HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-21-1933Minutes of a special meeting of the Common Council of the
City of Rochester., Minnesota, held in the Council Chambers, in the City
Hall, in said City, at 7: 30 o' clock D.M. , on March. 21st,1933.
Meeting called. to order by President Liddle.
Roll Call. Present: Liddle, Amundsen, Dallman, '.goody,
Norton. Absent: Hicks, Miller.
The call for the special meeting was read; said meeting
being called for the purpose of considering sanitary sewer construction
for relief of section east of Broadway, north df Second Street Northeast
and West of Zumbro river, and any of-er business that the sand Common
Council, might deem proper.
Alderman Hicks came in at this time and took his Chair.
The Mayor stated that this meeting had been called with
with the expectation that he would receive a reply from Burns 8- McDonnell
Engineering Company, as to what they would charge for a few days consul—
tation service relative to trunk line sewer plains, and sa,i.d that as soon
as their proposal is received he will submit it for Council action.
Replies to letters sent out by the City Clerk rel^ttive to
the use of stpm.p scrip, calling on theMayors of Cleveland, Ohic, Dayton,
Ohio, Staples, Minnesota, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Spring Valley, Minnesotat,
Rice Lake,Wisconsir., and Hawarden, Iowa, calling on them for information
as to their experience in the use of scrip money, were each read, and
President Liddle ordered that the same be placed on file (T?o reply having
been received from Evanston, Illinois.); the said letters written by the
City Cldrk being quoted as follows:
"The citizens of the City of Rochester are considering
the issuance of stamp scrip, and are desirous of hearing from
those municipalities th:t have co-iauenced the use of scrip.as
to the details setting up the plan, etc.
Accordingly we will appreciate it very much if you
will inform us in the enclosed self addressed envelope how
much scrip you propose to issue, what rate of sts..mp tax you
are usi-,.g, ;Drat the stayap tax revenue is to be used for,
the plan that you used to sell the scrip (original issuance),
etc.
Thanking you for this information and for a s^mple of
the scrip and of the stamps, if available, I wish to rtwa.in, "
The Mayor submitted samples of blank scrip ^,:.,.d President
Liddle ordered that the same be placed on file.
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The official bond of Carl G. Sehwp,r7,, /City Treasurer, .1th. the
'.dassachusets Ponding & Insurance Company as surety thereon in the amount of �'50,000. 0 i
was read, and, upon motion by Dallmnn, second, by Hicks, the said surety was accepted,
t-he —Ad bond -:Was approved, and it was ordered that the same be placed on file.
The official bond of Ralph I. TjaPlant, as City Assessor, with the
Fidelity ° Casualty Company of New '.Fork 9,s surety thereon, in the amount of 1500.00,
was read, and upon motion by Hicks, second by Amundsen, the said surety was
accepted, the said bond was approved, and it was ordered that the same be placed
on file.
(phe official bond of Mark B. Fuller, as Constable of the First
Ward, -with the Fidelity ?.. Casualty �Companyy of New York, as surety thereon in the
amount of :>500.00 was read, and upon motion by Dorton, second by Amundsen, the
said surety was accepted, the said bond was approved, TLA it was ordered that the
same be placed on file.
Upon motion by Norton, second by Dallwan, the Coinuon Council
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ad joulned.
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