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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Roundup on September 7, 2021 AT 7:00 P.M.

City Council Chambers and GOTO Meeting.

The meeting was called to order by Mayor Jones. Clerk/Treasurer Lanter conducted roll call with council members, Long, Vivirito. Erickson, Carlson, Toombs, and Fisher present. Also, present were Assistant Clerk Mann and Director Sibley. Liggett and Attorney Brooks were present by video Griffith absent.

Moved by Long seconded by Vivirito to approve the minutes of the August 17, 2021 meeting. All in favor. Motion carried.

Moved by Carlson, seconded by Long to approve the agenda adding Planning Board and Library Board. All in favor. Motion carried.

PUBLIC COMMENT- None

Visitors: Morgan Belveal-100 people took part of a five-question survey about Roundup. Most answered that Roundup is beautiful and the people are great. Sample of the Roundup Branding Book was given to the Council. Morgan has volunteered his time, and money creating the Branding book. It’s a powerful tool to bring people here. Erickson, Long and Carlson are not a fan of the logo but think the book is great.

Mayor Jones: Cheryl Tomassi said that all council positions are unopposed, we can cancel the election. Lanter can create a Resolution for the next meeting.

There will be a Parks Committee meeting September 21st @ 5:30pm.

There will be an Audit & Finance Committee meeting September 21st @ 6:15pm.

Flood Awareness is set for Thursday. There will be three sessions.

It has come to the mayor’s attention that people are having trouble hearing over the video during meeting. Toombs will look into microphones.

Deer Management hunt- County has allowed buyout properties to be included on the map this year.

Attorney Brooks:

Zoning Ordinance-First Public Hearing on Zoning Ordinance changes September 21st.

Talked with Vanessa Hoene about Floodplain issues.

Council Discussion/Future Agenda Items: Report out from Council Committee Meetings:

• Planning Board: Toombs-Met, elected Officers.

• Library Board: Mayor Jones reported for Griffith-County said they would match City funding.

Library hours will be Tuesday and Thursdays 3:30pm-8:00pm, Fridays 3:30pm-5:30pm, Saturdays 9:30am-2:00pm.

• Parks/Pool Discussion: Mayor Jones heard back from other Cities about a Parks and Recreations position and read the responses. Mayor asked for consensus: 1) Liggett-likes flexibility, if the budget allows. 2) Long- Likes the idea that they can work in other departments including the new restrooms. 3) Vivirito- Has budget concerns, would be nice to have an adult manager the pool. 4) Erickson- It’s needed as far as the pool goes. 5) Fisher- We really have to work on the budget. County is willing to help which will help with the pool issues. 6) Toombs- Pool Management is number 1. Concerned that maintaining the floodplain properties is going to fall on our guys. 7) Carlson- The pool is the main priority.

Long, Toombs, Fisher and Mayor Jones will do more research.

• Snowy Mtn Development Letter: Mayor went over the acronyms in the letter. Shouldn’t affect the Brownsfield Projects.

• MDT Long- Safety concerns, signs for bus stops.

Clerk Treasurer Lanter: Received a call from Michael Blend, wants an adjustment on his bill due to a leak. Infrastructure Committee will discuss October 5th.

Director Sibley: Working on new playground.

Council Action Item:

Infrastructure Committee Discussion- Vivirito- Bob Goffena was here from the Deadmans Basin Water Board. We all agree we need a list of priorities. All requests will be denied. We need to create a policy and send a copy to Deadmans Basin. Resolution at next meeting per Mayor Jones.

Moved by Toombs, seconded by Carlson to accept recommendations from Infrastructure Committee concerning Deadmans Basin water. All in favor. Motion carried.

Public Comment: Commissioner Turley highly recommends it.

Moved by Fisher, seconded by Carlson approve paying the claim for funds withheld from Law Enforcements quarterly payment of $11,484.86. Cares ACT reimbursement that was due to the city in the amount of $11,484.86 never received from the County Commissioners. All in favor. Motion carried.

Public Comment: Toombs- asked the two commissioners that were present, if they found out how to use the money they received. Pancratz- we want to find a way to benefit the city with a Park Manager. MACO said the County is not obligated to give money to the city. Toombs- can’t you just put the money into Law Enforcements account? Turley-We dealt with a huge audit of poor record keeping of 5 years. We don’t want to take from this account and put it into that account, that’s what got us into trouble before. Pancratz- we don’t want this to go sideways, we want to see the city successful. The Law Enforcement does not need any more money in their budget. We want to help the city in anyway possible. Mayor Jones asked for a consensus: 1) Vivirito- We haven’t received any reports from Law Enforcement yet.2) Jeremy- I don’t have a problem paying it. 3) Long- who did we get legal advice from? Mayor- Kellie Lynch and Attorney Brooks. Long- I don’t want issues with the County. 4) Fisher- Lets work together for the future. 5) Toombs- I support the motion. 6) Carlson- We need to pay what we agreed to pay. Work with the County and move forward. 7) Liggett- agrees with Carlson.

Moved by Erickson, seconded by Fisher to approve RCP to apply for a MT Main Street Application for welcome Plaza. All in favor. Motion carried.

PUBLIC COMMENT: NONE

Claims were read as follows:

City Payroll $56,202.54

Leisure $1,725.72

Per Diem $300.00

Mastercard $350.91

360 Office Solutions $289.42

McCleary Dist. $1,757.80

A & A Implement $606.00

Midrivers $509.72

American Welding & Gas $37.83

Midland Printing $386.09

AT & T $40.73

Montana League $99.00

Axilon Law $900.00

Morrison-Maierle $31.25

Big Sky Linen $279.42

O’Reilly’s $873.27

Big Horn Signs $40.00

Prorover Patrick Riedl $9,500.00

C Emery Nelson Inc $294.74

Picchioni’s $66.81

Car Quest $22.30

RDO Equip. $34.03

CLC Datacom $3,524.00

Roundup Hardware $205.18

DPC Industries $976.72

Roundup Record $59.40

Eugene Desjarlais $40.00

Solid Waste Systems $557.41

Electric Service Shop $30.59

USA Blue Book $188.13

Andrea Goffena $80.00

Utilities Underground $45.50

Energy Labs $1,151.50

Van Dykes $39.76

Grainger $265.71

Great West Eng. $1,880.45

TOTAL $27,189.39

Moved by Toombs, seconded by Carlson to approve Claims for the preceding month and draw warrants on the treasury for the same. All in favor. Motion carried.

PUBLIC COMMENT- Travis Manning- 211 5th Ave W. City has an ordinance for deer, dogs, and chickens but not for cats. There is an issue with feral cats. Good food source for bringing mountain lions/bob cats into the city. Look at getting grants, catching and neutering them.

Sheriffs’ office is animal control, Mayor Jones will discuss with Shawn and have codes and Ordinance Committee look at it as well.

Moved by Carlson seconded by Toombs to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried.

The meeting adjourned at 8:32 p.m.