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HomeMy Public PortalAbout19750407 OLD COUNCIL r3714. Regular -Council Meeting, April 7. 1975 E Mayor Christy presided. Prayer was offered by Mayor Christy. i Prayer, Councilmen present: Barry, Borgmeyer, Brant, Gordon, Hager, McDowell Roll Call. Ortmeyer, Whitecotton, Wildhaber and Woodman. Councilmen absent: None. A quorum was declared present. ------------- 1 Approval of The minutes of the meeting of March 17th were approved as received. minutes. -- ----------- The following bids were received for curb and gutters to Haaf Drive, Opening of Buchanan, Gordon, Lavinia and South Circle: Bids. Cole Construction Company $70, 036. 40 Roy A. Scheperle Const. Co. , Inc. 59, 760. 20 Willard Stockman Const. Co. 58, 520. 50 Stratman Const. Co. 56, 826. 50 Socal. Const. Co. 54, 134. 00 Councilman Whitecotton moved that the bid be awarded to Socal Construction Company. Motion passed. ------------- The following bid was received for labor and materials, In place, of Opening of approximately 15, 000 tons of "Type C" Asphaltic Concrete for 1975 Overlay i Bids. Program: Jefferson Asphalt Company $14. 50 per ton. Councilman Hager moved that the bid be approved. Motion passed. ------------- The following bids were received for an air conditioning unit for third floor Opening of City Hall Building: Bids. Woodman Engineering $1, 950. 00 A. J. Rackers 1, 840. 00 B & J Plumbing and Heating 2, 689. 00 Boyce and Schrimpf 1, 850. 00 it Councilman Ortmeyer moved that the bides be referred to the Building and Grounds Committee, Mr. Wheeler and Ed Rackers, with power to act. Motion pnsscd. if A request was received from Cole County Deputy's Wives Auxiliary for help i, Finance In fund raising projects for the Juvenile Attention Center. The matter was Committee. referred to the Finance Committee. -A letter of appreciation was received from the Cole County Dental and Eye Cole County Board for the contribution of $1, 425. 00 and cooperation in assisting the Cole Dental and County Dental and Eye Program In its work. Eye Board. ------------- A petition was received from property owners abutting on Hutton Lane between Street Comm. Expressview Drive and dead end for curb and gutter with necessary grading, I!& Dir. of paving and drainage structures under the Sates Tax Capital Improvement Public Works. Program at a maximum cost of $5. 00 per front foot. The petition was referred to the Street Committee and Director of Public Work. -------------- Mayor Christy recognized Girl Scout Troop 25, Helias High School. Girl Scouts. -------------- Councilman Barry, Chairman of the Accounts, Claims and Personnel Accounts, Committee, reported that his Committee had met twice to review the Propose&Claims & Personnel Rules and Regulations. The next meetings will be held April 9, Personnel 16, and 17th at 7:00 p, m. , in the Council Chamber. Committee -------------- Report. Councilman Whitecotton, Chairman of the Street Committee, presented the Street following report: ;'Committee "The Street Committee met in the Council Chamber March 17th immediately Report. following the adjournment of the City Council. All members of the Committee were present. Also present was Mr. Ed Rackers, Director of Public Works. Mr. Rackers had been.asked at a previous meeting to obtain a cost estimate on the widening of East Miller Street between Clark Avenue and Bluff Street to a width two and not more than four feet in excess of his recommendation for a thirty-two foot width. Regular Council Meeting, April 8, 1975 In compliance Mr. Hackers reported that clue to the resetting of the Iltility i poles and the necessary splicing of the cables the cost would het incrr.rmed by (! $20, 000. 00. f� A discussion followed relating to the necessity of parking on both sides or, ?: �? being limited to one side of the street and whether or not additional residential construction in the Landwchr Hills area would increase traffic on East Miller Street or use McCarty or the Expressway. Street !� Following the discussion Mr. Borgmeyer moved that the Committee approve ! Committee it the recommendation of the Public Works Director limiting the widening of East.1 Report. ' Miller Street to thirty-two feet. f There being no second to this motion, Mr. Wildhaber moved that East Miller Street be widened to thirty-six feet between Clark Avenue and Bluff Street with ii the exception of that portion to the rear of the Gerbes property or approximate I two blocks directly east of Clark Avenue. On a second by Mr. Barry, this motion prevailed. There being no further business, the Committee was adjourned. Respectfully submitted, I`I /s J Thomas E. Whitecotton, Chairman Councilman Whitecotton moved that the report be filed. Motion passed. ; il ---------------- ! Insurance i� Councilman Barry, Chairman of the Insurance Committee, presented the Committee following report: Report. The meeting of the Insurance Committee was held on March 26, 1975 at 7:00 p. fCommittee members present were: Barry, Chairman and Gordon. Also }� attending were Thomas Naught and Roger Feaster. { The Committee heard a report from Mr. Naught and Mr. Feaster regarding !� the City's claim experience for the preceding year the Committee was further 4! advised that the insurance premiums for the year beginning April 1, 1975 will ji be ,$20, 128. 00 which is an increase of $2, 980. 00 over the premium for the I preceding 12 month period. The total increase is a result of an increase in th f Workmen's Compensation premium and is a direct result of the State of Misso ri requirement that Workmen's Compensation insurance rates be increased to 19. After hearing the report of the regents, Mr. Naught and Mr. Feaster, the 1 Committee. recommends that the. insurance coverage with the home Insurance i � ♦ ry ♦ ry ♦ � � 1 1 1 Company through the Naught, Naught & Jones Agency, Inc. , be renewed for ! another year. The renewal date of the policy is April 1, 1975. 'rho Committe further recommends that the physical damage coverage on City vehicles be j increased to cover vehicles up to an nice of 3 years whereas present coverage applies only to vehicles no older than 2 model years. The Committee also reports that City Councilmen are now specifically ` covered under all of the City insurance coverages whereas previously although the City intended to pay a premium for City Councilmen to be covered, the I coverage was not totally clear. I Finally, the Committee recommends that the Council authorize Mr. Naught to make an evaluation of theCity's needs with respect to valuable papers coverage and that lie further review the City's present situhtion with regard to fidelity bonds for officials, all at no charge to the City. �{ Respectfully submitted, /s/ James L. Barry �{ Councilman Barry moved that the report be filed. Motion passed. ----------------- Parking The following report of the Parking Authority was presented to the Council: Authority Councilman Borgmeyer moved that the report be amended as follows: Report. , Page 2 - line 1 by striking Hartenstein and inserting in lieu thereof "Hartley"�{ Motion passed. i The Parking Authority met at 7:30 a. m. . on Thursday, March 13, 1975, with I' members Mike Riley and Charles Czarlinsky absent. !,!! The Chairman read a letter from Glenn E. Scott, Executive Vice President i of the Missouri Chamber of Commerce, requesting a lease of space on Lot No. 5 operated by the Authority at 400 East Capitol Avenue, with the lease to �I begin in March, 1976. The Chairman explained that this additional parking { area was necessary for the Chamber of Commerce to secure a building permit�f ( and that the community needed the construction and the building. Motion was duly made, seconded and passed under which the Authority would =, agree to give to the Chamber of Commerce a long term lease as required to l+ obtain the building permit. .316. Regular Council Meeting, April 7, 1975 fter considerable discussion, it motion was made, :seconded find passed to accept the base bid for the top level for the Peaking Garage, the low bid being !submitted by Linhardt Construction Company, with alternate No. 1, the ! ;elevator, being eliminated. Alternate No. 3 was to be accepted under the motion', which is the required painting to make the new construction harmonize with the old, The contractor is to be requested to grant a 60-day extension for the Authority to determine whether Alternate No. 2, the construction of the new office on the top level, was to be accepted. Upon motion duly made and seconded, the Director of Public Works was asked to prepare a contract for the demolition of the buildings. r Parking Mr. Hartley was directed to contact Duncan Industries to see if they would ! Authority accept a number of meters in storage and discarded by the Authority on future ipurchases. It was further determined that in the event they would not be Report. 11accepted by the company, that they be offered to the public and any remaining The disposed of as junk in order that the Authority might clear the lot where the ,,!meters are stored. r ' The Chairman brought up the request from the Housing Authority concerning the release of the Orange Land Company property to the County Court and it was determined that in the event the old library be acquired by the County Court! that such lot be released to them for parking purposes. �( /s/ Robert L. Ryder Chairman, Parking Authority Councilman Borgmeyer moved that the report, as amended, be filed. Motion passed. " ----------------- The following resolution was introduced by Councilman Gordon: Resolution - RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EX ECUTION OF COMMUNI'T'Y DEVELOPMENT !; Community BLOCI{ GRANT AGRLEMI!:NT Block Grant WHEItI- AS the City of Jefferson City, Missouri (herein called the "Applicant/ ` Agreement. Grantee") proposes to enter into a Grant Agreement (herein called the "Agree- ment") with the United States of America (herein called the "Government"). j BI!; IT ItESOL.VEA) 13Y All PLICANT/GRANT1-',E', as follows: i Section 1. The Agreement in substantially tiler form of contract hereto attached ("iand marked "E'xhibit A" i:s hereby approved and accepted bath as to form and substance and the (Chief I-;xvcutive Officer or authorized official) Is hereby authorized and directed to execute said Agreement in three copies on behalf of the Applicant/Grantee, and the Cleric is hereby authorized and directed to Impress and attest the. official veal of the A r plicant/Grantee �• tc i such P i 1 / t , on catch ,! counterpart and to forward two executed counterparts, to the Government together with such other documents evidencing the approval and authorizing this execution thereof as may be required by the Government. Section 2. Whenever the following terms, or any of them, are used in this Resolution; the same, unless the context shall indicate another or different meaning or intent, shall be construed, and are intended to have meanings as follows: I; (1) The term "Resolution" shall mean this Resolution. (2) All other terms used in this Resolution and which are defined in the Grant Agreement shall have the respective t, meanings ascribed thereto in the Grant Agreement. Section 3. This Resolution shall take effect immediately. 1� Date; April 7, 1975 /s/ John G. Christy President of the Council The resolution was adopted by the following vote: Councilmen voting Aye: Barry, Borgmeyer, Brant, Gordon, Hager, �{ McDowell, Ortmeyer, Whitecotton, Wildhaber and Woodman. Councilmen voting Nay: None. ----------------- Councilman Barry moved that the City renew its policy with Naught, Naught !i City Insurance. and Jones for one year. Motion passed. ----------------- Councilman Hager moved that the Council adjourn, under the rules. Motion �i Adjournm passed. (� ij