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HomeMy Public PortalAbout05/01/1978 318. Regular Council Meeting, May 1, 1978. Mayor Hyder presided. _. ..._', . II � " Prayer was offered by Mayor Hyder. : Councilmen present : Borgmeyer, Brant, Gordon, Hager, Hartsfield, McDowell, Rackers, Robinson, Whitecotton and :Roll Wildhaber. Call Councilmen absent : None. 'i A quorum was declared present . Approval of if The minutes of the meeting of April 18th were approved as received. ,'Minutes. fThe following bids were received for 10,000 Uniform Traffic ;;Tickets for use of the Police Department: ''Opening Central Printing Co. $ 610.00 of L & M Printing And Office Supply Co. No bid Bids . Modern Litho-Print Company 633.90 = Moore Business Forms , Inc . 882. 10 ;. Councilman Borgmeyer moved that the low bid be accepted. Motion passed, The following bids were received for the out-right ?urchase of ,, ten (10) surplus police vehicles , (7) 1977 Ford LTD a , Opening 1 (2) 1976 Chevrolet Impala 's , and (1) 1974 Ford LTD: of j Bids . �1 Clarence W. Homan, California, Mo. All Units $ 10,011.50 Joe Boer , Linn, Mo. 1976 Chev, Impala #210 i Police car $ 11429.99 David Boca, Linn, Mo. 1974 Ford LTD Boulevard Sales b Bill Abernathy 7 1977 Ford LTD9a5' 75 Y Y ( ) each $ 1, 810.00 Lakeside Investment , Kannas City, Mo. 1974 Ford Tudor 1 $ 1 ,509.00 'i 1976 Chevrolet Impala `! j each $ 850.00 Jane A. Lale, Jefferson City, Mo. 1974 Ford 2-door 800.00 Henry 0. Lewin , Chicago, 111, (7) 1977 LTD a ' each $ 2,000.00 Boulevard-Chrysler, Plymouth, Elmhurst ,7 ) 1977 Ford LTD's t , N.Y.N.X, 11810.00 each $ (2) 1976 Impala's each $ 650.00 I (1) 1974 Ford $ 475.00 Mayor Hyder Hyder appointed a Committee of Councilmen Hager and �! ' Wildhaber, and Chief Patton, to check bids and bring bark irecommendations to the Council . - The following bid was received for Wear's Creek Subtrunk "C' 11,0pening Sterling Excavation and Erection, Inc. $ 27,120.00 ,; of lil Bids . Councilman Borgmeyer moved that the bid be referred to the Street Committee, with power to act. Motion passed , A petition was received from property owners to vacate the Street right-of-way of Gordon Street between Cottage Lane and Dunklin ' Committee. Street. The petition was referred to the Street Committee. - An application to rezone property located in the vicinity of ;Planning and ;; Reisinger Road, from RS-2 and RC to C-2 and RA, was received from ! Zoning I� Albert L. Linhardt and Roy E. Kiesling. Commission . The application was referred to the Planning and Zoning jCommission. - - An application to rezone property located on Southwest Boulevard, ' Planning and from RS-2 to RA, was received from William F. and Lillian R. i, Zoning Willenbrink. !' Commissi The application was referred to the Planning and Zoning Commission. ! - - - - - - - - - - It t, �j ly �i Regular Council Meeting, May 1 , 1978. 319. Plannin4Prints of the Neuts:ler, Early American Subdivision, with street and fx 7.oningj;sewer plans , were received from Central Missouri Professional Comm. "`.Services , Inc. The prints were referred to the Planning and Zoning Commission,;: 'A petition was received from residents on Polk and Taylor Streets , in regard to a drainage problem. They requested that the City Street investigate the problem, take action if possible, or advise them Committee whether any agency may be able to help resolve the problem. The petition was referred to the Street Committee. i - U. S. A communication was received from James P. Mulvaney, introducing Dept. :himself as the Regional Representative for the Department of Labor. 11 of Labor� This position was created to help achieve President Carter's goal � of making government more responsive to people it serves . - li - i !A communication was received from A. E. Pullam, Jr. , Dean of i Administrative Affairs, stating that they have been informed by the ; Lincoln "Attorney General's Office that Abstract of Title, Number 125 , University relating to the property being traded by the City of Jefferson, has ;: Property. ,-been certified and extended to date and delivered to them. Lincoln University will arrange to deliver a Warranty Deed, ' covering the property they are exchanging with the City of ,; Jefferson. They will also bring, for signature, an Agricultural ?1Lease, drawn up by the City, to cover their use of this property, Jas per contents of the Lease. They requested that the City investigate the location of the ;j North Line of Section 23, Township 44, Range 10 West, as some farm ;! employees of Lincoln University and on the adjoining farm feel !; that the line is located in the wrong place. it Director; - - - - - - - - - - 14 of Public'! A communication was received from Tom Richter, 241 Fredericks Lane, ' Works andirequesting information about a questionable easement which runs Director' alongside his property. of The matter was referred to the Director of Public Works and Planning.'" the Director of Planning and Code Enforcement . - - - - - - - - - - � Councilman Brant referred a request from Denis Hamilton, Managing Parking ; Partner, Doctors Park of Jefferson City, for the City of Jefferson and to install one-hour parking signs along the north side of Woodlawn Traffic Avenue and the east side of Madison Street , to the Parking and I• Commission., Traffic Commission. _ _ _ - - _ - - _ - I Councilman Brant presented a communication from Annie Marie Wells , DirectorI1307 Major Drive, requesting that the City rectify the erorion j of Public damage done by City water and sewer drainage running through the '! Works . ' easement on her property. I! The matter was referred to the Director of Public Works. ii Accounts ;iCouncilman Borgmeyer, �Chairman of the-Accounts , Claims and Personn4 Claims ; Committee, presented the following report : ;j and The Committee met in regard to the recent increase granted to 4 Personnel ;; the Street Commissioner, since the salary ordinance states that all,! Committee ;; increases must be approved by the Committee before being approved Report. by the Council. Councilman Wildhaber moved that the increase be approved. 1` The motion was seconded by Councilman Hager. Councilman Borgmeyer, Chairman, moved that the report be ; approved and the salary increase be allowed. Motion passed. j; - - - - - - - - - - I Councilman Brant, Chairman of the Committee of the Whole , presented the following report: Committee of the Whole Meeting April 25, 1978. Present at the '1 meeting were Councilwoman McDowell, Councilmen Gordon, Hager, Rackers, Robinson, Wildhaber, Whitecotton and Dr. Brant . Also present were Chief Patton, Pat Healey and Dave Brydon. The subject of the old jail was taken up first. Mr. Robinson questioned the hasty decision on the jail, and suggested that we (' +� wait until the jail is built to make a decision. Mr. Whitecotton 11 agreed with Mr. Robinson, and following a discussion of such, Mr. i! N Rackers asked Mr. Brydon if delaying a decision on this would make any difference to the Historical Society people and Mr. Brydon stated that it would not. Mr. Rackers then followed with a motion �� i that we delay action on the old -sail, until the new jail is built, ' and all but the old portion of tie existing building is torn down. is �� 320. _- Regular Council. Meeting, May_ 1, 1978. - The Council would then be able to see the condition of the old j jail, both on the interior and exterior, and make a< decision at ; that time. Mr. Whitecotton seconded the motion, and after some ; discussion the motion was voted on, with all present voting "aye" . j, The Cable T V subject was brought up next. Before any ; ! discussion on this Matter, Mr. Healey distributed the letter on the ' , progress report to the City Council, dated April 14, 1978, a copy !! of which is attached to this Committee report . Dr. Brant asked Mr. " 11Healey about the matter of who owns the local cable t v company and] Iwho in fact was paying the employees . Mr. Healey stated that he was presently being paid by TCI, which is the new franchise. Dr. F iBrant also questioned Mr. Healey as to how and why the transfer of , the franchise was done prior to any authorization by the City 11Committee Council, which is mandated in the contract between the City of ! of the Jefferson and the National Telemeter Corporation. Mr. Healey did Whole knot have any response to this question, other than that he did not ;;Report. ! know why. Mr. Healey went on to state that all but five people # =! that were on the August 25, 1977, list of not having hook-ups , did Inow have cable t v. He went on to say that because of the bad Iwinter they would have the list finished in the very near future. Mr. Healey also, with further questioning, revealed that it is very,. 1possible that a pay increase may not be necessary in the near future. The paid t v project may generate enough revenue to offset; any pay increase needed. Mr. Healey also went on to state the E policy of TCI with regard to service trenches and the stand the , Company would take on this matter. Dr. Brant asked Mr. Healey if ,k he would send a letter to him, outlining the policy of TCI in writing. This letter is attached. Mr. Hager made a motion that wel accept TCI as the authorized franchise of the cable t v company. But do to a lack of a second, the motion failed. Mr. Wildhaber made a motion that we continue to receive TCI reports until a later!1 date, at which time we will make a decision on the transfer of ownership of the franchise, subject to a statement of intent by TCI;. and/or the National Telemeter Corporation, as to their status and future policies. Mr. Hager seconded the motion and all present voted "aye" with the exception of Ms . McDowell. ii Mr. Whitecotton then brought up the subject of burned-out i buildings, such as the one existing on High Street , and the ; discussion then also delved into the area of dilapidated buildings , i ! etc. , and the lack of ordinances necessary to enforce the correc- tion of the condition of such buildings . It was then the consensus; Hof the Committee of the Whole that Mr. Benton, as well as Mr. Graham, be asked to draw up an ordinance to help enforce the correction of the above mentioned buildings . Respectively submitted, /s/ Thomas R. Brant PROGRESS REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL, JEFFERSON CITY, M0. 4/14/78 This report is intended to provide the City with an update of our progress since our last meeting in December, 1977. ; At a Council meeting during that month, Council reaffirmed itsjl desire (or acquiescence) to transfer the CATV franchise to TCI ElCommi,ttee Cablevision, Inc. , upon completion of certain line extensions l of the within the City. We are pleased to report that this construction i; Whole is virtually completed. 'Report. I need not tell you that Jefferson City had a severe winter, making construction nearly impossible. These same weather condi- tions, and the inability of our contractor to keep his crew busy, caused our first contractor to leave the job before it was completed. To date we have spent over $54,000 on this construction and ;( can now serve all but five subscribers who had originally requestedj! service. In addition, we built service into the Hiddenwood and !i Wildwood apartment complexes, which not a part of the mandatory construction. !i In addition to the construction, other exciting developments i are accruing to the subscribers ' benefits . We have recently been ii providing Madison Square Garden events , and certain Christian Broadcast programs at no additional charge to subscribers. These ! programs have been inserted on the cable during times when non- duplication of certain channels are required. Much favorable comment has been received toward this additional programming, ! A survey was taken of our subscribers, and the results were outstanding. Nearly 15% of our customers returned the survey cards. Over 62% of them want the HBO optional pay service. Fifty percent want all of the Madison Square Garden events. And through this survey, which is the democratic way of making decisions for 1� 321. Regular Council Meeting, May 1, 1978, ;; our subscribers , we find certain stations that are now carried are �j watched by only 7% of our subscribers ! We have found a way to provide the pay t v programming to those who desire it without removing any of the existing signals . However, if our subscribers want other additional programs, we at ;� least know which channels should be replaced. Through our partial ownership of a 10 meter earth receive ; station located in Columbia, we can expect to provide the HBO pay ; programs by as early as July. Other services could follow shortly ! thereafter. Our list of cable subscribers is growing in a healthy and jorderly fashion. We now serve 8375 basic subscribers - an increasel : of 250 over January 1, 1978. We anticipate this growth will continue. Since we purchased the assets in early January, you must agree that we have made substantial progress - progress which was the desire of both the City Council and our company. We will be returning to you in the very near future, when the required Committee construction is totally and finally complete, and formally request 11 of the ; the transfer of the franchise to our company, which was promised II Whole earlier. Report.; We sincerely hope that this progress report will be beneficial' -, to you in your future deliberations . Respectfully, /s/ W. R. Brazeal Executive Vice President, TCI Cablevision, Inc. April 26, 1978 j Dear Dr. Brant: �I �! The purpose of this communication is to set down on paper, thee, �jpolicyy that I announced at the meeting of the Council Committee of +� lithe thole, regarding underground service. �t TCI Cablevision will provide, at no charge to the customer, ,' the "Service Trench" , or the trench from our system cable to the (; customer's house. However, should extreme rockiness or other ' conditions dictate the use of conduit to protect the cable from damage, that expense would be up to the property owner. This t seldom happens . If TCI Cablevision and Community Telecommunications , Inc. , followfl ; this procedure wherever they do business , and can see no reason for' i, following a different procedure in Jefferson City. Naturally, underground installation of CATV service costs a 11great deal more than overhead. Therefore, at some time in the ;, future, TCI Cablevision will approach the Council for permission to set up Installation rates on a two-tiered basis . For instance, the ; overhead installation could remain at the present leven of $15.00. !! Underground, on the other hand, might be set by the Council at 11 $30,00. Please keep in mind that TCI Cablevision will make no C� moves in this direction without prior clearance from the City' Council. However, a step of this sort would merely recognize that one mode of installation costs more than another, and avoid having those customers in overhead areas subsidize those in underground areas . �i Yours very truly, /s/ Pat Healey System Manager. j' Councilman Brant moved that the report be filed. - - - - - - - - - - Street Councilman Gordon, Chairman of the Street Committee, presented Committeel. the following report: Report. j� i The Street Committee met at 7: 30 P.M. , Monday, May 1, 1978, in the 'lCouncil Chambers . The following were present , along with all �Imembers: Mr. Benton, Mr. Bates and Mr. Bates . The order of i� business was as follows : (1) The Department of Public Works requested the approval of the first phase of an overlay program. The reason for the request was due to the fact the thermoplastic program to replace traffic markings should be underway in 'June and this would avoid the 18roblems of re-marking. The Committee approved the use of 60,000 of excess funds from Capital Improvement for the first { phase. (2) The Director of Public Works requested approval of the following employees in the Engineering Division: 1) Eugene Brumley as Technician II, at a salary of $840.00 per month. The request was approved and it was noted 322 . Regular Council Meet ing, __May ( Mr. Brumley would not receive a 5% increase at the end of six (6) Ifmonths , due to the fact he will be a transfer member into the Lager ', !- system. Em loyment to be effective immediately. 2� Danny Gelvin and Thomas Hood as Technician 1 , at a `salary of $740.00 per month. The request was approved . Employment ! effective May 15, 1978. Street There being no additional business the Committee adjourned. Committee Respectfully submitted, /s/ Darrel Gordon, Chairman. Report. Councilman Gordon moved that the report be filed . Motion passed. Councilman Whitecotton, Chairman of the Police Committee, presented ; ;the following report: I The Police Department Committee met in the Council Chamber on ;;Tuesday, April 25th, following the adjournment of the Committee of ; the Whole. All members were present with the exception of Mr. lHaetsfield, being absent with leave. Col . Patton and members of ;Ithe news media were also present . Col. Patton reported that in accordance with previous Police !,Committee instructions he had contacted certain members of the Committee ,(Kansas City Police Department and had been informed that three ,Report. !Jefferson City Police Officers and three police dogs could be .jointly trained over a fourteen week period at no expense to 'Jefferson City, except the lo4ng and meals for the officers and the care and feeding of the dogs assigned. The training of the Officers would prepare them not only as dog handlers, but with the ability to train additional Officers as ( dog handlers as might be needed. On motion of Miss McDowell, seconded by Dr. Brant , the , Committee approved the acquisition and training of the dogs and the ;; 'Police Officers as had been recommended by the Kansas City Police ( Department. There are, of course, many facets in the care and handling of these dogs that are important to their performance in ppolice work that are not covered in this report . Col . Patton may lie able to . provide some additional information i.f there are any questions . Respectfully submitted, /s/ Thomas C. Whitecotton, Chairman. Councilman Whitecotton moved that the report be filed. Motion ,passed. , The following Minutes of the Board of Adjustment were presented ; to the Council : Due to a lack of a quorum on April 11, 1978, the regular monthly meeting of the Board of Adjustment was held on Wednesday April 19, 1978, in the office of Planning and Code Enforcement , 911 E. Miller Street . The following members were present: Harold Busch, Tim Minutes of Frevert, Gideon Houser and Rick Morris . Also present was Thomas 11. Board of Benton, Director of Planning, Kevin Roods , Planner, and Carletta Adjustment. Wilbers , Secretary. Mr. Benton announced that Mayor Hyder had appointed Gordon �Persinger to replace Harold Holliway, who resigned his position due to ill health. Mr. Persinger is an engineer employed by the Public Service Commission. The Board members then elected a temporary Chairman for this meeting. Mr. Morris moved that Mr. Frevert be appointed. This motion was seconded by Mr. Busch and was approved. The following items of business were transacted: ll . The request of Harold B. Remley, for a variance of the front l�yard set-back requirements on property located at 314 and 316 !,Lafayette Street, was considered. Mr. Remley requested that John IHequembourg of Ludwig and Associates make the presentation. After {being sworn in, Mr. Hequembourg submitted a site plan showing the ' location of the proposed office building as well as the parking lot , i; Considerable discussion followed with regard to ownership of !(the north-south alley at the rear of the property in question, the establishment of a building line and exact variance needed by Mr. Remley to construct the building as shown. After the above questions had been answered to the Board's , satisfaction, Mr. Morris made a motion to allow construction within , two (2 ') feet from the Lafayette Street property line and the required paved parking area to be located within the required three . hundred (3001) feet of the proposed building. This motion was Regular Council Meeting, May 1 , 1978. 323. seconded by Mr. Houser with all four members voting in the i! ;;affirmative. Motion passed unanimously. 2. The next item of business was the consideration of the requestl of Mr. Ronald J . Prenger for a variance in the parking requirements .from the required twenty-four (24) spaces to sixteen (16) spaces on :the property located at 1107 West Main Street. After being sworn in, Mr. Prenger presented a site plan showing the building as it is located on the property and the area to be used for the proposed sixteen (16) parking spaces . Mr. Prenger stated there are sixteen efficiency apartments in . this building which will house one (1) tenant per apartment and therefore he should not be required to provide for more than sixteen spaces . Mrs . Marion Taylor, 1104 West Main Street , was sworn in. Mrs . ;; Taylor appeared in opposition to this request and submitted a Minutes ';petition with seven signatures of property owners who opposed this r' of Board ' variance. However, Mrs . Taylor stated she and the other property of owners were not aware Mr. Prenger was not required to provide the ! Adjustment off-street parking spaces if he did not remodel and improve the appearance of the building. She stated, after hearing the presents-. tion, in her opinion, the other property owners who signed the . petition would not object if they had been present . General discussion followed with the Board questioning whether ,, or not there was a need to rule as Mr. Prenger was not required to provide this parking. It was decided to help expedite the request , Mr. Prenger has pending for funding of the renovation of this building, the Board would rule on this request . Mr. Morris then moved the request for a variance in the park- r ing requirements from twenty-four (24) spaces to sixteen (16) ', parking spaces be approved. Mr. Busch seconded this request. All , four members voted in the affirmative. Motion passed unanimously. !! There being no further business at this time, the meeting I; adjourned. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Thomas H. Benton, Director of Planning. �I Councilman Borgmeyer moved than the minutes be filed. Motion passed. r - - - - - - - - - - The following report of the Airport Commission was presented to . the Council. j The meeting of the Airport Commission was held at 12: 30 p.m. , Tuesday, April 25 , 1978, at the ,Jefferson City Memorial Airport. Members present were: Chairman Hendren, Ochsner, Munzell, ; Whitecotton, Borgmeyer, Gordon, Wildhaber and Bates . Also present were: Kristie Kraber, News 'Tribune; Terry Rackers, Jefferson City j Report ;Flying Service; John Randolph, Airport Consultant ; and Erle Taylor, '! of iAi.rport Manager. y Airport The minutes of the March 28, 1978, meeting were presented. Commission There being no objections or corrections , Mr. Whitecotton made a .motion to approve the minutes . The motion was seconded by ':Mr. Rackers and unanimously adopted. The financial report for April, 1978, was presented. After `; discussion Mr. Ochsner made a motion to accept the report. Motion l ': was seconded by Mr. Wildhaber and unanimously adopted. Mr. Randolph made a report on the Lincoln Property and stated that the documents were to be in our hands on April 20, but we had .; not received them. We have the appraisals on the property. There was discussion about the construction of airport hangars :!whether they be entirely steel or wood members and steel covering (pole construction) . In the future, any proposals for new hangar '; construction must present detailed information and photographs ?which will be referred to the Building and Grounds Committee. Ir Mike Bates reported that he had met with the Missouri Power ,! and Light Company concerning moving the overhead pole and putting ' the power lines under ground, and that the City share of the cost ; would be $8,000. The cost for moving the telephone company's lines underground are still to come. This is a portion of the ; entire parking lot and water system renovation program. Mike Bates reported that he had talked with the National Guard ! on the project and that they are awaiting the survey points. Mr. Taylor asked for authorization for he and Mr. Randolph to ; attend the American Association of Airport Executives Conference in`� !, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 19 thru 25, 1978. Mr. Ochsner made a motion I for approval. Mr. Munzell seconded the motion and it was f� unanimously approve. �} 324. i L-Me.eting May__1.,__l97,8_.__ Mr. Taylor reported that on April 30, he would have been employed by the City of Jefferson for six months . Mr. Ochaner ;moved e I that Mr. Taylor be given the 5% increase in salary and the 5V: Iraise. This was seconded by Mr. Borgmeyer and unanimously approved.;" Mr. Taylor reported that he had been in search of a clerk- pist in excess of four months and had had no success because of the low salary of $504 a month. Mr. Borgmeyer said that this was a ,;: starting salary and if a clerk-typist had higher qualifications , the: , pay could be in the range provided in the City ordinance. The Commission was in agreement that if a clerk-typist was ade uately qualified, that the starting range could be approximately MO. Mr. Taylor reported on his trip to the FAA at Kansas City and Report of his visit with Tex Melugin and Jack Sasser. He reported that the ',Airport new localizer would be installed in March, 1979, the MALS during ;Commission. 1979 after the runway extension, and the TILS system in 1980. There being no further business the meeting was adjourned. Respectfully submitted, Isl Erle A. Taylor, Assistant Secretary, a. Councilman Borgmeyer moved that the report be filed. Motion passeCi f! - - - - - - - - - - i i Bill No. 2, introduced by Councilmen Robinson and Wildhaber, iBill 2. entitled: :'Contract "An Ordinance of the City of Jefferson, Missouri, authorizing the !Willard Mayor and Clerk of the City to execute a contract with Willard ,Stockman IStockman Construction Company, Jefferson City, Missouri." 'Construction I Read first and second time by title and on motion of :,,Company. ( Councilman Wildhaber the rules were suspended and the Bill was read ;! the third time by title and placed on final passage and was passed b the following vote as Ordinance No. 9117: Councilmen voting Aye: Borgmeyer, Brant, Gordon, Hager, Hartsfield;! McDowell, Rackers , Robinson, Whitecotton i. and Wildhaber. Councilmen voting Nay: None 'Councilmen absent: None. - - - - - - - - - - Bill No. 3, introduced by Councilman Wildhaber, entitled: "An Ordinance of the City of Jefferson, Missouri, authorizing the Mayor and Clerk of the City to execute a contract with Gentges Roofing and Sheet Metal." Read first and second time by title and on motion of Councilman Wildhaber the rules were suspended and the Bill was read '; 11the third time by title and placed on final passage and was passed Ull 3. iby the following vote as Ordinance No 9118: ;Contract Xouncilmen voting Aye: Borgmeyer, Brant, Gordon, Hager, tiartsfield,;' Gentges McDowell, Rackers , Robinson, Whitecotton Roofing & and Wildhaber. Sheet Metal. ! Councilmen voting Nay: None (Councilmen absent: None. fi- - - - - - .. - - - !Councilwoman McDowell spoke in regard to the traffic hazard at the ipirector of intersection of Thompson and Southwest Boulevard. The matter was (public referred to the Director of Public Works . ; forks. - - - - - - - - - - Councilman Borgmeyer requested that the Mayor contact the Housing lAuthorit y to speed up the curbing and guttering of Case and Union :Aousing IStreets. Mayor Hyder informed him that he would contact them and I' uthority. also that the Housing Authority will meet with Councilman Borgmeyer ; and himself in regard to Parking Lots. - - - - - - - - - - Councilman Hager moved that the Council adjourn, under the rules . Adjournment. ,Motion passed. - - - - - - - - - - rf