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Minutes
COUNCIL MINUTES
December 15, 2005
The
Monte Vista City Council met in recessed session of their
regular monthly meeting on Thursday, December 15, 2005 at 7:00
P.M. in the Council Room, 4 Chico Camino, Monte Vista, CO.
Call to Order
Mayor Don Schall called the meeting to order.
Pledge of
Allegiance
Councilor Wilson led in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Roll Call
Members present were Councilor Rose Wilson, Councilor Art
Medina, Councilor Mike Valdez, Councilor Charles Spielman, and
Mayor Don Schall. Record to indicate a quorum was present.
Others present were City Attorney, Eugene Farish; City Manager,
Don Van Wormer; City Clerk, Lucille Duran; Parks and Recreation
Director, Loren White; a member of the press; and guests.
Approval of
Consent Agenda
Councilor Medina made a motion, and Councilor Spielman seconded,
to approve the Consent Agenda as presented. Consent Agenda
consisted of December 1, 2005 Council Minutes, Lease of City
Water Rights for Grant Hurley, Lease Agreement for Valley Wide
Health Services, and Contract for Animal Shelter Services for
Dr. Jay Childress. Motion carried unanimously.
Licenses/Liquor
Renewals
Councilor Valdez made a motion, and Councilor Medina seconded,
to approve the renewal for 3.2 Percent Beer for Monte Vista
Super Foods with the condition that they finish filling out the
second page on the hours of operation from Monday through
Sunday. Motion carried unanimously.
Resolutions
Resolution No. 16-2005 – A Resolution Approving a Supplemental
Budget and Appropriation of Funds for Calendar Year 2005 to
Defray Anticipated Expenses and Allow for Unanticipated
Increases or Decreases in certain revenues as budgeted for the
City of Monte Vista, Colorado. Eugene Farish read Resolution
No. 16-2005. Councilor Medina made a motion, and Councilor
Valdez seconded, to approve Resolution No. 16-2005 as read.
Motion carried unanimously.
Resolution No. 17-2005 – A Resolution concerning approval of
Loan Renewal of City Obligations to Sunflower Bank, NA. Eugene
Farish read Resolution No.17-2005. Councilor Medina made a
motion, and Councilor Wilson seconded, to approve Resolution No.
17-2005 as read. Motion carried unanimously.
Ordinances
Ordinance No. 782 – An Ordinance Vacating an Alley Adjacent to
Newcomb Avenue in the City of Monte Vista, Colorado. Eugene
Farish read Ordinance No. 782 on second reading. Councilor
Wilson made a motion, and Councilor Spielman seconded, to
approve Ordinance No. 782 on second reading. Motion carried
unanimously.
Contracts/Agreements/Leases
Contract for Harco Leasing Company. Councilor Medina made a
motion, and Councilor Wilson seconded, to approve the Contract
for Harco Leasing Company for financing on a three-year lease
purchase program for the dump truck in the amount of
$99,720.00. Motion carried unanimously.
Receive and
Approve Accounts Payable and Financial Reports
Councilor Medina made a motion, and Councilor Wilson seconded,
to approve the manual checks in the amount of $2,162.46, and
accounts payable in the amount of $51,123.69, for a grand total
of $53,286.15, subject to audit. Councilor Valdez abstained on
V & V True Value Hardware, and yes on the rest. Motion
carried.
Reports
City Manager – I received an email or something I got in
the mail for Elected Officials briefing for CDOT, Saturday
February 25th at 2:00 P.M. in Durango if you want to
go contact Sandy. Randy and Beritt met with Bechtol Engineering
to discuss issues about Sun Peaks. Randy, I, and Jim Egan met
with the State Colorado Department of Public Health Environment
on our wastewater permits. There were a number of issues that
we did resolve. The State agreed with us that we cannot do a
liner in the Henderson because of the ground water. We also
convinced the State that we discharged into a ditch and not into
the river. In some point and time they would like to see those
lagoons moved to higher ground. We continue to work with
Armstrong Engineers and Martin Reynolds regarding the airport
project and the Third St. project. We are still on tract
for spring construction. I have a request that the City Council
approve the Spill Prevention Control of Counter Measures, the
SPCC Plan developed by Armstrong Engineers, as required by the
State. Councilor Wilson made a motion, and Councilor Spielman
seconded, to approve the SPCC Plan by Armstrong Engineers.
Motion carried unanimously. A number of months ago we engaged
Alan Davey to work on our water rights portfolio and strategies
and other issues regarding water. He will have that very
soon. You have a memo from CML on anticipated eminent
legislation in 2006. Take them home and read them. In
your packet is a letter to ACS terminating the contract with
them. I received a letter from CML on an opening on the board
if anyone on council is interested. There has been an
individual approach me on putting a lodging tax on the ballot.
Staff
Loren White - I have a meeting Monday with Carol Pastore
and Dale Becker. I received a bunch of information from the
Historical Society and we are going to start working on the
historical of the stables. Basketball registration is
finished, the teams are in place and we’ll start on the second.
We received word from GOCO on the grant we sent in and we are
going to get that money. We have been working with the
alternative fuel people for the pool; Larry Parker is helping
us. The pool is totally shut down.
City Attorney
-
We had our third session today we are staying on track. We
concentrated today on weeds and wild growth, we are working on
the tree ordinance. Our next meeting is on the 5th.
Council
Mayor Schall – I have the committee appointments that I
would like you to look through.
Executive
Session
Councilor Medina made a motion, and Councilor Spielman seconded,
to go into executive session for the purpose of determining
positions relative to matters that may be subject to
negotiations, developing strategy for negotiations, and/or
instructing negotiators, under C.R.S. Section 24-6-402 (4) (e);
Motion carried unanimously.
Recess/Adjournment of Meeting
Meeting adjourned at 8:15 P.M.
Donald Schall,
Mayor
Lucille Duran, City Clerk
Approved 1/5/06
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COUNCIL MINUTES
DECEMBER 1, 2005
The
Monte Vista City Council met for its regular meeting on
Thursday, December 1, 2005 at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Room, 4
Chico Camino, Monte Vista, CO.
Pledge of
Allegiance
Call to Order
Mayor Don Schall led in the Pledge of Allegiance and called the
meeting to order.
Roll Call
Members present were Councilor Wilson, Councilor Medina,
Councilor Spielman, and Mayor Don Schall. Councilor Valdez
called would not be here. Record to indicate a quorum was
present.
Others present were City Attorney, Eugene Farish; City Manager,
Don Van Wormer; City Clerk, Lucille Duran; Parks and Recreation
Director, Loren White; and guests.
Approval of
Consent Agenda
Councilor Wilson made a motion, and Councilor Medina seconded,
to add to the Consent Agenda No. 13 –
Contracts/Agreements/Leases. Motion carried
unanimously.
Councilor Spielman made a motion, and Councilor Medina seconded,
to approve the Consent.
Agenda as amended. Amended consent agenda consisted
of November 17, 2005 Council Minutes, and Renewals for Leases
for San Luis Valley Information Center, Monte Vista Headstart,
Boys and Girls Club, and Peter and Leah Clark. Motion
carried unanimously.
Licenses/Liquor
Renewals
Councilor Medina made a motion, and Councilor Wilson seconded,
to approve the Renewal for 3.2 Percent Beer Retail License for
Safeway Store 2810. Motion carried unanimously.
Councilor Medina made a motion, and Councilor Wilson seconded,
to approve the Special Events Permit Application for Sierra
Vista VFW Post No. 3228 with the amended change of instead of
starting at 8:00 A.M. change to 9:00 P.M. on December 31,
2005 at Ski Hi Park. Motion carried unanimously.
Resolutions
Eugene Farish read Resolution No. 13-2005 – A Resolution
Allowing Sale of Monte Vista Police Department Pistols.
Councilor Medina made a motion, and Councilor Spielman seconded,
to approve Resolution No. 13-2005 as read. Motion carried
unanimously.
Eugene Farish read Resolution No. 14-2005 – A Resolution
substituting a correct copy of the Revised Code of Offenses for
the City of Monte Vista, Colorado. Councilor Medina
made a motion, and Councilor Wilson seconded, to approve
Resolution No. 14-2005 as read. Motion carried
unanimously.
Eugene Farish read Resolution No. 15-2005 – A Resolution
Providing for Annual Classification and Compensation for the
City of Monte Vista. Councilor Medina made a motion,
and Councilor Wilson seconded, to approve Resolution No. 15-2005
as read. Motion carried unanimously.
Ordinances
Eugene Farish read Ordinance No. 780 on second reading – An
Ordinance Adopting a Budget and Appropriating Sums of Money for
the City of Monte Vista, Colorado, for the calendar year
beginning January 1, 2006, and ending December 31, 2006.
Councilor Spielman made a motion, and Councilor Wilson seconded,
to approve Ordinance No. 780 on second reading.
Motion carried unanimously.
Eugene Farish read Ordinance No. 781 on second reading – An
Ordinance extending the term of the Cable Television Franchise
granted by Ordinance No. 628, to TCI Cablevision Company of
Colorado, it’s Successors, and Assigns. Councilor
Medina made a motion, and Councilor Wilson seconded to approve
Ordinance No. 781 – with the changes of extending to 6 months
additional time with a date of April 23, 2006.
Motion carried unanimously.
Councilor Medina made a motion, and Councilor Wilson, seconded,
to approve Ordinance No. 781 as amended. Motion carried
unanimously.
Receive and
Approve Accounts Payable and Financial Reports
Councilor Medina made a motion, and Councilor Spielman seconded,
to approve the manual checks in the amount of $81,874.74, and
accounts payable in the amount of $56,322.59, for a grand total
of $138,197.33, subject to audit. Motion carried unanimously.
Reports
City Manager -
Tri County Auto Sales is once again at Ski Hi Park, and we did
receive complaints concerning the selling of autos. I thought
the gentleman was going to be here tonight. Memo from
Sandy on committee openings at the end of the year. You
have the Action 22 for the Legislative Day at the Capitol if any
of you want to go.
Staff
Loren White – We are cutting the trees down over by the
baseball field and the shop. We are now taking
registration for both boys and girls basketball.
City Attorney
Eugene Farish -
Working on the nuisance code.
Recess/Adjournment of Meeting
Meeting adjourned at 8:20 P.M.
Donald Schall,
Mayor
Lucille Duran, City Clerk
Approved 12/15/05
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COUNCIL MINUTES
November 17, 2005
The Monte Vista City
Council met in recessed session of their regular monthly meeting on
Thursday, November 17, 2005 at 6:30 P.M. in the Council Room, 4
Chico Camino, Monte Vista, CO.
Executive Session -
6:30 P.M.
Councilor Valdez made a motion, and Councilor Medina seconded,
to go into Executive Session for the purpose of determining
positions relative to matters that may be subject to negotiations,
developing strategy for negotiations, and/or instructing
negotiators, under C.R.S. Section 24-6-402 (4) (e); Motion carried
unanimously.
Mayor Schall – The time
is 7:01 P.M., and the executive session has been concluded. The
participants in the executive session were: Rose Wilson, Art Medina,
Mike Valdez, Don Van Wormer, and Mayor Schall. For the record, if
any person who participated in the executive session believes that
any substantial discussion of any matters not included in the motion
to go into the executive session occurred during the executive
session, or that any improper action occurred during the executive
session in violation of the Open Meetings Laws, I would ask that you
state your concerns for the record;
Seeing none, the next
agenda item is……
Call to Order
Mayor Don Schall called the meeting to order.
Roll Call
Members present were Councilor Wilson, Councilor Medina,
Councilor Valdez, and Mayor Schall. Councilor Spielman was absent.
Record to indicate a quorum was present.
Others present were
City Manager, Don Van Wormer; City Attorney, Eugene Farish; Public
Works Supervisor, Randy Martinez; Chief of Police, Jim Gallegos;
Deputy City Clerk, Rhonda Valdez; and guests.
Approval of Consent
Agenda
Councilor Medina made a motion, and Councilor Wilson seconded,
to approve the Consent Agenda as is. Consent Agenda consisted only
of November 3, 2005 Council Minutes. Motion carried unanimously.
Citizen
Comments/Special Presentations
Presentation Joyce Housden – Prevention of Underage Drinking.
We have a coalition of 22 members and Monte Vista has been
represented by the Police Department. I have a video that I want to
show you. This is to support and educate our youth. Mayor Schall
thanked her for coming.
Licenses/Liquor
Renewals
Councilor Medina made a motion, and Councilor Valdez seconded,
to renew the Hotel and Restaurant Liquor license for Mountain View
Restaurant. Motion carried unanimously.
Ordinances
Eugene Farish read Ordinance No. 782 on first reading. An
Ordinance Vacating an Alley Adjacent to Newcomb Avenue in the city
of Monte Vista, CO. Councilor Valdez made a motion, and Councilor
Wilson seconded, to approve Ordinance No. 782 on first reading.
Motion carried unanimously.
Contracts/Agreements/Leases
Waste Management Contract. Rick Stoeber – At council’s request,
we put the figures together. Last week I asked for a $1.00 increase
on residential; and due to the figures, I am now proposing $1.25 for
residential and $2.00 for commercial which includes the increase for
the landfill. Councilor Medina – How many people are not getting
their trash picked up? Rick – They are all getting picked up.
Councilor Medina - $1.25 is high for me. Mayor Schall – Any way can
do for 75 cents? Rick Stoeber – Can’t do. Councilor Valdez made a
motion, and Councilor Wilson seconded, to accept Rick’s proposal at
$1.00 increase for residential and $1.50 for commercial. Councilor
Medina voted nay. Remaining Councilors voted in favor. Motion
carried.
Motorola Contract
for Radio Tower. Chief Gallegos – They will be installing the
building and all of the equipment at our site which is by the
lagoons on North Henderson. We will be responsible for the
electricity that goes through it. Councilor Valdez made a motion,
and Councilor Wilson seconded, to approve the Motorola Contract for
the Radio Tower. Motion carried unanimously.
Receive and Approve
Accounts Payable and Financial Reports
Councilor Medina made a motion, and Councilor Wilson seconded,
to approve the manual checks in the amount of $2,972.51, and
accounts payable in the amount of $55,657.24, for a grand total of
$58,629.75, subject to audit. Councilor Valdez abstained on V & V
True Value Hardware, and yes on the rest. Motion carried.
Reports
City Manager –You have a memo identifying six properties that
have no facilities, no buildings, nothing on it, it’s just basically
sitting there. We are charging them the base rate for water and
sewer. It’s probably not good policy to charge these vacant
properties. I have asked staff beginning January 1st
not to charge those six vacant properties. Just for your
information, I attached the resume of the intern that I hired. She
will be starting on January 9th. Next there is a memo,
upon recommendation of Deb Downs, that we ask the State to
reallocate the Boiler Grant to be used for a Master Plan for Ski Hi
Complex. We have got a request from our leassees to make
improvements to our facilities. Valley Wide Health Systems is
concerned over a number of items that they would like to see taken
care of, recarpet, paint, tile, ADA ramp. We haven’t budgeted for
this. It isn’t there. I will talk to them about these items.
The Golf Course was sent a list of things that were identified by
our insurance company that need to be done. Basically their
response was it’s the City’s responsibility and it’s not ours. If
you look at the contract it says any major repairs or renovations
shall be discussed between the parties and it talks about the
continued maintenance of the property. I will be going back to the
Golf Course folks and saying, in my opinion, what we are talking
about here is of minor significance and their responsibility to fix
these things. Action 22 is having a Legislative Day January 25th
in Denver so if anybody wants to go. December 9th is the
Christmas Party about 10:00, 10:30 A.M. if you want to drop by. I
have been working on Energy Impact Grant of $500,000 I will submit
next week.
Staff
Randy Martinez – Third Street bid opening will be in February.
We have been in negotiations with the State for permit renewals for
both Veterans and Henderson. Jim Egan is working on this also.
What we are finding is the State contracted this portion to a
consulting firm back east. The demands that they suggested are
really going to impact the City. They are looking at the first 2
cells being completely lined with a new liner. We are looking at
multi million dollars to do that and more testing. Ammonia limits
lower puts us in a bind. Our water year is from November through
October and last year we used roughly 443 million gallons, and this
year we’ve used 395 million gallons. Christmas lights are up.
Jim Gallegos – I
won’t be here for the next council meeting. You will have a
resolution in your packet on the consignment of the 38 Specials.
City Attorney
Eugene Farish – Today we had our first meeting on the clean up
committee. I think we got up to a good start with this. We are
going to be meeting on the first and third Thursdays at my office.
We’ve targeted three areas, parked vehicles, junk, and weeds.
Council
Councilor Medina – I got some information to go to a policy
committee meeting in Denver and I got that on Friday, the meeting
was on Tuesday so I didn’t get to go to that one. I also got a
letter that I was appointed to the Policy Committee as the president
for next year.
Councilor Spielman
arrived at 8:25 P.M.
Mayor Schall - The only
thing I have is the online training. Get your sheets turned in
so you can be registered for the training for CML online.
Recess/Adjournment
of Meeting
Meeting adjourned at 8:35 P.M.
Donald Schall,
Mayor
Lucille Duran, City Clerk
Approved 12/1/05
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Council Minutes
November 3, 2005
The Monte Vista City Council met for its regular meeting on
Thursday,
November 3, 2005 at 7:00 P.M., in the Council Room, 4 Chico Camino,
Monte Vista, CO.
Mayor
Don Schall called the meeting to order.
City Manager, Don Van Wormer, led in the Pledge of
Allegiance.
Roll Call
Members present were Councilor Wilson, Councilor Medina,
Councilor Valdez, Councilor Spielman, and Mayor
Don Schall.
Record to indicate a quorum was present.
Others present were City Attorney, Eugene Farish; City
Manager, Don Van Wormer; Chief of Police,
Jim Gallegos;
City Clerk, Lucille Duran; Public Works Supervisor, Randy Martinez;
Parks and Recreation Director, Loren White; Accounting Director,
Debbie Phillips; Land Use Administrator, Beritt Odom; and guests.
Approval of
Consent Agenda
Councilor Spielman made a motion, and Councilor Medina
seconded, to approve the Consent Agenda as is. Consent Agenda
consisted only of
October 20, 2005
Council Minutes. Motion carried unanimously.
Proclamations,
Communications, and Appointments
Mayor Schall read Proclamation for Buddy Poppies by the
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Citizen
Comments/Special Presentations
Marie Torres – Wanted to know if the police help people who
lock their keys in their cars. We had a lady lock her keys in her
car. She called the police department, and they told her they
didn’t do that. Chief Gallegos – We don’t do that anymore. If
there is a real emergency, we will go over there.
Public Hearing
7:30
P.M. Public hearing on 2006 Budget. Eugene Farish opened the public
hearing. City Manager, Don Van Wormer and Debbie Phillips gave presentations on the budget. Don Van Wormer – to balance the
budget we have to close the pool. Eugene Farish read Ordinance No.
780 on first reading. An Ordinance Adopting a Budget and
Appropriating sums of money for the city of Monte Vista, Colorado
for the Calendar year beginning
January 1, 2006,
and ending
December 31, 2006.
Mel Getz – discussed the pool and it being closed. There are some
pools that are viable businesses and they make money. Put the pool
out for bids, and the City could pay the utilities and maintenance
costs. Mayor Schall – if we were to do that, we would just run it
ourselves. There is just no money in the budget to do that. No
more comments in favor or in opposition, the hearing was closed, and
turned over to council for action. Councilor
Medina
made a motion, and Councilor Wilson seconded, to approve Ordinance
No. 780 on first reading. Motion carried unanimously.
Resolutions
Resolution No. 11-2005 – A Resolution Supporting Colorado
Department of Transportation’s Re-Striping U.S. Highway 285/160 in
the Downtown Area of the City of Monte Vista, CO. Councilor
Medina
made a motion, and Councilor Valdez seconded to approve Resolution
No. 11-2005 as read. Motion carried unanimously.
Resolution No. 12-2005 – A Resolution establishing the
Annual Mill Levy for the City of Monte Vista, Colorado for the year
beginning
January 1, 2006, and ending
December 31,
2006. Eugene Farish read Resolution No. 12-2005. Councilor Medina
made a motion, and Councilor Spielman seconded, to approve
Resolution No. 12-2005. Motion carried unanimously.
Ordinances
Ordinance No. 781 – An Ordinance extending the term of the
Cable Television Franchise, granted by Ordinance No. 628, to
TCI Cablevision
Company of Colorado, Its Successors, and Assigns. Eugene Farish
read Ordinance No. 781 on first reading. Councilor
Valdez
made a motion, and Councilor Wilson seconded, to approve Ordinance
No. 781 on first reading. Motion carried unanimously.
Contracts/Agreements/Leases
Waste Management Contract. Rick Stoeber – You got the
proposal that I made, commercial containers would increase by $1.00
per yard, and residential service would increase by $1.00 per
container. We have pretty well tried to accommodate everyone.
Councilor Spielman – I am not comfortable with just flatly approving
a $1.00 increase without justification, but I would like to see
figures. Councilor
Wilson – we don’t
want to see your books we just want you to put some figures together
that’s all we are asking. Councilor Spielman made a motion, and
Councilor Wilson seconded, to table Waste Management proposal to
next council meeting on November 17, 2005. Mr. Stoeber to bring
figures in. Executive session set on November 17, 2005 if figures
are brought in. Motion carried unanimously.
Telephone Franchise Agreement – Don Van Wormer – we
provided you with a copy of the telephone franchise along with the
cable one. If you look at the telephone franchise agreement, it is
a non specific agreement that calls for any and all telephone
companies to provide the city of
Monte Vista a
small sty band. We need to take a look at that, restructure that,
update it, and modernize it. There‘s no real contract ending on it,
its just an open ended agreement. The rates can be set forth by
resolution of City Council. Scheduled a workshop on December 1,
2005 at 6:00 P.M.
Receive and
Approve Accounts Payable and Financial Reports
Councilor
Medina made a
motion, and Councilor Wilson seconded, to approve the manual checks
in the amount of $343.82, and accounts payable in the amount of
$36,825.78, for a grand total of $37,169.60, subject to audit.
Motion carried unanimously.
Reports
City
Manager
– On the intern, I will be going to Durango and Denver to interview
interns. Will make a decision and will bring on the first of the
year. We are receiving substantial funding from both the Federal
government and the State for airport grants. We will have $707,000
to spend on the airport. I would like to do a community survey and
utilize the intern and graduate students to develop and distribute a
survey. The survey will be to determine the community’s attitude
towards a use tax, property taxes, the pool, etc. We received the
draft for the Sherman Avenue Interceptor Evaluation Report from RMI
and Integra Engineering. Randy and I are in the process of looking
at that document. The final report will be presented to council by
the end of the year. On the Upper Rio Grande EDC, they have asked
me to be on the board, and I want some direction from council on
whether or not they feel that this is something they will allow me
to do. Council was in favor of him continuing to be the city
representative but opposed to him accepting the nomination for and
the presidency of the organization for the 2006 calendar year.
There will be a 50,000 Voices meeting on November 8th
from 10:00 AM to 11:00 at the Courthouse.
Staff
Jim Gallegos – We were approved for a grant from DOLA for $485,000 for
our radio tower. It will be put over on
Henderson by the
lagoons so it will be on City property. We also had a grant that we
applied for on our generator that is in the process of getting
ordered and that was for $15,500.00.
Loren White - My fall programs end tomorrow night. We will now start
registering for basketball. We have all of our lines blown out
except for the softball fields, which we will do Monday.
Randy Martinez – The wind blew down a couple of trees out of their
roots today. We are cleaning all of that up. We are gearing up for
winter. We finished the
East Drive
sewer. I am working on the permit renewals for the wastewater
plants along with Jim Egan. Over on Lateral No. 1 and Lariat Road,
we cleaned up all the willows.
Don Van Wormer
introduced Beritt Odom. She is our community development specialist. She is going to be
taking Kevin’s spot. She is going to be working on long and short
range planning issues, zoning, zoning permits.
City Attorney
Eugene Farish – Our meeting on the clean up committee ordinance, the nuisance
revision committee, is set for the 17th at
10:00 in my office.
Council
Councilor Spielman
– Have you heard anything on the Main Street Program? Don Van
Wormer – I talked with
Barbara Silverman and still working on it. Councilor Spielman –
yesterday, Sandy and I attended what was called the kick off meeting
or the start up meeting of the new 211 Code System in Alamosa. They
have a long ways to go to get it fully up and operating. Just for
your information the Rio Grande Basin Water Round Table is off and
running.
Councilor
Valdez – Just a reminder the Fireman’s Chile Supper is this
Saturday.
Councilor
Medina – I got a hold of Jim on the trucks on
Acequia Drive.
Chief Gallegos – Going to put signs up.
Mayor Schall
– I want for the council to get signed up for the online training
through CML.
Recess/Adjournment of Meeting
Meeting adjourned at
9:55 P.M.
Donald Schall,
Mayor
Lucille Duran, City Clerk
Approved 11/17/05
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Council Minutes
October
20, 2005
The Monte Vista City Council met in recessed session of
their regular monthly meeting on Thursday,
October 20, 2005
at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Room, 4 Chico Camino, Monte Vista, Co.
Mayor
Don Schall called the meeting to order and led in the Pledge
of Allegiance.
Members present were Councilor Wilson, Councilor Medina,
Councilor Valdez, and Mayor Schall. Councilor Spielman was absent.
Record to indicate a quorum was present.
Others present were City Attorney, Eugene Farish; City
Clerk,
Lucille Duran; and guests.
Approval of
Consent Agenda
Councilor
Medina made a motion, and Councilor Wilson seconded, to approve the
Consent Agenda as is. Consent Agenda consisted only of
October 6, 2005 council minutes. Motion carried unanimously.
Citizens
Comments/Special Presentations
Jennie Carter – would like to start up a Veterans Parade in Monte
Vista, would use the same route as Homecoming. Would like
permission from council to do this. I have a lot of people that are
interested in doing this. Everyone on council thought this is a
great idea. Councilor Medina made a motion, and Councilor Valdez
seconded, to support Jennie Carter to start up a Veterans Day
Parade.
The Monte Vista Chamber of Commerce is requesting a
donation from City Council. They are holding an event at Ski Hi
Park on November 21st; the event is Michael Martin
Murphy’s Cowboy Christmas Ball. They would like for council to
waive the rental fees for the Ski Hi Park multipurpose building.
Councilor
Medina made a motion, and Councilor Wilson seconded to waive the
rental fee for the Chamber of Commerce. Motion carried
unanimously. Councilor Medina made a motion, and Councilor Wilson
seconded, to amend the motion to include – that the chamber clean or
if there is any expenses in cleaning to the city that the chamber
pick that up. Motion carried unanimously.
Licenses/Liquor
Renewals
Councilor
Medina made a motion, and Councilor Wilson seconded, to approve the
waiver of open container application for the Monte Vista Chamber of
Commerce to be held on January 31, 2006 to February 2, 2006 at Ski
Hi Park (San Luis Valley Ag. Conference & Trade Fair). Motion
carried unanimously.
Councilor
Wilson made a
motion, and Councilor Medina seconded, to approve the renewal for
tavern liquor license for Alibis Sports Bar & Grill. Motion carried
unanimously.
Receive and
Approve Accounts Payable
Councilor
Valdez made a motion, and Councilor Medina seconded, to approve the
manual checks in the amount of $65.00, and accounts payable in the
amount of $94,630.90, for a grand total of $94,695.90, subject to
audit. Motion carried unanimously.
Reports
City Attorney – November 10th at
10:00 A.M. is the
date we selected for the first meeting of the revisions of the
nuisance code.
City Council
Councilor
Medina – A
situation on Acequia Drive where these big semis are coming around.
This morning about 3:00, 4:00 a semi turned real sharp right there
on Jefferson and Acequia and it took out the fire hydrant, it
damaged it clear underneath. We need to put some kind of signs up
to keep those big trucks from using Acequia Drive. To check with Public Works and
Jim Gallegos.
Councilor Valdez – This is a message from the Monte
Vista Fire Department thanking the city for raising the fire hydrant
over at Ski Hi Park were able to use that now and use the correct
tools for it.
Recess/Adjournment of Meeting
Meeting adjourned at
7:30 P.M.
Donald Schall,
Mayor
Lucille Duran, City Clerk
Approved 11/3/05
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Minutes
COUNCIL MINUTES
October 6, 2005
The Monte Vista City Council met for its regular meeting on
Thursday,
October 6, 2005 at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Room, 4 Chico Camino,
Monte Vista, CO.
Mayor
Don Schall called the meeting to order.
City Manager, Don Van Wormer, led in the Pledge of
Allegiance.
Roll Call
Members present were Councilor Wilson, Councilor Medina, Councilor
Valdez, Councilor Spielman, and Mayor Schall. Record to indicate a
quorum was present.
Others present were City Manager, Don Van Wormer; Chief of
Police,
Jim Gallegos; City Clerk,
Lucille Duran;
and guests.
Approval of
Consent Agenda
Councilor
Medina made a motion, and Councilor Wilson seconded, to approve the
consent agenda as submitted. Consent agenda consisted only of
September 15, 2005
Council Minutes. Motion carried unanimously.
Proclamations,
Communications, and Appointments
Richard
Duarte from the Monte Vista Head Start – This is Head Start’s 40th
anniversary. Proclaim October 8th through October 14th
as Head Start Recognition Week. Mayor Schall read Proclamation
honoring Monte Vista Head Start. Councilor
Medina
made a motion, and Councilor Spielman seconded, to approve the
Proclamation honoring Monte Vista Head Start. Motion carried
unanimously.
Licenses/Liquor
Renewals
Councilor
Medina made a motion, and Councilor Wilson, seconded, to approve the
Special Events Permit Application for the Monte Vista Chamber of
Commerce to be held on October 29, 2005 at
Fullenwider
Park.
Motion carried unanimously.
Councilor
Medina made a
motion, and Councilor Valdez seconded, to approve the renewal for
Club Liquor License for the Monte Vista Elks Lodge No. 2456.
Motion carried unanimously.
Resolutions
Resolution No. 10-2005 – A Resolution Authorizing participation in
the Main Street Program and Designating a City Official to represent
the City on the Local Non-Profit Main Street Board of Directors.
Mayor Schall read Resolution No. 10-2005. Councilor
Valdez made a
motion, and Councilor Wilson seconded, to approve Resolution No.
10-2005 as read. Motion carried unanimously.
Public Hearing
7:15 P.M. Public Hearing for Hunan Chinese Restaurant Hotel and
Restaurant Liquor License. Mayor Schall opened the public
hearing. James Hsu spoke in favor of the license. We had a
license before, but I didn’t get it renewed in time. The license
expired. No opponents to the liquor license. Hearing closed and
turned over to council for action. Councilor
Medina made a
motion, and Councilor Wilson seconded, to approve the Hotel and
Restaurant Liquor License for Hunan Chinese Restaurant. Motion
carried unanimously.
Receive and
Approve accounts payable and financial reports
Councilor Spielman made a motion, and Councilor Wilson seconded, to
approve the accounts payable in the amount of $110,419.23, subject
to audit. Motion carried unanimously.
Reports
City Manager – Received a letter from Department of Local Affairs confirming to
support an intern position. Senator Salazar will be at the Coop
Monday, October 10th talking about his views on the
impact of Colorado. Xcel Energy is proposing a significant rate
increase effective in November if it is approved. You have a nice
letter from the Jardon’s on a sewer backup that happened.
Department of Local Affairs Energy Impact Mineral Assistance Program
workshop in Durango. Received a letter thanking the police
department for finding wedding rings. County Commissioners meeting
on October 17th at
7:00 A.M. at the Movie Manor. Budget workshop on October 17th
at 9:00
A.M. Public Hearing for 2006 Budget set for November 3, 2005 at
7:30 P.M.
Staff
Jim Gallegos – A lady lost her rings at
Fullenwider
Park. Her rings were found, we called her, she identified them, and
she came down for them. I have Scott Powell here – to date we have
contacted and written 125 warning notices for weeds. We have
started a citywide sweep; nobody is exempt. Wrote several warning
notices for vehicles in their yards.
Council
Councilor
Wilson – I want to thank Randy for following through in Lariat.
We had a Board of Adjustments meeting and approved a variance.
Councilor
Spielman
– asked if anybody was going to attend the Action 22 meeting.
Mayor Schall
– the city received from CIRSA a lost prevention award and it is
probably saving the city some money.
Recess/Adjournment of Meeting
Meeting adjourned at
8:00 P.M.
Budget workshop –
October 17, 2005
at 9:00 A.M.
Donald Schall,
Mayor
Lucille Duran, City Clerk
Approved 10/20/05
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Minutes
COUNCIL MINUTES
September 15, 2005
The Monte Vista City
Council met in recessed session of their regular monthly meeting on
Thursday, September 15, 2005 at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Room, 4
Chico Camino, Monte Vista, CO.
Call to Order
Mayor Don Schall called the meeting to order.
Pledge of Allegiance
Debbie Phillips led in the Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call
Members present were Councilor Medina, Councilor Spielman,
Councilor Wilson, and Mayor Don Schall. Councilor Mike Valdez was
absent. Record to indicate a quorum was present.
Approval of Consent
Agenda
Councilor Medina made a motion, and Councilor Wilson seconded,
to approve the Consent Agenda as is. Consent agenda consisted only
of September 1, 2005 Council Minutes. Motion carried unanimously.
Proclamations,
Communications, and Appointments
Mayor Schall read Suicide Prevention Coalition Proclamation.
Rick Esquibel was here to explain how the program works. Thanked
council for their time.
Citizen
Comments/Special Presentations
Carol Pastore and Dale Becker – had some ideas for the stables
at Ski Hi Park. Carol – we had a committee about two or three years
ago, and Dale and I are original members of the committee. They
talked about all the activities that could be held out there. Want
to try to get something going again. The stables are sound. They
are a good structure. It was all checked by Mark Jones. Councilor
Spielman made a motion, and Councilor Wilson seconded to have the
City manager talk to Loren to work and coordinate with them and see
if it is feasible. Motion carried unanimously.
Larry Parker – I am
here concerning the enforcement of ordinances. There are a whole
bunch of folks getting awful unhappy with weeds and junk cars. The
ordinances need to be followed there on the books. It needs to be
done; it should be a priority. Council instructed staff to bring
some stronger, shorter time ordinances back to them to look at on
weeds, cars, and vehicle parking. Committee formed to work on
this.
Licenses/Liquor
Renewals
Hunan Chinese Restaurant – Public hearing set for October 6,
2005 at 7:15 P.M.
Contracts/Agreements/Leases
Contract for Computer software and hardware. Debbie Phillips –
we went out for bids on computer software as well as replacing our
hardware. Councilor Wilson made a motion, and Councilor Spielman
seconded to approve the software from Caselle Software in the amount
of $68,738. Motion carried unanimously. Councilor Medina made a
motion, and Councilor Spielman seconded, to approve replacing the
hardware from WSB Computers in the amount of $42,979.03 with the
contingency of 5%. Motion carried unanimously.
Receive and Approve
Accounts Payable and Financial Reports
Councilor Medina made a motion, and Councilor Wilson seconded,
to approve manual checks in the amount of $497.53, and accounts
payable in the amount of $63,464.36, for a grand total of
$63,961.89, subject to audit. Motion carried unanimously.
Reports
City Manager – we have CML District meeting coming up next
Tuesday. Jay Williamson from CIRSA will be here on Tuesday the 20th
to check our facility, playground equipment, and what we need to do
to make improvements. Monday night October 3rd there is
a Board of Adjustments meeting. Airport meeting September 28th.
Citizens Task Force Monday the 3rd. Rose we have a
meeting with the museum on September 22nd. Water rights
– Randy met with Alan Davey. They developed a list of information
to be gathered by the city and to be provided to Alan. We have been
working on the 2006 budget for the last two weeks. We are trying to
balance the general fund. We need to have a workshop on this to
present greater detail. Budget workshop set up for October 3, 2005
at 1:00 P.M. We were scheduled to close the pool the middle of
October. We are having some serious issues at the pool, water
leaking into the multi purpose room, and it is starting to cause
some damage to the concrete. Having swimming lessons now until the
27th, so we’ll see what happens. Memo from Sandy on
information on Action 22. At URA meeting, we discussed the concern
over the signs and the sign code. We will be looking at the sign
code and creating a sign code that would be applicable to that
particular district that we are looking at.
Staff
Jim Gallegos – On September 20th, we’ll be hosting
a class at the fire station. We obtained a grant back in May for
educational purposes. We are going to be having a picnic on October
1st or 2nd on Neighborhood Watch Program. The
public is invited.
Council
Councilor Spielman – I attended the water meetings on statewide
water issues at CML. I attended the Interbasin Compact Committee
for Rio Grande Basin as representative last night.
Recess/Adjournment
of Meeting
Meeting adjourned at 8:45 P.M.
Budget workshop – October 3, 2005 at 1:00 P.M.
Donald Schall,
Mayor
Lucille Duran, City Clerk
Approved 10/6/05
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Minutes
Council Minutes
September 1, 2005
The Monte Vista City Council met for its regular monthly
meeting on Thursday,
September 1, 2005
at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Room, 4 Chico Camino, Monte Vista, CO.
Call to Order
Mayor
Don Schall called the meeting to order.
Kirk Wilkinson led in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Roll Call
Members present were Councilor Medina, Councilor Spielman,
Councilor Wilson, and Mayor
Don Schall. Councilor
Valdez was
absent. Record to indicate a quorum was present.
Others present were City Attorney, Eugene Farish; City
Manager, Don Van Wormer; Chief of Police,
Jim Gallegos;
City Clerk, Lucille Duran; Parks and Recreation Director, Loren
White; and guests.
Approval of
Consent Agenda
Councilor
Medina made a motion, and Councilor Wilson seconded, to approve the
Consent Agenda as submitted. Consent Agenda consisted only of
August 18, 2005 council minutes. Motion carried unanimously.
Citizen
Comments/Special Presentations
Boys & Girls Club –
Bob Bryning – It
has been a great thing the partnership the boys and girls club has
had with Parks and Recreation. Francine the Director presented a
check to Parks and Recreation Director,
Loren White.
Loren White – the Parks and Recreation Department would like to
thank you for your gracious donation.
Kirk Wilkinson – gave an update on his recycle bins. The
project collected a total of 900 lbs of recyclables, about 300 lbs.
per week. Placed recycle bins at Jack’s Market and Safeway. It was
a great project and thank you for letting me do it.
Charlotte Crites – Chairwoman of the Downtown Merchants
Association. Update to council on what we are doing with the
Main Street
project. I brought letters of support to Don. The merchants are
ready to help do what they can to get the Main Street Project
going. We are still working on it. There has been a wide variety
of donations.
Student from
Monte Vista High
School talked about Homecoming Week and all the activities going on.
Receive and
Approve Accounts Payable and Financial Reports
Councilor
Medina made a
motion, and Councilor Wilson seconded, to approve the Accounts
Payable in the amount of $163,265.98, subject to audit. Motion
carried unanimously.
Reports
City Manager – Harvesting Energy Tour at Adams State College,
Don Van Wormer,
Don Schall, and Charlie attended. Congressman Udall was there.
Talked about renewable energies and ways to get them. A lot of
positive things came out of there. Reminder next Tuesday at
5:00 p.m. having a workshop on beautification. Planning and Zoning
has been invited to that. Working on budget meeting Tuesday with
Finance to get first cut on the budget. Meeting with John Zender
who is the regional representative for the Economic Development
Association. We are going to be asking for approximately a million
dollars to assist us in the Downtown Revitalization.
Upper Rio Grande
meeting on September 13th. Citizen’s Taskforce will be
meeting on September 12th. We received a proposal from
Caselle Software. Will come to council next meeting with it. Staff
is doing a good job.
Staff
Loren White – we will be finishing up with soccer. We are doing
registration for football and volleyball right now. We have about
75 - 80 kids for the tackle program. We are slowing down on
watering.
Jim Gallegos – September 8th we are going to be having a
class with CIRSA. We had our DUI checkpoint; we had 563 stops, 5
DUI’s, and 2 arrests for driving revocations. I talked to Debbie
about the Farmers Market. Leave over there for the rest of year.
Move next year to
Fullenwider
Park.
City Attorney
Eugene Farish
– rapped up our last court case today on the gangs.
Council
No reports.
Recess/Adjournment of Meeting
Meeting adjourned at
8:00 P.M.
Donald Schall,
Mayor
Lucille Duran, City Clerk
Approved 9/15/05
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Council Minutes
August 18, 2005
The Monte Vista City Council met
in recessed session of their regular monthly meeting on Thursday,
August 18, 2005 at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Room, 4 Chico Camino,
Monte Vista, CO.
Call to Order
Mayor Don Schall called the meeting to order. City Attorney Eugene
Farish led in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Roll Call
Members present were Councilor Rose Wilson, Councilor Art Medina,
Councilor Mike Valdez, Councilor Charles Spielman, and Mayor Don
Schall. Record to indicate a quorum was present.
Others present were City Attorney,
Eugene Farish; City Manager, Don Van Wormer; Chief of Police, Jim
Gallegos; City Clerk, Lucille Duran; Public Works Supervisor, Randy
Martinez; Parks and Recreation Director, Loren White; and guests.
Approval of Consent Agenda
Councilor Valdez made a motion, and Councilor Wilson seconded, to
approve the consent agenda with the addition of appointing Hope
Peckum and Dennis Murphy to the Library Board. Motion carried
unanimously.
Councilor Valdez made a motion,
and Councilor Spielman seconded, to approve the Consent Agenda which
consisted of August 4, 2005 Council Minutes. Motion carried
unanimously.
Proclamations, Communications, and
Appointments
Councilor Medina made a motion, and Councilor Valdez seconded, to
appoint John Vest to the Urban Renewal Authority. To fill the term
of Barbara Deacon. Motion carried unanimously.
Councilor Wilson made a motion,
and Councilor Spielman seconded, to appoint Councilor Medina to the
CML’s 2005-06 Policy Committee. Motion carried unanimously.
Councilor Medina made a motion,
and Councilor Wilson seconded, to appoint Hope Peckum and Dennis
Murphy to the Library District Board. Motion carried unanimously.
Licenses/Liquor Renewals
Councilor Valdez made a motion, and Councilor Medina seconded, to
approve the Special Events Permit Application for the Knights of
Columbus to be held on August 20, 2005 and August 27, 2005. Motion
carried unanimously.
Receive and Approve Accounts
Payable and Financial Reports
Councilor Medina made a motion, and Councilor Wilson seconded, to
approve the manual checks in the amount of $80.00, and accounts
payable in the amount of $51,707.82, for a grand total of
$51,787.82, subject to audit. Councilor Valdez abstained on V & V
Hardware, and yes on the rest. Motion carried unanimously.
Reports
City Manager – Letter in your packet in support for
conservation easement for a portion of the McNeil Ranch within the
Rock Creek Heritage Project.
We have received a quote from our
health care and we are going to see approximately 25% reduction in
our health care coverage for next year. The city will be saving
approximately $59,000 over the next 12 months beginning September 1st.
October 25, 26, and 27 in Salida
the Historical Preservations group is offering a series of
workshops. If there is any interest it will be available at the
front desk.
On August 24th Caselle
Software will be here all day if any of you want to come.
Went over workshop dates.
September 1st at 6:00 P.M on Building
Permits. September 6th at 5:00 P.M. for Beautification.
August 25th at 6:00 P.M. for Goal Setting.
CML District Dinner, Tuesday
September 20th need reservations.
Staff
Randy Martinez - We put asphalt down by the Post Office and
Lockhart’s Furniture in the alley. We did some work on the
intersection of Henderson by the Old Jack’s Market. On Jefferson
St. by the Information Center we put the rails up on that bridge. We did potholes all over town and
will start on crack sealing at the end of September or 1st
of October.
Loren White -
Soccer is
going good. Stampede went off without a hitch for us. Softball and
Coed Softball is done. Working with Xcel Energy on the lights over
here at Chapman Park. We had a flood at the pool last week closed for a couple of days.
Fall sports registrations start on Aug. 30th, 31st
and 1st. Working on grants. Greg Castro is in charge of
the pool now.
Jim Gallegos - We just
finished a class, 3 day class with CSI. This weekend we are having
DUI check points. Discussed vendor fees. Discussed Farmers Market,
and why did they move because the traffic where they are now is bad,
no parking, safety issue. Jim to talk to Deb Bressman.
City Attorney
Eugene Farish
– rapping up
court cases. Gave an update on the stage coach in Fort
Garland, we contacted State Historical Society. Working on zoning
regulations.
Council
Councilor Spielman – has been approached about putting an RV
dump site at the pool. Randy – would have to hire someone to
monitor all day long. Have one at the Coop. Talked about a Dollar
General Store coming in.
Executive Session
Councilor Medina made a motion, and Councilor Wilson seconded, to go
into executive session for the purpose of determining positions
relative to matters that may be subject to negotiations, developing
strategy for negotiations, and/or instructing negotiators, under
C.R.S. Section 24-6-402 (4) (e); Motion carried unanimously.
Workshops scheduled – August 25,
2005 at 6:00 P.M. for Goal Settings.
September 1, 2005 for Building
Permits. September 6, 2005 at 5:00 P.M. for Beautification. Invite Planning and Zoning Commission to this
workshop.
Recess/Adjournment of Meeting
Meeting adjourned at
8:15 P.M.
Donald Schall,
Mayor
Lucille Duran, City Clerk
Approved 9/1/05
