HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - July 21, 1924cj
City Hall, City of Lodi
l'onay July 21, 1924,
The regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the City
of Lodi was called to order by the President at 8.12 o'clock P.111
on the above date; Trustees Eettler, Roach, Shattuck and Spooner
present, Trustee Hale absent.
The minutes of the regular meeting of July 7th were read,
acproved as read and so endorsed by the President,
There being no persons in attendance, the order of Public
Hearings and Protests was passed and the Board proceeded to
hear the communications and reports accumulated since the last
meeting.
Fire Chief E.H.Stark applied for leave of absencefrom
August 3rd for a period of ten days in :which to attend the
Fire Chiefs convention at Pasadena and the same was unanimous-
ly allowed.
Er & Ere P.iT.Loitwood af.dretised a letter to the Board in
protest against the expenditure of money for a fire alarm system;
Haydon Conpa.ny applied for insurance on the new fire eng-
ine house and buildings at the sewage disposal plant, quoting
rates. The Lodi Realty Company also applied for a share of the
City's insurance.
Reports of the City Plumbing inspector for liay and June
were received and ordered filed.
Quarterly reports from the Treasurer and City Clerk were
read at length and on motion of Trustee Shattuck, approved and
ordered filed.
Yr. H. F. Ellis, Pity Recorder, appeared before the Board
in person and orally applied for leave of absence in which to
regain his health, leave to date from July 24th for a period of
sixty days. Leave was granted is Ellis by the passage of the
r._ following resolution by unanimous vote.
R.ELUT ION
. 2EAS, Lr. H. F. Ellis, the duly appointed, acting and
qualified City Recorder of the City of Lodi has applied to this
Board for leave of absence for sixty days from and after the
24th day of July, 1924 on account of ill health;
BF, IT RESOLED, therefore, that this Board hereby grants
Mr Ellis the leave applied for and for the period stated;
BE IT RESOLVEL A$O, .that 1r J. E. Hopkins be and he is
hereby appointed to act and serve as City Recorder of this City
during the absence of Mr Ellis as aforesaid.
The Clerk read a lengthy re -ort, in part, of the findings
of the State Board of Health in rep,-ard to a test run made by
their engineers at the Sewage Disposal Plant: also a letter
regarding the contamination of water su plies.
Trustee Shattuck brought up the matter of the urgent need
of reaairs to the Pine Street arch. The matter was referred to
the City Clerk for investigation and report.-
Fred
eport;Fred W. Post aoplied for two reeks leave of absence with
pay from his duties as supervising attendant at the Selvage Disp-
osal Plant and on motion of Trustee Shattuck the same was grant-
ed to date from August 1st.
The Clerk stated that the Sanitary City Stavanger Company
had a_�plied to him for release from payments due the City ender
the garbage collection contract held by them for the period that
garbage could not be moved on account of the apthos fever guar-
; rantine. The City Attorney advised the Board that this would
i not impair or invalidate the contract and the Clerk was inst-
ructed to ascertain the exact period within which garbage could
not be moved and sold and report back to the Board for their
action.
On motion of Trustee Mettler, bills as audited, amounting
to $4,172.35 were approved for payment.
No further business appearing, the Board adjourned on
motion of Trustee Zettler.
Attest: �—
011 City Clerk:
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