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II minutes of a snecia,l meeting of the Common Council of the City of
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�I Rochester, Minnesota, held in the Council Chambers, in the City Hall, in said City,
�! at 7 : 30 O'clock P . M. , on July 28t h,1930 .
j Meeting called to order by President Liddle,
Roll Call. Present: Liddle, Amundsen, Hicks, Miller, Vihstadt. Absent: ;
jl D al lman, Rommel. i
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The call for the special meeting was .read; said meeting being called for
i the purpose of acting on the request of the Board of Perk Commissioners for authority
I to enter into contract for changing, the course of Cascade Creek throw Kutzky P ij ! � t ky ark, and,,'
any other business that the said Common Council,might deem proper.
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I' Alderman Dallman came in at this time and took his Chair.
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The following communication was read, and president Liddle ordered that the
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�' "DEPARTMENT OF PARKS
ii Rochester, Minnesota
July 28th 1930
To theATon Members of the City Council
City of'Rochester;
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Gentlemen: I'
Today we opened bids on the proposed cut over on the
channel at Kutzky Park and the bid of W. C. Fraser and Son was
Estimated yardage is 5700 yards and the bid was 22-2� per .yard.
The Board of Park Commissioners hereby
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Body to let us enter into a contract with Fraser and Son utoHon.
!: complete this work.
Respectfully sugmitted
Board of Park Commissioners
!� Art Nachreiner
Wm. Enke,
James H. St arkey,
Roger L.J.Kennedy."
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Alderman Hicks introduced a resolution authorizing the Board of Park
::Commissioners to enter into contract with Wm. C.
' Fraser & Son of St.Paul, hfinnesota,
:.br the changing of the course of Caecade Creek through Kutzky Park in accordance with
;plans and specifications for the said improvement, the estimated yardage being 5700
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yards, and the bid being 22�F cents per cubic yard for excavation, and fixing the amount
;off the bond to be given by the said contractor at the sum of1300.00, which was read.
Upon motion by Miller, second by Hicks, that the said resolution be adopted
as read., and all voting in favor thereof, President Liddle declared the said resolution
duly passed and adopted*
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The applications of Lowell H. Johnson, George A. K»eps, Harold J.Fyr.ea, W.F.
Daly, and Wayne W. Waterman, for drivers licenses, were each read, and upon mot
ion tion by
Vihstadt, second by Amundsen, licenses were granted.
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_! The applications of Fran Cooper Beauty Shop, Gus Billiard Parlor,
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Marigold Dairies, Miller Master. Service, and Home Laundry, for permits to
place and maintain signs, were each read, and upon motion by Vihstadt,
second by lVallman, permits were granted. t.
The application of J. C. Adams, for transfer of his taxicab
license No.25,notw covering a 5 passenger Auburn sedan bearing State license
BW155686 to a 1930 5 passenger Auburn sedan bearing State license No.
B-410718, was read, and upon motion .by Vihstadt, second by Amundsen, the i
transfer was grantedl,
The report of the Clerk of .the Municipal Court for the week endini7 r
July 28th,1930, showing criminal fines Coll_4cted in the amount of$236.00,
civil fees received $7.559 and court costs charged to Olmsted County $77.80,
was read., end President Liddle referred the same to the City Attorney. �
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The report of the City Engineer for the month of June,1930, showing,
expenditures from the General Find for labor, in the amount of $771.13, from
the Street and Alley Fund $2413.40, from the Sewer Fund $329.49, from the
Bridge Fund $230.90, and from the Permanent Improvement Revolving Fund
$4456, and the report of the City Engineer for the month ofr4ulyV1930,
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showing expenditures for labor from the General Fund in the amount of +
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$749.69, from the Street and Alley Fund 02388.04, from the. Sewer Fund ;
$373.27, and from the Bridge Fand' $1.10, were each read, and. President
Liddle ordered that the same be placed on file.
A, communi cation from the Minnesota Tax Commission acknowledging
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the request for the services of Mr. Rasmussen from the Ramsey County and
City of St.Paul, Assessor's office, to assist the local Board of Equaliza-
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i,ion in connection with the 1930 real estate assessment, was read, and
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President Liddle ordered that the same be placed on file.
Copies of orders given to the Chicago Great Western Railroad Company
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and the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company, by the Railroad and
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Warehouse Commission, ordering that "®top"signs be placed at their
crossings over Sixth Avenue Northwest, were read, and President Liddlo
ordered that the same be placed on file.
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The appointment by the Mayor of P. H. O'Shaughnessy, T.H.Page,
W. E. Vieter, George Schmelzer, and Feliz Jacobs, as Special Patrolmen for
July 26th,1930, was read, and President Liddle ordered that the same be
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placed on file.
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The claim of the Northwest Jobbers Credit Bureau in connection
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with the trusteeship d)f the business of H. J. O'Neil at Rochester, Minnesota,
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$66.80, for labor and materials in connection with .repairs to street
rubbish cans was read, and President Liddle referred the same to the City
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Attorneys
The claim of Brown-Knopp Agency, 041.25, for fire and tornado
J insurance on the shower bath house at the Tourist Park, was .reed, and
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President Liddle referred the same to the Insurance Committee.
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Upon motion by Hicks, second by Dallm=.n, the cum of ;$85.88 was appropriated
from the General Fund and, it was ordered that the said amount be paid. to D.L.WilliWns , I
Postmaster, for 3000 two cent stamped envelopes and 1000 one - and one-half cent stamped �!
envelopes for use of the City Clerk.
The following claims were read,aaad upon motion by Hicks, second by
Amundsen, the same were allowed and the Mayor and City Clerk were authorized and
directed to draw warrants upon the City Treasurer and make pa
y.. ent acc or_ dangly.
�fffi�tha General Fund: Woodhouse Brothers $15.369 Woodhouse Brothers $12.50,
Miller. -Davis Company $.40,Walter S.Booth & Son,Inc. $6.65, Railway Express Agency
$.73, Miller -Davis Company $$5,70, Standard Oil Company 01.26, City of Rochester,
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Water Department T0191.24, Anderson -Tire Stores, Inc. I>3.75, A. H. Foster Electric
Co. $0.20, City of Rochester, Light,Department $1.30; , ,
. From the Street and Alley Pund: 'Woodhouse Brothers 81.75;
From the Fire Protection Fund: John Ryan 0110-.55, Chas. Smart $12.10,
!! Cecil E. Ginther $33.Q0, City of Rochester, Light Department 03.0.02;
From the Sewer Fund: City of Rochester, Light Department $161.97;
. From the Park Improvement Fund: Rochester Grocer Co. $1.08, Burrow's
Adding Machine Co. $5.00, City of Rochester,Light Department 16.43, A. H. Foster
Electric Co. $4,00;
From the Lighting Fund: City of Rochester, Light Department $90.31,
Cttry of Rochester,Light Department %1.74 •,
Alderman Amundsen introduced a. resolution appropriating $1347.75 from the
Lighting Aind and ordering; payment made to the City of Rochester,Light Department,
for the lighting; of public streets and grounds in accordance with billings of July
25th, 1930,, which was read.
Upon motion by Hicks, second by Vihstadt, that the said resolution be
adopted as read, and all voting in favor thereof, President Liddle declared the said
resolution duly passed and adopted.
Alderman Miller introduced a resolution appropkating $1,000.00 from the
General Funci, $2,000.00 from the Street and Alley Fund and $1,000.00 from the Sewer
Fund ,for use . of the Street and Alley Committee of said City, which was read.
Upon motion by Vihstadt, second by Hicks, that the said resolution be
adopted as read., and all voting in favor thereof, President Liddle declared the
said resolution duly passed and adopted.
Alderman Hicks introduced a resolution appropriating $330 -71 and
ordering payment made to the Gamewell Company of Newton Upper Falls, Massachusetts,
for the furnishing of lightning arresters, tap key, register, take up reel, and
gongs, S330.23, and for fire alarm box lock spring 8.48, the first mentioned amount
to be from the New Central Fire Station Fund, and the last mentioned amount to be
from the Fire Protection Fund, which was read.
'! • Upon motion by Miller, second by Dallman, that the said resolu-
tion be adopted as read, and all voting in favor thereof, President Liddle
declared the said resolution duly passed and adopted.
Alderman Dallman introduced the- fo?lowing resolution which was
read:
"Be it resolved by the Common Council of the City of Rochester,
Minnesota:
That the sum of $2500.00 be appropriated from the General Fund of
said City and paid to the Street and Alley Fund of said City as a
temporary transfer, which said. amount sh ,Il be return_ ed to the said General
Fund through the 1 evy into the Street and Alley Fund of that amount. in the
1930 tax .levy, specifically made for the return of the above mentioned
temporary transfer.
The Mayor and City Clerk of said City are hereby authorized and
directed to draw a war. �-ant upon nthe City Treasurer and make J)hgl'�aaLd-
temporary transfer accordingly.
Upon motion by Vihstadt, second by Amundsen, that the said
resolution be adopted as read, and all voting in favor thereof, President
Liddle declared the said resolution duly passed and adopted.
Alderman Miller introduced a resolution fixing". 7:30 o'clock P0J.,
August l8th,1930, as the time for a hearing on the levying of special assess-
ments for the construction of a sanitary sewer commencing at the center of
the intersection of Sixth Street Southeast and Tenth Avenue Southeast, and
running Easterly along the center line of Sixth Street Southeast to a point
37 feet '.'lest of the Went'Z1ine of Eleventh Avenue Southeast, which was read.
Upon motion by Ricks, second by Amundsen, that the saidresolution
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be adopted as read., and all voting in favor thereof, President Liddle
declared the said resolution duly passed and adopted.
Alderman Vihstadt introduced a resolution fixing 7:30 o'clock P.M.,
August 18th,1930, as the time for a hearing on the grading of. Seventh
Avenue Southwest, bet�een the South line of Sixth Street Southwest and the
South line of Eleventh Street Southwest to a grade to conform to the curb
and gutter now constructed on the said Hart of cP^-nth A—nnP Gr%uthwo-Q+,
which wad read. "
Upon motion byMiller, second by Hi cks, that the said resolution be
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adopted as read, and all voting in favor thereof, President Liddle declared
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the said resolution duly passed and adopted.
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Upon motion by Hicks, second by Vihstadt, the Street and Alley ,
Committee was instructed to confer with the Mayo Properties Association
relative to the legging or sale of the East one-half of the Mill Race.
Upon motion by Miller, second by Dallman, the City Clerk was
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instructed to prepare 'a resolution authorizing the Public Utility Board Off
said City to lay a water main in Fifth Street Northeast between Ninth
Avenue Northeast and Eleventh Avernze Northeast.
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President Liddle referred the matter of the friction between Wm.R.Jones,
City Scavenger, and W. E. Mitchell, Superintendent of the Dum?ing Grounds, and the
!� matter of the City Scavenger not properly burying dead animals in the City Dumping
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Grounds, to the City Attorney with instructions that he request that W- e* R. Jones,
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j City Scavenger, be before the Common Council at the next meetinrr thereof for question
ing as to what is the trouble between him and Mr. Mitchell, and also for action
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i; against Mr. Jones in case he does not properly bury the dead animals concerned.
Upon motion by Hicks, 'second by Irihstadt, the Common Council went on record
as favoring that the Olmsted County Fair Association be allowed to use the flag poles
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on Broadway Street North and South for Fair advertising purposes if the property
owners have no objections.
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Upon motion by Hic:cs, • seeond by Amundsen, the City Engineer was instructed i
to place "Stop" signs on bohh sides of Sixth Street Southwest at the intersection
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with Fourth Avenue Southwest.
Upon motion by Hicks, second by Miller, the City Attorney was instructed �
to draft an ordinance providing for the control of the discharging of dynamite and
other explogives within the City of Rochester, Minnesota. i
Upon motion by Miller, second by Amundsen, the Common Council adjourned.
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City Clerk.