Jennifer Ries

The Mayor asked Council if they had reviewed the minutes of the 6/1/09 meeting and were there any additions, deletions or corrections? Nystul moved to approve the minutes as written, seconded by Edwards, roll call; all-yes.

The Mayor asked for approval of the delinquent shut off list after notice. Sundberg moved to approve the request, seconded by Nystul, roll call; all-yes.

There were no Petitions and Communications.

Reports of Officers

Rich reported everthing was green and wet. They were taking this opportunity to clean up some undone items and work on some grants.

There were no questons for Bill.

Dennis said that he was looking at costs to pave the one block of west of Pratten on 1st Ave South and another on South 5th Ave. He thought it would run about $26-27,000.

There were no questions for Doug.

Ron reminded Patty, Paul, Harold and Gary that they had until July 2nd to file for reelection for their respective offices.

There were no Committee Reports.

Unfinished Business

The first item was discussion of the Petition to Abandon Alleys. Council discussed the matter and decided that clarification of the request was necessary. The Mayor asked Doug to get together with Kay Woltermann for clarification of the language and it would be back on the July 6th agenda.

Dennis thought that it would be a bad idea to abandon these alleys as he thinks there are utilities in all of them. He will get a One Call Locate done befor next meeting. Nystul did not like the idea of giving up ownership. Edwards was ok with it the way it is. Anderson asked if there were other alleys in town like this? Dennis said that there are other alleys that are not developed but are still alleys.

The next item was the first reading of the amendment to the 2006 City/County Subdivision Regulations.

Nystul moved to waive the reading, seconded by Edwards, roll call; all-yes.

Edwards moved to adopt the amended ordinance on first reading, seconded by Nystul, roll call; all-yes.

New Business

The first item was the R&H Concrete Lease. Attorney Howard explained that this had been a five year lease with a clause allowing for increased fees by 50% annually. Council had been requested to freeze the fees at the 2007 level. They are currently paying $1083.38 annually. Doug recommended extending the lease for one year in order to get all remaining leases on the same renewal date. Council asked if Hauge was still interested in leasing the property? It was thought that he was. Edwards moved to extend the lease for one year for $1083.38, seconded by Brown, roll call; Sundberg, Brown, Nystul and Edwards voted yes; Anderson voted no, motion carried.

The next item was the Billings Landfill Use Agreement. Dennis reported that after many years of the fee being the same, this year the fee was raised from $11.50 per ton to $15.00 per ton. He thought that we would still be ok for budget purposes. Nystul moved to have the Mayor sign the agreement, seconded by Sundberg, roll call; all-yes.

The last item was a budget resolution.

RESOLUTION NO. 703

A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF COLUMBUS, MONTANA, AMENDING THE 2008-2009 BUDGET TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO COVER UNDER FUNDED EXPENDITURES IN SEVERAL OBJECT CODES.

The Clerk explained the areas and stated that there were unexpended funds available to cover the shortages. Sundberg moved to adopt the resolution, seconded by Nystul, roll call; all-yes.

There were no Comments.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:05 p.m.

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GARY WOLTERMANN, MAYOR

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RONALD D. BARNDT, CLERK-TREASURER