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Home My WebLink AboutJun 12, 19450FFI C IAL PROCEEDIMG$ Regular Neeting June 12th, 1945 ~,{eeting was called to order at 8:.S5 P.N. All members present. Minutes of the orevious regular and soecial meetings read and aoproved. Beer parlor ooerators aO_oeared before the Co~nci! and made inouiries as to certain matters regarding ooeration of beer oarlors. Discussion. ~otion by Nyge~rd, seconded by $oekulant, that the letter from the Police Department co~taluing a proposed wage scale for the department, be olaced on file. Roll C~ll - All %ves. Officer Podany protested recommendation of the proposed wage scale th~.t Officer Glader's salary be put on a par with his ~Podany's). Chief Cottrell advised that Arthur Porter's resign~.tion from the Force would beccme effective June 16th and stated t?~t the c~nce of obtaining ~ m~n to t~ke Porter's place was very unlikely; he advised the Council that to fill in the shift, men ~st either work longer hours or else the work of the deoartment must be curtailed. Representative of Local ~544 aopeared at meeting in regards to demands of street crew - i.e. 40 hr. week with time and a h~lf for Saturday work. snch r~te retroactive to ~arch 27th, and 4th utility ,man be paid $175.00 Der month. Discussion. Cour~ci!'s ~rooosal for Saturdays off every other week starting July !s~ t~ end of year was re- fused by street crew. !~otion by Bentzen, seconded by Soelo-~'!~nt, that the~utility :~u. an~_Dther City emoloyees, other t~han Police Department, be-given 40 hr. wee~_," ~n case of street crew, Ssturcla~ to be off - in other departments, the day off to be determined by agreement between City !~anager and heads of departnents. Roll 3all - All ayes. John Lakotas appeared before the Council in his mother's behalf, as per reouest made by the the Council to Mrs. Lakotas on June 5th. The Council a&monished John on the condition of the beer parlor and the .manner in which it had been operated in the past and cautioned that the onerator must adhere to re~llations in the future. }~otton by Nygaard, seconded by Spe~alant, that the apolicatton of ~.~rtha Lakotas for restaurant, cigarette, on and off-sale beer licenses be granted. Roll Call - All ayes. rea$ ~otice of bids/on ~nst~llation of 1000 lin. ft. of watermain in the City of Col~nbia M,t~hts., Bids to be submitted ou the following b~sis: to furnish labor and eouipment · ~ A(5 ~ / ' r /fo~ns~allation, o , f~rnish both material and labor for installation. Bids opened and read - (for rates, see bi~s on file in City Office) American Cast Iron Pipe Co. - Mnls. ~nerican Radiator & Standard Sanitary Co. - Npls. 0rfei & Maria~ - St. Paul Phelos-Drake Co. - Mpls. Lametti ~ Lametti - St. Paul DeGraff ~olff - St. Paul Reading of Youth Center Ordinance. Preamble to Ordinance No. 199 offered by Jachson, seconded by Spe~:lant. All ayes. Roll Call - Ordinance No. 199 offered by Nygaard, seconded by Bentzen: being an ordinance regulating the conducting of Youth Centers in the City of Columbia Heights. Roll Call - All ayes~ Letter from Mrs. Roy ~illismson, 4369 Arthur St. N. E. read, regnesting a street light at 44th and"Arthur St. ~.E. Motion by Bentzen, seconded by'Jackson, that City Manager be instructed to install light at 44th and Arthur St. N. E. and also set up the necessary warning signs. Roll Call - All wes. Motion by Jackson, seconded by Nygaard, that the City Manager compile figures on bids far watermain an& have them rea~; for special meeting to be held Friday, June 15th. Roll Call - All ayes. . Resolution offered by Nyg~.ard, seconded by Jackson. BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights that the City Treasurer be and she is hereby in- structed to transfer the sum Of One Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars from the Liquor Fund to the Police Fund; and that there are s~3~ficient moneys in said Liquor Ftu~d to make such transfer. Roll 0all - All ayes. Resolution offered by Jackson, seconded by Spekulant. WHEREAS: The City of Columbia Heights, did on the llth day of Jttue, 1945, conduct and hold a General Municipal Elec- tion for purpose of electing candidates for 0ity Office; and, ~HEREAS: The City Council of the City of 0olumbia Heights, at a regular meeting of said Council held on the l~h day of June, 1945, did canvass~ the returns and results of said General }~unicipal Election; and, WHEREAS: The following results were determined by said canvass of said General Municipal Election, to-wit~ Total Ballots Cast 13~$ Votes for Mayor: Roy Bentzen 646 John Nordin 6~1 Votes for Councilmen% Wm. S. Brown 541 Chester NcCallum 56? ~ard Lathrop 707 IrvingNygaard 68? N0~ THEREFORE, Be it resolved by the City' Council of the City of Columbia H~ights; That John Nordin be and is hereby declared to be Mayor of the City of Columbia Heights.' That ~ard Lathrop and Irving H. Nygaard be and they hereby are declared to be Councilmen of the City of 0olLvnbia Heights. Roll Call - All ayes. Question of police wage scale proposal deferred until special meeting Friday, June 15th; also, consideration of liquor store maD~ger~s request for wage increase. City Manager reported reouest from the American Legion for the City to provide ~esk space for Veterans~ Rehabilitation representative. Discussion. 0ity Manager ~nstructed to provide such space either in Police Station or Fire Station, as the case mss' be. Chief Cottrell re~uested~action o/~ new state legislatio~ governing bingo. Discussion. City Attorney. instructed to draw up ordinance in this regard and have it ready for the special meeting, June l~th. Motion by Jackson, seconded by Spekulant, that the apDlication of the Civic Improvement Ass'ri. to operate a Bingo Stand at the Jubilee - July 27-29 - be granted subject to the passage of ordinance regulating bingo Olaying. Roll Call - All syes. READING OF BILLS: L. ~. Bassett Andrew Spekulant 4.00 Roy Bentzen S.00 $.00 Irving Nygaard 3.00 Dave Jackson Rosella O. Johnson L. A. Tjosvold P. Theo. Olsson Hazel A. Trucker Gordon C. Peterson Frank N. Gillett Olyde C. Johnson .~alter E. Cottrell Clinton F. Schultz Joe eob Po darkv Merle H. Glader Arthur A. Porter Myrtle D. Anderson Marry B. Hanson Omar Schwartz Wm. A. Ostmoe James McEenna Earl R. Cleland Victor Saf Clyde C. Brown Alex At ro shenko :?alter Plochocki O. W. Dunen~?nn Dan DeMars Dennia Roach E. A. Strobel A1 i ~undberg Lucille R. Hawkins Madge Blanchard Jean Kingsbury Leta Parker Mitch DeMars Jr. E. Steinfeldt Fred Tatting Spec· Fund- mW. H. Tax John Teseth L. B. Fink Gordon C. Peterson Fred A. Schaaf Sr. United States Treasurer Central Ave. Cafe Mel's Radio Service City Treas. of Mpls. Col. ~teights Fire Deo't. Dr. J. S. Bl~zment~hal Reinhard Br~s. Rosholt Equip. Co. Borchert Ingersoll Inc. Universal Machinery Co. J. V. Gleason Landers-~orbl om- Chri ~ t enson Co. The Barrett Division Dependable Lictors "~estern Windshield National Bushing Co. State Farm Mutual Auto Ins.Co. Paul Ebling S.O0 6.40 48.40 130.40 76.00 S7.10 42.00 75.57 92.20 86.40 84.50 83, ~0 78.40 1~.50 8~.86 lO2.60 7O.5O 85, 8O 82.60 8~,'60 ?~. 20 lO, O0 126 ,76 78 4O 13,00 60, 10 ~, 4O ~2 ~ 60 38,00 60 ~ 6~ 28·40 4.80 ~8.~5 192.89 45,55 62,5O 25 6.00 1.26 20.70 12. ~0 27. ~0 99.00 16.00 · 49 11. ~0 129.65 1.6O 228.00 61.08 186.~6 ~.81 2.75 5.20 27.14 Keegan Farm Equip. Co. Internatio~! Harvester Co. Park Board Petty Cash Anoka County Treasurer E. B. Crabtree Co. Vita-C~.p Tire Service Chas. Ganzer Seven-U.o Bottling Co. Coca Cola Bottling Co. American Linen Franklin Co-Operative Crm~. Downtown Chevrolet Co. Goodin Co. Johnson Auto Supply Danielson Drug Co. Col. Heights Pb. mcy. Grant Storage Battery Co. Johnson Auto Suo.ol~ Co. Rocket Oil Co. Good,year Service Station Dependable Motors :?arner Hdwe. Go. I nlorovement Bulletin Northern States Power Co. Ovshak Prtg. Co. Miller-Davis Co. I. A. Stevens Karl Enudsen & }.{sthilda Knudsen L. W. Morthfield Co. General Tire Co. Joe ~{omza H. '?. Moody Dorothy Tigue Johanna Kremer Htlma Gauvit t e Cora Sever~on Vera Kriesel Eva E. Pritchard Clara M. Rein~-t Harriet Julkowski Grace Lombard Mary Atherton Eunice C. Gorec~ Zementa Deeble Josephine B. Yencho Anna M. Bennethtun Helen Gustafson Irene So~er Edith Holm Katherine Miller Adelene Fedorko LI QbDR BILLS: Ed. Phillips ~ Sons Co. Ray L. Ernest Erling Drangeld Peter Budnick 2.97 4.40 17.04 56.96 31.38 14.90 14.30 6.45 6.60 7.44 19.25 4.50 3.20 8.06 7.34 5.04 8.38 6.40 84.84 19.76 13.02 23.68 13·40 526.36 92.50 14.6S 28.98 200.00 S7.6S 27.90 73.95 550. O0 6.70 6.70 6.70 6.70 6.70 6.70 6.70 6.70 6,70 7.20 7.20 7.20 7.20 7.20 6.45 6.45 6.45 6.45 6.45 2637.21 100.60 135.75 126.19 Clarence 0. Carlson Rosella C. Johnson Helen M. Chudek Anna Tkach Nette Johnson Helen Kvalsten Felix Sochacki Nitro Jedin~d¢ Catherine Holewa Spec. Fund - ~.H.Tax Geo. Benz Sons Griggs-Cooper & Distillers Distributing Co. 01d Peoria Co. Swiss Tine House 126.S0 Famous Brands Inc. 48.40 Bernard B~skin Inc. 70.42 ~'. J. Chew 49.65 John Doherty 67.80 Pabst Sales Co. 25.75 Chas. Ganzer 66.S0 McKesson & Robbins Inc. 66,30 Coca Cola Btg. Co. 9.24 Miller-Davis Co. 97.91 MUnco Liq. Stores Ass~n. 756.69 Johnson Paper & Supply Co. 1198.68 HarlinAgency 1071.11 American Linen 1607.82 Liq. Store Petty Cash 190.35 ~ A. 9~u~ter Nary T~mm 1881.48 S84.S7 219.20 277.88 86.20 SSS. 60 14.00 8.00 9.40 t0.00 32,42 ~. 92 13.19 109.67 59.41 6.70 Motion by Nygaard, seconded by Spekulant, that the'bills be allowed out of their'proper funds. Roll Call - All ayes. Motion by ~yga.ard, seconded by Sentzen, that the Fire Department be permitted use of ~the P~rk Grounds for their Annual Jubilee, subject'to the approval of the Park'Board. Roll Call - All ayes. Motion by Jackson, seconded by Nygaard, that meeting be adjourned. Secretary to th~9~cil' Mayor