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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1967-09-13city council minutes323 7 Y Ia t dr a wi attention to the fact that the r Reported a letter from the City Manager o w,s on ng Federal Government has matching funds available to each City in about the amount of 50% for any type of water and sever development and they were very anxious for the City tc write the Governor of the State. On September 12th the Mayor stated that he was going again with the Roads and Streets Committee of the Chamber of Commerce to talk to the Highway Board in connection with the Seventh Street structure and the opening of Blaine and they would ask them to put it into their 1966 program. The Mayor reported a real problem with the Nineth Street bridge in preparing construction plans and having to do with pilings and construction of buildings there. Applications for Bartender Permits approved Applications for Bartender Permits from John D. Eagan and John E. Castillo were presented for the consideration of the Council. Each application had beer, approved by the Chief of Police and was accompanied by a receipt from the Clerk for the required fee. It was moved by Councilman Davenport, seconded by Councilmen Mays, that the applications for Bartender Permits be approved and that the permits be issued. A vote was taken and the motion carried. Bills for Sad - August It was moved by CoaneiL,an Martin, seconded by Councilman Carpenter, that the warrants for claims and payrolls be approved as per list and filed in the City Clerk's office. Such warrants being in the totals II as followst Warrant Numbers 744 thru 805, General Fund: -------------- ------------------ - - - - -- $ 10,586.33 Warrant Numbers 411 thru 425, Water & Sewer Fund: Water ------------------- - - - - -- 1,130.92 Treatment Plant --------- - - - - -- 106.56 General Office ---------- - - - - -- 290.40 Warrant Numbers 710 thru 750, Special Fut.ds: Fire ----------------- - - - - -- 612.00 Cemetery - 210.77 ---------°-°--- ---- -- Street ------------- °---- - - - - -- 4,822.65 Street, Capital --------- - - - - -- 6,201.06 Sanitation -------------- - - - - -- 15.39 Sanitation, Contracts --- - - - - -- 5,668.02 Armory ------------------ - - ---- 120.00 Irrigation -------------- - - - - -- 304.55 L.I.D. #61, Registered Warrants 4,500.00 - ------- -- ---- - - - --- 3. 6 8.92 $ 39,267-57 Warrant Numbers 1251 thru 1327, excepting #1251, #1252, #1253, and #1254, General Fund Payroll - August ---------------- - - - - -- 30,456.33 Warrant Numbers 1328 thru 1386, including #1251, #1253, and #1254, Special Funds Payroll - August --------- - - - - -- s- -- 16,635.90 Warrant Nombers 1387 thru 1412, including #1252, Water & Sewer Find Payroll - Aug• -- 4 0.89 $ , r A vote was taken and the motion carried. It was moved by Councilman Keys, seconded by Councilman Harrison, that the meeting recess ontil 8:00 P. M. on September 18, 1967. A vote was taken and the motion carried. The meeting recessed at 9:30 P. M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS SEPTEMBER 13, 1967 4:00 P. M. The Council met pursuant to call and acknowledgement of notice in the following form: We, the undersigned Mayor and Members of the City Council of the City of Caldwell, Idaho, do here. by 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 4:00 P.M., on the 13th day of September, 1967, For the transaction of all business in connection with the following objects: Consideration of Bill No. 17 resetting the assessment and levy of a tax for General Revenue purposes for pay;.-,ant of the current expenses of the City of Caldwell, Idaho, and, to consider a claim for wrecker service from Mildred Smyser. Witness our signatures this 13th day of September, 1967. 324 Mayor N. E. "Coley" Smith press ' g U Upon Roll Call, the following Councilmen answered present: Charles C. Banks, James W. -Bill" Keys,' V. Jay Martin, Charles W. Carpenter, and C. A. "Chet" Davenport. Absent: William S. Harrison. Mill Levy for 1967 reconsidered Mayor Smith stated that the purpose of the meeting was for lowering the City's mill levy an additional fear (4) mills. He pointed out that the levy had previously been reduced upon the certification of assessed valuation in the amount of $11,014,799.00 and since then, the following letter had been received from the Clark of the Board of Canyon County Commissioners: September 11, 1967 City of Caldwell John L. Englehart, Clerk City Hall Caldwell, Idaho Dear Mr. Englehart: This letter is to advise you that your 1967 estimated assessed valuation is: $71 339.00 This is your 1967 Real and Personal Valuation, your 1967 Corporation or Public Utility Valuation to which is added your 1966 Subsequent Personal Valuation as the 1967 Subsequent Valuation is not available until December. You have submitted to us a levy of 46 mills or $ 4.60 per hundred of assessed valuation, for 1967. Your 1966 Levy as — exrended upon the 1 tax rolls was $4.18 per hundred dollars of assessed valuation. The levy that you have submitted to as for 1967 will bring in an estimated: $ 539,457.59 - The Canyon County Commissioners have granted you to and including Friday September 15 to make any rollback or decrease you may wish to make in your levy if you find that it will bring in more revenue that you anticipated. If you wish to take advantage of this please submit us your rollback levy not later than Friday. Very truly yours, /S/ WALTER FRY Clerk of the Board of Canyon County Commissioners Bill No. 17 - Ordinance No. 1107 u Mayor Smith then informed the Council that in reducing the levy another four (4) mills on the new assessed valuation, the City would raise about $492,548.2L from taxes. Councilman Martin then introduced Bill No. 17, entitled: AN ORDINANCE RESETTING THE ASSESSMENT AND LEVY OF A TAX FOR GENERAL REVENUE PURPOSES FOR PAYMENT OF THE CURRENT RRPENSES OF TEE CITY OF CAIDWELL, IDAHO, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, 1967, AND ENDING THE 31ST DAY OF DECE11HER, 1967, AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 1106. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Council of the City cf Caldwell, Idaho: Section 1. That in lieu of the levy set by Ordinance No. 1106, there is hereby levied upon all the taxable property within the City Limits of the City of Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho, for general revenue purposes for the fiscal year beginning the first day of January, 1967, in addition to other taxes heretofore levied, the following taxes and assessments, to -crit: For the general fund --- ------- -- ---- -------- ..-- - - - - -- - - - - -- 14,80 mills on every dollar of assessed valuation. For the street lighting, street sprinkling, oiling and flushing fund --------------------------------- -- -- ------- ----- --- -- ---- --- 12.50 mills on every dollar of assessed valuation For the fire fund ---- •- ----- ----- ---- ------- - --- --- --------------- - 8.25 mills on every dollar of assessed valuation 325 I For the General Obligation Bonds and interest ------------ - - - - -- 2.10 mills on every dollar of assessed r-- _ valuation For the library fund ---------------- -------------------------- 3.45 mills on every dollar of assessed valuation For the armory fund ------------------ -- -- --- -- -- ------ --- - - - - -- .20 mill on every dollar of assessed valuation For the L.I.D. guarantee fund ---------------------------- - - - - -- . mill on every dollar of assessed valuation For the cemetery fund ------------------------------------------- .35 mill on every dollar of assessed valuation Section 2. That Ordinance No. 1106 is hereby repealed and this ordinance shall take effect and be in force. from and after its passage, approval and publication. which was read for the first time and the Council proceeded to consideration of Bill No. 17. It was moved by Councilman Martin, seconded by Councilman Davenport, that the rules requiring the reading of a Bill on three separate days be suspended and that Bill No. 17 be read the second time by title and the third time in full, section by section. Before putting the question, Councilman Keys stated that he had a question in view of recent publicity in the local paper and he inquired if this levy would raise taxes. i Mayor Smith stated that he could get into a very technical discussion about that but according to the City's estimate, the levy in this Fiscal Year, would raise about $470,418.00 which was approximately $4,000.00 more than had been budgeted and this figure took into consideration the status of collection duriq the Fiscal Year of 1967. The Mayor said that in taking the levy on the assessed valuation there would be about a $4,000.00 cushion which was previously stated as the intention for this years budget but added that dependent upon collections of taxes, the estimate could possibly be off $20,000.00 either way; however, from !.the statements written up in the newspaper taking the assessed valuation times the levy, they had determine whether you were raising taxes and from this that taxes had been raised approximately $16,000.00. Mayor Smith explained further by reference to the levy this year on General Obligation Bonds and Interest for the new fire station, that probably about 1 , 4 mills would meet the demands later but 2.1 mills was being set for this purpose this year in order to raise a sufficient amount of money for two payments taming due; one in December and one in June of 1968. He pointed out that this levy could be reduced and probably could be con- siderad in the levy for taxes in 1968 but this was an example of how each levy had to be considered each yea: with consideration given to what would be collected during the year and the levies were changed every year after considering estimates and accounts receivable. Councilman Keys stated that he could understand this but just wanted it clarified. The Mayor directed the Clerk to call the roll on the above motion with the following result: Thos- Voting in the affirmative were: Hanks, Keys, Martin, Carpenter, and Davenport. Negative votes: none. Absent and not voting: Harrison. The Mayor declared the :notion had passed by the necessary three- fourths I majority and directed the Clerk to read Bill No. 17 the second time by title and the third time in full, section by section. The Clerk reed the Bill as directed. It was moved by Councilman Martin, seconded by Councilman Davenport, that Bill No. 17 pass. The Mayor directed the Clerk to call the roll on the above I motion which resulted as follows: Those voting in the affirmative were: Banks, Keys, Martin, Carpenter, r and Davenport. Negative votes: none. Absent and not voting: Harrison. Thereupoe, the Mayor declared the Bill No. 17 had passed and the Mayor in open session of the Council duly signed and approved the Bill and th, Clerk duly signed and attested the same which became Ordinance No. 1107. The Mayor directed the Clerk to make proper entry of the same and to Gauze Ordinance No. 1.107 to be published in the News - Tribune, the official newspaper of the City of Caldwell, Idaho. Claim for damages - Mildred Smyser A claim for damages in the form of a charge for wrecker service from Mildred Smyser, Route 3, 326 Parma, Idaho; accompanied by a statement from Burns Chevrolet Company, both in the amount of $5.00, were T presented for the consideration of the Council. It was moved by Councilman Kaya, eecorded by Councilman Banks, that the claim of Mildred Smyser be denied and forwarded to the Cityts Insurance Carrier. A vote was taken and the motion carried. It was moved by Councilman Davenport, seconded by Councilman Carpenter, that the special meeting . adjourn subject to motion to recess from the regular meeting on September 5, 1967. A vote was taken and the motion carried. The meeting adjourned at L:10 P. M. Mayor l� / /fi% ✓�"L,/ :%jam i<; C l y Gler COUNCIL CHAMBERS SEPTEMBER 18, 1967 8:00 P. M. The Council met pursuant to recess and ackno:•ledgement of notice in the following form: We, the andersigned Mayor and Members of the City Council of the City of Caldwell, Idaho, do hereby!! acknowledge notice of a Recessed 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 8:00 P. M., on the 18th day of September, 1967, for the transaction of all business in connection with the following object: New and unfinished business. Witness our signatures this 18th day of September, 1967. Mayor /I ; anc-ilman /' / / 77 o ci M r�_ III Mayor N. E. "Coley" Smith p as ding. Approval given to offer property for s e Upon Hall Call, the following Councilmen answered present: James W. "Bill" Keys, V. Jay Martin, Charles W. Carpenter, and C. A. "Chet" Davenport. Absent: Charles C. Banks and William S. Harrison. Mr. Dozen Bevel of Kit Manufacturing Company was recognized and he addressed the Mayor and Council.,' Mr. Bevel referred to the recent lease from the City to his Company on some 2 plus acres adjacent to their present property on the east extension for the purpose of their stockpiling or a holding lot so as to produce travel trailers without a acceleration program trying to produce in the peak season and a deceleration program in the winter season. He said that their program in the travel trailer division had been quite good and way beyond their expectations and they planned to maintain the plant; however, it had recently come to their attention that they were going to have to expand and there was no question about it, to satisfy the dealer organizations they have here in the seven northwestern states and in Canada and Alaska. He then stated that,i now they propose and he would like to take with him Wednesday, a proposal to Long Beach their home office and ii to the Board of Directors at their meeting on Thursday; that they purchase this property for the purpose of erecting another plant. He stated that he felt this plant was in the interest of the community because it ;i would maintain, on a year around basis, approximately 75 additional employees and added that time was of the essence on this because they would need to cot a building before snow balls started flying and he had a verbal committment from the Board in that they would at least listen to him when he got there; that he had proven to them that the market is here and he thought they would be very sympathetic to the cause but he needy ad some kind of a committment from the City as to whether they could have the land and then, the second thing t 1 � he Board was going to want to know was how much.