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Home My WebLink About1920-1214 Council Mtg MIN Ashland, C~re~;o ri, Dec, ].4, ] ~2t? • The counci 1 „let pursu.ar~t to Ia,st add eL?rt~,lent a.t B o' clock P,I:.'. an the evening; of . _ this date. Present lU`~tyor L~~~kin Cat?ncl.lr~en ~~antr,, Frost, ~~,~cGee, 5.,?.r~r~; a,~sent Tlinin~er, Turner. ~~~lr. G.i+.]?;.lltn4s aa~.resse~L ~~~e coupe ~l as.~~~.nE; that tlle~r cancel she penalty on l~.is delinquent pa,vin~ lied, i~iOVF~ii. by B=~.r~~ a,, secorlcted by Shinn t11,~.t the rec!.uest be granted and I~~lr, Billings be allowed to pay his aesesgi~.ent witriout a penalty, The vote tRaas as fol:tow5: Ares Banta, Frost, 1~~~cGee, Shinn; n.~.ys none. Carr~.ed. G. Grainier adriressed the counc~.l a,skin~ that the penalty 'oe dec4~:.cted from'r~i5 v delinq~.zPnt paving assessments t'ra.t ha.~re been. certified, to the Sheriff. ~~oved bar Banta, seconded by 1~1cGee that the matter be .referred. t;o t;hP Finance Co~~t~i ttee to take zzp Frith tree City Attorney and report back ~`t tine next meeting. C2xried. ~°,F i,"~r. Grainier also asked that the city reirrlbltrse h.im for th.e loss of ll buckets of ~a pctataps and various other articles l~vi~ich he claimed had been taken from the prapr~rty rented. by him on Street and to wltichi the city ha .recently a.cnuired title. This mat t,~>r !uas discussed 'out no action v~ras taken a,t this meeting. i!'r. Sl:~inn and ~-ir.. ~:cGee reported. on the request of the Pac. Tel. ~ Tel. Co. i'or perrriission to replace their po1CS on the City' c pro; erty nn North lain St., recommPnc?.- one that the request be ~ranten proviclin~: ne~v poles are placed in the sar~ie location as the old ones. i;~oved by Banta, 5econ~led by nest that the rf~port a.f the special c~~~7~~rr~- it~tee be a,cce; ten. Carried. i The cot?ncil next pr.oceeder'~ to consider City Ocdir~~a~nce tvo• ;%C entitled " An ordin- ance ~C~??i1'inE the Recorder of the City of Ashla.ncl, Ore~an, to natify ttiie County assessor ar~d County Clerk of Jacksan County, Ore~.~or~ of al.l delinquent speci~l~ 'oenefit assessments axed docketed city liens, to~etller with interest ~~,:c~~a ~oenaltiF~u thereon, as rec,uired by x Secticr. 2 of Article 12 of the Chartez~ of sa,icl city." The ordinance having; been regd ~ the first tune, on motion, the rules vrere suspended, ttivo-thirds vatin~~ ~.n favor thereof and the ordinance was passed to tree second readin~• llavin~ been read. the second time, xoll call was ordered on tie adoption of the ordinance. The vote was as follotivs: Ay~~:s ~'anta, groat, 1~~cGee, Shinn; nays none. . .Thereupon the i':ayor declared Ci t~j Gr. ciir.ancP No • 7C~ adopted. Il~n~ mo t i~ n ;o.i ~r• Bo,nta tree Recorder was ~.r. s 1,rz~ cted not to Bert ify the Chautauqua h lien to the aheriff ~:nd. to accept same t~rithattt a penalty if paid tr~ithin a, reasonable time. ~+lr. Banta reported the City House on ~~t~~r~~~1+~. Streit in need of ~F~indo~~ ~la,sg and stated that I~~ir. Dickerson ha,d proposed to .replace the ~~~indoWS in-two roars for x.50. iiovecl ray Frost, recorded bar Shinn th~.t tl:~i s natter be referred to ,t'ie Realty Corro,~ittee Wraith po~ver ~;o act. Ca.Y'r~.ec~. ~ I~:r. Banta main 'orol?;'ht tzp the matter of l~urc~~a.sin~ additions.]. ti^ra+er mPtersr.ecommend. ~ ink that I00 be p~arc'riased. ?:roved by Banta seconded by Shinn that tl°~e ~~later St~.pt. be g instructed to ar.d.er l00 ~..~npire meters. The vote vra as follo~~,r; I~;reS Banta, Frost, 1t~~cGPe, Shim.; r,a~rs n~,:~r~e• C'a ric?d. i~overl ;;~y Shinn, ~;c;c ~~n~~ed ~~y ':cGee, tiia., the ?+'inarice Committee of the olci council bP instructed. to cti,.eck the 4~ills and Recorder's reports inclt?~in~ the mont'r:~ of Dec., 1920. Carried. 1'he matter of ct?ttin; off a ;~ortiar! of the sidewalk at the carver of Gra,•r,ite a,nd North i~~~~in Str.Pf~tr r~a,~; discus~~ed. ~~oved 'oy Shinn, seconded ~,y Banta that this i1satter 'oe left to the StreE~t Cor~~mtt,ee t^ri.th pother to act, said Corr►rnittee to cor_~s~~lt tree City :u'n~ineCr and the City Attorney to seP if an ordinance is rPq~:~ir.ed. The vote was ars follows : Ayes Banta, Fro st, McGee, Shinn; rza~~~~s none. Carried. '~'r~e council next considered the rna.tter of mnvin~; the fountain f orderly a.t the corner of ?~rartl~ lain and `lla.ter Streets to the school ~raun~]q. iuiovec~. by Frost,- seconded by Shinn that the '~'~ater Supt. be authori;~ed to install tl~e fourt~..in ~,t the Ttaniox iii~;h i Sch~ ~l trot?nds provided the Scr~oo,l Board will paY the cost of installing tl~e pipe, labor and bowl, The vote w~.s as fol],aws: 1~yes Banta, ~~rost, ~~~icGee, Shinn; nays none, Carried.. V l~lr. Holler 'orcu~ht pP the r;iatter of ~~t?yirl~ ai?to licenses for the three cityT cars ~ for t1i.P year i9?I stating that the sc~nie v►ou].c1. cost 4,"~7~.00. roved. bar S'r,.a.nn, seconded by I~~icGes t}~~at t11e Recorder be atztharazed to see~zrP .licenses for t':~e vari oizq ci.t~r trucks ~.nd cd-r°s. The vote tvc~r a,r follov~a:;: Ayes Banta, Frasi;, i.~~cGeca, Shinn; rays none. Ca.r.riec~. z~~roved by Banta, seconded by Shinn that the ~:~a~~or appoint, a ccr~u;zittee of two to confer ~~rith the ~11PdfOrd authorities relative to havinU an ordinance parsed xe~ulat.n~ jitney far. ea, the corr~mit;tee to rPpnr. t s.t tl~e ne.{t council r~~eat inf. Carried. Thereupon the 1,~ mayor appointed as such cor.~mittee Councilmen Bant-~. and Nininger. 0n motion the counci]. rfacamrElencied to the committee a fare of not to exceed. ~0 cents f. or one tvay and 70 cents for round trip. ~ l~rs. 11• Driver asked. that the City refund hc~r pelialtic~a ai.d on c1F~linti?zPnt ~~~~~:t,er ar~d li~l~tt rP..nt~. ,~:roved 'oy Shinn, ;~eccmued. by r~~.nt=~ that r~_funi? 'ray, r;,~ ti~.t~d. CaxriH~al. JuA~, d~a„~o a Gds l1.Qam~ The Layo~ brought up the rnattF, ~ of al~otiv~nk the cz~t ~,l rf n~ ~;r~~:: /~i~ ~ ~.a ; are:~;t xes rve tinaz were c.iassea as green troos but beP.inning to dF,cay. TV!0v Fro ~t, ed by seconded bar Santa that the matured trees on the Forest Reserve wher(, they have cori-, enced to decay nea.- the bottom or top be cut. Carried. r. Hosler r=:,T -rtpcl t1i.e need of new collars; for ,he, 20 inch wood pipe line. On motion of Mr. Shinn the Water. Shpt. was instructed to loot' into the matter and orde-- the necessary nmbe--r. The vote was as folloi+.r-: Ayes Banta, Frost, i. cGee, Shinn, nays hone. Carried.. On motion the council adi aurned to rieet Friday Dec l7th at the usual hour. Attest: City Recorder Tj'ayor