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Home My WebLink AboutJul 24, 1945~F~'I¥ IAL ~R~CE~ zEGS ?egular ~Tee ting July 24th, 1945 The meeting was called to order at 8:10 ?.~.~. All nembers present, l~nutes of the previous regular and special meetings read and apfroved with the following correction noted in the July 9th ~,~.eeting: that motion relating to ~ranting extension of main to ?.'_pls. Gas Light Co. be changed to read exten- sion of gas main instead oi' water main. Delegation of Plymouth Addztion residents present requesting fzre protection from the C~ty. Motion by Jackson, seconded by Lathrop, that petition~and letter from Fire Chie~ regarding ~'ire protection in ?lymouth .%~t~on be taoled until proper bonds are pcstea and situation has been further ~nvest~gated and boundaries la~d out by C~ty ~...'anager and Fzre Chief. Roll Call - All ayes. }~Iotzon by Jackson~,,s~eco~da~ bp~$p~kulan,t, that,.t~ke latter from the Folice Civil .~erv~ce ~o.,..m~.~S~8~, t~rg~ii~f· x~ ~% ~8~ {~"~'dh%~ ~osition of police sergeant be placed on file. Roll 3all -All ayes. ijavor NorCmn appointed Joe Poda. ny ,to the position of police sergeant on the Police Departme~t, to become e~ec~ive August 1st, 19~5. L{otion by?~ygaard, seconded by Spekulant, that the Council concur in the ~iayor's a~po~nt;uent or Joe 2o~any as polzce sergeant. Roll Call - All ayes. U.r. Sommers appeared before Counczl as representative of Youth Center Council requesting letter of endorsement from Council in regards to contin,,mtion of Youth Center to present to Community Fund for further financial support. ~.otion by Jackson, secor, ded by Nygaard, that Czty i.~anager be instructed to write letter to J. Tzndall stating that the Czty Counczl cf Columbia Heights iN i~ favor of the existing Zouth Center and would like to see its continued existence and z'urther mevelopment; said letter to reach L:r. T~ndall by noon, July 25th. ,~!1 Jell - Ail ayes. City L~anager to advise Wm. Caesar, 4518 Central Ave., oi' F~re Dept's. ~ction in regards to his petition for fire protection. iXr- Dune:~ann appeared bel'ore Council in regards to administration of Park Board', as 6 ~.~onths trial period of Council's supervision of ~ar[: De?t. has elapsed, ?otion by IIygaard, seconded by $[:,ekulant, that Council sign endorsement requested by Wm. Johanson on his petition for an airport to be located in Fridley .at vicinity of University Ave. and County Road .,;~l. Roll Call ,- All ayes. Residents in horse barn area appeared at meeting requesting Council to revoke license of oak ~rove qzcing Academy. I..,~otion by Spekulant, seconded by Jackson, that Czty i,lanager work with C~ty .Attorney's o~'~'~ce to formulate correct legal procedure to follow to revoke Cak Grove Academy license and that special meeting be held when such pro- cedure has been decided. ?oli Call - Ail ayes. ~fr. ?aloh Arone appeared before Co::ncil to make aoolication for Club on Sale license~at H~lltop Golf' Club. ~fotion by Nygaa~'d, se:conded hy Jackson.,, that }~r-. Ar'one's ~pp!ica. tion be ta?oled, untzl next regular-meeting pending red. eipt of 2ttorney-Gen'erat's ruling in. mat%ar', as par ad. visa of ac. ting City ~.ttorney. Roll Call r Ail ayes. i~otion by' Jackson, sec:onded hy Nygaard, that 'pe~iti0n~received regarding request for- City's acquisition of Lots 12. and t3 BIock'I SilVer Lake" Addition. be referred to' the Park Board 'for' their conside:r~,¥ion..~., i{ol'i ~'' Call - All ayes. ~Iotion hy Jamkson, seconal'ed by Spekulant, that the' pe~i't'ion~r:eceived' re, questing CounoiI action to clean up City~beach on Szlver Lak~ and"pu~ '~' poles a, nd ropes at d-anger points be. turned or.er to Park Board' take action as soon as possible~ Roll Call '~'ll'ay'~'S;- ~otion by gackson, seconded by Spekulant, tha.t communication from Towns.end Club requesting City to buy Lo. ts IF. and I3 Block I Silver Lake .~.d:dition be pIac-edl on file. Roll Call -All ayes.. ~,~Otion by Jackson, seconded by Nygaard, that th~ application of ~ndrew J, Wargo for' On and' Off S'ala beer' license at 547 - 40th Ave. ~oll6w the regular' procedure. Roll C~!I -All ayes. , R"esolution offered hy 1.tygaard, seconded by Spekulant, THE ciTy CoUNCiL OF ~oLUt~iBiA HEIG~TS HEREBY- RESOLVES:~ That the' City T~aa~surer be and she is hereby instructed to transfer the sum of ~)4,~000.. from ,the Liquor Fund~ to the. Pemuanent. Impmo3a.ment Re:volving Fund and that there are su'f~icient moneys in said Liquo~"~ make such transfer, BE iT.~JRTHER RESOLVED That the City ~,~tanager- shall use these~ moneys for local improvements, t'he cost of which' are to he asse~ssed against b. enefitted properties at the' direction of the City Council. BE iT FURTHER RESOLVED That the moneys received from the County Auditor on said assessments shall be placed in said Re~olvinE Fund. Roll Call -All ayes,. Resolution offered hy Jackson, sec, onded by Spekulant.. BK IT HEREBY RE- SOLVED BY THE GI~TY~ CoUT~CIL oF CoLUi~tBiA HEIGHTS That the ~ity~,Tueasurer be and'she is hereby' authoriz'ed' to transfer the following amounts' from the below stated' funds- to the Fmre Fund, and that there- are sufficient moneys in said funds to make the transfers; to-wit: Admin. ~l,O0; Police ~)97.~; Street $~.51,S5; Fark ~)I5,50~ Water $6~.~5~ Liquor' ~)~,00. BE IT FURTHER SOLVED tha. t' this transfer- is' for- the purpose of reimbursing the Fire Fund for moneys expended[ ther~efrom for labor for' equipment repairs during the period' from January let to July Ist, I9~5. Moll Call -,~ll ayes. R'~-D ING OF B ILLS ~ohn H. NOrdin~ ~ndrew $pekulant Dave Jackson Irving ~ygaard- Ward Lathro p Rosaila C. Johnson John Behun ~lbert Ovshak L. A. TjosvoId P.. Theo. Olsson H~ze% A. Trucker Gord.on C. Petersop Frank t~'. Gi.llett -:' 4,00 Luc i!Ie Hammond ~.00 3~.00 Clyde C. Johnson 68.83. 5'.00 Walter E. Cottre!l 9~,45 5..00 Joe ?odany 102.93 5..00 ~erle G!ad er 105.18 6 .,~[0 Fred Tatting 109,60 95.~00 Jean. E. Kingsbury 3'5.30 15.0G Harry'B. Hanson 12.50 48,40 Omar- Iff. Sc hartz 8~.;86 119.00 ?m. ~.. 0stmoe 102.5.0 68.80 Jane s ~?cKenna 70.50 37,10 Earl R,- Cleland 78.80 Victor Sar 75~,60 42,00 Clyde C. Brown Alex Atroshenko Joe Homza Walter P!ochacki Ali E. Sundberg (3. W. Dunenann Dan Del,Tars Dennis Roach L.~itch DeMars Jr. E. Steinfeldt Jack Niles Lucille Hawkins ifadge Blanchard August Peter son A. E. StrobeI Julius $chmahl - retire.zund ,Spec. Fund - W.H.Tax First ~atl. Bank N. ',7. Bell Telephone Co. Beverly Fear son Hulda C. Seelye & Linton Seelye 71.40 LIQUOR BILLS: 65.80 EC. Phillips & Sons Co. 558.01 56.30 Ray L. Ernest 97.40 10.00 Clarence Carlson 103.84 54.50 Erling Drangeid 110.56 83.47 ~eter Budnick 57.04 82.44 Rosella C. Johnson 48.40 45.90 Helen I.~ Chudek 47.52 60.ES Bette Johnson 54.40 7.20 Anna Tkach 36.58 97.90 Felix Sochacki 54.80 38.40 i,~itr o Jedinak 53.60 14.40 Catherine Holewa 19.00 30.00 Ernest ulsen 15.30 ~0.00 Spec. Fund -.T.H. Tax 65.50 103.98 J. Schmahl - ~etire.I'und 39.66 191.40 S.F. Kreskie 90.00 3072.25 E~ Phillips & Sons Co. 767.33 48.25 146 .~0 iTOtion by Jackson, seconded by Spekulant, that the bills be allowed out of tiLeir proper funds. Roll Call - All ayes. l,,~otion by Jackson, seconded by Spekulant, that ~.:ayor, City 'iJ~anager and4City Attorney attend the Tax Commission meeting Thursday July Sdth, with full authority to act, expenses to be :paid by Cmty. ~,oll~,,Call - ^!1 ay.es. .... ycr not votiuff) Peter Tema appeared before Council in re~T, ards to publishing Council minutes. Discussion. (See n~te; i:otion by Lathrop, seconded by Spekulant, that minutes of Council be pub- lished starting with r:~inutes of this meeting (July a4th). Roll Call - Ayes: Jackson, Lathrop, Spekulant, Nordin - Nays: Nygaard. iIayor brought up question of legality of appointment of Roy Bentzen to the Police Civil Service Commission. Discussion. ~? Jackson that motion of June S6th mee¢in~ ],~otion by Nygaard, seconded b, , _ re~ar~ing appointment of 3entzen to ?olice Civil ~ervice Co~:missicn is proven out Of order and that the same be rescinded. Roll ~all - All ayes. i?otion by Nygaard, seconded by Spekulant,~that meeting be adjourned. ~ec/etary to th~uuncil Mo!l (Note' ~'ema proposed that minutes of this meeting (7/24~ be published and stated that if bill is considered too high by Council, th. at City need not 'pay same. i.jygaard offered a proposal that Ter, a publish minutes for meeting of 7/24 and stand cost...if cost is considered too high, Council will not continue printing minutes.)