HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-18-1954_ � Record of Official Proceedings of the Common. Council
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Minutes of an adjourned regular meeting of the Common Council of the '
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City of Rochester, Minnesota, held in the Council Chambers in the City Hall, in ��
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said City, on January 18, 195�+. '
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�� President Bach called the meeting to order at 7:30'o'clock P. M., the ''
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I. following members being present: President Bach, Aldermen Ackerman, Anderson,
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Morris. Schroeder, Thiem and Whiting. Absent: None.
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Upon motion by Morris, second�by Schroeder, the minutes oP the meetings;:
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of January 4, 195�+ and January 11, 1954 were approved. ''
' President Bach asked if there was anyone present who wished to be heard,
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'' Mr. Norman Williams, representing 'the Minnesota Benefit Association ands'
� Mr. Milton Scholar, representing the Continental Assurance Company, were before �;
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�• the Council .and talked on their plans for group hospitalization insurance for
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�� City employees. After hearing each representative discuss his plan, Alderman ��'
,. Whiting moved that the Clerk be instructed to notify the personnel in charge of '
each City department to select two represent atives,from the employees in their ';
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respective departments, to act on a committee to investigate each insurance plan !
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and then -take a poll of the employees in each of their res active de artments as• !�
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to which insurance company they wished to their hospitalization ��.
carry insurance
with. Alderman Thiem seconded the •motion and all voted in favor thereof.
Mr. Carl F. Peterson, dba Vets Cab Company, was again before the ;�
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Council and requested that he be permitted to use more cabs, stating that the
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number now in use was not adequate to handle the calls. received by his company.
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A communication from the General Drivers Union of A.F.L. signed by Mr. Max Durand,
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Secretary and Treasurer, stating that his organization had received complaints
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in regard to the Vets Cab Company service which indicated that they did not have
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enough available cabs to 'take care of the present business demands, and requested,'.,
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that the Council give the matter their upmost consideration. Mr. Joe 8ramer, �
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p ng he _allow Cab Company, was also before the Council and spoke on '
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the matter.- After hearing those present and. consulting the City Attorney on the
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ordinances which set up the franchises for each company, a motion was made by ..
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Alderman Morris, second by Alderman Anderson, ordering a public hearing to be �'
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held at the meeting of the Common Council on February 1, 195�+ at 7:30 o�clack
P. M., to determine whether public interest, convenience and necessity make it '
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necessary to add additional taxi cabs to provide the public with adequate taxi
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cab transportation in the City o•f Rochester, Minnesota. All voted in favor of
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the motion.
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The following resolution adopted by the Public Utility Board was read
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and President Bach ordered the same placed on file: �=
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of the City of Rochester, Minn., January 18,, 1954
"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 Fuel Economy Engineering Company for
the furnishing of all of the necessary materials,, tools and labor
necessary for the installation of CHILL TUBES for the Union Iron
Works Boiler at the North Broadway Plant, the total amount of the
said contract to be NINETEEN HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS ($1,925.00)
and the said Fuel Economy Engineering Company being the lowest
responsible bidder."
A communication from.the Board of Public Health & Welfare requesting
permission to make the following appointments was read and upon motion by Morris,
second by Thiem, the appointmentswere approved:
Miss Irene Bryant, R.N. as a public health nurse, effective
January 4, 1954 at a salary of $275.00 per month.
Miss Miriam Kyle, R. N. as a public health nurse, effective
February 1, 1954 at a salary of $305.00 per month.
The following resolution adopted by the Board of Education, School
District No. 8 was read and upon motion by Anderson, second by Ackerman, the
same was accepted and ordered placed on file:
"BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Education of School District
No. 8 of Olmsted County Minnesota, that the 1954 annual
election of said School District No. 8 for the election of.
1 School Commissioner at Large
1 School Commissioner from the Third Ward
shall be held on Tuesday, March 9, 1954 in said District.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Clerk shall give posted
notice of said election as provided by law.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Clerk be and he hereby is
authorized to make arrangements with the City Clerk to have
the candidates' names placed on the voting machines at the
sixteen voting precincts, and to have ballots printed."
The following communication from the State of Minnesota, Department of
Highways, addressed to Mr. C. A. Armstrong, City Engineer, was read and President
Bach ordered the same placed on file:
"Mr. C. A. Armstrong
City Engineer
Rochester, Minnesota Re: S.P. 5513-02 (T.H. 246)
in Rochester
Dear Sir:
The widening of 4th Street S.E. from llth Avenue to lath
Avenue to provide a 56 ft. roadway has again been discussed with
both Mr. Hoffmann and Mr. Kipp. They are still of the opinion that
this width is needed and feel that another effort should be made to
get 56 ft. approved.
If this cannot be done, the 44 ft. width. will be reluctantly
approved. Hoever, the cooperative agreement to be executed in
advance of the award of a. construction contract will provide that
parking restrictions will be put into effect when, in the opinion
of the State, traffic conditions warrant the establishment of them.
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Yours very truly, j
i Department of Highways
J. C. Robbers
Assistant Chief Engineer"
The following recommendation of the Street & Alley Committee was read
and upon motion by Ackerman, second by Morris, the same was approved:
"We, the undersigned members of the Street and Alley Committee,
recommend that a public hearing be set for Monday night,
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of the City of Rochester, Minn., January is. 1954
January 25th at 7:30 P. M. to consider which -of the two
suggestions :elating the widening of 4th Street S. E. the
Council should recommend.
1. Widen 4 St. S. E. from 11th to 13th Avenue to '
44 ft. and agree to permit the Minnesota Highway i�
Dept. to restrict to "No Parking" when they see r
fit; or '
2. Widen 4 Street S. E. from llth to 13th to 56 ft.
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Respectfully,
STREET & ALLEY ( R• 0. Schroeder
COMMITTEE ( Emro ld Thi em
( A. G. Whiting"
The report, findings of fact and order by the Railroad and Warehouse
Commission of the State of Minnesota in the matter of the petition of the City
Council of Rochester, Minnesota, requesting the Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse
Commission to investigate donditions surrounding the highway; railroad grade
crossing located at the point where Eleventh Avenue Northwest crosses the right
of way and tracks of the Chicago and North Western Railway in the City of 1
Rochester, and to order the installation of such additional protection as is
deemed necessary was read and President Bach ordered the same placed on file.
A notice of claim by M. C. Nofsinger of 502 - 8th Avenue Southwest
against the City of Rochester, Minnesota for damages in the amount of $453.67 '
was read and upon motion by Morris, second by Schroeder, the'same was referred to,,
the City Attorney.
A communication from N. C. Kirst -& Company of Fond Da Lac, Wisconsin
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requesting information in regard to public liability and property damage fleet
insurance and a list of vehicles owned by the City of Rochester was read and upon;;
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motion by,Schroeder, second by Morris, the same was referred to the Insurance
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A petition signed by Alvin R. Kubly, Bernard L. Yoeltz, Kenneth L.
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Arnold, Ella May Rasmussen and Ruth A. Kubly residents of the East one-half of
Block 6 and all of Block 7 and Block 8 of Highland Addition, ',requesting that an
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election be held within such territory for the purpose of annexing the said
territory to the City of Rochester, Minnesota. The City Attorney was instructed
to prepare a resolution ordering the requested election and setting a date for
the same.
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Communications urging that the proposed senior high school building be j
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located in Soldiers Field signed by Mr. & Mrs. 0, F. Clausen,Mr. & Mrs. Robert W:,
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Langton, Mr. & Mrs. C. Harders and Warren W. Zimmerman were each read together
with a letter signed by Mrs. R. B. Kurrash
protesting the location of the proposed
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school in Soldier s Field and upon motion by Morris, second by Anderson, the
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same were ordered placed on file.
A petition for the construction of a sanitary sewer and water main on
the south 364.82 ft. of the West 162.8 ft. of the SEi of Seca 34-107-14 (Johnsons,
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Service Station on 2nd St. S.W. & 17th Ave. S.W.) was read and upon motion by Morris,
second by Schroeder, the same was referred to.the Sewer Committee and the City
Engineer.
The reports_Sor the. month of December, 1953 of the Building Inspector
showing fees collected for building permits issued $238.00; of the Electrical
Inspector showing fees collected for electrical permits issued $162.75; of the
Plumbing Inspector showing fees collected for plumbing permits issued $947.25;
of the Heating Inspector showing fees collected for heating permits issued
$774- 75 and fees collected for sign permits issued in the amount of $14- 51, were •
each read and President Bach referred the same to the Finance Committee.
The reports of the Clerk of Municipal Court for.the week ended
January 9, 1954 showing total criminal fines and costs collected $1,005.00 and
civil fees received $.35 and for the week ended January .16, 1954 showing total
criminal fines and costs collected $933.00 and civil fees received $1.40, were
,each read and having been approved by the City Attorney, President Bach ordered
the same placed on file.
The financial report of the Fire Department Relief Association as of
December 31, 1953 was read and President Bach ordered the same placed on file.
The application of Allen J. Smith for a license to sell cigarettes was
read and upon motion by Morris, second by Thiem, the license was granted.
The applications of Donald G. Hanson, Robert Penner, Allen Pries and
C. W. Shellenbarger for Journeyman Warm Air Heating, Ventilating and Air
Conditioning Workers License were each read and upon motion by Morris, second
by Ackerman, the licenses were granted.
The application of Allen J. Smith for a license to sell soft drinks
was read and upon motion by Morris, second by Ackerman, the license was granted.
The application of Garrison Bros. for a license to move houses or
buildings over the streets in the City of Rochester was read and upon motion by •
Morris, second by Thiem, the license) was granted.
The surety bond of Harry MCNeilus in the amount of $1,000.00 with the
Western Surety Company as surety and the contract bonds of Cutler Magner Corp.
in the amount of $2,76.7.50 with the Maryland Casualty Company as surety and
Lyon Chemicals, Inc. in the amount of $5, 768.00 with the St. Paul Mercury
Indemnity Company as surety were each and upon motionMorris, second by Thiem,
the surety on the McNeilus bond was accepted and the same was ordered placed
on file and the two contract bonds were referred to the Mayor for his approval.
The following claims were read and upon motion by Morris, second by
Ackerman, the same were approved and the Mayor and City Clerk were authorized and
directed to draw warrants upon the City Treasurer and make payments accordinglys
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From the General Fund: Whiting Press Inc. $24. 80' The Johnson Co.,
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$4.26; Mayo Clinic, _ $10.00; Ditto, Inc., $13.33; Gateway Transportation Company, `
$35.70; Tom Moore, Register of Deeds, $1.00; H. M. Skaug, M.D.', $42.00; Municipal
Finance Officers Assn, $30.00; Cooperative Oil Company,. $15.70; Clerk of
Municipal Court, $8.56; Garnet Spring, Bldg. Inspector, $15.70; Dr. Viktor 0.
Wilson, $120, 00; Lyella H. Blake, $8. 12; C. A. Armstrong, $7. 55; Alexander. Auto ;
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Electric, $.80; Van Beers Upholstery, $3.50; P. E. Romano, $41.31; H H Electric
Co., $86, 83; . James J. Macken, Jr., $7.35; Leo Cronin Co., $144.45; M. C. Lawler_ 's,
$16.50; 0 & B Shoe Store,, $13.95; Standard Oil Co., $10.31; City Cafe, $67.90;
Federal Laboratories, Inc., $111.06; Poster. & Eggers_ Co., $7.00; Scotty's -Shell
Service, $18.75; Monte's, $23.07; Arnold's Maintenance Supply, $61.30; LeRoy
Hennum, $6, 35; Anderson Radiator Service, $7.25; Ace Sign Co. $96.00; Nicole, I;
Dean & Gregg, $15,06; Hanson Hardware Co., $3.00; Scharf Auto; Supply, $Z6.64;
Jensen Hardware Co. $1.81; Quality Printing Co., $43.35, Railway Express Agency,
$1.90.
From the Parking Meter Fund: Whiting Press, Inc., $6 90; A-1 Signs,
$44.50; Miller Meters, Inc., $65.99; Monte's, $.99; LeRoy Hennum, $1.00;
From the P.I.R. Fund: Gerorge V. Finstuen, $1.25; Hugo Schroeder,
$19,26; First Christian Church, $1.97.
From the Street & Alley Fund: Leitzen Concrete Products, $23.00; City
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Of Rochester, General Fund, 081.00; Wm. H. Ziegler Co., $29.26; H. A. Rogers Co., i.
$10.02; C. 0. Brown Agency, $159,48; Anderson Radiator Service, $20.12; Ace Sign I
y . $ 4 . •Gregg,. $23. 7 5; Scharf '.
Co., $24.00; Socon Vacuum Oil Co. 2. 1• Nicoll Dean &
Auto Supply, $11.19; Jensen Hardware CO., $71.39;- Devoe & Raynolds, $56.91;
National Bushing & Parts, $5.45; Parkhill Brothers, $15.54.
From the Sewer Fund: Nicole, Dean & Gregg, $.93; Dodge Lumber & Fuel
Co. , $44.85; Peoples Natural Gas Co., $39. 69; Witte Transportation Co. $10.98;
Merchants Chemical Company, $82.00; Geo. T. Walker & Co., $1.00; Inertol Co.,
$65.14; Hanson Hardware Co., $19.42; Jensen Hardware Co., $5.46.
From the Permanent Improvement Fund: Jensen Hardware Co., $3.71.
From the Fire Protection. Fund: Scharf Auto -Supply, $8.80; Jensen
Hardware Co., $22.69; Quality Printing Co., $19.00; Railway -Express Agency,
$3.09; Devoe & raynolds, Inc., $2.55; National Bushing & Parts, $4.28; Parkhill
Brothers, $10.56; S. M. Supply Co., $2.35; Nicole, Dean & Gregg, $35.46;
Fullerton Lumber Co., $.191.27; Coast to Coast Store, $.59; The Kruse Co., $10.90;
N. W. Bell Telephone Co., $40.15; 0. W. Schroeder, Agent, $1490; 0. 0. Brown
Agency, $105.24; Gopher Welding Supply, . $23. 65; The American National Red Cross,
$17.00; Fire & Safety Inc., $2.75; Leef Bros., Inc., $4.00; C. F. Massey Company, r
$14.94; Standard Oil Company, $11.19; Mine Safety Appliance Co., $84.00; Minnesota'
State Fire Dept. Assn., $6.00; S.E. Minnesota Fire Dept. Assn., $5.00; Federal
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Enterprises Inc. , $56.05.
From the Park Improvement Fund:. - Axel H. Reed; $103.75; Chicago N. W.
Ry. Go., $2.30; Dieter Paper & Marine Supply-, $9.65; Stoppel's Seed Co., $2.40;
Robert R. Dalton, $10.50; Rochester Bread Co., $12.00; N. W. Bell Telephone Co.,
$27. 75; Meyers' Welding Shop, $14.50; Hentges Glass Co., $407.5; Whiting Stationers,
$14.49; Jensen Hardware, $52.41; National Bushing & Parts, $12::87; Witte Transportation,
Co., $2.04; Hanson - Hardware Co.-, $12. 00; - Velie Ryan, Inc., $23.80; LeRoy- Hennum,
$1.70; Olmsted County Highway Dept., $10.00; Railway Express Agency, $11-56;
Pulver -Motor Service, $72:85; Sears Roebuck Company, $6.49; Reynolds Wholesale
Co., $75.25; Motor Parts Inc., $39.60; Alexander - Auto Electric, $29.20; Nelson
Tire & Appliance Co., 411.82; Seven Up Bottling Co.-, $21.40; Minneapolis Iron
Store, $8.27; Witte Transportation Co., $9.38; Hentges Glass Co., $7.00; Walker
Larson Hardware, $1.15; Rochester Meat Co., $37.44; The Sanitary Company, $63.76;
Bach Music Co., $2. 67; Republican - Herald Publishing Co., $10.08; Ernie Nelsen
Dist. Co., $18.80; Radio Station KROG, $30.00; Louis Canar, $8.00; Rochester Bread
Co., $15.84; Rochester -Visitor, $16,00; Quality Printing Co., $75.25; Williams
Printing Co.-, $16.75; Ra-Tel, Inc:, $2. 50; Rochester Dairy Cooperative, $43.20;
Rochester Minn. Fire Ext-. Co-., $9. 58; American Linen Supply, • $61. 50; Higley
Chemical Co., $171.66; Glendenning Motorways, $3. 43; Botsford Lumber Go., $66, 16;
Bartlett Mfg. Co., $20.60; Hentges Glass Company, $19.25; The Johnson Company,
$3.00; Foster Electric Co. , - $25.22; Art •Mitchell, • $2. 40; N. W. Bell Telephone Co.,
$37.05; Devoe- Raynolds Paint Co., $3.90; Witte Transportation Go., $6.05; Nicola,
Dean & Gregg, $4.10; National Bushing & Parts, $43.79; Jensen Hardware, $29.48;
Golden Hill Machine Co., $30.25; Cooperative Oil Company, $12*046; Peoples Natural
Gas Co. , $33.56.
From the F. E. Williams Estate Fund: Mayo Civic Auditorium $100.00;
Anderson Radiator Service, $16.75; City -of Rochester, P. U. , $13. 69; Witte
Transportation Co., $5.891.' Kruger's Woodwork, $2.00; Jensen Hardware, $11.00.
From the Lighting Fund: City of Rochester, P. U. , $40.40..
The following resolutions were each introduced and read and President
Bach declared the same duly passed and adopted;
Resolution authorizing the Public Utility Board to enter into contract
with the Fuel Economy Engineering Company. Upon motion by Ackerman, second by -
Anderson, the resolution was adopted.
Resolution appointing Judges of Election for- 1954. -Upon motion by
Anderson, second by -Morris, the resolution -was adopted.
Resolution appropriating $1; 547.65 from the General Fund and ordering
payment made to Rochester jost•Bulletin, $692.90; K. M.-McGhie, $611.00; and
Alexander Auto Electric, $253.75. Upon motion by Morris, second by Schroeder;
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.Resolution appropriating $37.,08 from the General Fund, $2.00 from the ;;
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S & 'A Fund, $11: 70 from the Fire . Protection Fund, $1, 630.9s from the Sewer Fund, I:
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$1, 179. 82 from the Park Improvement Fund .and $7, 186. ill f rom the. Lighting Fund and
ordering payment made to City of Rochester, Public Utilities. Upon motion by
Schroeder, second by Thiem, resolution adopted. I
Resolution appropriating $42.90 from the General Fund, $1,112.30 from
the S & A Fund, $1,166. 4o from the Sewer Fund, $459. 60 from , the Permanent j!
Improvement Fund and $20.80 from the Parking Meter Fund and ordering payment made
to the Street & Alley Fund. Upon motion by Morris, second by.Schroeder, resolution
adopted. �(
Resolution appropriating $511.10 .from the General Fund, $1118.60 from the
Street & Alley Fund and $31.38 from .the Sewer. Fund and ordering payment made to
N. W.. Bell Telephone Company. $335.03 and Herbert .G. Knopp, $356.05. Upon motion
by Thiem, second by Whiting, resolution adopted.
Resolution appropriating $33,941.07 from the Sewer Fund and ordering
payment made to Carlisle. G. Fraser. Upon motion by Whiting, second by Ackerman,
resolution adopted. ;!
Resolution appropriating $1,000.00 from the Lighting Fund and ordering
payment made to Naegele Poster Service. Upon motion by Ackerman, second by
Anderson, resolution adopted.
Resolution appropriating $1, 903.73 from , the S & A Fund, $509. 61 from them
Sewer Fund and $169.29 from the Parking Meter Fund and ordering payment made to
Kehne Electric Co. $355.91; Rochester Sand & Gravel Co. $739.32; Olmsted County i
Road & Bridge Fund $l, 015.00 and Dodge Lumber- & Fuel Company, � $371. i10. Upon
motion by Anderson, second by Morris, resolution adopted.
Resolution appropriating $15.50 from the Park'Improvement Fund, $241.63
from the F. E. Williams.Estate Fund and $171.80 from the Permanent Improvement
Fund and ordering payment made to Kruse Lumber Company. Upon motion by Morris,
second by Schroeder, resolution adopted, Vj
Resolution appropriating $3,760.00 from the Park Improvement Fund and
$250.00 from the F. E. Williams Estate Fund and ordering payment made to First
National Bank of Rochester $10656.46; Johnson Company, $205.00; Hayes Lucas Lumberi�
Co., $276.12; G. M. Stewart Lumber Company, $436.61; Seven.Up Bottling Co., $37g.
Rundell Lumber Company, $235.92; Rochester Block & Supply, $303.00; R. C. Drips
Grocer Company, $268.89 and 0 & 0 Sporting Goods, $250.00. Upon motion by I,
Schroeder, second by Thiem, resolution -adopted,
Resolution appropriating $5,850.00 from the S. D. P. Fund and ordering
payment made to Feller & Pagenhart. Upon motion by Thiem, second by Whiting,
resolution adopted.
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Resolution -appropriating $24, O96.06 from the S. D. P. Fund and ordering
payment made to Feller & .Pagenhart. Upon motion by Thiem, second -by Whiting,
resolution adopted.
Resolution.re converting "Statuary Park" into a public parking area.
Upon motion by Morris, second by Schroeder, resolution adopted.
Resolution authorizing and instructing the Mayor and City Clerk to
;execute on behalf of the City.Form No. 0-19A of the Industrial Commission of the
State of Minnesota for Ambrose J. Riley.. Upon motion by -Ackerman, second by
'Anderson, resolution adopted.
Resolution authorizing and instructing the Mayor and City Clerk.to
execute on .behalf, of the City, Form No. 0-19A of the Industrial Commission of
the State of Minnesota for Stanley J. O'Brien. Upon motion by Ackerman, second
by Anderson, resolution adopte.d.
The matter of the site .for the new proposed senior high school was
again discussed and also the question as to whether Soldier's Field, or any part
of it, is no longer needed for park or municipal purpos.es. Alderman Morris
moved that the Board of Education submit a legal description of• the area
proposed for the site of a senior high school building. Alderman Ackerman
seconded the motion and upon roll call all •voted in favor of same, except
Alderman Whiting, who voted "no".
Alderman Thiem then moved that. the City Clerk be instructed to direct
a letter to the Board of Park Commissioners requesting them to.prepare facts and
data as to past and present.need of the area for park purposes and report on
their findings to the Common Council.
Upon motion by Ackerman, second by Morris, the meeting was adjourned
until 7:30 o'clock P..M. on January 25, 1954•
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