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Council Minutes 08/04/1976 (2) I o 00 t-- ~ W t:lJ I I 207 CITY OF AMMON August 4, 1976 Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Mayor and City Council: The meeting was called to order following City Officials present: Mayor George Wehmann Councilman Russell N. Swensen Councilwoman Carol A. Dille at 7:35 P. M. by Mayor George WehmanfJ., with the Clerk Deon Hemingway Asst. Attorney Franklin Smith Engineer David Benton Asst. Engineer Robert Butler Due to lack of a quorum, the meeting was recessed until 7:30 P. M., August 5, 1976. August 5, 1976 The meeting was called to order at 7:30 P. M. by Mayor George Wehmann, with the following City Officials present: Mayor George Wehmann Clerk Deon Hemingway (Arrived 8 P. M.) Councilwoman Carol A. Dille Asst. Attorney Franklin Smith Councilman RU15sell N. Swensen Engineer David E. Benton Councilman Francis Lee Asst. Engineer Robert Butler Councilman Marvin J. Anderson (arrived 8:20 P. M.) Others present during the meeting were Valerie Beardall and Glen Southwick. The pledge of allegiance to the flag was led by Councilman Swensen; prayer was offered by Councilman Lee. The minutes of the meeting of July 7, 1976, and July 21, 1976, were approved as written. Valerie Beardall, Co-Chairman for Ammon Day coming up on August 7, reviewed plans for the celebration and displayed trophies, certificates, and ribbons to be given for various contest prizes. Mayor Wehmann noted that Michael Berg of 20-40 Dove Drive had appeared at the meeting the previous evening to register a complaint about littering, etc., on the property at 20-45 Dove Drive, which is a rental home presently occupied by the Jay Simpson family. The Mayor reported that he had gone by andlooked at the situation and found that there is definitely a littering problem to the degree of being a fire hazard. Later in the meeting, the City Attorney was asked to write a letter to Mr. Simpson about this matter. COMMITTEE REPORTS Mayor - With reference to his commitment items from the last meeting, Mayor Wehmann indicated that Councilman Anderson agreed to check with the School Board about using the junior high school building for Ammon Day activities if the weather necessitates going indoors, and it was understood that there would be no problem making this arrangement. Also, a letter has been written to Utah Power & Light Company about installing a street light at the Salmon St. and Curlew Dr. intersection. Public Works - Councilman Lee reported that he had checked with Capitol Glass Company regarding the plastic material which had been obtained by the City for shields for the tennis court lights and was informed that the City employee who arranged the purchase was told that the product starts to melt at 2500, so there will be no reimbursement. According to Councilman Lee, the cost of a snow plow which could be used on a City truck would not be over $2500, and he plans to obtain 3 or 4 verbal bids to consider at the first meeting in September. Instructions were given to the City Maintenance Supervisor to purchase and install an extension on a fire hydrant on Ross Avenue which needs to be raised up about 10 inches. With reference to a cut across Samuel Street which had sunk due to not being properly backfilled after a contractor had put in water and sewer lines, Councilman Lee reported that some fill dirt had been put in to eliminate the traffic hazard temporarily. In res- ponse to an inquiry by Mayor Wehrnann, it was explained that it is agreeable with the City of Idaho Falls to have City employee LaVern Williams inspect the hub connections when a contractor taps on to the existing sewer main for a sewer ser- vice for new homes, etc. Regarding the obligation of contractors and standards to be followed whenever digging into the street is done, it was agreed that a policy