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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCM042170'~re9. City Hall 250 E. Pine Street April 21, 1970 i,"` Central Point, Oregon 7:30 p.m. The Common Council met in regular adjourned session with Mayor Burton presiding. Roll. call found: Present; Bigham, Hill, Manasco, Tonn, Van Horn. Absent; Recorder Zander. _ Also present; Tucker, Tate, Sanders, Higinbotham. Minutes of the meeting of April 7, 1970 were discussed. ~ Counci].~ian Tonn - a description should be added on page 2, para. 7 to *"~ show that property was annexed to the city. (First Presbyterian Church ~ property located on West Pine Street.) ~ Councilman Van~Horn - on page 1, para. 4, add (at the present time) ~ after the sentence, "Mayor Burton stated that the city had no intentions t~ do so --". Councilman Manasco - on page 3, para. 8, the last sentence should read,- "Mayor~Burton suggested that the city council table the matter for further study from the stand point of the e~~y-~a~}s~~ag-~~s-~e~ee~}ems eea~ employees furnishing the costs." Councilman Van Horn - questioned para. 1, page 4 regarding Mrs. Bruce's request for her absence, due to the death of her brother, to be charged to her sick leave. The council felt the paragraph was stated properly. Councilman Tonn - para. 4 and 5, page 4 were in reverse order to the way they_should be. para. 4 -"Charter Revision Committee report -----" para. 5 -"At 950 p.m• CounciLnan elect, Thomas, spoke to the Mayor and council ---". . Motion Tonn, seconded by Hill to approve the minutes of April 7 as corrected. Motion°carried. Mayor Burton reminded the council of a Budget Meeting to be held on April 23 a~t 7:00 p.m. Mayor. Burton told the council it was very important to elect a councilman to replace Harold Reed, since the budget is coming up for consideration. Each of the councilmen had been asked to submit nominees. There being no nominee presented by the council, Mayor Burton submitted the name of Dave Almquist, First National Bank. Mr. Burton said Mr. Almquist had said he would be willing to serve on the council if appointed. Mr. Almqust is Sec.-Treas. of the Central Point Lions Club and was Jaycee nominee for "Man of the Year". ' Councilman-Van Horn asked Mr. Almquist if he was ~ property owner. ~~~~~: Mr. Almquist stated that he was. Mr. Van Horn said he had spoken to several other residents, but no one had seemed interested in serving. on the council.. And as long as there were no other nominees, he suggested the council proceed with the election. Discussion on proceedure. It was determined the Mayor appoint the councilman, with the approval of the council. Motion Van Horn, second Tonn to approve the appointment of Dave Almquist as counciLna.n to replace Harold Reed. All in favor. Motion. carried. Mayor Burton then swore in Mr. Almquist. Administrator Tucker then read the title of proposed Ordinance No. 986, this being .an ordinance authorizing the Mayor and Recorder to execute a contract with Concrete Steel Corp. (for improvements on N. Second Street from Cherry Street to Hazel Street). Discussion - Mr. Tucker told the council the bid was $k,083.70 (subject to change in yardage). Mr. Van Horn said he had discussed the bids with Mr. Capps and Mr. Tucker, and was told it would cost the.city more to do it themselves. Mr. Tucker said the bids were bid on "all or none" basis. And it would cost the city approximately 10¢ more per yard if they did it. Mayor Burton and Manasco brought up the question of an adequate base. Mayor Burton said we should have a base this time that would not break up. Mr. Tucker told the council if the bid was accepted, the contract would be signed Wednesday. The contractor is to notify .the School District when construction is to start, so they can arrange for their buses to exit other than on Second Street. Motion Manasco, second Bigham to approve Ordinance No. 986. Roll call vote. All in favor. Motion carried. Ordinance No. 986 declared duly adopted. Administrator Tucker read the title of proposed Ordinance No. 987, this being an ordinance relating to standby water service and amending Ordinance No. 956. Discussion -- Motion Manasco, second Van Horn to approve Ordinance Na. 987. Roll call vote. All in favor. Motion carried. Ordinance No. 987 declared duly adopted. Administrator Tucker read the title of proposed Ordinance No. 988, this being an ordinance segregating a special benefit assessment as described therein (property located at West Pine Street and Haskell Street, originally assessed to Bert 0. Adams). The assessment for improvements on West Pine Street. Mr. Tucker asked Mrs. Tate to explain the segregation. d . Mrs. Tate explained that the original assessment eras made .against the property as a whole, belonging to Bert 0. Adams. Since that time, Mr. C.V. Bowers acquired one lot by foreclosure and the First National Bank had foreclosed on the balance of the property. All parties had signed a petition to segregate the assessments. Motion Tonn, second Hill to approve Ordinance No. 988. Roll call vote. All in favor. Motion carried. Ordinance No. 988 declared duly adopted.: Motion Tonn, second Hill to approve Ordinance No. 988a, this being an ordinance segregating a special benefit assessment as described therein-- (Haskell Street improvement). Roll call vote. All in favor. Motion ~ carried. Ordinance No. 988a declared duly adopted. ~ Administrator Tucker read title of proposed Ordinance No. 939, this °,I~ being an ordinance setting a date for Public Hearing on the withdrawal ~ of:certain annexed real property from Central Point Rural Fire Protection District, and .directing the City Recorder to publish a Notice as required by ORS 222.524. (property being recently annexed First Presbyterian Church property located on West Pine Street).. Motion Bigham, second Almquist to approve Ordinance No. 989. Roll call vote. All in favor. Motion carried. Ordinance No. 989 declared duly adopted. .Jack Kuykendall, Slurry Seal of Oregon, introduced his Supt. Bob Hogan. He gave a brief description of Slurry Seal and the many jobs he had done throughout Oregon, California and other states. He told the council he had discussed a project with City Administrator Tucker and would like to give the city a bid on the work. This would be on. East Pine Street from Front Street to Ninth Street. The company would do any pre-patching,. sweep the street and flush it with water. -They would install barricades. The work could be done on week-ends when the traffic is light. or any time the council desires. Work started in the early morning could be driven over during the evening hours. , The slurry seal would not bleed, and the work would be guaranteed. If it was not satisfactory, the city would not have to pay him. It would take approximately 2 days to do the project in question. He said he had a film to show, .if anyone was interested. Councilman Van Horn questioned the traffic situation. Mr. Kuykendall said they would take care of the barricades during the contructions.. After .further discussion, Mr. Kuykendall was asked if he would meet with Mr.,Tucker on Wednesday and go raver the project Fsnd give the. city a bid. . Mr. Tucker. reported on the additional life ins. for employees: He had sent a form to have each employee sign what amount of insurance they wanted. A mgjority of .them had signed for $3,000.00, some $2,000.00 Since`all employees had to sign for the same amount, it would not be possible .to have the extra at this time. ~W ~. ~~ After discussion, the Mayor suggested the matter be tabled. All in favor. - - • J Mr. Tucker reported on his inquiries as to policy by other cities for "bereavement leaven. Summary of cities the site of C.P. 26 allow such leave, few designate the number of days, some three days. Since no policy has been set for the city, it was the feeling of the council that Mrs. Bruce be allowed to have her time off, due to the death of her brother, charged to her sick leave. The C.A. was instructed to draft proposed policy for future meeting. Discussion - designation of East-West streets to facilitate better- mail delivery. Tabled. Mr. Tucker told the council that due to an increase in State Ind. Accid. rates the city would be deficit in some funds. He asked that the amount of $237.60 be paid from the Contingency Fund. Motion Van Horn,-second Tonn to pay the deficit $237.60 from Cont. Fund. All in favor. Motion carried. Chief of Police Sanders, told the council he had reduced his Reserve Force from 3 to 2 men. This would help the Indust. Accid. Fund. He also reported that his 2 patrolmen had returned from Camp Withycombe. He made the trip to see them graduate. Very few Chiefs were there to see their men graduate. Grades had not been received. Fire Department had no report to make. One false alarm had been turned in. • Chief Sanders mentioned that "Earth Day" would be Wednesday. He said some of the mills were worried about a second group that night cause some trouble, gM had-requested off-duty police for patrol at their plant. Bills were presented for payment. Councilman Manasco questioned the Bryce Townley engineering bill. Who was responsible that the study was not complete on the valley gutter flow.. C.A. said the city was at fault for not having doubled the amount for the original study. Also the statement from Medford on sewer charges, was questioned. •Mr. Tucker said he had made the correction on the bill. The amount was correct, but the rate was incorrect. Motion Manasco, second Hill to pay the bills. All in favor. Motion carried. Councilman Hill reported on the Charter Revision Committee plate. He said Mr. Tucker should be commended for the excellent book he had' compiled for the facts about the need for a new charter. Books were available if anyone wanted one. Some of the material had been clippings submitted by Mr. Thomas Thomas. He said ff anyone had any Coffee .Klatch scheduled, to contact Mr. Tucker. a 229 P-1 CSC V There being no further business, a motion was made by Bigham, second Tonn to adjourn to the next regular meeting, or the call of the Mayor. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned 8:45 p.m. owed Mayor Attest i y eco er ~~~~oved by me this day of ,197. Approved