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Home My WebLink AboutMar 30, 1923JO, ~-0 act ~ Regular meeting of the City Counci[ ~.ek ,21 of the'City of Colnmbm Heights held Oil, rs at the Columbia school on ~uesday iial iO .ld )ia I } ,- of for red the of evening,' April 10, 1923, . Meeting· called to order by Mayor W. C. Gauv'itt at'.8:40 o'clock p. m. Motion by MdKenna and seconded b'y B~ntzen ttmt Val Kuechenmeister act as secretary"for thh council for this' meeting. Carried' unanimously. Roll call--Mayor Gauvitt, present; Alderman Bentzen, present; Alderman Ledwein, present; Alderman .McKen~: nd, present;.Alderman Burgoyne, ab- sent. Minutes of last'regular aml inter- vening meetings read and approved and on motion of Ledwein and sec- onded by McKenna ordered accepted. Carried unanimously. ' A special corrlmittee of the Columbia Heights fire department headed by H. J. Kapka appeared before ;the coun-., cil and stated· that local firemen want-' .,loved by Bentzen'and*-sec6.xled by .., 1[ Ledwein that payin~ 'of official tele~ p,hone bill.s be-laid over ni~til nexf reg"' t ~" mar meeting of the.'council. C-dr?fed ;his unanimously. ;,un- t2. F. Chalsma, of' ~the Lakewood · Cemetery Association,' appeared before ¢ish the Council and Presented:claim for use [ as '~ of of·street roller and wanted pay 'for : use of the macH}ne over Sundays and ~oft legal holiday '".Mot/On by McKenna 'Mll and seconded b3~ Ledwein that claim of h ~ity Lakewood Cei. netery Association be 5nd referred to mty attorney. Carried unanimously. : ible Moved by Ledxvein and seconded by' ' 6£ ior McKenna- thae'an ad'ditional 50 cents )rt., be charged to the applicant on every ':ity permit for building, plumbing or elec- -to trii2al work and that a minimum charge of'S1.00 be charged for such permits ! in order to cover the cost of printing. ' Roll call--Bentzen, yes; Ledwein, 'i McK.enna, yes; Gauvitt, yes." Car~'ied ' ' unammously. :' ' . ,~9 Motion, by McKenna and seconded \ by Led~vein that a retired of $7.00 be >n made to T. Cherry for money paid out i ed to secure its share of insurance fund for permanent, relief purposes and that.' it would be necessary for the 'depart- ment to reorganize and,get the sane- - tion of the council before organization could be effected ahd new'.by-laws for Firemen's Relie£ Association put through'. Article. s of ' incorporation ~vere s~bmitted:to tile council and on al by hiht to repair slop box which was m .damaged by' contractor Roll ' B ' . . call~ ,?y entzen, yes;.Ledwem; yes; McKenna, not yes; Gauvit~} 'yes Carried- unani- [ch- :mously. ' . . . lthe Moved by .McKenna, s~conded by J to Bentzen; that' 'bills. be paid. Carried tthe [ unanimously for~ ,?. A. Stephans-appeared and offered the - - 'spi- to furnish cinders for filhn motion of McKenna, secondda '~y-, ;~at' '~1 ' · ~ ' g low place ion] , - . , , , oI ~ s~ avenue ann ~entral if h Bentzen, council authorlzett nremen to ce' ~ _ ' ' ' e re2 g~ ahead w~th t~e~ pla:~ to s;cure dart -}~x~sPaX/~[01~b~,~d~e/~r~sh the thru fund and de ~v ben ts the eby. , I[~.. 7 .... ,~ , nd sec- "~ ~ x r ~ ' hey]be requested to take the matter !is_{ Roll call Bentzen, yes; Ledwein, yes; ept aea oy ~tcxenna that Mr. Ste~han~ McKenna, yes; Gnu,itt, yes.. Ca r'e~ . , Iwi,, ...... ~ ~ up - ney/ m ~ty Manager Corr Carm re- uuammously. .. ' · · 'ed ' ' ' : o~v ~ unammously ,ar- Bills were presented as follows: · ; ~ ,, ..... · ....... ' · George Ballin~r ' $ 1S 00 ~ce. .~tormn oy ~v~enna and seconded ion~ ~ ~.-. ~ .......... "' '- ~,'na me [by Bentzen ·that Major a oint joe ~unson ' . ............ .,,.~ ' ,mitte -_ . . ' PP a com- ment - .... ' ' ' ~- ' ant/ e to ~nveshgate and set rule f r Gus Anderson . ... ~ u~ 'le~ ' ' ' . · o ~ifid ~V. Ai~Blan'Cbard:'' '..' . '. 6909 · . . _... ~en ] Ting tax assessments ~gainst trian- .......... ..... "~"~ ....... i gular lots and frontage Carned una ~his T Cherry ' ' 7~ ' 'i~ : ' n- ' ' .................. ' ' ' n nousl . Ma or ~ W, · C. Gauvitt.: .... '.... ....:. 10.00 .~, .Lc~ [ . -, ~., a~Eomted McKenna, ' ' · tn- uwem.ano ~ry Manager Corr. qve Anoka Herald ............... ~ 6.30' . p ., ' Ernst & Ernst · . · lO750 ¢e~ ,.e?[mp x~a~ pr~sented'carryifig, sev_ Mr. ~ o ri- ~ .... ~ ....... .'" '2'70 of era~ nunared names askin that 120 ~h~ ~a~vson'~ ~o nso " ....... c ...... ' g ~ O0 "~ ~arnham Prh~tino C~ o00 oatpepsauon ~nsnrance mone " ~' ' g ............ " a y pa~d are ~ . ~ cx~.~ .e~ ~ . 97q : nd taken outof A.J Porter's sett ' ............. =entz tn ..... ~ on a~d Y Record Publishing Co.... .... ~. 21.60 : ~ ...... seconded by McKenna ~an- . ~ mar cheer tot :$12000' held ' ,~ P~ttsburgh Meter Co... 3.14 ,S M , . ,..- by C~ty Am Brake Shoe Co ...... 665 zuanager ~e turned:over to petitioner. ~ is ',~ ; ..... ' -"'"~t~;, ~'o= ' '.: ~511_call~Bentzen;~'es; Ledwein l~ou T. C, Stamp & Stencil C¢.. :.- 16.44; .. tre ~-~nna,,yes, bauvltt, yes. Carried ~[: ~ ~ ~B~tt,~E~t~C~~* ~'6¢~6~".:~;'''trin- .~ ~ouj~y., 2 ' _ '' ' ' ex~ mmrmea ~co~ncll thatL pursuant ~ ~. ,., · ~n to city manager s request ~oard fence ' ~ ~'~ ' ~ ~ .... :w- around part of park would be re . ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~'/-Wy~, ~, : , .... : . ~ . moved / ~w~ana replacea ~y .xv~re tence and that ~~J~~IA 3 ~ ~,~ '[ (continued 0n Page 5 Column 5) Trial balance of city mane'get' was read and accepted. . City Manager Corr suggested spe- cial meeting of council to discuss finaucial affairs of city arid settle tinished business before his resigna- tion takes effect, May 1 to 15. Motion made by Ben}zen a~id SeConded by Ledweih that special meeting be held at Coimnbia. school on Tuesday eve- niug, April 17. Carried unanimously. '' Coronal}tee of Voters" League ap- peared and asked that more polling places be established for the next. and qondng election. Moved by,Bentzen and seconded by McKeuna that ~ ci~5[ to be divided by the center line of [.~ouroe street, 40th to 45th, and frmn 40~h to 37th, dMding line shall be the den}er line of,Mouroe street produced, to said .37th, and that :Columbia and O'ak~;vood 'schobls. will be nsed as-the polling places as~recommended. Car- ried unanimously. Ben}zen reported for 'special corn- ' mi}tee v.:hich investigated case of Mrs. A.' Hagen, who claims 'she. was hurt · in fall caused by bad place in street· Evident that accident was cause o'f · .'}loss to Mrs. Hagen and {amily and ~.'.claim for hospital bill aud lost time .presented. Moved by McK, enna .and' ~' .seconded by .Ledweiu that 'committee -"investigate further and be' authorized -(40. maize fair settlement, if possible. ~ ':'.Carried unanimously. ' '"~' Frank it}ncr appeared ~nd asked . ,ikSonsideration of claim for refund in ~ .niatter of Cent/'al avenue side~valk grading. Bentzen frepo['ted committee had investigated add suggested rebates on unfair assessments, g~[otion by Ledweiu and .seconded by Ben}zen that all abutting property., south of 42nd avenue on Central wbere'no fill had been made or whereowners' put in own fill be given rebate for full arno}mt of Special sidewalk assessment and. that abutting property where fill had beeu made to stand the assess- men}. Carried unanimously.. · -[ ,~Otion by McKeuna' and sgconded by Ledweiu that' meeting adjourn att 1'[:15 p. tv.. to Tuesday evening, April} 17. Carried unanimdflsly. .VAL KUECHENMEISTER, Secretary pro tern. 'nei rel sh{ or! sai ar~ Be it resolved that }ha city O0tumbi{~ Heights in the county of Anoka and state of Minnesota be'andl ~e game is hereby divided into two deetion districts with the limits and' boundaries hereinafter se~ forth. The dividing lin4 between the two i dee}ion districts shall be the center{ =~e of Monroe street, extending from~ o~y~£if~h ~venue northeast to 'Thirty-seventh avenue northeast. All ~hat territory included i~ the limits of said city of- Columbia I-{eights and lying' east .o£ said divid-' i=g line shall constitute election t~Sct No. 1, and the ground ~loor of lhe Columbia school, a public school house, is hereby designated as the polling place.;£or said election: dis- tric~ No. 1. . All thai; territow comprised within! -the. limits of said city .of Columbia! Ileights and lying west of said divid-. ing line shall, constitute electiofl dis-: t.ri¢.t ~0. 2, and the Oakwood school,' ~i public school house, is hereby des- igmate.d as the polling place for electioh district 1~o. ~. Adopted by the city._council April 10ttb 1923.