihe L. Boyle t ~~ City ~Clerlc, ~R/,o'se Eagley