04-11-85 Street & Alley Comm MinutesApril 11, 1985 STREET AND ALLEY COMMITTEE 3:00 P.M.
• Chairman Palmer and Councilman Saverud, DPW Hammer, Surveyor
Zavodny, and Mayor McDowell present.
Chairman Palmer called the meeting to order.
SEASONAL LABOR: Discussed need for seasonal laborers in various
areas. This would leave regular employees free to do jobs rather than
holding up work while seasonal jobs get done. Areas where seasonal help
could be used included surveying, sewer plant for general maintenance,
water department, and alley clean-up.
Financing for seasonal help: needs to be computed into the new budget.
This would save the City money and help out city kids and residents with
work. In the meantime the Mayor is:lto check on salaries expended to see
if there is any extra available. Alley cleanup expense is a ligitimate
expense of the enterprise garbage fund, and there are funds available for
it.
Committee recommended to the Employment Committee the hiring of
one seasonal laborer for the Public Works Department if stoney is available.
C. Saverud recommended hiring 4-5 seasonal laborers for one month for
alley clean-up. Operator would be a regular street employee. Committee
concurred.
5TH AVENUE WEST: There will be a meeting next week (not yet set)
for information purposes only - not recommendations.
• STREET RECONSTRUCTION: Surveyor Zavodny handed out a list of the
planned reconstruction for 1985.
loth Street W. between 2nd and 3rd Ave. W. was removed from the list
because of probable location of a future trunk line would cause it to be
torn up.
Committee would like the Council on Monday night to order curbs in for
5th Ave. E.N. (E. Montana to E. Idaho) and E. Montana (4th Ave. E.N. to
5th Ave. E.N.) and Park Place (11th St. E. to 12th St. E.). This is curbs
only. Crews will try not to disturb the sidewalks and therefore keep
down the costs to homeowners.
C. Palmer questioned if a decision had been made on curbs and asked
that it be looked up in the minutes.
Surveyor Zavodny indicated that Gary Rose of School District 5 had
voiced his approval of the projects by Russell and Elrod Schools. He
recommends concentrating on these projects and not worrying about Hedges
this year. The School District will pay for curbs and sidewalks as necessary.
Legal descriptions will be ready Monday night.
There
was a
citizen complaint
about the
south end of
1st Avenue W.
.
down by the
city
shops. DPW Hammer
indicated
a skin patch
could be done.
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ALLEY PICK-UP: There will be notice in the paper on Sunday that
alley clean-up will begin April 22. This is in hopes that people will
have stuff ready and the job can be finished in two weeks instead of
dragging out to 3 or more.
NORTHWESTERN TELEPHONE DECORATIVE TYPE PAYPHONES: These are wall -
mounted and will encroach on the right-of-way. The Street and Alley
Committee recommended that the payphones be allowed to be attached to
the wall of the building and that Northwestern Telephone be issued a
temporary permit with no City responsibility. C. Palmer will take
this to the City Council for a final decision.
TOWN PUMP OVER -HANG: Code indicates
come back an inch from the right-of-way.
to check out the situation.
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that for evey inch up you must
Alan Peterson to be asked