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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1982-01-19 city council minutesBook 23 Page 22 REGULAR MEETING January 19, 1982 7:30 p.m. The Meeting was called to order by Mayor McCluskey. The Mayor requested that everyone stand and give the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. The Mayor asked the two Patrol Leaders of the Boyd Scout Troop #228 to step forward and lead the group in the Pledge of Allegiance. The Mayor explained that this Scout Troop was under the leadership of Noble Dean as the Scoutmaster and Al Miller as the Assistant Scout Master and he would welcome them to the Council Meeting. The Roil of the City Council was called with the following members present: Raymond, L. Carter, J. Carter, Mallea, Betts, and Cowles. Absent: none. (APPROVAL OF MINUTES) It was MOVED by Cowles, SECONDED by J. Carter to dispense with the reading of the minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting of January 5, 1982, the Regular City Council. Meeting of January 12, 1982, and the Executive Session of January 19, 1982, and approve them as written. MOTION CARRIED (AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION) The Mayor asked if there was anyone in the audience who cared to bring anything before the City Council at this time that was not on the prepared Agenda. Since there was no one, the Mayor declared that the Meeting would continue as outlined. OLD BUSINESS (REPORT ON HEARING WITH DIVISION OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND DISCUSSION) The Mayor stated that he would report with regard to this hearing as he was the person in attendance. There was to be a Committee with regard to this item and after talking with Councilman J. Carter, it was determined at this time that the City of Caldwell will not even be qualified to put in an application for a grant. This was because the City of.Caldwell. has an ongoing Rehab Grant. There was one section that specified this, but the Mayor did state that he would like for the Council to plan for the next year or-at least for the future. Mr. John Bonham, the Head.of the H.U.D. Unit for Region Ten, assured the Mayor that Caldwell would get the last leg of the grant and there would be no problems. (REPORT ON THE PERSONNEL POLICY AND PERSONNEL ADVISORY BOARD) The Mayor explained to'-the City Council that the Board- would consist of the following personnel: Mayor, Personnel Of'f_icer,.One Department Head, Council President, Council Member, Public'Works.Director or the Police Chief, one non- officer. of Employees +. "Association, and one employee at large (from Fire or Police Assoc.). The Mayor then asked Ron Redmond to give a brief report with regard to the Policy. Mr. Redmond stated that he had distributed revised copies of the Policy to all the City Council members. It was Mr—Redmond's recommendation that one more workshop be scheduled to finalize the Policy. After discussion, it: was determined that the workshoi would be on Monday, January 25th, at 8:30 a.m. (DATE ESTABLISHED FOR SAFETY TRAINING WORKSHOP) The Mayor explained that Ore -Ida Foods has offered.to take Caldwell as a test City to put on a Safety Training Workshop. They have a very effective safety training program in th6ir` plant as it has received national recognition. They were willing to work with the City of Caldwell as a pilot program to assist the City in getting a program started. The only request they made was that all of the City Council and the Administration become involved in the first Book 23 Page 23 session. The Mayor then read the following letter from Dennis Davis, the Safety Director for the City of Caldwell: The date of March 9, 1982, at 1:30 p.m. has been set for a workshop with Ore -Ida Foods Safety personnel. The program is going to address training procedures for City owned and operated equipment. This includes both on and off road vehicles. Your attendance is essential to the success of the program. If you have any conflict with the set date or time, please contact me immediately. Note; Would all supervisors make a list of the equipment you presently have or are planning to buy. (TOWN HALL MEETING - WATER RATES) The Mayor announced that on Wednesday night, the 20th of January, at 7:00 p.m. there would be a Town Hall Meeting at the City Hall in relation to water rates. The City of Caldwell, the Mayor felt sure, would have to raise the water_rates.as the City of Caldwell was unbelievably below any other City in the State of Idaho. The Mayor and Council wanted to go to the public.with the proper information as to why this raise was necessary. There was a group selected of fourteen people throughout the City from all walks of life who use various amounts of water and were in various financial situations. This group will act as a sounding board for the City Council. Mr. Phil Leahy will explain the program to them and they in turn will ask questions. Anyone else in the audience will have the right to write a question on a piece of paper and hand to one of the fourteen people for their determination as to whether it was logical and if so, will transmit it on to Mr. Leahy. (DATE OF SYSTEMS ACTION PUBLIC HEARING) The Mayor explained that this was a Public Hearing scheduled for January 27th, at 7:30 p.m. in the City Hall. This was with regard to the State's desire to turn Tenth Avenue from Cleveland to the Interstate over to the City of Caldwell and take it off the State Highway System. In attendance besides the Mayor and Council, will be members of the Road and Streets Committee of the Chamber of Commerce. A Committee was appointed from the City Council to do some study on this proposal and a report of that meeting was in the Council's basket. There was also a statement made up by the City Engineer and a recommendation from him. The Mayor stated that he would appreciate it if the Council members would read all of the information with regard to -this proposal from the State as he would like a firm stand on it. NEW BUSINESS (OATH OF OFFICE TO JOHN SHIRTS - POLIC:E OFFICER) The Mayor stated that this was the time set for the Oath of Office to be given to John Shirts, a new Pblice Officer. Before asking the City Clerk to administer this Oat1.z, the Mayor requested that the Chief of Police give a brief summary of what was required to become a Police Officer in the City of Caldwell. The Chief then did explain to the audience, and particularly the Boy Scouts in attendance, just what was done in the way of testing, background investigation, and etc., to become a Police Officer. After this discussion, the City Clerk administered the Oath of Office to John Shirts, the new Police Officer,and he received the congratulations from the Council, Mayor, and audience. (QUESTIONS FROM THE BOY SCOUT TROOP) The Mayor then requested that the City Council allow Item Number six on the A -enda to be moved to this time on the Agenda as the Scout Troop had requested that they be allowed to ask some questions and were unable to stay after 8:00 p.m. It was then MOVED by Mallea, SECONDED by Betts that Item Number Six under New Business be addressed at this time as Number Two on the Agenda under New Business. "iy�ii 60 wo34Nz;9tzca Book 23 Page 24 The Mayor then opened the.Meeting to the Boy Scouts for their questions to the City Council. (CATERING PERMIT) The City Clerk presented one catering permit for approval by the City Council. This was requested by the Corral to cater at the O'Connor Fieldhouse for the Basque Dance which was to be held on January 23rd. The Permit was approved by the Chief of Police and the fee was paid to the Office of the City Clerk. MOVED by Mallea, SECONDED by L. Carter that,approval be given for the Catering Permit as presented by the City Clerk. MOTION CARRIED (REQUEST FOR NEW BEER LICENSE - PENNYWISE) The Mayor read a letter received from the Chief of Police giving his report on the background investigation for this request stating that there was no reason for not allowing this beer license for packaged beer at Pennywise Drug. The Mayor also informed the Council that all the application forms were in order and the fee paid to the Office of the City Clerk. MOVED by L. Carter, SECONDED by Mallea that this request for a new beer license at Pennywise Drug be granted. MOTION CARRIED (DAMAGE CLAIM FROM KENNETH WARNER) The Mayor informed the City Council that he had .talked with Mr. Warner on the telephone with regard to this claim and Mr. Warner did bring to City Hall a note.with some costs-on it. The Mayor talked to the City's Roads and Streets Department.and it was felt that Mr. Warner had a valid claim. He.did,_however, state that he would like to turn this claim over to the Claim Committee to get the details on this claim and bring back to the Council with their recommendation. The Mayor then gave.to Councilman Cowles - -' the name and what little.informa=ion . he had at this time and ask that the Committee look into the claim further. (CHANGE ORDER NO. 25 - TREATMENT PLAN`.P PROJECT) The next item was the Change Order No. 25 for the Treatment Plant. The Mayor called on the City Engineer, Ron Redmond, to report with regard to this item. Mr. Redmond stated that hopefully this would be one of the final change orders for this project. He had received the final estimate on this change and was one of the items recommended by Parametrix to pay. It was in the amount of $260.00 for a culvert extension on the access road. Mr. Redmond further commented that to bring the Council up to date on the Plant; there was to be a final inspection on the plant on Thursday. The Department of Health and Welfare representative from the State would be here as well as a representative from Parametrix. There was a final estimate prepared by Parametrix and signed off by Vipco. Vipco was reserving a claim, but Change Order No. 25 was the last change order that was being recognized by.Parametrix as valid. Vipco had four different items that total up to about $2,000 that they are reserving claims on. Mr. Redmond further said that he had not had a chance to talk to either Parametrix or Vipco as yet so there may be one more to consider. This present change order was a valid claim. MOVED by Raymond, SECONDED by Betts that the City of Caldwell honor Change Order No. 25 and it be processed for payment. MOTION CARRIED Mr. Redmond further informed the City Council that he would prepare them a summary sheet of the project. Book 23 (RECOGNITION OF SCOUT TROOP #205) Page 25 The Mayor recognized the presence of Scout Troop #205. Mr. Buzzell, the Scoutmaster, explained that they were an Explorer Scout Troop present at the meeting with regard to a Merit Badge on Communisations. They were to listen to the City Council and the Mayor communicate at this meeting and after leaving they would discuss what they had learned from the communication in this meeting. One of the Scouts was also interested in discussing_ with the Mayor a possible Eagle Scout Project. Councilman Betts asked if it would be possible to have a report from the Scouts as to what they learned at this particular meeting by the communication between the City Council members and the Mayor. (LETTER FROM A.I.C.) The Mayor read a letter received from John 0. Cotant, Jr., President of the Association of Idaho Cities asking the Mayor if he he would accept an appointment to serve out the remaining five months of Ernie Starr's term on the Board of Directors. This appointment was to be through June 19, 1982, at which time the delegates to the Association's Annual Conference will elect someone to a full two year term for that Board position. The Mayor informed the Council that he did write a letter of acceptance and also let it be known that he would campaign I -or the permanent position. (FINANCIAL REPORT) The Mayor called on Councilman Betts to give the Financial Report. Councilman Betts reported that the Finance Committee did go over the Requests for Payment for this month. There was checks in the amount of $330,848.96; a Payroll of $177,835.54 of which $36,633.25 was Fringe Benefits. MOVED by Betts, SECONDED by J. Carter that the checks be issued and the Requests for Payment be filed in the City Clerk's Office. MOTION CARRIED (COMMITTEE REPORTS) Councilwoman Mallea said that she would report first on Alta William's reception which was very nice and she would thank all for attending. Mrs. Williams called her and ask ;,that she remind the Council that the Stadium Board Meeting was the next day at noon and the Friend's of the Library Semiannual Meeting will be at Noon on January 25th at the Elks. Councilwoman Mallea also said she would remind the Council again of the Basque Dance which will be January 23rd at the Fieldhouse. Councilman L. Carter reported that he did attend the Golf Board of Control Meeting and they went over different projects they have in mind. He also attended the Senior Citizens Board Meeting which was a nice meeting and the Center was looking good. He again said that he would like for the City Council members to be his guests at their Wednesday noon luncheon as soon as it can be arranged. Councilman Raymond informed the City Council that he would not be in town for the next Tuesday noon meeting. He also said that he would like to comment on a letter about the Canyon County Fire Chief's Association dinner on Thursday night at the Golden Pheasant. He felt that the City Council members would find it very informative. The Mayor.further said that he would like to have at least two of the Council members attend this dinner. Dave LeRoy was to be the speaker. Councilman Raymond and Councilman Cowles both informed the Mayor that they would attend. Councilman Raymond also informed the Council that Representative Larry Craig was going to be in the area on Saturday afternoon at the Elks Lodge and would be available: for any questions. Councilman Cowles also reported that he attended the Senior Citizen's Meeting and felt that they were a very positive group and he was looking forward to working with them. Book 23 Page 26 Councilman Betts was recognized and stated that at this time he would like to resign from the City - County Jail Committee and would ask that the Mayor appoint somebody else who might be more effective Councilman Raymond stated that his intention in contacting Commission Jensen was to talk about communications between the City and the County and not to just talk about the jail situation. Councilman Betts further said that he did not feel that he was effective on the Committee and if Councilman Raymond felt that he'might have a chance he should do so. The Mayor stated that this would be fine. (MAYOR'S COMMENTS) 1. Removal of street barriers at Michigan.on College,property. The Mayor stated that he had told the Roads and Streets Department, and it was done, to remove the street barriers at Michigan. This was right in front of the old Boone house which was from Cleveland over to Ash. There was a lot of complaints with regard to this barrier; one in the paper and one from an attorney. The Mayor further said that he had talked with Dr. DeRosier and he felt that the barrier was of no importance at this time and it was agreed between them that it would be appropriate to remove it at this time. Councilman Raymond discussed this with the Mayor and questioned as tc whether the removal should be done as the intent was to facilitate a closed campus which the College was working towards. The Mayor further said that Dr. DeRosier was quite adamant in that he did not wan to ui et the community in the area. This was the reason the Mayor asked that the Barrier be moved right away. The barriers were temporary and put there originally to get the feelings of the public. 2. The Mayor reported that there would be a Crime Prevention Committee Meeting on the 27th of January in the City Hall at noon. 3. The Mayor further informed the Council that he had a call from tr President of.the Student Body at the College of Idaho and they were attempting to get together and have some kind of community project. He was to meet with the Mayor the next day and if anyone had azay ideas for a project, he would appreciate them sharing it with him There being no further business, the Meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m. APPROVED AS written THIS 2nd DAY OF February < 1982 ATTEST: City Clerk'