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Home My WebLink About12-01-19307�5 Minutes of a regular meeting of the Common Council of the City of Rochester, { Minnesota) }geld in the Council. Chambers, in the City Hall,in said City, at 2:00 I Is j o'clock P.M... on December lst,1930. Meeting called to order by President Liddle. Roll Call, Present: Liddle. Amundsen, Dallman, Picks, Viller, Roif. me1., I Vihstadt. Absent: None. i' T. 0. Enderson was before the Co*_ninon Cou�,cil with the matter of the release of the 1,31.00 warrant due hi.m for services removing the clock froin the old Central. r jj Fire Station, appropriated at the lest meetints of this Common Council, and held under informal order that it,be not turned over to him until he has filed a list of t fii; clock parts wr iich he has at his home, and upon motion by Dallman, second by Amundsen, it w .s ordered that this $31,00 warrant be handed to I-Ar. Enderson, n., I that the clock harts which he now has at his home be listed, Doxed, and stored in the City Warehouse, with the inventory of came to be filed in thi: records of the City of Rochester, Minnesota, The application of L. A. Fellows for public dance permit at the Wood,u:an Hell,' December dt'i, s,nd 18th,1930, was read. The :Ipplication of John C::•oper Company and of the Independent Oil Company for permits to place ?,nd maintain si;Jns, were each read, and upon motion by Vihstadt, second by Dallman, permits were granted. Uj_-o 1 motion by Hicks , second by Amundsen, the stun of :`'10.00 was appropriated rrow tyre Cenural Fund and it was ordered that the same be paid to the League of i Minnesota Municipalities, as payment or assessment for legislative reference service during the session of the 1931 legislature. Upon motion by Hicks, second by Dallman, the City Attorney was instructed to confer with Senator Richardson, and Senator Beach, relative to them furnishing copies .of legislation proposed during the 1931 session of the State Legislature. The claim of the Weed Insurance Agency,' 60.60,for fire, lightning and transportation insurance on the Model 74 International Truck and the No.3 Russell gra.dor purchased in 1988=•, was read, and President Liddle referred the sauce to the Insurance Committee, The followini; arziending and corrected authorization was read, and President Liddle ordered that the same be placed -on file: "November 28th,1930. 'Ar. C. H. Armstrong, City En}ine e'r , Rochester, Minnesota. Dear fir: I hereby amend and correct my authorization made to you November I 3rd , 1930, for the purchase of a new truck, so that the sa.;:ie shall read as follows: I 'It having been. made to appear to me that the old Graham one and one-half ton truck is in a very bad state of repair and that it would be useless to repair sane foK work on the City streets and sewers and that the delfiy occasioned by the advert.i_se-nent for bids would co.lxse great. dains.ge to the public interest inasmuch as a truck is fa ned-iately needed for public work, and It further having been made to appear that Ellis Motor Company will make a substantial allowance for the said old truck and furnish a. new TAodel F.30 six cylinder 1-1-truck for the suM of $1050.00 net 'after allow- ance for the old truck, according to specifications hereto attached and made a part of this authorization and order, I. therefore,' under and in accordance with the provisions of Section 284 of the CharteX of the City of Rochester, do hereby declare the existence of an emergency and order you, as City Engineer of the said City of Rochester, to go into the open market and purehnue a suitable truck for use by said City for the depart- ments of streets and sewers without delay.' Respectfully, J. T,6 Lemmon Mayor." The following ruling by the City Attorney was read and President Liddl_e ordered that the same be placed on file: " beceuiber l.st ,1930 . LIonorabl e Common Council, City of Roch.este.C, Minnesota. Gentlemen: The matter of the application of the City Assessor for additional compensation having been referred to my office for an opinion as to the legality of same, the .following is submitted: Section 295 of the Charter of the City 'of Rochester provides In part that the City Assessor shall receive such compensation as the Common Council shall deem proper, that such salary and com-pensation shall be fixed at the coimnencement of the official year, that no officer's salary ghall be increased or diminished during his term of office and that the Commnon Council may at any time fix the compensation of any officer or committee for any extraordinary service performed. It is therefore my oplfii;on that arty additional compensation for the City Assessor would be illegal unless such compensation was deemed necessary and proper by the Common Council for any extra, ordinr-.ry services performed -by the Assessor. In this connection it might be well to consider the fact that there can be a great difference between extraordinary services and additional duties that might be required of any City official during his term of office. However, the entire question hinges upon the point as to whether or not the additional compensation requested by the Assessor is for extraordinary services, a definition of which term is not deemed necessary at this time. Respectfully submitted, James _C. Spillane City Attorney." ■ 787 by a majority The following recoftendatibn/of the Tax Committee was read, and President Liddl a ordered that the same be placed on file: " Rochester, Minnesota, Deee-tuber 1, 1930. Honorable Mayor and Common Council, City of Rochester, Minnesota. Gentlemen: Your Committee appointed to investigate the matter of the request of the City Assessor for additional compensation, reports and recommends as follows: The City Charter provides that no additional compensation ' can be paid to any city official except for extraordinary services, and j your Committee has no knowledge of any extraordinary services having i been performed by the City Assessor or his Deputy and therefore recommends that said request be denied. j Respectfully submitted, TIM TAX CO 4ITTEE i By H. F. Vihstadt Chairman F. W. Miller. " Alderman_ Amundsen introduced a resolution appropriating $860.00 from the New Central Fire, Station and ordering payment made to the Rochester Electric t Company, for the furnishing and installation of an automatic mechanical stoker at �I i the new Central Fire Station, which was read. Upon motion, by Rommel, 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. i Alderman Hicks introduced the following resolution., which was read: "Be it resolved by the Common Council of the City of Rochester,Minnesota: {:'hat the Public Utility Board of said City, be and the said Board is hereby authoiized to appropriate the following sums from the Public Utility Fund of said City for the purposes stated: $10,000.00 from the Public Utility Fund to the Sinking Fund, of said City, j for the payment of Electric Light Bonds Nos.211 to 220 inclusive, maturing January lot, 1931; 015',000„00 from the Public Utility Fund to the Sinking Fund of said City,for the payment of Water Works bonds Numbers 46 to 50 inclusive, maturing January 1st, 1$11,000.00 from the Public Utility Fund to the Interest Fund of said City, for the payment of interest due January lst,1931, on Electric Light bonds Numbers i 211 to 650 inclusive; t ,"2925.00 from the Public Utility Fund to the Interest Fund of said City, for the payment of interest due January lst,1931, on Water Works Bonds, Numbers 46 to 175 inclusive." Upon motion by Rommel, second by Miller, 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 Dallman introduced a resolution appropriating �220.50 from the Fire Protection Fund and ordering payment made to the Manhattan Riibber Mfg. Division of the Raybestos-fanhattan, Inc., for 300 feet of 1-1 inch Crown brand, double jacket, fire hose, coupled with rocker lug couplings, which was read. Upon motion by Hicks, 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 Vihstadt introduced a resolution granting public dance permit to L. A. Fellows, for the Woodman Hall, December 4th, and 18th,19a0, and fixing the fee at '10.00 which was read. Upon motion by Rommel, second by Vihstadt, 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. The following claims were read, and upon motion by hicks, second by Vihstadt, the same were allowed, and the Mayor and City Clerk were authorized and directed to draw warrants upon the City Treasurer and make payment accordingly: From the Genera ,. Fund: Ella Bergan 845.81, Estel.l.q. M. Wright "2 .25; From the New Central Fire Station: City of Rochester, Light Department <k 89.55. Upon motion by Rommel, second by hicks, the City Engineer was authorized to purchase 2000 .feet of snow fence. Upon motion by Hicks, second by Vihstadt, the Common Council adjourned to 7:30 o'clock P.M., on December 15th,1930. i City Clerk. ,j i r.