1952-04-21VILLAGE OF MOUND
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AD~C~ED MEETING, _7 .I~LAGE OOUNCIL, .,A~. IL ~let., 195S,
Heeti~ e~led to order at 8 P.M.~ i~ the Village Office. P~sent
M~or ~ls, Oo~lmen ~ler, ~y, ~ngston ~d Pierce. '
Minutes of the Regular Meeting held April 8th.,
on motion duly ~de and ~eoonded and carried by
approved as read.
195~, were read and
t~namimou~ vote were
Several residents from the vicinity of LOtn~, Block 1, Oarlson, s
A~ition presented a petition with thirtee signatures, thereon,
appealing to the Council for action which would ellEinate a hazardous
e~nAition caused by a basement exoavection on a lot owned by David
B. Clark. The Council received the petition and the Mayor stated
to the delegation that action which ~ignt be legally t~cen to correct
the ~ondi%lon ~omplained ~bout, would have i~mediate consideration.
On recommendation of Liquor Store Manager Nagel, the following
re~olution was effete6 by Pierce, with a second by .Sehaler:
· RESOL .73D: thEt the salary of R~nald David be increased from ~10.00
per month t~ ~P~5.00 per month effective Ma~ lst.. 195SI*,,
The vote on the adoption ef the Reselution,'itood'4 Ayes, no Na~s.
Livingston not voting.
Mr. E. L.. Oonover, President of the Hennepin County League of
Hmieipalities, and Mrs. Oberdeok appeared in support of the Rural
He~nepin Nursing Service. Mr. 0 nover.~e Council full information
as te the plans of the Oommittee, whio~ was appointed to organize
the Service, and asked for the support of the Village of Mo~d and
for prompt ~tion &n the resolution which had been furnished by
the Committee. The Oouncil was polled and ali were agreed that
~_ou~._d Should. be. l~_~lud_e.d in.this service but that means would ha~e
o De wor~ea ou~ ~or financing the estimated Village share of the
costs, approximately $750.00 for the next twelve months. No provis&en
ha~ been made in the 1952 Budget to cover any appropriation~ for
this. purpose. A~otien on the resolution was postponed until the
May 6th., Regular Meeting.
Fire Depart3ent Chief Bowers called th~ attention of the Council
to the inadequate bull~i~g code in effect in the Village, particularly
with respect to electric ~_A plumbing ~upervision. Mr. Bowers
stated that he was an a~p~inted State Deput~ Electrical Inspector,
~d he felt that he could be of material assistance in coffee%lng
and preventing unsafe ~ondi%lons, if the Council would a~point hie
as Village Electrical Inspector. He stated fha t he had made this
s~estion to £or~e'r Village Manager Storey b'u~ so far as he knew
no ~otion had been taken by the ~&uneil. '
Fire Departzent Secretary, Frank Groschen, in~.utred as to the Oouncil
attitu4e toward providing the necessary funds to finance the ousts
of needed repairs to the pumps on the older firetruok. He was
advised that if the estimated costs were under $500.00, the Village
~ou16 authorize t~e expenditure without advertising for bids,
The principal business for which the meeting was called was a
deolalon as to wh~t a~ount of bonds should be sold to fin-_nee the
Village share of the costs of Street Improvement Project '~
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VILLAGE,OF MOUND
The ~[lscussion brought out the following points on which the Ooun~iI
was in agreement.
1. If any other road improvement pro'jects were to be u~dertaken this
year it' would be necessary %o finance Project #14, in part, through
tbs sale of bonds.
2.That, a~tho~gh the Village would ha~e to pledge its "Full Faitl~
and Cre6it"~ as baskAng for the bonds, it was the purpose of the
Co~xoiX to transfer from the Liquor Fund to Project #14 Sinking
Fund, sufficient money each year to pay for bonds and interest due
for payment in the ensuing year, and to transmit to the County
Auditor a certified copy of the Resolution and a statement that
the transfer has been made, together with a request that an
equivalent amount be excluded from the general levy of taxes for
payment of such bon~s'b~ ex~.~ ~,f.~ '
3. That the amount of bonds t~fered for sale shoul6 total ~,000~00
Pierce offered the following Resolution with a second from Belunler,
RESOLV~D that ~'aegre & ~enson be retained as a~torneys in the m~tter
cT the proposal ~;o sell Xmprovement Bonds in the total, amount of
$2~t, 000,00,' the p~oceeds of such s~le ~o be used Tot financing
~. part of~ the Village share of the costs of Road Improvement
Project ~14, being the widening, surfacing a~d ins%alling of curb
a~d gutter and sidewalks, on Central Ave., North from the Gre~t
Northern Ra~l~ad tracks to the Village limits, and
BE IT FURTI~ER RESOLVED that the bond~ be ~oheduled to mature
~000 each year beginni~ 19~A through 1958, and SZ000 each year
beginning 1959mthreugh 196~.
The roll was called and the vote stood as follows; DaVis, Belzaler,
Bly, Livingston and Pierce, all Ye~.
It was the general feeling of the membe, r~ of the Council that the
request' for bids should also ask for an ~lternate bid based on
bonds m~turing 1959 through 1962 being c~llable in 1958, provided
that it would no% seriously affect the chances of securing favorable
bids on a non-callable basis.
On motion duly made, seconded and carried,
adjourned at' 11:4~ P. M.
~tteSt, Herbert A. ~ly,
Trustee.
the meeting was
~--~ s, Mayor