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1952-04-08VILLAGE OF MOUND 1311 Mr. Wolner was asked for his opinion as to the lag~Lity of present method of administering Village affairs under temporar~y conditions, whereby Mrs. Edna Gooder performs the duties of Village Manager, under the appointment by Council ResolutiOn as Acting Village M/ahager. Mr. Wolner advised the Council that in his opinion, under Section 412.641, M.S., 1949, the Council may designate some properly qualified person to perform the duties of Manager during his absence or disability~ and that the selection of such a person was a discretionary matter for the Council. THe bids for furnishing an ice cube making machine for the Liquor store were considered and it was the opinion of the Council that the wording of the advertisement for bids did not effectively cover the type of machines desired and on Motion by Livingston, second by Pierce and unanimous vote approving, the following Resolution was adopted. "RESOLVED:,that all bids received for furnishing an ice cube making machine, as advertised for in the Minnetonka Pilot under dates of March 6th., and 13th., 1952, be hereby rejected, and further that the ~cting Village Manager be directed to so notify the various bidders and to return the checks which accompanied the bids." The principal business for which the meeting was called brought forth a lengthy discussion of the Budget for 1952 operations. Mr. Wolner pointed out to the Council that the Budget had been adopted at the Council Meeting of October 2nd., 1951, and the sums adopted ~ould govern the 1952 operations, and that no changes showing any increases there ~ources of in items or amounts could be made, except where revenue not anticipated in the adopted budget, and then only to an extent of the amounts of such added revenues. He further pointed out that the Council had failed to adopt the required Ordinance maklng appropriation of the sums provided for in the budget. The Council agreed that such an ordinance should be ~opted at the Regular Meetimg to be held April 8th., and published that week in the Official Paper. The Meeting adjourned at 4:30 P. M. Attest RS$ULAR mEE'A'A~GI ~II~AGE OO~/L. ~RAL ~h', 195~- Meeti~ o~lled ~ order in the basement of the Xrause Buil~, at 8 P. ~. P~sent we~ Mayor ~is, Oo~eil~n Be~er, Bly ~d ~gston. Pier~ out ef to~. ~u~e~ of the S~ial Meeti~ ~eld ~ar~ ~gth., 195~ we~ re~ ~d on mellon d~y made, seconded, ~d by m~~ ~te we~ ~prove~. Sever~ ~sidents f~m the S~de~ok ~enue section of Seaton we~ p~e~ ~d e~~ their desi~s to ~ow when the. p~po~d i~vement of B~de~ok which h~ been p~mised by the Go,oil du~ the 'P~vio~ ye~ 13!2 VILLAGE OF MOUND ( ~inutes of meeting of April Sth., 1952 continued) would be completed. During this discussion it was disclosed that the expectation of being able to use some of the bla~k top recovered from the surface of Highway #il0, would not. be realized owing to the fact that the Park construction oo., had exercised their right under the contract, to use this ~aterial in the stabilized base of the new read. OounoiI took no action except to assure the re~idents of, this area that the i~provement would be one of the first to be undertaken as soon as the practical problems involved could be solved. The following 0rdinanee relating to ~und Appropriations year 1952 was reade oRDINANCE REI~TING TO FUND AppROPRIATIONS FOR 1952 The Village Council of Mound ordains: Section 1. The sums fixed in the budget for the calendar year 1952 have been and are appro- Priated as follows: a. GENERAL FUND Administration: Personal ser- vices $6,448.00; other expenses $4,175.00; Total $10,623.00. Police: Personal services $3,- 335.00; Othpr expenses $1,270.00; Total $4,955.00.- Fire: Personal services $200.00; Other expenses $3,224.00; Total $3,424.00. Streets: Personal services $4,- 284.00; Other expenses $2,945.00; Total $7,229.00. Total General Fund Appropri- ations $26,231.00. - b. PARK FUND Personal services $400.00; Other expenses $540.00; Total Park Fund $~40.00. for the c. POOR FUND Direct relief $850.00; Adminis- tration $116.00; Total Poor Fund $966.00. d. Interest on Certificates of In- debtedness $I25.00; P. I. R. Fund Bonds, interest and service eharges $5,632.50; Total Bonds in- terest and service charges $5,- 757.50. TOTAL APPROPRIATION -- $33,894.50. Section 2. This Ordinance shall apply to the expenditures of The Village of Mound for the calen- dar year beginning January 1st, 1952 and ending December 31st, 1952. Adopted by the Council this 8th day of April, 1952. Village of Mound. WM. I. DAVIS, Mayor. Attest: MRS. EDNA GOODER, Acting Village Manager. Beh~ler moved the adoption of the 0rdinanoe, Bly seconded. The vote s't6o~ four Yeas, No Rays. The publication of the Ordinance in the official paper was. ordered. Schuler offered the following Resolution with a second by Bly. · Resolved that the appointment of Herbert G. ~iller as Assessor for the village, to succeed Harry ~artin, be hereby approved, and be it further resolved that his oompehsation be set at $7.50 per day for a maximu~ of 120 days, and be it further resolved that .the mile.age allowance at the rate of 7~ per mile for necessary use of his oar in the pursuit of his duties, plus necessary expenses for stationery, postage, the total for these items not te exceed the sum of $300.00." The vote was for the adoption of the Re~olution and stood 4 Yeas, no ~ays. ~ly reported concerning the interview with oounty Officials Ainswerth and Zim~erman, ~onoerning plans for the installation of curb on State Aid Oo~ty Road #125. The oounty Engineering Department is preparing plans which as yet have not been oompleted. The ~bove mentioned Officials have taken under consideration the suggestion VILLAGE 'OF MOUND that the Village would like to delay the actual letting of the ~ontraet amd the installation of the curb until 1953. ~ l~epor~ f~m ~ayor Davis regardin~ the Rural Henxxelmin Nux~-in~ Sex~lee ' disclosed the fact that by legislative act, this service would no longer be provided by the and would to 0ounty have be financed , by the various Oommuniti,e,,s electing to lmartioipate in their share of the costs involved. ~'he estimated peroapita cost to each Village being set at ~7-~ ~,, wo.uld Bring ~ound, s share to approxizately $750.00. The aa'.yor expressed his opinion that one feature of this · erviee, tha~ of the 'Well Baby clinic', was in itself well worth the costs mentioned above. The council must tal~e action at an early date, as a request from the 0omittee i~ charge has been received for a contribution of at least ~0~ of the Village share. No provision had been made in the uudget for 1952, an~ if the Village should J&in, se~e ~ouroe of added revenue, not contemplated in the Budget will have to be foun~ for t he appropriation. ~ounell~en Behmler and Bl~. reported concerning an interview with Willia~ N. Johnson, ~t the site of his property adjoining the 0emetery te the East., ar. Johnson is still willing to sell to the Village approximately two acres but was a little uncertain as to the width of the plot which he is offering. The long.th would e~$en~ %e a line which would be a pro~eotien of the ~ortherly line of .the present cemetery plot. The 0ouneil passed a Resolution o~fered by ~ly and seoonde~ by Behmler as follows, Re~olved that a definite description be obtained, whereby the ~o~oil san act on the purchase of approximately two acres of land adjoining the 0emetery to the East. 1313 offered and Livingston seconded the following l~S~.~YAO~: W~ERE~S~ a~ e~ntraot has be~ let for, the improvement of Hi.way Ne. 110, North f~a the G~at No~he~ ~ll~ad t~ks in 2he ~ill~ ~f ao~d t9 the ~illa~ limits, inelud~g e~ ~ ~tter, ~d sidewalks in ~rd~ with ~roved pl~ on file with said ~ill~e; ~d, ~~, the Filths of Mo~d has dete~i~d that it will be~ a pa~ of ~e ~sts 9f s~ i~vement, ~d that the ~utt~ prope~y o~rs shall bear $$~$.~$ of the ~st of the ~p~ve~nt, exel~ive of ~ ~ion bo~ by the StYe of ai~esota; ~d, WHEREAS, the clerk, with the assistance of the Village ~ngineer, has calculated the proper amount to be specifically assessed for the improvement against every assessable lot, piece or parcel of land within the ~is%rlct affected, without regard to cash valuation, in a~cordance with the previsions of: section 41~.4~1 of alnnesota Statutes ~Seo.54 of Uhapter 119, Laws of ainne~ta, 1949), ~d the proposed a~sesement so made up has be~ filed with the 01erk and is open to public ~w_~peotion; T~EREFORE, be it resolved by the ~lllage uounoil of ~o~n~, ~i~esota.: That the proposed assessment for the improvement of Highway NO. 110, ~orth of the '.;rest ~orthern Railroad tracks in the VILLAGE OF MOUND Village of aou~d to the Village ~.imits, be and the same is hereby acknowledged; and that the said improvement be identified on the books and records of the Village as ~roJeot ~o. 14; ~e it Ft~'f~ RESOLVED tha~ the Ac%lng Village Manager cause to be published in the mlnnetonka ~ilot, the official newspaper, ne%ice tha~ on the 9th., day of ~ay, 1952, the Village oouncil will meet in the basememt of the arause ~uilding in said Village of mound at $ o'clock P. ~., to pass upon the proposed assessment; and that the said notice shall state .the general nature of the improvement and the area proposed to be assessed. The ~t~ was;'.:on the adoption of the resolution and there were four ~eas and no Nays. ~onsideration was given to revised estimates of costs for the improvement of highway No. 110, Project No. 14, as shown in a letter from the 6ngineers dated March 3rd., 1952. ~t was apparent that the funds needed to fine,ucc the village share of the costs, would exaust the available balance in the A~. ~. R. Fund,. and leave no means for financing ot~er improvement projects contemplated by the Oo~eil. it was disclosed tDat a change in the statutes prevented the sale of P. I. R. Fund Bonds without a vote of ~ppreval ~t an election, but that Improvement Bonds could be sold to finance Project 14, witb~out such a vote. The Council were in general agreement that the citizens should be given an opportunity to express themselves, and it was decided to secure the cooperation of the Minnetonka Pilot in publicizing the calling of an adJ&urned meeting to be held cn Saturday Afternoon, April 12%h., 1952, ~t which time and depending on the reaction of the citizens, the CounoiI could be guided in their decisions.~:.."~ A' representative from the Midwest Tank & Steeple Co., of Frazee, Min_~esota, appeared before the Council and discussed the matter of cleaning and painting the inside of the Water Departmmmt storage tank. His proposal as to costs is on file in the '~llage office. Mayor Davis advised ,the Oouncil that he had rescinded the appointment of James Adams as Weed Inspector, and had appointed Bernard F. Winkel to this po~t, for the reason that Wfnkel could in his opinion effectively discharge the duties of this post more economically because of his ~nstant pa~rolling of the Village in connection with his ~uti®s as Superintendent of Streets. The fol~wing resolution was offered by Livingston with a seoon~ by Bly: · Remelve~ that the eA~£ent bills presented to the Oouncil for audit, as shown on the detailed list, by fund, be hereby approved for payment, where unappropriated b~lanoes exist.' The veto was ~n the adoption of the resolution and steed 4 Yeas, No Nays. VILLAGE OF MOUND i315 GENERAL FUND Bud' s Pure 0!1_ ......... $9.8.70 Wm L',ueller & Sons .Sa~. 31.6S Mickelso~-Pol~ce Car ...100.9§ Miller D~vis ~upplie~.... J.~9 Zeigler-Cutting Edges '. J~.77 Piche Chev 'A'ires & Tubesl47.66 Mtke Pilot-Amedn Ord ... 4.20 Cox Bros Bull Dz'g Snow 14.00 Holmquist-Ae~es sot Nond §.00 Bud' s Pure-Tow, Tube, Glas~96.09 Interstate Power ....... 205.5~ Standard oil Diesl & Fuel27.6§ J. C. Krause Rent S Mo 30.00 Lon~ Lake F. Sump Chains 14.10 ~stertown Phone Fire Dep ~.7§ Watertown Phone Office ll.20 W. J. Thurk ........... 6.75 $79 i, WATER FUND Standsrd Oil Fuel Oil.. Interstate-Pumping ~.~. 141.60 B~sS's ~ure Oil Bty . & 4.90' Badger-l" Meter & Gask §~. Mound Hdwe Stove pipe & ~.10 Piche Ch~v-Muffler ~ l~?~ Western Mebal ....... ~ ~ · .,~. o~,- Express ..... 9.9J Bud's ~re Oil ......... POOR F~JMD Henn Co. B. DeCamp ..... $8.50 Suburb Henn Co Adm .... 5.00 $13. o HIGH WAY 110 Tn]tz King & Day .....$113.~Z OFF SALE LIQUOR FUND Interstate Power .. ....... $16.92 Cox Bros ............... ~.~. O0 . 2i. Seven Up, . ............ i~.126.8~ Chaska Beverage .~. .... Noter~ann & Weber . .. ?19.~1 Ntka~everage .... Carter Bevel-ge . ..... 97~.46 ~. A. Dick Co ............. lS.50 O. M. D~ne~ ~everage . 28.51 Coca Uola B~ttllng ...~.~ 99.28 Pabst S~es ..... 20.04 Morris D1~trlbuting ...... 48.80 Canada D~ Gin Ale · ~1.92 bb n. Co lll.ll Ebln Bros Go .............. Famous Brands ........... 25~. 75 Old Peoria 'Co 860 · $ · · · · . e ~ e e . · Distillers Distributing 808.86 Griggs Cooper .. ......... 1408.J9 Ed Phillips & Sons ...... 217J.88 Manning & Anderson ...... 524.21 ~atertown Phone ....... . 4.75 ~$, 40J. 78 ON S~E LIQUOR Interstate Power ......... $~8.67 Mound Hdwe ............... 5.20 Mtk~ Pilot ... 3.00 Mtks. Mmtor Express ....... 1.J9 Ralph Nelson Ice . ....... . jj. 0!4 DuZch Foods . ......... 17.64 Halver~on Csndy ...... ~.40 An ~rican Lin-n ......... ~ 17.77 PA~ Interetate Power ... ....... O0 On motion duly made, seconded and carried by unsnlmous vote, the meeting was adjourned to be reconvened in the basement of the Kra~:se B,,liding, on Saturday, April 12th., 1952, at 2 O)cl~ok P. }f.