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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1964-04-16city council minutes221 COUNCIL CHAMBERS APRIL 16, 1964 4 :30 P. M. The Council met pursuant to call and acknowledgement of notice in the following form: We, the nndersigned Mayor and Members of the City Council of the City of Caldwell, Idaho, do each hereby acknowledge notice of a Special Meeting of the said City Council, to be held in the Council Chambers in the City Hall in the City of Caldwell, Idaho, at the hour of 4:30 P. M., on the 16th day of April, 1964, for the transaction of all business in connection with the following objects: Consideration of plane and specifications for local Improvement District No. 55. Witness our signatures this 16th day of April, 1964. n 1_ d Mayor P can lman uno ilmen Mayor N. E. "Coley* Smith presiding. Upon Roll Call, the following Councilmen answered present: K. L. Vassar, Max Laby, James W. "Bill' Keys, V. Jay Martin, Charles W. Carpenter, and C.'A. Davenport. Invitation to attend annual open house - State Historical Museum As information to the Council, Mayor Smith announced receipt of an invitation from H. J. Swinny, Director of the State Historical Museum, to attend their annual open house at the Museum in Julia Davie Park in Boise on Monday evening, April 20th, from 7 :30 until 10:00 P. M. Resolution No. 9 Mayor Smith stated the purpose of the meeting whereupon Councilman Vassar sponsored the following Resclution3 RESOLUTION NO. - 2 BY COUNCILMAN VASSAR A RESOLUTION APPROVM THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEKENTS IN LOCAL IMPROVE- MENT DISTRICT NO. 55 OF THE CITY OF CALDWELL, IDAHO, ADTHORIZINO THE INVITATION FOR BIDS AND SETTING A DATE FOR OPENING BIDS. WHEREAS, the Mayor and Council of the City of Caldwell, Idaho, have heretofore duly and regularly, as required by law, created Local Improvement District No. 55 of the City of Caldwell, Idaho, for the purpose of constructing in said district, improvements consisting of suitable curbs and gutters and street and alley valleys and for the purpose of surfacing, grading and oiling the streets therein; and WHEREAS, the City Engineer of the City of Caldwell has prepared and filed with the City Clark of said City, plans and specifications for the contraction of said improvements in said Local Improvement District No. 55 of the City of Galdwell, Idaho, which said plane and specifications have been presented to the Mayor and City Council and approved; and WHEREAS, it is desirable to invite bide for the construction of said improvemental NOW, THEREFORE, Be it resolved and ordered by the Mayor and Council of the City of Caldwell, Idal Section 1. That the plans and specifications heretofore prepared by the City Engineer and filed with the City Clerk of the City of Caldwell, for the construction of certain improvements authorized in said local Improvement District No. 55 of the City of Caldwell, Idaho, for the purpose of constructing in said district improvements consisting of suitable curbs and gutters and street and alley valleys and for the purpose of surfacing, grading and oiling the streets therein, be and the same are hereby approved. Section 2. That the City Clerk is hereby ordered to prepare and let invitations for bids and publish the same in the News- Tribune, official newspaper of the City of Caldwell, on April 18, April 25 and May 2, 1964 calling for the opening of said bide at the City Hall on May J6 1964, at the hour of 8:00 o'cloc P. M. in accordance with Section 50 -2936 of the Idaho Code. It was moved by Councilman Vassar, seconded by Councilman Laby that said Resolution No. 9 be passed. A roll call vote was called for when the following Councilmen voted in the affirmative: Vassar, Luby, Keys, Martin, Carpenter, and Davenport. Negative votes: non. Absent and not voting'- non. Mayor zz �. Smith declared that Resolution Ho. 9 had passed. Employment of City personnel as Volunteer Firemen discussed The advisability of employment of a regularly employed City employee as a Volunteer Fireman was briefly discussed with expressions from the Council being that such a policy might endanger employee relationships and establish an undesirable precedent. It was moved by Councilman Luby, seconded by Councilmans Davenport that the meeting adjourn subject to the motion for recess of the regular meeting held on April 6, 1964. A vote was taken and the motion unanimously carried. The meeting adjourned at 4:45 P. M. Mayor c ity C CODNCIL CHAMBERS APRIL 20, 1964 8:00 P. M. The Council met pursuant to recess and acknowledgement of notice in the following form: We, the undersigned Meyor and Members of the City Council of the City of Caldwell, Idaho, do each hereby acknowledge notice of a Recessed Meeting of the said City Council, to be held in the Council Chambers in the City Ball in the City of Caldwell, Idaho, at the hour of B1 0O P. M., on the 20th day of April, 1964, for the transaction of all business in connection with the following object: New and unfinished business. Witness our signatures this 20th day of April, 1964. Mayo Co uncl an rrounc l ouncilman Counc Mayor N. E. a lay Smith preaid Upon Boll Call, the following Councilman answered presents E. L. Vassar, V. Jay Martin, Charles W, Carpenter, and C, A. Davenport. Absents Max Luby and James W. "Bill" Xeys. Purchase of Street Sweeper authorised Mayor Smith stated that the first order of business for this meeting would be the re- submission of the bide on the street sweeper which had been an item of unfinished business from the meeting on April 6, 1964. (see minutes - page 211). The bids were reviewed with Mayor smith lnfoxming the Council that the Shop Foreman had reported a list of parts which would fit a current model dayne Sweeper in an amount, at retail value, of $1,790.07 including the pick -up broom fiber in stock amounting to 1,200 lbs and an obsolete list of parts which could be turned back for credit in an amount of $227.43. City Engineer Mel Lewis pointed out that, in every instance, each of the items listed would not be retail value but for the most part, the amounts listed were what the City had paid and, in every instance, the amounts reflected were what the City would get back on the parts or would be the value of the parts to the City, if used. Councilman Davenport inquired if he understood that these parts would be a lose if the City didn't purchase a Wayne Sweeper whereupon, Mayor Smith stated that if the City didn't buy a Wayne Sweeper, they would have to try and find a purchaser for the parts. It was moved by Councilman Vassar, seconded by Councilman Davenport that the bid for the new street sweeper be awarded to Arrowhead Machinery & Supply Co. at a total cost of $14,911.87 less the trade - in allowed in an amount of $2,500.00 with the balance to be paid in three equal yearly payments of $4,137.29 and that the Mayor ad City Clerk be authorised to execute the necessary agreement on behalf of the City of