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City :.all, City of Lodi
Monday, August 4-1924
The regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the
City of Lodi for the first Monday in August :las called to order
by the ?resident at 8 o'clock P.M. on the above date, Trustees
Hale,'ettler,Roach,Shattuck and Spooner present, none absent;
The minutes of the regular meeting of July 21st were
read, approved as read and so endorsed by the President.
G.C. Chapman and Etta R. Mc Clure a2peared before the
Board and asked that larger water service be installed in Block
42; the matter was referred to the Water Superintendent.
'i.H.Thompson, President of the Board of Library Trustees
and Miss Amy L. Boynton, Librarian presented the budget of the
Library Board for the coming fiscal year and the same was referred
to the committee of the whole for action at the time when the tax
rate is to be determined;
R.?l.Bentley, appeared in person and by letter in protest
against the delay in answering a call on July 31st; he was assured
that the delay was unforseen and would not happen again as the
Cit.' would shortly have another truck available in case mechanical
difficulties occurred in the one answering a call;
Reports of the Fire Chief, Marshal and City Plumbing •
Inspector were read and ordered filed without comment.
Re -insurance of the dwelling on the Sewage Disposal Plant
site in the amount of $4,000 was ordered; + to H.E.Looser and
to Haydon Company, it being understood that Mr J.S. ontgomery
should have a share of the insurance on the new fire house.
On motion of Trustee Mettler, the plans for the fire
house were amended to include a pit in the engine room at an
extra cost of $48.00
President of the Board, W.A.Spooner stated that he was in
receipt of a co` r.-unication from the. Local Health District asking
,hat they be permitted to place a sign :yarning against the storage
of un -inspected meats at the Lodi Ice °u Cold Storage plant. There
being no objection, the permission was granted.
After some discussion on the Play Ground expenditures;
a further allowance of $275.00 was allowed so as to finish the
years program it appearing that the committee had not taken the
expenditures for labor furnished by the City into consideration
in the expenditure of their allowance.
Seven building permits aggregating $3,750,00 were granted.
Bills amounting to $10,031.27 having been approved by
the finance co-rnittee were alloyed and ordered paid on motion of
Trustee °settler.
The City Marshal was instructed to clean up the premises
at Pine and Pleasant Avenue so as to put it in rentable condition.-
Ko
ondition:No further business appearing, the Board adjourned,
Attest:- �.
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City Clerk.
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