Council Minutes 03/19/1975 (2)
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CITY OF AMMON
March 19, 1975
Minutes of the regular meeting of the Mayor and City Council:
at 7:35 P. M. by Mayor Keith C. Turnbow with the
The meeting was called to order
following City officials present:
Mayor Keith C. Turnbow
Councilman Russell N. Swensen
Councilman Marvin J. Anderson
Councilman Gerald B. Cheney
Councilman Brent Hirschi
I Others present during the meeting were Auditors H"""y Crandall and LaMar John.
Prayer was offered by Councilman Anderson. Minutes of the meeting of March 5, 1975,
were approved as typed. Minutes of the Special Revenue Bond Loan Closing Meeting
of Fe bruary 27, 1975, were approved as typed.
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Clerk Deon Hemingway_
Attorney W. Joe Anderson
Engineer David E~ Benton
The meeting was opened as a public hearing on the 1975 budget as duly published
in the Post-Register newspaper on March 11 and March 18 under the legal notices as
required by law. There being no residents present to make comment, and the Council
having no changes to propose, Attorney Anderson read the Annual Appropriation
Ordinance No. 125. (Incidental mention was made that the 1976 budget will have to
include an amount for a Guarantee Fund for L. I. D. No. 6 and L. I. D. No.7) Council-
man Cheney moved to waive the three readings of Ordinance No. 125; the motion was
seconded by Councilman Swensen; voting was all in favor; motion carried. Council-
man Swensen moved that Ordinance No. 125, Annual Appropriation Ordinance for
1975, be placed on its third and final reading by title only, and that the ordinance
be approved as read; the motion was seconded by Councilman Cheney; voting was all
ill favo:r; motion carried; Ordinance No. 125 adopted.
Attorney Anderson read an ordinance which he was authorized to prepare at the last
meeting (see minutes of March 5, 1975) to amend Section 6-j-6 of the City Code
pertaining to the length of time that impounded dogs should be kept before being
disposed of if not redeemed or sold. The changes listed were for 24 hours for un-
licensed dogs (formerly 72 hours) and 48 hours after notice is given to owners of
licensed dogs (formerly 5 days), and allowing for official notice to be given by telephoz:1e
as well as by registered letter on impounded licensed dogs. Discussion by the Council
indicated that these changes are desirable due to the boarding fee costs at the Ida~o
Falls Anim~l Shelter where dogs are impounded under the Law Enforcement agreement
with Bonneville County, vhile some concern was expressed for the need to allow time
to give the citizens notice on this proposed amendment before it is enacted. The
Ordinance was assigned No. 126, and Councilman Anderson moved to waive the three
readings and pass Ordin?-nce No. 126. The motion was seconded by Councilman
Hirschi; voting was: Anderson, yes; Hirschi, yes; Cheney, yes; Swensen, no.
The motion carried and Ordinance No. 126 was adopted.
LaMar John, representing the firm of Crandall, Hinckley, and John, CPAs,
reviewed the 1974 General Fund Audit and the audit made on the Water and
Sewer Project funds. Councilman Swensen expressed the feeling of the city officials
bY 'making a motion to accept the audit reports and commend the firm of Crandall,
Hinckley, and John for the fine presentation and service, which motion was seconded
by Councilman Cheney and carried by unanimous vote. Mr. John noted that a letter
of understanding for performing the 1975 audit for the City had not been prepared
due to the uncertainty about being able to do the work because of an increased work
load. It was felt, however that this service for the City could be handled if the books
could be closed out on December 30 and the records made ready for audit immediately
t_hereafter. On this basis, a tentative agreement for the 1975 audit was made for a
fee of $600.00. (The audit firm will send the necessary copies of the 1974 Audit
Report to the State Auditor.) Mayor Turnbow made arrangements to have Mr. John
go with him to the County offices to check the records on cancelled out taxes, etc.
Attorney Anderson and Engineer Benton recommended that proceedings should be
started on creating the Local Improvement District for the 17th Street project so
the funds will be available when needed. A prepared Resolution of Intention for this