1929-01-02MINUTE~ 01~ THE ~EETIN(~ OF THE MOUND ~A~E CO~CIL
JAZZY 2nd, 1~9.
..-- ...... ~is 'meettn~ was opened in the presence of T~stees
~leWwe' and'Tuff, -Recorder Alwin, Village Treasurer
U;'"H;"A' 'Koehler, and the newly incumbent Mayor, J. ~. ~ause
an&'T~tse., ?ra~ L.Pearaon, t~a aase~lase of the council
resp~~ .to. the gavel of Acting ~yor ~ra~ Year.
~' The. ~sinesa before the co,oil op~ with the pressnt-
at~o~b~ True,tee g. L. ~ff, of a report, from .the ocli.tee
dele~te~ at the council meetly, of Deuember, ~th, ~8, to in-
vestl~%othe condition of the old ~r~In Ho.tel, ~mored. %o be
fn'a'-state of" eollapse and a fire ~zard. · The report bein8 read
befOPe"~e ~ouncil and fully su~tantiatin8 the t~th of the
~or:'wit~ respect to the condition of. the aforementioned build-
i~g and. i~s, me~cin6 of life and. property, the ~ouncil passed
the following resolution, to wit:
It being that, upon complaint submitted before the Mo~
Village Council in session 9eoember 5th, ~9~8, ~ investigation
was made by duly appoint~ oo~tttee-m~bera of the
to lo~k into the causes ~d verify Justif~cation for complaint
which enco~pass~ the oond~ni~ of the property ~o~ as the
Martin Hotel as a death~trap and fire
~rthermore, it bein~ t~t, upoa such ln~estigation by
members of the Mo~d Village Co, oil, It was fo~d t~t Justi-
fication for complaint was well-f~d~, t~t conditions within
an~ w~thout this. hotel, property were ev~ as oo~plaint
Therefore, be it resolve~ by the Mound Village ~ouncil in
session on January 2nd, ~9, and it is hereby ordered, that
action be taken immediately to brin~ thi~ matter to the atten-
tion of the 5%ate Fire Marshall that investigation and Judseaent
· ay be had under his Jurisdiction. ~
Signed...... · . · .President
Attest. . · . . · · · · · ·
Recorder
Upon the passing of the above resolution, it was directed by
Acting Mayor ~rankYost that a copy ef it be placed in the hands
of E. ~. Kern, a duly qualified citizen of the Village of Mound,
to be preseflted by him for the notice of the State Fire Marshall.
Acting Mayor ~rmk Yost now courtesied by yielding the chair
to the newly elected Mayor, J. C. Erause. Mayor Xrause accepted
the gavel and his place at the head of the Council Table, and in
a short talk bound himself to a continuance of the good policies
of the past year and to a more single-minded furtherance of a
clean-cut, businesm administration.
Out-going Trustee, C. L. Tuff, now oourtemied by yielding place
to his successor, Frank L. Pearson, and, in a talk,handed down,~aa
an""Inheritance", some of the sage advice the common-sense and
spirit' Of which always charactierized the activities of Mr. Tuff
~s'tPust~,'-'Mr;'Tuff'stressedpr~ncipally the removal of fire
l~a~ards throughout the village, such as the brush piles on the
Crockerproperties and ramshackle structures as presented by
the~Martin Hotel unit. Retiring Trustee Tuff also took occasion'
to point out that one of the finest and most satisfactory things
that-the council did during the past year was the appointment
of Street ~ommissioner ~. C. Ztein. At no time has the village
had so economical and efficignt a supsrvlsion and administration
of .its streets and roads. The remarks'of Mr. Tuff with respect
to the thoroughness and industry Of Commissioner Stein met with
the~general approval and acclaim of the wh~le council. It wa~-
felt to'be the common sentiment of the council that any man_who,
by conscientious industry, proves himself as worthy as Mr. ~tein
iS a valuable asset to the Village and which the Village c~n do
no better to concerve than by a ~rope~ showing of appreciation
in the form of more favorable terms ~an~ material rewards for the
ensuing year.
Trustee F. L. Pearson, answering Mr. Tuff with a verbal resolve
to give himself conscientiously and wholeheartedly to the
Joint labors of t~e council, accepted the proffered chair, and
the business of the ~ouncll continued~
~r.-Oscar D. Johnson no~ ~ppeared before the council and
mad~ ~erbal apPlicationfor a linense to operate an establish-
ment of two Bowling Alleys and two Pool.Tables at a place
opposite fro~ the Great Northern Depot on the "short cut" to
Seton. At the same'time Mr. Johnson also made application for
a license to operate a Bolt ~rink and Lunch Counter conjointly
with the abqves all for the period of one year.
By unanimous vote of the council, the licenstn~ of such
an establishment presented by Mr. Johnson was approved and
granted, but ~r. Johnson was informed that, in order to ~e
valid, his applications would have to be in writing over
his signature and upon a form he would receiv~ from the Village
Recorder. ~urthermore, that his applications would have to be ·
accompanied by the requisite fees of $15.00 and $~.00 respect-
ively.
The Village Recorder now continued with the reading of the
following communications:
A check from W. ~. ~acDonald, and in the sum of $44.00,
to cover the itemized bill of the vtllage, f6r sixteen y~ards
of "pea" rock and haulage services de!iver~d last June.
A letter from Mar~in ~. Smeby asking.for an extension
of the service time for street lights and answered by the
Recorder in terms of the findings of the council in session on
December 5th, ~928.
Oopy of a letter written by the Village Recorder to the
Local representatives of the Interstate Power ~o. asking for
time and place for a meeting between Village and Company officials
in 'order to come to an agreement with respect to more reason-
able'rates on light and power for this community and as long ,
~lted'for by 'the 'provisions and wording of the Power Company s
franchise under Ordinance No. 8 of this Village.
..... Unanswered communications addressed by the recorder to the
City~of'Wayzata and the Village of Excelsior asking for In-
formation purporting to Justify the demands of the Village of
Moundupon the ~nterstate Power 0ompany for a downward adjust-
ment of the light and power 'rates.~
'- 'The above were the most significant'and important of the
communications read.
..... Mayor~Erause now presented the matter of Bonding the Village
IndeBtedness and Financing the Purchase of a New Fire Truck with
"Ptunp'er" 'a~d accessories. The matter beln~ presented for open
d~s~u~lon; 'Treasurer W. H. A. Xoehler le~d out arguments to show
that'considerlng the purchase of new and improved fire equipment
on the basis of reducing local insurance rates was positively
foolish a~ well as useless, for no such reductions would be forth-
~oming. I~urther, that~if the purchase of more adequate equipment
was to be considered at all, it was to be considered wholly from
the standpoint of a local protective measure. Upon this general
agreement, it was moved By Alwin and seconded by Pearson that the
Second ~aturday in ~anuary of ~ be set as the date for a pub-
lic meeting to be held at 8:00 P. M. in the High School .Auditorium
for the ~drp0se',of bringing the matter of a ~ond Issue and the
Purchase of a Fire Truck up for pUblic discussion. Included in
this motion there was also the provision that at this Public
Meeting a time was to be set for a '~pecial Election at which
a decision with respect to the floating of Bonds'and the purchase
of a Fire Truck 'and Accessories was to be at issue. This motion
was carried.
Hereupon. the Village Recorder was instructed to advertise the
time and place for this public meeting in the next issue of the
Minnetonka Pilot. ~
?rank Groschen, representing the Mound Volunteer ~ire Depart-
ment, now presented the personal difficulties that lay between
the ?ire Department and the girls at the telephone switch=board
who generously volunteered their services in blowing the Sireen
in response to fire alarm calls, but which they now refused to
continue to do because of the conduct of some of the firemen.
The. Council voiced itself as one man in the statement of Trustee
~rank Yost, namely, that at the time of the.installation of the
sireen it was agreed that the firemen were to see to its main-~
tanance,~ care, and operation, and that this, of necessity, in-
cluded the friendly courtesy and respect of the firement toward
those who volunteered to give the atamms, l~urther, that if the
telephone operators deserved an apology for something out of
order and of which firemen were the principals, then it was up
to the Fire.gepartment to make such an apolegy for the restora-
tion of gooA feeling.
The Following bills were read, approved, and ordered paid=
W. H, A.-Xoehler..... $ 40.00 Herman Glewwe.... $ 10.00
~. L. Tuff; . . . . . . . 10.00 l~rank ¥ost. ' 10.00
o. ,; ,uff.....'... ,o.oo .~at. ~,nk of'M;,~d~ 10.00
R;'~, Rondorf . · 8.50 Gcc R. Col'e.... , 50.00
MO~md-VoX. Pire'~e;a;ti . 60.00 Znterstate Power ~o, 104.D0
Minnetonka Pilot..... DO.~D Robblns-~ros..... -D.41
.... After the completion of the above matters of Village business
the'motion was made by Trustee Yost and seconded by Trustee
P;'L;-P~son that the meeting of the council be adjourned.
Motion for adjournment was carried.
.~ecorder.