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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1982-12-07city council minutesBook 23 Page 318 REGULAR MEETING Dec. 7, 1982 7:30 p.m. The Meeting was called to order by Mayor McCloskey. 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: Raymond, L. Carter, J. Carter, Mallea, Betts, and Cowles. Absent: none.. (APPROVE MINUTES) It was MOVED by Mallea., SECONDED by L. Carter that the minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting of.November 16 1.982, and the Regular City Council Eleeting of November 23, 1982, °be approved as written. MOTION CARRIED (AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION) The Mayor asked if there was anyone from the audience who cared to bring anything before the City Council that was -not on the prepared Agenda. The Mayor further commented that he was aware that there was a group present who desired to speak to the City Council. As there was no one else from the audience who cared to. speak, the Mayor.,then recognized Gary Vez:zoso who was.acting as the spokesman for the group representing Miracle Mile. Mr. 'Vezzoso stated that the reason the group was: ,present at the City Council Meeting was to speak with regard to the need., the City of Caldwell to address the problems.with the boulevard in their area. Almost all of the merchants in that area have expressed their concern as to t iie ,hazardous .;conditions on: Boulevard. They were hoping that by coming to the City Council `- Meeting and expressing their concerns, that the City Council would give them some support, as well as the Chamber of Commerce and - citizens of the City. They were- concerned with the speed °limit there and the fact that most of the accidents were from the rear end due to slowing down or_turni.ng. The merchants.expected.the _ ar.ea to grow a great deal and that some.action, would have to betaken to make, it safer. The group realized that the City could not just come out and make the changes, but they would'..hcpe that they could all work together to convince the State of the need. The Mayor explained some of the background involved with.regard:.to the Boulevard and informed the Council and the Miracle Mile Merchants that Bill Sacht.would be present at the City Council Meeting the next Tuesday at noon.. The Mayor urged the group to get organized and be ready to present their concerns to Mr...Sacht. Mr. Redmond:, the.City.Engineer, also.spoke:..to the group-explaining some of the traffic counts that were taken;on.the Boulevard and stated that approximately forty percent of the 'vehicles on the Boulevard were exceeding the speed limit. After a great.deal of discussion between the Miracle Nlile.Me.rchants and the City Council, it was agreed that it would be presented and discussed at the next City Council Meeting when Mr. Sacht would be present. (BILL NO 21 - INDUSTRIAL REVENUE BOND ORDINANCE) The Mayor stated that the next order of business was the second reading of Bill No. 21 which was read by title only as :Follows: AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING,. AND PROVIDING FOR THE.ESTABLTS:IIMENT, ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION .OF A- PUBLIC CORPORATION TO IMPLEMENT TITLE 50, CHAPTER 27, ,IDAHO "'CODE, "AS AMENDED, APPRO;VING.A CHARTER POR SUCH CORPORATION „SPECIF.YING THE POWERS, AUTEIORITY AND LIMITATIONS OF THE'PUBLIC.CORPORATION, PROVIDING 'FOR `CONTROI AND SUPERVISION OF THE PUBLIC CORPORATION BY THE CITY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE:. Book 23 Page 319 The City Council discussed this Bill and determined that there did not seem to be any reason to delay passing the Bill as they could not see any necessary changes that should be made. It was then MOVED by Raymond, SECONDED by Cowles _tosuspend_ the . rules requiring that -.the Bill be read at three different times -and that it be read in full and pass the Bill at the second reading. Roll - call vote. Those . voting yes: Raymond, L. Carter, J. Carter, Mallea, Betts, and Cowles. Those voting no: none. Absent and not voting: none. MOTION CARRIED MOVED by Raymond, SECONDED by Cowles that Bill No. 21 be passed and entitled Ordinance No. 1633. Roll call vote. Those voting yes: Raymond, L. Carter, J. Carter, Mallea, Betts, and Cowles. Those: voting no: none. Absent and not voting: none. MOTION CARRIED The Mayor suggested that the Finance Committee give consideration as to who should be appointed to the Board with the requirement that those appointed should live within the impact area. (AWARD BID FOR THE LOADER FOR THE STREET DEPARTMENT) The Mayor stated that he would'call on =.:one cf the members of the Bid Committee to report with regard to the bid submitted for the loader for the Street Department.. Councilwoman Mallea explained that at the last meeting;the:.City Council awarded two of the bids, but did not award-the-bid for the loader. There was a question as to whether to purchase a new machine or a used one. It was the decision of the Committee to recommend to the City Council that the bid be awarded - to'the front end loader that met the specifications. The specifications which was a major interest to the City was that the cab be_,_located over the rear wheels. The new machine, which was the lowest bid and met these specifications was from Cesco Company of Boise for a new John Deere 544 C at a net price of $39,100.00. It was then MOVED by Mallea, SECONDED by Betts that the bid for the loader for the Street Department be awarded to Cesco. MOTION CARRIED NEW BUSINESS (PERMISSION TO CHANGE AGENDA) The Mayor asked permission from the City Council to move the bid opening for the gravel crushing up to number one under New Business. MOVED by Betts, SECONDED by Cowles that the Agenda be changed as requested by the Mayor. MOTION CARRIED (3ID OPENING FOR GRAVEL CRUSHING) The Mayor then requested that the City Engineer open the bids for the gravel crushing_ The bids were as follows: Book 23 Nelson -Deppe of Nampa Bid bond included $36,125.00 B. C. .Rambo of Nampa Bid bond included $43,065.00 Boise Paving and Asphalt Bid bond included $34,965.00 Page 320 Mr. Redmond explained that about, every two or three years the City has to make road building materials. In this particular case they were making two inch minus rock to be used for subgrade and also crushing chips for chip seal. Mr..Redmond °recommended that the bid be awarded at this time subject to verification of signatures. MOVED by Betts, SECONDED by Mallea that the City Council_ accept. the low bid from Boise Paving .and Asphalt in the al6ount of..$34,965.0.0 for gravel crushing subject to verification of signatures and the papers being filled out correctly MOTION CARRIED (SUGGESTION. ON REQUEST BY COUNTY COM'!II3SIONERS ON.ROAD..VACATION). The .Mayor stated that he and the;:City Engineer discussed an idea for the vacation of Belmont,.by the Courthouse requested by •the County. Commissioners. The.Mayor:further informed,.the.City Council that he did make the suggestion to the Commissioners, but as yet had not heard from them. Mr. Redmond stated that as an option it was suggested that the-City could do something,similar to what_ was done up at the College. This was to put in a temporary closure. In this way, if there was complaints the City could open it up again. Nothing would. be lost. The City Council discussed this at some length.and determined that they would take'no action on this matter until'.th.e City heard something back from the County Commissioners. (I -84 CLAIM) The Mayor informed the City Council that a Notice of Claim was presented to.the City of Caldwell.by.the'Law Firm of Ellis,. ,:Brown, Sheils and Steele. The claimants involved were Christopher .john McElhoes and Frank John Duszynski. The incident occurred on a portion of Interstate 84 under construction near the intersection.of Interstate 84 and Kimball Avenue.. The Mayor stated_,that,he -did not think this claim applied to the City of Caldwell, but he did forward it to the City Attorney and to the Insurance Company and the Chief of Police.. The Mayor welcomed Scout Troop 4221 to the City Council Meeting. (REPORT ON PUBEIC'- _FACILITIES MEET.ING.BY RON REDMOND) Mr. Redmond explained that the Governor called -.a Public Facilities _. Meeting to discuss fundamental facilities being streets, water, and sewer. The sum total of it was that the cities w.er_e.in some.r.. very serious funding problems. Facilities were deteriorating much faster than being repaired; .fore- the,most.;part being that the construction dollar was inflated. Cities and Governmental entities have been forced to cut. back their maintenance budgets due to the cutback in taxes Therefore; fewer dollars were being put in and what dollars were in could not buy as much as could severe years ago. The purpose of the meeting was to. try to come up with some ideas as to what could be clone about the situation. Basically, indicated was that some kind of financial funding resources had to be developed. (REPORT ON STAFF MEETING) The Mayor and City Engineer reported for the Council's benefit those items discussed at the weekly Staff Meeting. The Stadium Book 23 Page 321 line was in, the water cutoffs since putting in the deposit are way down, the Recreation.Department built an,en:closure for the girl at the Minature Golf Course,, the fire loses were way down and the credit was given to better inspections., and discussed was a problem with the street crews being hit by vehicles. (COMMITTEE REPORTS) Councilman Raymond and Councilman J. Carter on Airport Lease. Councilman J. Carter informed the City Council that he had gone over the minimum standards. lease that was given to the City and also went ove r the one proposed by Caldwell_ Aviation. Caldwell Aviation left out whole paragraphs as compared to the model issued by:_the: F.A.A. They also stated that tleV would decide when the airport. would be opened and no amount of money was addressed,at. all... Councilman Raymond stated that they also discussed having an. airport manager that the. Commission would select. This _could be the F.B.O. or not-and he thought the feeling of the Commission was to have a_ manager if the City would approve. Both Councilmen felt that they accomplished a great deal at the last Commission meeting. They would get copies of the lease agreement to the Council memoers.as the Commission wanted some Council input before sending to the City Attorney. Councilwoman Mallea asked if it would-be possible to have a_ working session with the Airport Commission and with Caldwell Aviation. The Mayor agreed that this would be a good idea and they would work towards this for the first of January some time. (OTHER COMMITTEE REPORTS)'. Councilwoman Mallea reported that the Crime Stoppers met; and accepted two new members;_Dave Kerr.ick.and Marge McDona.h. ...Ives. Janes at Western Auto has set _aside a section on Crime Stopper equipment and if Crime Stoppers is mentioned he will: give a ten percent discount. The Crime of the Month will be the armed robbery at the Holiday Motel. January 6th will be the annual meeting of Crime Stoppers will be held in the City Council Chambers. Councilwoman Mallea also stated that the Library Board met and _ there was a lot of discussion ccn�erning the hoedown and;p:lans: for future fund raising. There was personnel problems that.we.re.being. handled. They were still looking for a new Children's Librarian. Councilman L. Carter informed the City Council that he attended the Historical Commission meeting and the calendars were going very well. Councilman Carter also attended the Golf Board Meeting: As the Council will recall, they referred the fee for Senior citizens seventy -five years and over back to the Boa�rd.for_ discussion- This category was eliminated in the fees that were approved. The Board discussed this and it was their unanimous decision_ that the seniors seventy -five years and older, man and wife and singles be left as it was last year; $150 for man and wife sesrenty -five years and over and $105 for single seventyfive years and over. It was then MOVED by L. Carter, SECONDED _by__Betts that the fees for the seventy -five years and over be left as they were last year as recommended by the Golf Board. MOT -ION CARRIED Councilman Cowles reported that he attended the Parks and Recreation Meeting the night before. LeAnne Simmons and Tim Lopez were elected as Chairman and Vice Chairman. LeAnne Simmons and Dave Gipson were recommended for reappointment to the Commission. He would ask that the Mayor present their names for reappointment. Councilman Cowles also mentioned t"at the Treatment Plant should be commended for their report. Also•a thanks to Larre Robertson from the Pizza Hut who sent over pizza that noon for the City. Book 23 Page 322 Councilman Betts reported that he attended the Caldwell Barowner's Association Meeting the night before. The,barowners -were: aware of the DWI situation and were concerned.. .They had,the .owner-of the Caldwell City Cab Company. =at the meeting and it was decided that all of the barowners who belong to - the association,would have an agreement with the Cab Company to display signspxamot:;ng' taking a cab home to avoid a DWI. They would also verbally make their customers aware of this. Councilman Betts-also stated__ felt more comfortable at the meeting last night as compared to the feeling a year ago. Fie felt that the owners no longer felt that the City Council was attacking them, 'gut were concerned with their problems. (.RECOMMENDATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT) The Mayor stated that he would recommend and request the reappointment of Dave Gipson and LeAnne Simmons to the Parks and Recreation Commission. It was MOVED by Cowles, SECONDED by Raymond that approval be given for the recommendation. of the Mayor to reappoint Dave Gipson and LeAnne Simmons to the Parks and Recreation Commission. MOTION CARRIED The Mayor also recommended the reasppointment of Rick Sweaney and the appointment of Les Summers - to the Golf Board. MOVED by Betts, SECONDED by Mallea that approval be given for the reappointment and appointment to the Golf Board as recommended by the Mayor. MOTION CARRIED (EMPLOYEE'S AWARD MEETING) The Mayor informed the Council meml:)ers that he wrote them :a memo with regard to the Employee' t. Award. Meeting_ at 4;! „00 -on the 22nd of December. This was requested by the employees., instead of having it at the dinner_ The City Hall would be -- closed at 3:30 that day for 'the meeting. (EXECUTIVE SESSION CALLED) The Mayor stated that he would Like to request an Executive Session pursuantto Idaho Code, Section 67 --2343 for the purpose of discussing personnel. MOVED by Raymond, SECONDED by Cowles,that the City Council convene into an Executive Session pursuant to. Idaho State:Code as'crequested by the Mayor for the purpose of discussing personnel. Roll call vote.. Those voting yes: Raymond,. L. Carter., J. Cartes, Mallea, Betts, and Cowles. Those voting no: ,none. Absent and not voting: None. MOTION CARRIED The Mayor also informed the City Council that next Tuesday night in Nampa would be the Ida -Ore Meeting.. .There would be.a.dinner at the Country ,Inn at 6:00 p.m. and the Meeting would beat 7 :30 p.m. He would strongly urge the Council members to attend. Book 23 Page 323 The Mayor also stated that a Historical District has been formed in the area being worked on for Old Town. The Mayor also asked for as to how many City Council members would be attending the City dinner. There being no further business, the Regular City Council,_was adjourned at 8:45 p.m. After a short recess, the City Council convened into an Executive Session which was adjourned at 9:30 p.m. APPROVED AS written THIS 21st DAY OF December , 1982. ATTEST: ,i`.r , C ity Clerk