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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978-02-13city council minutesBook 19 Page 39 SPECIAL MEETING February 13, 1978 4:00 P.M. The Meeting was called to order by Mayor Pasley. The Roll of the City Council was called with the following members present: McCluskey, Williams, Raymond, and Bauman. Absent: Olesen and Hopper. (IRRIGATION ASSESSMENTS FOR 1978) The Mayor explained that this meeting was called according to Section 50 -1807 of the Idaho State Code which states that on the second Monday in February of each year the City Council shall meet and make estimate of the necessary funds for the expenses of maintaining, operating, improving and extending and enlarging said city irrigation system for the ensuing calendar year. On or before the first of March of each year, the City Clerk must give notice of the time the Mayor and City Council shall meet to correct the assessments. This notice shall be published twice in intervals of not less than six days in the official newspaper. The meeting to correct the assessments must be before the 20th of March. The Mayor stated that according to figures from the Treasurer`s Office, the City of Caldwell was not taking in enough money for irrigation tolls to meet expenses. The Caldwell Municipal Irrigation was not charging as much as the other irrigation systems. The Mayor felt that the personnel in the Irrigation Department would have to be rearranged so that the expenses would not exceed the budget. This could be 'done by using them in other departments such as the road department for projects which would eliminate the expense in the Irrigation Department.' The Mayor said that he felt the City could not increase the toll more than $2.00 per lot, but he also felt that there,just laad to be some increase. The expenses for the year 1978 totaled $113,542.00 for a twelve month period. The City took in $91,753.00 of which $15,984.00 was transferred from the Sanitation Department making the actual income from tolls $75,769.00. Much discussion followed these comments by the Mayor. Councilman McCluskey felt that the City Council must sit down and discuss the possibilities of using the Irrigation personnel for other projects and cut the expense down in the Irrigation Department. Work had been started in going over the irrigation assessment rolls to see if they were all correct and to make the corrections as needed. The Council agreed that this work must be done as it could make a great difference in the amount that was collected. It was agreed that bids should be' "asked.for and an engineering firm hired to complete this work. - A copy of last year's Resolution was given to each of the City Council members for their study. The proposed resolution was read by title as follows: RESOLUTION FIXING ASSESSMENTS OF THE CALDWELL MUNICIPAL IRRIGATIONSYSTEM FOR THE YEAR 1978 The Resolution will be considered at the March 7th Regular City Council Meeting. Book 19 Page 40 MOVED by McCluskey, SECONDED by 'Raymond that approval be given for an increase of $2.00 per lot making it $12.10 per lot for 1978 and that the $24.00 per acre remain the same for 1978 and that a formal bid on redoing the assessment rolls for the Irrigation be presented to the City Council within 30 days and that the job be completed in 120 days after the contract date. The Mayor called for a roll call vote on the motion. Those voting yes: McCluskey, Williams, Raymond, and Bauman. Those voting no: none. Absent and not voting: Olesen and Hopper. MOTION CARRIED The following notice will be published in the local.paper on February 18th and February 25th: WHEREAS, On the 13th day of ,February, 1978, the Mayor and Council of the City of Caldwell, Idaho,.; did make an estimate of the necessary funds required for the expenses of maintaining, operating, improving, extending and enlarging Caldwell Municipal Irrigation System for the calendar year 1978, which estimate did also include a,reasonable sum, not.to exceed ten.percent (10 %) of the total estimate, for the anticipated unpaid delinquent taxes; and WHEREAS, Such assessment has been carried out by the Clerk of the City of Caldwell and entered under appropriate columns on the assessment roll of said Caldwell Municipal Irrigation Systems; _NOTICE,is, hereby given that the Mayor and Council of the City of Caldwell, Idaho, will meet at a Board of Corrections on the 7th day of March, 1978, at the hour of 7:30 o'clock in the Council Chambers in the City. Hall of the City of Caldwell,, Idaho, to correct the assessments so levied and assessed; when and where any person desiring to make objections'to the assessment so levied and assessed may appear . DATED this 13th day of February, 1978. There being no further business, the Meeting was adjourned at 4:40 P.M. APPROVED AS written THI'S 21st DAY OF February , 1978. 1 f � p L�-, I =Jr,- City Cl ATTEST: