Minutes 1955-07-19
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duly 19, i955
The City C~uncil met in regular sessien ~,rith Nay~r Burt preaidir~g. ~Jp~n
rsll call C~unciUen Lee, Pence, Dixa~n arni Brennan rep~rte~ present...
T The ffirnit~a ~r the prevl.~ua .regular and ad~0urne~ teeetinga were r~~ud .~i
appr~v~e~ aa reai.
May~r Burt rep~rte~ that there ahoulel be sam~eone.appointei t~ reprsaar~t
the C~uncil at the S~uth ~an Luis Obisp~ ~~unty Harb~r Det~el~pment Aaasc~.a~.~,
~'he meetings are held tt?e first Friiay ~f eneh aanth. D~a~ 3haffer' xss
$uggeste~i a~i the c~uncil stuth~rised Maysr Burt t~ app~int Mr. ~haffer t,~ a~ta~i
an~ represeat tha c~uncil. . _ . ~
Tlie c~r~icati~n tr~M the B~ar.d ~f Fire Underwriteara t~ the Fire ~h~:sf ~aa '
re~li an~t dieeu~aeri. C~uncilman I.ee recsanaen~ted a letter be xritten aakiag •if a
repreaentative ad.ght be c~ming through a• they E~uld discusa changea in t~e Y~re
equipment. Ale~ ask if they suggeat,~d an~ther survey be ma~te ~f the area- ~i
inPsrei them the city ha~ inatalle~l. a nu~ber sf larger ~ater p+ains, sn~i thmr.e xas
a~~e th~ught ~f a b~n~i issu~ t~ raise money for a nex fire h~?use an~l:pt~er.
Mr. Dillaha xas present t~ ~ti.acuss the inat~llatis~ ef a tank t,~ .e~~'~a
the air frem the vell. He agreed t,~ ~uarantee the tank te w~rk t~ the ~~4i:sf~?~~tsr~
~f the City Couricil. Mr. Dillaha waa als• ~ske~l to claan and put the pu~tp ba,ek in
tha xell a~ it c~uld be uaai.
C~ur~eil~ Hrennan rep~rteHi Mr. Ne~nnan ha~l aakes~ ab~ut the aity p~~ri~g Pa~cm
Strest. After iiacusaiett C~uncil~r? Brennan agreed to c~ntsct I~r. Ne~aan ,s~l
inf~rm him thers was ~ agree~ent t~hat ttte city xsul~ ~urfacr the streefi.~t~
Mr. ~n~ara~n rep~rtei S.adwig xiahei t~ have t~~r~ tw,t,er ~netera insts?11ai a~
hai agrse~t t.~ giir~e the city an er~~~ent f~r ~rater ~main al~ng their Wast= p~p~er'~y
lin~ fre~ (3ran~ Avenue 1~ t~ the city's r~~eveir site e~ Brisa~ Hill. i~r~. ~s~afa~~
had teld tha~ they ~~u11 hav~e ta pay the Prontage en (3rsua Avenue xhiet~ t~hey -ag~aei
t,~ i~. A n~ti~n xaa made by Councilman Brennan ts get an ease~nent f~r ~~pr~p~~l
xater li~e t.~ th~ resev~ir site and f~rego the repay~nent ef the water li~e. sn ~
~ Brises R~Ai anl iAetalls~tion fee fer tx~ water metere. They xoul~ p~y ~1.~0 ~er
fr~nt f~~t ~n ~'ani Avtnue. The ~?tion vas .~eeonded bq Counaila~an Penas s#~~
the mati~n carried. -
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~'he Trice family had reque~ted permission te heok a house in the rear ef
their property te their water line but the council agreed they ih~uld insta.ll
a separate meter. '
It was agreed Mr. Baldwi:n ~hould ps~y three minimums on his building lacated
~n Grs~nd Avenue which houses the dress shop, sh~e store s~nd other store. '
Budgets Were discussed but no final acti~n taken. Electi~n e~cpen~e for the
coming spring electimn was tca be added to the Ad~inistrative budget. The p0lice
budget xas discussed and the Council agreed they did not feel it advisable fi.~
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send Sgt. Rich.~rdaon t~+ the F.H.I, Acade~y at this time, they did n~t feel the city ~
could ~ustify•the expense. It was suggested the Chief get a pestpmnement the-
sehool. It was als• m~re ~r less agreed nat t?~ purch~se anather ear aa the~r di~
net feel the eity was large eneugh ta warrAnt tW~ cars. The Chief reported he
had receiveel word he could get his credit rating at the SpeciAl Schsol tn Auguat
anel the expenses would run zround ~150.00 f~r the tw~ weeks. It W~s agreed t~
have n special meeting t• finish the budgets when the street ~nd water budgets
w~uld be ready.
The Couricil sat as a B~ard ~f Equalizati~n and there was a letter fr~m Mra.
Ru~hing asking fsr ~ reductien in the zssessed valuation of their preperty. After
~l3scussion ef values -on ether praperty z m~tiun was made by Councilmzn Lee~
seconded by CouncilmAn Brennan t• deny a reduction on the a~sessad valuation. All
members v~ted Ay~.
Bills agAinst the General Fund„for ~1701.78, and the Water Fund f~rr ~837.08
were audi.ted, appreved and er~lere~l paid.
N~ further business appea~ing the meeting ad3~urned.
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~ ity Clerk I~Iay~r
August 2, i955
0 Only tWO Councilmen present so no meeting could be held. It was agreed to .
ad~ourn to 7:30 F.M. August 9, 1955 and on that date the meeting was cancelled as
only two Councilmen were in town. ~
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