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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01 11 1977 CM COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES 153 January ll, 1977 Minutes of the regular council meeitng held in the city municipal building January ll, 1977. Present: Mayor John O. Cotant, Jr., Counccilmen Boyd L. Fullmer, Dwain A. Kinghorn, Earl L. Romriell and Wayne G. Taylor. Attorney Don Burnett, Engineer John Alder and Clerk Vera Armstrong. Mayor Cotant called meeting to order at 8:00 p.m. Mayor Cotant asked for corrections or additions to December 14, 28 and January 4 minutes. Councilman Kinghorn asked that December 28 minutes be corrected under heading "Proposed stipulation and order" (Denny Jones) to read" Council felt a 7 ft. fence in height should be required on all sides and be screened." Councilman Fullmer moved to approve minutes of December 14, 28 and January 4th be approved as corrected. Councilman Romriell seconded motion and all councilmen voted in favor. Mayor Cotant asked all councilmen to retain their present department assignments which are: Boyd L. Fullmer - Parks and Recreation Department and council member to serve on the Municipal Improvements and Services Advisory Board. Dwain A. Kinghorn - Water Department and council member to serve on the Planning and Zoning Commission. Earl L. Romriell - Sewage and Sanitation Department and Southeast Idaho Council of Governments representative. Wayne G. Taylor - Police and Street Department. MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENTS AND SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD APPOINTMENTS - Mayor Cotant submitted the following names to be appointed on the MI & SAB; Pat Collard, Sorrell Drive; Kitty Sheehy, Tahoe Street; and Dean Renfrow, Mingo Lane. Mayor informed council another member is still needed to fill the vacancies on the board. Councilman Kinghorn moved the council approve the appointments of Kitty Sheehy, Pat Collard and Dean Fenfrow to the MI & Sab. Councilman Fullmer seconded motion with all councilmen voting in favor. INTERIM APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE # 174 - appropriating certain sums of money to defray expenses of city until the annual appropriation ordinance is adopted was read in full by Mayor Cotant. Total amount of appropriation ordinance is $326,500.00. Councilman Taylor moved to dispense with rule of reading ordinance on three separate days. Councilman Romreill seconded motion. Roll call vote: Fullmer, yes; Kinghorn, yes; Romriell, yes, Taylor, yes. Councilman Kinghorn moved to adopt Interim Ordinance #174. Councilman Taylor seconded motion. Roll call vote: Fullmer, yes; Kinghorn, yes; Romriell, yes; Taylor, yes. RESOLUTION # 2-77 approving payment of the following claims submitted on 1.5 MG water reservoir construction; American Testing Laboratories Inc.: $533.50; Forsgren~ Perkins and Associates P.A. =$551.74 and Empire Construction Company : $4,971~45~f?om. the W~ter Revenue Bond Construction and Acquisition Fund reaa in ~u~/ Dy Mayor bo~ant. Councilman Romriell moved to pass Resolution # 2-77. Councilman Fullmer seconded motion. Roll call vote: Fullmer, yes; Kinghorn, yes; Romriell, yes. Councilman Taylor abstained from voting as his construction company submitted one of the above claims. 155 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNCIL TO PROVIDE FOR SPECIAL CENSUS read in full by Mayor Cotant. Council discussed advantages of conducting a census in May or September. Mayor and Council decided it would be more advantageous to the city to plan for the census to be taken in September. Resolution will be considered prior to that time. BID ON CLEANING OF FIRE STATION - Mayor Cotant read a bid submitted by Bee Cleaning for the cleaning of the fire station meeting room and stairways with once per week cleaning for an amount of $42.00 per month. Councilman Fullmer moved the council approve the bid of $42.00 for the cleaning of the fire station with city to review the bid in 90 days for satisfaction of cleaning and city reserve the right to renew or call for new bids at their discretion. Councilman Kinghorn seconded motion. All councilmen voted in favor of motion. ALTURAS PARK SUBDIVISION APPROVAL - Roger Seaton, developer and Bob Thompson, engineer were present and requested acceptance of street development, sewer and water utility lines in the Alturas Park Subdivision and acceptance of maintenance of same by city. Engineer Alder said a valve box needs cleaned. Mayor Cotant asked for assurance of well being drilled. Bob Thompson and Roger Seaton said letters from Mr. Seaton and the bank had been delivered to city. Engineer Alder and City clerk Vera Armstrong has not received or seen these form or letters. Councilman Kinghorn moved to accept the Alturas Park street development and water and sewer utility lines for maintenance provided the valve box is cleaned and letter guaranteeing well will be drilled and letter from bank guaranteeing money is available for the well construction are furnished to the city. Councilman Taylor seconded motion. The vote was unanimous in favor of motion. CHUBBUCK PLAZA INDUSTRIAL PARK - Engineer Bob Thompson asked for the Chubbuck Industrial Park final plat to again be considered for acceptance. Engineer Thompson informed council that Glen Marshall has only an easement for the access to the Chubbuck Plaza Industrial Park and that Mr. Marshall would be willing for these streets to be private streets. Council discussed problems of a subdivision with private streets. Mayor and council all voiced opinion that the access strees as well as the streets within the subidvision should be dedicated to the city. Attorney Don Burnett said he could not advise city on easement as he has not seen the access easement. Bob Thompson handed Attorney Burnett a description only of the easeemnt this evening. Mayor and Council informed Bob Thompson the city prefers the streets be dedicated and would take no action this meeting. ALTURAS PARK SEWER LINES - Bob Tho~pson~ engineer asked if city had entered into minutes the reason the larger and deeper sewer line was installed in Alturas Park was to provide sewer to the acreage north of the Alturas Park Subdivision. Roger SEaton requested this addition to the minutes on April 27 and it has been added to April 13 minutes. FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR DECEMBER presented to Mayor and Council. 157 CLAIMS TO BE PAID IN JANUARY PRESENTED to Mayor and Council Council discussed city employees driving vehicles to their homes during lunch hour and at end of working days. Council also discussed the necessity of city personnel buying new wheel rims when used ones can be used for snow tires. After further review of claims Councilman Romriell moved to pay the claims. Councilman Taylor seconded motion. All councilmen voted in favor of motion. GENERAL BUSINESS 1. Junk Cars ~ Attorney Burnett informed council he had talked to Marvin Christensen about the cars he has parked on the Valenty property on East Chubbuck Road. 2. Councilman Romriell asked about the Hiline Road area rezoning of Parrishes. Attorney Burnett advised city that any rezoning should await approval of comprehensive plan and the city is awaiting coordination with other governmental units of impact areas and comprehensive plans. Also that a hearing on comprehensive plan could be combined with any re- zoning request which would be a part of the new comprehensive plan. 3 Meetings on codification. Attorney Don Burnett suggested the following: Two meetings to land use, one meeting to police ordinances and a third meeting for city administration ordinances, one meeting with MI & SAB. Tuesday nights were suggested with meetings starting at 4:00 and breaking at 6:30 p.m. with council meetings being held at 8:00 p.m. Attorney Burnett prefers land use meetings be held first on codification and this would also further the Local Land Use Planning Act of 1975. The following meeting dates were set; Land Use on January 25, and February l; MI & SAB on February 8th; Police ordinances on February 15; Administrative ordinances on February 22. 4. Earl Ellis Case - Attorney Burnett informed council he was working on getting this case set for a hearing. 5. Pipe for Hiline Canal - Engineer Alder informed council the canal company requires concrete pipe. RESOLUTION # 3-77 providing that the city shall continue to develop its comprehensive plan in cooperation with other affected governmental units as required by the Local Planning Act of 1975, and shall complete the formulation of its plan no later than June, 1977. Councilman Romriell moved to adopt Resolution # 3-77. Councilman Taylor seconded motion. Roll call vote: Fullmer~ yes~ Kinghorn, yes; Romriell yes; Taylor, yes. ' DENNY JONES STIPULATION AND COURT ORDER - Mayor and council reviewed the newly prepared stipulation which calls for a 6 ft. fence. Mayor and council still feels that a 7 ft. fence in height should be required. Mayor to review the 7 ft. high fence requirement with Dennis JOnes. BUNCE SUBDIVISION - Mark Bunce and John Alder presented a new proposed sub- division plat which will be south of the Chatterton subdivision and Mount- lake Terrace subdivision. Mr. Bunce and Mr. Alder proposed exchanging a 4.4 acre park in this proposed subdivision in exchange for the 1.27 acre park within the Bunce extended subdivision. Attorney Burnett advised Mr. Bunce and Mr. Alder to make any changes in the Bunce Extended Subdivision would necessitate vacating a portion of plat and replatting same. Mayor and council voiced interest in the proposed exchange. Councilman Fullmer moved meeting be adjou~ned/~at ll:30]~m. L/John O. Cotant, Jr., M~ayor wrd ~. ~rmStrong, Ul%y