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8 Boz eman , M'on ta na
.Tu 1 y 30th, 1947
The CommissIon of The City of Bozeman met in regular session in the Commis t-~ ion Room,
City Hall BuilcHng:, Wednesday afternoon, .Ju 1 y 30 th , 1947 , at 1:00 o'clock P.M. Those being
present were ~tayor Healy, Commissioner Sorenson, Commissioner Lowe, Ci ty lVallager Quinnell,
City Attorney Lovelace, and the C Ie 1"1< , when the following proceedings were had to-wit:
The mlmltes of tbe 18ft rep'111nr session were read, and it was moved b;! Commir'sioner
Sorenson, seconded by ~ayor Dealy that the minutes be approved as read, and the motion was 1
carried by the following Aye gnd H 0 vo t e ; those voting Aye being Mayor Healy, Commi s '" ion eT
Sorenson; those v otinlT No, Done.
Sale of S. I. No. ;")41, 342, 'wd 34,4 F30nds
The Manager stated that this was trle time and place set for the sale of Special Im-
provement District Bonds of districts Pos. 341, 342 and 344. He presented and read the
affidavlt of publica ti on of the Eotice to Bidders 1 whereupon, it 'NBS moved by Comrnis,~i oner
Sorenson, seconded by Ma yor Heal y tha t the bids be opened and read, and tl:e motinn was
carried by the folIo':: In::r Aye and 1"0 vOt8: tho so voting Aye being Mayor Healy, Commis s: or, er
Sorenson; tho8cvotins: 1';0, nOlle.
The written bid of ~lford Yer~ey beinp' tee only written bid was opened and read:
For ::H,3]0 of S. T .'-". roo 342 Bonds, par va 11.1e at 5}G.
IV1r. Herbert Howell uave 8Il or8.l hI d of p8r va h~ e 4.9% interert for the same bonds.
There bein{1' no f1) r tl-18 r bid s for thspe bonds, it was i"roved by Commis."ioner Sorenson,
~leconded b;T Jlnayor l1ealy that the bid of perbert Howell b8 accepted and th C P1 0 t i on'\'J a s CD 1'-
ried by the fnllowin~ Aye and No vote; th08e votinp' I~ Y8 be l.rW ~r a:; 0 r Heal y, Commis~' ioner
Sorenson; those vo tinp' No, non e. I
The Man8~er stated th8 t the bonds of special Improvement Dis tric t No. 341 in the
amount of $22,000.00 w01;ld be sold next. IY\r. C ha s . Vandenl1ook, of the Commercial Nat-
ional Rank, Bozen1sn, ~'on tana submitted an oral bid of p~1r VallJ8, 6% interest. TheF8 be-
inIT no other bidders, it was moved by Commissioner Sorenson, seconded by I,,'ayor lJe',ly tha t
Ule bid of the Commercial National Rank be accepted and the ""otion was cl-1rried by the fol-
10win{1' Aye and No vote: tho.se vot:1ncr h:-;e being ~!ayor Healy, Commissioner Sorenson and Com-
missionpr Lov/e; tho se voting Fo, none.
The bids for tho p1Jrchn se of the bonds of Special I~provempnt District ~o. ;344, in
the amount of ~23,JOO.OO wore received next. Mr. r' 1. \.. Green, of' the COml'Ylorci al Fational
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Bank, 1]oz e)'ran , ~'"ontana, slJbmi t ted an or81 [Lid of par valne, 6;/. "r. It was "'1oved by
10 lnter,;8 t.
Commir'sioner Jorens~n, s € C (lLCi2 C: (; ;,' C :)1vlyr :1<; ~3 :: -w t: l' T 'u 21 y '.I,D ":. tbe bid c f tj E, C )'nmorc 1a 1
Pn tionsl Bank be accepted an tJ--:o mo1",i.''',Y1 I~VB s c?!'ried by tJ:-ie follow!n? Aye and No vo tc ; tb 0 s e
vot:lno' Aye being I\.'~8yor H08.ly anJ Commts8:lonnr Soronson; thos e vClt:i.ng ~Jo, none.
Com~lssioner Lowe entered 0nd was noted present.
Claim for S.I.'). No. 342
The Eana~er 8t~ted thr.:t t the firv'll estirrnte for contractor's work in tbe construction I
of Special Improvement District No. 342 !.lsd bAon cOriplcted, and p~esented Claim No. 1127
0" the Standard Cow' trllC tion Corrpany in the amount of $4,JOO.00. After examination of
the claim, it wns moved by Commissionor Lowe, seconded by Commissioner Sorenson tbe't tLe
clalm be 9 pproved<elDd 9 warrar't drawl'" for its p8. ymcn t and the motion was carried by the
followJ,n':1' j~Yf; and "'0 vote: tho~"e votinp Aye being Nayor Healy, Commissioner Sorenson
and Co~missioner Lowe: th(~8 e vot infTFo, none.
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Report
The report of t1'e Wa ter Co 118 c tor for the mon tb of Jul y, 1047 was pre~entod BnJ read.
It was moved by Commissioner Sorenson, secnnded by Commissioner Lowe U18t the :rcport be
accepted and ordered fil0d And the motinn was carried by the followin( Aye and No vote;
th02, e voting Aye being Wayor Healy, Commissioner Sorenson and Commissioner Lo~e; tho.sB
1 votlnf! Fa, r~ one.
ThA report of the annuol audit for the pe ri ocJ endinr- .Tune 30Ul, 1947 of the Airport
B08rd was presented, rea , and ordered filed.
'!'f,qrG Scale for City D~ployees
!.vTr. T.T T Norwood appeared before the COIrmifsion to in~111re as to the ra te of po y for
.',. . LJ.
C i t"T foremen and their ass~8t8nts, as he Wt'J. S to report at a rneet1n~ of tr18 uni on the f'ir.<'t
of next week at which time tte City's labor rates w01Jld b8 discnss8d. IVr. FOI'WOOC] W8 S in-
formed th8t the wn (l'e scale had not been finally approved, anc1 the City Manaver reported
trl8 t he had told the union representatives the t tlle City could not dele~ate its em tl'ori t:v
to any orgnaization, lJnion, or any other pressure group.
Applic"tion for Beer License
The applic~i tion of the ,Ir. Chamber of Comm8rce for a special beer license to sell beer
du r in g the three de ys of their annual rOlJndup we s presented and read. It 1!VflS woved by
CommiRsioner Lowe, secnnded by Comrnissloner Sorenson the t the applicn tion bA approved and
the license i sall Ad and t[1e mo ti on was c":rried by th? followinr' nye and ro vote; th028 voting
^-;re beirrr Mayor ITeal;T, Co~missioner Sorenson and Commissioner Lowe; those vo ting No, non e .
I f'erJ'l1ission to conptnlct 2!-foot sidewalk
A reouest of Mr. ,Jack Fa ;Tnfls to con 2 true t a sicJewalk 2f;- feet wide alonr' the sou tt [dele
of hls propert;r at Wallace and Aspen Street was presen ted. It was 8):1 own UlP t the Ci t;1 Or-
dinance reqlJlres 8 sidewalk five feet wide and also ths.t As;:.en Street i.8 a de.sd-encl street,
and th"'t the w91k would only be 1Jsed b;' persons en tori nz tt:.e Faynes property. It was also
s ts tad th <1 t Vr. Ha yn 0 s r e que s t e d th<l t the City ~r8vel Aspen Street from ~allace A venue wes t
a sufficient distance to service his property and th:1 t he W01J Id re ImblJ rs e the City for tbe
entire cost.
After consideration of the location of the property and the dead-end ~treet, it w.q s
moved by Commissioner Sorenson, seconded by Commissioner Lowe that permission be ~ranted
to Mr. Ha yn e s to cons tn~c t a sidewalk 2~ feet in wldth, snr: ths t the stroet be improved in
a ccorda nce wi tl: the reolJest of Nr. Haynes, under the S'lPC rvi si on 0 f the 01 ty Enf!in(er, anj
the motion was carried by the followIng Aye and No vo te; those voting Aye being Mayor Healy,
Commissioner Lowe and Commlssioner Sorenson; those voting No, none.
Res o III tion No. 605 -- Assessinr; 31::; Fo. 3;37.
The ManaITer stated thFl t this was the time and place fJfJt for plJblic hE;a rlnp' on the
1 assessment lavyln~ the COfJt of con f' tr11 c tion of SpAcial Improvement District No. ~?;, ~5 7 , L)r
8 sanitary sewer on T8.maraCK Street from ROllse to Chu rch !\,venue. ne presented affIdavit
of publicn tion of the Notice 8.nd s t.9 ted tlv: t no pro tes ts had bf'en filed and no one was
present to protest. He prese!1tod Resolution No. 605, enti tIed:
A ?r<;SOLTT'l'IOTT OF THE CQl\iIMIS 31 OX OF Tim C T IV 01=<' 1302'::X n: , MC1N"Tfl.YA LEVYHTG i\j\l])
';S,(~ES~~ -rye;- A SPECI AL ,L\S~'RSSr(;'~-N'r OF TAXES lJ F\j]\! ALL TIE~ PFWP',:RTY IN SfT::CIAL
nrpRO\n:;:;~n~NT DI~'TRICT NO. 337 H1 TE~ C I 'T'/ or BOZ?lIlii\j\:, r;OUNTY OTc GALL 'I'D:,
srl;~'l'E OF MONTANA. TO r)'\F'RAY TITT': CO:'T OF CON:'TRlTCTTNG i\YD ~(AY:ING TE-:<: Irt-
PPOVEMENTS WITfIN SAID SPECIAL H1PF01Ili:r-r:;:Wl' DISTP.ICT NO. 337.
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It WAS moved by Commissioner Lowe, seconded by Commissioner Sorenson that the resolu-
tion be finally passed and adopted and the motion was csrried by the followinG Aye and No
vo te; those voting Aye being T:Tayor Healy, Commis sioner Sorenson and Commis ,s loner Lo',ve; those
voting 1'Jo, nor.e.
Pesol-ution No. 606 -- Street Sprinkling
The Wanauer stated the:! t tli S W8S the time and place set for the hearin~ of protests to 1
the levyin~ of the assessment for street sprl~klinR' for the year 1947. He presented affida-
vit of publication of the Notice and stated th8t no protests have been filed and no one was
present top ro t est. He presented Resolution No. 606, An ti tled :
A FESQLUTIml OF' 'THE CO~ntIS:::I OF (I:;' 'TH<: C Try OF BOZ!i;l\U,N LEVYING APD A~:SEs~aNG A
SP-'~C IAL t\SSESS:V'!-:N'r OF TAXF~)UFOI\ ,1,LL m' ']'P'-:: PRO F:';f:TY IN STRT<:ST SPRurKLING ')IS+
TRICTS OP 'THE CITY OF DOZEV^N, C OPNTY OF G/\LL1~ Tn' , STATE OF MONTANA, 'PO D}<~FHA Y
SEVE1FfY - PIVE P1i:HCiCFT OF' '['t:'; COST OF SPRINKLING STR~~TS WITHIN SAID STRERT
SPRINKLING DISTRICTS OF TEE CITY OF BOZSMAN POR 'rEE yr':!\R 1947.
It was ~oved by Commissioner Sorenson, reconded by Gommissioner Lowe tha t the resolu-
tion be finally passed and adopted and the motion was ca rri ed by the f' allow ing Aye and No
vote; those voUng nye being ~!layoT' Healy, Commissioner Sorenson and Commis~loner Lowe;
tho~) e vo tin(;r No, none.
Pesolut10n No. G,!? -- Pc,\rkin:r ]!'alntcnance
The Man87er statod th~t this was tlJe time and place set for the hearing of protests to
tll8 lev;,inr' of the assessment for the care of parking maintenance districts for tlle s "ea son
of 1947. He presented affidavit of oubllcntion of the Notice and ata teci thst no protests
1,8d been fjled and no one was present to protest. He ::;resented ResolutIon Ko. 607, entitled:
A RESiLTTTTCHJ OF' TEF: cmarrs ;-:~ IOTT 0'<' 'T'Iil~~ CITY OF BOZEr,"n-:, L~V"ING APD AS~~SSING A I
3pT'~CI1\L AS~;,!~3S~,"~]\J'T OF TAXI'S TTT:-()1V ^LL T'T": FF'Op.;>RTv' IN ::FE~CIAL r,rPFOV~:r\;..yr'I' I)I;::;TFIC']'S
OF' 'rE:': CITY 0 F' B OZ ;:":'{/, }' , COUFTY OT' GALL!" Tn:, " '1'/\ 'Fr: OF :V!OWl'AN/'" F' 0 E '1'1 j.~ N::^1 I loT 'J'H;tJ l\ 1.'- C E
a"p PI3Kn:G:' TO D~;~F'PAV 'IlTS C O,e T OB'r_'/\HTTA nJHW THE P~RKINCS WI1TIIN SAID SPECIAL
IMF0'OIJ'8r,n'cNT DI,';.TRIc'r;-~. or" n~I': CIT'\1 OF EOZ';:V\?' F'OH 'TEFl: Y:':i\F 1947
It was moved by Commissioner Lowe, seconded b-' Commissioner Sorenson thl'lt the Resolu-
tion be finally passed and adopted and tbe motion was carried by thefollowinr:r '/:>'yo and No
vo te ; those votinr' Aye bein~ Yayor Healy, Comrr.issloner00renson and Commis8ioner Lov:e; those
'1oUnr;r 1'.To, none.
Resolution No. 6UH -- Li tlnrr Assessment
The Wans7er st0ted tbn t tl.lis \V::-18 t.h e ti)118 and pln ce set for the hearinp' of pro tes ts
to the lev~dnp" of the a8SeSf:1ment for the varjryus li7htin~ maintenanC2 dietr18tsfor 1947.
Ire pre~'l8n tpd the 8. ffj,C!a vi t 0 f Pi] b 1i C'l t ion of U18 notice, and st"l.tecl trl":t no protests h8.d
l)eer filed and no one was nresent to protest. Pes t)] 1J t: i on l'To. 608 was presented, en to'! tIed:
A Rli;3CUTTICIf':::W 'Tl:E cmnn:_~:-_'Icr 0',' 'rni<: CIT'Y OF Ecz',:r,',1,y, r~c N 'Tl"\ rT1\. , LT~\r\TI?o'G ,^.NJ
AS ,e; :~S ::; I 1"'0 L lIlT" TIY C r: I S ']'PT" 'I' ]\'1 A T]"~r_"':n/\]:c:<~ A }i)'T, '<C 'l'RI C M--, ern- T-"';T' T C C' 'I':~, FOR
SPi;:CI,^IL p,rpFOVTi;""T:T LIC:prrI'VC T:"TE;'TRI.~rJ'S r-TTTtp.RS 100, 2e4, 2f;.2, ~~U9, 2~W, 2g;~"
l'\.JJU 30C) ClF 'T:r';~::;I'rY OF F3:'iZ'r/''jT', 1':'ID,3 !'lFT TC 'T'TI:'; F'FOV!;:)IO':) OF' :)!':CTIOr 5266
,< ("I }I. 1935.
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It wss moved by Corrnissioncr Sorenson, RAcondec; by Commissioner Lowr: thE! t the resolu-
tion be finally passed and adopted an~ tLe motion wo.s C9T'y':ted by the followln~ ~ye and \0 1
'10 te ; thoco vot~ng Aye being Voyor Healy, COIT:mlssioner 00renson ana COl"1missioner Lowe; tho~' e
vo tinf{ Yo, none.
Engineer for Jew8~e nisposal Jlsnt
A letter wr:i.tten to Burns and McDonnell ','V'3.s reael Infol'1r.iw1 them trw tit WE! S Ue :i.n ten-
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tlon of The Cit, of Bo~emgn to employ T<r. Fred nuinncll 88 resident en\tineer for the cons truc-
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tlon of the sewa~'e disposal plant beinr~ planned under their supervision.
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Redn c tion in Li("I'd.~ ng Cbs r~e
Trr. Farry Rs:tf of the r'"n tan a Power Company was present and presented to the Comrni s-
sion a new rate schedule to become effec:tlve .Tuly 1, 194'7, whereby there would be ,') recluc-
ti f 10 ~41 ?Q per 'T~8r in the street liybtlmt ClJ!"rw,t and mAintenance cl-;,arre f'Dr tYi(';
on 0' ;1..'-' ,.:;; ;:. '.
C:i. t3T. He stated thnt th 8 ~Fon tana ~ower Compsny mi~ht now take over the present lighting
1 ~." Y8 terns of cit;ies and towns and convert t~crn into modern inst'llgtions without any charge
to the municipaliti~s for snch constrnc tion work; '1 this plan t}'.;8 ci ti c s an,::l towns
unGer
wOllld pay a roplJlar monthly ma1ntengnce ch~rpe snd power ch2r~e. Ee f ta tad tbn t some
cities B1Yl to'V'ms WAre already taklnO' advantage of this plan and surrp'e s t ed U!'" t bi.s orrrarl-
izatlon be allowed to make a sl'rve y of Dozcmgn's s tree t 110'[1 tin&': S;If'ts>1') 8 nd report needed
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extenslons and improvemen ts . 'fhp: comrrisslon stated thpy WAre 8 <7]"CO;-' h1'. to having such 8
survpy and reroTt msdc.
Tax on fJarkini7 hce ters
rl'Tr. Earl :/181 ton, COlr.ty 'T'rea $11 rcr 1:n s preS81't and s tg ted th" t b~) I),? c3. 13 tax fJseess]'11C"nt
8P'aln::::t the Dual pl. '," t C .f" thp parkinp' meters in sta llec1 in E'o ,"'-nY":'; n. Tart
,arKlnp' ,..eer ompanYcor
of the con trac t wi th the Dll a 1 P8rkin~ Meter Company and The City of Bozeman WRS read, ,NL!,ic,h
s ta te s thAt the title to the meters P,q s 8 e s to the City of bozen-un 1.) on their arri va 1 in
13ozerran, ~;ron t8na, a ncJ tr~'1 t the Dual Co~pany shall not reaCQuire ti tIe thereto except uron
cance lIe ti. on of the conTract. Mr. ';"':a 1 ton 8 sked tha t tl is part of the con tra c t be sent to
hi.m so th'3t Le could ha ve the Assessment rerroved fron" b is books. .
CommunicC! tions F.e: Li.berty Sprinkler
I Communic"'tions from F. R. 'Renne of t1::e i',I''')rJ tana S ta te CollEqe were read, thankin ,-," the
C i. ty of Bozeman for their co-operation in sprinkling the streets on the campus for the
Dewey Reception, and also asking that the City rrive the~ the L!berty FIvsher, wh:lch they
lmder2 tond W,g s "''liner to be discarded.
The Man37er stated th':'-.t thp City' plannpd to cny;vert t~.'is sprlnklcr l_nto a maciine for
spread:trw ll.'7ht all on r:rAvelled streets as a dust palliative.
:etttlnn to chqnre Zon~na 8011ndaries
rI'he ~anBO'er r~ported thst a pptition had been flIed addressed to the DO:irj of Ad,iu,<'t-
m'nt, re,..,118stinQ' thr t tIle zoninp' boundnries be cl"an0"Ad 80 tho t Block 52 of the -jJ8~~ t }:::ark
Acl,ll. tion We'llJ lr.; be jnclucled in thebusiness-Rssidence Di'trJct Eo. 2, insteacJ of the "l:."
Residence District.
Llcensin~ of Slot Mach~nes
The ma tter of the licensinc; of slot mr,chines in clubs wi ttlin the City waf' discussed,
2nd the Chief of Folice W8S asked to inves tig8 te th~ ywmber of machine s In clubs in tho Cit.y.
Adjo11rnment
There beiY'g no ftlrther businoss to come before the Commi2f1ion at this time, it was
1 moved by Commi 8S:i oner Lowe, seconded b: CommIssioner Sorenson tha t the meeting adiourn and
the motion W8.S 88rrled by the followinp Aye and No '10 te ; tho"' c voting Aye being l"fa;ror Eealy,
Com>1')ipsloner Sorenson and Commissioner Lo~-e; tho:::e votJnIT Eo, none.
Attest: ...
Corrrnission