1942-03-10· 632
VILLAGE OF MOUND
MINUTES OF TME ADJ0!rRNED REGIS.AR MEETING OF THE .~.,~OL~TD VISAGE C0%P,TCIL
Meld March lOth, 1942.
Theapu~pese':~ef±th&s'tadJo~n~ent was to proceed along the lines of
unfinished business left over from the regul~r meetl.ng of ~ar. 3rd,
1942. Responding to roll call were ?,~ayor Louise ~uestis, Tr~stees
~. F. Winkel, Evan Jones, and ~. J. Rondorf, with Alwin as necorder.
On a point of legality, and amendatory to the minutes of ~'eb. 3, 1942
Trf~slee J_~nes offered the following resolution and moved its adop-
tion:
Whereas, at a Special ~.,,eeting of the Village Council of the Village
of ~ound held in the council rooms in said village on the 18th day
of sovember, 1941, a resolution was unanlmousl~ passed directing that
~'alter ~{adsen, a civil engineer, be employed to prepare plans and
specifications for the proposed extension of water main on Plummet Avenue
between Bryant and Chase Avenues in said village and to file such
plans and specifications with the village Clerk, subject to the
approval of the council, and
Whereas, such plans and specifications have been prepared by him
and have been filed in the office of the village Clerk ~.ndm have been
inspected and examined by the council and have been found to Se
corr~c't,
Now Therefore, it is hereby resolved that said plans and speci-
fications for the extension of water mains on Flt~mmer Ave. as a~ove
be aooroved and acceoted, and be it further resolved that the ~_
village Clerk be authorized and directed to advertise for bids for the~nsI
the const~uctlon of said improvement by one week's publication of
notice in the ~inn~tonka Pilot, 2hd that such notice shall speci-
fy the work to be done and shall call for bids on the ~asis of
cash payment for such work, and shall specify that no bids will
be considered unles~ sealed and filed with the clerk and accompanied
by cash or by a certified check payable to the village of ?~ound in
a sam equal to ten per cent of the amount of such bid and that bids
will be opened and considered at the next regular meeting of the
Village Council to be held on Tuesday, the 3rd Day of .~arch, 1942,
at 8 o'clock F. ~. in the Village Council room.
Trustee Rondorf seconding the motion for adoption of the above
resolution, the vote of the council stood unanimous. ¢..nd so the
resolution was adopted.
On the solicitation of certain bidders who were making counter-
proposals to cast iron in the bidding for the Plummet Ave., water
main extension by offering Transite pipe, a Johns-;~anville product
made of a mixture of asbestos and cement, ~,~r. J. G. ',~!illiams
appeared for the Johns-~anville Company and explained the features
of this comparatively new type of substitute water main.
On the invitation of Mayor Muestis, ~,~r. Einar Jeopesen of the
P~oard of County Commissioners of Nennepin County appeared before
the council on the matter of housing the County Pump under
conditions in which the village is to shar~ in the use of the
well by installing its own turbine pressure pump, the whole of
which is to be covered by a contract agreement between the village
and the County. ~r. Jeppeson assured the council that the county
Board would act favorably on the matter. No action was taken
by the council pending action by the County ~oard.
VILLAGE OF MOUND
Interest being drawn to the possibilities in the use of Transite
water main pipe, ~lwin moved that action on the bids before the
council,be postponed until .~.~arch 18th, 1942, at 8 o'clock F. ~.
at which time it could receive the report of a committee of the
council,~fo!lowlng visits to _~ew Ulm and elsewhere where the new
pipe wa~ extensively in use. '/'his motion was supported by trustee
'Vinkel, the rest of the council agreeing.
In a report to the council by ~ttorney N. M. Pardee it apres.red
that the law suit of Alonso ~oynton vs. the Village of ~ound
couldbbe settled out of court by a return to the ~oyntons
of the Quit Claim deed to the Poynton property involved in the
suit and now held by the v~.llage. No action was taken by the
council. ~
On a verbal petition of ~,fanager J. N. Allen asking for a f~ee~:~hand
in the purchase of liquor in order to get the Sa.~ings of mass -
buying, Trustee Rondorf moved that the Inventory "c~-~ing" be
establlshe~ at $8,500.00 for the ~,ound ~unlcipa~ Liouor ~tore.
This was seconded by Trustee Winkel, the majority of the council
agreeing.
Alw!n moved that the village warrant in the a~ount of 825.00 be
issued to ~anager J. N. Allen to es~bllsh a petty cash revolving
fund for the ,~,~ound Municipal Liquor ~tore. This motion was supoorte~
b? Trustee Rondorf, lhe council concurring·
On a motion by Trustee Evan Jones, Trustee Winkel supporting, the
council authorized '~'rustee Mondorf to investigate the booths
sale at !Fitchwood Inn, and to make such purchases of ~he same for
the ?~{ound On ~ale 2%ore as in his Judgement wise and practicable.
The clerk haxing drawn up the necessary forms for the transfer
by the ~tate of Ninnesota.to the Village of ~.~o~nd of Lots 40 & 41,
Andi_bor~soSu~div~ion No. 167, and ~a~t of Lot 30, ~. L. crocker's
1st Division, Lakeside Park, it was move~ by Trustee ¥inkel that
the Mayor appoint a committee of two members of the council to
investigate these lots before the council authorize the transfer.
This motion was suoported by Trustee Rondorf, the rest of the Council
agreeing· In connection with Zhe above, ~
~.~ayor Huestis appointed
Trustees Mondorf an~ ?~'inkel to serve on this co~mittee. These
aopointments received the approval of the council.
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It being reoorted by Trustee Jones that an agreement had already
been drawn up as between the County of Mennepin anm the Village of
~ound with reference to the Joint use sn~ the housing of ~he U~unty
welloanclt~ump, and that all that was necessary was an aoprovsl
and scceotance b,~ the Council of this a. greement, it was moved by
~rustee ~ondorf thsmt Zne council accept this agree~ent, provided it
covered all of the points previously discussed. Trustee Jones
seconded ~hls motion, the council concurring.
By general agreement, and without motion, the I:ieuor Committee was
authorize to get a binder covering additional bu~lary and fire
insurance on recent additions in inventory of liouor stocks in the
~,~ound ~,,~unicipal Liquor ~tore.
There being no further buslnes~, the meeting adjourned until ~ar I8,
~ecorder President.
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" VILLAGE OF MOUND
ADDE~,D%~ TO -~M~E ~,~.I~UTE~ OF T~E ADJO%rRNED
~0%~D VILLAGE CO~CIL ~D ~ARCM 10th, 1942.
After a discussion or,the village ties with the decentralized
~ounty relief setup, Alwln presented the following resolution
and moved its adoption:
BE IT RESOLVED, that the contract submitted by the suburban
Mennepin County Relief Poard of the County of Mennepin for the
administration and superwision of poor relief in the Village of'
~ound be accepted and aooroved; and
BE IT FL~TMER RESOLVED, That the proper officers of said village
of ~ound be directed to exec, ute said contract in duplicate and when
executed to return one of said contracts to the Suburban Henneoin
County Relief Board.
The question was on the adoption of the resolution and the roll
being called there were five yeas and no nays ss follows:
Louise ~eustis, ~ayor, Yea
P. ~. ~lnkel, Trustee ve~
Ewan Jones " Yea
R. J. Rondorf, " Yea
LeRoy V. Alwin,~ecorder ~ea
And so trhe resolution stood adopted.
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Attest ................................
Recorder