HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-25-1931 City Council Minutes1KINUTE r~ECOAn of REGULAR P~'1EETING CF THE CITY: CCUNGIL _ _
MEETING HELDON THE~5-th DAY,OF ;,_ . May 1831- I9
A regalar meeting of the. City Council. of the City of 'L'lsinore d^ras held
on the above. dater
The meeting eras called to order at the hour of 7:o'clock P,M „+uith
P!Iayor C.A.;Lovejoyin the.. chair. ,
Councilmen: H. Gallagher, H.O. Langstaff, S. Pd. Rice, J.E,.Iriills and
C. A. Lovejoy answered ..the roll call.
Absent: None,
Minutes of the previous meeting held on May 11th, were then read by the
Clerk and there being no, corrections or ommissions.were approved as rsad,
The Clerk then presented to Council a communication from Laura S'. Burnham,
Clerk of the Board of Trustees of_the ~sinore Union High School, acknowledging
the"receipt of Resolution passed by. Council. relative to a tax reduction and'in-
forming Council that the School Board had decided to effect a reduction in the
tax rate for the ensuing and expressed their pleasure that the. City Council:was
joining with them in this program,
Thereupon.the C1erk.presehted to Council.a communication-from .Crouch and.
Crouch Attorney: for the Brown-Crummer Ao.enclosing`a copy of demand made upon
the Tax Collector of Riverside County to sell those certain. properties in, the
.City of Elsinore that are delinquent because of .non-payment of assessments
under the Improvement Bond Act of 1915, levied pursuant to Resolution of In-
tention No. 117 of said. city and demanding that the City Council take the
necessary steps to enforce a compliance by the_said County Tax Collector of the
demand made upon him:
Whereupon it was moved by Councilman Langstaff and seconded by Councilman
Nulls that the. matter be referred to the Bity Attorney for attention and that he
be instructed to reply to Atty Crouch's letter., vrhich motion upon vote ores
carried,
&f. Harmon Water Supt, then reported to Council that the installation of
the standby boaster pump at well ~2 has .been completed and was ready for the
installation of electric service for power.
Whereupon it vvas moved by Councilman Mills and seconded by Councilman
Langstaff, that it be authorized to enter into .a contract 4vith the So. Sierras
Fower Co for the installation of electric power service at well #2 and that
the Mayor and Clary, be authorized on behalf of the City to execute and contract
on terms as previously submitted by said Company which motion upon vote was
unanimously carried.
The Mayor then reported to Council that the floor in pump house a~ caell
No. 2, had been laid vrith bitumul product and .that the experiment.-.had proven
satisfactory and urged that the street committee now proceed to repair the
broken pavemsnt along Graham Ave.
Whereupon it vras moved by Councilman P.Iills, and seconded by Councilman
Langstaff that the Street Committee bs instructed to proceed to repair the
broken patches in pavement on Graham Ave, which motion upon vote was carried.
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The Mayor then reported that he had been. solicited Yor a donation from the
City_ o help defray the expense of music: for the entertainment of the bard
Battery at the Womans Club Hduse and asked Council what they ~+ished to do in
the. matter.
after due consideration of the matter,-it was moved by Councilman Mills
and seconded by Councilman Langstaff-that it be authorized to donate {~p20.00)
toward the expsnse of entertainment of the 63rd.Battery and that warrant for
said amount be-issuded to G. R. Gough chairman of the entertainment cormriittee,
which mot ion. upon vote was carried,
Council then .took up for consideration.the eradication of puncture vine and
after some discussion on the matter it was agreed that the vaoek should. receive
immediate attention.
~Ihereupon-it was moved by Councilman Mi11s and seconded by Councilman
Langstaff that Mr. Hardy of the 9~ater Dept be instructed to give. immediate
attention to the eradication of puncture vine on the streets of Elsinore
which motion upon vote was carried.
Bills as audited by the auditing committee were then.. presented to Council
and on motion duly made;. and on call vote carried vaere ordered. paid and the
Clerk was instructed to issue warrants in payment o£ 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 Iatonday
June 8th, at the hour of ~ o'clock P.M. in the-City Hall the usual meeting
place.
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