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Council Chambers -City Council
City Hall -City of Lodi
Lonlay, march 1'�th. ,1930
This regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Lodi was called to order by the '.`ayor at 8.15 o'clock on the
date first above written, Councilmen Hale, Roach, Shattuck,
7eihe and Spooner present, none absent.
The minutes of the regular meeting held l=arch 3rd. ,1930
were read, apJroved as read and so endorsed by the Mayor.
No persons appearing, the order of Public Hearings ::as
passed and the Council proceeded to hear co*m_^.unications and
reports as follows :
A letter from the Division Superintendent of the Southern
Pacific Companyrelative to the apparent misalignment of Tokay
Street at the ompany's crossing was referred to the Clerk
with instructions to inform the writer that this slight var-
iation from the straight line of Tokay Street east of the
track would present no serious obstacle to the improvement"of
the crossing and ,mould present no added danger to -the same.
Perrins Auto Electric £-. Service Company applied by letter
for permission to install a gasoline storage tank in the alley
north of ITo.113 N School Street, the discharge to be within
the building. On motion of Councilman .Teihe, Shattuck second,
the permissionwasgranted.
The Clerk read conies of letters written by City Attorney
Glenn fest to C. P. Gray re.carding the i1leggl maintenance of
an auto nark on N. Church Street and to the -District Attorney
of San Joaquin County in re and to the 4¢ library tax. On
motion duly put and carried, Lr ..est was instructed to appear
before the Eoard of Supervisors and ascertain if some action
could be taken toward lessening this tax, either by having the
same eliminated or by having the City of Stockton share equally
in the burden of it.
The execution of a joint pole agreement for poles on South
Main Street between the City, the Central California Traction
Company and the Pacific Telephone & Tele"-raph Company was dir&
ected on motion of Councilman ,ieihe, Shattuck second.
s_'hiss Amy L, Boynton, City Librarian appeared at this time
and addressed the Council regarding the userulness of the money
derived from the County Library Tax and applied under the contract
system for library service ,.ram the Stockton Public Library
stating that the ity expended about $2 600 annually to provide
while to outside patrons also that hile Lodi paid 6% of the
County library tax, it used but 2% of the books.
City Attorney Glenn -'est stated that Dr John J. Sivpy des-
ired to raid. with the Council_ regarding the meat inspection
service. It :,°as decided that Aril 7th would be a convenient
date and the City Attorney uas as so directed to inform Dr. Sippy.
City Attorney read a copy of the decision of Judge J.A.
Smith of Calaveras County in -the case of City of Lodi vs
East Bay Municipal Ltiliy District and of this District against
the City.
• Bills amounting to $7,206.45 as a3proved by the Finance
Committee were @l6,4ed and ordered paid,
Councilmen Shattuck and r'eihe were named a Committee to
frame suitable resolutions of respect for Mr. Louis F. Barze-
llotti, late City E igineer of this City who died Larch 15th
and the City C n i1 stood adjourn in respe+gt to his memory.
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