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Record of Official Proceedings of the Common Council
of the City of Rochester, Minn., . November 3 0 , 19 5 3
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 November 30, 1953.
President Bach called.the meeting to order at 7:00-P. M., the.following
members being present: President Bach,.Aldermen Ackerman, Anderson, Morris,
Schroeder, Thiem and Whiting. Absent: None..
Upon motion by Schroeder, second by.Thiem, the minutes of the meeting of
November 25, 1953 were approved.
The following resolution.adopted by the Public.Utility Board was read
and _President Bach ordered that the same be placed on file:
"Be it and it is hereby resolved by the Public Utility* Board
of the City of Rochester, Minnesota, that the Common Council of
the said City be.and is hereby requested to authorize the said
Board to enter into a contract with the ALLIS CHALMERS MANUFACTUR=
ING COMPANY for the 'furnishing of ' three (3) 3t ep voltage regulators
the total amount of said contract to be FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED
EIG11TY-EIGHT DOLLARS ($14,188.00) .
advis ing
A letter from the State of Minnesota, Department of Highwaysj that the
installation.of traffic control signals at Junctions of T. H. Is No. 114, and 52
and T. H.'s Nc. 114 and 63 was now completed and in agreement with the contract
between the State of Minnesota and the City of Rochester, the signals are now
turned over,to the City for maintenance and operation, was read and President Bach
ordered the same placed on .file.
A notice from the League of tilinnesota Municipalities that a regional
meeting of the Highway Study Commission. Mould be held at Rochester on December 9, .
1953 in the City Hall between the hours of 10:00 A. M. and _3:00 P. M. was read
and President Bach ordered same placed on file.
A .petition for the construction of a curb and gutter on llth Avenue
Southeast from 14th to 6th Street Southeast was read and upon motion by Schroeder,
second by Anderson, the.same was referred to the Street & Alley Committee and the
City Engineer.
The reports of the Clerk of Municipal Court for the week ending
November 21, 1953 showing total criminal fines and costs collected in the amount
of $1,390.00 and civil fees received $4* 40 and for the week ending November 28,
1953 showing total criminal fines a_nd costs collected $1,078..00 and civil f ees
received $.35, were each read and having been approved by the City Attorney,
President Bach ordered that the same be placed on file.
The contract 'bond of Borchert -Ingersoll, Inc. in the amount of
$13,985.00 with the Seaboard Surety Company as surety was read and upon motion
by ACkerman, second by Anderson, the same was referred to the Mayor for his
approval.
A resolution authorizing the Public Utility Board to enter into
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contract with Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Company was introduced and read and
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Record of Official Proceedings of the Common Council
of the City of Rochester, Minn., November, 30, 1953
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upon motion by Ackerman, second by Anderson, the resolution was adopted.
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A resolution acknowledging the indebtedness of the City of Rochester tol
the Mayo Properties Association in the amount of $46, 457. SO a:,nd that the said
indebtedness be paid in installments as follows was introduced and read:
$6,11-57.80 on or before April 10, 1954; $10,000.00 on or before April 10, 1955;
,and $10,000.00 on or before each April loth thereafter _until the entire sum of
$46,457.90, without interest, is paid in full. A motion was .made by Whiting,
second by Ackerman, that the said resolution be adopted as read and upon roll call
and all voting in favor thereof, President Bach declared the 'resolution duly
passed and adopted.
Alderman Whiting stated that a.. sub -station was needed by the Electric �1
Department of the City of Rochester to be located in the area of llth Avenue and
7th Street Northeast which had been purchased by the Public Utility Department '
subject to the approval of the Council.
The.matter of widening 3rd Avenue Southeast between 4th Street and the
bridge was again disaussed by the Council. Upon -motion by Thiem, second by
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Whiting, the condemnation proceedings of lands adjoining the proposed project.
+as left in the hands of the City Attorney to bring same to a close. All voted j
In favor of the motion.
The location for the proposed new fire sub -station in the vicinity of
7th Street and 2nd Avenue Northeast was brought before the Council. Mr. Albert JI;
Toddie, President of the Board of Park Commissioners, and Mr. Philip Lampman,
member of the said Board, were present at the meeting and stated that is was 1
agreeable with the Board of Park Commissioners to have the new fire sub -station
located in that vicinity and if possible the Park Board wished to have a comfort
constructed
station/in-the building. A motion was made by Whiting, second by Schroeder,
instructing Mr. Frank W. Everett, Chief of the Fire Department, Mr. C.A. Armstrong,
City Engineer and Mr, Wm. Van Hook, Superintendent of Parks, to make a survey I,
of the area and bring in a description of the lands required,for the proposed
fire sub -station. -All voted in favor of the motion.
Upon motion by Morris, second by Ackerman, the meeting was adjourned.
City Clerk
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