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Home My WebLink About03-08-1937 City Council MinutesR'GL'LAR ia~,.'sTIiiG CF THE CITY COtiidC".IL .I:4ARGH 3th,1~37. A regular meeting of the. City Council of the Gity_of Elsinore: ciasheld om the a'oove date. The. meeting i:~aa called to order at 7:30 P';i kith ?[ayor I:':atich in the chair, Councilmen:- F.H.Smith, . ;,Burnham,Herry Perret,J..T'ills and. P1.P=,atich z.ns~,rered the roll call, Absent:- iQone. _ 'iiinutes of the last meeting held on February-23rd vaere then read Uy the Clerk nd there being no corrections or• omissicns,were approved as read. .Thereupon the Tree-surer's monthly report was presented -to Council e~hich on motion-duly made and. carried eras accepted and ordered ple.ced on file. ^`hereupon the Clerk presented to Council the monthly reports of F.A.Roach covering January collections of the T`ater Department in the amount of Y~635.7~ and the February collection of business Licenses of s'SB,E3,IIuilding Permits„+7.00 attd Court Fine s,~45.00 and Dog Tax,r12.00 crhich reports on motion duly m ado ane;.c ., carried w.~ere accepted and ordered placed on file. Thereupon the Clerk read a letter received from T:'.rs.Tdiary Du Bois in which she expressed her thanks to the Council for the good ~~ro rk r.',one ixr grading and repair of Lovell Street,which letter on motion duly made and carried =;a.s received and ordered. placed on file. Thereupon tiie/Clerk presented to Council,the League's Legislative PUlletin P1o.u,reporting the beginning of their campaign for the amnedrnent to the idational Barking lEct to -make it possible for banks which are members cf the.l°ed~~ral ,Reserve System to pay interest on public deposits and urge Council to immediately contact the California 'J.S.Senators and the Congressman from this District requesting that they support ci.R.Bill Noe4215 which eras irtrociuced by 1,!r.Eicher and is designed to exempt public deposits from the provisions of the Federal Law. , 'fihereupcn it ,.^fas moved 'uy Councilman Burnham and seconded by Councilman Tlills that the Clerk bi directed to forward letters to the California U.S.Senators and Congressman Sheperd and request them to support li.R.- Iv'o.4215,ivhich motion upon vote ~r:as carried. Thereupon the Clerk presented to Council a communication from the Nevada California !s'lect-ric Corporation relative to the City's complaint that the,rYxave over- paid street light bills during the past five ;nears ^:..nd advised that upon a carefiul check of the reccrds,by their':iir.Ol.dendorf and the City Clerk 'that it ~°ras found that the City has not beer. ever-billed or 'ties overpaid their street light bill as sus- pected, khereupon it was duly moved and carried: that said corununic<aion be received and filed. `„'hereupon the Clerlc presented to Council a cornmmnication received from the Browr_-Crunm:;r Co, in l~rhich they ^^^dvise thst they are interested in discussing a se'ttlament of the 1915 Act ~ltater IIond dr-linquency and requested that -they br.• fur- nished a stag^ment of the City's liability based on the amount of the pu'rcha.se price of the property a.t the first tax sale. laPnereupon it •aaas moved by Councilman 'fills and seconded by Councilman Perrot that the City Clerk be. directed to interview the City Attorney relative to said r f _.. _. MZIYUTE RECOI2D_OF Fi[:(,-UL'lR I~~:T11dCr Q'. }]~~' ('.I'l'I f`~L niC'iL,COgt..1YtV; d.. _... _ MEETZZYG HELD OK THE 8th D$Y OF :;?n"RCH, T93']. communication and that ?ze replied to same e per the addice of ee City :`,ttorney,~:rhich motion upon vote v,-as carried, - Thereupon the !Merl: presented to Council a letter received from the ulsinore TovJnsend Club, in r.~hich they advised that in the future they m,ili hoc? them regular uaturday Fight Dances in -the Brennerke Ball which they have acquired and requ sted the Council grant them weekly dance permits ~aiithout paym!:nt of the usual license fee, as they are anon-pirofit organizatiorY. '.~izereupon it yeas moved by Cencilz~an Perre and seconded by Counciir zn fib that "it be authorized to gra-nt ~aee;lay dance perciits to the Elsinore '__"o~-nsend Club without payment of the usual license fee,~mhich moticn,upon vote,~as unarir,:ously carries Thereupon the Clerk presehted to Council the c:ritteh offer of N<x•.J.B.Hurst to purchase `the City's Fordson Tractor for w30>OO in 7.abor. ' thereupon it a,:as duly raoveii a_nd carried that tlr,Hurst be ziotified ezt the Ccunci7- er:;s not de sirs to sell the tractor as they anticipate having use for some, Thereupon the Clerk presented to Council t~mo comfnunications from City Attorney Best,addrf;ssed to Layor ?atich;in the first L3tter'he'adaised that the ccrn- pla.int in the Temescal ?4'ater Compa-ny matter has been prepared, and is ready to be signed and filed, hociaver,that he has received a call from ]r.Clajson „ttorney for the f"atar Company stating that they wie to meet i~aith him in another conference to be held in his ofFice on March $th at t~+fo P.T., to present their proposal of s-ttlen:ent of the matter and therefore suggested to the h?ayor that he and i`r.tcGi1l;President of the ''1s'eaer 'User's Association be present at thaw ti~:~e. " 'r"he second letter i'aa in answer e the ;.4ayor•°s inquiry in which he sto.ter,' ti:at he finds that .the F,iunicinal Coruoration ::ct in paragraph 1§,Sec'tion 8~,2 provides that the-Council shall have power to cause all persons imprisoned for vio~.ation of any Ordinance, to`-labor on the streets.or other public property or works :ai°thin the City. The chair then reported to Council that he a,nd P,~lx",ildcGill attended the conference of the lfttorYZeys and Board ;ienioers of the 7`atex• Company cn ,.;tare 8th and in general revie~med the discussion had and proposal submitted at said conference. Upon Council's consideration of thechair's report,Councilrran ':':;ills in- troduced the following d~esolution:- Resolution do, 303- Be it resolved by the City Council of the City of L~lsinore that the ,riayor of t'rre Gity of Elsinore be and he is hereby authorized to sign and verify the complaint against the Ternescal's;"ester Co;npany for declzsa.tory relief and for injunction,heretofore dra~.ron by the City Attorney and that the City Attorney bF instructed to file said co.:,plaint at once. T"'h,ereupon it was moved by Councilman ^;ills aria seconded by Councilman Per:ret that Resolution.'10, 303 be passed and adoped,which motion v!as carried by the follol=;ing vote:- ?':yes.:.Councilrnen Smith,Burnham,Perret,L'ills annd t':atich, P1oes>..P;one. hbsent.r,?one. Thereupon the !`ler'r, presented to each member of Council a cop}, of his annual report covering the financi~,-.l transactions of the City for the fisr.al year from February le,]-g36 to r^ebruary lst.1937, '1;'hereupon it saes °moveci by Councilman Srnith and seconded by rounc'ih•~an Burnham that the Clerk's annual financial report b:; a.ccentad, ~a::hich ,motion upon vo to c;,~t5 carried; Thereupon. Councilman Perret,City Park Coramissicner,reported to Council that he w~as.planning some extensive inrgrovernents in the City Prrk,suggesting $hs need o;!' an ir..mediate installation of concrete tarles ~-,nd benches. and a brick incinc:ratorand,in generr•_l,cleaning un and beautifying the park. The Council unanimously agreed to support the Pa.rlc Commissioner in carrying out his program of park. ir.~provemen$< ' Thereupon Councilman imith reported. to Council that 11e has consulted the City t;ttorney relative to the matter of granting the High School Board a flat mmnthly rate for ~!ater service and stated Ghat he was. advisee? by the attorney that the Ordinance fixing vaater rates v,~ould ha~~e to be amended to provide for such a rate. before the' request-of the School Board cooed be granted,.. Thereupon it eras moved. by Councilman Burnham and seconded by ^ouncilsan F'e'rret that the action of Council takenat a recent Council Lteeting authorizing that 1';ngineer L. S.Fay•be ei7gaged to make a survey of the City '°iat>r Pumping Plante at a fee of ;',20.00 per day be and is hereby ratified ti=rhich motion ryas carried by the fdllo~~ring,vote:- ' f;yes......Councilmen mith,Burnham,Perret,'tills and ?:`.atich, ldoes.. .Ps'one, Ab~ent....D?one., Sills in the amount of ~ 20£34.49 as audited, by the .auditing committee t~iere then prese:~ta~ to ~'ouncil and on motion duly made and on call vote carried were ordered paid and the Clerk t:~as instructed_to,issue ~ar..rrants in payment of same. Thereupon•the-re being no further business to corns before Ceuncil,on motion dul}~ pads and carried, Council ad;ourned to meet in regular session on ,,";ionda.p,ieiarch 22nd at the .hour of ~:3q.P.^~', in the. City Hail,the .usual meeting place; _" 1ayor i~ Glerk;