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Bartender Permits be approved and that the permits be issued, A vote waa taken and the motion carried. 1
Airport Administration building discussed 1
Mayor Smith informed the Council that the new administration building at the Airport hadn't been
started as yet and that he understood there was some disagreement over some amount in the cost.
Swim Pool - change in hours discussed
Councilman Davenport reported that there was some consideration being given presently to a possible
change in the hours for swimming at the swim pool. If approved, the hours for opening might be changed to
1:00 p.m. rather than 2:00 p.m. and the time of closing from 9:00 p.m. to B:00 p.m.
Bills for Mid -July
It was moved by Councilman Martin, seconded by Councilman Keys, that the warrants for claims be
approved as per list and filed in the City Clarkts office. Such warrants being in the totals as follows:
Warrant Numbers 602 thru 643, General Fund: ----------------- ---------- ---- °- - - - - -- $ 6,841.10
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Warrant Numbers 299 thru 31h, Water & Sewer Fund: Water -------------------- - - - - -- 297.45
Water, Capital --------- - - - - -- 575.64
Treatment Plant ---------- - - - - -- 369.26
Water, General Office --- 94.63
Warrant Numbers 576 thru 628, Special Funds- Fire - -- 1,640.92
Cemetery -------------- °-- - - -- -- 257.80
street -------- --- -- ------ - - -- -- 3,414.03
Streat, Capital ---------- - - - - -- 1,927.00 I'
Sanitation --------------- - - - - -- 67.25
Sanitation Contract ------ - - - - -- 446.34
Armory-- --------- ----- ------ --- 120.00
Irrigation ----------- ---- - - ---- 78.99
L.I.D. #62 -------------- -- - - -- 4,256.81
L.I.D. #62 (int. financing) - - - -- 8,000.00
$28,387.22 _
A vote was taken and the motion carried.
It was moved by Councilman Martin, seconded by Councilman Davenport, that the meeting adjourn. A
was taken and the motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 9 :00 P. M.
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COUNCIL CHAMBERS
JULY 29, 1968
5:oD P. M.
The Council met pursuant to call and acknowledgement of notice in the following form:
We, the undersigned Yayor and Members of the City Council of the City of Caldwell. Idaho, do hereby
acknowledge notice of a Special Meeting of the said City Council to be held in the Council Chambers in the
City Nall in the City of Caldwell, Idaho, at the hour of 5:00 P. M., on the 29th day of Jnly, 1968, for the
transaction of all business in connection with the following object: To make a decision on Cable Television
for Caldwell.
Witness our signatures this 29th day of July, 1968.
Mayor
Mayor N. E. "Coley" Smith presiding.
Upon Roll Call, the following Councilmen answered present: Charles C. Banks, William S. Harrison,
James W. "Hill" Keys, V. Jay Martin, Charles W. Carpenter, and C. A. "Chet" Davenport. _
Mayor Smith stated the purpose of the call and said that he knew the Council had studied this out
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and probably were ready to make a decision so the chair would entertain a motion regarding the matter before
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Councilman Martin stated that it needed to be understood that the City Attorney would need to draw f
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proper document and moved an award of the television franchise be made to the joint venture of KBOI and
'VB with the franchise amount to be resolved in the proper ordinance at a later date. The motion was
seconded by Councilman Davenport.
Mayor Smith stated that he knew this action was being taken by the Council after a lot of consider.
ation and the thinking was that this was the beat way to render both good free and cable television to the
public in the City of Caldwell; that he concurred with it fully.
A roll call vote was called for when the following Councilmen voted in the affirmatives Hanks,
Harrison, Keys, Martin, Carpenter, and Davenport. Negative votes: none. Absent and not voting: none. The
Mayor declared that the motion had carried and the City of Caldwell was now on record of awarding a franchise
to the joint venture of KBOI and KTVB. He stated that he would like to announce that there would be a press
conference at 10:00 a.m. the next morning in the Council Chambers for a fuller explanation of the action
In brief discussion, expressions were made by the Council in that the action would make cable
television available to the citizens of Caldwell with it being their decision as to whether they bought it ox
not with the fees, etc., to be controlled by the Council and with preservation of better free television.
r Garbage service by Contractor discussed
Before adjourning, Councilman Harrison raised a question concerning part of the conditions for the
� extnaion of the contract with the present Contractor for the hauling of garbage and trash within the City
and stated that he understood, at the time, that additional trucks would be used and as a consequence those
residents not having their garbage and trash hauled on a holiday would have a pick -up on the following day
and this wasn't being done.
It was suggested that this be taken up with the City Sanitation Officer and he could then disease
the matter with the Contractor.
It was moved by Councilman Keys, seconded by Councilman Hanks, that the meeting adjourn. A vote
was taken and the motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 5:15 P. M.
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Cit Cle�
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
AUGUST 5, 1968
8;00 P. M.
The regular monthly meeting of the City Council met in the Council Chambers of the City Hall with
Mayor N. E. "Coley" Smith presiding.
Upon Roll Call, the following Councilmen answered present: William S. Harrison, James W. "Bill"
Kays, V. Jay Martin, Charles W. Carpenter, and C. A. "Chet" Davenport. Absent: Charles C. Hanks.
Cable Television Franchise discussed
&. Addisen Barry was recognized and with reference to a cable television franchise, said not that
he thought that the Councilmen made a poor decision but it was the way the decision had been made leaving
more questions unanswered than were answered. He said that to start with and, as he had said in his letter,
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you talked about the quality we were going to get on the free T.V. but you said nothing about the quality of
the paid T.V.; secondly, it was his understanding that documents had been forwarded to the Anti -Trust
r Division of the Justice Department in San Francisco, California concerning this action.
In answer to the question by Mayor Smith as to where he had obtained this information, Mr. Barry
answered that it was given to him. Mayor Smith stated that he didn't know if it was factual but to go ahead.
Mr. Barry stated that he was looking for information and was not trying to pick a fight but that he
thought their action was not quite ethical for a group of gentlemen who were always talking about free enter-
(prise in the. American system and he did not believe that this was what we would call the democratic system in