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1954-05-10VILLAGE OF MOUND 465 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING, May 10, 1954 Meeting was called to order at 8:00 P.M. at the Village Office. Present were Mayor Bebmler, Trustees Litts, Pierce, Wenkstern and Livingston, Attorney Bonham and .Manager Leikvold. The minutes of the regular meeting of April 12 were read, and on motion by Pierce seconded by Litts, it was unanimously carried that they be adopted as read. Pierce moved and Litts seconded that the following bills be paid where funds are available: GENERAL FUND LIQUOR INVOICES Le-~ld, Mileage ....... 4.90 Distillers Distr ........ 749.29 Mtka Pilot - Bids ....... 2.70 Ebin Bros ............... 134.85 ~atertown Phone ......... 15.05 Famous Brands ........... 279.79 Mound School, Annual Rep 19.16 01d Peoria .............. 267.14 Vil of Bloomington,Codes 10.66 Ed Phillips & Sons ...... 254.21 Farnhams, Desk & Chairs 231.35 Midwest Wine ............ 85.40 Philbrook & Dale ........ 2.34 Notermann & Weber ....... 292.22 Standard Oil ............ 46.21 Superior Beer ........... 273.10 Interstate Power ........ 200.65 Manning & Anderson ...... 529.08 Pure 0il Co ............. 49.80 Chaska Beverage ......... 198.29 Wm. Mueller & Sons ...... 7-53 Mtka Beverage ........... 343.64 Armco Drainage .......... 105.75 Seven Up Bottling ....... 50.80 Bud,s Pure Oil Garage... 7.80 Schlitz Brewing ......... 14.64 Mound Hardware ........... 60 0. M. Droney Bev ........ 16.20 Philbrook & Dale ........ 1.30 Pabst Brewing Co ........ 18.80 Seton Shell Oil, Tires.. 37.00 Carter Beverage ......... 558.26 Mickelson Motors ........ 8.50 Royal Beverage .......... 15.61 Dutch Lake Kennels ...... 12.00 Coca Cola Bottling ...... 24.32 Bud,s Pure 0il .......... 4.10 Canada Dry Ginger Ale... 25.90 L.J.Bowers, Firemen,s Sch 41.70 Halverson Candy ......... 118.37 4o .10 Bud's Pure 0il .......... Watertown Phone ......... Interstate Power ........ Pure 0il ................ Philbrook & Dale ........ Warhol Drug, Supplies... Helen Newell, Mileage... Cox Bros, at Dump ....... Mound Hardware .......... Interstate Pow.er ........ Philbrook & Dale ........ 6.75 12.16 49.80 2.34 5.5o 6.72 54.00 7.50 1.00 3.63 998.60 POOR FUND Suburba~ Henn. Co ....... 96.66 SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FUND 1st Nat,1 Bank Project #5 24.19 Project #7 172.00 N.W. Nat,1 Bank Project #8 6,495.12 6,691.31 01d Dutch Foods ......... ~,256~6 766~ LIQUOR OPERATING American Linen .......... Nat,1 Cash Register ..... MidWest Bar Supply ...... Mtka Pilot, Order Blanks Standard Oil Co ......... Philbrook & Dale ........ Mound Hardware .......... Interstate Power Co ..... Watertown Phone ......... WATER FUND Waterous Co ............. Badger Meter ............ Elmer J. Peterson ....... Bud, s Pure Oil .......... Interstate Power ........ Mound Hardware .......... Philbrook & Dale ........ 17.98 6.60 54.65 66 .69 70.21 8.25 260.31 6.81 5.84 26.50 2.50 140.00 11. 198.17 1466 VILLAGE OF MOUND The amount of the Standard 0il bill was to be verified because the delivery tickets showed a higher cost than the statement sent out by the Standard Oil Company. Payment of this bill was to be made as soon as verification was made. The payment of exchange on foreign checks presented by the State Bank of Mound was to be with- held and the Manager was instructed to ask the bank why such charge was made inasmuch as the Village maintains a large balance in its account. The motion was passed four to one, Wenkstern opposing. BUILDING PERMITS Livingston moved, Pierce seconded, and it was passed to approve the following building permits. Wenkstern abstained from voting. Name Lot Blk Subdivision Joseph M. Burke 2-~ Skarp, Glen Arbor Abraham Lincoln N on Hiway Il0 Abraham Lincoln Mound Terrace Abraham Lincoln C afl so n ' s Koehl er ' s Robert Diethart 1 Theodore Fischer 1 Robert O. Dealing 1 8 Weldon E. Hintz i 12 J. J. Hollick 3 2 John E. Schaible 22 1 Mound Metalcraft 2 ~xxXxxBxxR~mmmz~ k ~ Building Cost No. Garage $2,000 9 Dwelling 8,000 l0 Dwelling 10,000 ll Dwelling 8,000 12 Dwelling lO,O00 13 Add,n to Dw 2,000 ~ Add,n to Dw 1,O00 15 Mfg Add'n 12,000 16 OFF-SALE BEER Pierce moved, Litts seconded, and it was unanimously passed to grant the request for an Off-Sale beer license presented by Brockerts Food Market. CURB & GUTTER HIWAY #15 Pierce moved the following resolution: WHEREAS, a resolution of the Village Council adopted the 8th day of March, 1954, fixed a date for a hearing on the proposed im- provement of Highway 15 between the west line of Highway ll0 and a line extended between the north line of Lot 30 and 31 Lyn~ld Park by curb and gutter, and WHEREAS, all property owners whose property is liable to be assessed for the making of this improvement were g~ven ten days, published notice of the Council Hearing through two weekly publica- tions of the required notice, and the Hearing was held and property owners heard thereon on the 22nd day of March 1954, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the Village of Mound that such improvement is hereby ordered as proposed in the Council resolution adopted March 8, 1954 with the exception that curb and gutter will not be installed in the front of Lots 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36 Lynwold Park. The resolution was seconded by Wenkstern and carried by unani- mous vote. VILLAGE OF MOUND _.~-:-..,,,. ..... ;~ "ba~ ~ w ~ ,~',~'" .... DOGS The follo~ng ordinance w~s re~: ,-~ .,~:~ .~ ~'. 0~INANCE N0. 51. An Ordinance Relating to Nuis~nces, Their Abatement and Removal. (Amendment No. 1) The Village Council of ~und 9o Ordain as Follows: Section 2 (b) (10) is hereby amended, so that as amended, it shall read: (10) Any dog, or other animal ~ich ~bitually worries, chases or molests persons traveling peacefully on a public thoroug~are. Any dog, or other animal not penned or leashed when such peking or leashing Is required in an area fop a period of time, oP both, designated by the Council pursuant to resolution duly adopted and published once in the legal newspaper of the Village. The Council may, from time to time, in its discretion, by resolution duly adopted and published once in the legal newspaper of the Village, require the owner oP owners of any dog or dogs or other ~als to pen or leash the s~e, in an area or for a period of time, or"both, as specified in the resolution. Section 2 (o) is hereb7 amended, so that~ as amended, it shall re ad: (c) PERSONS LIABLE. The o~er, occupant and agent for prop- erty upon which a public nuisance exists and the o~er of any dog, or other animal as set forth in Section 2 (b) (10) hereof sh~l be deemed liable for the violation of this ordinance; and a notice one of them s~ll be deemed a notice to them all. A person who creates, maint~ns, or ts responsible for and fails to remove a public nuisance is liable for the violation of this ordinance. person shall be deemed to be an individual, a sorporation, an association and any other legal entity. This ordinance shall be in ~11 force and effect fr~ a~d after its publication according t~ law. Counci~an We~stern moved that the 0rdin~ce be adopted as read. The motion was seconded by Co~cilman Livingston. A roll being called on said motion, the following voted "Aye": Wenkstern Pierce Livingston Be~ler Litts And so the ordinance was passed. BUILDING CODE 1467 A committee of five men, composed of J. M. Baird, Charles Jackson, J. Milton Uner, G. A. Tyler and Lloyd Gronberg, represent- ing the builders in the community was present and recommended that the Village adopt the ~Uniform Building Code." No action was taken at this meeting other than to call an adjourned meeting at 8:00 P.M. on May 24th for the purpose of studying this code and determining i468 VILLAGE OF MOUND the advantages of such a code, the cost of enforcing, etc. ROAD 0IL. & GRAVEL Manager Leikvold reported that he had received the following bids on oil and gravels Bury and Carlson SC Road Asphalt $0.1275 per gal MC " " 0.1325 " " RC " ,, 0.1375 " " Jay W. Craig SC Road Asphalt $0.125 p~r gal. MC " " 0.13 " RC " " O. 135 " " Keller Bros. Gravel $1.10 per cu. yd. Wenkstern moved, Livingston seconded and it was unanimously carried to accept the bid of Jay W. Craig for road asphalt and Keller Bros. for gravel. PARK PAVILION Litts moved, Wenkstern seconded, and it was passed unanimously to advertise for bids on the Park Pavilion. LAND TRADE Pierce offered the following resolution and moved its adoption: WHEREAS, the Village of Mound is the owner of Lot Thirty (30), Subdivision of Lots One (1) and Thirty-two (32), Skarp and Lindquist,s Ravenswood, according to the plat thereof on file and of record in the office of the Register of Deeds in and for Hennepin County, Minnesota, and, ' WHEREAS, said real estate is no longer needed fOr public purposes save for the res- ervation, to the Village of Mound of an ease- ment thereon for road purposes, and, WHEREAS, Edward L. Larson and Emma L. Larson, husband and wife, and Robert H. Nelses and JoAnn Neises, husband and wife, are the owners of Lot Thirty-one (31) Subdivision of Lots One (1) and Thirty-two (32), Skarp and Lind- quist,s Ravenswood, according to the plat thereof on file'and of re- cord in the office of the Register of Deeds in and for Hennepin REQUEST FOR BIDS The Village of Mound will ac- cept bids for the Mound Park Pavilion building. Bidder must state price, date by which build- ing will be removed, and if used in the Village, where it ,will be moved to and for what purpose it will be used. Cash or certified check equal to ten percent (10%) of the bid must accompany each bid. The Village Council reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Bids will be opened at 8:00 p. m. Monday, May 24, 1954 at the Vil- lage office. VILLAGE OF MOUND Carsten D. Leikvold Village Manager (5-13, 20, 54) VILLAGE OF MOUND 469 County, Minnesota, and WHEREAS, said Edward L. Larson and Emma Larson, husband and wife, and Robert H. Neises and JoAnn Neises, husband and wife, have proposed to exchange that part of said Lot Thirty-one (31) lying easterly of a line running from the northeasterly corner of said lot to a point on the southerly line of said lot distant twenty- five (25) feet from the southeasterly corner of said lot for said Lot Thirty (30), reserving, however, to the Village of Mound, of an easement thereon for road purposes, and ~EREAS, it is to the best interests of the Village of Mound to accept said proposal, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT: 1. The Village of Mound hereby accepts the proposal of the owners of the said Lot Thirty-one (31) to exchange the aforesaid Lot Thirty (30), save for the reservation thereof of an easement thereon to the Village of Mound for road purposes, for the afore- said portion of said Lot Thirty-one; 2. The Village Attorney is hereby directed to prepare the appropriate conveyances to effect said exchange; 3. The Mayor and Village Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to execute the appropriate conveyance of said Lot Thirty (30) to Robert H. Neises and JoAnn Neises, husband and wife, as joint tenants to said Lot Thirty (30), reserving therefrom an easement to the Village of Mound for road purposes upon the delivery to the Village of Mound of an appropriate conveyance to the afore- said portion of said Lot Thirty-one (31), hereinbefore described. Livingston seconded the motion to adopt said resolution and, the roll being called, the same was adopted by the following vote: Pierce Yea Wenkstern Yea Livingston Yea Behmler Yea Litts Yea There were no nays, and so the resolution was passed. RAILROAD CROSSING Litts moved, Livingston seconded, that the interested persons of the proposed street running from Highway #15 to #ll0 be1~nformed that the Council has set the date of Jul.~ 30th as the dead ~ine at which time they would like to have the facts and figures in order to arrive at a decision in regard to an additional railroad crossing in Mound. The vote was four yeas and one nay, Pierce opposing. SHIRLEY HILLS DRAINAGE In regard to the Shirley Hills Drainage problem, Litts moved, 1470 VILLAGE Of MOUND Wenkstern seconded, and it was passed unanimously to authorize the Village Manager to employ engineering services up to the amount of $200.00 to determine the best drainage outlet toward the lake. FRANK GROSCHEN - Retiring Fire Chief Trustee Pierce offered the following resolution and moved its adoption: WHEREAS, Frank Groschen, a charter member of the Mound Volun- teer Fire Department, has recently retired from said Department, and WHEREAS, he has served faithfully for thirty-one years, an- swering fire calls at all hours, at great inconvenience to himself, and danger to life and limb, and ¥~EREAS, all his services have been voluntary, of the Village and its citizens offer their sincere thanks to Mr. Groschen for all his years of faithful service, and hope that he will continue to take an active interest in the Fire Department and Village affairs. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That this council in behalf The motion was seconded by Livingston and on a roll call the vote was as follows: Pierce Aye Litts Aye Wenkstern Aye LiVingston Aye Behmler Aye Resolution adopted. It was also unani- mously carried that it be published. Litts moved, Livingston seconded, and it was carried unanimously to adjourn to May 24, 1954 at 8:00 P.M. The meeting ad- journed at ll:00 P.M. Attest: 'tillage Manager ' RESOLUTION Trustee Pierce offered the fol- lowing resolution and moved its adoption: ' WHEREAS, Frank Groschen, a charter member of the Mound 'Volunteer Fire Department, has recently retired from said De- partment, and years, WHEREAS, he has served faithfully for thirty-one answering fire calls at all hours at great inconvenience to himself and danger to life and limb, and WHEREAS, all his services have been voluntary, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RE- SOLVED: That this Council in behalf of the Village and its citizens offer their sincere thanks to Mr. Groschen for all his years of faithful service, and hope that he will continue to take an active interest in the Fire Department and Village affairs. The motion was seconded by  Livingston and on a roll call the 'vote was as follows: . Pierce Aye Lifts Aye ° Wenkstern Aye Livingston Aye Behmler Aye Resolution adopted this 10th day of May, 1954. E. $. BEHMLER, Mayor ATTEST: CARSTEN D. LEIKVOLD Village manager I certify that the above is a true and correct copy of a reso- lution passed by the Village Council at its regular meeting held on the 10th day of May, 1954. EDNA $. GOODER, Iq'/o a. (5-20 54) Cler?