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:shland, Oregon, Dec. 28, 19?6.
she council met~~t the call of the I~'Iayor at 8 o'clock B.I~,i. on this date. ~~'res~,nt
Mayor Jolrnson; Councilmen Burdic, refers, Taylor, Miley, '~'~ri~ht; absent ITigh.
i:''inutes of the previous meeting ~~irere read ~tind appro~red as re~.d.
The council next ;~°oceeded to consider the bias submitted for ~~7500.00 Fire Dep~4rtment
Bonus, ";;15,000.00 Zithia Pipe nine Bonds and ;~50,000.OU ~3ater Bon~~_s. "
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The bids having been read it was r~roved by Taylor seconded by ~`~'right that the
ti'~estern Bond ~ I~.Iortgage Co's bid for X50,000.00 'u"Jater Bonds, to bear five per cent
interest and to be paid for at the r~~te of :,,1004.68 per 4;1,000.00 of bonG_s, be accepted.
The vote on the motion tiy~~s as follo~~rs : Ayes Hui°dic, Peters, Taylor, ~~~liley, ~1rie;ht; nays none . Carried. ~
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moved by Taylor seconded by V,~right that the bid of J. J, iIc~~~~~ir of par, ac;-,rued '
' inter ,st anti ;,;160.00 c~remium z"or the ";,'7500.00 Fire Department Bonds be accepted.
The vote on the motion w~..s ~s follo~t.~s : ayes Burdic, 'eters, Taylor, '~.'iley, ~~~ri~,°ht;
3' nays none. Carried.
~~n~;rec~rnmen~~,tion of C. p~.~~Pierce: it was ~~oved by Taylor seconded by Hardie that all bids for the ~~15,000 issue of Zithia Pipe Line Honus be
rejected. Carried unanimously. g
' The council next proceeded to considez° the bias submitted for pipe and fittings for
the i`~ater Department. The bids having been read, on motion, they ,~rere referred to the
City .~~,ngineer, I~~ater Superintenaent and Electric bight Superintendent, for examination
and report latez° in the evening. z; ~'t
' Bills C.~i'd by the finance Commit~,ee, amolr~~rtir.~; to ~~7,990.85, ~°~ere re~.d in total amount only. ~.otion m~.de ~:.nd secon~.ea th~.~ s~.za
bills ee ~,llo~,4~ed ~..nd ~~razrGnts ordered
drawn in payr~lent they'eof. l~he vote on the r~lotion eras as follot~~,rs: byes Hardie, peters,
T<~ylor, 'r~iley, ~~~tright; grays none. Carried.
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i,Ioved by T<ylor seconded by Burdic that y~~,00~~.00 be tr~~nsferred ~~rom the '~ledtric
~ ' , , ~ ~ Zf Light Fund to the ~,~~tex I'urrd ~.s a te:~por~~~~ Town. C~..lried unanimously. ~g i
1 K ~,:oved by Burdi~ seconded by '~,"aright that ~~1510.00 be transferred from the rlectris ~
I,i~°ht k~'una to raving I;ist. I~~o. 5 Fund us a loan. C~~rried unanimously.
$ ~ The City httorney stated that he had inferviel~red Ira. Reeder regarding the paving
assessment levied against his property on "C" Street ana reported that I~e~r. Reeder tiRri1~1:
sign up in accordance with the provisions of tyre B~zncrof~ ~"~~.ct if the city ~~rill levy a
se crate ~k.ssessment a ainst each of his two pro7~crties. I+;I p g oved by Jiley seconded by ~ ~ ',~~Jrir~ht that the City acce?~t
the proposal of ~~r.~Reeder and levy t~~~o separ~~te ::~~~>sessr~~erits.
Carried.
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The City Engineer, ~~~~rater Supt. and f. Eight Supt. having c~~refully examined the bids
submitted foi' vrater pipe .nd fittings submi ~ted their report recom:~ending that the con-
tract be ~:~~~~~arded to the Bacifie States Cust Iron ~.'ipe Co., their bid being: the best of
those received. I,?oved by ~urdic seconded by Taylor that the bid of the Pacific States ,
Cast Iron Pipe Co. be ~~ccepted. The vote on the motion was as folloti~as: ~~Lyes Lur~dic
~~~~~°s, Taylor, 'dile~r, `~~dl°ight; nays none. Carried.
'The proposed cancellation of the contract bet~~reen the City and .~1.Hutler bras main
discussed. Iotior~ tivas made and seconded th~.t the Recorder be authorized to accept interest
to d~., ~ - ~~te on said contr~~ct provided ~s. Butler urinishes ev~.c~er~c~ that all.ftixes have been paid unless o ~1EY'WI,c,DI^ +r~ ~t?te
c.~~+ncif
ana that said contz~act be allo,s~ea to stand~:;.s long as znter~st ~.rru ~a~ces ~.re paid. 'i~'Yre
vote on the motion tiaras as follows ~ Dyes Hardie, refers, ~'ayl_or, '~~iley, ~~~~ri~,~ht; na,~rs none.
Carried.
I~`oved by Taylor seconueu by ~°Jright than an ~+_uditing Commit~ee consisting of G.I~~i.Frost
,F I and S. A. Peters be appointed to au~.it the ~~ccounts oz~ the Trea;;urer, Recorder and ~~~~rk
Commission far the past year. Carried.
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re _ the council next proceeded to consider proposed oz°dznance entltlea Orc~irl~,nce L~uthorl-
'i zing ana directing the l~:a tiror arld City Recorder of the City of '~shl~~.nd, Oregon, to e_ ecute
end deliver to the Talent Irrigation District of J~:ckson County, Oregon, special oblig~- < .n ~ Lion note f ~~iu it s o s c in
suf~leient a~a~unt~~ ~.t the times and in tl.,, f zm a ` ~ o s rovided
y in that certain agreement entered into by and bets~reen the said City oz~ ~':shl~~nd, ~~nd the
said Talent lrrzgation District, on the 7th da_yr of December, 196, ~~~rhich agreement is m~.c~_e
a part he_•eof, for the puz'pose of explanation, under ti~~hich agreement the City of '~shl~ nd
~3'' purch~.ses '~~'rom the Talent Irz°igation Tiistrict tti~ro honored ~.cre feet of water in ~~ddition
to the si.~ hunc_red ~~~cre feet pujch~sed on I,~~zch ~.~1, 194, providing th~.t ~ cert~vzn sum be
~ ~ set :~~side each month in the T~.lent Irrigation sinking Funu to insure the p~.°ompt ~~.nrt full payment of said speci~~.l obligation notes ~ ~xrd
declaring an emergerlc~r." The ordinance having
been re~.u the first time, on moti~,~n, th, rules t°aere suspended, five vofin~; in favor
thez°eof, ana the ordinance ~"t~.s ~~~ass=d to the econd reading°. 'rl~.ving been re~~.d the s~,cond
time, roll call was orue~~ed on its adoption. rlle vote ~,~:~«.s ;.s follows: ~°i~res Hardie,
peter°s, Taylor, ~~~~ileJ~, i~yright; nays none.
~~'hereupon the I~.yor declared ~it~,Y Ordinance ~~o. 849 adopted.
k On motion, the council ~.d journed subject to call. z
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