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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-13-1934 City Council MinutesRL+'GULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL .February 13th, 1934 .~ regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Elsinore was held on the. above date. The meeting was called-to order at hour of 7 o'clock P.M. with Mayor C. ~. Lovejoy in the Chair. . Councilmen: H. Gallagher, O. B. .Shea:ne, S. N. Rice and C. 1~,. Lovejoy answered the roll call. Absent: Councilmah: .Geo. 'H. Morton, Jr. A'Iinutes of the previous meetings held on Jan.- 22nd and. Feb. 12th were then read by the Clerk and there being no corrections or omissions were approved as read.. u°dhereupon the Bldg. Supt's monthly report was presented to" Council and on motion duly .made .and carried was accepted and ordered placed on-Pile. .The Treasurer's monthly report was then presented to Council. and on motion duly made and carried was accepted and ordered- -- placed on file, 'r'Jhereupon the Clerk presented to Council a cormunication from N211ie C. Matchett reporting that due to deep-ruts the street adjoining her property at the corner of Heald Ave. and Hill' Sts., have become almost impassable and requested that a Pew loads oP gravel be placed-there to correct this .condition. "dhereupon it was ordered that this matter be referred to the Street committee for attention. Thereupon the Clerk presented to Council a communication from Mrs. J. 'a'V. Coleman requesting that she be granted a prorated refund on her beer license, to date from Dec. 5th-the effective date of the State liquor ,control act. ''dhereupon it was moved by Councfiman Rice and seconded by Councilman Sheave that the matter be referred to.ahe City attorney for his opinion regarding beer license refunds which motion upon vote was carried.. Councilman: Gallagher voting no. Thereupon the Clerk presented to Council a notice .from E. H. 'Shaul that he protests any raise in the grade of street fronting on his property located on Poe Street and stating that he will hold the City of Elsinore liable and responsible for any expense or damage which may occur by reason of any raise in said street grade. Thereupon it was moved by Councilman Rice and seconded by Councilman Skeane that the communication from E. H. Shaul be received and placed on file which motion upon vote was carried. Thereupon the Dlerk read proposed Ordinance No. 223 providing for regulating and prohibiting .the keeping of certain kinds of livestock within certain zones of the City of Elsinore. 'i~lhereupon it was moved by Councilman Rice and seconded by Councilman Skeane that said. proposed Ordinance No. 223 be laid rv;ZnivTE AECOxD of -. REGULAR MEETING: OF THE "C1TY OF ELSINORE MEETIlYG HELD OlY THE 13th STRN~RRO FORM C9[ ' nAY of February zs 34 over for further ,consideration at the next regular meeting of Council,. which motion upon vote was carded. Thereupon the Clerk reported o Council that he>received for ,filing.an Initiative Petitiori which he then read, request- ing the City Council that. the attached Ordinance be forthwith enacted into law, or be submitted to a vote of-the qualified electors,. said Ordinance amending_Ordinance No. 161 of the City of Elsihore by .repealing Section 36 thereof. V~lhereupon it vras moved by Councilman Gallagher that Section 36 of Ordinance No. 161 be ordered repealed. - The motion receiving no second, the Chair `declared the motion lost. Whereupon it was moved by Councilman Rice 'and seconded by Councilman Skeane that said Initiative Petition be referred to the Clerk. for checking and his report on same to Council at the next regular meeting, which motion upon vote~was carried. Councilman: Gallagher voting-no. The Chair then suggested that an expression of thanks and appreciation ,f or,the'free us e. of County road equipment be forwarded to the County Board: of Supervisors. Whereupon it was duly moved and carried that the Clerk be instructed to forvaard a letter to the County Board of Supervisors and to Supervisor Ralph i+J.'Stanfield expressing on behalf of Council their sincere thanks and appreciation for the use of County road equipment-for work on City Streets. It was then reported that the County does have some discarded jail cells taken o_ut of the old Bounty jail~which_ _.. the Council may'secure from th_e Board of Supervisors Por use in our city jail. Vhereupon it was moved by Councilmal~ Rice and seconded-by-' Councilman Skeane that the Mayor. be instructed to file a request with the County Board of Supervisors for some of the ' old jail cells for use in our city jail, which motion upon vote was carried. Architect Orville L. Clark then appeared before Council :_ stating that two proposed m3;nor changes in the City Hall plans were suggested to him and vahich he thought advisable, one to change brick walls to concrete to a level of 4 inches above ground grade and the other to change the electric service. to siren and exhaust fan from single phase to ..three;; phase service stating that this can be done if authorized at the additional cost of x"25 for the cement walls and about X45 for the change in electric service. REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUPICIL February 13th',- 19'34 'J~hereupon it was moved by Councilman Rice and seconded by Councilman Sheane that it be authorized to change the city hall plans to provide cement walls in place of brick to:a level of 4 inches above ground grade and to change the electric service to fire siren and exhaust fan ,from single phase to three phase and substituting a 3 H.P.: three ..phase fan motor instead of single phase,, said changes to be made_subject:to the approval of State Engineer, F.-E.-Trask and that the i~?ayor and Clerk be authorized ~to execute the official order providing for said changes in the City Hall. plans,,wh~ch motion upon vote was unanimously carried.- Thereupon Architect Clark requested oP Council, if it be convenient that he be allowed a payment of X100 at this time-to be applied on the balance of fee .due :him. '~9hereupon it was duly ,move d, and carried that Mr.-Clark be allowed a ~100:payment to apply on his architect fee. , Bills as audited by the auditing committee were then presented to Council and-on>motion duly made and on call vote carried were ordered paid and the Clerk was insfruc ed to issue warrants in payment of same.,: Councilman Gallagher voting yes on all bills excepting one in favor of Engineer D. R. Crane. Thereupon there being no further business to come before Council on motion duly,mdae and carried Council adjourned to meet in regular session on Monday Feb.-26th at the hour of 7-otcloek P.M. in the City Hall the usual meeting place. _~ _