HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-22-1973Record of Official Proceedings of the Common Council
of the City of Rochester, Minn., January 22, 1973
Minutes of an adjourned regular meeting of the Common Council of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota, held in the Council Chambers in the City Hall, in said City, on
January 22, 1973.
President Postier called the meeting to order at 5:00 o'clock P. M., the
following members being present: President Postier, Aldermen Kamper, Larson, Mayer,.Powers,
Strain. Absent: Alderman McNary.
Upon motion by Kamper, second by Strain, and all present voting in favor, the
An Ordinance relating to Taxicab Service; increasing the maximum rates therefor;
and amending Rochester Code of Ordinances, Section 157.130 as follows, ,which had been given
its -first reading on December 18, 1972 was again considered:
Section 1. Rochester Code of Ordinances, Section 157.130, is amended
in its entirety to read as follows:
157.130. Rates of Fare. No franchise, nor any of its agents,
• employees or drivers'shall charge a greater sum for the use of a
taxicab than the sums set forth in the following rate schedule:
(1) For each load of seven passengers or less within the territorial
limits of the city and for each such load between the city and the
Rochester Municipal Sirport in High Forest -Township, 65 cents for the
• first 1/5 mile or fraction thereof, and 10 cents for each additional
1/5 mile orfraction thereof.
(2) For waiting time, 10 cents for each 1 1/2 minutes or fraction
thereof after the first 1 1/2 minutes.
(3).All taxicab service shall be metered according -to the rates set
forth in this section.
(4) Subject to.such approval of the Minnesota public service commission
as may be necessary, a franchisee taxicab when not transporting passengers
may deliver packages for any person from one point .to another within the
territorial limits of the city between the hours of 9:00 A. M. and 3:00
P..M. for the fee of.75 cents.
The city clerk shall issue a rate card or schedule for each taxicab setting
forth eht authorized rates of fare. This rate card shall be mounted and
displayed in each taxicab at all times.in such a place as to be in plain
view of all passengers.
Upon motion by Powers, second by Larson, and upon roll call and all present voting in favor,
the rules were suspended and the ordinance was given its second reading. A motion was then
made by Strain, second by Powers, that the said ordinance be adopted as read and all present
voting in favor, President Postier declared the said ordinance duly passed and adopted.
Mr. Richard Gullickson, Attorney representing Rochester Elks Lodge No. 1091,
submitted a letter outlining the Lodge's efforts to get the "whites only" clause removed
from their national constitution; he requested that they be given a years extension in which
time they would be able to pursue repeal of the racial membership clause at the July national
convention and if that fails then they would go into litigation against the grand lodge with
other Minnesota Elks lodges next October, he said they had been working with the other lodges
in the State of Minnesota and they had agreed to do this; he also submitted clippings from
a newspaper showing the outcome of the Sheyboygan, Wisconsin case. Mr. Wayne Hall of 531 -
21st Street N. E.; Walter Macher of 979� 1.1k Street N. W.; William Jones of 1050 Hiway 52•North;
Robert Zachary of 1307 29th Street N. W.; Richard Fine of'2536 9th Avenue N. W.; Earl W.•
McGee of 904 18th Avenue N. E..and George Thompson of 1414 40th Street N. W. were all present
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and heard, they opposed granting an extension of time, they said the Club already had had
a•year in which to remove -the clause and they.�did not feel an additional time extension was
necessary;•they recommended that the Rochester -Elks force the grant lodge into litigation
over�thezmembership clause. After a lengthy discussion, a motion was made by Mayer, second
by Powers, instructing the City Attorney to prepare an anendment to the city ordinance in
question to change the date of March 1, 1973 to April 1, 1973, which would continue in
effect the ordinance and authorizing the issuance of a new license which license would be
automatically revoked March 31, 1973 if the "white" only clause of the local lodge by laws
• ha's not been removed, all voted in favor of the motion.
Upon motion by Larson, second by Powers, and all voting in favor, the
meeting was adjourned until 4:30 o-'clock P. M. on Wednesday, January 24, 1973.
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