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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981-08-04city council minutesBook 22 Page 217 REGULAR MEETING August 4, 1981 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: Williams, Mallea, Carter, and Betts. Absent: Raymond and hopper. - (APPROVAL OF MINUTES) MOVED by Williams, SECONDED by Carter to dispense with the reading' of the minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting of July 21, 1981, at noon, Regular City Council Meeting of July 21, 1981, at 7:30 p.m. and the Regular City Council Meeting of July 28, 1981, at noon. MOTION CARRIED (AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION) The Mayor asked if there was anyone in the audience who cared to bring anything before the City Council that was not on the prepared Agenda. Since there was no one, the Mayor declared that the meeting would continue as outlined. OLD BUSINESS (THIRD READING OF BILL NO. 15 - ORDINANCE NO. 1605 - CHANGE IN MAYOR'S SALARY) The Mayor declared that this was the time set for the third reading of Bill No. 15 changing the Code with regard to the Mayor's salary. The Mayor then read Bill No. 15 by title only as it had been read in full the last two readings: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 1, CHAPTER 17, SECTION I OF TIIE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF CALDWELL, IDAHO, STATE OF IDAHO, RELATING TO SALARIES OF ELECTIVE OFFICERS BY CHANGING CERTAIN LANGUAGE IN PARAGRAPH (A) MAYOR: TO PROVIDE FOR,AN INCREASE IN SALARY, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS, OR PARTS HEREOF IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. The Mayor then stated that he would open the meeting for discussion with regard to this proposed Bill. Councilman Betts was recognized and stated that he would like to make one comment with regard to this proposed change. There had been some negative phone calls with regard to this proposed change in the salary and. the newspaper stated that the Mayor asked for this raise. Councilman Betts said that he would like to clear up this officially as the Mayor did not ask for the raise. The Finance Committee received a letter signed by four members of the City Council requesting this change. Discussion about this salary increa< was about three or four months a,o and he would like to have it officially known that this raise in salary was requested by the City Council and not the Mayor. A Mrs. Bihlmyer was recognized and stated that she objected to this raise for the Mayor. She pointed out that the Mayor had other income besides the monies :received for the office of Mayor and she did not feel the raise was justified. Councilman Betts pointed out that it should not be dependent on whether a person has a second income in determining whether they will run for the Office of Mayor. It was the Council's opinion that they would like to have qualified people running for the Office in tI future, and did not feel like it should be necessary for an individual to have a second income in order to feel that they could Book 22 Page 218 assume the Office of Mayor. The amount of money and people that were under the jurisdiction of the Mayor in the City of Caldwell certainly justified an increase. The Mayor stated that what was trying to be said was that his other income has nothing to do with the issue at all. What is happening is that it is excluding other people who do not have a second income from running for the Office. The only ones that are able to run for Mayor were those who had a second income. Councilwoman Mallea was recognized and stated that they were not really trying to raise this present Mayor's salary. They were attempting to address the Administration of a big business which the City was. There was one hundred and twenty employees and a large amount of money that he was responsible for. It was the feeling of the City Council that the Mayor was underpaid. The increase in the salary was an attempt to get more qualified people to run for the Office of Mayor and accept this tremendous responsibility. Councilman Carter pointed out that the Mayors in the other cities of the State were receiving much higher salaries than the City of Caldwell. Many hours were spent as the Administrator of the City and he felt that the City was very fortunate to have someone like Mayor McCluskey as he does have some outside income and probably could not make it without this extra money. Councilman Carter also informed Mrs. Bihlmeyer that there has not been a raise in the salary since 1970 and he also felt that it was justified. Councilman Betts also pointed out that if the Mayor's salary had been adjusted along with the other employees as the last several years have gone by, there would not be this drastic change at this time. It was then MOVED by Mallea, SECONDED by Betts that Bill No. 15 be passed and entitled Ordinance No. 1605. Roll call vote. Those voting yes: Mallea, Carter, Betts, and Williams. Those voting no: none. Absent and not voting: Hopper and Raymond. MOTION CARRIED (THIRD READING OF BILL NO. 16 - ZONING AND ANNEXATION OF HAPPY DAY FORD) The Mayor explained that this item would be delayed. The Agreement with Happy Day Ford for their willingness to allow the City to annex them was that the City would extend the sewer out there. It was the Mayor's feeling that it would be unfair to annex them at this time (THIRD READING OF BILL NO. 17 - ORDINANCE NO. 1607 - REZONING OF CONNIE CERAMICS) The Mayor read Bill No. 17 by title only as follows: AN ORDINANCE CHANGING THE ZONING OF CERTAIN PROPER'T'Y WITHIN THE CITY OF CALDWELL, IDAHO, FROM R -2 MEDIUM DENSITY ' RESIDENTIAL ZONE TO C -1 NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ZONE AND DETERMINING THAT SAID CHANGE IN ZONING IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY OF CALDWELL, IDAHO: REPEALING ALL LAWS, ORDINANCES, AND RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH. The Mayor stated that he was in support of this Bill and had been in contact with some of the people from the Adventist Church that were involved. Their concern was the extension of the Commercial Zoning North on Indiana and the extension of the Commercial zoning West on Linden. The Mayor had assured them that his feeling was that the Planning and Zoning Commission had no intention of doing this. The main reason for making this property Commercial was because it was Commercial for forty or fifty years in usage. Councilwoman Williams informed the Mayor and Council that she had a call from Mr. Driver who was one of the citizens objecting to this Book 22 Page 219 rezoning. She told him that there was no way she could not vote for this rezoning. Mr. Driver was also concerned that the Commercial zoning would spread and she assured him that as Tong as she was on the Council she would not vote for any further Commercial zoning to allow it to spread in that area. MOVED by Williams, SECONDED by Carter that Bill No. 17 be passed and entitled Ordinance No. 1607. Roll call vote. Those voting yes: Williams, Mallea, Carter, and. Betts. Those voting no: none. Absent and not voting: Raymond and Hopper. MOTION CARRIED (SECOND READING OF BILL NO. 18 - VACATION OF ALLEY BY PIZZA HUT) - The Mayor read Bill No. 18 by title only as follows: AN ORDINANCE RECITING PETITION FOR VACATION AND RECITING APPROPRIATE NOTICE THEREFOR WAS GIVEN: DETERMINING THAT VACATION OF TIIE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL PROPERTY SHALL BE MADE TO -WIT The City Engineer was recognized and stated that the City of Caldwell will have to improve the alley and the turn around. This was discussed at the last meeting and Mr. Redmond stated that he had gone through the agreements and determined that the City would be responsible. The Mayor then said that he would schedule the third reading of this Bill for the next. City Council Meeting. (BID AWARD FOR BLOCK GRANT IMPROVEMENTS - RESOLUTION NO. 48 -81) The Mayor requested that the City Engineer present the bid award. for the Block Grant Improvements. Mr. Redmond, the City Engineer, was recognized and stated that,,: the Bid Committee had reviewed the bids for the Community Development Block Grant Street Improvement Project - Phase II and recommends that the bid be awarded to the low bidder, J. M. Hess Construction Co., Inc., in the amount of $99,580.17. The Mayor then read the following Resolution: RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH J. M. HESS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INCORPORATED. BE IT RESOLVED That the Mayor and Clerk of the City of Caldwell be, and the same hereby are, authorized to execute that certain Agreement attached hereto and made a part hereof as if set forth in full by and between the City of Caldwell and J. M. I -less Construction Company, Incorporated, for Community Development Block Grant Street Project - Phase II. Mr. Redmond also informed the .City Council that he believed they would be able to do three extra blocks that were proposed plus one more. He also stated that he received verbal approval from H.U.D. with regard to the bid. award. The Mayor then asked for a motion on the Resolution as presented. MOVED by Williams, SECONDED by Carter that Resolution No. 48 -81 be passed. Those voting yes: Williams, Mallea, Carter, and Betts. Those voting no: none. Absent and not voting: Raymond and Hopper. MOTION CARRIED Book 22 Page 220 (BILL NO. 19 - ORDINANCE NO. 1609 - PLUMBING INSPECTION FEES) The Mayor read Bill No. 19 in full as follows: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE V, CHAPTER 2, SECTION 4, OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF CALDWELL, IDAHO, STATE OF IDAHO RELATING TO PLUMBING CODE BY CHANGING AND ADDING CERTAIN LANGUAGE AND PROVIDING A NEW PARAGRAPH (C) IN SECTION 4 REGARDING SCHEDULE OF FEES: REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS OR PARTS HEREOF IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, The Mayor informed the City Council that he would like to have them pass this Bill on the first reading as he had sent a letter to the State divorcing the City of Caldwell from them. This will not only be a greater advantage to the City, but it will also lower the fees. MOVED by Carter, SECONDED by Betts to suspend the rule requiring the reading of a Bill three separate days and pass it on the first reading. Roll call vote. Those voting yes: Carter, Williams, Mallea, and Betts. Those voting no: none. Absent and not voting: Raymond and Hopper. MOTION CARRIED MOVED by Carter, SECONDED by Betts that Bill No. 19 be passed and entitled Ordinance No. 1609. Roll call vote. Those voting yes: Carter, Williams, Mallea, and Betts. Those voting no: none. Absent and not voting: Raymond and Hopper. MOTION CARRIED (BID AWARD FOR INSURANCE) The Mayor stated that the next order of business was the bid award for insurance. The Mayor asked the City Clerk if there was a Resolution prepared for this award and was told that there was not. The Mayor then said that it would be prepared for the next meeting and presented to the City Council for passage. The Mayor further explained that technically the bid was awarded already as the City's coverage expired last week. The Mayor further commented that both Councilwoman Williams and Councilwoman Mallea worked very hard on this insurance bid and did a commendable job. The City has been talking about doing this over the last two or three years, but all were hesitant to do it. Councilwoman Mallea was recognized and informed the Council that Councilwoman Williams instituted the action many months ago by adjusting all of the insurance so that it would all come due at one certain time so it could be put out for bid. Many, many hours were spent with consultants and much was learned about insurance and they were able to save the City of Caldwell $20,000.00 and increased the coverage to $2,300,000.00. The City received better insurance; there was no longer a property deductible, and they felt that they got much better insurance for a much better price and still kept it local. NEW BUSINESS (BEER LICENSE - CALDWELL TREASURE VALLEY RODEO, INC.) The Mayor presented the application for a beer license from the Caldwell Treasure Valley Rodeo, Inc., by John Pilote. It was the Mayor's suggestion to the City Council that they waive this fee. Councilwoman Williams informed the Mayor that during his absence at the noon meeting there was a report given with regard to this request. John Pilote was in the audience and informed the City Council that he would like to pay $25.00 for this beer license. Book 22 Page 221 MOVED by Betts, SECONDED by Mallea that the Beer License be approved and that all but $25.00 of the fee be waived. (REQUEST FROM BUILDING INSPECTOR TO ATTEND MEETING) MOTION CARRIED The Mayor stated that he had received a request from the Building Inspector to attend a meeting of the Intermountain Chapter of the International Conference of Building Officials. The registration fee was $10.00 and meals $15.00 for a total of $25.00. The meeting was to be held. in Boise on August 26, 27, and 28. It was the Mayor's recommendation that Mr. Davis be allowed to attend this meeting. MOVED by Betts, SECONDED by Mallea that Dennis Davis be allowed to attend this meeting as requested. MOTION CARRIED (ACCOUNTING AND PLANNING WORKSHOP - SHEARMIRE) The Mayor stated that this item was discussed at noon so will not be addressed at this meeting. (CENTURY 21 PROPERTY) The Mayor informed the City Council that he promised to bring this item to their attention. The City has been offered to purchase the old Joe Street home which was located at the corner of Irving and Kimball. The catch to this was that since the Streets lived there, another house has been built behind it. The City owns all of the adjoining property except for one. The Mayor further said that the monies they were talking about was around $45,000.00. It was for information that the Mayor had this item on the Agenda. (COMMITTET REPORTS) Councilwoman Williams reported that the Meeting of the Canyon County Organization on Aging was not held as planned. She stated that she did attend the Library Meeting which she attended due to her association with the Friends of the Library. Councilman Betts reported on his recent representation of the City of Caldwell at the Idaho Air National Guard invitation to go to Vandenberg Air Force Base. Councilman Carter reported that both he and Councilman Betts met with the Golf Board of Control. The Board went over the fee structure and determined that there would be an increase in the green fees and the cart storage fee, but that the price of the season tickets would remain the same. The Mayor reported that he attended the Recreation Commission Meeting the night before. There was a general discussion as to how the year had gone, particularly how successful the Midget League was. There has been no complaints this year and a lot of good comments. Councilwoman Mallea informed the Mayor and Council that she attended the Library Board Meeting. They were receiving applications for the position of the Librarian. For the first time, the Library financial report was printed by the Apple, them, new computer. - -- (MAYOR'S REPORT) 1. The Mayor reported that the gentleman, Mr. Daighton, who requested a license to sell bibles will be granted permission for a door to door permit with the fee waived to $3.00 per three month period. 2. The Mayor also stated that he had a call from the Chamber of Commerce inviting the Mayor and City Council to Pioneer Lodge Book 22 Page 222 at Bogus Basin on Saturday for a social hour and dinner. 3. The Mayor then requested a motion from the Council to adjourn and then convene into an Executive Session to discuss personnel. (EXECUTIVE SESSION) MOVED by Williams, SECONDED by Carter that the City Council adjourn for a five minute recess and then convene into an Executive Session for the purpose of discussing personnel pursuant to the Idaho State Code. Roll call vote. Those voting yes: Williams, Mallea, Carter, and Betts. Those voting no: none. Absent and not voting: Raymond and Hopper. MOT CA EXECUTIVE SESSION August 4, 1981 8:30 p.m. After a five minute recess, to order. The Roll of the City Counci present: Williams, Mallea, and Raymond. After discussing personnel, APPROVED AS written THIS the Mayor called the Executive Session 1 was called with the following members Carter, and Betts. Absent: Hopper the Meeting was adjourned at 9:15 p.m. 18th DAY OF August , 1981. Mayor u - Councilman Courczlma. , C C-i"I V , Co �cil C u ci man Cou " lm ATTEST: . City erk