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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-04-1982 Council Meeting Minutes 2521 A regular meeting of the Canton City Council was held on May 4th, 1982 in Council Chambers. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE OPENED THE MEETING, FOLLOWED BY THE INVOCATION GIVEN BY NANCY WHITES CITY CLERK. Mayor Edwards asked for roll call at 6:30 P.M. Present: Aldermen Kovachevich, Hammond, Savill , Sarff, Grant, Carl , Clarke, Horr. Absent: None. MINUTES OF APRIL 20TH, MEETING. Motion by Alderman Grant, second by Alder- man Hammond, the minutes of April 20th be accepted and placed on file. Voice vote, motion carried. COMMITTEE REPORTS: Public Works, Water & Sewer. Council Action. Motion by Alderman Carl , second by Alderman Hammond, a resolution be drafted allowing the City of Cuba to purchase water from the City of Canton. Discussion. City Engineer Cliff Sagaser stated that there would be no cost to the City of Canton, all cost for running the lines and meters will be paid by the City of Cuba. Alderman Clarke ask the city engineer what effect it would have on our future water supply? The city engineer replied that it should help us. The money we make should be greater margin of profit to the city. Also, the city engineer stated that the rates would be the same as everybody else, there would be no double rates, there strictly for annexation purposes. Roll call . AYES: Aldermen Horr, Calrke, Carl , Grant, SArff, Savill , Hammond, Kov- achevich. NAYS: None. Informational : Sherwood Forest has an agreement with the city on water and sewer. After ten years the city would take over the maintenance. Each tenant would then have their own individual water meter. Jim Malmgren City Attorney prefers to amend the previous agreement. Street & Garbage. Council Action. Motion by Alderman Sarff, second by Alderman Horr that Gabby Days will take place on June 6th. No more than 60 lbs will be picked up by the city with a total amount of 6 useable items. Alderman Hammond is opposed to having Gabby Days as we have a deficient and is asking that the motion be defeated. Alderman Carl asked for some guidelines, he would like to have it in the form of a resolution. The motion is to read-that 6 useable items will be picked up by the city after Gabby Days and not more than 60 lbs in weight for each item. These instructions to be given to the Street Dept. Second concurred. Roll call . AYES: Aldermen Kovachevich, Savill , Sarff, Grant, Carl , Horr. NAYS: Aldermen Hammond, Clarke. Motion carried. Lake, Building & Grounds Council Action. Motion by Alderman Grant, second by Alderman Sarff, to be allowed to spend $1 ,300.00 for gravel from the Lake Development Fund. Roll call . AYES: Ald- ermen Horr, Clarke, Carl , Grant, Sarff, Savill , Hammond, Kovachevich. NAYS: None. Motion carried. Informational : Dedication of two trees at the Fire & Police Station in honor of Bill Cook and Lee Cook, will be held at 10:00 A.M. May 5th. Public Safety & Traffic. Council Action. None. Informational : The ad-hoc committee for the handicapped persons had a meeting May 24th, will be having further committee meetings. Finance. Council Action. Motion by Alderman Kovachevich, second by Alderman Clarke, committee recommends 251 CONTINUED May 4TH, 1982 the acceptance of the budget as presented. Discussion. Alderman Kovache- vich and Mayor Edwards thanked the department heads, Pat Wright, Bob Molleck and Cliff Sagaser for their assistance. Voice vote, motion carried. Negotiations, Grievance & Personnel . Informational : A meeting has been set for May 5th, 6:30 P.M. in hopes of acceptance. The committee has been pleased with the progress with the Public Works Employees Local #1372. Community Development. Amendment to second ear lan of C.D.B.G.F. Bob Reed the director is asking permission to send a letter to Hud, requesting transfer of certain amount of funds from second year to third year program to accomplish those public im- provements. The amount is approximately $300,000.00 and that comes from savings that were realized in the program and certain activities that were not undertaken. In general the savings took place in the area of first and second year public improvements, code enforcement program, relocation and property acquisition. In addition to the $300,000.00 figure, previously in the item of code enforcement which is a $14,000.00 item each of the three (J years was discussed. Would like one motion authorizing the request to Hud Q for the transfer of those funds and as a part of that, include the $42,000.00 Q which would in effect eliminate the code enforcement program for three years. And that a portion would be set aside for property acquisition. The differ- ence between the two figures would be $258,000.00, that amount would be trans- ferred to the third year public works improvements. Motion by Alderman Clarke, second by Alderman Sarff, that this be allowed. Voice vote, motion carried. Contract for building demolition. This is a house at 6th and Holly Street. This owner is in in having the house torn down and keeping the property. The cost to tear down is $1 ,000.00 or less. Motion by Alderman Clarke, second by Alderman Sarff, to okay the demolition of the property according to the Hud program. Roll call . AYES: Aldermen Kovachevich, Hammond, Savill , Sarff, Grant, Carl , Clarke, Horr. NAYS: None. Motion carried. PUBLIC HEARING - 7:00 P.M. - PROPOSED USE OF REVENUE SHARING FUNDS. Mayor Edwards recessed the regular council meeting at 7:00 P.M. to hold a public hearing for the proposed use of Revenue Sharing Funds Entitlement Period #13 in the amount of $197,898.00 plus interest earned in the amound of $10,000.00 The mayor asked twice if any member of the audience wanted to speak for the useage of these funds. No one came forward, and council did not give any input. Mayor Edwards recessed the public hearing and reconvened the regular meeting of the council at 7:01 P.M. Cliff Sagaser reported that he has not started yet on forcing the code on checking the down spouts for the water problem within the city. Will try to within 30 days. Inspected man hole lines in the north end, ran cleaning ewuipment thru them, found no obstruction. Have notified Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, will have themcheck with t.v. cameras. COMMUNICATIONS FROM MAYOR EDWARDS. Mayor Edwards asked that the class officers of Canton High School be invited to this council meeting and also the officers of Student Council . Marty Green president of the Student Council introduced Mike Smith classofficer who assisted in the Jump Rope for the Heart Association. Marty Green reported that there are 16 class officers, 4 from each class and introduced those that were present from the class officers and student council officers, which some of the kids were serving in both positions. Motion by Alderman Kovachevich, second by Alderman Hammond that a $50.00 member- ship fee for W.I .R. Council for the mayor's association be allowed. Roll call . AYES: Aldermen Horr, Clarke, Carl , Grant, Sarff, Savill , Hammond, Kovachevich. NAYS: None. Motion carried. Mayor's annual report was handed out to all council and press, an orginial copy is on file in the office of the city clerk.