Minutes 1951-05-02 ~47
ArrO~o Gr~:.rlde, C:~l:i~'orr:~.?.
i~~ay 2, 1951
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, The City Council :~et in regular session, ~aiti ~:a,ror ~~ua.1ters presici-~ng.
, ' m n Di..son arid ~zrr~-~~nn re orted nresent. Co~ancil.~nen
Upon roll c~.ll Col ncil e p ,
Cl~.r~: a.nd Conra.d repc-r+ed later.
The minuties of the previous re~ula,r :neeting taere r~a.d and a~~:,ro~red ~.s re~d.
A letter from Dr. H. 0. Sw~rtout w~.s read and he ~lso ~pp~a.red to request
t,h~.t ~ction be t~.ken on the reloc~.tic;n of the His_;hw~.y, ~s soon ~s possible; so
they could rn~,ke any ch~n,~~es necesa~ry soon as possible. It w~.s su~~;ested that
a copy of the letter be sent to the Pl~nning ~ornmis:-ion for thPir recommend~tion.
An ~.p~lic~tion fro::~ ~rthur ~J. ~^Ti~~;ins, ~'or a. position on thA police force ?aas
read ~.nd a riation T~~a.s rn~de by Councilrn~n ~amn~ann, seconded. by CoUncilman Dir.son,
to hire l;r. ti'.Tir;~ins until sv.ch tiiae as :~r. ~~illia.ms is i~ac?c or. the jjob. I~iotion
c~.rried.
Councilrnan D:~zna~..nn said he t~ad hea.rd repcrts tha.t -the City compromised the
Dales~i C~se. He sa_id the Cit~,r h~d not:~ing to do Vrith i-t, ~uh~t the ~istrict
Attorney reiu~ed +o prosecute or. ~rounds of insufficient e~ridence.
1'he FiNe Siren, ~frhi_cb had L~en sent on tri~l, za~s not satisfa.ctory End the
C1;:rk was ~sl~ed to h~zr~ the sir~n returned and ~ letter writter..
The letter from H,=?.rt~orct Accident and Indemnity Company ~hT~s re~d ~.nd ordered
filed.
The letter frora the Skeet and P~ifle Club w~.s r~fer:~ed to th~ Chief of Yolice,
for his recom~nd~±ions.
It was decid.ed to t~ra.it until CoL~ncilrn~n Conr~.d had cont~~.cted 1~ir. tiJhite before
m~.king the ~.ppointment of Pour.d :iaster.
It t~~s ~.gr:,ed to check T~rith r1r. Peterson, City ~ngineer, on the : treet ~.nd
drain?` e around t:he ne?a ~ii~;h Schocl ~nd r~'~er tre m~+ter to the P'l~.nnir.~ commissi~n.
Co~ncilman Dixson a.r_.;r~ed to check the ~a.nford Gr~V~l pit, before ~ettin~ any
more gr=~ve1, ~s there ~,r~,s sorr,e t~.lk o~' it underr:iining thc. rc~di~T~y~.
i~ir. T~'Ic Coy w~s as}sed to ~~et 2 more esti:na.t~s on the }~ump house, .f.or the i~1ew
Urell ~nd it w~s decided to h~v~ the ~?.~ctY'ic:ity shut o:'f until the Vrell w?s hooked
up readi to use.
It w_~s r~ov~d ~nd seconded to ?arite the ~.H Club ~ 1Ptter, ~.bout ~ project to
put up str~~e;t si~ns t~lling then: LF1e Cot~ncil t,rov_ld b~ in f^vor of such proj~ct.
The Clerk z•T~s ~.sl;ed }ho ti~~Trite the Plannin~- Corr~:~ission ';,hat the Council ~caould
lik~; to me~t vrith the Co~n~nis~ ior_ at their -reF;ular meeting.
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A motion w~s m~de by ~ouncilman Clark, seconded by Ccuncilm~n Dixson, to
deny the Da,les°i Claim ~nd the Clerk instructPd to write ~ letter informing
therr. ef the denial.
The Clerk was ~7.so ~,sked to ~mite ~ir. ~~hi_te, asking if his truck wa.s re~.dy
for a.pprov~.l; so the G~.rb~.ge Contr~ct could be signed.
A motion ti,ra.s rriade by Councilman llixson, seconded by Councilman Damm~nn
to allow I~Tr. Harris to le~ve the State for 3~ days.
Councilm~n Di~son ~s~~ed if t,he City wished to sell the b~rrel of floor
sweep, which w~s not being used, he said he thou~ht the Post Uffice might be
willing to buy it.
Bi11s ag~inst the Gener~.l F`und for ~2,~6~..96 , the %~~ter Fund for ~5,1~72.61
and the Water Deposit fund for ~28.00, were audited, ~.pproved ~nd ordered paid.
No further business a,p?~earin~ ~nd upcn motion the meeting z~r:a adjourned.
P~ia.yor
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City `lerk ~