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Home My WebLink About1927-0503 Council Mtg MIN ~x..»ax.... _wu~ _ _ - 30 Ashland, Oregon, l~~ay 3, 1927. Y The council met in regular session at 7:30 o'clock P.~~. on this date. Present 1.~Zayor Pierce; Councilmen 8~.rgller, Kay, Peters, Thornton, ~"loods; absent ti'lhite. t~Zinutes of the meetings of hpril 19th 26th were read and approved as road. Reports of C. i,fialone, Supt. of the electric Uept., and C....Uodson, Caretaker of the dump ground., for the month of April, 19:;7, vrere read and ordered placed on f'i1e. Bills O.K'd by the Finance Committee, amounting to X14,175.85, were read in total amount only. rdlotion made and seconded th~.t said bills 'oe ~~.llo~,~red ~~nd vrarrants ordered drawn in payment thereof. i'he vc,te on the motion tivas as follo~vs: byes Bergner, Kay, Peters, Thornton, 'goods; nays none. Carried. estimate No. 2 of the amount due Rhodes and Judd on their contract for building the Crowson Hill Reservoir, prepared by ~gineer F.~i.Walker vras presented. l~~oved by Woods 80 seconded by Bergner that said bill be paid after being checked and O.K'd by the Finance Committee. The vote ~..~as as x"ollows: .yes Bergner, Kays. Peters, Thornton, Woods; nays none, Carried. Communication from the rayor and City Council of Bellingham, 'P'tiash. extending to the i,~ayor and Council and the citizens of zshland an invita,ion to attend the Tulip Festival to be held 11~ay 5th, 6th and 7th, was read. The council next vroceeded to consider communic~~t;.~on from I:Ir. and ~~rs. B.rvF.Heath stating that they have been informed that ~ hen the v:~ater is turned into the Crowson hill Reservoir they will be entirely vuithout water for domestic use and on a portion of their { land, and requesting that ~~eps be taken immediately to give them the necessary a~rount of water under pressure, said water to be paid for at the same :.ate as other venter users. 81 r~hey <<lso as~Led that an investigation be m~:.de regarding the construction of a retaining wall in front of their property. ~~~oved by Floods seconded by Bergner that the matter of furnishing venter to the Beath property, the building of a retaining wall and the ~~urchase of additional land by the City be referred to the ~"later. Committee and City r.ttorney for investigation. Carried. The .our of 8:30 o'clock having arrived, the time fixed for the opening of the bids for clearing the dam site, it was moved by Thornton, seconded by :~ergner that owing to the fact that a special election is soon to be held to determine vrhather or not work on the dam shall cease that the matter of opening the bids be deferred until after the .election. The vote on the motion eras as follo~vs: :yes Bergner, Thornton; nays Kay Peters 'dloods. - The .~ayor declared the Motion lost. The council next proceeded to open arlc~ consider the bids submitted vrhich ~^rere as fOlloWS: H. C. High, Total a~~ount of bid X6,650.00 C. Frank Rhoden r, r► „ rr 8,000.00 Svrartley .giros 'f " " 8,600.00 r~Ioved by Thornton seconded by Bergner that all bias be rejected. The vote on the motion was as follows: ayes Bergner, Thornton; nays, ~~ay, Peters, j~~loods. The mayor declared the notion lost. I ~~Ioved by 4~~loods seconded by meters that the bid of l~~r. H.C .High be accepted. The vote vras as follo~~vs : 1°~~yes Kay, Peters , 'roods; nays , Bergner, Thornton. Carried. 82 Communication from D. Guy Good of the X Z 'electric Station ~.sking that he be ~~vrarded the lamp contract for the year beginning Jvne lst, 1927, vras read and on motion of ~~loods 83 seconded by Peters reer~~~ed to the Electric Light Commit~~.ee crith povaer to act. eleven I~~~~r. Thor~iton reported that the cost of installing the~stop lights to be ;resented to the City by the ~:rnerican :region vroul~ ar~ount to approxima~ely ,:15.00 per light. T~~oved by ~~~loods seconded by meters that the lectric eight Committee be gr~~~nted authority to proceed with the installation of the lights as outlined, the expense thereof to be borne by the General Fund. The vote on ~,:he motion ~,-,~as as follows : :'eyes :~ergner, j.ay, Peters, `lriornton, 84 '`foods; nays none. Carried. R. ~rosler, 'Plater Suet. requested authority to trade in the old 1920 Ford Truck owned 8~ by the y~later Dept. for a nerr Ford or Chevrolet. ~.~oved by Thornton seconded by Woods that the matter of purchasing a netiv car be refe~'red to the ''later Committee for investigation and report. Carried. On motion of Thornton seconded by lay the Street Commissioner was instructed to repair the road at the intersection of >'PUlker .Avenue and the ~lighvray. 86 Councilman Thorrton ac~~ressed the council regarding the matter of setting aside a sum to be used, for charity purposes. On motion of floods seconded by :Peters ~~s. i'hornton vas authorized ~n behalf of the city to pledge up to ;;25.00 to be eo~r~ia~fiR~l~o~ocal cor~nlunity chest 87 Fund, told amount to be taken from the Indigent =Fund. Carried. moved by Bergner seconded by lhornton that the matter of the complaints reg~irding the unsanitary condition in the rear of the st Side Pharrnwcy bereferred to the ~~.7litary 88 Committee T~~rith poz°a°r to act. Carried. i ~ a ri ' pz 1 adopted The council next ~;roceeded to consider a. resolu~~on~~ by the Chamber of Commerce F { rec;uesting and urging the council to install the lithi~, water at the entrance of the city park on the Plaza and also to permit the installation of lithia ~~dater in +he hotels. droved by 'floods seconded by Iiay that a special committee be appointed by the ~li~.yor to 89 look into the matter of designs of foultauls, etc. and to report beck to the council. Carried. The I~.~ayor appointed as such Committee Councilmen Bergner, Thornton and tVoods. fl~~~.yor Pierce stated that the County School Supt. had requested permission to use. the "hautauqua Building for a meeting of the students of J~:ckson County to be held June 20th. Frank Jordan, a r,~amber of the Park Commission vas s ~:~resent and stated that he tiRtould be in favor of granting said request. On motion, the council adjourned subject to coll. ,I~~yor Attest; ity ecorder. a A sr' .:~shland, Oregon, i~~ay 4, 1927. r the council met at the call of the ~ayor at 5 o'clock P.~at. on this date. Present Ir~r~lyor Pierce, Councilmen Bergner, Kay, Peters, ~~rhite, 'floods. absent 'Thornton. s The City Attorney presented a::proposed_ agreement between the City and ?~~:r. and I~~r~. Heath regarding the building of a retaining t~nall, the exchange of l~:nd and the furnishing of water. ~~~oved by Kay seconded by 'Vflhite that the offer ~s read be accepted.. The vote 90 rotas as follows : Ayes Bergner, Iray, Peters, V~Jhite 'floods; nays ~:~lone. Carried. a;~oved by ~a'toods seconded by Peters that the ~~flater Supt. be granted authority to pur- chG.se the car he prefers. The vote ~;~~as as follows: eyes Bergner, Kay, Peters, ~flhite, 91 b"floods; nays none. Carried. On motion, the council ~.djourred subject to call. r n .,~a or Attest: . i City ecor er, Ashland, Oregon, Play 9, 1927. The council met at the call of the lw~ayor at 7:30 o'clock P.~~i. an this date. Present I~ or Pierce, Councilmen Ber er, Ka ,Peters, Thornton, t'floods, f; y gn y absent, r O. H. Rose and Dr. Blake addressed the council objecting to ti~eir new water rates. After some discussion it was moved by ~~'floods seconded by Petors that the City ~.ttorney be instructed to prepare an amendrnetzt to the new water rate ordinance in which the sprinkl- ing rate is to be changed from 10 ~ per 100 scuare feet to 5~ per 100 square feet for the 92 first 10,000 square feet about 5,000 and the minimum acreage rate is to be 1~4 acre. The vote on the motion r~r~~s as follows: Ayes Bergner, Lay, Peters, 'hornton, u~Joods, Tdays none , Carried. ~ ' iYloved by Thornton seconded by Bergner that the r.shland Hotel flat rate be left as it ' 93 is until a meter is il~stalled. Carried. On motion, the council adjourned subject to call. Attest: i yor Ci y Recorder. t r Ashland, Oregon, P~~ay 17, 1927. z:~...,. ' The council met in regular session at 7:30 o'clock P.~~~. on this date. Present-~~ye~ ~~e~eeT Councilmen Bergner, Kay, Thornton; absent Mayor Pierce, gouncilmen Peters, g°flhite, t'~Joods. In the absence of the i.~ayor Councilman Thornton, Chairr~an of the Council, presided. Ioved by Bergner socondec by Kay that the council adjo to meet Thursday, fray 19Ph, at 7:2-')0 o'coock F.1". Carried. fAttest: 1,11Lyor City Recorder.