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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOctober 24, 1950Administration ~i7,000. ?olice ~2 Court ~i~,000. Fire .~12,000. Street ~aintenance ~2h:O00. Librar.¥ ~2,000. Park ~jg,000. Total ~82,000. ~E IT FLrR~ ~ESOL~-ED the Counvy Auditor be and he is hereby instructed to levy a tax of o~e-tenth of one ~il~ (.1) of the ~ssessed valuation o~~ the Cit~ o~' Columbia Heights ~or the Eiremen's ~elle~2 Association. Passed: Octobe 1~ 1950. Roll Call-All Ayes. ?'ot~.on .~.y Spe!~.lant, seconded by Lange, that the council proceed ,~_th plains for the constr'~ction of a ne~ buildine to house the municipal liquor stores.~ Roll Call - Ail Ayes. .¥otion by Lan?e, seco~ded b~ Spekulant, that the meeting adjourn. Roll Call - Ail Ayes. OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS Re ~ular meeting October 24, t?~0 ?e~ting called to order at 8 ?.~[. Roll Call - Lange, Speku!ant, Yencho and Prestemon. ?inutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Resolution offered by Speku!an% seconded by Lange, Adopting assessment rolls for the followings local imurovements and determining that said improvements be made and ratify- in~ an~ co~£irmin~ all other proceedings heretofore had: Local improvement No.202 - Se%er Dist."D" 2nd Street Trmnk System. " " No.203 - Se~er Dist."F" Rostyn Park Trunk System " " No.2!O - Se~srExtension Polk Street. " " Wo.2tl - V~atermain 39%h Ave. Central to 5th Street " " No.222 - Sidewalk Repairs - Quincy St.- both to hlst. I~EPSAS, the City Council of Columbia Heigl~ts, hinn~sota, met on the 24th day of ~ctober, !9[0, at the City office in said city, bein~ the ttme and place set ~'hen and ~.here all ~eersons interested could appear and be heard by the Council ~ith respect tc benefits, and to the proportion of the cost of making the local, improvements above described, a notice o£ such hearing havLng been heretofore duly published as required b~ law~ and, ~EiT6AS, this Council has heretofore estimated and fixed the cost of such local improvements and has prepared an assess~nt roll therefore., THE CIndY COUNCIL OE COLLOQUIA HEiGUTS HE!~BY P~S~LVED: Sectisn I. That this Council does hereby adopt the aforesaid asses~men% rolls kn.~o-z~s and described as "Assessment Rolls for Local Improvements No.202, 203~ 210~ 211 and 222. Section II. That this Council hez'eby finds and determines that each of the lots and parcels ,of land enumerated in said assessment ~o!!s was and isl esL-ecial!y benefitted by such imvrovements in an amount not less than the amount set opposite the mescription of each such lot or uarcet ~f land respectively in said assessment rolls in the column beaded "Amo~unt of Proposed Assessment". And this Council i'ur~her~ finds and determines the t~e rroner eroportion of the cost of such improvement to be especiatly assessed against s~ch lot or earcel of land is the amount set opposite the description of each such lot or ?arce! cz' land. respectively in said assessment rolls in said col~mmn headed "Amount of ?ro~osed A~ses~ents~'· Section [~I. That said assessrent rolls be ~nd the same are hereby adopted as the assessment rolls the foltowins local improvements hereinaz'ter described~ and that said 8, ssessn~nt rolls shall be hereaZ'ter kno,,~m and designated as '~Assessment Rolls for Local Improvements No.' 202,203,2.1C',21i and 222. Section IV. That said assessments shall ~e payable in' annual installments for a period of 3 to $.} years on or before the first day of June in each of the year~ from 19~1 to 19~8, with interest and penalties~as prov.~ded by law. Section V. That this council does hereby deter~ine and re-determine to proceed. with said improvements, does ratify and confirm all other proceedings heretofore had in that regard, and said improvements shall hereafter be Pmovm and numbered as "Local Improvements No. 202,203,210 ~ 211 and 222. Section VI. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its passage. Roll Call - Ail Ayes. ~.:~otion by Yencho seconded by Spekuls~nt, to notify Orfei & ~[ariar~ni if they are not in here within 10 days, we will advertise for bids to locate the stacks on 2nd street. Roll Call - Ail Ayes. YVyman Smith was present representing Fridley, ~th a Resolution for the Council to sign releasing Government funds available to Columbia Heights for Slum Housing clearance, so that Fridley could receive our allotment. ~?otion by Yencbo seconded by Spekulant, that this Resolution be placed on file for further study~ before signin~ our rights away. Roll Call - Ali Ayes. ¥otion by Lange seconded byYencho, that a merest be ~ssued to }.!rs. Lloyd ~achiitt,~!lO and N~ck Helm, ;~3~20 ~ain Street for sewer installation, upon payment of a fee of $~.00 per foot, ~er 7~ foot front, koll Call - All Ayes. ¥o%ion by Yencho seconded by Spekulant to ~rant permission to Nick He'tm to connect to our water for a fee of ~3.OO per fo6t, 7~ foot front. Roll Call - Ail Ayes. ~.~otion by LanKe seconded by Spekulant, to accept the bid of B~ry& Carlson to re-surface certain streets in Fridley as per agreement ~hen we installed se~er. Roll Cs]] - Ail Ayes. ~'iotion by L~ng.e seconded b~ Speku!an% , that three street lights be installed on 39th Avenue. Roll Call - Ail Ayes. Resolution offered by Lange seconded by Spekulant, i~EEEAS, the State of [innesota Department of Highways, has prepared plan~-~ and soecifications for construction of paving, bituminous surfacing, side%~lk, sto~ se%~r, curb mud gutter and otherwise improvi~ Trunk Highway No.6~ between ~Oth Avenue N.E. and 45th Avenue N.E. ~tthin the corporate City Limits to a greater width and capacity than is necessary to accomodate normal trunk highway traffic; and %;}~f-V~EAS, the City has indicated its willingness to reimburse the State for part of the cost of 2aid improvements of such additional ~idth of said Trunk Highw~.y within the City Limits, NOW THEREFORE be it resolved, that the L'iayor and City Eanager of said city' be and they hereby are authorized to s~gn an agreement between the city and said Department of Highways relative to said improvements, and allocation of coCts thereof, modify~n~ the previous a~aTeement pertaining thereto, and f~xin~ the City's share of said cost at $22,~68.$7. Roll Call - All Ayes. Yotion by Yencho seconded by Lang.~:e, to transfer u. ern~t for ~as pumps from ~036 to k20h central Avenue, under the nsme of L.B. Pugh. Roll Call - All Ayes. yotion by Spekulant seconded by Yencho to grant the ectrical Liceuse to Sterling Electric Co., 33 So. ~th Street. Roll Call - All Ayes. A request vas made by Charles Gustafson, ~220 Tyler St.'to live in a {railer. ~fotion by Yencho seconded by Spekulan~, to ~ant this party permission to live in a trailer for 60 days. Roll Call - All Ayes. Ko%ion by Yencho seconded by Spekulant, to re-new our fire contract %ith ~linneapolis. Roll Call - Ail ~jez. .t~o~ion by Lance seconded by Spekui~nt, to grant the Northern States Po¥~r Co. y~.~m_~smon to install one pole on alley between 41st and 42nd N.E. west of Reservoir Blvd. and one pole ~n Chatham Road sad Go]/' Place. Roll Call - A]~ Ayes. l~otion by Lange seconded by Speku!ant, to pay ~370.00 for extra v~rk and ~490.00 on contract as bid, to repair and paint water tank. Roll Gall - Ail Ayes. Resolution offered by Yencho seconded by Spekulant, BE IT ?.F~TEBY P~SOLVED by the City Council o£ the City of Columbia Heights that the City treasurer be a~nd she is hereby instructed to transfer from the Liquor ~-hand as follows: fl2,000.00 to the Administration Fund 2,000.nO to the Police & Court Fund 3,000.00 to the Street Frond. ana that .there are sufficient moneys in said Liquor ~mnd to make such transfers Roll Call - Ail Ayes. Resolution offered by Lange secorxied by Spekulaat, i~EREAS it has been recc~mmended by the Public Examiner' s Office that a petty cash fund for the City Treasurer be established to facilitate the consistent bank deposit of all receipts; ~ ;',I[ESEAS, a Rmd of ~.00 has been determined to be sufficient for such need; NC, i< T~REFORE~ be it hereby resolved 2y the CITY COU3ICIL OF ~E CiTY OF COLL~BIA FEIGHTS that a Petty Cash ~-hznd in the amount of %)7~.00 hereby be established. Roll Call - AIl Ayes. ~esolution offered by Spekvlhant seconded by. Lsage~ YHEREAS, the !9~0-~1-~2-53 levy o~ s~ecial assessments for blocks i,2,3,~,~ & 6 5~.Itop~Addition, on Local Improvement No.igO bare been incorporated as part of Local Zmprovement No.207~ ~D ,a resolution adopting the assessment roll for aforesaid Local Improvement No.207 was passed by the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights on October i0, i9~0; NCV~ Tk?~r~Eb-ORE~ BE IT ?~SOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF T~ CITY OF COLU~IA HEIGHTS that the County Auditor is hereby authorized and instructed to cancel all assessments fcr blocks i,2,3,~,~ &. 6, Hilltop Addition, on Local Improvement N~.igO subsequent to the 1949 levy-. Roll Call - .~11 Ayes. ResOlution offered by Lange seconded by Ap~kulant, The City Council of the City of Columbia HA~ghts hereby resolves that, t~r~EAS, Special Assessments for Lot 9 Block 14 Rosl~.~ Park Addition~ on Job No.l~[ in the amount of ~69.~7 have been paid in f~_~]]; BE _VT I~JEREFORE .RESOLVED that the County Auditor be and he is hereby authorized to strike from the assessment rolls the aforesaid assessments. ROI1 Call - Ail Ayes. RI~ADING OF BILLS'. First Natiohal Bank John R. Coan,Postmaster Col.Heights Firemen' s R.A. Col. Heights State Bank Julius S c bt. al! Col.Hei~hts Fire Dept. Pf~s. rd ~ isko~ic Georf, e Ra}~ond $aker Joe Podany ~. Ledv~n ALi sundberg S'~ner T. Frsmcis 2306.90 69 · 20 43.o$ 49.~3 929.72 3~3.32 2O7.00 l~.~7 16. _¥~ 10. O0 ~.oo 1.00 2~ .oo 87.0o Core-ad Johnson Job, s A. Smith Stmnley F. Kresk~e R.P. Nyberg Petty Cash Ftmd Danie!son Drue Co. Co!tumbia Heights Pharmacy 14.99 6~. oo 17~,0o $~.oo 14.32 zo.4o First Nat'l. Bank, St.Paul 10201.00 " " " t~{~l s. 4149.00 N.i~. Bell Telephone Co. 147.88 ?~inneapolis Gas Co. 38.04 James Robinette 860.00 E~_r! N~ison 22.39 Salary' ~ml±s 6478. ~8 TOTAL ~2'6, ~6. ~ S ¥_otion by Spektulant seconded by Yencho to p~y these bills out of their proper funds. -Eoll Call - All Ayes. ~otion by Lange seconded by Yencho to adjourn until Tuesday night 0ctobsr 31st. SECRETARY TO TP~ CODICIL The council re-convened Tuesday night, October 31. Present were Councilmen Lange and Spekulant. Absent w~re Mayor Prestemon, Councilman Yencho and Trench. The meeting was adjourned until Tuesday, November ? at 8 o'clock, because of lack of a quorum. ADJOURNED MME. TING. Tuesday, November 7, 1950. The Council reconvened Tuesday evening, No~mber 7, at 8 o'clock. Present were Councilmen Tranch, Lange, Spekulant and Yencho. Absent was Mayor Prestemon. Motion by Spekulant, seconded by Lange, that Councilman Trench serve as Mayor pro tem. Roll Call - Ay&s,.Spekulant, Lange and Yencho; No, Trench. Motion carried, and Councilman Trench presided at the meeting. The council discussed the bids on a frontend loader and agreed that a purchase be made, with the decision on which machine to be made at the next regular meeting. Motion by Lange, seconded by Spekulant that the Fire Chief be instructed to order underground gasoline tanks removed at 4036 Central Avenue. All voting aye, motion carried. Notion ~y Spekulant, meeting adjourned. seconded by Lange that the meeting adjourn. All voting aye, M~°r pro tern OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS ~Regular Meeting Meeting called to order at 8 P.M. All Members present. November 14, 1950 M~utes of the last regular and adjourned meetings w~re read and approved. Roy E. Alexander was present requesting a permit to live in a trailer at 4800- 4th St. N.E.. 'This request will be granted upon receipt bfa letter from Nordstrom & Odell Contractors, showing his intentions to build. James W. Dahl of the Vet~ of Foreign ~ars and L.W. He~man, American Legion Commander, were present representing the Memorial Association, stating they wished to improve the ground~where the Service Stone stands. They wer~e informed this would be given attention. Russell A. Gilbert, 1209 - 45th Ave. N.E. made application to connect to our water. Motion by Spek~lant seconded by Lange to grant this ~equest at a charge of $3.00 per foot, ~5 foot frontage. Roll Call - All Ayes. ~