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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-06-1930�6 II Minutes of a special meeting of the Common Council of the I :'City of. Rochest,er,Minnesota, held in the Council Chambers, ir.. the City i Hall, In said City, at 7:30 O'clock P.M., on February 6th,1930. Meeting called to order by President Liddle. i Roll Call. Present: Twiddle, Erickson, Miller, Rommel, !Schroeder, Vihstadt. Absent: Hicks. i The call for the special meeting was read, said meeting being called for the purpose of receiving the report from Mr. G. C.Rasmussen on his City Assessor check-up and any other business that the said Common Council mi �,,ht deem proper. Alderman Hicks came in at this time and took his Chair. 1f f G. C. Rasmussen read his findings and recommendations relative to the progress of the City Assessor in his preparations for the 1930 real estate assessment, and President Liddle ordered that the it same be placed on file. 1 conditions at the dances in the local stational Guard Armory { were very thoroughly discussed, principally as to what seems to be the J desire of the Police Matron to specify the tints for the feminine under- garments worn at dances there, i i Upon Motion by Kicks, second by Erickson, the sum of $70.30 was i; appropriated from the General. Fund and it was ordered that the same be Paid to G.C.Rasmussen for four days services and extenses in connection with the check-up of the local City Assessor's work. i The following communication was read, and Preside nit ' s Liddle ordered that the same be placed on file; "MINNESOTA RAILROAD & WAREHOUSE COMMISSION St. Paul Feb. 3, 1930 Mr. A. F. Wright, City Clerk, Rochester, Minn. Dear Sir: Replying to your favor of the 28th, I desire to say that the hearing on the present state-wide telephone investigation mat- ter is set for February 18th at ten O'clock at this office. This investigation includes both the local exchanges operated by the Tri-State Company as well as long distance rates. The city of St. Paul is the . only city that has thus far entered any appearance in the Froceedinog. It would appear to me that if any municipality is in any way interested in the question of telephone rates, both local and long distance rates, that it would have one of two courses to pur- sue. One would be to enter its appearance and file an answer or complaint in intervention and ask to be made a party to the pro- ceedings, or, they could file a formal complaint with the Railroad and Warehouse Commission setting forth, upon information and belief or in any manner that the City Attorney desired to set forth, that the rates were either too high, or low, and ask for a reduction, or raise, in the rates. ` Upon receipt of such a cwnplaint, or answer, I presume the Commission mi ht either by an order.,,make you a party to the present proceedings or set a hearing upon your complaint at your city or at the State Capitol and we would then proceed to hear the proofs upon your complaint. I might add further that all files, records or proceedings., or any data that this Commission has, are available to ai,y interested parties, I, of course, am not in any position to express to you any opinion as to what the expert services involved in making an investi- gation of this kind would amount to. That would depend to a large extent upon whom you employed. I might state further that heretorore we have generally set the.chearings in the city or locality where. the complain- origin- ated and if you filed a formal complaint in this matter, it would be set in your City. i Recently, when I was at Rochester,, I called upon your City Attorney but owing to t be fact that he was engaged in Court I was unable to get in touch with him. Respectfully yours, C.J.Laurisch CJL/M Commissioner. " Upon motion by Erickson, second by Hicks, the sum of $41.20 was appropriated from the Street & Alley Fund and it was ordered that the said sum be� paid to Fred S . Brown, as a ompe nsat ion for injury dur in g the period January 5th,1930, to February lst,193D,inclusive. Upon motion by Erickson, second by Rommel,. Council Adjourned. O City Clerk. t''' .