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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - December 21, 195547 CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF LODI COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL DECEMBER 21, 1955 This regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Lodi held beginning at 8:00 o'clock p.m. of Wednesday, December 21, 1955; Councilmen Fuller, Hughes, Mitchell, Richey and Roninson (Mayor) present; none absent. City Attorney Mullen and City Manager Geller also present. COMMUNICATIONS Letter from the Mayor of Long Beach submitting material pertaining to the Long Beach tidelands question which is presently before the Legislature in the form of the so-called "Allen Hill". No action was taken. REPORTS CF THE CITY MANAGER CLAIM FOR DAMAGES INSURANCE AWARD GAS OL I NE AWARD RES. #1892 ADOPTED The City Manager presented a claim dated December 8, 1955 for damages received from the California State Automobile Association on behalf of Mr. Earl S. Neal. The claim alleged that Mr. Neal's auto- mobile was damaged When -struck by another automobile which•unknowingiy ran a stop sign because the sign had been knocked down previously. The estimated damage was $35.00. Cn the motion of Councilman Fuller, Mitchell second, the Council voted to reject the claim and refer the matter to the City Attorney. Mr. Weller reported that the City had received pro- posals from five insurance firms. The proposal by Mr. W. F. Meeske on behalf of Great American Indemnity Company was the lowest received, in the total amount of $5,036.15 for the basic bid and in the amount of •35,380.36 for the alternate bid. Mr. Weller recommended that the proposal of Great American Indemnity Company be accepted and the award be rade in the amount of 35,380.36 in order to secure coverage of $300,000/500,000 for public liability and $50,000/100/000 for property damage. The recom- mendation was accepted and approved on the motion of Councilman Richey, Mitchell second, and the in- surance was awarded to Great American Indemnity Company. The City Manager presented the tabulation of bids received for supplying the City's gasoline require- ments for the calendar year 1956. Petroleum Products Company submitted a bid of $.2130 per gallon for regular and $.2300 per gallon for ethyl. oignal Oil Company submitted a bid of $.2110 for regular and $.2330 for ethyl gasoline. hr. Weller explained that based upon the quantities of gasoline called for in the specifications Petroleum Products Company was low by approximately .030.00, but when computing the costs using the City's actual consumption over the past year, the Petroleum Products Company bid would be low by $6.63. He recommended the award be made to Petroleum Products Company as the low bidder. Mr. C. 3. Bull, Signal Oil Company repre- sentative, addressed the Council to state that all costs must be considered, including the cost of placing orders for the gasoline delivery. He pointed out that the main office for Petroleum Products Company is in Stockton which necessitates a toll 47 7 Minutes of Dec. 21, 1975 continued call while the office of Signal Oil Company is in Lodi where business may be transacted without the expense of toll calls. :Mayor Robinson asked City Attorney Mullen if the City Council could legally award the contract to the next higher bid- der. Mr. Mullen replied that the Council may con- sider all factors of cost and need not be restricted to the bid price of the gasoline. On the motion of Councilman Mitchell, Hughes second, the Council voted to adopt Resolution #1892 awarding the contract for gasoline for 1950 to the Signal Oil Company on the basis that the second lowest bidder has a local plant and office; therefore the Council feels that the City will receive better service at less total expense to the City of Lodi. AGRyEiNT City Attorney Mullen presented a proposed agreement FOR ARCH between the City of Lodi and Hieb Brothers, licensed REMODELING contractors, giving Hieb Brothers permission to remodel and reconstruct the Lodi Arch. Hieb Brothers agree to do the work according to plans approved by the City of Lodi and at no cost to the City. They further agree to hold the City harmless from all claims for damage resulting from their work. The City Manager also reported that the reconstruc- tion of the Arch would require the closing of Pine Street for approximately one month. The agreement was approved and the Mayor was authorized to sign on the motion of Councilman Hughes, Mitchell second. ORD. NO. 545 ORDINANCE NO. 545, ENTITLED "ORDERING THE VACATION ADOPTED OF MAGNOLIA AVENUE IN SUBDIVISION OF LOT 2, BURR'S ADDITION TO LODI", having been introduced at the VACATION OF regular meeting of December 7, 1955, was brought MAGNOLIA AVE. up for passage on the motion of Councilman Fuller, Richey second. Second reading was omitted by unanimous consent after reading by title, and was then passed, adopted and ordered to print by the following vote: AYES: Councilmen - Fuller, Hughes, Mitchell, Richey and Robinson NOES: Councilmen - None ABSENT: Councilmen - None Mayor Robinson then signed Ordinance No. 545 in approval thereof. FINAL MAP The final map of Bel ?lir Estates No. 2 subdivision BEL AIR was presented for approval. On the motion of ESTATES #2 Councilman Richeyi, Mitchell second, the Council voted to approve said map for recordation and the streets and easements therein accepted as City streets subject to their improvement to City stan- dards, said approval being subject to the approval of the City Engineer. FINAL MAP The final map of Tokay Gardens subdivision was TOKiY GARDENS presented for approval. Councilman Richey suggested that the small portion of street bearing the name California Street be given another name because it will not meet California Street in either direc- tion and therefore may be hard to locate. The map was approved and the streets and easements .inutes of Dec. 21, 1975 continued. 47f!: therein accepted as City streets subject to improvement to City standards on the motion of Councilman Mitchell, Hughes second. The approval was given subject to the approval of the map by the City Engineer. rIN_4L M14,P The final map of Willow Glen subdivision was WILLOW GLEN presented for approval. On the motion of Council- man Hughes, Mitchell second, the map was approved and the streets and easements therein were accepted as City streets subject to improvement to City, standards and subject to the approval of the -ity Engineer. UNIFORb: Mayor Robinson then reported that the committee SALES TAX of representatives of the cities of San Joaquin County and the Board of Supervisors had held a meeting to discuss the terms under which the County could take advantage of the Bradley -Burns Uniform Sales Tax Act. He reported that the representatives were virtually agreed to recom- mend to their respective legislative bodies that a one year trial of the uniform tax be made on the basis of the County receiving 5% of the one cent tax collected in the cities. The meeting was adjourned at 9:50 p.m. on the order of the Mayor. _ ATTEST: HENRY A. CLAVES, JR. City Clerk