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Home My WebLink About08-08-1932 City Council MinutesREGULAR PTING OF THE CITY COUNCIL rAugustc;$,:1932 A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Elsinore c,'as-held on the above date. The meeting was called to order at the hour of ~ o' clock P. ll4. with Mayer C. A, Lovejoy in the Chair. Councilmen: H. Gallagher, 0. B. Sheane, S. R?. Rice, and C A. Lovejoy answered the roll call. Absent: Councilman Geo. H. tdorton, Jr. AJlinutes of the previous meeting held on July 25th were then read. by the Clerk and there being no 'corrections or ommissions were approved as read, The Bldg. Supt's monthly report for the month of July was then presented to Council and on motion duly made and carried was accepted and ordered placed on file. Thereupon the Treasurer's monthly report-was presented to Council and on motion duly made and carried was accepted and ordered placed on file. Thereupon the Clerk presented to Council the County Auditor's report on the assessed valuations of the Gity of Elsinore for the year 1932-33 which was on motion duly made and carried accepted and ordered placed on file. The chair theH recuested the Clerk to present to Couhcil a copy of an opinion received by him and rendered by Mr. Garleten to State Highway District ~,ngineers ruling that the State Highc,ay authoritje's::have no legal povaer to enter into a city and expend State funds for street repairs except where accompanied. by the taking over of the streets as units in the State highway system. .Upon Councils discussion of the matter it'l~as reported that Graham Ave. a.nd Main Street was not legally takeh over as a unit-of the State highway system and it being the expressed desire of Council that this be done, it was therefore moved by Councilman Gallagher and seconded by Councilman Sheane. that the Clerk with the City Attorney be instructed to forward a letter to Mr. 9.'etley, State Highway Commissioner, expressing Councils desire that the State take over Graham Ave, and A4ain Street in Elsinore as a unit of the State Highway system and also to express Council's willingness to accept back said streets in the event that in the future the. State highuaay should be re-routed, which motion upon vote was unanimously carried. Thereupon the Clerk presented to Council a communication from the League of Calif. fl?unicipalities giving notice that an advanced meeting of the A4ayors and Councilmen's Department of the League is to be held a.t Santa Ana oh August 13 for the purpose of considering matters to be presented at the annual convention of the League which will b e held in San Diego, September 26th to 29th inclusive „ and urging Council to delegate some of its members to attend this meeting. whereupon it c;as duly moved and. carried that said communication ~e received and ordered placed on file. The Clerk then presented to Council the Library Board's annual report of receipts and disbursements for the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1932 and their tentative budget for the coming fiscal year 1932-33• @~dhereupon it was moved by Councilman Gallagher and seconded by Councilman Sheane that the Library_Boards annual report and budget be received for further consideration at the time of Councils consideration of the general annual budget and. tax levy, vahich motion upon vote w=as carried.. i __ Nrr~zrrTE RECORD of REGULAR &"r;ETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL - MEETIlYG HELD OK THE 8th DAY OF Augu St Z932 6TT NOTRp FORM CS< __ fiNAP LE3 R.N AO LEY CO.. PAiNF XXE PS [or.va a [[v. yvau ve eae eared is RE6. V.S. PAT. OFF. 3TF NORRp MINV}E RFCORp [ fl Councilman Gallagher then reported on his inspection of the cork done by the Ii Temsscal water Co. stating that a hole had been drilled in their pipe line and ~ plugged with a redwood plug possibly at the time the city well i%~as being drilled f which now caused a leak in their line underneath the floor of the abandoned pump house and that said leak has been repaired. whereupon i.t cmas'duly moved and carried that the report of Councilman Gallagher be accepted. Thereupon at the request of the Chair the Clerk reported on a meeting of a majority of the members of Council v,ith a representative of the So. Calif . Gas ~ Co. at which time the optional new gas engine rate schedule'e-~ aas considered li and it appearing that under the mew schedule the-Citycwould: save about X300.00 ~ per annum on power bills at the city eater Plant and that it s;as therefore - t _ authorized that the Mayor and Clerk execute a new contract for gas engine service under schedule c-S which was agreed to be effective as of July 12, 1932• ~ E whereupon it vaas moved by Councilman Rice and seconded by Councilman Gallagher that the action taken by a majority of the Council members regarding to contract for gas engine service under schedule C-5 be approved which'motion upon vote was i f~ unanimously carried. Thereupon the chair reported that it. has come to his notice that some of the street signs on Graham Avenue, have been destroyed and suggested that they be replaced. f I whereupon it v.as agreed by Council that the matter be referred to Councilman Sheane with authority that he have said missing signs replaced. The Chair then reported to Council that a majority of the Council members have held~a meeting with Orvill L. Clark Architect for the. purpose of further considering his tentative plans for the proposed City Hall Bldg. and that it was agreed and authorized that Mr. Clark be instructed to draft a set of plans and specifications to cover said proposed Bldg. subject to minor changes and vaith the understanding that said work is to be done without cost to the City and that in the event the construction of said Bldg. can be successfully financed that it is understood that Mr. Clark will be awarded the contract for architectural supervision. whereupon it was moved by Councilman Gallagher and seconded by Councilman Rce that the action taken by Council members regarding to authorizing Architect Clark to draft plans and specifications for the proposed City Hall Bldg. be approved, which motion upon. vote was unanimously carried. whereupon proposed Ordinance 214 mras presented to Council for further consideration and upon motion by Councilman Gallagher and seconded by Councilman Rice and on vote carried said Ordinance 214 was laid over to the next meeting of /' Council. The Chair then reported to Council that he was in favor of further amending the License Ordinance to provide that all persons starting a new business in the City be required to pay in advance an annual license for the first year, which matter was unanimously agreed upon by Council. M. Harman '~"Jator Supt. then reported to Council that he does not consider the expense for maintaining a telephone in his home justified and asked that he be relieved of his part of said expense REGULAR P.~PETIIDG CF TI-L~'-GITY COUIJCIL August 8,-.1932 1Fhereupon it was moved by Councilman Sheave and seconded by Councilman Gallagher that the telephone at '"pater Supt's home be ordered disconnected, which motion was carried by the-following vote: Ayes; Councilmen:. Gallagher, Sheave and Lovejoy. .;Does: Coucilman Rice. Absent: Councilman Morton. .Bills as audited by the auditing committee were then presented to .Council and on motion duly made and on call vote carried bvere ordered paid and the Clerk was instructed to issue ~=rarrants in payment of same. Thereupon there being no further business to .come .before Council on motion duly mads and carried, Council-adjourned to meet. in regular session on Plonday August 22,<at the hour of '] o2elock P. M. in the City Hall the usual meeting place. MAYOR ~ LERKG~=F- M