1940-05-20'504
VILLAGE OF MOUND
~flMUTE~ OF THE 2PECIAL !~EETING OF THE ~OUND VILLAGE C01,U~CIL HELD ~ay 20th, 1940.
The purpose of this meeting at 8:30 at the Fire Barn was to
hear the petition of the Northern ~%ates Power Co. re~uesting
permission to run a 69,000 volt high line acros¢ the village
to reach their distributing point at Navarre. ~espondin~ to
roll-call were '.~ayor J. C. Krause, Trustees B. F. Wtnkel, C. R. Ferrall,
and EVan Jones, with Alwin as Clerk-Recorder.
Discussion centered about the right-of-way o1' this new high line
as offered t~em (The Northern F. tate~:, ~ower Co) by the Interstate
Power Co. and the Great Northern Railroad Co., and to what extent
it infringed upon village authority. ~afety to crossings and
radio interference was also stressed. It appearing that the Bower
Company was proc. e,ding according to its legal rights and that
all precautions were being taken with reference to the safety
of street crossings .~nd radio transmission and that orate Law
comolet~ly governed the matter and held the Power Company wholly
accountable, Trustee Jones presented the following motion, to wit:
~OVED: That the Petition ol' the Northarn 2tares Power
Company rel~.tive to the con.~truction, operation, a.~d malntensnce
of an electric transmission line through the Village of ~.~ound be
gr~nted, subject to all statu~es covering operation and maintenance
of such trs. nsmis~ion line.
Trustee Winkel seconding ~he motion, the roll-call vote
stood as follows: Yeas, J C Krause, B. F ' ' C. R Ferrall,
· · . ~inkel, .
Evan Jones, and LeRoy Alwin. Nayes, None. And so the ~otlon
was carried.
Alwln now announced the fact that William Kickhsfer, ~r, one of the
aopolntees as Judge of Election, serving May 27th, was physically
unable to fill the post. It being agreed by the council that
all vacancies in the EIe¢,%ion Board apoearing in that body prior
to the convening of the board itself were to be filled by the
clerk, the meeting stood adjourned.
~ttest ...........................
Hecorder
ADDEND~.~:
The delegation representing the N~thern States Power
Com~ny at the above meeting were j. H. ~argent E. B. Dueseber,
P. D. Austin, and G. A. Westigard. '