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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-09-1938Minutes of, an adjourned regular meeting of the Common Council of the City of Rochester, Minnesota, held in the Council Chambers, in the City Hall in I I said City, on March 9th,1938. President Liddle called the meeting to order at 7:30 o'clock P.M., the following members being present: Liddle, Amundsen, Fryer, Green, Lemmon, i Moody, Richman. Absent: None. i President Liddle stated this as being the time and place set for a I hearing on the construction of curb and gutter and paving of Broadway Street i So . I uth from the south line of Fourth Street Southwest to the south line of Sixth Street Southwest and asked if any one present, wished to be beard concerning j i either of the said improvements. No one present, wished to be heard. j At the request of the Common Council, Mr. J. F. McAdams was .present j and gave such information as he had concerning the assessment for cutting weeds on! Elm Park Addition during Lot 13, Block � , _ g the season of 1937. Alderman ;Moody.: introduced a resolution ordering pl_ns, profiles, specifications and estimate of cost for the construction of curb and gutter on Broadway Street south from the south line of Fourth Street Southwest to the south II I li line of Sixth Street Southwest, which was read. i !j Upon motion by Fryer second by Moody that the said resolution be ad -opted as read, and all voting in favor thereof, President Liddle declared the said resolution duly passed and adopted. i Alderman Moody introduced a resolution ordering plans, profiles, i specifications and estimate of cost for the paving of Broadway Street South, from the south line of Fourth Street Southwest and Southeast tc the south line of Sixth ! i Street Southwest and Southeast, which was read. i Upon motion by Richman second by Green,that the said resolution be 7 i, adopted as read, and all voting in favor thereof, President Liddle declared the i said resolution duly passed and adopted. The City Engineer submitted plans, specifications and estimate of cost .for the construction of curb ,and gutter on Broadway Street South, from Fourth Street Southwest to Sixth Street Southwest, said estimate of cost being .$1,063.75. ! i Alderman Richman introduced a resolution adopting the plans, profiles, t specifications and estimate of cost for the- construction of curb and gutter on Broadway Street South, as above described, ordering that the same be placed on file in the office of the City Clerk of, said City, and ordering a hearing on the said ,i , I D80 improvement for 7:30 o'clock P.M. on April llth,1938, and ordering ladvertisement for bids to bP received and opened at 7:30 o'clock P.M., on e April llth,1938, which was read. i+ i Upon motion by Moody second by Amundsen,that the said resolution iy be adopted as read, and all voting in favor thereof, President. Liddle declared the said resolution duly passed and adopted. Zhe City Engineer submitted plans, profiles, specifications, and i' estimate of cost for the paving of Broadway Street South from Fourth Street Southwest to Sixth Street Southwest, said estimate of cost being .16614.00, Alderman Green introduced e, resolution adopting the plans, profiles specifications and estimate of cost for the paving of Broadway Street !; South, as above described, and ordering that the same be placed on file, i ordering a hearing on the said improvement for 7:30 o'clock P.M. on April is llth,1938, and ordering advertisement for bids to be received and ,opened ` at 7:30 o'clock P.M. on April llth,1939, which1was read. Npun motion by Moody second by Amundsen,that the said.resolution It be adopted as read, and all voting in favor thereof , President Liddle declared the said resolution duly passed and adopted. �i Alderman Richman introduced the following re-sdlution,wh ch was read !; "Be it resolved -by the Common Council of the City of Rochester, 14inn escta: That the fol.loy,�rinj is a tabulated statement and list of the number of votAs cast for each persc,n at the Charter Flection held March C1tj.1,193�3 in the City of' 'Jirnesota as determined by said Ccmu!on Council., cn the canvn. of the returns of said election made the 9th day of March, 193b; the slid statement is hereby declared to show the result of said election. Said tabulated statement and list is as follows: Name and i Office. 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 'Dtal. i; ALDERMAN AT LARGE 1Q. R. Liddl e jj 179 137 126 90 210. 136 142 90 116 97 92 100 105 114 129 111 1973 S. 0. Sanderson 63 84 91 46 43 87 91 36 54 49 47 52 50 66 46 56 961 CITY TRFASrJRFR A.P.Parker 76 57 67 19 31 Theo. A. Tollefson 169 161 139 115 220 Dune,Id l/acke,y 64 111 , 33 43 37 47 46 49 57 62 53 b74 13n 120 88 126 107 66 98 102 121 112 115 2Ca5 1 ] 1.1 -)8 Dart r'lliott ',aton 1£35 1 n4 154 109 222 l r.`r ' .1 T-'rank Newhouse 1 1 I.A.Balcomb 1 W.I1.Newsome 1 i wm. L, aP 1 ante 1 1 , S:�m Allen 3 1 ,A.HrClemena 1 1 Theo Schacht 2 Vernon Gates 1 ' Prank Cowan 1 Allen Furlow 1 Desmond Hunt 1 l Clarence Stewart John Doe 'Harry Randall John Hoffman i SPrcI ATj MUNI CIP-Mi JUDGE Vim. S,LaPlante 172 152 136.36 .184 182 156 93 127 101 Dick Manahan 1 Tom Scanlan 1 Mrs.LaPlant 1 ,Oscar Ronken. , 1 JUSTICE OF PEACE STYLED "CITY JUSTICE" Frank E.Roth 163 144 135 86 177 154 152 '' 87 120 94 1J.F.McAdams 1 Chas. Ellison Blanks Margaret Blanks I 1 ALDERMAN OF FIRST WARD S.Smith Fryerl41 122 97 76 178 LGeo.Leiferman107 104 120 55 73 LJUSTICE OF PEACE OF FIRST WARD. -Edmund L.Schweppe 148 127 115 71 159 Jake Johnson 1 Lester Travis 1 1 August Dornack 1 .T.C.Larson 1 'Robt.Burch 1 j lSar 1 Gib s on 1 Kiran Campion 1 1 Ed Larson 1 (ALDERMAN OF SECOND WARD J,T.Lemmon ' 154 158 93 130 112 'John Miner 1 Frank Cowan - 1 Carl Nichols 1 JUSTICE OF PEACE OF SECOND WARD, �I C.H.Ellison, j 137 136 65 113 86 CONSTABLE OF SECOND INARD. j' O.E.Mccoy 146 149, 92 126 96 Frank Cowan 1 II Leo Diskin I 1 Art Selke 1 I' D 040 OF T TTUD ''1ARDOF T TTUD ''1ARD II Benj.S.Green Fred W.M- iller I 13 i I 1� 4I 1 3j 1� 1� 1 1� 1 1 1 1� 1 •' 1 1 1 92 102 102 105 118.115 2003 . 1 1 --- 1 ' 1 91 94 97 97 104 105 1900 f I 1 11 ' 1 j 814 459 i • 620 j • l . i 1' l 1 1 1 11 11 647 I 1� 11 _ I 557 I • . 75 71 82 89 113 36 64 79 69 97 57 65 609 1 l 1 516 451 1 582 7 jUOTICT, (ire 1,3T"Itc-7 1) TT 77D 'VA7M. Pthel Oesterreich Pray 92 102 100 1.16 11.5 113 -:t 1,innlp A. Pfar:3on I'l J. TTo 1. 1 and Carl Walbrush L John Beatty J.VcAdqrr-q it John Stephan CONSTAPTYP OF TTTIRD WARD. Carl Briese John ohn TTeIns 2 2 Harold Gentling 1 Wm. Shellin Joswick I Al.For dham !I Gertrude Brumm :it Joe Healy John Holland i T.James K.T.Earle 2 2 SCHOOL COINISSIONFR AT LARGE A.H.Sanford 213 186 184 117 236 168 199 108 153 127 113 118 128 144 153 130 249V S.A. A. West 1 2 J.W.Feller' 1 1 Keith Toogood John Huyber 1 11 Fred Jorgenson T.D.Peeney Corwin Stoppel 1 A.H.Webber Geo.Higgins 2 2 S.O. Sanderson 1 Ed.Wobschall 1 Ed. Raetz Frank McGeary Julius Reiter L Wm. Priedell L Matt Fitzpatrick A.R. Zick Geo.Jensen King Holland jj SCHOOT, COATMISSIONF—ER OF +ITIRD 11,AR D Edw. A.Wobschall. 75 -85 96 109 90 '99 551 lift. Sperling SO TTJjM?FT0'Rr,, Be It resolved by'the Common Council of the Cityoof !';Rochestpr, Minnesota: I- I I That W.R.Liddle is hereby declared to be, Plectrd to the office of Alderm.,iM �.:.t Ti.71er:,.r-, of s3,id City, ,,.,t th.e Chester Flection I.i.eld :nth, 1935, to hold office for two years and until his successor is el-e-et-edand.qqa-I-ified tv 583 That Theo. N. Tollefson is,herehy,declared to be elected to the office of City Treasurer of said City, at the Charter Flection held lVarch 8th,1933, to hold office for one year and.until his successor is elected and qualified; That nurt•131.11ott Eaton is hereby declared to' be elected to the office of Municipal Judge of said City, at the Charter Election held March 8th,19:i3, to hold office for four years and until his successor is elected and qualified; That That Wm. S. BaPlante is hereby declared to be elected to the office of Special Municipal Judge of said City, at the Charter Flection held March 8th, 1930, to hold office for fourjyears and until his successor is elected and qualified, That Frank E.Roth is hereby declared to be elected to the office of Justice of the Peace styled "City Justice" of said City, at the Charter Flection held March 6th,ly3a, to hold office for two years and until his successor is elected and qualified; That S.Smith Fryer is hereby declared to be elected to the office of Alderman of the First Ward of said City, at the Charter Election held March �3th, ! I 1938, to hold office for two years and until his successor .is elected and qualified; i That Fdmund L..Schweppe is hereby declared to he elected to the office off Justice of Peace of First Ward of said City, at the Charter Election held Varch 9th, 1936, to hold office for two years and until his successor is elected and' qualified; 4( That J.T.Lemmon is hereby declared to be elected to the office of Alderman of the Second Ward of said City, at the Charter Election held March 8th, 1938, to hold office for two years -and until his successor is elected and qualified; i That C. H. Ellison is hereby declared to be elected to the`office of Justice of the Peace of Second Ward of said City, at the Charter Election held j March 8th,1938, to hold office for two years and until his successor is elected and qualified; - That O.E.McCoy is hereby declared to be elected to the office of Con- stable of the Second Ward of said City, at the Charter Election held March 8th,1938, _^ to hold office for two years 'and until his successor is elected and qualified; rx Th6t Benj. S. Green is hereby declared to be elected to the dffice of 3 Alderman of the Third Ward of said City, at the Charter Election, held March 8th, 19389 to hold office for two years and until his successor is elected and qualified; 3 That Ethel Oesterreich Bray is hereby declared to be elected to the r office of Justice df the Peace of Third Ward of said City, at the `Charter Election held March 8th,1938, to hold office for ,two years) and until her successor is elected and qualified; That Carl Briese is hereby declared to be eleIeted to the office of Constable of the Third Ward of said City, at the Charter Election, held March 8th, 1938, to hold office for two years and until his successor is elected and qualified; That A. H. Sanford is hereby declared to be elected to the office of School Commissioner at Large of said City, at the Charter Election held March 8th, j 1939, to hold offte-for two years and until his successor is elected and qualified; That Edw. A. Wobschall is hereby declared to be elected to the office of School Commissioner of the Third Ward of said City, at the Charter Election March 8t'h,1938, to hold office for two years and until his successes is -elected and qualified." Upon motion by Green second by Lemmon, that.the said resolution b d t d d d 11 e a op a as rea , an a voting in favor thereof, President T,iddle declared the said resolution duly passed and adopted. r ead: Alderman Amundsen introduced the following resolution,which was 1 . . "WHEREAS, There has been levied in the Sewer Fund of said City'for the year 1937, in addition to a portion of the distribution of 10% of the gross income of the Public Utility Board, the sum of .21400.00 in Code 21 of said Fund for the purchase of a new sewer steaw$er and the sum of $7,400,D in Code 23 of said Fund for the construction of a trunk line sanitary sewer in Sixth Street Southwest, from Broadway Street to the southwest sewer lift station, and WHEREAS, The Common Council of the City of Rochester deemed it to the best interests of said City that said sewer steamer be purchased at once and that said trunk line sanitary sewer be constructed in advance.of i the collection of said. taxes; and WHEREAS, Section 176 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of Rochester, Minnesota, as amended March llth,1924, provides in part as follove " - - The Common Council may also provide for the is s uanee of bonds or certificates of indebtedness other than those authorized above, for the p1prpose of anticipating the collection of general taxes for the year in which they may be issued, without submitting the proposition to the legal voters of the City, to the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25000.OJ to be outstanding and unpaid at any one time,. payablq nqt, more than one year after the date thereof, out of the General or any other special fund of the City, with interest thereon at a rate not exceeding six percent (6%) per annum, - - " and WHEREAS, It is deemed expedient and necessary that $9,000.00 Certificates of Indebtedness be issued and sold at this time for the Purpose of providing funds in advance of and in anticipation of the collec- tion of monies to be derived from taxes levied in 1937. SO THEREFORE, Be it resolved by the Common Council of the City of Rochester, Minnesota: That nine (9) one ,thousand dollar ($1,000.00) City of Rochester, Minnesota, two percent (2%) certificates of Indebtedness, all dated March 31,1938, five tbousand dollars ($5000.00) thereof maturing July lst,1938, and four thousand dollars ($4000.00) thereof maturing Dercembe'r lst,1938, with interest thereon payable on the lst day of July, 19389 and on December lst,1938, both principal and interest payable at the office of the =City Treasurer of said City, be issued and sold, such certificates of indebtedness to be numbered 46 to 54, both numbers inclusive. Be it further resolved by the said Common Council: That the said certificates of indebtedness shall be substantially in the following form: "United States of America State of Minnesota: County of Olmsted City of Rochester. CERTIFICATE OF INDEBTEDNESS Nu. 19000.00 1� 585 .o a P KNOW -ALL' MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the, City of Rochester, in the ► County of Olmsted and State of Minnesota,acknowledges and' certifies that it Is indebted to, and for value received, hereby promises to pay to the bearer, on/Dec�b'er 1st, 1938, the sum of one thousand dollars ($19000.00) together with interest on said sum from the date hereof until paid at the rate of two percent (2%) per annum, payable an and on the 1st day of December,1938, both principal and interest payable in lawful money of the United States of America, at the office of the City Treasurer of✓ said City of Rochester,Minnesota, out of the Sewer Fund of said City, and for the prompt payment of this certificate of indebted-" n &ss at maturity , with interest as aforesaid, the full faith, credit and resources j of the City of Rochester are hereby pledged. This Certificate of Indebtedness is issued for the purpose of main- taining the Sewer Fund of said City, and for the purpose of providing funds in i advance of and in anticipation of the collection of monies to be derived from tax levy made in the year, 1937, as set forth in resolution passed and adopted by the Common Council of said City on March-9th,1938. j In Testimony whereof said City of Rochester has caused its corporate seal to be affixed, and this certificate to be signed by its Mayor, and countersigned by its City Clerk on this 31st day of March, i J A,D. 1938. (seal) Countersigned: City Clerk of said gity." and ' ' • Mayor of said City. Be it further resolved: That the said Certificates of Indebtedness shall be executed in behalf of said City by the Mayor and attested by the'City Clerk and the seal of the said City affixed thereto and that the full faith, credit and resources of said City shall be, and they hereby are irrevocably pledged to the, prompt and full payment of the principal and interest thereon. i Be it further resolved by the said Common Council: That the City Clerk of said City be and he is hereby directed to publish a notice of the meeting of the Common Council of said City which is hereby fixed to be held in the' Council Chambers, in the City Hall, in said City, on the 28th day of March, A.D.1938, at 7:30 o'clock P.M., for the purpose of opening and eoneidering bids for the said certificates of indebtedness, in the Rochester Post -Bulletin, a local newspsper printed and published in -said City, and the official newspaper thereof, in which said notice shall be published as required by law; the said advertisement for bids for the sale of the said certificates of indebtedness to be substantially as follows: ! "Notice of sale of $9,000.00. City of Rochester, Minnesota, 2% Certificates of Indebtedness. The Common Council of the City of,Rochester, Minnesota, will meet in Its Council Chambers, in the City Hall, in said City, on the 28th day of March,1938 at 7:30 o'clock P.M.,.to open and consider sealed bids for nine thousand dollars i ($9,000.00) City of Rochester, Minnesota, two percent (2%) Certificates of Indebted-; ness, then to be issued and sold, being an issue authorized by Section 176 of the j Home Rule Charter of said City, as amended March llth91924, for the purpose of 1 realizing funds for the maintaining of the Sewer Fund of said City and for the j purpose of providin- funds in advance of and'in anticipation of the collection of ' monies derived from taxes levied in 19379 which said certificates of indebtedness shall bear date of March 31,1938, and mature, five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) j R6 0 thereof on July lst,1938, and four thousand dollars (349000.00) thereof on December lst,19389 with interest thereon at the rate of two percent per annum payable on the first day of July91938, and on the first day of December91938. Both( prJnci,prLl) and interest on the said certificates of indebtedness will be payable at the office of the City Treasurer of. said City of Rochester , Minnesota. All bids must be addressed. to the Under- signed City Clerk of Rochester, Minnesota, and be accompanied by a certified check for two percent (2%) of the principal of the certificates of indebtedness bid for, payable without any condition, to the order of the City Treasurer of, Rochester, Minnesota, .which two percent (2%) will, If the bid is accepted, be applied to the purchase price of the certifi- cates of indebtedness, otherwise to be returned to the unsuccessful bidder or bidders, such successful bidder will be required to accept delivery and pay for the said certificates of indebtedness on or. before .��, 1938• No bids will be considered for less than par value of the said certificates of indebtedness and accrued interest thereon. The Common Council of said City reserves the right to reject any and all bids. " Upon motion by Lemmon second by Amundsen,that.t he said resolution r be adopted as read, and all voting in favor thereof, President Liddle declared the said resolution duly passed and adopted. Alderman Moody introduced the f ollowing resolut ion,whic h was r ead : "WHEREAS, The .Common Council of the City of Rochester, and the State of Minnesota, through N.W.Elsberg, its Commissioner of Highways, have deemed it ex�pedie t and necessary that Broadway Street North and r ,,t /%Nn right-o -way of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway South from th6/ Company to the south line of Fourth Street Southwest, be resurfaced with reinforced concrete pavement; and ; r WHE,RFAS, Prior to the resurfacing of the said street it will be necessary that considerable work be done in the preparation and repairing of the existing base in said street; -NOW THEREFORE, Be it and it is hereby resolved by the Common Council of the City of Rochester, Minnesota: That the City Engineer of said City be and he is,hdreby instructed to proceed as soon as possible with the preparation and repair of the said base and that the vita#e of Minnesota, through N.W.Elsberg, its Commissioner of.Highways, reimburse the City of Rochester for its proportionate share of the costs of said preparation andrepair. Be it further resolved: That the State of Minnesota, through N.W.Elsberg. its Commissioner of Highways, proceed with the preparation of plans and specifications, accepting the bids, and letting of a contract for the resurfacing with reinforced concrete paving of the said above described street, and that the City of Rochester Reimburse the State of Minnesota for its proportionate share of said paving.". . Upon motion by Green second by Moody,that the said resolution be adopted as read, and all voting in favor thereof, President I,iddle declared the said resolution duly passed and adopted. 587 . The following claims were read, and upon motion by Fryer second by ! AMundsen, and all voting in favor thereof, the same were allowed,' and the Mayor and City Clerk were authorized and directed to draw warrants upon the City Treasurer i and make payments accordingly:' j jj From the General Fund: John C. Byrne $60.00, Winthrop Chemical Co.$6.68 George Wood $23.00, St.Mary's Hospital.$17.50, H. T. Ree $5.009 S.H.Arthur West $6.00, j Frances E.McKenzie $6.00, Theo.R.Gray $6.00, Bernice Winslow $6.00, -L.A.Ekman $6.00, j Martha Jorgenson $7.00, John D. Crowe $7.009 Clarence C.King $7.00, Theresa Wade $7.00, ji j� Martin Eppard $7.00, Mary Hendricks $6.509 Corwin L. Stoppel $6.509 Inez Harrington $6.509 Frances Lund $6.50, E. T. Sonnenberg $6.50, Mary Metzerott $6.759 Augusta i ii McGovern $6.75, Joseph Mackey $6..75, John F.Hoffman $6.75, Anna Goetting $6.75, Geo.Schmelzer $7.00, Harry V. Hanson $7.00, Jane Feeney $7400, Louis Enke $7.00, i Arthur Weber $7.009 Walter C. Heins $6.50 Bernice Roepke $6.50, J. L. Mrachek $6.50, ; Jahn Oliphant $6.509 Mae Larson $6.50, A. D.. Ehrliard $6.50, T. H. Page a$6.50, i Mrs. Esther Mulvihill $6.509 J. G. Koelsch $6.50, A. J. Fakler $6.50, Edward Hotel 1' $5.009 P. W. Cowan $6.00, Minnie Johnson $6.00, Virginia Flanders $6.0.0, Emma Redig ;i $6.00, Norman Schmidt $6.00, James O'Malley $6.50, M. J. Meyer $6.50, E. M. Pomroy ii 6.50, P. F. Dofiovan $6.50, J. E. Domke $6.50, G. A. Berg $6.75, J. J. Matulys $6.75, I Henry Dallman $5.009 Robt. E. Johnson $6.75, Alma Sessing $6.75, A. F. Borchert 88.7,59 i I; Myra A. Fox $,5.00, Myra A. Fox $6.50, Albert Thompson $6.50, Minnie A. Pearson $6.50, i yHilda Kucera $6.50, James Clark $6.50, Rochester Armory $5.00, W. H.-Sykes $6.50, Lucille M. Murray $R6.509 Loren D.Fordham $6.509 R. L. Bond $6.50, Geo.L.Wood $6.50, Jessie Waldron $6.259 Jessie Waldron $5.009 Kathryn L. Blink $6.25, Elizabeth W. Hamm i $6.25, Inez T. Mosse $6.25, Merle A. Schellin $6.25, John Krusel $6.50, Reiie Bros. $5.00, Harriet Kern $6.50, Katherine Fritsch, Jane Beatty $6.50, Gordon Brumm $6.50, 1 S.P.Crandall $6.509 C. J. Briese $6.509 Joseph C.Eberts $8.50, Oscar F. Dornack $6.50, M. W. Staggert $5.00, Edward J. Jacobs $6.50, Mabel Ann Chapman $8.009 Florence Mae Buss $6.00, H. T. Earl $6.009 Wm. A. Johnson $6.00, John F. SteBhan $5.00, Pederson's; i Place $$23.85, George Barbes $68.10, Weber & Judd Company $.909 H. J. 8ohnston $8.50, H. J..Johnston .110.00, Schmidt/Printing Co. $159.65, Otto Riess $4.70; From the Lighting Fund: City of Roch.Light Dept. $$5.00; From the Park. Improvement Fund: Rochester Auto Parts $6.42,Dodge Lumber! & Fuel Co.$7.50 9Fratzke Bros.$7.789Motor Sales & Service 1.55,L.F.Milostan .113.38, Nat' lwCash Register Co.$4.329Adams Book Shop $2.30,Williams & Car $3.00,Tri-State Tel.Co.$10.75,Toro Mfg.Corp.$35.70,Nat'l.Bushing & Parts Co.$12.97,Riene Bros.$14.00,; i Rochester Ice & Fuel Coi$86.20,Nelson Tire Service $3.25,Otto Riess $ 7 of Roch.Light Dept.$12.40. i I Upon motion by Moody second by Richman the Common Council adjourned to ! 7:30 o'clock P.M. ,on March 28th,1938. City Clerk.