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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES Town Board 1966-01-24arch= z f Estes jark Larimer County, Colorado, January 24 1966__. Minutes of a __ Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado. Meeting held in the Town Hall in said Town of Estes Park on the 24th day of January A. D. 19_66._. at regular meeting hour. Meeting called to order by Mayor C_1arenra_A Graves-__._._........_....._..... ............._.............. Present: Mayor Clarence A. Graves Trustees: Ronald C. Brodie, Henry Dannels, C. M. Hunter, L. Leo Martin, Carl Swanson, Harry Tregent Also Present: Town Clerk Dale G. Hill Absent: None Minutes of the regular meeting held January 10, 1966, were read and approved as read. Mr. James Conant, owner of the Estes Park Ambulance Service, appeared before the Board of Trustees and discussed the liability he assumes by operating the ambulance without attendants. Town Attorney Ernest G. Hartwell advises the Estes Park Ambulance Service could be held liable for negligence should an injury result from an attendant not being present. After considerable dis- cussion, Trustee Ronald Brodie moved the Town pay the cost of incorporating the Estes Park Ambulance Service, providing should Mr. Conant no longer be the operator of the ambulance, the incorporating Estes Park Ambulance Service could be transferred to another party. The estimated cost of this incorpora- tion is $250.00. Trustee Harry Tregent seconded the motion. Upon roll call the motion passed by the following votes. Those voting "Yes" Trustees Ronald Brodie, Henry Dannels, C. M. Hunter, L. Leo Martin, Carl Swanson, and Harry Tregent. Those voting "No" none. The Clerk read a letter addressed to Mayor Graves from Mr. Karl Ebel, Princi- pal of the Estes Park Grade School. Mr. Ebel's letter requested a stop sign at the Grade School cross walk and no parking one car length on each side of this cross walk. Chief Banks reported he had observed the cross walk. He did not recommend a stop sign. The Board of Trustees decided to have a school zone sign installed 300 feet north of the cross walk on MacGregor Avenue. The Clerk read a letter from Mr. Lou Canaiy, Jr., President of the Estes Park Chamber of Commerce to the Town of Estes Park requesting a master plan for the entire area in regard to campgrounds. The letter also requested Town personnel be instructed properly for campground referrals. After a discussion, Mayor Graves referred this letter to the Estes Park Regional Planning Commission. Mayor Graves reported that the Colorado State Patrol is planning changes in the police radio arrangement and that he and Chief Banks are scheduled to meet with the State Patrol on January 27, 1966. The Clerk read the minutes of the Estes Park Planning Commission held January 18, 1966. The Board of Trustees reviewed the latest traffic study by the Colorado De- partment of Highways, and after considerable discussion, Trustee Harry Tregent moved the necessary changes in speed limits be so adopted. Trustee Henry Dannels seconded the motion. Upon roll call the motion passed by the following votes. Those voting "Yes" Trustees Ronald Brodie, Henry Dannels, C. M. Hunter, L. Leo Martin, Carl Swanson, and Harry Tregent. Those voting "No" none. The Board of Trustees discussed the Henry B. Landers property in Country Club Manor Subdivision and reviewed the action to date as to the buildings located on this property. Trustee Carl Swanson introduced the following resolution and moved that it be passed and adopted: RESOLUTION BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF ESTES PARK COLORADO: That the Town Attorney, Mr. Ernest G. Hartwell, proceed to obtain Itf eStZS Larimer County, Colorado,_ January 24 ., 19 66_. Minutes of a Re.gli_lar meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado. Meeting held in the Town Hall in said Town of Estes Park on the,. 24th _day of_ January _, A. D. 19,66._ at regular meeting hour. Meeting called to order by Mayor Clarence A. Graves Present: Mayor Trustees: Also Present: Absent: an injunction requiring Mr. Henry B. Landers to terminate the nuisance as advised in the Town Attorney's letter dated October 13, 1965. Trustee C. M. Hunter seconded the motion. Upon roll call the motion passed by the following votes. Those voting "Yes" Trustees Ronald Brodie, Henry Dannels, C. M. Hunter, L. Leo Martin, Carl Swanson, and Harry Tregent. Those voting "No" none. The Board of Trustees reviewed the bids in regard to the replacement of the recently wrecked Light & Power truck No. 24. The Board of Trustees decided to purchase a new truck and not to have the old truck repaired. The following net cost bids were received: Dry Gulch Motors, Estes Park - - - $1,662.15 Stan Barrett Ford, Longmont - - - $1,506.15 Garrett Motors, Inc., Loveland - - $1,641.43 Trustee Leo Martin moved the bid submitted by Dry Gulch Motors in the amount of $1,662.15 be accepted. Trustee Carl Swanson seconded the motion. Upon roll call the motion passed by the following votes. Those voting "Yes" Trustees Ronald Brodie, Henry Dannels, C. M. Hunter, Leo Martin, Carl Swanson, and Harry' Tregent. Those voting "No" none. Trustee Carl Swanson, Chairman of the Utility Franchise Committee, reported on a meeting of the Utility Franchise Committee as itemized in their minutes of January 17, 1966 and moved that the minutes be approved and adopted. Trustee Harry Tregent seconded the motion. Upon roll call the motion unanimously carried. The Clerk reported the Colorado State Employment Service will begin a job classification study for all Town of Estes Park employees about the middle of March, 1966. Trustee Ronald Brodie will attend the Estes Park Envoys luncheon in Colorado Springs on February 7, 1966. There being no further business, it was regularly that the meeting adjourn. Attest: . . . .. Town Clerk moved, seconded, and carried