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Home My WebLink About01-26-1931 City Council MinutesMZIVUTE RECORD of RgGULAR MEETING OF T~ CZTY COUNCIL MEETZIYG HELD O1S7 THE 26th DRY OF Jan. 1931 6TANORRO FORM C9< LNP ES P.HIIZZETCO~..P XPINR ER S.waa. oe a[..aa. aea Y.6. PAT. OFF. 6TAN~pRO A regular. meeting of the Ciiy.Council of the City of Elsinore was held on the above date. The meeting was called to order at the hour of 7o'clock P;M, with Mayor C.A, Lgvejoy in t$e chair.. Councilmen: H. Gallagher, H.O, Langstaff; S.M. Rice, J.E. Mills, and Ca4. Lovejoy answered the roll call. Absent: .None. .Minutes of the previous meeting held on don, 12th, were then read and approved there being no corrections or ommissions. The clerk then presented to Council the written resignation of City Engineer, Glenn Graham, in yrhich he stated that his plans for the future required .this actiott and requested that Council take immediate. action on the. matter. , Whereupop it was moved by Councilman Pdills az~d aeconded by Council man Langstaff that the resignation of City Engineer Graham be accepted and t that the Clerk be instructed to write to Mr. Graham expressing Councils appreciation of services rendered, which motion upon vote was unanimously carried.. , The 81erk then read a communication from the State Dept if In- dustrial Relations requesting a report on estimated amounts to be expended on construction work by the City during the calendar year 1931• thereupon, it was duly moved and carried that the communication be received and that the Clerk be instructed to reply to same, The City Treasurers' monthly report was then pres@nted to Council, which was on motion duly made and carried accepted and orderd placed on file. A demand upon the County Boardodf Supervisors for a refund of penalties collected on delinquent municipal taxes from 1j319 to the present time, prepared by City Atty. Best, abd submitted by him For the Clerks. signature, was then presented to Counoil for their approval. - Vhereupon the .chair suggested that the demand be amended to read - less collection fees legally ours. It was thereupon moved by Councilman Gallagher and aeconded by Councilman Rice,-that the Clerk be authorized to sign the demand sub- ject to amendment suggested, if approved by City Atty, which motion upon vote was carried. Mayor Lovejoy then requested Councilman Mills to take the chair. thereupon he addressed the Council on the matter of recall pe- titions.being circulated agaittst_two of the Councilman, stating that it was hiB belief that said action was started because of protest to-the appoint- meat of R,~. Ferrell as ~i~t policeman and further atated that he felt I9 page #2 it the duty of the Council to take such aciton as might possible prevent the filing of said petitionse Whereupon it was moved by Councilman Lovejoy, and seconded by Councilman Gallagher that the officer of night policeman be de- clared vacant and that both Mr.-Ferrell and Mr. Dunwoodie be notified to see$ employment elsewhere which motion was serried by the - following vote: Ayes: Councilmen: Gallagher, Langstaff, Rice and Lovejoy. Noes: Councilmen: Mills • Absents None Thereupon Roy Macy, who holds contract with the City for the City Garbage, appeared before the Council and reported that for some time, the quality of garbage collected has been reduced to such an extent, that .he did not feel justified in paying the original price agreed upon and requested that Council grant him a reduction. Whereupon after due consideration of the matter it was moved by Councilman Mills and-seconded by Councilman-Langstaff that Mr. R. Macy by granted a reduction in the price to be paid to the City for garbage from (~2§0,00) to ($125.60) per year. Said change- to be effective for a period of six months to date from Jan.lst 1931 to Julp lst, 1931, which motion upon vote tivas carried. Council then took up for fuilhharcennsddepatdnn the matter of seineing the Lake for the purpose of getting-rid of the carp and helping to gropogata geris fish. :cur. Younv, ~rino .~;as present pro~'- posed to Council to do the wrork agreeing to furnish all wquipment and help necessary on the--basis that he receive all the merchantable carp and 0125.00) per month salary. Whereupon it ~uas moved by Councilman Langstaff and seconded by Councilman Mills that it be authorized by Council~Lo aasum~ lia- bility for .the payment of 062.50) per month for a period of four months toward the payment of Mr. Ypungs scary which motion upon vote was carried. Councilman Gallagher then reported the purchase of Chevrolet Coupe for Water Dept, at the sale advertised by Plainore Garage, Whereupon it was duly moved and carried that the report be -_ accepted and purchase approved. Thereupon it was moved by Councilman Rice and seconded by Councilman Mills and that it be authorized to maintain a petty cash Yund in the amount of 050,00) to be disbursed by the .City Clerk. - which rnotion upon vote was carried. Councilman: Gallagher and Rice appointed an<committee to investigate Mr. Geo. Mortdns proposal to furnish dirt for street fills reported that Morton would furnish dirt on the basis of..30eents a cubic yard. Whereupon it was moved by Councilman Langstaff and seconded by Councilman Gallagher that it be authorized to expend 075,00) for dirt fill on Riley Strset providing that Mr. Morton would agree 'to furnish said dirt on the basic of .25eents per .cubic yard, which motion., upon vote was carried. •'~ MI1~IUTE RECORD of Meetixig of the 26th day of Jan, 1931 _. _ MEETZIYG FIELD OK THE DRY OF Z9 Page #3 Council then considered the matter of placing a.drain pipe across Riley Street, and it was agreed that the chair appoint a committee to iiivesti;'? the type of pipe to be used , with authority to purchase same: The chair appointed Councilman Langstaff and Rice on said Corr~nittee. Thereupon, Council considered the replacement of a 6inch defectior water line on Kellogg Street and it was agreed that the chair appoint s com- mittee to investigate pipe prices. The chair appointed Councilmen Langstaff and P3ills to servo on said committee. The chair .then reported to Council that his attention had been call- ed to the matter that some of the sewer service lines wera still connected to the old outfall line and suggested that ac'bon should be taken to have all services transferred to the new line as soon as possible, Whereupon it was moved by Councilman Rice and seconded by Council- man Langstaff, that the chair appoint a committee to investiagate the sewer matter and report back to Council which motiog upon vote was carried. The chair appointed Councilmen Gallagher attd Rice to serve on said committee. D, R. Crane then appeared before Council and on behalf of the Elsinore ~Pomans Club requested Council to authorize a 020.00) donation to the Club to help defray the expense of entertaining the Fort MacArthur soldiers, during their stay in Elsinore, Thereupon it was moved by Councilman Mills and seconded by Councilman Langstaff that it be authorized to donate 020:00) to the Elsinore Womans Club, which motion on vote carried. Whereupon it was moved by Councilmam Rice and seconded by Councilman Mills that the City Atty be instructed to prepare the necessarg form for the City of Elainores application to join the hdetropolitan Water District which motion upon vote was carried. Bills as audi$ed by the auditing committee were then presented to Council and on mention duly made and on call vote, carried were ordered paid and the cler was instructed to issue warrants in payments of same. Thereupan there being no further business to come ~Sefore Council on motion duly made-and carried 8ouncil adjourned to meet in regular session on Monday Feb. 9th, at the hour of o'clock P.M. in the City Hall the usual meeting place. ~ Mayor , C •k J