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Home My WebLink About1979-01-03 City Council Regular MinutesRegular Meeting of City of Apache Jct. City Council January 3, 1979 ATTENDANCE: Meeting was called to order at 7:06 p.m.All Council members were present except John Granillo. CORRECTION OF PREVIOUS MINUTES: BANK SERVICES: Additions to and corrections of minutes of the meeting of December 27, 1978 were made.Marie Shanks suggested that the report given by Jim Thorpe of First National Bank of that meeting be briefly summarized for the records, and the follow- ing sentence be added immediately following the last sentence under the heading "Attendance".Mr. Thorpe gave a brief de- scription of services his bank could provide the city.The clerk read the paragraph and Marie Shanks moved that the ad- dition of the last sentence be accepted and that the minutes be approved as read.Virginia Seeman seconded the motion, with all six council members present voting "aye".John Granillo was absent. APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS PENDING: Mrs. Shanks pointed out that in the first sentence it was not stated which hearing Richard Damiano attended in Florence on December 20, 1978 and should be clarified.Mrs. Shanks moved that the first sentence read "Richard Damiano reported for Thomas Damian() that he (Richard) attended the hearing in Florence at 1:30 p.m. on December 20, 1978 regarding approval or disapproval of applications pending".Thomas Damiano sec- onded.Motion carried with six votes in favor, (John Granillo absent). ABANDONMENT OF HALE STREET: Mrs. Shanks noted that the minutes did not state when and by whom the request for abandonment of Hale Street was submitted, and moved that the name and date be added so the sentence would read "Thomas Damiano made a motion to approve the request for abandonment of Hale Street south of Huff's Trailer Park, sub- mitted by Herschel Wilson on December 6, 1978 to the Pinal County Zoning Commission", and that the word "since" be stricken. Thomas Damiano seconded and motion carried with six votes in favor.John Granillo, who arrived during the discussion, abstained. PLANNING. ZONING LICENSES: Virginia Seeman then moved that also in the paragraph under "Planning, Zoning and License", the minutes be corrected to agree with the notice that was given, which was 14 days, not 20. Marie Shanks seconded and motion carried unanimously.Marie Shanks moved that the minutes be accepted as corrected and Regular Meeting contid January 3,1979 Page 2 approved.John uranillo seconded.Motion carried with six voting in favor.Virginia Seeman abstaining. COMMITTEE REPORTS: VINTON PECK Vinton Peck reported that he has a petition for abandonment of Saguaro Street from Ironwood to North Main, but he had suggested to the persons submitting the request to explore temporary closure.He will report further at a later meeting. VIRGINIA SEtMAN: Virginia Seeman clarified the building use agreement with Pinal County for use of the County Services Building.Bill McDaniel had seen James Karam regarding this matter, and Mr. Karam told him we could use the two rooms at the north end of the building and the addition under construction. JOHN GRANILLO: John Granillo reported that he had a call from Ron Cook, a local independent insurance agent, who offered to check into pos- sibilities of getting a quote through one of his companies. MARIE SHANKS: Marie Shanks reported that Mr. Mitchell from Mr. DeConcinifs office, is assisting in starting the census, which will be started when documents verifying incorporation are received by the Census Bureau in Washington, D.C.Also, a phone has been installed (982-6154). ROY HUDSON: Roy Hudson had been in contact with CAAG for samples of em- ployment application blanks for municipal employees.Vinton Peck moved to adopt sample #1 as the official application. Jerry Burgess seconded and motion carried with six votes in favor and Thomas Damiano voting no.The clerk was instructed to have copies printed. RICHARD DAMIANO: Richard Damiano reported $120.00 on deposit and gave John Granillo a receipt for $20.00 for the $5.00 application fees for Bingo License approved at previous meetings. Regular Meeting contid January 3, 1979 Page 3 PLANNING AND ZONING VIOLATION: Thomas Damian() reported a Planning and Zoning violation at Cestin Trailer Park is being handled by Justice of the Peace Percy Davis, and county zoning is handling zoning violation by George Lipovic. ORDINANCES --COPIES: Copies of the ordinances from Payson and Cottonwood were given to Marie Shanks. CORRESPONDENCE: Correspondence was read.Attorney up an index for incoming mail. 1. 2. 3. Letter from William Crail Haas City Attorney. Resume for position of Magistrate submitted by Richard Damiano was given to Roy Hudson. Mike Curtis suggested setting declining the position of Letter from Robert Hare advising that a meeting will be held at Superstition Mountain Elementary School at 7:00 p.m. January 4, 1979 to discuss a possible rate hike by Arizona Water Company referred to Vinton Peck. 4.Bill from Valley Newspapers, Inc. for publication of the budget legal ad .in the Apache Sentinel on December 20, 1978 for $4.37 referred to John Granillo. 5.Letter from Mr. and Mrs. Minnick withdrawing application for abandonment of right-of-way referred to Vinton Peck. 6.Application for change of zoning from GR to CB -2 from Herschel Wilson (section 19).Referred to Thomas Damiano. 7.Application for change of zoning from GR to CB -2 from Julius J. Barroco, lots 2 and 4,Beatty Subdivision, section 20. 8.Letter from CAAG (Larry Gavel) regarding Urban Parks and Recovery Programs referred to Jerry Burgess. 9.Letter from CAAG (Lester A. Snow) regarding a Grants Workshop at 10:00 a.m. January 6, 1979 referred to Roy Hudson. 10. Letter from Pinal County Board of Supervisors announcing appointment of medical examiner. Regular Meeting cont'd January 3, 1979 Page 4 1 STREET LIGHT APPLICATION: Street Light District application was discussed.Vinton Peck moved to approve the application.Marie Shanks seconded the motion, which carried unanimously. REJECTION OF CITY ATTORNEY POST: Michael Tidwell rejected the position of City Attorney. INSURANCE QUOTES: Jim O'Donnell presented the quote for the COL policy as pre- pared by Insurance Company of North America.uost for the period from December 20, 1978 to June 30, 1979 would be $8,567.00. The Errors and Ommissions coverage applied for was declined, and the Home Insurance Company declined to quote a UGL policy. Jerry Burgess moved to extend the binder for another week at $50.00 pending investigation into applying a deductible and reducing cost.John Granillo seconded and motion carried. BUDGET HEARING: John Granillo moved to hold a budget hearing on January 17, 1979 at 6:55 p.m. at the County services Building.Virginia Seeman ziecondea.Motion carried unanimously. SIGNATURES FOR CHECKS. WARRANTS, DRAFTS. ETC. --FEDUCIARY BOND: Marie Shanks moved that for all purposes the Mayor and Vice- Mayor be able to sign all checks, warrants and drafts.This is to include at this time the Mayor, Vice -Mayor, and one alternate Council member as an alternate, and to secure a blanket position feduciary bond for all seven council members.Motion seconded by Virginia Seeman and carried unanimously. ACTING TREASURER: DUTIES: Marie Shanks pointed out that Richard Damiano had never been officially accepted as treasurer, so she moved that the Council accept the help of A. Richard Damian° as acting treasurer with the following: to prepare, compile, keep accurate financial records, prepare warrants, check and drafts for payment, recon- cile bank statements, with report to the City Council for ap- proval to the end of the fiscal year and to include the treas- urer in the blanket position feduciary bond with the City Council members.Motion carried with six votes in favor, Roy Hudson opposed. Regular Meeting contld January 3,1979 Page 5 ELEC ION PROCEDURES: The handling of election procedures was briefly discussed. Volunteers to work on the election board are needed.Joe Saggio pointed out that forms for reporting campaign contributions were left out of the election packets.Attorney Mile Curtis will provide the clerk with a narrative description of election procedures to be made available to the public. CITY OF SUPERIOR STATUTES: Richard Damiano gave Thomas Damian() a copy of the City of Superior Statutes. POST OFFICE BOX: Virginia Seeman announced that the city has Post Office Box MOVING OF POST OFFICE: C.T. Parks submitted a letter requesting that the Apache Junction Post Office be moved to a less congested area and that the exist- ing Post Office be converted to a Social Security Office. ADJOURNMENT: Meeting adjourned at 10:00 p.m. Approved this day of 1979 by the Mayor and City Council. CITY CLERK