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Ashland, Oregan, l~Tov. 30, 1820. a
The council met pursuant _to Is;st ac~j,;urnrr~ent at ;~:31~ o' cl.ocl: F.~. on the evening
of tl:~is date. PresF~nt i~;ia~;rar T~amkin; Cauricilrnen ~'ro,t, Il2cGee, Tlininger, Shinn; absent
Banta, Turner.
ltyirtttes o:i_' file ,~re-~ri;~~~s ~:,ef~ting ti~~,-rf~ y~ea,r? and app?°ovecl ~~s read...
Dta ~~~otipn of i.rr. Nininger t}ie report of Engineer D.C.Nenr~y and Pngineer tl~a,lker
wes,~, ordcrdd l~rinteci -also 1~'0 extr. rc~?ies of tl~e I~e,ort in i'olcle~r form. ~
~'he eQttncil' next cr~nsa:c~.exed a. petition of Bert R. urPer re;uertin~ that the
C . C aU ~ e th.e r t f proposed paving on it~i.Il Street or Pas. Avenue to be extended so
as to describe c_ircle in front of his property and in th.e wide portion of the Ia.za ad~ace~~+ t~ ' P r~; t}ia and Sa~l~~ Spr:in~;s. This
ma,ttE~r vaa~; d9.scussed at same
p ~ f . I~ length but action ~defea~red. ~aending investigation.
Request of J. W. Kistler for ~;err>1ic~s.on to erect a garage on the ;south end of
the ~7rick 'c~u.iding kno~am as th.e ion Ton Bakery, was read. On r.~lotion, said requ :st
v,~as referrers to the Fire Cor~mlittee with power to act.
ate;t?~Gitor? of tie Recorder far office supplies was presented. On :notion of
2Tr' Nininger, sane was granted., the vote being as folla~~as: Ayes Frost, l~~'cGee,
lnirlger, Shirrs, nags none. Carried.
T:~r. Shinn brought up the matter of purchasing a meter for tts~ at tl~e depot.
Tovecz by l~inir~uer, s~co~Y~ded by ~,icGee, th~~.t this rr~~,tter be refera~ed to the Electric
fight Committee with bower to act. Carried..
~ The council next proceeded to consider a, rrol~ased Cit;;r Ordinance Nn. ;~Cb entitled
A.n ordinance to levy for municipal purposes a tax l~.pon all the taxable property within
the corporate limil,5 of the City of As1:land, Ore.,an, for file genes. ~~:1 expenses of said
city for -the gear I.~?1, anct reu.iring the Recor~le:~~ to notify the Count~T As~es~;ar a.nd
County Clerk ~,,f Ja,c'~:~;on County, State of Ore;on, as required °ay Section 2 of Article
2 ~ of the Charter of said City, and. 1a~vc~ of tl;e State of Oregon. " Tile ordinance
leaving been read th.e fir:~t time, on motion., the rules v1c_3re s~~rpendec, two-third; votir.~.• in fa~ror t'raerc~of and the ordinance vas pas
secs to the second reading. Having
been read the sPCOnd t ir.,e, roll call w,~.s,,ordered din the adoption of the ordinance.
Tl~e vote w~ti; as follows; Alves Trost, l;~Tc'~ee, Nin7.r~;er, Shinn; rays none;
Thereupon the iYiayor declar. ecl Ci ~y Urd. roan ce No. rj06 adopted.
P~'rs. 5.~', Gre ~g :f~-siding ~~t 9~~~ Ashland Street, a,sr.ecl that sLae be granted free watt:-r and l.ightg. On motion of I«Tr. Shinn, said
request wa,s granted until further !
notice.
On r,otio~~., the crn.~rici7. ~~'~~,~~,~rned to r~eet ~-'~ednestla.y, .Oec. 1st, 3t the usual hour~~ ~
u~ayor
Attest;
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Ashla,nn, Oregon, 'Jec. 1, 1c;20.
The dotinc it rlet nLlrs~:ta"nt to ].a~:,t a.cl~j otarn~~~e~n. " : ► ~ . t ~r tat j ?O o clac~....:~_. on the e rening
of the s date, Pres~:~Zt i~~>>~or Zax~kin; Cottnci.lr~en frost, ~acGee, ?1ini.nger, S'rlinn; absent j
Banta., Turner. i
The reading of the rpintzt~~s of the ~reviotts ~aeetin~; vre, dis,~ensc~d with.. `
l,~r. Shinn reported that he had interviewed the City Attorney in regard to the 'I
petition of ivlr. ureer presented a,t thk~ ,revious meeting. lie stated that t~~~e City
Attcrne~r t'iwr~p"!lra,ged t''1e City' S er~terir~g ai~tr~ a contract tivltrl sir. Greer aq Ile was of
the opinion that it would invalic~.a.ts the pa,~ring proceedings.
The contract bet:Rroen the City of Ashlar_d ~~.n~~ +~rka,.r riuber, signed 'oy Omar Huber
and the Mayor anij Recorder, for ln~i;lwning t'r~e paveent on forth ~aa.n Str. eet between
the Plaza ~3,nd ?dater StrF~et, also the contract between file Cit~r of Ashland and Osl~ar
ri~aber, duly signed, for paving ?~~iill Street or Park '.Avenue far a distance of
appro~ircately 1200feet, also accorapanring bond of the Fidelity s,nd Penosit Company of
I~Tary Land inn tl~e surfs of 4,114.00, were read to the council. ~dloved 'oy ivoninger, seconde by Frost t:~a,t said contract 'oe apnravPd and
tYtP 'cond. 'oe accepted. The vote eras as
fallo~r~s: Ages: -Mrost, ?'CGPpi in i~~~r, Shinn; nays none. Cai~ried.
A proposed agree~:r~ent 'o~:~tweer~ the City of Ashland and the jr'~estern Union Tai Co.
• ~r vrhereuy the Cityr of Ashland, in consideration of the roraova,l of the poles on North
i~aain Stret;t, ;;rants ~~,id co~,ipany the u;~e of the Cit~''s +o1es i.n veil's A v
re~~.il '~i ~ 11e was ~~oved a_,r Frost. gec~nr3a~~ ~~r ~~,;nom +t,~+ -
' . ~~u ue approvea with a ten ye ,r lit~~a t clause inserted and the 1ayor and Recorder instructed to siSn sane. The
vote was as follows. Ayes Fros l cGee, ininger, Shinn; riVg 710118• Carried.