HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - June 13, 1956CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF LODI
COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL
JUNE 13, 1956
Pursuant to the adjournment taken from its regular meet-
ingof June 6, 1956, the City Council of the City of Lodi met
at 800 o'clock p.m. of Wednesday, June 13, 1956; Councilmen
Fuller, Hughes, katzakian, Robinson and Mitchell(Mayor) present;
none absent. City :Manager Weller and City Attorney Mullen also
present. City Clerk Glaves absent.
Minutes of the meeting of May 16, 1956, were approved as
written and mailed.
CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
ZONING The City Manager reported the following action taken
COMMITTEE by the Zoning Committee:
REPORT
1. Use Permit to erect a sign perpendicular to
the face of the building in a C-1 Zone at 728
West Lodi Avenue.
2. Eighteen inch variance for a 6 -foot fence to
be erected in a side yard of a corner lot.
The fence will be 10 feet from the back of
the sidewalk. Owner, Walter H. Reckseck,
1600 Holly Drive.
COMMUNICATIONS
MILES The City Manager read two letters from J. Edgar Hoover,
SPERLING commending Detective Sergeant Miles Sperling for his
COM',"_ENDED excellent record at the FBI National Academy. Particu-
lar mention was made of his course notebook which was
one of two submitted directly to Mr. Hoover.
REPORTS OF THE CITY MANAGER
WEST PINE ST.Mr. Weller presented a lease from the Farmers and
PARKING LOT Merchants Bank for rental of the West Pine Street
LEASE
parking lot, the lot to be rented from the Bank by
the City for the sum of $230 a month for five years
subject to a 30 -day cancellation notice by either
party. Councilman Robinson moved, Hughes second,
that the lease be accepted and executed by the Mayor.
:Motion carried.
SPECS
Specifications for concrete pipe and street materials
APPROVED FORwere then submitted. The Coancil authorized adver-
CONCRETE
tising for bids on the motion of Councilman Fuller,
PIPE &
Katzakian second.
PLANT 'MIX
CITIES-
The City Manager reminded the Council of the Cities
COUNTY MEET
and County of San Joaouin Association meeting in
Escalon on June 14, 1956.
ORD. NO.
ORDINANCE N0..560, ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE REPEALING
560 ADOPT_-
ORDINANCE NO. 296 AND PROVIDING THAT THE CITY OF LODI
ED
SHALL HAVE THE EXCLUSIVE, RIGHT TO COLLECT AND DISPOSE
OF GARBAGE IN SAID CITY, DEFINING 'GARBAGE' PROVIDING
GARBAGE
FEES FOR THE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL THEREOF AND THE
RATE
MANNER OF COLLECTING SAID FEES" AND PROVIDING FOR AN
INCREASE
INCREASE IN THE FEE FOR GARBAGE SERVICE TO PRIVATE
DWELLINGS, having been introduced in regular meeting
of June 6, 1956, was brought up for passage on the
motion of Councilman Katzakian, Fuller second. Second
reading was omitted after reading by title, and was
then passed, adopted and ordered to print by the
following vote:
2 02 S Minutes of JILze 13, 1956, continued
AYES: Councilmen - Fuller, Hughes, Katzakian,
Robinson and Mitchell
NOES: Councilmen - None
ABSENT: Councilmen -None
Ordinance No. 550 was then signed by 'Mayor Mitchell
in approval thereof.
1955-57
Mayor Mitchell then opened the discussion of the
BUDGET
1956-57 Budget. It was decided to set up a City
DISCU93ION
Clerk Revolving Fund of $1,000.00 to take care of
miscellaneous and incidental expenses incurred by
the City Council, City Manager and City Clerk.
CITY ATT_OR-
When the City Attorney's Budget came up for review,
iTEY SALARY
Councilman Robinson moved, F?ughes second, that the
INCREASE
Attorney's salary be raised to #300 a month effective
July 1, 1956. Motion carried.
SCHOOL
During the discussion of the Police Department Budget,
CROSSING
Mrs. Stanley Whitaker of the Parent -Teachers' Associa-
GUARDS
tion spoke from the audience asking what action was
to be taken in providing funds for maintaining cross-
ing guards for the Lodi Elementary Schools. A letter
to Mrs. 4,! taker from Dr. H. Lawson Smith, Superin-
tendent of Schools, was read which cited areas of
responsibility for protection of school children. The
Council requested the City Manager to make further
study of the situation before it made a decision
regarding financial assistance for school crossing
guards.
The meeting was adjourned at 10
ATTEST: BEATRICE GA3"AEDI
Deputy City Clerk