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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-02-1929 City Council MinutesNrr~zuTE AFCOxn of REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY CC' NCIL CF EI~SINORE MEETIlYG HELD OlY THE ,_, ,, ,,, __ _2rid DAY OF December 1929 zs STANDARD FORM C96 A regular meeting of the Citp Council of the City of >~lsinore was held on the above date. The meeting. was called to order at the hour of ~ o'clock pam. with Mayor A, G, Keck in the chair. Councilmen H. Gallagher, H. 0. Langstaff, C.S: Merrifield, A. S. Burnham, and A. G. Keck answered the roll call. Absent: None. Minutes of the .previous meeting. held on Dec. 18th were then read _ by the Clerk and on motion .duly made and carried,, were approved as read, -The clerk then presented to Council the Building Superintendent's monthly report for the. month oP November which was on motion duly made and carried, accepted and crdered placed on file. Thereupon the Clerk presented to Council the written resignation of C. S,, Merrifield as a member of .the. City Library Board. Whereupon after Coumeil`s.due consideration of the matter and is4r. Merrifield'e expressed desire to be relieved of the position as member of tl~e Library Board. It was-moved by Councilman Burnham and seconded by Counea3:man Gallagher that the resignation of C. S..Merrifield be accepted ~:ith`regrets which motion. upon vote was carried. R, H. Kirkpatrick and Glenn .Graham, .members of the City Library Board then appeared before Council fora discussion on the matter of in- crease in salary granted by their Board to the Librarian, stating that they felt justified in increasing the Librarian's salary from-X60.00 to ~'~§.00 per month, rind that they were: within their legal rights in doing<rso, but tl^.at warrants drpwn for ~~5.00 in payment of salary they had: allowed were being reduced by Council to X60.00 and that they were seeking an adjustment of the matter. After due eonsideration_and considerable discussion on the matter it was moved by Councilman Merrifield and seconded by Councilman Langstaff that .it be ordered that ..all Library Warrants and demands tout-roue to be presente`~1 to Council for audit and payment by City Warrants which motion was carried by the following vote: Ayes.: Councilmen Langstaff, &Serrifield and Keck. Noes: None... Councilmen Gallagher and Burnham not voting. The :clerk then presented to Council Mr. P.. C. Graham's written proposal to sell to the City a Weir Grader anal Tractor Assembly for X800.00. Whereupon it was duly moved and carried that the matter be laid otter fpr-.further investigAtion. The .Clerk then presented to Council a communication from the Western Enterprise Gas Engine Co, with enclosed bills covering the cost of installa- Page #2. Meeting of Dec. 2, 1929. tion of gas engines and pump equipment at the City Water Plant as per . .contract and advising that said-contract has-been assigned to the So. California Gas Co. and that all payments thereon are to be made to them. Whereupon it was duly moved and carried that said-.communication be r received and ordered placed on file.. The Clerk then reported that he was in receipt of a communication from the Riverside County Tuberculosis Assn. vdith enclosure of 100 Xmas seals requesting the 'support of their work by the purchase-of said Beals at $1.00 s sheet.. Whereupon, it was moved by Councilman Gallagher and seconded by -Councilman Merrifield that it be authorized to purchase the 100 Xmas seals, which motion x~pon vote was unanimously-carried. The Clerk then presented to Council a communication from City Attorney Best in regard to a claim by Mr.'Kemp against the City for damages account of storm water being. diverted across his progerty by the'improver,~ient cf Pottery St., stat- ing that it was his opinion that the City is liable for said damage and suggested that a compromise of said claim be made. Whereupon it avas moved by Councilman Langstaff and seconded by Councilman Gallagher that P. Kemp's claim for damages account of storm waters being diverted "across his property by the unprovement of Pottery, in the amount of 233.00, be allowed which motion. was carried by the following vote: " Ayes: Councilmen Gallagher, Langstaff, T~ierr9.field, Burnham and Keck. Floes: .None. Absent: None. - The Clerk then reported thet the following price-quotations"had been submitted on gas and oil to the City and City employee a: J. N. Bell Union- Gas 18-1,(2¢ We stern Oil 15¢ Eastern Oil 25¢ W. fi. Whitman Texaco Gas 182¢ Western Cil 1§¢ Eastern oil 25¢ J. R. Bohanon Richfield or Union Gas 18z¢ Western oil 20¢ Eastern'oi1 30¢ . P. -0. Graham Stand.Gas 18¢-- ', . Western"oil 20¢ ', Eastern oil 30¢ Wheneupon it was moved by Councilrian,Langstaff and seconded"by Coun- ', oilman Burnham that the proposal submitted by P. C. Graham on Gas and Oils be accopted which motion upon vote ia~as unanimously carried, Fills as audited by the Auditing Committee were then presented to the ............._ Page ~3 MIlYUTE.RECORD of AdEETTNG GF DECZT.+$ER 2, 1929 MEETZIYG HELD OlY THE DAY OF I9 6TAN[IARO FORM G9G CXPRLES R.XPOLEY [O.. ppT G. V.6. PAT. OFF. STAN~ARO MINA Council and on motion duly raade,.and_on ca 13 vote carried all bills presented were approved by the unanimous vote of Council excepting the bill of Beatrice Z. Clark for salary in the amount of ~~5.00 upon vahich bill Councamman Gal- lagher voted No, Bills as audited and approved oaere ordered paid and the Clerk was instructed to issue 4larrants in payment of same. ':Thereupon there being no further business to come before the Coun- cil, on_motior~ duly made and carried Council adjourned tormeet'in regular session?on Bionday Dec._16th at .the hour' of 7 o'clock p.m, in the City Hall the usaal meeting place. . C~~`~~~. 0 . ~~~ ~ ~~ kiayo r I ~, . j ~i ~ ~ ~, ; ~ ~ _;