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HomeMy Public PortalAbout19680401 OLD COUNCIL Reaular Council Meetingj._Ap 68 205 Mayor Christy presided. Prayer. Prayer was offered by Mayor Christy. Roll Call. Councilmen present: Debo, Haake, Hawes, Hiesberger, Kliegel, Riner, Scrivner and Stone. ' Councilmen absent: None. A quorum was declared present. Aloval of The minutes of the meetings-of-March 18th. and March 25th. were Minutes. approved as received. ---------- Lewis & Mrs. George Rozier and Miss Doris Athy explained a brochure being Clark Trail. prepared showing the Lewis and Clark Trail. Cole County will re- ceive 6,000 of the folders which will have the back page in color. The cost will be approximately $1,000.00. They asked that the City give $300.00 Councilman Scrivner moved that the City donate $300.00 to be taken from the Mayor's Contingency Fund. The motion passed. Community Mark Cordell, Executive Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce pre" Attitute sented the Community Attitude Survey to members of the Council and Survey. press, ----------- ,Litter Mr, John Lipko, Vice President of Unlimited Services of America, Inc. Recept- of Columbus, Ohio, stated that their company would provide between acles. 30 and 40 litter receptacles at no cost to the City. The City would have to take care of trash removal and the company would be allowed to have advertising on the sides of the receptacles. Councilman Riner moved that the Mayor be authorized to sign the necessary agreement. The motion passed. ----------- Absentee The following were submitted to the Council for the count of the Judges. absentee ballots: March 28, 1968 Dear Members: The City Democratic Committee submits the following for the count of absentee ballots, Friday, April 5, 1968: Wesley Mueller, 212 W. Dunklin Orlen Kester, 619 W. High Guy Wood, 1709 W. Main Gerre Rackers , 1207 Southwest Blvd. Very truly yours, Isl Mrs . Paul Hogg Secretary Councilman Scrivner moved that the names be approved. The motion passed. ----------- Local Union A communication was received from Melvin Branson, Business Re- No. 662. presentative of Laborers ' Local Union No. 662 of Laborers" Inter- national Union of North America, AFL-CIO, stating the majority of employees working under the Sewer Department and Transit Authority had selected them as their bargaining representative. Mayor Christy stated that they would meet with the Council after the new Council is sworn in. 206 __gegular. Cquncil .Meeting, April 14 1968 A request was received from License Inspector, Roy W. Farmer for Refund on a refund in the amount of $50.00 to Claude Burnett, d/b/a/ Burnett License. Radio & TV service, due to the fact that his business has been sold. Councilman Riner moved that the refund be allowed. The motion passed. Mayor Christy presented the following to the Council: Human April 1, 1968 Rights To the Council of the City of Jefferson: Commission. I have the honor to transmit herewith, for your consent and approval, the following appointment ' to office: David Brydon, 1507 North Taylor Drive, as a member of the Human Rights Commission, vice Nicholas Monaco, resigned. Councilman Hiesberger moved that the appointment be approved. The motion passed. The following report of the Street Committee was presented: Street Street Committee Meeting Committee 7: 15 p.m. , Monday - April 1, 1968 Report. Present: Chairman Stone, Councilmen Hiesberger, Riner, Kliegel and Director of Public Works Edwin Rackers . Also present were Bill Herrman and Paul Bauch. Item discussed: 1) The request of the MFA Central Cooperative to vacate part of the Walnut Street right-of-way. The Committee discussed the request and recommended that Mr. Riner and Mr. Rackers meet with the Missouri Pacific Railroad and the MFA officials to work out the details and report back to the Street Committee at the next meeting. Respectfully submitted: /s/ Omer Stone Chairman Councilman Stone moved that the report be approved. The motion passed. Councilman Debo, Chairman of the Public Utilities Committee, pre- Utilities sented the following report: Committee April 1, 1968 Report. Mayor Christy: Your Utilities Committee recommends the following street light and fire hydrant installations. Payment of the existing lights in annexed areas is to be made by the City if they meet with the Missouri Power and Light Master Plan. `4 1. Install 6800 lumen mercury vapor light at 1819 West McCarty Street. 2. Assume payment of existing light at 1817 Taylor Drive. 3. Assume payment of existing light at 1811 Taylor Drive. 4. Install eleven (11) fire hydrants on Schellridge. } 5. Install one (1) fire hydrant on North Ten Mile Drive at Cheseborough Ponds and Conservation Commission. 6. Install two (2) fire hydrants near Belair School. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Robert L. Debo, f Chairman, Utilities Committee i �1 207 Regular Council Meeting,_Aril .I, ': Councilman Debo moved that the report be approved. ! The motion passed. Mayor Christy retired from the Chair so that Mayor Per Tem could preside, since it was his last meeting at the Council. ---------- Parking & The following report was received from the Parking & Traffic Traffic Commission: Comm- March 19, 1968 ission. To: The Mayor and Members of the City Council of the City of Jefferson Subject: Report and Recommendations of the Parking & Traffic Commission . Gentlemen: The following constitutes a report of the regular meeting of the Parking & Traffic Commission held at 8: 30 a.m. on March 19, 1968. The Commission makes the following recommendations to the Mayor and the members of the City Council: 1. The Commission recommends the elimination of the stop sign on Myrtle Avenue at Swifts Highway and further recommends that a stop sign be installed on Swifts Highway at Myrtle Avenue. 2. The Commission recommends the elimination of angle parking on the east side of the 700 block of Jefferson Street between Dunklin Street and Ashley Street. � 3. The Commission recommends that Clay Street at McCarty Street be made a dead-end Street. The Commission requests that the City Engineer contact the Highway Department about the possibility of creating a cul-de-sac at the end of Clay Street where it inter- sects with McCarty Street at the expense of the Highway Depart- ment. 4. The Commission requests that the City Engineer obtain traffic counts of the left and right turning movements on Beck Street at Southwest Boulevard. 5 . The Commission recommends that parking be restricted to two hours on the east side of Broadway Street from High Street north. 6. The Commission recommends that parking be prohibited on the north side of West Main Street from Boonville Road to West Circle. 7. The Commission recommends that the request for the elimination of the stop sign on the south lane of Madison at Atchison Street be rejected because the stop sign is necessary as a safety factor due to the short sight distance at that intersection. 8. The Commission recommends that the City Engineer send the latest traffic counts on the West Main, Dix Road, Boonville Road inter- section to Norman Schemmer, Traffic Consultant, and that he re- quest that the traffic consultant give us a recommendation prior to the next meeting. 9. The Commission recommends that a yield sign be placed requiring north bound traffic turning from Greenberry Road onto Dixon Drive to yield. Respectfully submitted, /a/ Michael P. Riley Chairman Councilman Hawes moved that the report be approved. Councilman Haake asked for a division of the question. Councilman Haake moved that Item No. 3 be referred back to the Parking & Traffic Commission. The motion passed. . Councilman Hawes moved that the report be approved with the exception of Item No. 3. The motion passed. ----------- Accounts & The following report of the Accounts and Claims Committee was Claims presented by Councilman Hiesberger: Committee Report, 208 ____-___ ____...Regular__Council Meeting, April .1, 196$ As per the direction of the City Council at its meeting of March 4, 1968, the Council' s Claims, Accounts and City Officers Committee met April 1, 1968 at 7: 30 p.m. , with the City Fiscal Officer to draw up specifications for the letting of bids for employee-paid disability insurance for City employees in Jefferson City. The Fiscal Officer will let bids in cooperation with the City Attorney' s office through legal advertisement as provided by Ordinance. Councilman Hiesberger moved the approval of the Report. The motion passed. Bill No. 128, introduced by Councilmen Scrivner, Haake, and Bill No. 128. Hiesberger, entitled: Plumbing " An Ordinance repealing Ordinance No. 7203, prescribing a Code. Plumbing Code and regulating plumbing within the City of Jefferson, Missouri, and enacting a new Ordinance prescribing a Plumbing Code for the City of Jefferson, Missouri, providing for the administra- tion and enforcement thereof and providing a penalty." Read first time by title. Bill No. 129, introduced by Councilmen Scrivner, Haake and Bill No. 129. Hiesberger, entitled: Building "An Ordinance regulating the construction, alteration and equipment Code. of buildings and other structures in the City of Jefferson, Mo. , providing for a building official, providing the duties and powers of the Building Official, repealing Ordinance No. 7187 of the City of Jefferson, Missouri, and all amendments thereto, and providing penalties." Read first time by title. Bill No. 122, introduced by Councilman Hiesberger, entitled: Bill No. 122. "An Ordinance of the City of Jefferson, Missouri, regulating the Regulating parking of motor vehicles on the roadways of the City, prescribing parking on a presumption, and providing a penalty for violation thereof." Hillcrest. On motion of Councilman Hiesberger, Bill No. 122 was read the third time by title and placed on final passage and was passed by the following vote as Ordinance No. 8010. Councilmen voting Aye: Debo, Haake, Hawes, Hiesberger, Kliegel, Riner, Scrivner and Stone. Councilmen voting Nay: None. Councilmen absent: None. The following resolution was introduced by Councilman Debo: Resolution: RESOLUTION Street Lights. BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council, City of Jefferson, Missouri, that the Missouri Power and Light Company make the following installations in accordance with recommendations pre- sented to the City Council by its Committee on Public Utilities, if they meet with the Master Plan of the Missouri Power and Light Company. 1, Install 6800 lumen mercury vapor light at 1819 West McCarty Street. 2. Assume payment of existing light at 1817 Taylor Drive. 3. Assume payment of existing light at 1811 Taylor Drive. Adopted: April 1,_ 1968 /s/ Mayor John G. Christy Councilman Debo moved that the resolution be adopted. The motion passed. t' _____Aegular Council Meeting......Apx lj.,. 8 209 Resolution -,: The following resolution was introduced by Councilman Debo: Fire RESOLUTION Hydrants. BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council, City of Jefferson, Mo. , that the Capital City Water Company make the following installations in accordance with recommendations presented to the City Council by its Committee on Public Utilities: 1. Install eleven (11) fire hydrants on Schellridge. 2. Install one (1) fire hydrant on North Ten Mile Drive at Chesebrough Ponds and Conservation Commission. 3. Install two (2) fire hydrants near Belair School. 'Adopted: April 12 1968 Isl John G. Christy Mayor � Councilman Debo moved the adoption of the resolution. "The motion passed. ----------- Resolution The following resolution was introduced by Councilmen Hiesberger and Eugene Kliegel: Phillip RESOLUTION McKinney. WHEREAS, it has pleased almighty God, our Father, to summon to His immortal legions our beloved fellow citizen of Jefferson City and Cole County, Missouri, Eugene Phillip McKinney, Captain, in the United States Air Force, and WHEREAS, we humbly bow to the will of Divine Providence, while ever cherishing in our hearts the memory of his distinguished service to our Nation, and his outstanding example to his fellow American citizens through his belief in his Country' s heritage of freedom and his willingness to give his life in an effort to preserve that heritage, Now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, that the City Council of Jefferson City, Missouri, at its meeting assembled on this first day of April, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-eight, does mourn the passing of our distinguished young fellow citizen Eugene Phillip McKinney, and that we commend to all men his works, to God his spirit; and be it further RE-SOLVED, that as a token of our common sorrow, a copy of this resolution be presented to his family. Isl John G. Christy Mayor Attest: /s/ Margaret Christian City Clerk Mayor Christy appointed Councilmen Kliegel and Hiesberger to present the resolution to the family. ----------- Street Councilman Hawes referred the widening of the 400 block of Rear Committee. East Atchison to the Street Committee. ---------- Adjournment. Councilman Riner moved that the Council adjourn, under the rules. The motion passed.