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Home My WebLink AboutMay 22, 1945Stinson Blvd. Roll Call - All ayes. City Nanager broached question of making available use of Fire Station to. various o~ganizations; reoorted that Fire Dept. was not in favor of such a practice. Discussion. Council concluded that Fire Station should not be used ms a public meeting place. Motion by Jackson, seconded by Nygaard, that meeting be adjo~mrned. See/r~tary to the ~il - Mayor UFFICI~L PROCEEDINGS Reg,-let Eeeting -- ~ay 22nd, I945 The meeting was c-alled to order at 8~30 P.~g. 2:11 members.present, ~[inutes of the previous reg'ular a~nd spec:ia! meetings were read end approved. k~otion by Eentz~n, seconded' by Nygaard, that the request of ~'~yrtIm gnde. rson, Clerk off Court, for' 2~ months Ieava of ~bsence ba grante:d. Roll Call - All ayes, Resolution offered by Jackson, se~conded by SPekulant. WHEREAS: Th~ City of' CoIum'bia. Heights, did' on the 2lst day of ~Iay, t945, conduct and hold a Primary-5[unicipal Ele-etion for purpose of nominating candida, t~:s for' City O!'fice to be' voted~ on' at a, GeneraI ~IUnicipaI Election'.; and, WHEREAS: The City Co~neiI of the City of C'olumbia Heights, at a regular meeting of said Council hel& on the 22n~ day of },,fay, I945 did canvass the returns and re- suits- of said' Primary tgunicipal Election-; and, WHEREAS: The follo~,~ing re- su!'ts were determine~ by s~id canvass of said' Frimary ~[unicipal Election, to-wit: Tota'l B'allo~s Ca-st~ - 85~ Vot~s For f~a. yor - Roy Eentzen John Chudek 141 John Nordin 382, Votes for Councilmen - Chester ~[cCallu-m 194 ~.I Hol!opetar ' 147 k%lvin Gustafson 175 Wa.rd' Lathrop 369 Wm. S- Er-own !91 Leonard Holm 174 Irving Nygaard' 307 NOW THEREf'ORE, Bm it resolved by the City Co~nciI of the City of Col- umbia He. ights:~ That Roy B. entzen and Jehn::Ne~d~. be and ar'e h~rehy d~- clare, d to b.c. candidates for ~a.y-or. of the City of Columbia Heights at th~ General ~[~icipaI Elect.ion to~ b~ held June llth, 1945, Tha'.t Chester Celia,. Wm. S- Er'own., Irving Nygaard, and Ward' Lat~'op be and they are here~by &eclared to bs candidates for Cot~ncilmen at the General Municipal Election to be held June llth, 1945. Roll Call - All ayes. Tfoti~n by Jackson, seconded by Spekulant, that ap?!ication for on and off sale b~er, restaurant and cigarette licenses submitted by ~artha Lakotas take the regular course and that ['?rs. La'.~otas be notified to appear at th~ next regular meeting of the Council. Moll Call - ,All ayes. -~esolution o/'Z~ered by Nygaard, seconded by Spekulant BE iT HEREB~ RES~LV~ by the City Counczl of the City of Columbia Heights that the City Treasurer is au thorized and hereby instructed to transfer the sum of ~1000.00 from the L~quor Fund to the Sewer Fund to pay fo- preparation of report covering a survey and cost estmmate of additional sanitary se~.~:erage system for the ,,,~hole area of Columbia Heio:hts. Report and plans prepared by R. D. Thomas & Assoc., I~,I?ls., Hinn. And that there are sufficient moneys in said Liquor Fund to make such transI'er. Roll Call -All ayes. Resolution offered by Spekulant, seconded by Jac[:son. BE SOLVED by the C~ty Council of the City of Columbia Heights that the City Treasurer is authorized and hereby instructed to transfer the sum of ~350.00 I~rom the Lmquor Fund to the Administration Fund to pay $~00.00 for North ~0 ft. of Lot 7 Blk 2 Rearr. of Blk "C" and ~)150.00 for Lot of Lot 25 Blk. 2l C.H.A.; and that there are sufficient moneys in said Liquor Fund to make such transfer. Roll Call - All ayes. Resolution offered by Jackson, seconded by Nygaard. BE IT HEREBx ~ES~LV~ by the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights that the City Treasurer is authorized and hereby instructec to transfer the sum of ~700.00 from the Liquor Fund to the ~'ire Fund; and that there are sufficient moneys in said Liquor Fund to make such transfer. Moll Call - All ayes. Letter from W. A. Hill Co. read requesting permission from tb~ .City to remove material on and underlying Randolph ~treet from 37th to 39th Aves. and also material on and underlying 38th Ave. from Randolph ~t. to Grand St. N.E. Discussion. ~.7ot~on by Bentzen, seconded by Nygaard, that letter from '//. A. H~ll Co. be placed on file. Roll .jell .--Ail ayes. r,~otion by Jackson, seconded by Spekulant, that reque~e ~r~ted- ° ~'~'~ ' and that City ~:Tanager be instructe~ to draw up agreement specifying grades and that area be leI't in a reasonably presentable condition. Moll Call -All ayes. Letter~ read and petition submitted by H; Van Valkenburg, atty., re,sarding reinstatement of a culvert on 45th Av~. east of Central Ave. Discussion. L'~otion by Jackson, seconded by Nygaard, that letterm from H. Van Valkenburg and petition b~ filed until such time as Council learns v:hat action the Fridley Town Board has taken in the matter. Roll Call - All ayes. Bids for Public Liability and Property Damage Ins. covering Cmty--owned automobiles and equipment '~'~ere opened. Two bids submitted from - John Seman - and. - John Nordin see bids on file in City Cfi'ice). (for rates Motion by Nygaard~z, seconded by Spekulant, that consideration of bids be tabled until next meeting and that City k~anaEer., _. fiPure rates on basis of sa=ple pay-roll. ~oll Call -Ail ayes. Bids opened for laying of 600,. ft. of storm se,,~er on 4Zrd .~v-,. N. E. - Bid of John Teseth - Furnish labor for digging of ditch 3 ft. d~ep .G~' to the top of sew®r pipe or to the water level on 43rd westerly 'from Central Ave. approx, dOG,. ft.; furnish labo~, for Iaying of sewer pipe in said ditch- no c-ement ~ork; all material ~.nd back-fill to be Furnished or perfformeg by the City of Columbia Hmights. Rat~. - ~1.85 per Ii~eaI foot. ~otion by' ~Jackson-, secon~e'd' by Eentzen, theft John Teseth"s bid be tabled until next meeting, Roll Call -All ayes.. }~fr. Sevea$ Local 544 representa.tive., appeared' b~fore, th~ Council in the interests~of a wage increase for the street er~w. He stated that the men wished to withdraw request for wage increase until City budget was set up, but that request for 40 b_~,. week ang that 4th utility man be plac~d on s'am~-salar~ basis as other thre~ men still holds. ~[otion by Emntz.~n, seconded by Jackson, that a special meeting of the C'oun'ciZ be held Tuesday, June 5th, for purpose, of deciding on question of 40 hr. we~k for street crew and rais'~ of' pay for 4th utility man - also to consider wages and hour-s' for other' City employees. Roll Call - All ayes. ~Iotion by Bentzmn, se.c~onded hy Jackson, that. the City ~anager~ be instru'c- t~d' to ~ith,r wri'te or go. in p~rson to Minnesota Highway Dept. and obtain £n~'ormation on their' progr'am in r~gar~s, to improvement-of University Ave. and' report findings to C'~uncil as soon as may bm-. Roll Call - ~%ll ayes. CitY ~anageN reported that Zoning Commission is not in favor of changing or amending the Z0nin~g Ordinance at the~ pre'sent time. ~otion by' B3ntzen., seconded by $pekulant, that the Council concur wit~ the Zoning Commission's recommendation th2t no amendment be ma~e to the Zoning Ordinance at the present tim~, and' that ~i~r'.~ Anderson of Ffashington St,~ be notified of action taken. R~oll Call --All ayes. t~NgD£~G OF BiLLS'~' L'. W. Bassett Andrew Speku!ant' Roy Bentzen Irving Nygaard Dave Jackson Rosella C. Johnson John Behun Albert 0vshak P. Thee. 01sson Hazel A. Trucker Gordon C. Peterson Frank M. Gillett L. A. Tjosvold Hans Severson Clyde C. Johnson ~alter E. Cottrell Cliht'on F. Schultz Joseph Pedany Merle H. Glader Arthur A. Porter ~vrtle D. Anderson Harry B. Hanson Omar H. Schwartz 4.00 Wm. A. Ostmoe 102.60 3.00 James McKenna 70.50 3.00 Earl R. Cleland 78.80 3.00 Victor Saf 75.60 3.20 Clyde Brown 75.60 6.40 Alex Atroshenko · 65.80 95.00 Joseph Homza 58/90 · 15.00 ~alter Plochacki 10.00 119.00 Ali Sundberg 54.50 68.80 Otto W. Dunemann 75.60 37.10 Dan DeMars 71.80 42.00 Dennis Roach 45.90 48.40 ~itch DeMars Jr. 5.25 40.70 Fred Tatting 14.75 68.83 Donald Jensen 12.38 83.80 Edward Regrets 7.50 79.00 Lucille R. Hswkins '38.40 77.10 August Peterson 30.00 76.50 Spec. Fund - W.H.Tax 149.95 72.00 Julius Schmahl-retire.f~ud 116.93 46.30 N.W. Bell Telephone Co. 52.25 12.50 Madge Blanchard 22.60 83.86 A.E. Strobe! 24.00 Spec. Fund- '~. H. Tax Petty Cash fund Col. Hgts. :~ater & Sewer E. Wasik Dorothy Tigue Johanna Kremer Vera Kriesel Violet Crickmer Hilma Gauvit t e Mary Tsmm Eva E. Pritchard Harriet Julkowski Clara M. Reir~hart Grace Lombard Zementa Deeble Josephine Yencho Mary Atherton Eunice E. Gorecky Anna M. Bennethum Edith Holm Adeline Fedorka Katherine Miller Ora Bissett 6.00 Edith Euss 6.70 22.09 R~loh D. Thomas & Assoc. 4000.00 2.46 ~alter Rognrud 15.00 7.B0 6.95 LIQUOR BILLS: 6.95 6.95 Ed. Phillios & Sons Co. 79S.19 6.95 R.L. Ernest 92.20 6.95 Clarence 0. Carlson 115.20 6.70 Peter Budnick 11S.62 6.70 Erling Drangeid 116.02 6.70 Hosella C. Johnson 46.40 6.70 Helen M. Chudek 62.54 6.70 Anna Tkach 25.10 7.20 Helen Kvalsten 17.60 7.20 Bette Johnson 47.43 7.20 Mitro Jedinak 43.80 7.20 Felix Sochacki 4S.80 7.20 Spec. Fund - ~.H.T~x 66.10 6.70 S.F. Kreskie 90.00 6.70 Bernard Baskin Inc. 748.80 6.70 J. Sckmahl - retire.fund 34.49 6.70 Ed Phillips & Sons Co. 798.70 Motion by Jackson, seconded by Nygaard, tb~t the bills be allowed out of their proper funds. Roll Call - All ayes. Motion by Nygasrd, seconded by Jackson, that the meeting be adjourned. Secretary to the ~e~l