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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1982-03-16city council minutesBook 23 Page 80 REGULAR MEETING March 16, 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 Roll of the City Council was called with the following members present: L. Carter, J. Carter, Mallea, Betts, and Cowles. Absent: Raymond. (APPROVAL OF MINUTES) Councilwoman Mallea was recognized and stated that she would request that one item be added to the minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting held at 7:30 p.m. on March 2nd. Under the Basque presentation, no mention was made: with regard to the presentation by Councilman L. Carter on behalf of the Meals on Wheels. With that addition, Councilwoman Mallea MOVED, and it was SECONDED by Cowles that the minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting at Noon on March 2nd be approved as written, the minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting at 7:30 p.m. on March 2nd be approved as corrected, and the minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting,on March 9th be approved as written. (AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION) The Mayor asked if there was anyone in the bring anything before the City Council that Agenda. Since there was no one, the Mayor Meeting would continue as outlined. OLD BUSINESS (JUDGE BIRNBAUM °S CLAIM) MOTION CARRIED audience who cared to was not on the prepared declared that the The Mayor stated that he would refer the first item under Old Business to the Insurance Committee, Councilman Cowles_ Councilman Cowles said that with regard to this particular claim submitted by Judge Birnbaum, it has been nothing but a problem since receiving it. The fact that Councilman Cowles could not recommend to the City Council that at this point the City of Caldwell was responsible for any damages that have occurred and no claim by way of a monetary value has been placed on the damages, made it difficult for a recommendation. Councilman Cowles further said that he had gone to look at the damage several times and also the City Engineer had been to look at the damage. Councilman Cowles stated that he would ask that Mr. Redmond, the City Engineer, make a statement with regard to the claim. Until the Judge submitted a dollar figure, there was really nothing to go on. Everything was being done that was possible by the City of Caldwell at this time. Ron Redmond was recognized and informed the City Council that Ross Bethel, Superintendent of the Irrigation Department also went to the residence of Judge Birnbaum to look at the damage. The claim was based around a broken irrigation line that was leaking due to the rains that ran into the system and thereby, the leak ran into the garage and caused the damage. Mr. Bethel and his crew went up there and with the help of the Sewer Department found a leak_ The leak, however, was inside the concrete riser ring that supplies irrigation water to the property and not outside as originally supposed. :Based on the Irrigation",,,, ' 7' D,epar -tment ° s evaluation and testing, it appears that the waer that caused the damage was just surface runoff that came down the alley and over ran the edge of the alley and into the garage. At this point in time, it appeared that there was no fault on the part of the City of Caldwell. Mr. Bethel was asked to write his report in a memo form and pass the information to the insurance company. Book 23 Page 81 NEW BUSINESS (REDESIGNATING TENTH AVENUE AND FARMWAY) The Mayor stated that the first item under New Business was discussion regarding the redesi':gnatioz of Tenth Avenue and Farmway. This was discussed at the Roads and Streets Committee of the Chamber of Commerce and what they were talking about was that the primary arterial was Tenth Avenue: and there was nothing that could change that. Unfortunately, the School Boards have insisted on building schools on this particular Avenue and the Superintendent of Schools was adamant in not putting anymore traffic on Tenth Avenue. When the City of Caldwell receives Tenth Avenue, when the Northwest by pass goes in, and Fifth Street: was taken off the main access from Canyon Hill, it was the Mayor's opinion that Tenth was going to get an increase in traffic. The other point was that after Fifth Street was eliminated, Tenth Avenue was going to be the main access for delivery into the City of Caldwell and there was no way to stop this. The main reason to redesi..crnate Tenth Avenue was to give some distinction on the highways with markers for the City to control its traffic. It was the desire on the part of the Roads and Streets Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, with the exception of one vote, that Farmway and Tenth Avenue be redesignated. One would be designated Canyon County Number One and the other Canyon County Number Three. If it was a County designated road, then the City can put the designation for the street on the Interstate. Another reason was that designating Tenth as Canyon County Number One does have impact which was the philosophy behind the proposal. The .Mayor further said that he was mentioning this for the Council's information and he realized that as soon as the Press printed it there would be some controversy. Unless the City pulls the truck traffic off Tenth by definite designation, Tenth Avenue was going to have an extreme increase in truck: traffic. (OATH OF OFFICE TO POLICE OFFICERS AND AN AUXILIARY OFFICER) The Mayor called on the Chief of Police to present those who were to be given the Oath of Office at this time. The Chief was recognized and stated that it gave him a great deal of pleasure to present three people who were recruited and hired within the last two weeks to be on the staff of the Caldwell Police Department. He then introduced to the Mayor and City Council Garland Lewis and Steve Williams, -who would be sworn in as Police Officers. Also introduced was Debra Skoro, who would be sworn in as an Auxiliary Officer. The Chief of Police gave some explanation as to their background and experience. The City Clerk then administered the Oath of Office to the three new members of the Caldwell Police Department and they received the congratulations from the Mayor, Council, and members of the audience. (RESOLUTION NO. 15 -82 - TRANSFER OF PERPETUAL CARE INTEREST) The Mayor read Resolution No. 15 -82 in full as follows: RESOLUTION VOIDING RESOLUTION NO. 43 -77 WHICH DIRECTED TRANSFER OF PERPETUAL CARE INTEREST AND ESTABLISH NEW RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE MAYOR THROUGH THE TREASURER TO RETAIN INTEREST IN PERPETUAL CARE FOR THE CEMETERY. BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council, of the City of Caldwell, Idaho, that the Mayor be directed through the City Treasurer to maintain all interest received from the Perpetual Care Fund in the Perpetual Care Fund. The Mayor explained that some time ago when the City was short of funds in one of the Departments, the Council passed a Resolution taking the interest received from the Perpetual Care Fund to the Cemetery Fund. The Mayor then read Resolution No. 43 -77 that was previously passed by the City Council: Book 23 Page 82 RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE MAYOR AND FINANCE DIRECTOR TO TRANSFER PERPETUAL CARE INTEREST. BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council, City of Caldwell, that the Mayor be directed through the Finance Director to transfer any and all interest received from the Perpetual Care Fund to the Cemetery Fund to be expended for normal budget obligations. The transfer, of interest shall take place on or before September 30th of each budget year and be reported accordingly. MOVED by L. Carter, SECONDED by Betts that Resolution No. 15-82 be passed as presented by the Mayor. Roll call vote. Those: voting yes: L. Carter, J. Carter, Mallea, Betts, and Cowles. Those voting no: none. Absent and not voting: Raymond. MOTION CARRIED (RESOLUTION ON REHAB LOAN FOR MARIA AND SANTOS GARZA) The Mayor said that there was a :meeting with regard to this loan that afternoon, but he thought there was some further information from Councilman J. Carter at this time. Councilman Jack Carter informed the Mayor that he missed the meeting today so he dial not know the Rehab reasoning for making this loan. After looking it over, he found that the house was only two and a half years old. Councilman J. Carter further stated that he had gone over personally to inspect the property as he could not lalieve that the house could have as many problems. The house was built under the Self Help Program which was a noble idea that did not fly properly. The people did not receive proper supervision to build homes and they have never made a complaint to the Farmer's Home Administration, who made the loan on the property and backed the Program. It would. seem to him that this could be their first recourse to get the problems corrected rather than going through a Rehab Program. Councilman J. Carter said that he would grant that there was some problems with the house; not all of them were-- - original defects as there had been some things happen since. At this time, Councilman J. Carter stated that he would like to see the Resolution tabled until the Council was able to talk to the Rehab people and find their reason for proposing this loan. The Mayor, Councilman L. Carter and others on the City Council said that they would agree. The Mayor then asked for a motion. It was then MOVED by J. Carter, SECONDED by L. Carter that the Resolution for this Rehab Loan be tabled for further study. MOTION CARRIED (FINANCIAL REPORT) Councilman Betts reported that the Finance Committee went over the Requests for Payment. There was bills totalling $291,035.08 minus $75.00 that was pulled. from the bills due to one double payment and one other bill that would be saved until the new budget. There was a payroll of $180,329.82 of which $37,485.32 was Fringe Benefits. The total was $471,289.90. MOVED by Betts, SECONDED by Mallea that checks be issued and the Requests for Payment be filed in the City Clerk's Office. MOTION CARRIED (COMMITTEE REPORTS) Councilman J. Carter informed the Council and Mayor that he attended the Planning and Zoning Meeting and the request for the billboard sign that was previously discussed was withdrawn. Councilman L. Carter said that he attended the Golf Board of Control last Wednesday and the season tickets were selling well. The storm Book 23 Page 83 last week blew the roof off the clubhouse and also knocked down a large tree. He also attended the Senior Citizen's Meeting and they were in the process of enlarging the kitchen. Councilman Betts reported that he had a memo from George Grant, the part -time City Recreation Director. AT the last Parks and Recreation Meeting, there was quite a bit of discussion regarding the control devices at the swimming pool which meters and monitors the checmicals that go into the pool. The unit there now was installed when the pool was built and was getting old with a great number of breakdowns. Councilman Betts read the memo as follows: I am requesting that I be given the go ahead on a Stranatrol electronic unit for the swimming pool. It feeds all checmicals electronically into the pool. At the present time, our unit is functionally obsolete. It breaks down and will not feed the chemicals into the pool. This can be a serious health problem on our heavy days at the pool. This new unit will cost about $4,000; we will be given about $1,800 on our old one. The new unit costs a total of approximately $5,800 dollars with no trade. We are acting now because our man that installs them will be in the Valley in eight weeks on other business. He will install our unit at that time. The timing is just right as it takes about six weeks for the unit to get here on order. If we have it when he gets here, we will not be out expense for his air fare and .lodging on a special trip. MOVED by Betts, SECONDED by Cowles that approval be given for the purchase of the monitoring device pending budget review. MOTION CARRIED Councilman Letts further stated that he would like to call a Finance Meeting. After discussion, it was determined that there would be a Finance Meeting at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, March 22nd. (EXECUTIVE SESSION CALLED) The Mayor informed the City Council that the City Attorney asked for an Executive Session the next day at 1:00 p.m. The Mayor further stated that the Executive Session was to discuss personnel. (MAYOR'S COMMENTS) The Mayor reported that there was a DIVERT Meeting which was Do It Voluntarily, Encourage Reduced Taxes. There was also a meeting with Dee Naumann on the Clean up month. There was about twenty people at this meeting and there would be .a kickoff for the clean up month on April 3rd with the auction. It will start at 10:00 a.m. at the Fire Department for the smaller items and then in the afternoon at the City Shop for the larger items. The Police Chief requested that when the entire City's inventory was received that the Department Heads have the opportunity to drop by and look at the items before selling in case they could use them. It was required by law to advertise the auction and the list of inventory would be issued to the City Departments before it was published. The Mayor also said that he was going to start putting some pressure on people who have yards that were messy. There was an Ordinance regarding this and they would have to start cleaning them up. It was hoped that some volunteer help could be secured to help those who could not do it themselves. The Mayor also informed the Council that he wanted to have a meeting with regard to the adjusted sewer rates. He would have it on the Agenda for the Council Meeting on March 23rd and he would suggest that a suspense date be given on a decision. Councilman Betts also commented that it would probably be discussed at the Finance Meeting as well. Book 23 Page 84 Also mentioned by the Mayor was the fact that his VISTA Volunteer person accepted a full-time job so he-was looking for someone for this position. It was approved verbally by the Boise Office and it was not necessary to advertise for the position. A report was also received by the Council on the dog pound and the cost factor.involved. The Mayor stated that he was sending this on to the County now and there would be a report from the Accouhting Department as to the total amount. of monies received from impounded dogs last year. The Mayor also said that he would like to have a review committee for the engineering proposals for the water study. The committee would be Councilman L. Carter, Councilwoman Mallea, Ron Redmond and the Mayor. Mr. Redmond would set the date for the meeting. (CATERING PERMIT) The City Clerk presented one catering permit requested for the Motorcycle Club Races at the Fair Building in the Stadium Complex to be catered by The Corral for March 20th. The Chief of Police submitted his approval and the fee was paid to the Office of the City Clerk. MOVED by Mallea, SECONDED by J. Carter that approval be given for the Catering Permit as requested. MOTION CARRIED The Mayor informed the-City Council that during the storm last week there was also some damage to the Stadium. One of the big doors at the Fair Building was lost, a couple of the vents were damaged on the Fieldhouse, and a section of the fence around the Rodeo Grounds was knocked down. There being no further business, the Meeting was adjourned at 8:20 p.m. APPROVED AS written THIS 6th DAY OF April , 1982. i City ClP Counq1lman Cou ci a1i C,oVn,g)ilman ATTEST: Book 23 Page 85 EXECUTIVE SESSION March 17, 1982 1:00 P.M. The Meeting was called to order by Mayor McCloskey. The Roll of the City Council was called with the following members present: L. Carter, J. Carter, Mallea, Betts, and Cowles. Absent: Raymond. (EXECUTIVE SESSION CALLED) It was explained by the Mayor that this Executive Session was called by the City Attorney and was announced at the Regular'City Council Meeting the night before. MOVED by Mallea, SECONDED by Betts that the City Council convene into an Executive Session pursuant to Idaho State Code, Section 67 -2343 for the purpose of discussing personnel problems. Roll call vote. Those voting yes: Mallea, Betts, Cowles, L. Carter, and J. Carter. Those voting no: none. Absent and not voting: Raymond. MOTION CARRIED There being no further business, the Meeting was adjourned at 2:20 p.m. APPROVED AS written THIS 6th DAY OF April 1982 'M a yo .�- �„- --°- -- Councilman. Cozen ilman C ilman ATTEST: city C1