THE 1300TH REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL WAS HELD ON MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2009 @ 7:00PM IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Roll called the meeting to order @ 7:02pm and led the pledge of allegiance.
Mrs. Williams, Mr. Bothman, Mr. Orr, Mr. McElmurry and Mr. Bischoff were present. City Supervisor, Dan Thede, City Attorney, Chuck Evans and City Clerk/Treasurer Glena Hook were also present.
Mrs. Williams made a motion to accept the minutes from February 17, 2009 regular meeting and the Special Budget Meeting February 17, 2009.
Mr. McElmurry seconded the motion.
Motion Passed.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Cemetery & Parks; NA
Lights, Streets and Sidewalks; NA
Water-Sewer; NA
Police; Police Chief Clay Coker gave monthly Police Report.
Fire; Tom Wood gave monthly Fire Department Report.
Personnel; NA
Budget & Finance; NA
Ordinance & Resolution; NA
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
International Paper Settlement; The committee recommended that the City water users in the City limits receive $30.00 off their water bill during the months of July, August and September and that the rest of the Settlement money be used for infrastructure. There will be a public meeting scheduled for the 1st meeting in April for comments on the water bill recommendation.
Stop signs Cedar and Main; The committee recommended that 15 MPH speed limit signs be posted on Main and Cedar.
Fred Brown Pavilion Fee Schedule; With the committee’s recommendation Mr. Orr made a motion to charge $50 per event with a $300 security deposit for the use of the Fred Brown Pavilion.
Mr. Bischoff seconded the motion.
Motion Passed.
The Committee will work on the event insurance and draw up forms to be used as rental agreements for the pavilion.
NEW BUSINESS
Ed Levert, Firewise Community Program; Ed handed out information and spoke about the possibility of making Libby a Firewise Community. It was decided to have Ed come back at the 1st meeting in April 2009.
New Council President; Mr. Bischoff made a motion to make Lee Bothman the next council president.
Mr. Orr seconded the motion.
Motion Passed.
Chris Swenson, Ignitors Car Club; Chris asked the council for a street closure on Mineral Avenue, during the Ignitors Car Club Events on August 8th thru the 10th 2009 from 6am to 10pm and on August 15th, 2009 from 7am to 5pm. Mr. Bothman made a motion to grant the street closure.
Mr. Bischoff seconded the motion.
Motion Passed.
Gordon Sullivan of 143 Crossway Avenue, Libby stated he intends to file a complaint against the Environmental Protection Agency on 6 allegations he feels confident about. He stated that he was one of the first people to start the TAG group in Libby. Mr. Sullivan talked about his concerns with the EPA. Mr. Orr commented that he was in agreement with Mr. Sullivan’s concerns.
COUNCIL ACTION/DISCUSSION
Mrs. Williams made a motion to pay the Claims and Payroll for February 2009.
Mr. McElmurry seconded the motion.
Motion Passed.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dan Thede is looking into the Macky Grant Program. With this grant the city could get a sander-de-icer with a cost of $32,000 for a cost to the city of only $4,200.
Dan Thede also announced that Tungsten Holdings will be starting the excavation for the new waterline Thursday March 5, 2009.
HEAR THE PUBLIC
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting was adjourned at 8:07pm by Mayor Roll.
Closed Personnel Meeting opened. Discussion on whether to put Terry Watson on permanently. No decision made at this time.
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Mayor Doug Roll
Attest:
City Clerk /Treasurer Glena L. Hook
THE 1301TH REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL WAS HELD ON MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2009 @ 7:00PM IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Roll called the meeting to order @ 7:03pm and led the pledge of allegiance.
Mrs. Williams, Mr. Bothman, Mr. Orr, Mr. McElmurry and Mr. Bischoff were present. City Supervisor, Dan Thede, City Attorney, Chuck Evans and City Clerk/Treasurer Glena Hook were also present.
Mr. Bischoff made a motion to accept the minutes from March 2, 2009 regular meeting.
Mr. McElmurry seconded the motion.
Motion Passed.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
No Committee Reports this meeting
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
NEW BUSINESS
Sandy Doubek of the Pastime Bar asked for a street closure for June 26 & 27, July 24 & 25 and August 15 & 16. Mr. Bothman made a motion to approve the closure for the above dates.
Mr. Bischoff seconded the motion.
Motion Passed.
Judy Hyslop, Kootenai Pets For Life, Reported that the new shelter in Libby is coming along well. Judy also told the council that two people went to the Troy Shelter and shot 4 of the feral cats that were living outside the shelter and then shot through the shelter window.
Ryan Jones, Apec Engineering, talked to the council about the City getting a funding package together to receive some government funds to help pay for a Water Dist. Project.
Bill Buxton, Morrison-Mairle, reported on the Cabinet Heights Project. He told the council that the design for the project was complete. He also told the council that the project costs to date is 3.2 million, with 1.7 million, being a 40yr. loan at 2.75% and grant totals of 840 thousand it would still leave the city short.
Victor Ketellapper, EPA, reported to the council on the Superfund Site and the Export Plant. Mr. Ketellapper went through his outline briefly.
Mr. Orr asked, Victor Ketellapper, why there is still visible vermiculite at the OU1 site.
Mr. Ketellapper answered by saying he was not present at the time of the clean-up of OU1.
Mr. Orr wanted it to go on public record that the samples taken with an auger by the EPA at the OU1 Site brought visible vermiculite to the surface.
Mike Cirian of EPA agreed with Mr. Orr that their testing samples did bring contamination to the surface.
Paul Rummelhart, reported on the plans for Stinger Welding, a fabricator of bridge expansion joints and steel bridges, to build and open a plant here in Libby. Mr. Rummelhart said that this business would create jobs for 200. Mr. Rummelhart also asked the City to join into a joint application with the County.
Clinton Maynard of Libby wanted to know how much air pollution this plant would produce.
Mr. Rummelhart committed that the plant will be mostly electric and he does not foresee any emissions that would worsen the air quality in Libby.
COUNCIL ACTION/DISCUSSION
ANNOUNCEMENTS
HEAR THE PUBLIC
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting was adjourned at 8:30pm by Mayor Roll.
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Mayor Doug Roll
Attest:
City Clerk /Treasurer Glena L. Hook
A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING WAS HELD THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2009 @ 5:30PM IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS
The meeting was called to order @ 5:33pm by Mayor Roll who led the pledge of allegiance.
Mrs. Williams, Mr. Bothman, Mr. Orr, Mr. McElmurry and Mr. Bischoff were present. City Clerk Glena L. Hook was also present.
Mr. Bischoff made a motion to nominate Mr. Cunnane for City Council.
There was no second made.
Mr. Bothman made a motion to nominate Mr. Carter for City Council.
Mr. McElmurry seconded the motion.
Motion Passed.
Mr. Carter was sworn in by Mayor Roll and took his set at the council table.
Mr. Orr wants the record to show that he does not believe there was enough notice given to the public before this meeting.
Mr. Bothman stated that the Mayor, Clerk or two Council Members can call a special meeting with a reasonable amount of notice and believes there was a reasonable amount of notice given. Mr. Bischoff stated that he was in agreement with Mr. Bothman.
The council agreed to retain council for the City of Libby in dealings with the EPA.
Mayor Roll announced that he would like to start a capital improvements fund for the city.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:45pm.
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Doug Roll, Mayor
Attest:
City Clerk /Treasurer Glena L. Hook