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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - October 15, 19341 4_ COUNCIL CHAMBERS -- CITY COUNCIL CITY HALL - - CITY Of LODI October 15, 1934. This regular meeting of the City of Lodi was called to order by the Clerk at 8:00 o'clock P.:u. on the date first above written, Councilmen Clark, Zeagle, Spooner and Weihe present, Mayor Steele absent on account of illness. On motion of Councilman Weihe, Clark second, Councilman Spooner was elected Mayor pro -tem and opened the meeting. The minutes of the regular meeting of October 1st and the meeting adjourned therefrom held October 5th.,1934 were read, approved as read and so endorsed by the L:ayor. Lr Ch.ristian Rageth,addressed the Council in regard to planting lawn grasses.under the trees in the walnut grove at Lake Park, recommending seeding with blue grass and clover and that the seed be purchased at once on account of the rising market. LL- Rageth filed price list and seed samples with the clerk and the Kayor referred the matter to the Committee on Parke. An application for extension of the sanitary sewer lines to the residence of William Voth on 921 S.Garfield Street was received and referred to the Committee on Public Utilities. The quarterly Reports of the City Clerk and of the City Treasurer for the period ended September 30,1934 were received, read and ordered filed. ORDIIXANC go. 207 " AN ORDINkNOZ MING R6Ta.S TO BE CHEARGED FOR TIM SUPPLYING Or L'ATZIR THROUGH 11ETRRS AND iLPRI.LING THAT PORTION Or OORDIBANCS NO. 113 NOT REPrAL.D BY ORDINANCE NO. 115 " was introduced on motion.of Council - Pan ieagle, Clark second and by the same motion, ordered laid over for the statutory period of not less that five days by the following vote. - AYES: Councilmen, Leagle, Clark, Weihe and Spooner. NOBS: Councilmen, None. ABSQyT: Councilman Steele. The Clerk then read the resignation of F. Christesen as Chief of Police and on motion of Councilman 'T.eihe, Clark second, the same was accepted, Councilman Zeagle voting "NO" Fourteen building permits for structures and alterat- ions to cost $ 11,285.00 were ordered granted. Under new baeiness, Councilman Clark moved, Weihe second, that Police Officer C. S. Jackson be appointed Chief of Police, effective November let.,1934. Motion carried unanimously. The officers and members of Lodi Volunteer Fire Depart- ment invited the City Council to be present at the next regular meeting of the Department to be held November 5, 1934 The Council voted unanAmously to accept the invitation, and, as this date could fall upon a regular meeting date of the City Council, the Clerk was directed to appear at the Council Chambers on the evening of November 5th at 8:00 P.M. and adjourn the meeting to Wednesday, November 7th at the hour of B:00 o'clock P.M. of that day. Claims to the amount of $10,810.00 having been approved by the Finance Committee, the same were ordered paid on motion of Councilman Clark, Weihe second and the Acting Mayor signed warrants in payment thereof. 1 >74 (minutes of 0ct.15-!934 cont.) COUNCIL CHAMBERS --CITY COUNCIL CITY HALL - -CITY OF LODI City Attorney Glenn West then addressed the Council in regard to the status of the suit filed against the CiJ7 by the assignees of the patentees of the activated sludge process of sewage disposal. IL- Brest stated that the Sspreme.Court of the United -States had refused to grant a re -hearing of a similar case against the City of lZilwaukee Yiseonsin and that several Southern, California cities who were defendants in similar snits to that filed against this City had united in retaining Lyon & Lyon as attorneys in defending these suits. He stated that he had written to one of the City Attorneys asking for a copy of the contract for legal.services under which these attorneys had been employed but that he had not as yet received it. . On motion of Councilman Weihe, Z:eagle second, the Council adjourned at 9:00 o'clock P.M. to meet as previous - agreed on Wednesday, November 7th,1934 at 5:00 o'clock P.1.:. Attest: City Clerk The foreg:'_n_ -_.minutes read and arpro;.ed zit:. `.he following correction at a regular yeetina of the Cit;r Council held ';.ednesda; , Nov ember 7_ 1934. ...ay or off t _e City of Lodi i-ov. 7, 1934.