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Home My WebLink AboutOct 24, 19441.~otion by Jackson, seconded by Soekulant, that the City Manager write the local costs of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the ~aerican Legion to try to coordinat~ the. effort and the plexus as outlined in the Governor's letter. Roll Call - All ayes. ~,otion by Nygaard, seconded by Jackson, tha. t meeting be~adj/ourned. Secr~t~.~y to~ t~e C~ OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS Regular Meeting October 24th, 1944 The meetingw,~.s called~to order at 8:20 P.M. All members present. Minutes of the previous regulsr and adjourned meetings read and s3~proved. H. ~. Kennedy, ~64S - 6th St. N. E., aooeared before the Council're¢{uesting permission to olace A trs~iler at the above address for a period Of six months;' said trsiler to be occupied by applics~t's son for sleeping ~urp0ses only. Discussion. l~otion by Bentzen, se~ond~ by Nygs~rd, that a temoorary oermit be granted to H. ~. Kennedy to use trszler~for sleeo~ng purooses only. Roll 6all - All ayes. Motion by Jsckson, seconded by Nygaard, that the City Attorney be instructed to dra~ up an amendment to the trailer ordinance granting the Council oower to eXtend time limit of occupancy permit,~in special cases, over the 10-day period allowed. Roll Call -'~ll a~es. Motion by Jackson, seconded by Spekulant, ths.t the co~r~unication from the Police Civil Service Cormmission regarding the resignation of J. R. l~Iurphy from the Police force and certifying a vacancy in the Deoartment, be ~laced on file. Roll Call - All 8yes. Resolution by Bentzen, seconded by ~ygasmd. BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights that there is a vacancy in the Police Deoartment, and that the Police Civil Service Co~,mission t~ce the necessary steos to fill such vs.csncy. Roll Call - All ayes. ]~otion by Jackson, seconded by Bentzen, t~mt the co~mmnication from E. A. Carlson re- garding Joseoh Marek's request to drain surface water from Lot BS Blk. 58 CHA across the alley and onto Lot 22, be placed on file. Roll Call - All ayes. Resolution offered by Jackson, seconded by Ny~'d. BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Col~mbia Heights that the City Treasurer be and is hereby s~uthorized and instructed to~trsmsfer the sum of $20A.00 from the ~ater ~r~d to {he Fire Fund, for work performed (meter reading) for the ~ater Dep't. but paid out of the Fire F~d. Roll Call - All ayes. Members of the Band Board - R. A. D~hlgren, A. E. Strobel, C. F. Schultz - appeared before the Council to discuss the policies of band administration under the present set-u~. ~t,we~s reported that objections had been voiced s~out the b~duniforms baing left at the disposal of the High School. Motion by Jack~.on, seconded by Spekulant, that the band set-up, u~d.er the oresent school and ~unicioal a~rangement, rer~in as it is for the d~zration of the war. Roll Ca. ll - All ayes. Motion by Jackson, seconded by Nyga~rd, that the cor~munication from the League of Minn: Mtu~icloalities a~.nouncing an Airport Polt~y Institute to be held at the U. of M. Center for Continu~tio~ Study, i, Tov. 9-11, be placed 'on file. Roll Call - All 8jfes. Chief'Cottrell a?neared 'before %he Council in regsrds to the conviction on Pearson's Place; 4010 Central Ave. N. E., for selling beer to '~inors. Discussion. ¥~otioi~ by Bentzen, seconded by Soekulant, that }~rs Myrtle Pearson, licensee, be re- ouested to anoear before the Council ,t the next regular meeting. Roll C~..ll - All 8yes. Con~r~unication from the Aviation Amendment Voltu'~teer Co~'~ittee read reouesting su.oport of the orooosed Aviation Amendment to the C~nmtitution of the State of i~innesota; re- solution attached for Council's endorsen~ent. Discussion. Resolution offered by Bentzen, seconded, by Spekmtlant. 'J'~HEREAS, the 1943 Session of the Legislatures has proposed the submission of a Consti-tutional Amendunent to the vote~ of the s~ate at the General Election on 5Toy. 7, 1944, and, :?~REAS, said amendment, commonly known as the "Avi,tion Amendment" will become the 19th Amenctment to the Cons~i- tution of the State of Minnesota,' and, .?~KEREAS, the passage of s.~id amend~ment will permit the Stste (1) to develop ~. state-wide airports system, (2) to impose a tax upon g~soline used for aviation purpose (now exenAot) and, ($) to impose a t~x upon aircraft iz~ lieu of the present burdensome personal orooerty tax, and, ¥;HEREAS, the objects and ,purposes of said i'Aviation A.mendment" are consistent with the nublic ~elfare snd best interests of the state, snd, ~?HEREAS, the ~oassage of said amen~buent will promote a~iation generally throughout the state and enure to the benefit of the respective cor~nunities of the state, ~0~,~ THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Colt~'nbi~ Heights endorses the objects s.nd ourDosesof said "Aviatior~ ~nend~ment" and urge~ that vot~ of the community "VOTE YES" thereon. Roll C~.ll - All ayes. Resolution offered by Jackson, seconded by I~ygaard. orooerty benefitted by the following improvements: Job No. 108 Job No. ll0 Job.No. 111 Job ~o. ll4 Job No. ll6 A resolution determining the Surfacing on Lookout Place from 5th St. to 40th Ave. Surfacing on 38th Ave. from 5th St. to east line of Lot ~9 Block 84; also on ~adison Place from ~Tth to 3~th Ave. Surfacing on Quincy St. from 37th to 39th Ave.; also on SSth Ave. from Quincy St. to west lot line of Lot ~ Block 88. Surfacing on I~onroe St. from 42nd to 43rd Ave. Surfacing on 6th St. from 44th to 45th Ave. ?}IEREAS, the City M~ger h~s n~de a careful estimate of the cost of the above described improveme~s together wi th the list of the several lots and parcels of land fronting upon and~adjacent to such improvement w~ich he deems benefitted thereby, and the names of the owners of the several parcels, as nearly ~s can be ascertained, and, ~HEREAS, This Council did heretofore by resolution'duly adopted and passed by four-fifths of its members determine to make such improven~ent. N0~ TF~REFCRE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Col~'Gbia Height~, Ano~ County, Minnesota, as follows: (1) That the Council hereby determines that the property d~scribed in the list attached hereto will be benefitted by such local t~orovement. (2) That this Cotuucil will meet on the 14th day of November, 1944, at eight o'clock P.I~. at the Municipal Office Building in said City where all persons interested may ao~ear and be he~.rd b~' the Council with respect to benefits and to the pro0ortion of the cost of the improvement to be assessed against their orooerty; and that the City !,~n~ger be and he hereby is authorize~and directed to publish a notice of the ti~e and place ~hen and where such persons may be heard, once in theofficial newsnaoer of the City not less tl~n l0 days prior to the date of such meeting, together with a descriotion by boundaries of the district benefitted by such izor'ovement. Roll Cell - All ayes, READI2~G OF TKE BILLS: L. '#'. BasS'ett 4.00'~ August Peterson 30.00V'~, Andrew So et~l ant 3.00 ~\ 0. W. ' Dunemann I tying Ny.gaard 3.00% Dan DeMo, rs 70.60~ David Jackson 3.00k Gerhard Hansen 88,00 Roy Bent zen 3.00 ~ Dennis Roach 44.80~-~ P. Theo. 01sson t16.40~-~,, E. Steinfe!dt Hazel A. Trucker 68.20%~ First National Bar~ L. A. Tjosvold 12.00~ N.';~. Bell Teleohone Co. Gordon Peterson S?.l~k' Spec. Fund - W.H.Tax 128.37 P, M. Gillett 39.58~ r3ulius ~¢hr~% - Retire.fund 11S.46V~ Rosella O. Johnson 6.40~k John Behu~. 65.00~ LIQUOR BILLS: Albert Ovsh~k 15.00~k Walter E. Cottrell 8~.~?~k~' D.A. Letson ~1.94'~' Clinton F. Schultz 77.80~ .S.F. Kreskie 92.40~"~ R. J. Murphy 6.77~ Fred Spoor 96.08i'~ Joe Podany 76.00~ Rosella C. Johnson Merle Glader 74,20J~. Helen M. Chudek 48.02~ Clyde C. Johnson 71.00~ Frank Coenen 54.13v'~ Myrtle D. And-~rson 36.00W~ Anna Tkach 21.2~,~ Harry B. Hanson 25.00J~k M~,rgaret Anderson 39.17~ Omar Schwartz 82.33~, Felix Sochacki 7.20~'~ ~Tilliam Ostmoe 97.00~ Donald Knutson 107. A. E. Sundberg 53.80~ Spec. Fund- Vf.H.Tax 56.20w--. J~,~es McKenna 70.40~k Julius Schmahl - Retire.fund 11.53~ Es,ri Oleland 76.4~'~ Ed. Phillips & Sons 745.24'~ Victor Saf 74.20~-~~ Spec. Fund ~ #.H.Tsx 14.69v~ Clyde Brown 74. A. Atroshenko 62.91~ Joe Homza 63.~ · Walter Plochacki 10.00~ Lucille Hawkins 37. Fire Departmen~ 69.00v~ Motion by Bentzen, seconded by Jackson, that' the bills be al'lowed out of their proper funds. Roll Call - All ayes. First reading of Amendment to Ordinsmce No. 173 - Trailer Ordinance. Motion by Jackson, seconded by Spekulant, that meeting be adjourned. Roll Call - All ayes. May o r