08.15.2000 Town Council Minutes (Special)ME
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY AUGUST 15, 2000
CITY HALL - 109 SOUTH MAIN ST. 7:00 P.M.
THOSE PRESENT: JIM DUNMIRE, JANET PHILLIPS, CHARLES NISWANGER, LARRY TRACEY,
AND MICHAEL PERRY
MAYOR, STEVE COFFMAN WAS ABSENT
CALL TO ORDER: MAYOR PRO -TEM, JIM DUNMIRE CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER
SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON S'TEEPLECHAS'E LAKE ANNEXATION: THERE WERE NO
CITIZENS PRESENT TO COMMENT. JIM DUNMIRE EXPLAINED UTILITY & DRAINAGE
EASEMENT ARE STILL AN ISSUE. PROPERTY OWNERS ARE STILL TRYING TO WORK OUT
ALL PROBLEMS. BEFORE STEEPLECHASE CAN START CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS WILL
HAVE TO BE IN PLACE.
SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON LDJ ANNExA:rION: I CITIZENS ASK WHAT THIS
ANNEXATION WAS, -JIM DUNMIRE EXPLAINED THIS IS ANOTHER CONCRETE PLANT,
COUNCIL WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THE COMPANY EXPECTS THEIR MONTHLY SALES TO
BE FOR CALCULATION OF BUDGET,
STEVE KEE, REQUEST FOR VARIANCE ON GARAGE AT 602 E. FIFTH: STEVE WITT AND
DAVID CROXVILLE ASK THE COUNCIL FOR A VARIANCE TO BUILD A GARAGE WITHIN 3
FEET OF THE WEST PROPERTY LINE. THE GARAGE WOULD BE NO CLOSER THAN 18 FEET
TO THE NEIGHBORING HOUSE.
MOTION BY CHARLES NISWANGER AND SECONDED BY JANET PHILLIPS TO GRANT THE
VARIANCE CONTIGENT UPON NO NEGATIVE RESPONSE FROM NEIGHBOR. MOTION
CARRIED.
APPROVAL OF FINAL PAY ESTIMATE NO, 10 FOR COLE & SMITHEM CITY ENGINEER HAS
Wp-fcoVED FINAL PAY ESTIMATE ON THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT LESS 5%
RETAINAGE PER WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD. MOTION BY LARRY TRACEY AND
SECONDED BY CHARLES NISWANGER TO PAY FINAL BILL LESS 5% RETAINAGE. MICHAEL
PERRY ASK WHY THE WORK WENT 70 DAYS OVER THE CONTRACT DATE. THE COUNCIL
WAS NOT HAPPY WITH CONTRACTOR GOING OVER THIS FAR. JIM DUNMIRE IS DRAFTING
A LETTER TO COLE AND SMITHEN ON THIS MATTER, THE CITY HAS THE POWER TO
WITHOLD $$145.00 PER DAY FOR THE 70 DAYS, HOWEVER, THEY AGREED NOT TO
WITHOLD LIQUIDATED DAMAGES. MOTION CARRIED,
DON CARDWELL TALKED TO THE COUNCIL ON THE BUILDING FOR BILL GURLEY ON
WEST BROADWAY STREEET. HE HAS TALKED TO LARRY & MARY JAMES ABOUT
BUILDING A WALL OR SCREENING BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDING TO DISCOURAGE
ACCESS IN THIS AREA AND THE JAMES' AGREED. MR. GURLEY WILL BRICK THE FRONT,
ALL OF WEST SIDE AND ALL OF THE SOUTH SIDE EXCEPT THE RECESSED AREA WHERE
THE A/C UNIT WELL BE HOUSED. THE COUNCIL ASK MR. CARDWELL TO GET ALL
VERBAL AGREEMENTS PUT INTO WRITING AND BRING BACK TO COUNCIL.
JIM DUNMIRE DECLARED THE WATER SITUATION AN EMERGENCY TO DISCUSS THE
FOLLOWING:
THE CITY HAS BOTH WELLS THAT WE DOWN BACK UP AND PUMPING, HOWEVER, THE
USAGE IS STILL WAY TO HIGH. THE PEOPLE ARE USING THE WATER AS FAST AS WE CAN
PUMP AND WE ARE NOT RECOVERING IN GROUND STORAGE OVER NIGHT. MOTION BY
LARRY TRACEY ANMD SECONDED BY JANET PHILLIPS TO CURTAIN MAJOR WATER
USERS, LOCK METERS FOR IRRIGATION SYSTEMS TO ALL SUB -DIVISION ON FM 1461 AND
164
STONE CREEK. THE SCHOOL WILL BE CONTACTED BY JANET PHILLIPS ON THEIR
WATERING DAYS AND THE AMOUNT OF TIME THEY CAN WATER. THE SCHOOL MAY
HAVE TO HAUL WATER FROM THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT OR REMOVE FROM THE
LAKE ON BILL GURLEY'S PROPERTY. PHIL JOBE'S CONTRACTOR CAN NO LONGER
REMOVE WATER FROM FIRE HYDRANTS FOR THEIR CONSTRUCTION.
JIM DUNMIRE ASK MICHAEL PERRY TO CONTACT GEORGE PUROFOY, CITY MANAGER,
FOR FRISCO TO DISCUSS THE PURCHASE OF SURFACE WATER FROM FRISCO.
JIM ASK LARRY TRACEY TO CONTACT N.T.M.W.D. ON SURFACE WATER.
JIM ASK CHARLES NISWANGER TO DO SOME RESEARCH ON BASIC PROCEDURES FOR
TIMES TO WATER WHEN IT DOES THE MOST GOOD AND LESS DAMAGE TO THE CITY'S
SUPPLY.
ADJOURN MOTION BY LARRY TRACEY AND SECONDED BY CHARLES NISWANGER TO
ADJOURN. MOTION CARRIED
J'I DUNMIRE, MAYOR PRO -TEM