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Home My WebLink AboutApr 10, 1945OEFiC iAL ~0G~F~iNG~ Regular ~ee.ting ~pril 10th, 1945 The meeting was called to order at 8:20 r'.~. ~1I members present. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approveg. ~esi&en'ts. on Stin-son H!v~[. between gls:t and 43rd' Aves. appeared beTore the. Council reqt~esting improvemm~t of said. street; condition no~w is such that the- road. i~~ pra-ctically impassahle during rainy weather. OLty iTanager~ stated that whelm grad[er is' available. [now in repmir) and ground was dried[ up suffiaiently, the-street wilt b~' graded and. cindered. f~.~ Berg of ~/yyOleve!and St. requested thaot a complete grede be made · on said street. He was assured theft this would be done~ ihQuiry about proposed installation of tile on Stinson Blvd. - tile to be located on '-"ct 6 Block I ~ilver Lake .~ddi~tion~ Discussion. ~;~otion hy Nygaard, seconded by Bentzen, that the City ~[anager be author- ized to make a cost estimate on proposed tile- installation and advertise flor b'ids~ for' the digginE~and laying of said .tile* Roll Call -Ail ayes. Resident of 4400 Seventh St., IV. E- made inquiry regarding the construction- of a retaining wall along' his property on. 44th Av~.; stated that he, under- stood that. City' would construct' such wall. Council advised that it would be' ~eeessary to cheek into the matter to determine if the project would be the City's responsibility. (Need for wa-Il caused by wid:ening of 4~tk Ave.] Otto i,.~oe r~qu~sted' that the date of cancellation, of his On and Off' sale. beer licenses he c-hanged from'~ffay ls% to Xpril !6th. ~.~otion by Jackson, seconded by Nygaard, that. the can.eellation date of Otto ~oe"s on. and o~'f sale beer' licenses be changed, to ~priI I6th. Roll Call - all ayes'.. Fred Spoor appeared before: the. CounciI protesting the fagot that he had: been fired ~s~:hartender at the ~3unicipal Liquor Store and' wished to know th~ reason:, Council started ~%t no ~-eport had been ma6e to th%m on the matte, r, therefore they' could/advise ~Ir. Spoor of the reason for his dis- missal at the pre. sent time., ~,~r. Hogan, pr'asen.t at. the meeting, brought the Council's attention to the: fact that the hydrant located at 4Ist and~ Tyler St. was situated very low; City ~,~Ianager advised him that said hydrant, together with others in a like position, are to be raised. Diction hy Jackson, seconded hy Spekulan%, thaZ the: request of the.' Co!. Heights Fire Dept. to hol~[ their annual Festival on July ~7-~9 be granted. Roll Call- gll ayes-. ~rotion by l~ygaard, seconded by Bentzen, that the communication from the. Civil Service Commission.· denying' the request to.redu~ce the probationary period for patrolmen during the war' period from six months to three months be placed on. file. Roll Call - All ayes. f~/fotzon by Jackson, seconded by Nentzen, that the request to transfer, t~ gas station license to operate a~{a, tion at 57~-40th Ave. M. E, from A. H. $otebeer to John DeGidlo be granted. (5aid~trans1'er meets with ~,ir. Sotebeer's a,'~proval). Roll Call - All ayes. }~otlon by Bentzen, seconded by Nygaard, t~mt the communication fro~ the ~,~innesota ~azety Council commending the City for the record of no traffic accident fatalities during the year 1944 be placed on file. Roll ~all - All ayes. Letter X'rom Chic1' of Police Cottrell read requesting the Council's consid- eration in the matter oi' liability protection for the City and drivers o~ City-owned equipment. Also rea~ was a communication from Quincy Haas inc. regarding Public Liability and ~roperty Damage insurance to cover City- ~wned cars and equip:::ent;Qrates on same quoted). Discussion. ~:~otion ~Y,,~o'~"~aard, seconded by Jackson, that the City ~.~anager. be instructed to a~vertise for bids for full coverage rroperty Damage and Public Liability insurance ~'or all C~ty-o~vned equipment. Roll ~all ' .~ll ayes. Discussion on appointment of Fire Dept. Civil Service Commission. City I~bnager reported a request from the ~lanning Co~mission that the Council appoiut a co:~;mittee to meet with the Commission to revise the Builoing Code. City ~lanager requested that Council consider possible members for such committee by next meeting. ~teeting with Business L'en to discuss traffic conditions and corrections in the 'Cite set for Thursday, April l~th at 8 i,.~otion by Nygaard, seconded by Bentzen, that Helen Chudek be paid a week's salary in consideration of her supervision oi' the Liquor Store from I~arch lst-10th (as per City ~..'anager's recommendation). Roll Call - All ayes. .~ hearing was held for those property owners benefitted by the follo~,'ing local improvements: Job #ll7 - "atermain on Cleveland St. from 41st Ave. to a point 5.00 ft. North thereof. Job .~118 - Extension of watermain on .2tinson Blvd. from 42nd Ave. to a point approx. 320 ft. North thereof. Wesidents with property abutting the.above listed projects ~ere present at the meeting. Hearing no objections to said improvements, the Council passed the following resolutions. Wesolution offered by Jackson, seconded by Nygaard. A resolution adopting the .assessment roll for Local Improvement ,:ill7 and determining that said · mprovement be made and ratifying and conI'irming all other proceedings here- tofore had. qoll Call - All ayes. Resolution offered by Nygaard, seconded by Spekulant. Resolution adopting the assessment roll for Local lmprove~..,.ent ~,~ll8 and determining that said ~mprovement ~e made and ratifying and confirming all other proceedings hereto~'ore had. Roll Call -All ayes. Hot[on by Jackson, seconded by Nygaard, that application of Walter Tunsky 506 - 40th Ave. N. E- for restaurant, cigarette, and on and ~ff sale beer licenses be granted. Moll Call - All ayes. O]ity' f~anag~r requeated pernnission of the Council to purchase a line marker~ Discussion, Council autharizad City i~anager to purchase same; ?lotion by Nygaard, seconded hy Jackson, tha-t Andrew Spekulant be r'e-imbursed in. the amount, of ~)49..00 for repair' to stop-box which was damaged by the City snow-plow. Roll 'Call - ~.1i ayes. R~DIt~[~ OF BILLS: L.. W.- Bassett. ~ndr aw Sp~kutan~ Roy Bentzen Irving I~lyga.ard Dave Jackson Moselta Johnson L. A.~ T'josvoId F. Tkeo.-Olsson Hazel A.. Trucker Gordon C, Fetarson F. ~I. Giliatte Clyde G. Johnson Waiter E. Cottr~il Giinton Schuitz Joseph Padany ~fe.ri e H. Glad a~ Arthur A~ ~arte~ ~Jyrtla D- Anderson ~r'ry B. Hanson Om~ H. Schwartz Wm. A.- Gstmoe. A1 ~ 5.undb erg Dr. J. S. Blumen~ha! Jane s ~fa'Kenna Earl R'. Cleland Victor ~af Clyde C.~ Brown Alex Atto shenka Walter Ploohaeki Otto' W. Dunemann Dan Gerhar~ F. ~nsen Dennis Lueille Ha. wkins J0 e H0mza .Cot.Hgts. Fire Dep~.~ C. B:.. Annis C. B. Ann is John Leslie Paper Guodin Fit,s'burgh Equit ~ ~pls-. Wa%~ Dept. City- of iEinnaap-o!is Jonson's Service Station Heights Service S%~%ibn ~filler-Davis Go. Twin City Stamp & Stencil Jensen Frtg. Co.. J. lC- Gleason ~.00 5,0O 3.00 48 150 7d..00 57 ~!0 4Z.O0 75.57 92,~0 86.40 8& 78.40 50,50 12 ..50 85.86 IOP~ 60 ~-lO ' ~5.00 70.50 85 .,80 82.60 82 .-d.O 72 ..20 I0 .-00 SS 78 74 ..30 50.5Q 4~ .5.0 44 78.00 18.05 5.40 I0 ~30 10 2.73.6 .,TO 1.00 5 .~0 79.50 20;65 7..00 56.50 32 Spec. Fund - W.H.Tax Tzre. Re. rfc.ad C.c. Robinson Trans. Co. Gamble Stores Johnson Service Station Johnson auto Supply Dependable ~fotors Corrie's ~portwear 144.10 92..49 2.14 73.05 4.65 4.08 24 ~89 2..40 Landers-iforbtom-Christensen Co · 1.58 Goodyear Service Bou s'tead E!ectrie Western WindshieI~ C,o, ~orchert-lnger s-oll Co. C.'A, Baker Hrunswick-Balke-CalIendar Co. Cooperative Services Waruer Hd~we. Co. ~pis, Iron Store Thompson-Lumber Co · E- B. Crab%r-ee ~merican Linen Co. Coca' Cola Bottling Co. Chas, Ganzer E. SteinfeIdt Pet ty Ca sh Fund (Far'k) 15.58 6 ,'90 8,02 22 · 81 5 .,6;5 60.18 4.19 . 1,65 17,73 40.03 15.22 146.00 21,20 .5.00 10,2.4 LIQUOR BILLS: 'Ed. Fhi!Iips & C:o. Ray L, Ernest S. F; Kreskie Fred CIarence O. Carlson Mosella C, Johnson Helen E. Chudek L~argare t ~nderson A~nna Tkaoh Helen Kval s.ten FeIix Socha~ki ~[i%ro Ced ina k Donald' ~utson Pe % e.rI Bu'dnick Spec. Fund_ W.-H. Tax Geo. Benz Sons Distillers Distri~. CO. Old Peoria Go. Griggs-Oooper & Bernard Naskin Co. lEc:Kesson & M:0bbins Inc, Famous Brands Inc. 509.11 100.60 9~ 126.20 150,80 48.40 72.47 58.41 25.10 17.60 47 47.20 11.05 7.65 92 · 80 1199.58 1083.53 621.75 774'.40 I8Q ,57 271 · 14 3'3.8.45 ~pls. Brewing Co. W. J. Chew John C. Doherty Pabst Sales Co. Chas. Ganzer ~.~cKesson & qobbins Coca Cola Bottling Co. 785.60 Natl. Cash Register Co. 3.93 160.80 Williams Elec. Co. 7.74 186.60 N.A. Gunter 52.61 131.50 American Linen Co. 17.94 307.11 ~etty Cash Fund 90.35 ~8.40 John ~eman- ins. 43.7§ 6.30 Helen i~7. Chudek 19.60 Motion by Nygaard, seconded by Bentzen, that the bills be allowed out of thezr proper funds. Moll Call -Ail ayes. I~.otmun by Nygaard, seconded by Bentzen, that the meeting be adjourned. Secretary to t~dc, uncil ~ayor A meeting of the City Council and the business men was held at the City Office on Thursday evening, Aoril 12th, at 8:00 P. M. as scheduled. Program for traffic regu- lation, stressing off-street parking, as set forth in Chief Cottrell's reoort was presented at the meeting. Subseouent discussion and aoorowl of the recommendations by those oresent at the meeting.