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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1928-0508 Council Mtg MIN Sri par°ch~:sing a~:~ici car to the Finance Committee and "rlgineer Dillard. Councilman I eters suggested th~~t i~:s. J. G. rmb~~ose be ~-.ppoirited to ili the v~:cancy on the council.. 'the ib~~u or stated th~~t this m~~tter ~,~~~oulc' be taken up ~:_t the next Y council rneuting. t~ Council~ban ~~lhite y~~ecomrnended that the matter of repuirin~~ the Ch~.utuucua building be :.ut to ~ vote of~ the people ut the coming; election. ! . ~.'he ay~.~yor stated t~~ut l~r. alone his irivestig~ated the cost of voughfluke material, to be used for keeping, do~~~~rl the dust orl the pure: road uild found. triat approximately ~~900 would be required. ~~o ~:.ction was t~~keri. Gn motion, the council :~~djourned subject to call. c~.~~~,'~~r z lu~ci yo r lyttest: ~ r ~ E, ~ ;x: 2' Ashland, Oregon, ~;2ay 1, 1928. The council met in regular session at '7:30 o'clock P.~~~I. on this date. Fresent Mayor 'Thornton; Councilmen Bergner, Kay, Feters, ~`~hite, V'loods; absent none. ~~,~~inutes of the meeting of April 17th were read and approved as read. Re ort of C . A. ~~.~Ialone for the month of April, 1928 , arras read and, on mot ion, p accepted and ordered placed. on file. Bills O.K'd by the Finance Committee, amounting to w11,695.77, ~~rere read in total amount only. ~~~2otion was m~Lde anti seconded that said bills be allowed and warrants ordered dra.F~m in payment thereof. ~i~he vote t-ras ~.s follo~~~s: eyes Bergner, Kay, Peters, ~y~hite, 'd'boods; nays none. C~wrried. A remonstrance against the building and oper«tirig of plant yin.: North ~ ~~~in Street for storing and distributing gasoline and oil was read. ~~Ioved by ~~oods seconded by ~ ~ Carried. Kay th~.t the remonstrance be laic on the table. Representing ~;.V.Carter~ R.P.Bampbell ~.nd J.C.Huggin~., Communication from H. C. C~aley~asking permission to use the lot bet~~reen the C~.mps Building and the Oregon Hotel for a used car sales lot was regd. the matt~r was referred to the Street Committee with instructions to report buck to the Council. i T~~~Ioved by Bergner seconded by ~~Joods that the Recorder be instr°ucted to transfer x'10,000 from the Electric Light Fund to the 'y~ater '~Jorks Construction Fund as a loan, ~ rate of interest as the bank pays on city the grater ~~'+orks Con. tuna to pay the sum, balances and the loan to be repaid as soon as funds are availa~vle. The vote ~°TC~s as i follo~~;s, ayes Bergner, Kay, Feters, ~~~hite~ '~~oods; nays none. Curried. Bn ineer Dillard addressed the Council regarding the progress of the work on the g dam. He stated that approximately X21,000 ~~rould be required by June lst and ~~5,000 Y Y b Jul 1st. building Councilman Woods reported that the small~~a~ on Fourth Street had been given to ' firith the un~:erstar~ding that he is to remove the same and clean the lot. Glenn Heu,a v Councilman tiVoods suggested that the complaint of ~~rs. Geo. Spencer reg~.rdin~ the icken and of F.O.Smith, on Oak Street, be referred to the Police Department for ch Y investigation. The Cit attorney reported that he had interviewed lb~rs . Elliott and that she Y asked that she be granted an extension of time for paying her sel~rer assessment. I The Council then proceeded ~~rith the election of a Councilman to fill the unex- 3.~~ or r"hornton nominated Dr. ti~1._~. Blake . pired term of S. D. Taylor, deceased. ,~"Y 1 Councilman Feters nominated J. G. Ambrose. The ra.yor then decl~l.red the nominations _ closed. The ballots were then prepared and the votes counted. The ~~jGyor aeclured Dr: Bl~~ke elected. t communication from the Beaver Portland Cement Co. rag~~rding their pricer~for eerlerit was next read.. '~~oved by ~;loocs seconded by Peters th~it their price of ~~.35 er barrel be approved and the riayor and Recorder authorized to sign the contract. p v to ~rr~: s as follows: ~`~yes Bergner I~dy~ Feters, `a~~.ite, '~`yooGS; nays none. Carried. i'h e o  On motion) the. council ,~djournec- suDiecL vW uall. Tv' ,.yo r l;tteat: RecorLer. T8 1928. Ashland ~ Oregon l ~ y %h a c°ou~I~ ~12~ of f~l ~ c4 l/ ~ ° Thy //or ~rT 7; 3v ~~~17~iir C'M- Present i,ayor `'Thornton;'Councilmen erVner► `,jhlfe, Blake; absent Kays Peters, IeJoods. R-;aii g of m*.nu' es d_spensed with. ~~`I~ 'loved by Bergner seconded. b~''~~hite, that Recorder adve~=tile for bids for steel according to plans and specification~'~' '~~~:y l~~h'.d ?ngineer Billard requested to notify steel houses by mail. Carried unani.~~ously. Moved by ~`lhite seconded by Bergner that engineer Dillard be authorized to purchase a cement testing machine at an approximate price of y~775 delivered in Ashlana. ~~d~ourried subject to call. la yor . Attest: ~ ~ ~ Recorder. 1'~shland, egon, Tay 15, 1928. I 49 a The council met in regular session at 7;30 o'clock P.l~~~~. on this date. Present w'ayor Thornton; Councilmen Blake, jay, ?eters, !`lhite, ',}foods; absent Bergner, ~~inutes of the previous meeting 1~~rere road and approved as recta. Bills O.K's by the Finance Committee, amounting to X369,65, tivere react in total amount only. I.~otion was made and seconded that s~~id bills be allowed and warrants ordered drawn in payment thereof. .The vote was ~:s follows: byes Blake, Kay, `r'eters, '~`lhite, ~Mloods; nays b ' none. CG.rried. Councilman floods r°eported that C. A. Pouson hGd sold his dump ground contract to Ray Spencer of Medford. Councilman ~'dhite reported on the request of Carter ~ Car~lpbell for permission to maa~- tain ~ used car sales lot on F~.st Bain Street, sesting that he found the shed to be can- ~a~ strutted did not conform to the provisions of the ordinance governing the erecting of buildings ~Frithin the fire limits. It ~~r<As moved by ;Moods seconded by d~fhite that this matter be laid on the table. Carried. The hour of 8 o'clock having arrive, tie council proceeded to open bids for approxi- mately 111,000'`©f re-enforcing steel. The bias received ~rere as follows: Pacific Coast Steel Co. X3,382.00 Ashland bomber Company 2,995.00 t f ~~ercer 8tPe1 Company 3,715.00 Colorado Fuel ~ Iron Company 2,928.77 r Columbia Steel Corporation 2,984.51 a ~y.oved by 'Floods seconded by Kay that the council reject all bids. CG.rried. I~~~oved by `floods seconded by ~ eters that l~~r. Dillard be authorized to purchase the re- g ~ T.,r r fi, ~ rr~ enforcing steel on the open m~.rket. The vote s as follo`~s . Ayes Blake, ~uy, Peters, ~~~lhite, :foods; nays no.1e. Carried. A complaint regarding an incinerator used by Provost Hardti~rare tF~as referred to the Sanitary and Fire Committees for investigation. A complaint regarding the drain from the Butler ~~uilaing eras referred to the Sanitary Committee with power to act. r Tha matter of caring for the park row on the Boulevard was discussed. It was moved by Petel s seconded by ~~doods that the bight anti ~Jater L'epartments b~e authorized to take charge of the ~a~rork. Carried. Mayor `hornton stated that he ana tY~le '~~`later and Lig~lt Superintendents had examined the paved streets i~l need of repair and ~r~ere of the opinion that the trouble with the pavement was often caused by the curb and gutter separating from the pavement and.allow- ing the water to seep through. He recommended that th~~c~acks be coverer ~~~ith Laykold. After some discussion it was moved by ~~Thite seconded by Moods that the `Jlater Supt. be authorized and instructed to use the Zaykold on hand to patch the pavement in need of repair. Carried. atter of clea.nin}_ r ~ " the 1~Layor also brought up them ~ the cemeteries, ally suggested that ~ the several city departments basest in the `~aork. It eras moved by ~~~foods seconded by White that the various departments be instructed to furnish men to do__said ~rork within the next two ws~ks ceder the supervision ~of ~~,~r. ~~,~~alone . Carried. Tha matter of painting the Carter '~emorial r'ountain ~rr~~s also discussed ana on motion of :day seconded by Blake, referred to ~~s. ;I~.Tone. l;'r. ~..L.Coggins request that the City least him the vacant lot ut the corder of i~~ouritain avenue Uld st ':~~in Stre~;t vas referred to the Realty Committee. Th~~ council neat proceeded to consider a proposed ordinance entitled "'Ordinance amending Section 1 of Ordinance vro. 8~1 in order to rearrange the maturities of bonds numbered 1053 to 1352 inclusive.'' 'lhe ordinance having been re~a the first tlrne, on motion, the rules ~~~ere suspended, five votin~;° in favor thereof, ~~nd. the ordinance tiaras passed to the second reading. graving been read the :second time, roll call was ordered on its adoption. The vote ~:ras ~a follo~~,~s : ~~.yes Blake, rt~wy, meters, `7hite, `;'loads; n~~ys none. ~ Thereuy~on the `u yor declared City Liz°dinance ~~ro. 864 adopted. , , . rn ~ , r• ~ ~ she City rtttorney r;~aa notice culling for birds on Genez~,l Ob1i~~ation Contra of the City of rlshl~nd, Ore~;on,~ aggregating ~~,00,000.00. ,.:loved by .~l~.ke, ,~econd„a by ~~y that the notice be published in both papers. C~~rried. Y~ The perking plan tiaras again discussed nut no ~ct~on eras taken. ~ , 4 On motion, the council adjourned, sub j,ct to call.  fittest x33 City Recorder i~