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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1965-09-20city council minutes502 V. Howard be accepted. A vote was taken and the motion carried. Monthly report of Police Department A report from the Police Department of activities for the month of August, 1965 was read and ordered placed an file. Applications for Bartender Permits approved lawranca H Trimble Applications for Bartender Permits from Gene A. Turner, Milton R. Kelly, , Nleanor Smith, and James D. Wise were presented for the consideration of the Council. Each application had been approved by the Chief of Police and were accompanied by a receipt for the required fee. It was moved by Councilman Davenport, seconded by Councilman Martin, that the applications be approved as presented and that the Permits be issued. A vote was taken and the motion carried. Dills for end - August It was moved by Councilman Martin, seconded by Councilman Luby, 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 as follows: Warrant Numbers 707 thru 787, General Fund: -- --- --- ------------ ------ - - - - -- $ 7,017.73 Warrant Numbers 335 thru 370, Water & Sever Fund: Water ------------ - - -- -- 11,404.82 Treatment Plant -- -- - - - - -- 770.43 General Office ---- - - - - -- 248 Warrant Numbers 749 taro 805, Special Funds: Fire ------------ - - - - -- 4 01.59 Cemetery --- ------ - - - - -- 155.92 Street --- --------- - - ---- 3,664.16 Sanitation --------- - - - - -- 220.56 Sanitation Contract - - - --- 5,702.85 Armory ------ --- --- ------ 127.86 Irrigation '-- -- ' °'- ^ °- 128.57 Irrigation, Capital - - -- 370.00 L.T.D. #56 ------- - - - - --- 42.25 Warrant Numbers 1236 thru 1310 except 1240, General Fund Payroll - August -- 24,372.31 Warrant Numbers 1311 thra 1372, ino. 1240 Special Fund Payroll August - - -- 15,741.57 Warrant Numbers 1373 thru 1396, Water & Sewer Fund Payroll - August -- - - - - -- 6,293. $74,355.02 A vote was taken and the motion unanimously carried. There being no further business to come before the Council; it was moved by Councilman Keys, seconded by Councilman Carpenter, that the meeting recess to 8:00 P.M. on September 20, 1965. A vote was taken and the motion carried. The meeting recessed at 9:50 P.M. j ll 0 Ed �! COUNCIL CHAMBERS SEPTEMBER 20, 1965 8:00 P. M. The Council met pursuant to recess 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 hereb 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 20th day of September, 1965, for the transaction of all business in connection with the following object: New and unfinished business. Witness our signatures this 20th day of September, 1965. r Mayor N. E. "Coley" Smith presiding. Upon Boll Call, the following Councilmen answered pr ant: E. L. Vassar, Max Luby, James W. "Bill Keys, V. J. Martin, Charles W. Carpenter, and C. A. Davenport. Recommendation for re- coning approved for publication Mayor Smith recognised Mr. Bill Harrison who was present and Mr. Harrison informed the Council the he was interested in the pending action of the Council concerning rezoning of Block 45; that he thought it 503 'was a good thing and would like to sea it completed. The recommendation of the Board of Adjustment for rezoning Blocks 41, 42 44, 45 and 46 of Golden Gate Addition and Blocks 58, 60, 61, 66, 67 end 74 of Devers Addition (Minutes, Page 498) was referred to when after some discussion; it was moved by Councilman Vassar, seconded by Councilman Carpenter, that the recommendation of the Board of Adjustment be approved and the necessary advertising be prepared. A vote was taken with all Councilmen voting in the affirmative except Councilman Luby who voted in the negative. Noyor Smith announced that the motion had carried. Request for subsidy - Selby Ambulance Service The following letter was read from Hillard Q. Selby of the Selby Ambulance Service for the consider ation of the Council: Board of County Commissioners Canyon County Courthouse Caldwell, Idaho September 7, 1965 Mayor Ernest Starr and City Councilmen city Hall Nampa, Idaho Mayor Coley Smith and City Councilmen City Hall Caldwell, Idaho Gentlemen: As you are probably aware, the only ambulance service presently being operated in Nampa, Caldwell and in the county area adjacent to these cities is that being operated by the undersigned under the name of Selby Ambulance. I entered into this business the first part of 1965 and have furnished the ambulance service in Nampa in lieu of the former service of Shepherd Mortuary and in Caldwell in lieu of the former service of Peckham, Dakan & Davis and Flahiff Chapels. I am sure experience has shown that it has been an unprofitable aspect of the business operations of these firms. It has also proven to be unprofitable to myself, though I have endeavor- ed to operate on the most economical basis possible. The situation is such that it will be impossible for myself to continue.this service without some assistance from the two Cities and the County. I think that you will all agree that an adequate ambulance service is an absolute necessity to the entire community, and I hereby request that I be granted an audience in the near future to present to yourselves a request for a reasonable subsidy on an equitable basis from each of the Cities and from the County. If I may be granted an audience for this purpose upon a few days notice, I will be prepared to present such facts as you may desire concerning my experience to date in the operation of an ambulance service. In your consideration of this request, I think you will be interested to know that the experience in several other areas of Idaho has been that such a service cannot be pro- fitably operated without participation by local governmental units. Local governments have had to either aid a private operator or operate their own service. Responses to inquiries which I caused to be made are as follower The City of Idaho Falls has a written contract with a private operator which is identical to a contract the operator has with Bonneville County under which each pay to the private operator the sum of $250.00 per month. The contract runs from year to year and is cancel- lable upon thirty dayst notice. The City of Coeur d'Alene and County of Kootenai entered into a Lease Agreement in 1963 with the local Community Hospital Association whereby the City and the County provide the ambulance and each pay an amount not to exceed $5,000.00 annually for operation of the service. I am advised by letter from the City Clerk that this amount has not been sufficient to cover their expenses. In Pocatello, where mortuaries have apparently continued an ambulance service, the City donates $100.00 a month. It is not known to myself what the County pays. In Lewiston, the City owns and operates an ambulance service with city employees, but I am not informed as to the economics of the matter. The Coeur d'Alene - Kootenai County experience appears to make a municipally operated service a questionable practice. I am presently keeping an ambulance in Caldwell and one in Nampa and also operate a patient transfer vehicle. With a subsidy of $1,000,00 per month, pro -rated between the County and the two Cities, or approximately $333.00 per month from each governmental body, I can assure good ambulance service to each City and to the County areas and I do believe that at such a cost, the Cities and County will help to provide this necessary service at a considerably lees cost than the same can be operated as a governmental operation, keeping in mind the additional costs of administration, liability insurance and other attendant costa. A copy of this letter is being sent simultaneously to the three governmental units and to the area medical and hospital associations. May I hear from you in the near future. very truly yours, I3/ Hillard Q. Selby Selhv Amhnlaene Servira 504 The Council discussed the basis of the present operation of the Selby Ahbulance Service and the considered responsibility for such a service with no action being taken. Appointment approved - Vane H. Rusco The following letter of recommendation was read from W. A. Paddock, Fire Chief: Fire Coawissioners Honorable Mayor and City Council Caldwell, Idaho Dear Sirs: I recommend that Vane H. Bosco who is a service man for the Intermountain Gas Company, be appointed as a volunteer on the Caldwell Fire Department. This appointment to be retro- active to Sept. 1, 1965. He will replace Mr. Cashman who resigned the last of August. Respectfully youra, /S/ W. A. Paddock, Fire Chief Caldwell Fire Department It was moved by Councilman Martin, seconded by Councilman Keye that the appointment of Vane H. Ruaco as a volunteer on the Caldwell Fire Department retroactive to Sept. 1, 1965 be approved. A vote was itaken and the motion carried. Certificate presented - Jack B. Johansen, Water Superintendent Mayor Smith congratulated Jack B. Johansen, City Water Superintendent, and presented him with a Class II System Operator certificate from the Waterworks Operators in conjunction with the volunteer certification program for waterworks operators as jointly administered by the Idaho Municipal League, the Idaho Department of Health, the University of Idaho, and American Watarworks Association. Application for Pool & Card License tabled - Smoke Shop . An application from John F. Johnson d/b /a Smoke Shop for a Pool & Card License at 119 South 7th Avenue was presented for the consideration of the Council. The application was accompanied by a receipt from the City Clark for the required fee and the following letter was read from the Police Chief: September 20, 1965 To: The Honorable Mayor and City Council From: The Office of the Chief of Police Subject: Application for Card & Pool License " Smoke Houaa" located at 119 South 7th, Caldwell, Idaho Gentlemen: I can find no reason why a Card & Pool License should not be issued to this establishment. /S/ Respectfully, Charles W. Astleford Chief of Police After some dieoussionj it was moved by Councilman Luby, seconded by Councilman Vassar, that the application be tabled until the next meeting of the Council on September 24, 1965• A vote was taken and the motion carried. Final approval of Plat - Cinderella Park Addition City Engineer Mel Lewis presented the final plat of Cinderella Park Addition which had been approv. ed by the Council preliminarily after approval by the Planning Commission and said that the utility easement had been placed upon the plat as requested by the Council and also that the dedication of utility easements had been corrected. He then recommended approval of the Plat. It was moved by Councilman Martin, seconded by Councilman Carpenter, that the final Plat of i Cinderella Park Addition be approved. A vote was taken and the motion carried. Certification of house construction on homes moved into City suggested Mayor Smith informed the Council that reportedly the Hoff Brothers had purchased 192 old military buildings and that the outside walla were wooden panels while underneath the houses were 2 x 6 1 a on 24" which brought up the question of conformance with the City code. He said that they were moving the into towns and remodeling them completely and although the City could require wiring and plumbing 505 inspections during the remodeling, it was impossible to tell what was underneath and he was suggesting the possibility of having owners of these buildings certify to the City what the construction of the houses consisted of so as to have some control. In answer to the question, the Building Inspector thought it might be to early to take action on this but suggested that a committee might well make a study of the situation. No action was taken at this time. Preparation of amendment to City Code authorised _ Pool & Card License Consideration for an amendment to the City Code for restricting issuance of Pool and Card Licenses was discussed by the Council when it was moved by Councilman Keys, seconded by Councilman Luby, that the Attorney prepare an amendment inserting a condition for denying any application for a Pool and Card License. A roll call vote was, called for when the following Councilmen voted in the affirmative: Vassar, Why, Keys, Martin, Carpenter, and Davenport. Negative votes: none. Absent and not voting: none. Mayor Smith announced that the motion had carried. Bill No. 14 - Ordinance No. 1051 Councilman Carpenter introduced Bill No. 14, entitled: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 10 -1 -1 OF CHAPTER 1 OF TITLE % OF THE CITY CODE OF THE CITY OF CALWELL ADOPT- ING THE 1965 EDITION OF THE FIRE PREVENTION CODE AS RECOMMENDED BY THE NATIONAL BOARD OF FIRE 9NDE51RITBRS IN LIEU OF THE 1960 EDITION THEREOF. which was read for the first time and the Council proceeded to consideration of Bill No. 14. It was moved by Councilman Carpenter, seconded by Councilman Vassar, that the rules requiring the reading of a Bill on three separate days be suspended and that Bill No. 14 be read the second time by title and the third time in full, section by section. The Mayor directed the Clerk to call the roll on the above motion with the follow ing result: Those voting in the affirmative were: Vassar, Luby, Keys, Martin, Carpenter, and Davenport. Negative votes: none. Absent and not voting: none. The Mayor declared the motion had passed by the necessary three - fourths majority and directed the Clerk to read Bill No. 14 the second time by title and the third time in full, section by section. The Clerk read the bill as directed. It was moved by Councilman Carpenter, seconded by Councilman Vassar, that Bill No. 14 pass. The Mayor directed the Clerk to call the roll on the above motion which resulted as follows: Those voting in the affirmative were: Vassar, Luby, Keys, Martin, Carpenter, and Davenport. Negative votes: none. Absent and not voting: none. Thereupon, the Mayor declared Bill No. 14 had passed and the Mayor in open session of the Council duly signed and approved the Bill and the Clerk duly signed and attested the same which became Ordinance No. 1051. The Mayor directed the Clerk to make proper entry of the same and to cause Ordinance No. 1051 to be published in the News- Tribuns, the official newspaper of the City of Caldwell, Idaho. Proposal for Sever Improvement District considered City Engineer Mel Lewis informed the Council of a pending sewer improvement district with the pro- posed location of the sewer being 159 feet North of the center line of West Elm Street off of South Kimball Avenue and he said that the estimated cost, based on the total front feet as proposed, would be $2.75 per foot. He farther stated that he had a petition with 61.1% of the owners having signed; however, these were (signatures of the small owners and not of the large owners - also, the City hadn't been able to obtain the necessary right -of -way. Mr. Lewis explained the septic tank troubles of residents in the area and the problems still not settled preliminary to forming the district. In as much as the petition qualified, however, he inquired of the Council if they wished to pass a resolution of intention for formation of the district or if they pre- ferred to wait and try to work out the difficulties first. He pointed out that if the resolution of intention was passed and the district failed, the City would have a publication cost of about $50.00. The question was discussed by the Council with no action being taken at this time. Applications for Bartender Permits approved Applications for Bartender Permits from James Raymond Sovers and Antoinette Mitchell were present- ed for the consideration of the Council. Each application had been approved by the Chief of Police and were accompanied by a receipt for the required fee. It was moved by Councilman Martin, seconded by Councilman Davenport, that the applications be approved as presented and that the Permits be issued. A vote was taken and the motion carried. 506 It was moved by Councilman Martin, seconded by Councilman Vassar, that the warrants for claims be approved as per list and filed in the City Clerk'a office. Such warrants being in the totals as follove: Warrant Numbers 788 thru 834, General Funds ---------- ----- --- -- - -- -- -- -- --- $ 2,595.85 Warrant Numbers 371 thru 389, Water & Sewer Fund: Water ------------ — -------- 1,494.22 Treatment Plant --- --- - - - - -- 655.25 General Office ------ - - --- -- 55.53 Warrant Numbers 806 thru 846, Special Funds: Fire --------- ------------- 124.65 Cemetery - -- -- -------------- _ 70.91 Street ---- ----------- -- ---- 7,266.85 Armory - °--------- -- ----- -- 24.61 Irrigation ----- ----- - - ---- 125.66 Cemetery Sinking ----- - - ---- 25.71 L.I.D. #56 ----------- - - - - -- 3,733.84 L.I.D. #57 ---- --- ---- ---- -- 137.30 $16,310.38 A vote was taken and the motion carried. There being no further business to come before the Council; it was moved by Councilman Davenport, seconded by Councilman Carpenter, that the meeting recess until 4:00 P.M. on September 24, 1965. A vote was taken and the motion carried. The meeting recessed at 9:15 P.M. - ti 6 COUNCIL CHAMBERS SEPTEMR 24, 1965 Woo P. M. The Council met pursuant to recess and acknowledgement of notice in the following form: We, the undersigned Mayor and Members of the City Council of the City a Caldwell, Idaho, do hereby knowledge notice of a Recessed Meeting of the said City0bancil to be held in the Council Chambers in the ty Hall in the City of Caldwell, Idaho, at the hour of 4:00 P. M., on the 24th day of September, 1965, for e transaction of all business in connection with the following object: New and unfinished business. Witness our aignatures this 24th day of September, 1965. - i _— t'., n Mayor H. E, "Coley" Smith presiding. Upon Roll Call, the following Councilman answered sent: S, L. Vassar, V. J. Martin, Charles W. penter, and C. A. Davenport. a opened for construction on L.I.D. #57 Mayor Smith announced that this was the time set for the opening of bide for construction on L.I.D. The Engineer's estimate of the cost of the project was $8,485.04 and for the alternate, $9,150.95.. a were then opened and found to be as follows: Reidar Horn - Route #6 - Caldwell, Idaho - -------- --- ------ - -_- ---------- $ 6,720.10 Watkins Construction Co. - P. 0. Box 1786 - Boise, Idaho --- -- ----------- --- --- 10,702,60 Strang Excavating - Nampa, Idaho --------------- — --------- — T---------------- 10,408.41 A & J Construction Co. - Homedale, Idaho ----- ------- ---- --- --- ------ - - - -- -- 11,817-45 Ben Drake - Boise, Idaho ' ---------------------- ---- ---------- ------ ----- ---- -- 9,529.00 Alternate Bid: Reidar Horn - Route #6 - Caldwell, Idaho - -------------- - ---------- $ 9,181.45 Watkins Construction Company - P, 0. Box 1786 - Boise, Idaho --------- --- - - - - -- 11,419.20 Strang Excavating - Nampa, Idaho -- _-- -------------- — — - ------------- 10,677.81 A & J Construction Co. - Homedals, Idaho ------------ -- --- -- ----- ------- ---- -- 13,148.40 Ben Drake - Boise, Idaho - - - -- ----------------- ----- ----------- -- ------ - - - - -- 10,600.25 Councilman James W. "Bill-' Keys entered the meeting during the opening of bids. After giving consideration to the bids submitted; it was moved by Councilman Martin, seconded by