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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - March 7, 19211921 City :n_J. Loa:., Calif. ::arca 7, Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the City of Lodi called to order at $.00 o'clock P.2i. and,on call of the roll, Trustees Croke,Hale, Hickok, Rich and itortcorery were present. The minute of the regular adjourned :meeting :held on aonnay the 2St . day of February were read and approved as read. - Two coc unicatlons.from lar. L.J.Locke, Executive Secret— ary of the League of California :iunicipalities, regarding pei iirp bilis in the Assembly of the California legis lature were read. It was ordered that no action be taken in regard to Assembly Bills Nos. 230 and 231 but in regard to Assembly bill No.227; the clerk was directed to communicate with the Assemblyman for this district and also ;Trite the Governor that the board dissaproved of this measure which would take the power of appointing the City :aarahall out of t Heir ;iar...s and aaai n make it an elective office . A motion to thin effect was put by Trustee Croke, seconded by Trustee Hickok and unanimously carried. T:.e reports of the City 1arshall and Fire Chief were submitted, real and ordered filed. A co,..:.:uaicution from H.T. Baily and others in regard to conditions at t._e septic tanks was read and representatives of the signers• beim; :resent, toe President of :lie board assured them that tie board now Had before t -ea certain pians whereby their cause of complaint would soon be eliminated. - • Eight building permits f..r buildings to cost at contract— ors estimate 411 900 were granted. - Trustee Hickok, seconded by Truatee Ric: that Resolution _1o.124 be adopted: nE SOLt TICir No .124.. A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND HEDEaPTI0 OF THE BONDS OF THE CITY OF LODI, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, TO TEE Ai..OUI T OF TWO HUNDHED THOUSAND DOLLARS, FOR THE ACogISITION, CO_:STHUCTI Old AND COUPLETIO r3F VARIOUS iiUN— I0I AD DAPROVEUENTS FON SAID CITY, IN ACCORD-- ANCr. WITH AND AS AUTH03IZZD AT A. SPECIAL EL— ECTION HELD LN SAID CITY 0:'r THE FIFTEENTH BAY OF FEBRUARY, 1921. WHEREAS, a special election was held on the 15th. day of February 1921, in accordance with t e provisions and requirements of Ordinance No.117, of said city, calling, providing for and giv— ing notice of such election, reference to said ordinance for fur— tr_er particulars being here made; and WHEREAS, it tas been determined by a, canvass of the ret— urns of said election ay the Board of Trustees of said City, made iior_day, February 21st.1921, and entered upon the minutes of said board, that at said special election the incurring of a bonded indebt— edness by said city for all the purposes and to the amounts..stated in said Ordinance No.117 was authorized by an affirmative vote of more than two—thirds of all the voters, voting thereat on each of said purposes, now be it therefore nESOLVED, by the Board of Trustees of the City of Lodi as follows: Section 1. T::at the bonds of the City of Lodi, state og California, will be issued in accordance with the result o1' the special election held in said city on the 15th. day of February, 1921, and in compliance with the statutes of the State of California and the ord finances of said city, to the amount of Two Hundred Thou— sand Doilars(4200 000.00), for the purposes stated in said Ordin— ance No.117; that said bonds Shah be called 'Irnprovenent Bonds , sda;.l be two hundred in number, of the uenomination of One Thousand Dollars (41,000) each and shah be numbered consecutively from one • to two hundred, both incluaive, and scall be payable in nume.,ca1 order conaevutively, con ening with the lowest numbers in t e man— ner following, that is to say: Five of said bonds each year for forty :Consecutive years co:I:.anein& ;.[arch 1,1922, and until all of said bonds snail oe paid. A: -,of said bonds issued as herein provided shall be of the fora and ca.racLer r:nown as 'Serials'. Trey =shall be aated :•arch 1, 1921, shall bear interest at the rate of five and one-fourth per centum per aurum, payable semi—an ually on the first days of Olrch and September of each year until the :maturity thereof; and the interest and principal thereof shall be payable in gold coin of the United States, at tee office of the Treasurer of said city, or, at the option o: ___e holder, at the f' eCal a;,ency of said city in the City aid State Of New York. Sa0.2. Salo fords 5, -,all be sj4r.ed by t,' --e President of the Board of Trustees of scald city, and by the Treasurer thereof; ti.ey stall be countersi6ned by the Clark of said city, and the seal of said city shall be affixed thereto. Said bonds shall be substantially i11 the folio:iiiz form: U vITED STATES OF =-4110A :, L-� TE OF 0"LI: OXi Iii CIy OF LODI I:�:PRC� E..vaiv T BOiv� No. y1000.00 For value received, the City of Lodi, a municipal corpor- ation orjarai2ed ar_d existinE u der the laws of the State of California, hereby acknowledges itself indebted and promises to pay to the bearer on the first day of aarch, 19_, One Thousand Dollars (4i000.00) with interest t ers- on at the rate of five and one-fourth per centum per aznuz, payable semi-anraally,March-lat. and September lat., on p'r'esentation and surrender of tie coupons hereto attached as they respectively become due; both principal and int- erest being payable -Jin Zolll coin of t re United States at the office of the Treasurer of said city, or, at the option of trie holder, at tire fiscal agency of said city in the City and State of :few York. This bond is issued under and pursuant to tre Const- itution &::d statutes of the State of California, arid under aLr- purl uant to the ordinances and proceadings of said city duly adopted and taker. and a vote and assent of more -than two-thirds of all the qualified electors of said city voting at a special election duly and legally called ar.d held for that purpose. It is -hereby certified, recited and declared that all acts, s, conditionand thinga.required by law to exist, happen and be performed precedent to and in the issuance of this_ bond :ave existed, _ha.j,.ened and b-aen performed in due time, form and canner as required by law, and that the amount of - thia-bond togethPr with all other indebtedness of said city does not exceed aXW limit prescribed by the c natitution or statutes of said state, and t1lat provision has been made as required by the constitution and statutes of said state f.:r t.ae collsction of an annual tax sufficient to pay tae the Interest on t_6is bond as it f ails due, ai.d also prov- ision to constitute a sinning fund for t.:e payment of the principal of this, bond on or before its maturity. T3:e full fait: and credit of said city are hereby pledbed for the punctual payment of tr_e principal and interest of this bond. In witness whereof, said City of Lodi has caused gala: bord to be executed under its corporate seal, signed by t" --e President of its Board of Trustees, and by its Treasurer, and countersigned by its Clerk; anal has caused the interest coupons, hereto a*tachad.to be aie; ed by its Treasurer, and this, bond to be dated tre first -day of :aarch, 1921. Preaiaent of :re Board of Trustees City Treasurer Countersigned ( L City Clerk. Jac .3. Interest couponia shall be attached to each bond to the number of twice t' --e number of years auch bond will run until the Lzturlty :1areof, , and the amount of Twenty-six Doilara and twenty- five cents each, which sum will be t" --e 962lount-due for interest on such bond for six ;_onths. Such ai:ull be numbered from one upwards and each shall state the number f the bond to which it is attached. Such coupons shall be signed by t..e Treasurer of said city, by his eng- raved or lithograpraed aignature, and be substantially ass in the foilo"yInEz form. r iorliz of COUPON � 26.25 on , 19 , the City of Lodi, Calp ornia, w:ii.i pay to ire bearer at tine orrice of t_,e Treasurer of said city, or, at tae option of the holder, at the fiscal agency of said city in the City and state of New York, Twenty-six and 25,1100 Dollars In gold coin of the United States, being int- erest for six :..onti;s then. due on It's Ir.:rovement Bond No. , dated larch 1, 1921. Treasurer. Sec. 4. For the purpose of paying the princl_al a.,.d interest of said bonda, tre Board of Trustees of ti:e City of Lodi shall, at the time' of fixing the general tax7levy provided, levy and collect for tae fund r,ereinafter provided for, a_7�ually each year, until said bonds are paid or until there shall be a sum in the treas- ury of said city, set apatt for t. -.at purpose, sufficient to Iaeet all sums becoming due for the principal and interest on said bonds, a tax sufficient to pay the annual interest on said bonds, and also such part of the principal thereof as srall become, due°before the time for fixing tre' neat general tax levy. Said tax shai.l be in addition to all other taxes levied for municipal purposes, and shall be col- lected at the same time and in the same manner as other municipal taxes are collected, and as collected she'll forthwith be paid into. the fund for which the same was levied and collected. Such fund shall be designated 61 Bond Interest and Redemption Fund,19210; and all sums. to become due for -,!:a principal and interest on said bonds shall be paid from such fund, Sec.5. The President of the Board of Trustees and the Treas- urer are hereby authorized and directed to fill in the blank spaces In said bonds in accordance with this resolution and to sign all said bonds on behalf of said city, and the city cleric is. author- _. ized to countersign the same and to affix the city's seal thereto. sec.6. The Board •.f Trustees may s ell said bonds at such times and in such amounts: as it may determine, a.^.d the proceeds arising to from any such sale shall be placed in the treasury to the credit of the "Irprovemert Construction Fund", which fund is :.eraby created; and such proceeds shall be used exclusively for the purposes for which the bonds were authorized aid issued. Tae foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote: - Ayes.. Trustees, Hickok, Rich, Crose, Fale and Montgomery. Noes: Trustees, pion. Absent: Trustees, .+ore. Trustee ..ale, seconded by Trustee F•_ickod, moved that the board pass Mesolution No.125.: RESOLUTION NO.125 RESOLVED, trat sealed bids for the purchase of improvement bonds of the City of Lodi, authorized to be issued at an election :geld in said city on the 15th. day of February, 1921, to the amount of g200,OOO.00, or so much thereof as ti:e Board of Trustees shall deem it necessary to dispose of , will be received on 31onday the 21st. day of J:arch, A.D.1921. Bids spall be addressed to the City Clerk, endorsed °Proposals for tee Purchase of Bonds", and each proposal shall be accompanied by a. certified check to the amount of 10lj of the amount bid cond- itioned tzat the purca:aser will take and pay for any and all bonds that Hay be sold and awarded to him, otherwise to be forfeited to and become the: property of the City )f Lodi, provided that no cert- ified check need f_rnished by the State of California. The City Clerk is. hereby directed to publish, •for one week, a notice of such sale in the Lodi Sentinel, a tri -weekly newspaper of general circulation, published in said City of Lodi. ;,aid notice shall contain a description of t. -,e bonds to be sold a:.d a statement that the right to re ect a_W and all bids is reserved by the Board of $ustees. The foreooir. resolution (;:0.125.) wws adopted bj- the followi_,z vote, t:) Trit: . Ayes:- Trustees, Eale, Hickok, crone, Bich alid iiontcomary. I oes:- Trustees, :Done. Abaert:- Trustees, None. Or ii al .e you.113, _avinZ been corrected by the City Attorney as to ae*reral typo— ap"Ical errors noted in a previous, reading, was given a second reading. ORDINANCE i1O. 11S . uY 0ADI;vrt 10E Pito IBITING IN Ti--- CITY OF LODI, Ti SALE,, GIFT, SMUtGs„ ;,AAI U:. CT RB, TaAy SPQAZATIOS, LULAWYUL POSSESSIOiN, . ZUPOA'TATION, OR EXPORTATION OB I_STOXICATUG LIr„UORS FOR EhY- E.v1.GE PUAPOSES-; REGULATING ALL OTHER T3AFFIC Ll SUCH LIQUORS; n=iD PROVIDINGPE':+ALTIES FO.R VIOLA2ION HEREOF. After discussion by members- of t a board and others, i. was moved by Trustee Rich seconded by Trustee Hiciok that this matter be laid over for two weeks and by order a: the majority or the aoard, this action Lias taken. Dr.s..W.?iopxins, City Health Officer, appeared i:, the matter of standard metal receptaclea for �2araa-a; t :e framird of ari ord- ILPILnCa etubodyl-116 SUCYl specifici.ticns -as referred to the City Atty. On reco:!,:andation of Supt.3eruUng, it was decided not to enter into a contract for transformers submitted by the General - Electric Company. The report of City Engineer B.rzelloti coucerring projositiola -of the Southern Pacific Company in re&pxd to the paving of main Street ,raeraby tre city, in return for a twelve foot strip along; t_le east edge of !.ain St. from Ella to Walnut St. , the city would aas1=— the payment of the rail roads assessment for the i;cprove- mer_t of that part of ;,lain St., was heard and as this, action was deemed impracticable, no action was taken. Ou Motion of Trustee Pals, seconded by Trusses Cross, bails to t e amount or Y5728.87 were ordered paid. _•;0 farther business appearing the board aajourr�ed at 10.30 P.21. /! City ' Clerk.