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Home My WebLink About12-14-1931 City Council MinutesREGULAP. P:~TING OF TH CITY COWi CIL - ..Dec. 14, I~31" A regular meeting of £he City Council of the City of E7siriore r~ras held on the-above date. Tne meeting vrcis called to -order at the hour of ~ o'clock p.1. with Mayor C.A. Lovejoy in the chair. Councilman: H. Gallagher, A.3. Sheane, S.f;?. Riee, Cec. H, ilorton J-r, and C, A. Lovejoy enswered the. roll calla .~ Abssnt: None, - 1`.finutes of the previous meeting Held on Nov. 23rd ~?e-re then road by the Clerk and there being no corrections or omissions ;;ere approved as read. Ths Bldg Supt's monthly report for .the month of D}ov. Maras then presnted to Council a.nd on motion dvly.made and :carried vvas.accepted and orderd placed on file. ±~hereupon the Treasurers nzon'thly report. i+aas presented 'to Council aild oh motion duly made and carri;:=.d vra.s`accepted a.nd orderd placed on .file.; The Clerk then presented to Council a cora:nunication from City Attorney Eugene Best with reference to the -provision of the lauu regarding the require- ment to change the name of a city and the enclosed copy of the act relating tc ; said matter ~a~as read by 'the Clark. VJhe-reupon it ;~~s duly moved and carried that said conmu;nication be re- - ceived`and ordered placed on file. Thereupon the Clcrlc pres.>.nted to Council a cornrnunicati.on adr°ssed to Councilman Gallagher, from Earl Engberg manager of the So. Sierras Por=ar Co, reporting on the condition of the time clock and street lights in the Cousitry G1ub Heights addition. Y3heroupon after Councils consideration of tiie matter it eras agreed that . th'e matter be reforred to th.e Chief of Police *rith instructions that he replace. all burned out lamps and broken shades. Council then took up for consideration t1_~e matter of enlarging the.oid Ety ti~rater reservoir, City Engineor D.R. Crane submitting Plans and specifi- cations of the proposed improvoinsnt for Councils consideration and app rova.l. 7hareupon it was moved by Councilman H, Gallagher, and seconded by Councilman Iiior-tcn that it be aut'ro-rized thai -the Council undertake at this time to inersQSe the capacity of the old water reservoir bs_! t'r_e construction of a six foot ccncrete ~raall addition-to same, ~~?rich motion upon izote ^ras una.nsmonsly carried: Thereupon i•t vras moved by Co,ancilnra.n Gallagher scud seconded by Councilman Sheane that the Plans and Specifications submitted by City Eilgineier Crane cover- ing the prroposed improver.lent cf the old city ~~rater reservoir be approved and accepted ~arhich motion upon vote ~,ras unanimously ca.rrie.d. It teas then mewed by Councilman Pdorton and seconded by Councilman Sheane that the City Clark be instructed to e.dvertise for bids on t'_2e in-. p-rovement of the ;~;ater ros_:rvoir ps p-rovided for by Plans a.nc Sp<;cifica'cions on file in the Clerks office, bids to be opened on Londay Dec. 21st, a~ ti.c- hour of 7 o'clock P.?v4. wh.iih motion upon vote tiu-,as unanimously carried, MZIYUTE RECORD OF P~OIILA~; P~I~TIIG O T;I1 CITY COUPdGIL MEETZIYG HELD OH-THE ~ • ' 14ti1 DAY OF '.. Ded. 1n3~ I9 Page ~ Councilman Gallaghar on beha'_f of the committtee appointed to secure ttse best possible price and a 60 to 90 day option to purchase the L,L. Pwag lot on E, Cra-ham Ave for a city li~al "site, reportad that the ot~ncr of said lot info'r"r^d hitu •that they =rould sell saic, lot for {'~"~,j000,00), Th'~=:`feS,lpOri af`t P•'f' riOUriCiI'S d"7:SCi.SS lOi1 .and' C'On S.~d."~ ration Oaf t'f2 n1?tt~9rlt ':IaS agr,~;ed that no definite action be tfkan but that the matter be left open for furt_~ier consid~-ration of a proposal from the Por~a1 Dept for the ere,c$ieir of a Post Office Bldg mz the old. City H~11 Bldg. '~lieraupon it eras moved by Councilman Rice aiid seconded- by Councilman Shez-ne that the. City Clerk be instructed tc fcr=e;ard a communication to Postmaster idsblett requesting the represennt~tive of the Postal Dept to subzait to Council their pro- posal'for a Post'Cffice Bldg on t're oil City Hall lot, drH.ich-motion upon vote vras carried, Thereupon it ~rra.s mcved by Councilman Rice and seconded by Councilman Sheane that. R1, Harmon vJater Supt-have a telephone installed at iris hmine and that t'_ne City e.greas to pay one. half the •te7.ephona rental, ~i~hicla motion upon vote. ^aas carried, Councilman Gallagher voting no, Bills as `audited by the Auditing committee were thers presented t,q-Council and on motioxi:i;dulg! made and on call vote carried, trere orderad paid ^:znd the Clerk instructed t6 issue vrarrants in payment of same. Thereupon there being no further g~zsiness to come befors Council on motion duly made and carried Council a.djourned'to--meet in regular session on:A4oriday Dec.21s at the hdur of '] o'clock P,hR, in tha City Hall the usual mse~~n ph-ca. dY ..Mayor - Cldrk