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Commissior
CITY OF SALINA, KANSAS
Action # REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
FEBRUARY 2, 1981
4:00 P.M.
The Regular Meeting of the Board of Commissioners met in the City Commission
Meeting Room, City -County Building, on Monday, February 2, 1981, at four o'clock
p.m.
There were present:
Mayor Dan S. Geis, Chairman presiding
Commissioner Keith G. Duckers
Commissioner Karen M. Graves
Commissioner Merle A. Hodges
Commissioner Jack Weisgerber
comprising a quorum of the Board, also present:
L. 0. Bengtson, City Attorney
D. L. Harrison, City Clerk
Rufus L. Nye, City Manager
Absent:
None
None
CITIZEN FORUM
AWARDS - PROCLAMATIONS
(4.1) The Mayor proclaimed the !-leek of February 8 through 14, 1981 -
"VOCATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK'. The proclamation was read by Kevin Meyer, a diesel
mechanic student at Salina Area Vocational Technical School.
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Commissioner Hodges left the meeting at 4:05 p.m. on an emergency.
PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR A CERTAIN TIME
CONSENT AGENDA
(6.1) Approve the minutes of the Regular Meeting January 26, 1981.
(6.2) Authorize the Mayor to sign an agreement for water service outside the
city limits with Camp Webster.
(6.3) Cereal malt beverage license application, filed by Nora M. Lykins,
d/b/a Edge Inn. (Transfer of location from 311 East Pacific to 600 North Santa Fe
Avenue)'
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Moved by Commissioner Duckers, seconded by Commissioner Weisgerber,
that all items on the consent agenda be approved. Aye: (4). Nay: (0). Motion
adopted.
DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS
(7.1) Recommendation from the City Planning Commission to approve the final
plat of the Replat of Blocks 11, 12 and part of 10 and 14, Mayfair Addition.
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Moved by Commissioner Graves, seconded by Commissioner Duckers that the
recommendation of the City Planning Commission be accepted and the final plat of
the Replat of Blocks 11, 12, and part of 10 and 14, Mayfair Addition be approved,
and that the Mayor be authorized to sign the final plat. Aye: (4). Nay: (0).
Motion adopted.
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(7.2) Recommendation from the City Planning Commission to adopt the Service
Extension Plan for Annexation Application 81-1 and set April 6, 1981 for a
public hearing on the annexation of Marymount Road Tract #1.
81-30 Moved by Commissioner Duckers, seconded by Commissioner Graves that the
Service Extension Plan for Annexation Application 81-1, Marymount Road Tract #1,
be adopted and that Resolution Number 81-3530, setting the date (of April 6, 1981)
for a public hearing for the consideration of annexing certain property to the
City of Salina, Kansas, be adopted. Aye: (4). Nay: (0). Motion adopted.
(7.3) Recommendation from the City Planning Commission to adopt the Service
Extension Plan for Annexation Application 81-2 and set April 6, 1981 for a
public hearing on the annexation of Marymount Road Tract #2.
81-31 Moved by Commissioner Weisgerber, seconded by Commissioner Duckers that
the Service Extension Plan for Annexation Application 81-2, Marymount Road Tract
#2, be adopted and that Resolution Number 81-3531, setting the date (of April 6,
1981) for a public hearing for the consideration of annexing certain property to
the City of Salina, Kansas, be adopted. Aye: (4). Nay: (0). Motion adopted.
ADMINISTRATION
(8.1) Second Reading Ordinance Number 81-8835 - prohibiting the sounding of a
train whistle, air horn, or any similar noise -making warning devices at the
railroad crossing directly east of Fifth Street on Iron Avenue in the City of
Salina, Kansas, enacting Section 22-256 and 22-257 of the Salina Code.
Charles Kephart, Salina Community Theatre, said the patrons of the
Community Theatre will be very happy not having to hear a train whistle in the
middle of a show.
81-32 Moved by Commissioner Duckers, seconded by Commissioner Graves that
Section 22-257 be deleted from the proposed ordinance, and that "appropriate
signs shall be installed on Iron Avenue and Ash Street to inform motorists that
warning signals will not be sounded by train locomotives at these crossings" be
added to Section 22-256. Aye: (4). Nay: (0). Motion adopted.
81-33 Moved by Commissioner Duckers, seconded by Commissioner Graves that
Ordinance Number 81-8835, prohibiting the sounding of a train whistle, air horn,
or any similar noise -making warning devices at the railroad crossings directly
east of Fifth Street on Iron Avenue and Ash Street in the City of Salina, Kansas,
enacting Section 22-256 of the Salina Code, be adopted as amended. Aye: Duckers,
Graves, Weisgerber, Geis (4). Nay: (0). Commissioner Hodges absent. Motion
adopted.
(8.2) Resolution Number 81-3532 - determining the advisability of water main
and sanitary sewer improvements, estimating the cost thereof, defining the
boundaries of the improvement district, method of assessment, and apportioning
the cost between the improvement district and the city -at -large. (Mayfair
Addition - Engineering Project 81-674)
81-34 Moved by Commissioner Graves, seconded by Commissioner Duckers that
Resolution Number 81-3532, determining the advisability of water main and sanitary
sewer improvements, estimating the cost thereof, defining the boundaries of the
improvement district, method of assessment, and apportioning the cost between the
improvement district and the City -at -large, be adopted. Aye: (5). Nay: (0).
Motion adopted.
(8.3) Consideration of revision of water rates.
Jerry May, Wilson S Company, gave an overview of the water rate study
for the City Commission explaining the reason for a rate increase. The report
also recommends bi-monthly billing to customers instead of monthly.
E. H. Hagen, 2001 Ruskin Road, asked about the reserves and the
interest from the reserve accounts. He was told the reserves are set by the
bond ordinance and the interest is left in the reserve accounts.
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John Dennis, 1106 Oak Circle, asked when the present bond issue expires,
and if we were planning another bond issue in the near future. He was told the
present bonds expire in 2007 and no bond issue is being planned. If an emergency
situation would arise, we would probably need a bond issue.
81-35 Moved by Commissioner Duckers, seconded by Commissioner Weisgerber,
that Resolution Number 81-3533, providing for the rates, fees or charges for the
use and services rendered by the Combined Water and Sewerage Department of the
City of Salina, Kansas, be adopted. Aye: (4). Nay: (0). Motion adopted.
(8.4) First Reading Ordinance Number 81-8836 - providing that the Board of
Commissioners shall, by resolution, periodically determine the rates, fees and
charges for the use and services rendered by the Combined Water and Sewerage
Department; amending Sections 35-54, 35-55, and 35-58 of the Salina Code, and
repealing the existing sections.
81-36 Moved by Commissioner Duckers, seconded by Commissioner Graves that
Ordinance Number 81-8836, providing that the Board of Commissioners shall, by
resolution, periodically determine the rates, fees and charges for the use and
services rendered by the Combined Water and Sewerage Department; amending
Sections 35-54, 35-55, and 35-58 of the Salina Code and repealing the existing
sections, be introduced for first reading. Aye: (4). Nay: (0). Motion adopted.
81-37 Moved by Commissioner Duckers, seconded by Commissioner Weisgerber that
the Regular Meeting of the Board of Commissioners be adjourned. Aye: (4). Nay:
(0). Motion adopted.
Dan S. Geis, Mayor
(SEAL)
ATTEST:
D. L. Harrison, City Clerk
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