HomeMy WebLinkAbout1937-0119 REG MIN
J'anuary 19. 1937
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The aouneil met in regular session at 7:39 P. !Jr. this date. Present;
Ivtayor Wiley. Counailmen Applewhite, Blake, Hansen. Ingle. Koozer, Sweden.
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Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved as read.
Monthly reports o.t tIle Electric t Street J Vlater Departments. Library
and C'i ty Recorder wellle re ad, accepted and ordered p1aced on file. The
man thly and annual repoIllt of the Park Board v~as reo'ei ved and filed. The
The annual reports of the Library and Police and.Fire Dep3:rtments were
read. aocepted and ordered placed on file.
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AJ!IJlioation for Building Permit No.1 for 1937 was, read. To erect
house, barn and woodshed. on Oak Street at an approximate cost of $1800.00
by C. L. Smi the Moved b~ Blake and seconded by Ingle that the application:
be approved. Carried.
Biege~.City Superintendent requested the following adjustments to
water and light acaounts be authorized. To transfe.r deposits to de '1 in que..,,)
nt aoeounts totaJ.1ng $29.75 and to, adJust aotive aocounts in. the amount .'
ot t7.05. Moved by :ECoozer and seoonded by ApI>lewhi te that tIle adjustments
be approved. Carried. .
B1ege~ asked authority to enter into a contract for the purchase ot
gas and ail for the year 19Z7 and upon 'motion by Koozer. seaonded by
Blake, the request was approved unanimously.
The a1 ty of Ashland not having any in terest in part of lots 4 and 5
of BlOCk ~5 ot the City of Ashland. whioh the aounty'had received' a bani--
:tide :tort deoided to let the aontemplated sale by ..the aounty go thru and
so instructed the Recorder to advise the County Court.
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. ~he q.uestion of placing eertain regular employees now working on 811 1
hourly ba.sis on a monthly basis which had been refEtrred to the Electric.;'~
\Yater and street Canuni tteea at the previous meeting was reported on and , J
rollowing some discussion it was moved by Applewhite and seconded bT Ran'"
ae,n that the report of the aommi ttees be approved and the tollowin~ be1
placed on a monthly ba.sis; lIlassey and Mason. Street Department at 1100.0(1,;1
per month; Pittman. Water Department at $100.00; Lacy and Parker. Electrl!j
Department at $100.00 and t140.00 per month respeet,ively. Carried. ' j
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Ingle reported tha.t Mr. Frost, Cemetery Superintendent had been &4- ~
vised by his doctor to discontinue manual labor for a period of two mont..........
in order to improvea sligllt heart ailmen t. Following ED me discussion! t<>'
;:s .~g~~~o bin ~~::~ i~a:~~~~~~ts~;b.~he Fr~:~ t~~n~d:::n~O~e!;::;;.'..........:.'...'.."......'.~..'.......11...
to hire the extra manual labor to replace Mr. Frost tor the two mont~. ..-
that b. Frost be re~ieved from doing manual labor during this time.. S..;<'li
conded and carried. ,]
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Kooser reported taat the free lis,:t. whiah had been referred to the'
Committee ror approval would be taken up wi th the aounty aourt before t1~,l
al approval wou1d be recommended. J
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The Base or Roy Hughes who wanted to get same work at the power plant
up the. canTon wa.s brought up bJ' the Iayor and there was IiDme &iBoues1oll 1
bat no a.otion taken...)
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January 19. 1937--(Gont1nued)
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T'he entering into another contract with F. E. Russell ~or the opera'l1.
on ot the power plant for 1937 was brought up by the City Attorney ~d
upon motion by Ingle. seconded by Blake. the Jlayor and City Recorder'
.ere authorized to sign a new contract in the name of the City of Ashland.
Carried.
The City Attorney read a proposed ordinance namingthe Boulevard,
Siskiyou Boulevard. Jloved by Ingle and seconded by Blake that the Ordin-
- anae be passed to the second reading by title only. carr1ed.
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A salesman representing the Red.Comet Fire Extinguisher gave a talk
and demonstration of his fire extinguishers. .
The City Attorney read a proposed resolution favoring the giving o~
a portion of the Gasoline Revenue Tax to Cities based upon their populat-
ion. Following oome discussion, it was moved. by Swedenburg and seconded
by Hansen that the rules be suspended and the resolution be passed to the
second reading by title only. Carried. Bollowing the second reading it
was mO'Ye6 by Swedenburg"and aeoonded by Hazraen that the resolution be ad"
opted as read. Roll call was ordered on its adoption, the vote being, ~es.
.Applewhite, Blake. Hansen, Ingle, Koozer ,Sweden burg. Nays; lIone. There-
upon the ~ayor declared the ~eBolution adopted.
The City Attorney stated that the 19900.00 now held in esero.could
be released provided that same would be immediately available tor th1s p~
ohase ot the Li thia Springs lane. upon the entering in1io a oontraet and
suggested that the Kayor and Recorder be" authorized to sign this oontraot
in the name ot the aity of Ashland. Moved by Swedenburg and seoonded b7
Hansen that authority be granted as suggested and the contraot entered in-
to with the re~resentatives ot Mr. Newbern who olaimed ownersh1p ot all
water rights on this land. Carrie!.
On motion. the Council adjourned to meet a.t th~ call of the l4ayor.
. (Signed) ~. 8. Wile7
Kayar.
Attest: (Signed) J.~. .Adams.
Recorder.
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