HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-02-1934 Refular Adjourned City Council MinutesREGULAR ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL July 2, 1934
A regular adjourned meeting of the City Council of the
City of Elsinore was held on the above date. The meeting vras
called to order at the hour of 7 o*clock;,P.h;. ,with P~ayor E. C.
~ickerd in the Chair. .
Councilmen: H. Gallagher, O: B;•Sheane, S. M. .Rice, N. Matich,
and E. C.!rVickerd answered the roll. ,
Absent :::.1~Tone .
~Nhereupon it vaas moved by•Councilman Matich and seconded by,
Councilman Skeane that Council take a.one-half hour adjourned
recess for the purpose of making a personal inspection of the
new City :Hall structure, which motion upon vote-w,as,unanimousl.y
carried:::
Upon Councils return to the Council Chamber the Clerk called
the roll-and the following-.members. of Council.responded:
Gallagher, Sheane,r~ce,Matich and "aVickerd.
Minutes of the previous meeting held on June 25th werewhen
read by'the Clerk and.there_being no corrections or omissions
were approved as read.
Thereupon--the Clerk presented to Council a communication
from E: Q: Sul7isan,,Dstrict Engineer, Division of Highways,
enclosing an executed duplicate copy of the project agreement
between the .City of :Elsinore and; the State covering,expendture of
the one-quarter cent gasoline tax allocation and cooperative.
funds on State Highway routes within the City.
'rJhereupon it was moved :by Councilman Matich and seconded
by Councilman Skeane that said communication and copy,of agreement
be received and ordered placed on Ple_which motion upon vote
was carried. '
Thereupon the Clerk reported to Council that Mrs. Martinez ,„
had requested him to present to Council for their consideration
her re quest 'for aid;from the City in the installation;_of sewer
seruice.line to her property on Scrivener St .:;
'Whereupon it was duly moved and carried that tY~e chair:
appoint a committee to make an investigation of said matter.
TheeChair appointed Councilmen IvTatich and, Gallagher to-serve
on said=eofnm~ittee. _ _
Thereupon Architect Orville L. Clark appeared before Council
and reported that all of the contractors had. completed their
work on the new City Hall building and that he would issue his
written certificate of approval and acceptance of their work and
recommend to Council that they authorize approval and acceptance
of the building.
~~The~~quest~on~was~then raised regarding the gas'radi'atoY~s '~°"
installed not meeting the specifications as to number of sections-
to which the Architect replied that the Hammel Radiator which
Council selected vvas a larger radiator than-the Pacific which
'f' d d therefore that the same number of sections was
was specs ae _an
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not required to produce the amount of square foot radiation "
specified, however he stated that the Hammel Mfg. Co. have
agreed if Council insisted to-furnish without added cost,
radiat.ors:.of the number of sections specified; but that he '-
~ felt that such a request would be unfair.
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it~hereupon:it was'moved:by Councilman°Gallagher that the`'`
Plumbing 'Contractor be-instructed to install gas radiators as
per specifications regarding the number of seotions-
The motion receiving no second, the Chair declared the motion
lost.
Whereupon it was moved by Councilman Gallagher and seconded'
byrCouncilman 114atich that the approval"arid acceptance 'of "the `new ::
City Hall building be deferred untill a written statement of
approval and acceptance issued by the State Engineer is received,
which-:mot ion..wa's carried by=the following=vote:" ';`,
dyes: Councilmen: Gallagher, Sheane, Ylatich and 'Nickerd.
Councilman: Rice not voting. ~ ~-
l .Thereupon llir.'Strickland, representative of the So: Calif,. ,.
Gas Co, appeared before Council and presented for Councils -
consideration a mathematical. analysis of comparative costs of
Gas and Electric power for-use at the City pumping plants; "'
showing; that no. suing would-be made by changing to electric"
povver. ~.
.. Whereupon:Nr. Cundiff representative of the So. Sierras..
Power Cd:: submitted to Council a proposal`to make the'instal'-
lation necessary to change from Gss to Electric power for the
'sum of X500 to be payable ove"r-a period of two years at the
rate of ;$250, per. year and maintained that if the-City Couhd.il' '
would accept their proposal to furnish electric power at one
cent per kw that they would make a saving in power costs of
X300 to 500 per year.
Upon Coune:ils consideration of the matter it was agreed. to-,
take the matter under adpsemant.
Councilman Rice then objected to being denied the right to
discuss the motion previously passed regarding the acceptance
of the City Hall building.
_. 'Nhereupon it was moved by 4ouncilman IvIatich and seconded
by Councilman Sheane that the matter regarding the acceptance
of the City Hall building be opened up for discussion which
;motion upon vote was carried.
r'lhereupon Councilman Rice stated that if Council has any
intention of rejecting the building or ordering that any
correction is to be made in the work that it should be done at
this time, whereupon a. general discussion followed and work-
manship in the laying of the floor in the Council Chamber and
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