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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-12-1934 City Council Minutesr~rrnrvTE z~ECOrD of REGULAR MEETING DF THE CITY COUNCIL _- _ MEETZIYG HELD OK THE. 12th DAY OF March STANDARD FORM C9G - _ zs 34 A regular meeting of the City -0ouncil of the City oP` Elsinore was held on the above date. The meeting was called to order at the hour of 7 o'clock P.M. with Mayor C. A. Lovejoy in the Chair. Councilmen: 0. B. Skeane, S. M. Rice and C. A. Lovejoy answered the roll call. ~) Absent: Councilmen: H. Gallagher and Geo.~H. Mortom, Jr. Minutes of the previous meetings held on Feb. 26th and March 8th were then read by the'CTerk and there being no correetiohs or omissions were approved as read. - Thereupon the Treasurer monthly report was'presented-to Council and on motion duly made and carried was accepted and' ordered ..placed on-file.... , Whereupon the Clerk reported: to Council that upon his examination of the petition filed with Council at the last regular meeting, requesting that certain uninhabited territory b® annexed to the City of Elsinore, he ascertained by checking with the registration records that of the 82 signatures appended thEreto B1 were qualified electors and therefore that the petition wss-signed by the requisite number oP qualified electors end was sufficient and that in accordance with the' provision of law he had forwarded a copy of said petition to the County Board of Supervisors for their attention to the matter. Thereupon Council took up for consideration the matter of having the. City's books and records audited and it-was agreed that it is advisable and good practice to authorize that audits be made at regular-intervals. Whereupon it was moved by Councilman Rice and seconded by Gouncilman Skeane that it be authorized to instruct the Clerk to call for bids by certified publio.accountants for an audit of the City's books and records covering a period of two years from May lst, 1932 to May lst, 1934, which motion utpon vote was carried. Thereupon the Clerk presented a petition signed by twenty residents of the north-westerly portion of the city - requesting Council to authorize a change in the boundary line of a proposed zone, so that they would be excluded from the provision of proposed Ordinance making it unlawful to raise or keep chickens for commercial purposes. Upon Councils due consideration oP the petitioners re- quest, it was moved by Gouncilman Rice and seconded by Councilman Skeane that the boundary line of_restricted zone in proposed Ordinance No. 223 be changed to read from aYesterly city limits along Sumner St. to Spring St. thence northerly along Spring St. to Pottery St. and from this point to follow along the original boundary line, which motion upon REGIILAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL March, 12th, 1934. Thereupon proposed Ordinance PTO. 223 as corrected was presented to Council on first reading, being an Ordinance, regulating and prohibiting .the keeping of certain kinds of .livestock within certain zones of the City. . Whereupon it was moved by Councilman Rice and seconded by Councilman Sheane that Ordinance P;o. 223 be passed to its second reading which motion was carried by the following vote:.. Ayes: Councilmen: Rice, Sheane and Lovejoy. Noes: None.- Besent: Councilmen: Gallagher and Morton. Harry Frishman-represent3.ng;the Lions Club of Elsnoxe then.: appeared before Council and reported that the -0lub was interested in a movement being sponsored by Ted Johnson who without any charge was coaching a boys?, swimming team., open to entry by any-boy in the city and that the local team would ;compete in swimming contests vaith teams from other districts and re quested ;that the Council lend their assistance to this worthvahile movement by granting a free fill. of the Lakeview plunge, twice during the. season,. which they have thefree'use of for training.... Vhereupon<it was moved by Councilman Rice and seconded. by Councilman Sheane that the City 'dVater Dept. be authorized to fill the Lakeview plunge twice during the season without charge, on condition that one day a week during the training season all children , of the city be permitted the free use oP the pool, which motion upon vote was carried, M. Harmon,-';Vater Supt then reported to Council that a request has been made for vaster service to a lot in Country Club Heights Unit 7 which vrould require the laying of a water line for quite a distance and .requested Councils action on the matter. "VVhereupon~it was agreed by Council that because oP the extra expense necessary to serve this property that the matter be taken under advisement: Bills as audited by the auditing,eommittee were then presented to Council and on motion .duly made and on call vote carried tivere ordered paid and the Clerk was instructed to issue warrants in payment oP same. Thereupon there being no further business to come before Council on motion duly made and carried Council adjourned to meet, in regular session on .Monday, March 26th at the hour of 7 o'clock P.M, in the City Hall the usual meeting place. z'D. ~ a~i-y~` 1 MAYOR CLERK