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1941-02-04VILLAGE OF MOUND 557 },~NUTE~ OF THE REGULAR ~ETING OF THE ~.{OUND VILL~GE COUNCIL HEID ~ebruar y 4th , 19~1. Responding to roll-call were ~ayor J. C. Krause, Trustees ~.. F. Win~el c. M..Ferrall, end Evan Jones, with ^lwin as Clerk-Recorder. The minutes of the previous meetings hsving been read and aporoved with ~ change recommended by Truslee Jones with reference to the report- ing of a change in the Village Treasurer's salary, the counc~.l ~on- sidered the renewal policy of $800.00 'on the Village Club House presented by the Reed Agency. In view of the final completion of the building, it wa~, moved by Trustee Ferrall that the principal amount of the contract be raised to $4,000.00; that the J. P. Reed policy be Increased to $2,000.00, snd that the re~t of the $~,0OO.00 coverage be given to the tV. H. A. Koehler Agency. This was seconded by Trustee Winkel, ihs rest of the council agreeing. Reporting on his contacts and interviews with private and ~tate 8~uditing firms and the cost minimums of such expert fin~nci~l examina- tlons, Trustee Ferrall moved that the financial records of the village for the year 1940 be audited by the State Public Examiner a~ad that the village co,~ncil execute by the members signing such a request of the State examining office. This motion w~s supported by Trustee Jones, the whole of the council aoproving. A hearing was given to Fire Chief Loyd ~owers and other members of the ~.~ound Volunteer Fire Dept. on the Fire Dept's proposition to 5uy, on its own account, a new Fire Truck for $3,500.00, to be operated in conjunction with the old truck ~nd ecuipment, provid- ing the village would invest $1,OOO.O0 in new fire hose. The matier for the moment became deadlocked on the issue as %o how fsr the village and council would be liable in c~se the 5~'tre Dept. defaulted in the terms of its fire-truck purch~..se contract. An abridged form of a Fire OrdiOance reco~.mended by the Wire Under- writers Inspection Rureau being resd before the council, it wss moved by Trustee Jones that action on the ordinance be held over until the next regular meeting of the council on 5'arch ~th when another reading was to be given it. T~ustee ~inkel suoDorted this mo?ion, the council s~pproving. The following bills were examined and authorized to be paid: St. Bk. ~f Md..Prk. Bd. Int..$ 80.O0.J.H. ~tatts, ~tr. Dept. ~ 68.46 J. H. ~t&tts, 7~ater Dept ..... 31.54.Gordon ~latzheim, ~. Dpt. 10.80 Carl Anderson, ,Water Dept .... 1.35.IeRoy V. ~lwin,recorder. 50.00 Streater Lbr. Co. rent ....... 25.OO.C.E. Neumann I Stre... 25.OO B. ;~. Huff ~ngr. L. Store... 100.OO?. N. Johnson, Treas sal 12.50 J. C. Stein, ~oolice.......... 1OO.OO.~. N. Johnson ~re.~s.Trans~ 753.09 ~. N. Johnson, Treas. Trans.. 980.99?. N. Johnson, tre.trsns 2973.90 .~.{. N. Johnson, Treas. Trans.. 576.O0.Brede, Inc.Rpr. Neon ~ig 30.00 ~'idwest Paper Prod. bags ..... lO.80.Geo. Benz Cons .......... 3.00 Pabst ~ales Co. Hi Beer ...... lO.15.©ld Peoris Co. Li~ ...... 66.68 ~.'tks Bev. Co. Hi Beer ........ 3.90.Distil~. Di,~trt~. CorD.. 127.95 Md. Phillips & 2OhS Co. Liq.. 5bg.46..~trester Lbr. Co., cosl. 28.98 ~. E. Pardee, English case... 27.15Wd. Grocery, Rhodes Rlf. 4.O3 G. W. Broeckert, ~tsrk Rlf... 8.58.~treater Lbr Co. Galv. tin 15.22 ~treater Lbr Co . Prk ........ 305.21..W.H. ~iegler Co, shovel 24.71 VILLAGE OF MOUND '~tka Pllot,resolutions...~ 14.13.Ocsle~ Oervlce Co, Ocale...~ 25.00 ~. T. '~'~d~en, main ~ngin. ?O.O0.Inter~t~te Power Co,~um~... 29.20 Ctanderd 0~_1 Co. ~fue] oll gO.OO.Ot. ~k. of ~d,v~ult box .... 3.50 H. I. Horton, Lot 8 comm. 18.55.Improvement Pulletln, ~'~dv.. 22.00 ?~tks Pilot, Proc. prtg... 56.20.Phfllips "6~" ~ta. ga~ ..... 5.64 Geo. Hastings, gravel .... lO.CO?cl. Hdw. Co. ~!i~cel Park... 1.51 '~d. Hdw Co. ~?i~cel w~ter. 5.55.~:~d. Hdw. Co. ~tr. d~Dt ..... 8.70 ~treater Lbr. Co. Rlf fuel t2.00.~prg. Prk ~dw. ~Vater De~t.. R. H. ~ur'~lus Com~odltles, 20.68.Kelly ~uper Ce~. gss ...... 8.07 F. ~cCormick, Inc. Ll0... I0.77.J.P. Reed Ag~cy Prk Ins re 60.16 Interstate Power Co, lite 141.O9.Interstate Power Co. pumm.. 30.10 Interstate Power Co sign. 4.12.Gordon Plstzheim, underpart 3.60 ~tandard Oil Co. gas ..... 7.31. There be!nF no further business, %he meeting stood the ~pecial ~eeting dated for Feb. 17th, 1941, for bida on w~,t,~r main extensions. sdJourned until the recention of President. At%e~t ............................ Recorder.