1940-08-06VILLAGE OF MOUND
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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE MOUND VILLAGE COUNCIL HELD
August 6, 1940.
The meeting was called to order at 8 P. M. Responding to roll-call
were Mayor J. C. Krause, Trustees B. ?. Winkel and C. R. Ferrall,
with Alwin as Recorder. Trustee ~v~n Jones made a special trip from
~aterville, ~Innesota, to attend the meeting and arrived later.
The minutes of the previous meetings of July 2nd and 5th having been
read and aporoved and the order of proceedings being for new business,
Alwtn moved the adoption of the following resolution, to wit:
RESOLVED thst the Council of the Vlll~?ge of "ound estr'blish ~ P~RK
I"~RO~'EDJT FUND for the purpose of receiving ~.nd defr~'ytng ~'ll
monie~ receive~ ~or o~rk ~eveloo~ent ~nd i~orovement. ~e it further
R~OLV~,D that s!! monie~ collected fro~ tsxe~ for the reftndingt
n~d ret!re~ent of Perk Imorovement ?onds be s~s-~igned to the Pond
Into~ est ~und ~'!re~dy estsbli~hed ~or the ret!re~-~ent of the village
bonded in~ebtedne~~.
? he motion for adoption having received the second of trustee
g. R. Ferrall, the vote stood ss follows: Teas; Krause, Winkel,
Ferrall, and Alwin. ( Jones being absent.) Nayes; None.
And se the resolution stood adopted.
Responding to a letter addressed to the village and read before the
council from the Hennepin County Agricultural ~ociety, which letter
urged a "Free Gate" contribution by the village toward the Hennepin
County Fair, it was moved by Trustee Winkel that, in view of the
present financial burdens of the village, the recuest for a 1940
contribution be denied. Trustee Ferrall seconded this motion, the
council agreeing.
On motion by Alwin, ~'errall seconding, the following bills were
approved for Payment:
O. F. Jenson, C.B.Tavern$2,5OO.OO.G.R. Cole, Pump'g ......... $1010.00
G. R. Cole, Con~table... lO0.00.Streater Lbr. Co..rent ..... 25.00
E. E. Neumann, Ass't.L.S.
Kenneth Schultz,road work
F. P. Leekley, assess ....
Geo. Blatzheim,Rd. wrk...
J. C. ~tein, W~ter Dept..
J. H. 2tat%s, Str. Dept..
U. o.. Treas Dept, Dock...
Md. Hdw. Co. misc~t ......
~innetonka Pilot, adv ....
A. R. Maul Co. bond prtg.
Geo. H. Plant, flag rpr..
25.O0.B.A. Huff, Mngr L. S ......
21.38.James Krause, road work ....
387.68.Chas. Towner,Road work, ....
8.10.J.C. Stein, Str. Dept ....
1.71.J.H. ~tatts, ~ater Dept...
8~.74.LeRoy V. Alwin,Recorder ....
150.O0.Fletcher, Dorsey otc.Legal.
7.42.~. J. Rondorf, Ckev.Truck..
15.90.R.H.E. surplus Commodity..
23.55.Geo. Hastings, gravel ......
5.00.M.W. Boombower, letter'g..
Finley Motors,Ford truck.l$1T7.00.Interstate Power Co. ,Lite..
Interstate Power Co,Pump.
Interstate Power Co.L.Stre
Kelly Super Service. ,gas.
Finley Motors, rprs ......
Phillips "66" sta., gas..
Watertown Tel. Co.,rent..
R&public Creosoting Co,..
37.80 .Interstate Power Co,F.Barn.
1.52.Smith motorm, truck rpr ....
7.42.Collins Oma. Iron,weld'g..
2.5~.J.W. Craig Co. ~tr. oil...
ll.65.~,~tka Pilot, proc'g otc .....
7.30.Rondorf ~Jfotor Co., gas etc..
30.16.Standard Oil Co. ,gas .......
100.00
21.25
10.80
98.29
15.26
50.o0
5o.oo
675.00
13.03
13.0o
7.00
131.85
2.00
lO.13
8.48
5'76.00
52.48
3.10
7.68
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Irwin ~'alakousky, mark plat...~ 60.00/7. F. Krs. use, flags...$ 10.00
Archie Stevens, ~rk lots .... $1231.37.W.H.A. Koehler, Ins. 5.63
LeRoy V. Alwin Tel. c~lls... 3.65.?fidwe~t P~oer Prod .... 1T.~
Hamm Brewing Co. beer .......
?.ftka Bev. Co., bee~ ........
Distillers Distrib Corp..;..
Ed. Phillips & Sons Co ......
David Clark, gravel .........
~. N. Johnson, Treas.,trans.
6.24.Pabst Oales Co.,beer.. 39.80
I3.25.F. ~..;cCormick, Ino ..... 113.61
555.82.Grlggs, Cooper &Co .... 18~.57
665.20.H. Voegell, Tress ..... 268.63
3.60.Woodend Fs, r~. gr~,vel.. 10.13
50.00.~found Lie. Store, cash 15.00
After discussion it was moved by Trustee Ferrsll that ~fayor J. C.
Krause be constituted a committee of one to investigate the
acqusition by the village of certain land adaptable to the lOcation
of a sewage disposal plant. This motion was supported by U~nkel4
the council concurring.
In anticipation of certain disadvantages growing out of delsys
in connection with the ". P. A. Park Project, it was suggested by
Wayor Kr~,use that the village proceed with--~the b,,tldlng of foo~ings
and the moving of the tavern Bldg. In this direction it was moved
by Trustee Winkel that the clerk advertise for bids covering the
separate items of work and that potential bidders be referred
to ~r. Irwin .~s.l~.kousky for specifications and detail. Trustee
Ferrall seconded the motion the council agreeing.
As a stem toward sati,~fying all contract agreements attending the
ourchs, se by the village of Lots 52 & 53, /~muditor'~ ~ubdlvis~_on
No. ~68, and clea~ring it of all incumberances, Tru,~tee Winkel
moved the adoption of the following motion: Whereas, Archie
C. Stevens and Isabel E. Stevens have offered to sell to the
village of ~found, Lots 52 and 53, Auditor's ~ubdivlslon No. 168,
and Julia l.!an Anderson and William B. Anderson, her husband,
have offered to release said premises as to a certain mortgage
which they hold, considerations for both matters being the payment
of the sum of $1500.00 to Archie ~tevens and Isabel E. Stevens
and to Julia ??an Anderson and William B. Anderson Jointly, now
therefore it is moved that the Village Treasurer be authorized
to draw the sum of $1500.00 out of the funds recently received
~nd set up from the sale of $8,000.O0 worth of bonds for the
P~rk A~ousition and Improvement purposes, which sum of ~1500.00
is to be paid over to said parties upon the d. ellvery by them of a
Warranty Deed to said premises in favor of the Village of ~,lound,
Grantee, free and clear of all encumbrances and all taxes paid.
Inasmuch as there are unpaid back taxes again~.t said premises in
the sum of ~266.88 and as release of said mortgage and affidavit
regarding Judge-,',ents must be recorded costing in all ~I.75, the
treasurer is directed to obtain ~ draft payable to the said four
rantees in the sum of ,~1231.37, the balance of $1500.00 to wit:
268.63, to pay said taxes and expenses.
Trustee Ferrall seconded the a~ove motion, the council concurring.
Following an accepted order of rotation covering all locally
represented oil company~ it was moved by Trustee Winkel that ~
contract for this winter's village fuel oll be -w~rded to
Ralph }l~rch of the Standard Oil Company. Trustee Ferrall agreed
in this, the council concurring.
In response to an invitation by the council, W. H. A. Koehler of
the }~iound State Bank, ~.{rs. Chas. Ut_man of the 2unset View Hotel,
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Robert Nichols of the Northland Cafe, and J. ~. Adams 8ppeared at
the council meeting to listen to the personal report of Me~lth
officer, Dr. J. P. Wilk~ns, covering local problems of sanitation
and sewage disposal which affected their properties individually
as well as the village as a whole. Dr. Wilkins urged the full
support of everyone in applying commonsense methods in keeping
individual sewage and garbage problems from oremsturely becoming
of major concern to the village. In this connection it was urged
that the clerk notify all h~ving sewage disposal plants within
or affect%lng the basin of a village lake and to authorize their
lmmediote removal.
On motion by T~ustee Fe~all, trustee Wlnkel supporting, the
council ~warded the contract for auto insurance covering the
new Chevrolet truck to the J. P. Reed Insistence Agency.
Because of an unsatisfactory delivery of 100 feet of fire ho~e
from the EUreka Fire Hose Co, trustee Winkel moved th~.t the clerk
write the Eureka Company to tb~t effect, demanding a replacement
of the present shipment with a hose eeu~,l to the term~ of the
original ~ale. This motion w~ suooorted by Jones, ~he council
concurring.
On a complaint of ~,~Tanager B. A. Huff, the clerk was ~..uthorized
to notify the Streater Lbr. Co. of the leaky condition of the
display window of the ~ound Municipal Licuor ~tore ~nd to urge
necess~,ry r~p~,irs.
There bei~q no further business before the council, ~'rustee B. F.
Winkel moved ths.t the meeting ~dJourn to reconvene on Aug. 22nd,
1940, to receive bids on the moving and olacing of the village
club house. There being no dissenting vote, the meeting so adjourned
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