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Home My WebLink AboutCM1205674~ ~+~ City Hall December 5, 196.7. ' 250 East Pine Street 730 P.M. '~~ Central Point, Oregon The Common council met in regular adjourned session with~Mayor,':;. Bartley presiding. Roll call found: Ayres, Hill, Holbrook, Tonn, Mushaney; present. Absent: Tucker,, Mason Tate. Also present: Mansfield Bessey. Motion was made and c~`~ftfi~"~s of the pr°evious meeting approved as mailed to each ,Councilman. Motion .carried. No discussion on Planning'Commission minutes., " Discussion -Bond Issue. Attorney. Mansfield explained to :the Council tliat•he would send a Courtesy letter to all the banks'' in Medford and Central Point, making them aware of the upcoming Bid for the bonds. ... Attorney .Mansfield then read proposed., Ordinance No. 908, ahis`'. "'' being` ari ordinance giving the -.City Recorder the' authority.``-to ' accept bids on the bond. issue. Motion Hill, second Holbrook to approve Ordinance No. 908... %" " Roll call vote. All in favor. Ordinance No. 908 declared''duly ' adopted.. ~t.~-- , , ~.:.w Bids for the"Bond Issue will be accepted Friday, December 29," ` 1967 and will be presented to the Council., at the next regular .,_ meeting. for. their .approval. " ' Discussion =Delinquent Assessments. Mansfield stated to ;the `~ Council that he had sent each delinquent property owner"`a`,letter stating that they would have to pay their assessment up 'in full or the City would take action to foreclose on their p~r¢iperty.':' "' After a discussion ~iith the Council, it was felt that the ;pr'operty owners :should be allowed to bring the assessment payments iip to date"`plus` pay a penalty for the~.~extra work being-done by the City'and the Attorney. Also the Council decided~to give the property owners a 30 day "grace period" in which they could bring .their payments to date. This-;".. "grace period" would be effective as of December 15, 1967-';" and that. would give them until January 15, 1968 to take care. of this. 'MotionLLAyres, second Hill, that Resolution No. '142` be approved.- Roll call vote. All in favor. Resolution No.~"`.l 2 declared. _duly ad~ipted. ... _, Attorney Mansfield read proposed traffic ordinance No. X09, this being an ordinance relating to traffic control and repealing Ordinances No. 735, 806, and 882; adding new provisions to the Code of Central Point,~1967 and. provide for penalties. Motion Holbrook,,. second Tonn to approve Ordinance No. 909. ' Roll call vote. All in favor. Ordinance No. 909 declared duly adopted.. " ,. I . F 9~ Discussion - Engineer. Mr. ,Bryce Townley was present at they:.. Council`meeting. "He talked to the. Council about the Sewer-Pumps that have been installed 'at the new lift station. After Mr. ' Townley's discussion, Mushaney told the rest of.the.Council that Yie and Mr. Mason had talked with Mr. Townley and Mr.,Cliff = Shgw'`in`regards to being appointed as City., Engineer for Central ' Point. '-.Mushaney stated he was very pleased,.with Mr. Townley and he felt he would do a good job. Mr. Townley was then; questioned by the other Councilmen before they made any decision. Mr. _Towriley:discussed his rate for charges. He stated that he. - charged a straight~_$12:00 per hour which..meant.he did not ,,.add mileage, clerical work, etc. on to this. ,For his field:work "~ he; charges $18.00 per-hour. This is for a 2-man party and this ._ ~. also has no mileage or clerical charges. After. this discussion;, ~- ~ a..motiori was made by Mushaney, second by Ayres to appoint Mr,,,; ~ Bryce Townley as`Engineet for the City of Central Point. =All ~-"` in favor". Motion carried.. Discussion was brought up on the-Sanitary Authority.., Mushaney ' asked Mr. Townley if he would be available to,attend-the 'Sanitary 'Authority .meeting with ,him in the next week or so. Mr. Townley stated he would be available to attend this meeting.. During the :discussion, Mr. Townley suggested that the City of ..Central ,Point :a~Ply for a permit to build a sewer plant in case they.,:' should::d-ecide not to jmin either with Medford or .the ,Sanitary .. Authority. He stated that if the City didn't apply for the -=:permit:,at this-time, later when they would need it they would.- ' .be:denYed by the State. Mayor Bartley stated that the Council :-would discuss this further at a later time. .., ;, ," _ _ Mr'. George Plum was present to :discuss the problems with the,.. ` new`puinps at the Sewer`Eumping Station. Aftera long discussion ~" ." of"the, ,problems with:the pumps, Mayor Bartley asked Mr.. Plum ,if he felt-the engineer should have to. pay for-all of the extra-. ' pumping' hat had to be done while the pumps were 'not in'operation. Mr:'Plum felt they should not have to pay for the extra cost. ;:,' .Mayor Bartley and the Council felt they should have to pay - for this.~extra cost; but no decision.. was made at this time. ' Street'Committee Report: Discussion - Re-naming of S. 4th and S. 5th Streets: A report ,was given by'Tonn as to the investigation he had done on .the ' ',re-naming of S. 4th ;and S. 5th Streets. He~.stated there were about-41, homes on those streets. It was suggested'.that a:poly be taken in that area. to see if the ro ert ..owners had an P P y " y °~ - .. . objection to the changing of the street names. Also; a,notice couldybe sent out to all persons living on those-two streets wthntheir water bills. This notice would be.a questionaire , ' type, asking them if they: objected-and,if they-shad. any-suggestions for street names., Attorney Mansfield said :he would check into ' ~ the legal stand, point of .the ..situation and ,:report to, the Council,, .Motion Ayres, second Tonn to table until a later time... ` Holtirook~gave a brief report on-.the Convention Center to be built, ~;in-Medford. One of~the proposed places for the Center to be F ~. ., atlatlaterh~~faeir rounds. There are to,be some re its available Ayres gave a report on the League Meeting, in Portland. He said that Central Point'had no problems. compared to the other .towns. in Oregon. He felt that everyone enjoyed themselves. '. Corliss gave a report on°~the Crime meetings. He said that the League ~s setting up a program so that Police Officers in;the;",- State of Oregon can be Certified.Officers. This will be:based on the schooling they-have and'the experience each one has.•°} He felt that it would be'a very benefitial program. The-subject of False Arrest was discussed by the Mayor. ., He Y stated that the lea a had gu passed legislation taking the:liablity from the officer and putting it on the City. Therefore, after. July 1, 1968 the Cities will be responsible for False Arrest._ Discussion -•Grigsby property 'on North First Street: Attorney Mansfield has filed `a motion of Defendant, City of Central-Point, to PIaintiffs'~amended complaint. This. is regards to the case Grigsby vs City of~'Central Point, et al. Discussion - North First Street. None of the Councilmen 'had received any complaints or had heard any, complaints on the ± water drainage on North First Street.. There was no response ,_.` from the property owners on First Street so everything must be working the way it should. Drainage was: discussed on Comet Ave., in Royal Heights Subdivision, There is a problem with-water building up at the North end;osf ~. Comet°Ave. since the school has been build'ing`.. The Council _ decided that the Subdivider shou~.d have to take care of ,this problem. .Discussion - Library Meeting.: Mayor Bartley had attended~;a. ~, meeting with members of the State Library;Boar-d and Omar 'Bacon;=~< Librarian for Medford and Jackson~County. They discussed''the • problem Central Point is faced with, with the shortage of ,. pace,. for the Central Point Library.• The Library Board would match a grant'on a 50-50 .basis for building'a new building. With:` this grant, the design and plans would have to.bel~approved„ by the Board; at a cost of about $25.00 per sq. ft,~_ They•also ~~ _' said~they.would-match the funds,for:adding a 2nd addtiori`+to~ the City Hall, with the stipulation that the Library stay ori, the ground floor. Council decided to table until a later time.,_ A proposal for an Ordinance pertaining to bicycles being-lighted. was brought up by'Mushaney.~ iHe'.would l.~ike to see something. ~. ~' done in Central Point to protect the children of~this town.~.~He.;. ®uggested that Attorney Mansfield draw an ordinance so this could . ~ .::: be inforced: `'Mansfield is going to'ch~ck on the situation as to what the State Statute says about this matter and if it'is 'already-included~in the Code of Central Point. ~iJ 1 1 .. . The~~blls were presented to the Council for their approval and " they =instructed the City Recorder to `draw. warrants to pay.. them. _ .>, War •No .. ; .. . ~~2046 ~' Payroll Account ~ 4,310.59 ' , 2047.-,. Payroll Advance 2,250.00 '201_;g. - P.E.R.B. Soc. Sec. Rev. Fund 541.12.: `' 2049- ~ 1st National Bank of Ore., C,P. Br. 892.40 '..2050 { Oregon State Tax Commission 264.70- - 2051 ~ ~ League. of .Oregon Cities Trust 376.42 '2052 Aetna life Ins. Co.' ~ _ 93.35 2053 Rogue Federal•Credit Union 140.00•- ~.~ '" - 20.54 . „ Woodmens' Accident-and Life Ins.' - . 133.00 ~ ~.:;;'. . ,2055.•".,.. ~ U.S. Post Office ; 75.00 " 205b" ' ; Petty-..Cash 100.00.:`. ,_ . m 2057- Wilma Grisham 10.00 ~2058`~`' William Mansfield 200.00 " 2059 ~ ~ F.W. Mason - 50.00 2060 Petty Cash - - - 39.6t~. >•, 2061 Pacific Power and Light Co.- 1,Q80.69 '. 2062 ''~ • Pacific Northwest Bell Tele. 97.25. " . - 2053 Texaco, Inc . 27.31 '~ 2064 - Heathman fic~te~ - 161.7.5 ` := 2065 Department of Motor Vehicles 5.00 - _ 2066•,_ 2067 Central Point Cleaners Insurance Exchange Truck 20.25 11.00- " , 206$ - , Valley.Shade Company 6.50 `2069 League of Oregon Cities 2,389.13 - 2070 -• League of Oregon Cities 84.50 271 Southern Oregon Stationery 10.65 •.2072 `'_' Groskell Hardware 13.'66 ...2073 - Alex$nder. hard care ` `54:,91, 2074' McLaren 01 Company 93.53- ,` ~ ": _20,75- '~... Jackson, County Sheriff-DeArmond Leigh 14,87 " ~ 2076" ~ ~ ~Val`ley'Janitor Service 85.00 Y 2077 ` A-l Telephone Answering Service 27.00 - 207 McDonald Candy Co. 77.10 `2079 Sam Jennings Company ~ `.~ 42.90 2080. Max-Sig Communications 50.40 - 2081 The A~isan Press 40.95 : '~~2082 California Pacific Utilities Co.~ 4.51 '. 2083 Iowa Saate University 8.84 204 United Air Lines Freight 26.60 ." 205 - Bauman!s Fire EquiFanent Sales 650.77 , . ...., . - .2086 `~~,: ~ Hubbard. Brothers Inc. 7.60 ~` 2087 '; , •Pierce Fr~:~ght Lines, Inc. 3.50 2088, ~ General _Bearing Company 15.54 , `2089 A.D. Van..'Horn - 30.00 2090 American Steel and Supply Co. 28.17 X98 2091 Courtesy Chevrolet 1,449.00 2092' Consolidated Supply Co. ::29:26 2093 Industrial air Products, Inc. -11.54' 2094 Wall Ford Tractor '7,31 2095 Bond and Interest account 1,.537.50 2096 Bond and Interest account 4,Q50.00 , 2097. Traffic Safety Supply-Co.. 446.75:''- , 2096 , S & M Auto Parts ~ 12.24 ;.~ 2099.. Mark E. Boyden 2b7.17 ,. 2100 _ Medford Printing Company:, -; ~ , 127..60 ., 2101' ~ Wilburt W.` Lull , 54.OQ . ; 2102 , Gaspers Septie:Tank Service 220.00 :. 2103., M.C. Lininger and Sons, 1,074.64 ,~ 2104 . - Willamette =Valley. ,Co. '. 23.1Q~: ,,_ 2105. Volunteer Firemen ~ 200.00, ,•~ 2106. McGoffins Wheel Alinement _ 10:90,~;~, - 210.7-. Grishams Pine Street Shell 53.76.. 2108. Mel ~ s Garage 4:50: ,•.: 2109. Grange Coop ,..3.05 `'. 2110,, Concrete Steel Corp. 80.24,, .2111. E.J. Bartels Co. 63.60`. 2112. American Linen Supply Co.,44.25 2113.'...` Shell Oil Company 236.24: ; 2114. Northwest Photocopy Corp.. 4.10 2115'-~ Medford Water Commission 1,:407.95`:; .2116-. Reno Offutt,.. 12..00.•, . 2117."-~- Rogue Communications 564.60 . 2116: Savage Top Sml.and Gravel- 402.00 2119• 1st Natl Bank of Ore., C.P, Br. 10.:715.96 °, ,.:. ... Total 6g, 921.33 , ::, There being noz~ further business, motion by .Holbrook, second; ~:~ Ayresthat the meet' be ad'ourned.: All in_Favor. Meetin adjourned 9:45 P.M. ~1.>~:: Approved ~ ^ r _. . .ATTEST: -~ Y~- _ City Recorder ~ . APPROVED by' me this.~"~ay of ~ Januaay, .1966, j . .. Approved : Ma or _ ~.__, I