1950-01-03VILLAGE OF MOUND
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Regular meeting of the ~ound Village Council was called to order
P.~..~. Jan $rd, 19BO
Yy the ;,~ay'or at 8 " on . ·
All members were present - ~..~essrs. Bly,~ ~inkel, Pierce, ~hite and
Davis; also Vili~.ge Attorney Wolner. ·
Upon motion by ~. Pierce~ seconded by ]m.[r. Winkel, the folloWing
bills wez-e approved for payment:
~ ~.~L FUND:
POOR FUND:
The Pure Oil Co.
Fred Thomas '
G.A. Tyler
35.00
8.50
Hennepin Co. Rlf. 5.00
EO.~D FUND: Keller Bros. 138.45
Ro~enwald Cooper lO.3V
WATER FUND:
Wilbur J. Thurk ~4.35
Toltz, Kin$ & Day 161. 49
Xotion was made by Xr. White, and seconded by ~r. Wlnkel, and
carried unanimously, that the following be made a part of the
minutes of this meeting:
This council extends to ~.~.r. LeRoy Alwin, retiring Clerk of
the Village of Hound, sincere thanks for all his years of
faithful service to the Village and its citizens. The
a~sis't~.nc~ he has given to them and to other council mem-
bers in the. past is greatly apl, reciated; and he is aesured
of our continuing regard and sincere good wishes for the
future.
Dr. Davis ~xpressed personally the thank~ of the council to ~..k.-
Alwin, and Dr. Hucszis also spoke a few words on the same ~ubJect.
.!v~. Bly was then welcomed by Dr. Davis on behalf of the council,
and expressed his desire to be of service in co-operation with
the council.
TELEPHOi~E RATE HEARING- After presentation of the fact~ by
Wolner, and discussion of same by the co,oil and various inter-
~sted citizen~ present at the meeting, motion wa~ made b~
Whl~e and s~conded by ~[~. Wink~l, that ~r. WoOer be r~que~te'd
to attend the hearin:~ on Jan. 9th at Watertown ~o r~p~e~ent the
council, in ~mTM~ ,,~,~ with such other memb.~rs ~.~ can attend, and
to make ~uch recommendations and proposals a~ he ha~ outlined.
~.~oticn car~-ied. )Ir. Bly and ~r. Pierce ~tated they would also
at t end ~ ~
t_~ hearing..
VILLAGE ;~A~AGER - Dr. Davis read the following letter received
from ~.~r. Harry Hartin in reply to offer of the position made
to him previously -
"I wish to express my deep appr,.+:ciation to you, ~r. i[ayor, and
to th~ Council for their expression of confidence and I am highly
complimented that you gentlemen.think that I may have some of
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the many ~ualificati~ns, abilities and l~ersonal traiZs that the
Vilia,~fe ;Tanager should ;t.o~ses3. I am happy and plea~ed that
Village [[anag~r of
"In my wiiiin2n~s~ Zo acteD% this ~ro~_'t ~%si:.onsibiiity, I ara confi-
dant thaZ the Council and i can work as ~. harmonious unit for the
w~lfar~ cf :[:und and it~ citizons~ and what I here repeat from my
m~tin.s with ~h~ Council of last we~k, is 'that I pled~ my conduct w
~,.;iii b~ in accord with the ~,:~n~gere, Code of Ethio~ as adopted and
"I assum,~ th~/t Zk= C6uncii offer~ 'the csmpensati:,n of i~'4000.00 per
annum to comp~nsa'te th~ manaz, er,for his best work and effort~ and
tho~,t it is undez'~tood ':h~t he will b~s r~imbar.~ed for any necessary
~xp~nses incurred in the l:~rfor~lance :~f hi~ duties on behalf of 'the
viliaze
"Inasmuch ?.s Zhe Council h~ts 'to ?C~Lrove 'the selection of t?~ Villages
Attorney, I sug~ie~t th~.t the i~r~e;at ?lan of em~ioyinS the At'torn~y
on a :~tain~r basis ba abolished and th~.t the C?unoii and
when n~oessary use ~n~ attorney in ~;~ ~ -, "
..... ~ ~_,un~ whos~a services are
"I have a firm belief in Zhe dignity and Worth of the cervices render-
ed by Government, and tha~t the Vilis~i[e Council a~"d ['en.~.~!~er ahould ~
govorn~d by the Hishset ida~als of honor and integrity in all their
public and I~ereonai z'elationships, in order that they may merit the
r~sp~ct and ins?ire 'the confidence of the administr~.tive organization
which oa~ries out the policies of the council a~ di:~ected by the mana-
ger, and of 'the public which they all serve. I realize that it is 'the
council, the elected repres~ntative~ of the people, which is entitled
to th~ credit for th~ fuifil~ent o~_ munic',-~m,,.~.,i.policies.
"If selected as Vil!a~e 7;anajer, I would cu~-ry no personal favors and
a~?ur,~ you and the council+,~ha~ I will cooperate and work wit.h you
~ontl~m~n, and I re~u~st the sincer,~ hel~ and guidance of all you
gontlcm~n so that I may be a oapabl~ administrator for all the peopl~,
and handle ~ach administrative p. roblem without discrimination., on the
basis of principt~ and justice~ and thus end~avor to reach the enviable
goal of a modol Scw~r~ent for our Village.
Yours very 'truly,
Harry Hartin "
Dr. Davis explained tha~t the reference i Z0 expenses in '.the third para-
grai~h of the letzer was because of the custom in the past of ~vi~o~
Zhe Clerk mileage for travel expense incurred cn villaqe ~in~se.
Discussion of the fourth,~ara~ra~h.. -o .,. in z'eferenc~ tc village, a~torney
b~ought out the st~' ?~ '~ -~
~this we~ the wish to save money by u~in~ the ~ervio~s of the ;[innesota
League of [;unicipaliti~ and th~ Office of Zhe Attorney ~nera! in
ordinary ~ases and not retain ~. viilase at~.o~'ney as ~uch but when
necessary , to consult any available at'torn~y in the villa~l'e.
).[any opinions we~-e expressed ~cro and con, with tke final result that
~,,~] was a:~r~ed that t~ev preferred to retain [ir. ~olner on
the r~tainer basis as at present. Whereupon motion was ma_,..-~ by ii[re
Pierce, secondad by [[r. Winkel, that the matter be tabled to tho
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adjourned meeting, .in the meantime .~?r. }~artin be contacted and
asked to delet~ the fourth paragraph from hi~ letter of zccept-
as s~ated by th~ law. Ca,tied unanimously.
Dr. Dav'is ~xpres~ed the appreciation of the council ~or th~ work
don~ b;~ the Citizens Co~ittee on appliczti~ns received.
~[r. Wolner reminded the council that the anrual report was to be
received, accepted and prepared for publication. Th,~ Village
_~ea~_urer not being pre~ent, this matte~ was car~'ied over to the
ad j :~,u~ned meeting.
~.r. Charles Behling consulted the cour. cil regardinff better police
protection duzing night a~-~d early morning hours. It wasagreed
Zhat !ir. ~?nite o ~
~.n~ Dr. Davis would confer with the officers to
se: what a~rangements could be worked out.
~.,~otion by ~r. Winks,l, seconded by ?.r. Pierce, that the ~innetonka
Pilot be designated the official paper for the village pu'~lica-
fiche. Ca~ied.
Motion by Pierce, sec.onded by ~[r. Winkel, th~'
~ the State Bank
~ound be named offic~ial depository for village funds.
Upon motion '~ Winkel, seconded by White, the meeting adjourned
to Saturday, Ja,nuary~th at 1:$0 P.~..~. Carried.
Dr. W.I. Davis, .~ayor
Attest.:
Acting Clerk