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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-02-1931'a^" �""' -1, 'ri. : •• Y n•*'^.a ii � A' ..p•:..s.R 1" .1+�'r4 "'a+',:. 4 63 y j S� 4 ,j. e C Minutes of a regular meeting o.f .thel Common Council of the City of Rochester, Minnesota, held in'the council' Chambers, in" the City Hall, in said City, at 2:00 o' clock P.M., 'on March 2iid,. 1931. ' Meeting called to ordei by President Liddle, Roll Call. Presents Liddle, A*undseii, Dallman, Hicks, Millers Rommel, Vihstadt! Absent: 'None. Upon -motion by Rommel, second b3 Dallman, the minutes of the meeting held on February 25th, 1931, were approved, This being the time and place fixed for the opening of proposals for the operation and maintenance of the Publio•Comfort Station daring the period April 1, 19319 to March Slat, 1963 `the following proposal was opened and read: "To the Hon 4 MByor & Aldermen My bid for the operation ,of City rest room is 21.00 per me. with check for one tenth the total amount as per specifications. Concession is to be Barber Shop same as now is Signed Goo Lemke " Alderman Rommel introduced the following resolution, which was read: "Be it resolved by the Common Council of the City of Rochester, Minnesota: That the bid and proposal of George Lemke for the operation and mainten- ance of the Public Comfort '9tdtion :of said City during the period April lat. 19319 to March 31st, 1933, viz: 21,00 per month, payable ,in advance, during the said period, be and the said bid and proposal is hereby► ,accepted. ' The amount of the bond to be given by the successful bidder is hereby fixed at the sum of $§00:00." s Upon motion by Hicks, second by Vihstadt, that the edid resolution be adopted as read, and 'all voting in favor thereof, President Liddle declared the said resolution duly passed and ad opted. The following .report` made of gas tests during the month of February,1931, was read ,'and President Liddle ordered that the same be placed on file: " Gas reading for the month of February 1931. Date 2/3/31 541 2l5 f31 539 2/7/31 550 2/10/31 540 2/12/31 539 2/14/31. 539 ' 2/17/31 550 658 2/21/31 643 2/24/31 660 .2/26/31 642 2/28/31 •:, .v 640 .° Respectfully submitted, Don E. Postier, BUILDING & ELECTRICAL INSP'ECTOR." 64 The report of the Clerk of -the Municipal Court. for the week ending February 23rd,1931, snowing criminal Pines ,collected $34.00, civil fees received $4.35, court costs charged to Olmsted,eounty.06' and Pines collected due to Olmsted County..16.25, was read,. and President Liddle referred the same to the City Attorney. Upon motion by Rommel, second by Dallman,, the sum of �6.25 was appropriated from the General Fund and it was ordered that the said sum be paid to Olmsted County, Minnesota, for local Munio ipal Court fines collected due to Olmsted County, Minnesota. The application of .Roy T. Masuda for :a soft drink dealer's license at 102 Broadway Street South and Lof Lyman A.SAmpson fora soft drink dealer's license.at 1129 Second Street Southwest, were each read and upon motion by Hicks, second by Dallman, lioense was granted -tp Roy T. Masudag Upon motion by Dallman, second by Amundsen; a soft drink dealer's license was granted to Lyman A. ;Sampson. The following copy of resolution passed and adopted by the Public Utility Board was read: "Be it and it ie hereby, resolved;.by,,,the Publio, Utility Board of the City of Rochester, Minnesota that the Hon,, Common Council be and ishereby° requested to authorize the said Board ..to enter lato'.a', contract with the American Cast Iron Pipe . Company. of .b`ir�ningh ,Y Alabama, ..for the furnishing to the said City, in accordance with ape oifiostioid and Aheir bid dated Feb. 25th 19319 of 3600' of standard 6" Mono-Cae't ;C. htrifugel'Cast iron .bell and spigot water pipe-16' lengths at,64 per 'foot 'and-960of Standard 4" ditto at $.4475 per foot together with approaimstely'two tons of specials at prices of $005� per pound for 6" 'and !$.,06 per 'pound"for: 4"--al,l"prices F.O.B. Rochester, Minnesota, and the said Company being the`;low"at` *as ponsible bidder. ($2965.60)" The following report was read, and,Preaddent,-Liddle ordered that the same be placed on file: r ` !"Rochester,° -Minnesota, March 2, 1931. Honorable Mayor and Commm.Council,;: City of Rochester, Minnesota, Gentlemen: The Committee appointed by your Body in,regard to the Southeast Rochester Park and skimming pool and Slstterly property, find that the price given'by the owners attorney`*Ie;',greater than our estimate of the value of the property and we hereby' -ask you to proceed with condemnation prooeedings on land Ia6'4er%plat attached. This to.be done at once. ` RespectfHlly� 'submitted, PUBLIC GROUPS:COMMITTEE Hicks;,`., Chairman. Paul #,•..i'Rom3iiel, Miller, Art Nachreiner, President of Park Board;" t . rrtts;;:.•-.. ... s; is 'f:....,:,�...i4; ..a->s,_N+,; 'i '".�9. ,.".A�aXr�ii5*r vE 65 / I inf 4 5 J k , S. 00 Envold, E. M: Reaetz, and Rev: Uhl enhopp "asked that the property l 1 . mentioned in the above report be acquired by condemnation, and L. D. Williams cautioned that the construction of.a dam across Bear Creek on this property might overflow some of the land&-, owned- by him. Upon motion by Hicks, second by Rommel, the City Attorney was instructed to draft condemnation Probeedings- for the above mentioned Slatterly property�Por use as an addition to the Park System,and Por S Swimming pool, all voting is favor thereof except Alderman Vihstadt, who voted "lay". The annual report of the City Engineer for the period beginning February 1st, 1930, and ending January 30th,1931, was laid.before the Common Council after the reading of the recommendations set forth therein, and President Liddle ordered the same placed on 'file.} The following certificate by the County Auditor as to abatements made by the Minnesota T6x Commission and the.Board of County Commissioners in cancelling uncollecta.ble 1929 personal property tax, was read, and upon motion by Rommel, ) S second by Vihstadt, the City Clerk was instructed to adjust his tax records accord- ingly: "Abatements on the 1928 and 1929 max Levies 1928 1929 CityRevenue ......................... 1.16 81.92 CityRead & Bridge ....................... ..... .92 Fire Protection .......................... .81 42.19 Interest ................................ .18 10.02 Library ................................. .12 8.78 .27 9.60 Lighting ... ....:......................... Mup i c . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09 . . . . . . . .07 4.39 ..... . . . Park Improvement ........................ .47 55.65 Pe n&1 Ons.t & T R911ef .,....: �. . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . 0. . . . .02 1.02 Permanent Improvement ................... .03 ..... Sewer .17 24.12 ................................... Sinking Fund ............................ .24 15.32 Street & Alley ....,...............:..... .63 46.89 Sprinkling ................................ .... 1.82 -4.17 282.64 _.Total ............... Reported February 24th, 1931. amiel L. Qlabe, County Auditor. " The.following'.00mmunioations were read, and President Liddle ordered that the same be placed ',on •,Pile: "Minneapolis, Minn. February 25,1931. Mr. A. F. Wright, City..Clerk Rochester, Minn. Dear Sir: We are just in receipt of your'letter of,February 21, and in reply will say that this letter will be your authority:to place,the.new:City Scales into commercial service pending inspection by an inspector of this Department. 6 6 M Hoping this will serve your purpose, We are, Very truly yours, DEPARTMENT OF SCADS, WEIGHTS "6 U4EASURES 9, .By 00' H. Rmith Supervisor. M "Minneapolis., Minn* 2/25/31 Mr. A. F. I Wright, City Clerk, Rochester, Minn, Dear Sir: In response to your inquiry of the 21st, asking whether or not it would be possible to change 'the ,type"r.egistering weighlbeam supplied for the 20-ton City scale just purchased..so that you would have a minimum of 5# graduation, belk td I'ad,vi,se that this will be possible to do, We - do not, know 'Just 'exactly how this* should be accomplished with the least cost and the least inconveniencei In other words, we do not know whether it would be preferabl6'to mAke.up . an entirely new beamwhich would. be shorter, than -the ,one,,you have #,.and.give a double slide In the compound poise to reach 'the '5#,graduationes or whether it would be more,practical to take your present beam and change the poise that you have, meaning at the same time of course a change in the fulcrum distance. of the _beam ,_1-as_-W.e.11. as a change in the weight of the poises We have written our factory for information in relation to this, and will advise you ftkthbk'&sA3bft� as that is received; yours' truly, ........... ....... TRE. ]ROW. OVALE, COMPANY V*9- Thompson, WET :J Branch- Manager*, A comimmioat floii from th-e' niaboguw 'Or-,MIjAj . 'd ta' tkii 6ipalities asking for City-,,..bf,RochOigtdr'jrepj?6is6htstjoh* at, the* Minne.sota."Tax Conference ......... . . which is to be held at the St Paul- Hotel, , St.-* - P&ul',,.­M&roh 12th'and 13th., .............. I ...... 1931, was read, and upon motion by Rommel, second by Amundsen, the City, lClerk was instructed to*reply' that' the' -City of,Rochester :will be represented at this 9t,9,7. Conference. The following 0 anuml cat I on relative to errors made by the County Treasurer In the distrlbutlon'�Iof tax-4'ettlem6nts-,,�*as read, ,and upon Imation by Vlhatadto second by.Miller, the City Clerk:was-.1netructed to adjust -his tax- records' .'accordingly: Fi-­ Wright, City 1 Rochester .-MinnesotaL t Febru&ry 97 1931 ,I 07 Dear Sir: In checking up -the; balances of the different funds, I find that the � following --mistakes' were made in the distribution of speoial `assessments= March- 1930, $306 `56, stidewalk reported as 1929 tax should have been 1928-taxj November 1930, $780,72 reported as Paving should have been Special Sewer; With the exception of these changes, all other accounts check. Yours very truly, Amiel Ti. Qlabe County Auditor," The okaim of Geoj Holland $50:00 for damages in connection with the stoppage of the Second-Street'Southwest sanitary sewer January 31st,1931, was read, and upon motion by:Miller, setroond by Rommel, the claim was referred to the City Attorney, The applieat ion of Ben Wong for a soft drink dealer's license at 323 First Avenue Southwest, was read and upon motion by Dallman, second by Amundsen, license was granted, ,The petition to -the local Charter Commission, circulated by -"one John J. Kerr, under the initiatory provisions of the State Constitution, was considered by the Common Council as to whether the question of. whether the, City Clerk, City Engineer, the City Attorney and the Building Inspector offIces shall be f illed by election, be submitted to the Voters at -a . speeialc e3aetion which is to be called for April 21st, 1931, on whether it be .proposed at .another special election called during the six months . period in,which the :proposition will have to be voted upon, and to save the cost of a second: spe,eia.l eleetion,it was deemed best that the question come up on April 21st,1931, and upon,motion by.Vihstadt., second by Hicks, the City Clerk was instructed to request of the president of the Charter Commission that this amendment or amendments be prepared and submitted so that it may have action thereon at -the special election-Apri1 21et,1931,. .The following report and reoommendation was read and upon motion by Rommel, second by Amundsen, the Common Council endorsed this legislation .and instructed the .City Clerk`:to.notify Senator Richardson and Representative Beach accoadingly and to request their support: "March 2, 1931, Honorable. Comman.,Council,, City of Rochester,_ Minnesots:: Gentlemen: We beg to report that Friday evening, February 27th,1931, we held a meeting at the -Central Fire Station with all of the local male City employees that could get away from their world, or other appointments, tr and explained the provisions of House file 595 which proposes to amend Chapter 1910 of Session Laws of 1929, so that the same may, in addition to State employees, .cover)a,11:County, City, Village, Town or School District:employees,'with certain excep- tions. .... = The meeting was 100 for, this legislation, and department heads are circulating among their'employees.,pe.titions to our Senator and Representative asking for,, their-.;supp_ort of this measure. It is suggested that, if the Hon. Common Council sees fit, endorsement, be given this bill, and -that the Senator and Repre- sentative be advised of such action taken. Re spe of ful ly, J. T . Lemmon Mayor ;of said_: City. A. Fi Wright ,.,: City:F,Cler.k, of said City, " The claim of Holt & Perry !W405 for' fire" Aneurance on the greenhouse and contents $35.05, and for to insurance on the dwelling house in Mayo Park $10400, of Kruse Insurance Agenoy 110.13 for fire Insurance on the Central Fire Station, Mrs; J. M;"hall $18'.38' for fire insurance on the Centra 1 Fire Station and contents, of St evens oh & Melone Agency $52:50, for fire insurance $42.50, and'tornadc_' insurance $10.00 on the band stand in Mayo Park, and of Brown-Knopp- Agency 25.18 for fire insurance on the City Hall $21„ ?8, fire insurance on the' Central Fire Station $3,409 were each read, and upon motion` by Rozime second by Vihstadt, these claims were referred" to tho Insurance=Committee: Minnesota A proposed bill to amend Masons/Statutes` of 1927s' Seotlon 651, -re': dividing County Commissioners districts, v&erein the-wopding-_ of _the second sentence of Section 651 "boarded byitown, 'village'-.r=iardlisiss" be changed to read "bounded by town; village, `ward 'or preo'inot lines"',' was read,,.and R61m6el the .City`eUrk was' instructed to tgpon motion by Vihstadt, second`by notify Senator Richardson and Represent:ativwBeachit hat othle Common Council endorses such an amendment and ask ror' their=support:•of such legislation. Alderman Rommel .introduced; the .follow,;iagreaolution, which was II read; 2 "Be it resolved by the Common Council<)of<,:"the:` City of Rochester, Minnesota: That there be and hereby is created %'Police Civil Service Commission' with powers and duties as specified and provided in Chapter 299 of the 1929 Session Laws of the State of.(MJi�PlgBota, ..the :same being "An got permitting villages and cities, ezobj ii,jCit leas oP_ the ;first. class to oreate police civil service commissions an; . prescribing -,the powers,duties H ... r and procedure of such commissions ", the provisions of which jPsald rofj�apter are hereby,expressly°accepted. ... ij: .. ... .t . t. ..._ -••li .. .... .. .. ..•C.:s..Y?h .•_I_1��..... <.... ,.. i-. .. .. .4 . x.. ... ., iv f l Mon 69 Be, it further resolved by.eaid Common Council: That the appointment of the' three police civil liervice commissioners as provided for in the said,,. ct';be made. by the Mayor of the City of Rochester on the first Monday in April, 1931, and not otherwise, the said appointments to be confirmed by the Common: Council of_ said City of Rochester. " Upon motion by Hick's" by'Dallman, 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 Daliman'introduced the following resolution, which was read; "Be' it' resolved by the` Common Council of the City of Rochester, Minnesota: That said Common Council does hereby expressly accept the provisions of Chapter 57 of the 1929'Session.Laws.of the State of/f innesota, the same being"An act. providing that a firemen's civil service commission may be created in cities not of the first class "and,"in villages having a population of 2000 inhabitants or mere, and having a.regularly;.employed and.;paid municipal fire department, and defining the powers and duties of such commission." Be it further resolved by said Common Council: That the appointment of the three 'commissioners by said Common Council shall, -be made so as to ,.take - effect on the first Monday of April, 1931 and not _..._-"rwiae." Upon motion.by;Dallman,..second,by Rommel, that the said.resolution be adopted as read, and all voting in, favor thereof except Alderman Vihstadt who voted "Nay", President Liddle declared the said resolution duly passed and adopted. Alderman Vihstadt introduced a resolution authorizing the Public Utility Board to enter into contract with the American Cast Iron Pipe Company of Birmingham Alabama, in accordangw with the above quoted request and authority, and fixing `s the amount of the bond to be given by the said contractor at the sum of 1,2970.00, which was read': Upon motion by Vihstadt, second by Amundsen, that the said resolution be adopted as read, and all voting in favor thereof, Preeident Biddle declared.the said resolution duly passed and adopted. Alderman Rommel introduced a resolution appropriating 1102975 from the Park Improvement Fund and ordering payment made to the Mayo Trust Fund for payrolls for labor during the period of the weeks ending February 6th,13th, 20th, and 27th,. 1931, which was read. 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 Amundsen introduced a resolution appropriating $1,000400 from the General $fund and $600 00 from the Sewer Fund both for the of the Street & Alley Committee of said City, which was read. 70 1,41. i �K M,- 1 9 Upon motion:by,Millers Be-cond.by Amund,seng.thatIthe said resolution be adopted as read, and. all voting in favor thereof.. President Liddle declared the said resolution duly passed and.adopted* The following claims were re9AI,­.,and'upon ,motion by Hicks',, second by Dallman, 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 General Fund: James T. Spillane $8i00,- From the Street and Alley Fund: H* Pw Vihatadt $3,009 Chas. H. Armstrong -It22,,20j Fred W. Miller $3,00, Upon motion' by Hicks, second by: Dallman,.the City Engineer was authorized, to purchase, 600 yards of. dirt at, $ :,10 per yard. for the. filling of the intersection at Fourth A . venue..Northwest'and Eleventh Street North- west, Upon motion by Rb=el second by Vihstadto the matter of the extension of Third Street Southeast through . ;the..Gatvs�,property was referred to the Street & Alley Commit . tee and the City Engineer., with instiluotione that they confer with. the- persons ' concerned, andlmake report thereon at .the next meeting of this Common Council,\11, - • Uponmotion by Rommel* second'byAmundsen., the Common -Council adjourned to 7:30 of clock PM.', March llth,9193110- City Clerk;.. 1k, a C k V Uass .