1949-07-22'~ VILLAGE OF NIOUND
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MINUTE~ OF THE ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE MOUND VILLAGE COUNCIL HE4D July 22nd, 1949.
Present at this meeting were Mayor Davis, councilmen Winkel, Pierce,
and White, and village Attorney Herbert E. Wolner. Alwin was ~
absent on vacation.
The pUrPose of the meeting was to present a hearin~ with respect to
t~e extension of village watermains from their present location on
Park Ave. down Park Ave., East, to a point forty feet beyond the
Fire Barn.
Prior to the Watermain Hearing, however, the council gave ear to
the complaint of Mr. Kane of Lots I & ll, Blk. 9, Mound Terrace,
with reference to the village's enc~roachment upon his property
with it' s watermain and street. Kane was agreed to give the
village an easement for damages, which he stated would come to about
$150.00. The council was a~reed to take the matter under advise-
ment and report to Kane later.
As to the Hearin~ with reference to the Watermain Extension:
After hearing all arguments, both for and against, as presente& by
affected frontage, including the village, Councilman Pierce presented
the following resolution and moved its adoption: to wit:
WH~REA~, the Village of Mound, pursuant to the provi~ions of Chapter
119, Laws of Minnesota, 1949, duly ordered, a. Hear.in~' to be. h~d on
July ~2nd, 1949, at 8 o'clock P. M. in the Village 0ffioes in. said ~
village for the purpose of de~ermining whether or not to order an ~
improvement in said village, the general nature of which is to lay
watermain and appurtenances along Park Avenue in said village from
the Legion Hall to a point forty (40) feet East of the Firebarn in ~
said Village; and,
WHER~A~ a proper notice of said meeting was duly published in the
Minnetonka Pilot in the Village of Mound advising all persons
interested or affected ~Y such improvement that they would be heard
at the time and place of said hearing; and,
WHEREAS the said meeting was duly held relative to said proposed
Public Improvement, and the Council of the Village of Mound
having heard all parties interested in or affected by said proposed
improvement whomattended the said meeting and having fully considered
the advisability and desirability of said improvement;
NOW, THEREFORE, Be it Resolved:
That an improvement be made in the Village of Mound, the genderal
nature of which is to lay watermain and appurtenances along Park
Avenue in said Village from the Legion Hall to a point forty (AC) t~
feet East of the firebarn in said Village, and thereby extend the'presen
water system to serve property abutting on said street in the are~
of the improvement; and that the cost of the same be assessed
according to law upon property benefited by the improvement based
upon the benefits received;
That the Village Engineer shall immediately make plans and speci-
fications of said improvement and file the same with the Village
Clerk, together with an estimate of the cost of said improvement; .,
and,
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That, upon receipt of said Plans and Specifications, the Village
Clerk shall cause te be published in the Minnetonka Pilot for one
week a pu~llo advertisement prepared by the Village Attorney according
to the provisions of Section §~of Chapter llg, Laws of Minnesota,
1949, calling for sealed bids for said improvement.
White seconding the motion for the adoption of the above resolution,
the vote of the council stood as follows: Yeas, Winkel, White, Pierce,
and Davis. Nays, NOne, And so the Resolution stood adopted.
After discussion, it was generally agreed that the above work should
be put out on bids. _
In' line with the above improvement, it was moved by White that the Village
advertise for bids, same to be published in the Minnetonka Pilot,
issues of July 2@th and August 4th, and to cover the installation of
plumbing, toilets, lavatory, and sewage dlsposal~for~the Municipal
Bldg., such bids to be sealed and accompanied by a certified cheek
in the .amount of 5% of the bid, and to75pened and read out loud at -
an~ AdjoUrned Meeting of the Council held on August 16th, 1949,
8. ][. M. ~ierce secgnding the motion, it was carried by the council.
Railroad Co., through its representatives, wanted
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the records to show that they were entering a verbal protest to
the Park Avenue Watermain Project. '
After a further discussion of a car for the police and the need of
closer supervision of law enforcement at the' village Park with
reference to the sale of beer etc. and the bearing of these pre-
blems on the matter of police vacations, it was finally moved by
White that, in the ease of our local police, they be allowed to take
their vacations two weeks at one time, each officer, however, to
cover the other during his absence and be subject to call 24 hours
of the day. This was seconded by Pierce, the council carrying.
Thio business ~ene, the meeting ad~eurned.