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ccm19650928COMMON COUNCIL CITY OF MUSKEGO MINUTES OF MEETING HELD SEPTEMBER 28, 196.5 CITY HALL THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:33 P. M. BY MAYOR -e GOTTFRIED. PRESENT: MAYOR JEROME GOTTFRIED, ALDERMEN ARTHUR BOSTATER, EDMUND BUDISH, PAUL M. DEANCELIS, HENRY HUDZIAK, MYRON H. WEAVER, DONALD E. WIESELMANN AND HENRY WOLF, CLERK-TREASURER BETTE BOWYER AND ATTORNEY WILLIAM REILLY. ABSENT: CITY ATTORNEY RICHARD HIPPENMEYER MINUTES: ALDE RMAN BUDISH MOVED THAT THE MINUTES OF THE 1 PREVIOUS MEETING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1965, BE APPROVED AS XAILED. ALDERMAN WOLF SECONDED THE MOTION AND IT CARRIED. 0 EO&MLTzE& &EgO&TL FINANCE COMMITTEE - ALDERMAN WOLF PRESENTED THE REPORT OF THE FINANCE COEMITTEE MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 22, 1965, AND MOVED THAT THE REPORT BE ACCEPTED AND PLACED ON FILE. ALDERMAN BOSTATER SECONDED THE MOTION AND IT CARRIED. PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE - ALDERMAN WIESELMANN PRESENTED THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC ~AFETYCOMMITTEE MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 23, 1965, AND MOVED THAT THE REPORT BE ACCEPTED AND PLACED ON FILE. ALDERMAN HUDZIAK SECONDED THE MOTION AND IT CARRIED. l PUBLIC WELFARE COMMITTEE - ALDERMAN DEANGELIS PRESENTED THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WELFARE ,COMMITTEE MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 22, 196.5, AND MOVED THAT THE REPORT BE ACCEPTED AND PLACED ON FILE. ALDERMAN BUDISH SECONDED THE MOTION AND IT CARRIED, PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEK - ALDERMAN WIESELMANN PRESENTED THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MEETING OF SEPTEXRER 17, 1965, AND MOVED THAT THE REPORT BE ACCEPTED AND PLACED ON FILE, ALDERMAN WEAVER SECONDED THE MOTION AND IT CARRIED. RULES. LAWS & ORDINANCES COMMITTEE - ALDERMAN WEAVER PRESENTED THE REPORT OF THE RULES, LAWS & ORDINANCES COMMITTEE MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 16, 1965, AND MOVED THAT THE REPORT BE ACCEPTED AND PLACED ON FILE. ALDERMAN DEANGELIS SECONDED THE MOTION AND IT CARRIED. PLANNING COMMISSION - THE REPORT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING OF BPTEMBER 21, 1965, WAS ACCEPTED AND PLACED ON FILE. MAYOR GOTTFRIED ADVISED THE COVNCIL TO GIVE SPECIAL -* ATTENTION TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS RELATIVE TO GRAVEL, INC. SEWER SITE COMMITTEE - THE REPORT OF THE SEWER SITE COMMITTEE SPECIAL MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 27, 1965, WAS ACCEPTED AND PLACED ON FILE. (2) QNLIhJsH&D, ORDINANCE #20 - ALDERMAN WIESELMANN REPORTED ON ORDINANCE #20, I. E. AN ORDINANCEESTABLISHING A POLICE AND FIRE COMMISSION IN THE CITY OF MUSKEGO, WHICH HAD BEEN REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING. HE ADVISED THE COUN- CIL THAT THE COMMITTEE REALIZED THE NEED FOR ADEQUATE POLICING, THAT BUDGET ASPECTS HAD BEEN DISCUSSED AND THE COMMITTEE FELT THAT OTHER COMMUNITIES MIGHT BE CONTACTED AS TO AMOUNTS OF THEIR BUDGETS. ALDERHAN HUDZIAK ADVISED THAT HE HAD REVIEWED ORDINANCE#20 AND FOUND THAT IT WAS ALMOST THE SAME WORDING AS THE STATE STATUTE, THAT THE ORDINANCE MUST BE ADOPTED AND THAT PROPER POLICING IS NECESSARY TO TAKE CARE OF ORDINANCES WHICH HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THE RULES, LAWS & ORDINANCES COMMITTEE. THE CLERK READ A LETTER FROM CITY ATTORNEY HIPPENMEYER INTERPRETING PORTIONS OF ORDINANCE #20. ALDERMAN DEANGELIS MOVED THAT THE COUNCIL RECONSIDER THE MOTION MADE TO REFER ORDINANCE #20 TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. ALDERMAN WEAVER SECONDED THE MOTION. ALDERMAN WIESELMANN ADVISED THAT HE WAS AWARE THAT THE ORDINANCE WOULD EVENTUALLY HAVE TO BE ADOPTED BUT ADVISED THAT THE PUELIC SAFETY COMMITTEE WAS CAPABLE OF DETERMINING A PROPOSED BUDGET AND THAT A PUBLIC HEARING SHOULD BE HELD PRIOR TO ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE #20. IN ANSWER TO QUESTION FROM ALDERMAN HUDZIAK, ATTORNEY REILLY ADVISED THAT AMENDMENTS COULD POSSIBLY BE MADE TO THIS ORDINANCE BUT THAT MOST OF IT IS CONTROLLED BY STATE STATUTES. ALDERMAN WEAVER OFFERED AN APOLOGY TO THE POLICE DEPT. FOR HIS QUOTATION WHICH HAD APPEARED IN THE TRI-TOWN NEWS THAT WE WERE NOT GETTING MUCH POLICE PROTECTION FOR $??,ooo, HIS INTENTION BEING THAT NOT MUCH PROTECTION CAN BE BOUGHT FOR $~I,000 AS, IN HIS ESTIMATION, THE PRESENT POLICE DEPT. IS DOING A GOOD JOB. A ROLL CALL VOTE WAS CAST ON THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER AND ALDERMEN BOSTATER, &DISH AND WIESELMANN VOTED “No” AND ALDERMEN DEANGELZS, HUDZIAK, WEAVER AND WOLF VOTED '!AY.E" AND THE, MOTION CARRIED. ALDERMAN WIESELMANN MOVED TO TABLE ORDINANCE #20 UNTIL THE NEXT KEETING. ALDERMAN BUDISH SECONDED THE MOTION AND UPON ROLL CALL ALDERMEN BOSTATER BUDISH, DEANGELIS, HUDZIAK, WIESELMANN AND WEAVER VOTED "'AYE" AND ALDERMAN WOLF VOTED “No”. THE MOTION CARRIED. THE CLERK READ A PROCLAMATION FROM MAYOR GOTTFRIED PROCLAIMING OCTOBER AS MUSKEGO P. T. A. MONTH. MAYOR GOTTFRIED REMINDED THE COUNCIL OF THE BUDGET MEETINGS WHICH WILL BEGIN NEXT WEEK, MAYOR GOTTFRIED ANNOUNCED THAT A RESOLUTION WAS BEING PRESEN- TED UNDER NEW BUSINESS APPOINTING GERALD LEE BUILDING INSPEC- TOR IN THE NEWLY CREATED FULL TIME POSITION AT A MONTHLY SALARY OF $625 PER MONTH. HE POINTED OUT THE RESPONSIBILITIES INVOLVED IN THIS POSITION AND ADVISED THAT SINCE HE BECAME BUILDING INSPECTOR IN 1962, MR. LEE HAD BECOME A STUDENT OF OUR PARTICULAR ZONING ORDINANCE. HE URGED THE COUNCIL TO CONFIRM THE APPOINTXENT AND SALARY. 0 JW BWLKD RESOLUTION #94 - THE CLERK READ RESOLUTION #94, I. E. RESOLVING THAT A CONTEST BE HELD IN ORDER THAT A SYMBOLIC CITY SEAL BE DESIGNED. a ALDERMAN WEAVER MOVED FOR THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION #94. ALDERMAN WOLF SECONDED THE MOTION. ALDERMAN BVDISH QUESTIONED IF THIS RESOLUTION SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. ALDERMAN WOLF WITHDREW HIS SECOND TO THE MQTXON. ALDER- MAN BVDISH SECONDED THE MOTION. ALDERMAN WOLF MOVED TO AMEND RESOLUTION #94 BY ADDING TO THE THIRD PARAGRAPH "AFTER APPROVAL BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE". ALDERMAN HVDZIAK SECONDED THE MOTION AND IT CARRIED. UPON ROLL CALL ALDERMEN BOSTATER AND WIESELMANN VOTED "NO" AND ALDERMEN BVDISH, DEANDELIS, HUDZIAK, WEAVER AND WOLF VOTED "AYE" AND RESOLUTION #94 AS AMENDED WAS ADOPTED. l RESOLUTION #95 - THE CLERK READ BESOLUTION #95, I. E. APPOINT- MENT OF GERALD LEE BUILDING INSPECTOR. ALDERMAN WEAVER MOVED FOR THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION #95. ALDERMAN HVDZIAK SECONDED THE MOTION. ALDERMAN WIESELMANN QUESTIONED IF MR. LEE QUALIFIED FOR THE POSITION UNDER SECTION 2 OF ORDINANCE #16, AND SUGGESTED THAT A FORM GIVING DETAILS AS TO HIS QUALIFICATIONS BE PRE- PARED. MAYOR GOTTFRIED ADVISED THAT BECAUSE OF MR. LEE'S PAST PERFORMANCE SINCE 1962, A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF HIS QVALI- FICATIONS WOULD NOT BE NECESSARY. THE MAYOR READ THAT PORTION OF SECTION 2 OF ORDINANCE #I6 RELATIVE TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF BUILDING INSPECTOR. HE ADVISED THAT MR. LEE HAD BEEN A GENERAL CONTRACTOR FOR 5 YEARS AND IN HIS OPINION MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS. ALDERMAN WOLF MOVED THE PREVIOUS QUESTION. ALDERMAN WEAVER SECONDED THE MOTION AND IT CARRIED. UPON ROLL CALL, ALDERMEN BOSTATER, BVDISH, DEANGELIS, HVDZIAI+ KEAVER AND WOLF VOTED "'AYE" AND ALDERMAN WIESELMANN VOTED No AND RESOLUTION #95 WAS ADOPTED. JiESOLUTION #96 - THE CLERK READ A COMMUNICATION FROM MR. WALTER VESBACH, DATED SEPT. 28, 1965, OFFERING LEASE OF 21.3 ACRES AT $3500 PER YEAR FOR LAGOON SITE. MAYOR GOTTFRIED COMMENTED ON THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE SEWER SITE COMMITTEE WITH MR. VESBACH MONDAY MORNING, SEPT. 27, ALDERMAN BVDISH SUGGESTED THAT RESOLUTION #96 BE REFERRED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER STUDY AND RECOXMENDATION. THE CLERK READ RESOLUTION #96, I. E. ACCEPTING THE a PROPOSAL OF WALTER VESBACH TO LEASE 21.3 ACRES FOR $3500 PER YEAR FOR LAGOON SITE. ALDERMAN WOLF MOVED TO SUSPEND THE RULES THAT INTERFERE WITH ADOPTING RESOLUTION #96. ALDERMAN WEAVER SECONDED THE MOTION AND IT CARRIED. ALDERMAN WOLF MOVED TO ADOPT RESOLUTION #96. THE MOTION LOST FOR LACK OF A SECOND. (4) BESOLUTION #97 - THE CLERK READ RESOLUTION #97, I. E. AUTHORIZATION OF RECONSTRUCTION OF CROWBAR ROAD., ALDERMAN WEAVER MOVED FOR THE SUSPENSION OF THE RULES THAT INTERFERE WITH ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION #97. ALDERMAN BUDISH SECONDED THE MOTION AND IT CARRIED. ALDERMAN WIESELMANN MOVED FOR THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION #97. ALDERMAN WEAVER SECONDED THE MOTION AND IT CARRIED UNANI- MOUSLY UPON ROLL CALL, pESOLlJTION #90 - THE CLERK READ RESOLUTION #98, I. E. INSURANCE BIDS. ALDERMAN WIESELMANN QUESTIONED IF THE BIDS WERE SUBMITTED BY AN AGENT OR A COMPANY. ALDERMAN WOLF ADVISED THAT THEY WERE SUBMITTED BY AGENT AND PROVIDED THE NAMES OF EACH. ALDERMAN BOSTATER MOVED FOR THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION #90. ALDERMAN BUDISH SECONDED THE MOTION AND IT CARRIED- UNANI- MOUSLY UPON ROLL CALL. VOUCHER APPROVAL - ALDERMAN WOLF MOVED THAT THE COMMON COUNCIL APPROVE FOR PAYMENT VOUCHERS IN THE AMOUNT OF $13,012.04 PAYABLE TO SEPTEMBER 28, 1965. ALDERMAN BUDISH SECONDED THE MOTION AND UPON ROLL CALL THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. LICENSE APPROVAZ - ALDERMAN BUDISH MOVED THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVE A LIQUOR AND MALT LICENSE FOR ROSEMARY PAPROCKI. ALDERMAN WOLF SECONDED THE MOTION AND IT CARRIED. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE FINGERPRINT REPORT HAD NOT BEEN RECEIVED FOR CHARLES GREEN. RADIO TOWER - CIRCLE COMMUNICATIONS. INC. - ALDERMAN DEANGELIS MOVED THAT A PUBLIC HEARING FOR CIRCLE COMMUNICATIONS, INC., WHO DESIRE TO BUILD A RADIO TOWER IN SECTION 7, BE HELD AT 7:OO O'CLOCK OCTOBER 26, 1965, FOR THE PURPOSE OF REZONING OIP OVERLAY. ALDERMAN BUDISH SECONDED THE MOTION AND IT CARRIED. CITY OFFICIAL ‘S REPORTS COUNTY BOARD SUPERVISOR MYRON WEAVER REPORTED THAT THE COUNTY BOARD HAD AGREED TO FORM A 35 DISTRICT MEMBER BOARD. COMMUNICATIONS - THE FOLLOWING COMMUNICATIONS WERE PRESENTED BY THE CLERK WITH DISPOSITION AS FOLLOWS: COMMUNICATION FRON CONGRESSMAN GLENN R. DAVIS ANNOUNCING COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR ACADEMY NOMINEES, PLACED ON FILE. COMMUNICATION FROM ALDERMAN MYRON WEAVER EXPRESSING CON- CERN OF THE PRESENT STREET LIGHTING SYSTEM, REFERRED TO PUBLIC e SAFETY COMMITTEE. MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS ALDERMAN BUDISH REPORTED THAT IN THE &ETTER TO THE EDITOR SECTION OF THE TRI-TOWN NEWSPAPER, A COPY OF A LETTER FROM WALTER VESBACH To THE CITY OF MUSKEGO APPEARED, BUT THAT l PORTIONS OF PARAGRAPHS HAD BEENDELETED. ALDERMAN BUDISH MOVED THAT CITY ATTORNEY HIPPENMEYER CONTACT THE LOCAL NEWS- PAPER RELATIVE TO INCOMPLETE PRINTING OF THIS LETTER. ALDER- MAN WEAVER SECONDED THE MO ,TION AND IT CARRIED. (5) MUSKEGO ASPHALT PLANT - ALDERMAN DEANGELIS MOVED THAT THE COUNCIL BY SOME MEANS HAVE MR. DALE DAWSON WHO OWNS AND OPERATES THE ASPHALT PLANT HIRE AN ENGINEER AT HIS OWN EXPENSE WHO WOULD BE DESIGNATED BY THE CITY TQ GIVE SOi'fE TANGIBLE EVIDENCE AS TO CONDITIONS OF SMOKE, SMOG, STEAM, ETC. ALDERMAN HUDZIAK SECONDED THE MOTION. l ALDERMAN DEANGELIS AND ALDERMAN HUDZIAX ADVISED THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS IN THE AREA OF THE ASPHALT PLANT. ALDERMAN BOSTATER EXPRESSED HIS OPINION THAT IF THE COUNCIL WANTS AN UNBIASED OPINION FROM AN EXPERT, IT WOULD BE IRREGULAR TO ASK MR. DAWSON TO ASSUME THE EXPENSE, THAT THE CITY SHOULD PAY THE COST. THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION AS TO THE CONDITIONS TN THE AREA OF THE ASPHALT PLANT. SEVERAL OF THE ALDERMEN COMMENTED THAT THEY HAD OBSERVED THE PLANT IN OPERATION AND DID NOT FIND THE CONDITIONS IN THE AREA AS HAD BEEN REPORTED. ALDER- MAN WEAVER COMMENTED THAT CONDITIONS WERE WORST WHEN THERE WAS HIGH HUMIDITY. THE MOTION WAS DEFEATED. 0 ADJOURNMENT - ALDERMAN DEANGELIS MOVED FOR ADJOURNMENT, ALDERMAN HUDZIAK SECONDED THE MOTION AND THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 9:35 P. M. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, CLERK-TREASURER DATED THIS ?ST DAY OF OCTOBER, 1965. B. SENDS REC. SEC'Y