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1952-08-18VILLAGE OF MOUND Sally Uner, and Mrs. Edna Gooder." Pierce seconded, and the vote in favor stood unanimous. On motion duly made, seconded and carried by unanimous vote, the meeting was adjourned at 11:00 o'clock P.M., to be reconvened at the Village Office, at 8 o'clock P.M. August 18th., 1952. ' 1355 Attest: Acting Mayor MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING, ~ 18, 19~2 Meeting called to order at 8:15 P.M. in the Village Office. Acting Mayor Behmler, Trustees Livingston and Bly were present. Pierce out of town, and Dr. Davis not able to attend. Minutes of the regular meeting, August 5th, were read, and on motion by Livingston, second by Bly and unanimous vote were approved as read. Bly reported that the transaction for the purchase of approxi- mately two acres of land adjoining the present village cemetery had been completed and that the Village Attorney had written a letter to the effect that the deeds were in order, and that the Treasurer could be authorized to issue a warrant in the amount of $850, that being the balance of the purchase price of said land. Bly offered the following resolution and moved its adoption: WHEREAS, the Council at the meeting held July 9th., trans- ferred the sum of $5,000 from the Off Sale Liquor Fund to the General Fund, for the purpose of providing the necessary funds to cover appropriations not made in the 1952 Budget as adopted by Council Resolution, and, ' WHEREAS, unexpected emergency expenditures are deemed neces- sary for the general needs of the Village, now, therefor be it RESOLVED that the Acting Village Manager be hereby authorized to allocate the said sum of $5,000 as added appropriations to the following General Fund Budgeted Items: Administrative Capital 0utlay...$500.00 Rent ............. 100.00 Office Supplies.. 80.00 Assessor ......... 500.00 Police General Equipment 60.00 Streets .~ravel & Hauling ..... $3,000.00 Culverts ............. 400.00 Extra Labor .......... 140.00 Signs, Calc. Clor.& Miscellaneous ...... 220.00 1356 VILLAGE Of MOUND Trustee Livingston seconded the.resolution and the vote in favor stood three Yeas and no Nays. Bly reported Casino, Inc., had requested a permit to include in their celebration on Labor Day, September 1st, a fireworks dis- play. He stated that Mr. Guy had been advised that it would be necessary to obtain approval of the chief of the Fire Depart- ment who would pass on the nature of the display and the ability of the operator in charge, after which approval the Village could issue a permit. Following this, Bly offered the following resolution: RESOLVED that the Acting Village Manager be hereby authorized to issue a permit to Casino, Inc., and the Upper Tonka Council which would permit the fireworks disp~v on the evening of Sep- tember 1st, provided that approval of the chief of the Mound Fire Department had been secured. With a second by Livingston and-unanimous vote of approval, the resolution was adopted. Livingston offered the following resolution and moved its adoption: WHEREAS, the Tonka Electric Company,_Mr..~. H. Huettle, Co-part- ner, did on the 21st day of July 1948 have the State Bank of Mound certify a check in the amount of $3~.00 which was filed with the Village of Mound in connection with a bid on some work, and WHEREAS, said certified check was never returned to Mr. Euettl nor has it been presented for payment at the bank up to date, and WHEREAS, the State Bank of Mound and the officers of the Village are certain that said check has been lost, now therefore BE IT RESOLVED that the Acting Village Manager be hereby authori- zed to sign an instrument indemnifying the State Bank of Mound against loss in event said certified check should ever be pre- sented for payment. With a second by Bly and a unanimous vote of approval, the reso- lution was adopted. On motion by Livingston and second by Bly, the following bills were approved for payment: Griggs Cooper, Liquor bill ............. $490.$2 Mrs. Mel Jenson, 121 hours' time working on assessment books ..... 121.00 Etzel Bros., Gravel .................... 309.~0 Keller Bros., Gravel ................... 222.00 Elmer Pete}~son, HAuling Gravel ......... B. F. Wink~l, Hauling Gravel ........... 2~5.~0 Vern Rutledge, Cedar Lake Road, Cleaning and painting inside of water tower .......................... 136.00 Quotation from Rosholt Equipment Compan~ for snowplow equipment was considered, and it was the general opinion of the Council that Mr. Wink6t should go and make inspection of the second-hand VILLAGE OF MOUND 357 "V" plow which was quote on, and that he should report back to the Council at the next meeting. Bly reported that Mr. Rondorf had been advised that the type of tile which he had suggested be used for taking care of the water condition in the road beside the tin shed would not be suitable according to the best advice of Mr. Walter Madsen, but rather a perferated galvanized culvert should be installed; and since this would cost considerably more than the tile Mr. Rondorf had agreed to pay $25.00 toward, that some additional arrangement would have to be made before the Village would go ahead on the correction of this condition. On motion duly made, seconded, and carried unanimously, the meeting was adjourned at 10:00 P.M. Attest: ~cting Mayor MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING, September 2nd., Meeting called to order in the Village Office at 8:00 P.M. Present were Mayor Davis, Trustees Behmler, Bly, Livingston and Pierce, and Carsten D. Leikvold. Minutes of the adjourned regular meeting held August 18th were read and on motion by Behmler with a second by Livingston and unanimous vote in favor, were approved as read. Bly offered the following resolution and moved its adop- tion: WHEREAS, at the adjourned regular meeting held July 26th, 1952, at which time all members of the Council were present and met with Mr. Carsten D. Leikvold, following which inter- view, the Council passed a resolution by unanimous vote offer- lng the position of Village Manager to Mr. Leikvold, at a salary of $416.66 per month, and WHEREAS, Mr. Carsten D. Leikvold did. accept said offer by letter dated July 28th, 1952, and stated that he would re- port for duty on September 2nd, 1952, and did in fact report on that date, NOW THEREFOR BE IT RESOLVED that Carsten D. Leikvold be hereby installed as Village Manager of Mound, and that he shall assume the duties of that office as outlined in M.S.A. 412.651, Laws 1949, Chapter llg, Sec. 81, effective as of September 1st, 1952.