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HomeMy WebLinkAboutFeb 13, 1924 The regular monthly meeting of city council was called to order MayOr Morton Tuesday, February ~2 1924, and it being a holiday the meet-t lng was adjourned to Wednesda'y,,I February 13. Wednesday~ February 13, 1924, a ~ontinuation of the adjourned meet-! ing of Tuesday evening was held at! Columbia school house, with ~Iayor: Morton in clmir. Roll call found all! members present. Miriutes of regulari and speciai meetings read and cor- rected. The following bills were read: Board of Education ...... · ..... '. $52.50 Northwestern Tel. Co ...... '. Mpls. ~Va[er Dept ........... '..: 691.14 Walter S. Booth & Son ........ ; 76.00 Albin Anderson ........ ';..;.. - / 6.00 Gust .Anderson ..... : ........ 5.75 V~m. It. Kuhn .............. 4.38 E. L. Clark .................. ../ 4:25 J. Ii. Heller ..... : ..... ; ..... , 75.00, I-L M. Barrows.'; .. ........... 6125 Hazel A. Trucker ............. ". 50.00 Wm. Leitch ' 83.33 Gust Sunberg ...... .......... 4.00 Col. Hghts. Fire Dept ......... : 25.00 Miller-Dayis Ci)[ ............. 6.00 . O. y~r. Baege ............... .. 2.00 Mrs. J. Gould ................ ~Iotion by Ostrander, seconded .by [Ledwein, that bills be allowed. Car- lried . . nnanimously. , Bill read from Dan Sci~ivone for 1 525.0~0. Motio~ by.Ostrander, seconded! by Ledwein th~ the presentation 0f gun ~'hich Mr.t Schivone holds. Carried nnanimously.! Correspdndence from Judge Keyesi in regards Burmah case. Matter was,~ discussed, a/~d on a. motion of Bur-t goyne,' seconded by '~Karrow~! The', suit against E. M. Burmah vs. City of! Columbia Heights, be dropped by writ-] ten agreement, signed by attorney fori Burman. Carried unanimously. - '~ '' Mr. Scribner of an increase in taxes. Council fers matter to Manager Lei~ch who ~xpla~ns the situation, states can do nothing now, and refers him Ed.. Chris- finn, county, commissioner. Manager Leitch reports a request ,for. light a~ 44th Ave. and 2nd 'St. ' Moved by Bur-~ goyne, seconded by Ledwein, ~eque'si be granted., Carried unanimously.- Mr. SwenSon,' 3938 Quincy St., sends in Personal Property Tax .Statement arid asks cmmcil to make a flote of ~same, as property charged to him be- i longed to bis son. . Board of Edu'cation Put in verb:al :request to closing street on Van' Bur- eh, an alley from Van Buren to Jack- son. Ma. tter v;a~ discussed and ob- jections offer.ed by Mr. Scribner and' Aug. Peterson. Mayor Morton ap- points whole council as committee to i investigate: ' ' i A request for license to operate fill: ling station at 4038 Central Ave. ~y l¥oss Hardware Co. was read, also .one i from B. Plocienik at .616 40th Ave. iMoved by Ostrander, seconded by i Burgoyne, license be granted. Carried ~ unammously. Mrs.: Ostran,der reads suggested amendments to building, ordinance. After ~emarks on motion of Burgoyne, seconded by Karrow, it be accepted as first, reading of amendments to build- ing ordinance. Carried unanimously. The amendments to ihe plumbing ordinance was read for the second .time. Manager Leitch r~ports that 'Mr- " Munroe of Mill St. asks $10.00 of the city for use of alley for the year 1924: After remarks on a motion of Os- trander, seconded by Ledwein, >Ir. Munroe .be paid $10.00 for use of al- ley.' Carried unaiAmously. Moved and'" seconded meeting be adjourned.'. MRS. J. GOULD, Secretary. '~'~: i February 13, 1923. At the-regular meeting of the 9ity..1 ~onncil held at the Columbia School' ou this date the following amendments ~ to Ordinance Nmuber 9 were read f0ri tile second time as provided in the city and on resolution adopted: A~ENDME~TS TO ORDINANCE' NO. 9. ' I Section 4A--I-Ierea~ter. the words: "extra heavy" shall' be substituted for, tile words "standard' wherever the' word "standard" appears in the ordi-i hence. . ~There shall be added to the-said~ ordina.qce section's to be known as.12Ai and 12B respectively, as follows:. ' I Catch Basins, Section 12A~All fi0or, d.r_.ajn_s ~n anyl, building shall liereafter be protectedl · by back-water valves and taps, all to 'be installed subject {o the approval of i the Department of Buildings. ~ Section 12B--The plumber shall noti-i I fy the Department of Buildings when-; lever the plumbing wo'rk for which'a! t permit has been issued is ready for in-~ j spectiou and test, by registering the! (number of the permit gad the location{ ~ of the Work in the register book, kept! tf0r.~that~ purpose in the office of the! llns'p~ptor' of Bu~ildings. ~ill parts of the drain, water and;. vent systems of all plumbing shall be? left Uncovered' until after the sameI Shall be perf~-ctly tight and installedI iin acco~'dance with the provisions of! this ordinance. Any' person having charge, of the cbnstruction, alteration or repair of. any building, or any other person, who covers or conceals, or causes to be so' covered or concealed any of the drain, waste or vent system of plnmbin~ for which a permit has been issued or is required, before the said drain, waste or vent system shall, have been in- .speeted and approved by the Plumb- ~ing Inspector, shall be subject, npon i conviction thereo~, to the penalty here- :in provided for any violation of this ordinance. The entire plumbing and drainage system when newly installed within any-building, shall be .tested hy. the .iplmnber in presence of the Plumbing [ Inspector under an air pressure of five (5)' pounds to the square inch, and in i all eases where only a part of the sys- I tern is tested at one time, the plumber ~ shaIl call for, and there shall be made, 'an additional test of the whole system. ~ Where additional fixtures are to be added to, or Alterations are to'be made in, any system of old plumbing, :the Plumbing Inspector may, if in his i opinion it ~hall be deemed necessary, :require the plumber to make--a com- [plete test of the whole system of plumbing as above required for new systems. The plumber shall securely close all i openings iu the drain waste and vent! pipe.s in the following manner: All'~ lead openings shall be soldered up; and all iron pipe openings shall have: soil screw-plugs, except at the hand-~ [hole fitting at outside wall, where plaster-of-paris may be used. ' Tile plumber, before notifying the Inspector that the Work is ready .for inspection, shall .make an air test of tile whole piping system which is to be tested, and shall leave his air gauge in place until alter the job shall have been tested in the presence of. the Plmnbing Inspector. Said ' plumber shall furnish a suitable force-pump for making ~neh test and shall leave a suitable an~ solid fitting and a one- fourth (~)inch eonnecti0n for the plumber's air gange~, qvqae plumber shall furnish.all materials, and stiall perform all labor of making such. tests' as required by the Plumbing Inspector. 'No fixture shall be installed until af- ter the drain, waste and vent system shall have been found to be tight byI · the Plumbing Inspector in accordance ]with the provision of this ordinance. After all the fixtures have ibeen in-[ ]ltstalled and the plumbing work com-i [pleted,,the plumber ~ball again notify the Department of Buildings, as here- inbefore required, that the wdrk is ready for final Inspection, and a final test equal to the~ pressure of one. (1) inch of water shall he applied, and if found to be-right and' in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance, tbe Plumbing Inspector shall so certi- fy on the back of the copy of the per- mit for such work on file in;the office of the Inspector of Buildings. No Plmnbing shall b~ used until af- tqr it sh[/tI bare been tested and proved' by- the Plumbing In, speetor. First reading January 29; 1924. Second reading February 13, 1924. Attest: City Clerk. Be it resolved the City of Columbia Heights that the' following amendments and changes be nmde to ORDINAl, ICE NUMBER 8 Section No. ~.--Line nine '(9) the words "a resident of Columbia Heights" shall be struck out. , Section No. 3---Line four (4) to read lin the. sum of $1000.00. First reading' January 29, 1924, ' 1~. IAttest: { HAZEL A. TRUCKER, i City Clerk.