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MINUTES OF THE MEETING
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEE - THE TOWN OF VAIL
March 11, 1968
The Meeting was called to order by Mayor C. E. Kindel at 8:50 p.m. the
llth of March, 1968, in the Vail Country Day School in the Vail Clinic, Vail,
Colorado.
ROLL CALL: Roll Call found the following Members present:
Mayor C. E. Kindel
Trustee Lorence C. Burdick
Trustee Peter W. Seibert
Trustee John Donovan
Trustee John Dobson
Trustee Harry Willett
Trustee Joseph Langmaid
MINUTES OF THE MEETING
1. Consideration of the Minutes of the Previous Meeting.
Trustee Burdick trade a Motion to accept the Minutes as
recorded. It was seconded by Trustee Seibert and approved unanimously
by the Board.
2. Consideration of February Vouchers.
Trustee Burdick noted that he had inspected all Vouchers
and made a Motion to approve the February Vouchers. 'It was seconded by
Trustee. Donovan and approved unanimously by the Board.
3. Report of the Summer Paving Program
Town Manager Bloke Lynch reported to the Board that he
and the Director of Public Works, J. Mitchell Hoyt, had attended a Meeting
of the Eagle County Commissioners and discussed paving the roads in Vail.
The Commissioners agreed to bring, their hot mix plant to the area and pave
five miles of road with the Town of Vail furnishing the material.
The program calls for a 9" or 3" asphalt mat on almost
all of the roads in Vail, as weld as reslirfa.6itig some of the roads that were
paved last summer,
Mr. Lynch said that with the help of the County, the savings
in cost will be around $30, 000, 00. Through the Highway Department and Vail
Associates, we will be able to get 5, 000 tons of aggregate at $1. 00 per ton,
which will be an additional savings of $10, 000, 00.
Mr. Lynch then requested authorization by the Board to
issue the remaining $45, 000. 00 of bonds.
4. Consideration of Pay Scale Study to be done by Carl Becker.
The Town Manager, F. Blake Lynch, informed the Board
that for this type study it was best to have an objective outsider rather than
have it done locally. The study would lay the ground rules by comparison
• with other municipalities for the frame work of job descriptions, pay raises
and personnel policies.
After a lengthy discussion Trustee Burdick made a Motion
to retain Carl Becker to make the study. It was seconded by Trustee Dobson.
The Town Recorder then polled the Trustees for approval. The Vote was
five in the affirmative and one negative.
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5. Consideration of the Appointment of Judges of the Election
to be held on April 2nd, 1968.
The Trustees appointed the following:
Judges Alternates
Barbara Parker
Phillip LaMantia
Rodney Slifer
Clerks
Charles Crowley
Ellen Jacobson
Robert W. Parker
Deane Knox
James Wolfe
Elisabeth Baribeau
Fran Moretti
6. Consideration of " AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE
NO, 7, SERIES OF 1967, BY DELETING SECTION 20-5 PROVIDING THAT
NO PERSON SHALL OCCUPY A TRAILER WHILE IT IS BEING MOVED UPON
A STREET".
The Town Recorder, Blake Lynch, read the Ordinance
and gave a brief explanation. He then polled the Trustees for understanding
and acceptance. The Ordinance was passed with unanimous approval.
7. Report from the Police Department.
Police Chief Floyd H . Holmes informed the Board that
the Police Pension Fund had been transferred to the Bank of Vail.
Mr. Holmes also noted that a new Law would go into effect
July 1, 1968, that would make the use of Drugs and L. S.D. a misdeameanor
and that at this time the user is only retained until the effect wears off.
8. Consideration of the Purchase of a Back Hoe,
The Director of Public Works, J. Mitchell Hoyt, reported
that the Austin Western road Grader would be sold since the :Loader -.Back
Hoe would perform a number of uses, and with the paving of the streets it
would not be necessary to Have the Road Grader; Mr. Hoyt noted that he
had found a Used Caterpiltar, 922B. The consensus of the Trustees was
that the Loader-BackHoe should be purchased,
9. Consideration of remuneration for the Mayor and Trustees.
After a lengthy discussion, the question was tabled pending
further information from organizations and citizens in the Town. The Board
can only vote on this issue as a stipend for the forthcoming Board that will
be elected on April 2nd,
With no further business to come before the Board, the Meeting was adjourned
at 10:15 by Motion of Trustee Donovan. It was sncondcd by Trustco Burdick
and approved unanimously by the Board.
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