HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - March 17, 192451
�ity Hall, City of Lodi •
l-onday, ::arch 17th. ,1924
The regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of :he City
of Lodi for the third Londay in larch was called to order by
the President at 8.03 P.M. on the date and at the place first
above written; Trustees Hale,Hickok,Lettler,Spooner and
Shattuck present, none absent.
'he minutes of the regular meeting of Larch 3rd.,1924
were read, approved as read and so endorsed by the President.
The order of Public Hearings and Protests was passed,
there being no business under this head.
Communications:
The Secretary of the Lodi District Chamber of Commerce
invited the Board to be present at a meeting of its directors
to be held l:arch 19th on the subject of the conservation of
the waters of the I okelumne River and the review of a plan
for the utilization of the same. No action taken.
.;.F.Moore and others representing a frontage of S21 feet
out of a total frontage of approximately 4,400 feet petitioned
the Board to have Lockeford Street paved from Church Street
to the western City Limit. The petition, lacking the necessary
505 of frontage was referred to signers for the securing of
more frontage.
G. E. Lawrence, E.L:.Koenig and Joseph Earkovitch
re ,resenting 1,300 feet of frontage on Stockton Street, asked
that that street be improved, the frontage involved being
about 3,200 feet. This matter :as taken under advisement.
Ben Rodacker aeplied for the position as driver in
the Fire Deeartment. application ordered filed.
Ordinance Do. 145 entitled " AN ORDINANCE ENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 112 ENTITLED ' AN ORDINANAEENDING SECTIONS'
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0AND TJ0 OF ORDINANCE
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C✓ INANCE N0.96 FLING THE SALARIES AND CCM-
PENS"TI0N OF TIS' CITY CLERK AND EX -OFFICIO ASSESSOR AND THE '
CITY TREASURER AND EX-O'ICIO TAX COLLECTOR' " was introduced
for passage on motion of Trustee Spooner, seconded by Trustee
Hickok and finally passed, adopted and ordered printed by
the following vote: -
AYES: Trustees, Spooner,Hickok,Hale,Mettler,Shattuck
NOES: Trustees, None. ASSENT: Trustees, None:
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Bills in the amount of 53,515.74 as audited, were ordered
paid on motion of Trustee Lettler, seconded by 'Trustee Hickok.
The Clerk presented a vernal a-pplication from the adjutant
of the local camp of Veterans of the Spanish ':lar as:_ing for permit
to hold a carnival •--..oder their auspices and employing a travel-
ing road -show to conduct the same. No action taken o:ving to lack
of inforr-:ation as to the standing of the proposed shovr company.
^ive building permits totalling X5,600 were granted,
Un motion of Trustee Hickok, seconded by Trustee Spooner,
the presence of auto campers in the City Park :'as ordered pro-
hibited and the police instructed to clear the park and fence
the entrance at once.
On motion of Trustee Spooner, delinquent :eater bills from
charity cases were ordered referred to the local board of charities
for investigation. and if this board found them to be :worthy, the
City would re-imburse them for amounts expended in liquidating
hese accounts.
Cm E:otion of Trustee 1+=ettler, the matter of the purchase
of hose testing apparatus .-.,as laid over for further investigation,
The Clerk read a letter from the Uity's consulting sanitary
engineer, Ir C,F,Smith, advising the utilization of the process
for dehydrating digested sludge as presented by MY C. Lee Peck;
1?r neck being present, the Board conferred with him in committee
of the whole later adopting the following
resolution: -RESOLUTE NN
RRSOLVo: that, Whereas, Lir C. Les Peck hS.s submitted
to the Board of Trustees of the City of Jodi. San Joaquin Co-
unty, California, the annexed "ALTS:' ITATIT3 ?g0�0SA1", for inst-
alling certain parts of the "Peck Process" (to wit, floater,
heater &c), and for doing certain work in connection there-
with at the sewage disposal plant of said City;
The said "ALTER.+ATIV3 PROPOSAL" this day submitted by
said C. Lee Peck as aforesaid, is hereby accepted, and the
Superintendent of Public Utilities of said City is hereby auth-
orized to purchase and install under the supervision of said
C. Lee Peckthe egtipment and improvements mentioned in said
proposal; and that the doing of said work and installation of
said improvements being urgent matters of public health, the
said work and improvement shall be done at once.
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31T2R1;ATIY3 PROPOSAL
The Floater and Heater areessential parts of the
?ICK PROCESS.
It is therefore proposed that the floater and heater
be erected and operated to demonstrate that the process will
dewater the sludge without odor and in an otherwise satis-
factory manner.
The undersi:;med will give his time and expense to
supervising the erection and initial operation of these
units.
The trustees have the option to reject the process
for any reason they may see fit within fifteen days of notice t
to them in writing that the plant is ready for their ins-
pection. If this option to reject is not exercised, then
there stall be due the sum of $300.00 payable to the under-
signed.
Upon receipt of said sum he agrees to license the
City of Lodi to use the said process and supply plans for
construction of t o complete dewatering plant as well as
detailed instructions for its operation.
EZJI21=7T required, but not included in the pro-
posal is:
* (1) Heating Plant .... ................... 8342.00
(2) Concrete ploaterT=ank............... .$'175. 0
113) '7 --action tan'_., 'neater eoils,aeid
dosing equipment piping,slud?e troug150.00
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Allowed for return of heating plant in good
order, -ait'rin two months, � 175.00
This proposal expires unless accepted at the
current meeting , :.7,arch 17, 1924
(Si red) 0. lee Peck
The foregoing resolution, embodying the proposal
of 1'Y Peck ;,,;as t'r_en adopted by the following vote: -
AYES: Trustees H--Ie,Spooner,HicLzok,i,Iettler and Shattuck-
NOES:
hattnerNOES: Trustees, Tions.
A3S?11T: Trustees, None.
No further business a;opearing, the 3oard adjourned
on motion of Trustee Hickok.
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