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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE MOUND VILLAGE COUNCIL HELD
February 8th, 1949.
Mayor Davis, Councilmen Winkel and Alwln responding to roll-call,
~(Councilman Plerge appearing later, and White being absent because
of sickness) and the minutes of the Regular Meeting of January 4th,
the Special Meeting of January 7th, and the Adjourned Regular
Meeting of J~nuary 28th being approved as read, with the 'single
exception of an addendum being attached to the minutes of Ja.nuary
28th presenting a .discussion of taxation for the year 1950 at that
meeting, the Cou.ncil proceede~ with a hearing to Mrs Mabel Caughren
of the .County Relief Office covering the~Rhode. Case in which circum-
stances implied that responsibility rested with the City of Minneapolis.
Although the case was now being carried by the Village of Mound,
because of its urgencies add pending proper investigation, the
council was assured that eventually the case would be properly
placed.and reimbursement to the .village by Minneapolis should be
requested. -
Fire Chief Llsyd BowersLLpresented a letter addressed to the Mound
Village Fire Dept. over the signature of Attorney James H, Hennessy
of Minneapolis, and whlc$.stressed the settlement of the claim
of Carl W. Wickland for damages done to his lawn during the
J. P. Collins fire. The Clerk was authorized to send a transcript
of the Hennessy letter to the appropriate insurance company in
order to initiate the proper investigation and adjustment.
Following a criticism by Chief Bowers of the Village Building
Code in the light of State Law requirements and a consequent dis-
cussion which stressed the need of a cdr:~nittee investigation,
it was moved by Winkel that the council appoint H. E. Wolner as
attorney and chairman, ~.V. Solstah~ as a building contractor,
Lloyd Bowers as Fire Chief, the Village Building Inspector, a. nd
a licensed plumber, the latter to be chosen by the committee, make
up a.cemmittee of .five to .investigate the~needs.of the situation
and to .report back.to the .council .at the,ear~tiest possible moment.-
This .was seconded by Alwin, the council unanimously carrying.
The %%~ii~rd a Mr. Hoag~of the Dixie.Tank.and.Bridge Co. with.
refeFence .to reconditioning the village-water .tank,..which included-
scaling, resetting of rivets, and ~the laying .of .an asphalt base
line~g for the.inside, and a repainting.o~.the entire outside,-alt
of this .t.Q come to .a cost of $550~00 and .to .be ~guaranteed for five
year~... The .tank havXng been .reconditioned and pa~ted three years
ago, the .council would 'not authorize any work,, but was-agreeable, to
a tank inspection this .coming Spring in ~the presence .of an authorized
vills~ge .r. epresentative.
Vill~ 'Treasurer .Louise Huestis having .read her financial .r~port
for ~he month of .January, 1949,. it was ~moved by ~Alwin, -and seconded
by ~'i.2kel, that the same be approwed as read and that the Treasurer
be p~rmitted to present her report in recap form rather than in the
.form~previ~usly used. This was Carried .by .the council.
On a.suggestion made by Assessor Bly, Attorney ~,Volner was authorized
to inv. eatigate the possibilities of having ~a 'new and authentic village
· map assembled out of material now 'on file with the County. Auditor;
this .by general 'council agreement.'
A resolution opDosin~ the passage of the proposed State Liquor Dis-
oenssry Law and which was presented to the council for its aooroval
and signature by liquor dealers was tabled for further cons!5, eratlon;
this on a motion by V~l~kel, Alwin supporting.
The. council heard a review of the opinion of Village Attorney Wo!ner
with reference to the publication of a village financial report, whlch
(Summarizing from a stenographic report) specified a detailed annual
report of receipts and disbursements whenever monthly or e~ar%erly
r'eports had not been forthcoming.
Following discussion, it was the general agreement of the council that
the Liquor Store I~anager's salary be raised to $~0.00 per m~nth
beginning January 1st 1949. This was on a motion by Pierce, seconded
by Winkel. '
On a motion by Winkel, seconded by Pierce, the council authorized
payment of all 'village Bills with the single exception of the Cox
Bros bill of $1,150.00 for t~e construction of Chlpman Avenue, which
had been constructed minus the necessary culverts, and which was up
for discussion at the adjourned regular meeting of Feb. 18th, 1949.
~.~Cayor Davis presented to the cotu~cil the resignation of Herbert ABly
as Village Assessor and Building Inspector, same to take effect with
the appointment of his successor and which had been necessitated ·
by his return to his job in the East. The matter.was tabled pending
recommendations .as to a successor to be made at the adjourned meeting
of February 18th. This on a motion by Pierce, Winkel supporting.
Councilman Winkel~s report with reference to the wishes of Constable
Adams to alternate the Day .... no Nii:4ht Shift with Schwartz and still
retain the hi~jher pay was referre~ to the .~.Cayor for adjustment.
The following lists the bills that were a~m)Foved for payment by the
council:
Gene ~hite..Council ..........
R..L. Pierce, Council ........
Collector of Iht Rev. Withhold
iO.O0.B. F. Winkel, Council .....
10.00.W.I. Davis, Nayor ........
18.80.R.B. Ko$out, Mngr. Liq...
J. C. Stein, sal .............. 9~.J0.T. Platzer, sal ...........
W. B. BQwers, sal ..... ~ ....... 10?.80.F. Schwartz, sal ...... ~...
J. S. Adams, sal .............. ll0.~0.Edna J. Gooder..Sal .......
LeRoy V. Alwin, sal ........... 8?.~O.Louise Huestis, sal. treas.
H. E. ,Wolner, sal. a%ty ....... 20.00.Sub. Henne. Co. Rlf. Brd... 130.55
James Krause, Ha,uling ......... ~.3,?~.Fred Thomas, hauling ...... 40.50
Ferd.. Schwartz, ~ ~al raise... 5.00.C.E. Neumann, Liq. sal..~. 40.~0
~inn. Municip. Lio. Stores Assn IO.00.R.E. 0~Donnell, p. ~f,. Pstge ~0.00
Tonka Elec. Co., Xmas decors.. S0.81.}~id. Vol. Fire Dept.,.Rtf.. 106.5V
Sub. League Henn. Co.~fbrshp... ~8.78.A..~olm~uiSt, Ins .........
~,(tka Pilot, Printing .......... ~4.95~D~iller-Davis, Printing ....
Wendell's, Inc, Dog tags ...... l~.50.St'r'eater Lbr. Co., Coal...
Int. Power Co.,. Elec. current. ~04.15~Int. Power Co., Pump crnt.
Standard 0il Co. Fuel Firehall 34.~5.Standard 0il Co, Garage..
Standard 0il Co. Fireball fuel '
Markson Co. Fq~rnace rpr .......
C. V. Stryker, Radiator rpr...
Phillipa "8~'~ Sta., gas .......
Bud 0rn Sta. Tr~ck gas ........
Finley Notors, car rpr. & ~as.
Smith Motor, gas and oil ......
10. O0
15. O0
lOg. ~0
100.00
95.80
37.50
25. O0
16.30
4.10
4~. 16
136.08
34.2~
68.00.Standard Oil Co, fuel oil. 28.70
27.15.Sub. Henne. Co Rlf Brd .... 220.37
12.37.~.,~arkson Co. furnace r~r... 2.00
15. 00 .I~tka Cohstruction Co. crb. 86.90
~7.33.R.J. Rondsrf, car rpr .... 15.D0
13.80.~.~ound 011 Sta, Gas etc .... 19.57
14.23.Bud's Pure 0il, truck rpr. 56.36
VILLA(~E OF MOUND 983
General Tire Co. Jeepltires .... ,$ 9'28~F. Blackoviak,'Garbage..,$ 10.00
Coca Cola Bottling Co ..... ' ...... 10,52,Pabst Sales Co., Beer .... 19.S0
~eps&cola Bottling Co ........... 3.~5.Gold Medal, Beer ......... B5.60
? Up Bottling Co.:...' ........... lO.lO.Nanning Anderson Co. beer ~o60,90
Chaska Bev. Co, Beer ..... . ....... 85.89.Ninnetonka Bev.~ Co, beer: 60.11
Palmer & Normandin, Beer ........ 9?.30.Purity Bev. Co, Beer ..... 6?.05
Canada Dry, Inc ................. 3.65.Carter Bev. Co, Beer ..... 144.35
Kelley Liq. Co.., Liquor ......... 347.8~.NcKesson & Robbins, 1nc.. 901.85
Griggs, Cooper & Co., Liquor..~l,088,94.Famous Brands, Inc. Liquort,O30.14
Distillers Bistrib. Corp. Liq 629.18.01d Peoria Co, Liquor .... l?$.10
!',~innetonk~ Notor ~press ........ 25.~l. American Linen Co., ?.80
Pure ~il Co. Jan truck gas ...... S~.O3.}aller-Davis Co prtg['[[[ 15.34
Mound Body Shop, furnace rpr .... 5.00.Standard 0il Co, fuel .... 21.45
Tonka Elec. Co. Pmp No. 3 cnt~l Dl~°.~°3.J.B. Clow Co. Pmp Prts.. 46.00
Md. Hdw. Co., supplies .......... 23.0~.A. Holmquist, Custodian.. 35.00
Md. Super Value Store Xmas tree. 10.00.Pat. Pierce, Liq. sales.. 4.50
Yd. Phillips &~ Sons Co, Liq .... 448. 36. LeRoy V. Alwin, ~- sal .... 87.50
R. B. -Kohout, ~ sal.[ ..... [.[... 10~.50.T. Platzer, ~- sal ........ lO0.00
W. B. Bowerw, --sal .... 10?.50.J.C. Stein, -~-sal ....... 100.00
Ferd. Schwartz, ~-.~ sal ...... ..... 92.50.J.S. Adams, ~- sal ....... 100.00
Mtka. Transfer ..... express.. ..... 3.88.Fred A. Thomas, HaulinBm= 156.00
RobS. D. Kohout, sal increase... ~.50.Standard 0il Co.,Pmp fuel 14.30
~..,liller-Davis Co., Order bks ..... 19.78.
This business done, the meeting adjourned to reconvene Friday Feb. 18th,
1949, at 8. P. M. '