HomeMy WebLinkAboutSept 13, 1927 OFFIC iAI~ PROCEEDI!{GS.
,~,~ ~regUlar meeting of the Oity Council of the City of Column-
evening, September
b~za Eei.ghts, held at the hi~ school on Tuesd~J~
]_~, !9~,~ealled to order at' 8:25 o'clock by Eayor Foster. All
membems ware present and answered ro~l call except Co%mcilman George
~Eayor. Foster instructed the secretar~ at the opening of the
mestin$.::~ka~:· ~e wished to be lzste~ as "not rating" on all ,motions
and re~lutions, e:.cep~ in the event of a tie vote
The recitation of P. F. ~Yo~lsh as secretary to the council
was r~e~ and upon motion of Karrow, seconded by Dahl, and carried
by s rate of.all ayes, was accepted. Kay. OW made a motion that
Vel ~u~chs~eister be appointed to fill the ~ vacancy in this posi-
tion, which was seconded ~Y Gilette and carried bY~ a vote of all
The following bills were read:'
.. ~ ~Leonard Keyes, $62.~0; ~{. H. Kuhn,
- . Sullivan $26.70. .~ ~ r Gluek
. , O.~es Frenc., ~7. ~ ~ , r A . O, Cen
Es~ry Nealand a sons, $6,055.~°'
.A '~a~alution was offered by ,Karrow and ~econdea by Gilette
that ~T B~ll~s be allowed as read. This was carried by a vete
memb e~ present
' ' . . rom Attorney Gale P. Ei3.ye~, repre-
~ ~e~cat~on was read f ~._
~ ed ro arty o~ ~ , ement was procee,
a:~ki~E '~,a~ a'~tut~,l cz $2,30 seconded by Da~! and
wi~h; ,~A~tto~ was made by ~arrow and
.~ V~'te of gl1! ayes that this request for damages be denied.
tied . Y a
, '.. ~rooerty o~ers on 41st avenue, ep-
A. E. Ittnsr, repr~ent~ng_f.~=~ha% t~e action teac%nd ~.~
- ~ ~.' e~ re the counczl an~ ~,~iZ' ~=en nresented and as~
r'eeuested further that sai:d pe-
:~7''' ~i~. ~+, of ~lst avenue and ~__ ~ ~rrow. which was sec-
A ~etition was then ~re~ented by
si.:~atur~s of other property owners on 41st avenue, ~equesting that
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grading of street and sidewzlk bg done along lines as specified the~
therein. This petition was accepted'and referred to the city mana-
ger for the regular course of action upon motion by Dahl, seconded
by Gilette and~carried by a vote of all ayes.
L. J. Clu!ka presented a petition bearing 143 names and signa~u
tures of free holders requesting that the ci~y cotu~cil call an ~
election for the purpose of voting upon the question of annexation
to ~..~i~neapo!is. Dahl moved that this petition be accepted and
his motion was seconded, by t~arrow and carried by a vote of ~l! ayes.
A corm~.unication was read from City Attorney Peterson relative
his Fees in condemnation proceedings.
A 'cormutw~ication from C..M. JevlS. e requesting the council to
take action granting the payment of premiums on beneFit~ insurance
for Fire
department members was read and after hearing represents-.,
tives o~ the department a motion was made by Gillette and seconded'~
by Dahl that the request be granted.. This was carried by
all ayes.
A petition was presented by Stanley Ka~cielniak s~d signed by
Four property ov~.~ers requesting the gr&~ding Of Jackson street
twee~ 4!st and 42nd avenues and for the installation of water~
mains. It was moved by' Gillette and' seconded by Dahi that the
petition be accepted, refCrr~ed to the city~ ma~..ager for checking,
and that~ regular proceedu~e be Followed. ,~ Carried unanimously.
The' city manager pres.ent.ed the ~natter of the widening, or thee
anticipating of ~the widening of ~th~ street driveway' before workl
was commenced on ~the installation of ~the~ sto:m~ sewer therein. The~
city engineer suggested tha.t this'step be ts[ken in~ order that the
future demands for a good thorofar'e be met With. 1Tarrow made ~
motion that. the engineer be instructed to order the storm sewer i~n-
stalled 'on the' basis of a 40-foot r'oa~dway from 40t'h' avenue to Sum~
mit a~..d From Summit on a 36-foo. t b, asis. This was seconded by
Dahl .and carried ~unanimously.
A petition requesting tbs installation of a water main on 39th
avev~ue From Buchanan to Johnson street and carrying the signe~tures
of five property ovn~ers was presented. It w~s moved by Dahl
seconded by Gilette that this petition be accepted and the regular
routine followed. Carried by a vote 'of all ayes.
A petition signed by property ovn.~ers on Tyler street betwe~n~
37th and 39th avenues and asking that sidewalk, curb and gutt~em ~e
insts~lled on that street, and which was in the hands of the cit~i
man.ager, w~s read and the information given t.bat there were not
yet the required number of signs~tures, it was. returned to 'the
property o~ers with the understanding that action would be .taken~
when sufficient signatures had been obtained.
~rs. gudd appeared and entered a complaint against the ~an4er
in'which the sewer contractor was leaving the sewer ditches unfilled
and stated that the.re was eminent ~anger of serious accidents if
the situation were not remedied. She was 'informed that the city
manager had been instructed to check up on .the situation and it was
Further mentioned, ths~t in the future the 'estimates of the co. retractor
would be held up ~ntil ditche$ on various sections of the work Were
properly' taken care of.
A co~rdUnimCation was read from the '~pls. General Electric Co.,
in wBi~h this 'corporation requested the permission to install three
I:igb. t ~oles on ~9th Avenue, N. E,, in the vicinity of Hayes and
~o~;~o~ ~treets. Engineer Carroll suggested that in g:ra~nting these
~er~ii~ts the council should demand thzt the company ass~e the res-
~e~S~bility and the' cost of resetting these poles in the event o~
stre~et grading or other improvement, t~rrow moved that the request
be granted, This was seconded by Gillette and c~rried unanimously.
~m, Sinnott presented an appeal for action on the part of the
couu,ci;1 i~ getting the work of the improvement of $Ynd avenue under
way as soon ,as possible. He was informed that the delay had been
una,voidable but that immediate action would be taken.
-'Fhe ~roperty owners who had ~resented a petition asking for
.the i~t~'lla,tion of a sidewalk on Central a~enue between $2nd and
~?~ avenues with. the understanding that the grade established
was to 'be lower than the highway grade were infor~aed that this was
not ~-~a~tical, that it woul'd establish ~ precedent which would
'eV,~'t'ual, ly spell dis,aster for all concerned and that no action
w,eu~d~ 'be taken, at least not s,t present.
U~Don motion o£ Karrow, seconde8 by Gillette, the meeting was
adjou~ to ~onday evening, g, September 19, 1927, to ~ake up ~he
~:~Ojeo~%'"0-s the buSget for t~e ensuing year. This motion was
~cary:ied and the meeting adjou~u~ed.