HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-18-1954Record of Official Proceedings of the Common Council
of the City- of Rochester, Minn., March. 19, 1954.
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Minutes of a special meeting -of the Common Council of the City of '
j; Rochester, Minnesota, held in the -Council Chambers in the City. Hall, in said City',
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on March 19, 1954.
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j President Bach called the meeting to order at 4:4o o'clock P.M., the !I
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following members being present; President Bach, Aldermen Ackerman, Anderson,
Morris, Schroeder, Thiem and Whiting. Absent: None. I!
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The call of the special meeting was read and President Bach ordered the'i
same placed on file, the said meeting having been called for the purpose of j
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of a fire sub -.station on 7th Street Northeast in the City of Rochester, Minnesota:)
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___q The following recommendation of the Fire Committee and the Chief of the';
II Fire Department was read and,upon motion by Morris, second by Schroeder, the
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�1 "To the Honorable Mayor and I
II Members of the Common Council
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I; City of Rochester, Minnesota fj
I' Gentlemen:
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li We, the undersigned members of thee
Fire Committee,
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hereby recommend that the plans and specifications for
�! the fire sub -station to be located on 7th Street Northeast (�
be approved and that bids for the construction of' the said it
fire sub -station be received at 7:30 o'clock P. M. on
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Respectfully submitted, i.
FIRE COMMITTEE,
Leo C. Anderson, Chairman
A. G. Whiting, Member
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Emrold Thiem, Member, j
Frank If. Everett, Fire Chief"
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Mr. Albert J. Toddie, President of the Board of Park Commissioners,
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Mr. L. R. Benson, Secretary of the Board of Park Commissioners and Mr. Phil 1
Lampman, Member of the Board of Park Commissioners, were present at the meeting I
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and discussed the location of the new fire station to be located on 7th Street
and 2nd Avenue Northeast. Also Mr. Daniel Robbins, Architect, was present and
presented plans and specifications for the fire station to be known -as Fire II
Station No.- 2.
Alderman Whiting introduced a resolution authorizing the City Clerk to
advertise for bids for the construction of a fire station on 7th Street Northeast'!
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TJpon motion by Alderman Anderson, second by Alderman Ackerman, and all voting in
favor thereof, President Bach declared the said resolution duly passed and �I
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adopted.
Alderman Anderson moved that separate bids be called for for the
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General Contract, the Heating Contract, the Plumbing Contract and the Electrical
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Contract and that the advertisement for bids be published two consecutive days.
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Record of Official Proceedings. of the Common Council
of. the City of Rochester, Minn., March 18 , . 1954
Alderman Morris seconded the motion and all voted in favor thereof.
Upon motion by Ackerman, second by Anderson, the Mayor and Alderman
Schroeder were authorized to contact the State Highway Department to arrange
for the. Centennial Parade on Broadway (Highway No. 63). All voted in favor of
the motion.
Alderman Ackerman.read the following report and recommendation and
upon motion by Thiem, second by Whiting, the said report and recommendation was
accepted:
"Honorable Mayor & Common Council
City of Rochester, Minnesota
Gentlemen:
We, the undersigned, recommend that the City Engineer
be authorized to construct the footings and foundation walls
for *a Paint Shop at 1643 North Broadway by day labor, and
that the costs be paid out of the Permanent Improvement Fund.
We, further recommend, that this committee be authorized
to engage a contractor to remodel the Quonset Hut for use as
a Paint Shop on a force -account basis, because it is not
practical to contract this type of work..
Respectfully,
PUBIX GROUNDS ( Archie M. Ackerman
COMMITTEE ( Stanley M. Morris
( Leo C. Anderson 11
Upon motion by Thiem, second by Ackerman, the matter of the sale of
City land adjoini-ng the Podein Freight Ways property on North Broadway was
referred to the Public Grounds Committee with power to act, in negotiating
the sale of a parcel of land 110 ft. on Broadway and 290 ft. deep for a sum
of not less than $8,000.00. Allvoted in -favor of the motion.
Discussion was held on the matter of disposing of farm implements
and other property at the City Hog Farm. A motion was made by Schroeder,
second by Thiem, that an auction sale be held at the City Farm to dispose of
the said equipment, fences and buildings, exclusive of houses and buildings
to be used* by the City. The said auction to be held on the 27th day of
March, 1954 and the said sale to be in the hands of the Public Grounds
Committee.
A proposal for the purchase of the remaining quonset but at the
fairgrounds by Mrs. T. 0. Wellner was read and President Bach ordered the same
placed on file.
Upon motion by Morris, second by Thiem, the meeting wash adjourned.
City Clerk
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