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CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
May 2~991
The City Coun~il Meeting was ~alled to order by the Mayor at 7 30 p m
Councilmembers present Elise Brougham, Kent Davis, Don tafanti, Phil
Edwards, Tony FIasco, Larry Merkl, Ron Selstad, and Bill Shanley Also
present City Clerk, Wanda Sang, City Administrator, Mike Smith, Acting
City Attorney, Paul Godec, Public Works Director, Bob Goebel, Director
of Parks & Recreation, Gary Wardle, Chief of Police, Jack Hurst, staff,
and interested citizens City Attorney, John Hayes, arrived at 8 40 p m
APPROVAL OF t'iINUTES of May 13, 1991
Motion by Mr Eafanti for the approval of the Minutes of May 13, 1991,
seconded by Mr Edwards, carried 8-0
CITIZENS' RIGHTS TO SPEAK
There was no one present to speak
LOCAL LIQUOR LICENSING AUTHORITY MATTERS
Item 1
Motion to grant a Special Events Permit to Sts Peter and Paul
Churcl-J
Motion by Mr Merkl to approve the Special Events permit for Sts Peter
and Paul Church, at the location of 3900-3920 Pierce Street, Wheat
Ridge, to dispense malt, vinous and spirituous liquor on June 14, 1991
between the hours of 500 P ITJ and 1100 pm, on June 15,1991 between
the hours of 3 00 p m and 11 00 pm, and on June 16, 1991 between the
hours of 12 00 noon and 11 00 p m in the church cafeteria and the
parking lot, seconded by Mr FIasco, carried 8-0
ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING
Item 2
Council Bill 88 - An Ordinance amending the Code of Laws of the
City of Wheat Ridge by addi~g an Article IV, Wheat Ridge
Employee Medical Care Expense Fund Enabling Act, to CI-Japter 2
of the City's Code of Laws, thereby establishing tl-Je Wheat
Ridge Employee Medical Care Expense Fund and providing for tl-Je
funding, maintenance and administration thereof
Council Bill 88 was introduced by Mr Shanley on first reading, title
read by Clerk Motion by Mr SI-Janley that Council Bill 88 be approved
on first reading, ordered published, public hearing be set for Monday,
June 10, 1991 at 7 30 p m in City Council Chambers, Municipal Bldg ,
and if approved on second reading, take effect 15 days after final
publication, seconded by Mr Edwards, carried 8-0
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DECISIONS, RESOLUTIONS, AND MOTIONS
Item 3
Progress Report from Health Insuranre Task Force
Mr Smitl-J and Mr Shanley gave the report ann answeren Counril's
questions Mr SI-Janley's presentation included that program rould start
October 1 or at the beginning of next year, start-up money would have to
rome out of unallorated, employees ran choose to be in tl-Je self funded
program or in the Kaiser plan, Council does not make the decision on the
specifirs of tl-Je plan, this will be decided by tl-Je Board of Trustees,
which will be appointed, board can make continuing changes to the plan,
Council has to decide whetl-Jer they want the plan and how much money they
need to fund it
Motion by Mrs Brougham that Item 10 be moved up to be discussed right
now before Item 4, seronded by Mr Eafanti, rarried 7-1 with Mr Davis
voting No
Item 10
Discussion re
Gulch
Clear Creek Trail Kipling Crossing using Lena
Gary hardle presented the various options outlined in his memo dated May
15,1991 and answered Council's questions
Don MacDougall, 9815 W
riders' safety crossing
answer
37th Avenue, was concerned about horseback
Kipling and felt the trail would be the
Harold Fabricius, 9880 W 34th Ave, stated that he was concerned for
his son's safety crossing Kipling and did not allow him to go west of
Kipling He spoke in favor of the trail
Tom Dodd, 9960 W 34tI-J Drive, was on the Parks Commission many years
ago Even then one of the great concerns was the danger of crossing
Kipling and the desire to continue the Greenbelt trail without having to
cross Kipling $79,000 00 does not seem like too much money to pay for
this project
Motion by Mr Eafanti that $79,000 be transferred from Acrt No
32-607-795, Open Spare Fund Unallocated, to Acct No 32-601-862, for
construction of Greenbelt Trail Kipling Crossing using Lena Gulrh,
seconded by Mrs Brougham
Mrs Brougl-Jam moved to amend tl-Je motion that the trail be constructed by
approximately October this year, that the easement negotiations are a
separate issue This was acrepted as part of the motion Motion
carried 8-0
I tern 4
Bid Award for 1/2 Ton Pickup Trurk for Public Works
Motion by Mr Davis that Burt Chevrolet be awarded the purchase
1991 1/2 ton pickup trurk witl-J options for the amount of $9,353
that all costs be charged to Acct No 30~-807, seconded by Mr
of a
65 and
Eafanti
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Motion by ~r Flas~o to amend the motion to delete the air 0onditioning,
se~onded by Mr Merkl, failed 3-5 witl-J Coun0ilmembers FIasco, Merkl and
Eafanti v~ting yes
Vote on original motion ~arried 7-1 with Mr Flas~o voting No
I tenJ 5
Bid Award for Chemi~al Fertilizer
Motion by Mr Merkl that American Pride Fertilizer be awarded the
pur~hase of the Chemi0al Fertilizer in the amount of their bid of
$6,600 00 and that all costs be charged to Acct No 603-660, se~onded
by Mr Shanley, ~arried 8-0
Item 6
Bid Award for Conversion of 2 Vehi~les to LPG
Motion by Mr Edwards tl-Jat Suburban Propane be awarded the purchase of
two LPG Conversion Kits with installation for the amount of their quote
of $2,bOO 00 and that all costs be charged to A~ct No 302-807,
seconded by Mr Merkl
Motion by Mr Flas~o that the motion be amended to read four units,
seconded by Mrs Brougham, carried 5-3 with Councilmembers Shanley,
Merkl, Edwards voting No
Mr Goebel stated that there was not enough money in the a~~ount for
four units and that the money would have to come out of another account
Motion to amend by Mr FIasco to take the additional money out of
unallocated, seconded by Mrs Brougham, failed 4-4 witl-J Councilmembers
Brougham, FIasco, Davis, and Eafanti voting yes
Motion by Mr Selstad to reconsider the question with two vehicles
instead of four, seconded by Mr Davis, carried 6-2 with Mrs Brougham
and Mr FIasco voting No
Vote on original motion with two vehicles carried 7-1 with Mr FIasco
voting No
Item 7
Motion that payment be made to Public Service Company for the
City's portion of the signal pole cost for 38th Avenue and
Sheridan Boulevard
Motion by Mr Shanley that payment be made to Public Service Company for
the City's portion ($11,242 00) of the signal pole ~ost for 38th Avenue
and Sheridan Boulevard
I further move that all costs associated with this purchase be taken
from Capital Proje~ts Fund 30-303-846, seconded by Mr Selstad, carried
8-0
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Motion that poles and mast arms be pur0hased from
Marquadt/Hebert Lighting Asso~iates, In0 for 38th Avenue,
Pierce to SI-Jeridan
Motion by Mr Selstad that poles and mast arms be purchased from
Marquadt/Hebert Lighting Asso~iates, Inc in the amount of their written
quotation of $7,124 00 I further move that all costs associated with
this purchase be taken from Capital Projects Fund 30-303-846, seconded
by Mr Merkl, carried 8-0
I t em 9
Acceptance of Deeds for Project S-38 01-91
Motion by Mr Merkl that the City of ~heat Ridge accept the quit claim
deeds for 3798 Marshall Street, 6117 ~est 38th Avenue, 5630 West 38th
Avenue, 6025 West 38th Avenue, 5801 West 38th Avenue, 6280 West 38th
Avenue, 5305 west 38th Avenue, 6499 ~est 38th Avenue, 5712 West 38th
Avenue, 5700 West 38tI-J Avenue, 6630 West 38th Avenue, 5750 West 38th
Avenue, 6145 West 38th Avenue I further move that the sum of $10 00
each be paid for the parcels and that these amounts be taken from
Capital Projects Fund Acct No 30-303-846, seconded by Mr Selstad,
carried 8-0
CITY ATTORNEY'S MATTERS
John Hayes informed Coun~il that the Charter Task Force had completed
their work tonight and that they would present 8 suggestions to
Council
ELECTED OFFICIALS' MATTERS
Tony FIasco asked for Council consensus to publish all employees'
salaries, their fringe benefits and the total cost to the City
Consensus was 8-0
Meeting adjourned at 9 56 p m
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COUNCIL
ON JUNE 10, 1991 BY A VOTE OF
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Kent Davis, Council President
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