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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - February 5, 1923City Hall, City of Lodi «:onday, Pebruary 5 - 1923. The Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the City of Lodi for the first Lionday in February was called to order at 8 o'clock P.M., President J.'.+.Shattuck presiding, Trustees Hale, Mettler, Spooner and Shattuck present; Trustee Hickok, absent. The Clerk reported that owing to press of business he had not written up the minutes and asked that this order be passed; and no one dissenting, the Board passed to the head of Public Hearings and Protests. Lir. .John G. Schmeidt protested a~ainst the amount awarded him as damages on the 22nd and asked that he be allowed more money; he was informed that the Board felt no disposition to increase the sum allowed. L.O.Wisler of the iYisler Audit Bureau presented the results of his audit of the accounts of the City. The ::ayo i.:arking Lachine Comrany submitted a proposal for marking the parking spaces on the streets for. $175.0O but no action :as taken as the Street Superintendent had not given the Rhein mach- ine a thorough trial. This being the first regular meeting of the Board since the special bond election of January 16th.,1923 and the Clerk presenting the records of that election the Board proceeded to canvass the returns thereof and having done so, the result of the election was found and declared by the passage of Resolution No. 379: 2SOLBTION NO. 379. Fav, —u— — �—a.•—c. uG 111 �'j..VV11yy11ll.Lly1 V11 Vl l'tlVl ytJ,1 V1 q �'e `VN Resolution No. 379) L� RES^LUTION NO. 379. 37f WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the City of Lodi,did,by Ord- inance No. 138 of said Board of Trustees,'call and order a special election to be held in said City, on Tuesday, the 16th day of Jan- uary,A.D.1923, for the purpose of submitting to'the qualified voters - thereof the proposition hereinafter set forth; AND t'JHEREAS, said Ordinance No. 13.8 calling and ordering said special election was published in time, form and manner as required by law, as appears from the affidavit of DELLaR B. RINFRET, on file in the office of the City Clerk; AND 11MREAS, it appears that said special election was duly held in:-- accordance with law and said call, on Tuesday the 16th day of January, A. D. 1923, as aforesaid; that the polls for said election were kept open during the time required by law, and that said special election in all particulars was held and conducted; and the votes thereat received and canvassed and the returns thereof ascertained, determined and declared, in time, form and manner as required by the laws of the State of California, and the ordinances of said City of Lodi; AND WD+,REAS, on Monday, the 5th day of February, A.D.1923, the Board of Trustees of said City met at their usual place of meeting and proceeded to canvass and did canvass the returns of said special el- ection in time, form and manner as required by law, whereupon the result of said canvass having been found to be as hereinafter set forth, - IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, determined and declared as follows: - FIRST: That the proposition voted upon at said special election is as follows:- SECOND:- That there were four'special'elec.tion precincts est- ablished within said City for the purpose of holding said special election, which were known and designated , "Special Election Pre- cinct "A", Special Election Precinct "B", Special Election Precinct "C", and "Special Election Precinct "D", and described in Ordinance N No.138, calling said special election. THIRD:- That the total number of votes cast at said special election was Three Hundred Eighty-eight (388) votes; that there were cast in favor of said Proposition, Three Hundred Fifyt (350) votes, and that there were cast against said Proposition, Thirty-eight (38) votes IT IS HEREBY FURTHER RESOLVM, DETER1IINED AND DECLARED that more than two-thirds of all the voters voting at said special elect- ion in said City, voted in favor of said proposition and did thereby authorize the'incurring of a bonded debt by said City to the amount of and for the purpose stated therein, wherefore the bonds of said City will be issued to defray the cost of the improvements specified in said Proposition to the amount stated therein. The said Resolution No. 379 was then passed by the following vote: - AYES: Trustees, HALE, SPOONER, METTLER, SHATTUCK. NOES : Trustees, NONE ABSENT: Trustees, HICKOK. George Lenhart and Harold C. Pope applied for positions at the proposed sewage disposal plant. Applications ordered filed. Reno rts of the Idarshal and Plumbing Inspector were read and ordered filed. The purchase of the West Thirty Feet of the lands of G.W.Van Noate at the South-east corner of Lockeford and Hutchins Streets was then authorized by the passage of Resolution No. 380 allowing ' 0 ,�L i..r Jan ::oats six hundred dollars therefore by the following vote: AYES - Trustees, `WTMI Z`R, S?CONE , =13, S:.r,T'IUCG. S: Trustees, ItOIdL. ;3 SENT : Trustees. :�ICHOY.. 0. A. & 3. H. Schroeder '-a-,-Ing executed a deed to the City for Lot 23 in the Schroeder Tract, he was allowed the sum of four hundred dollars in full compensation therefore by passape-of"Des- -- I olution IIo. 381 by the following vote:- 1 AY. S: Trustees, SPOOI73H, 1ETTL33, :.GLH. SHA__UCj. I;03S: Trustees, IiOITZ -BSBZJT: Trustees, HIC._0.I. J. ?. Blakely asked that the Board dis-approve of the rumor- ed action of the City Planning Commission in granting permission to remove the existing trees from the blocks on Oak Street between Hutchins and Bose Streets. T:selve building permits aggre=atin? "43,460 were granted. Bills amounting to $15.535.56 were ordered paid on motion of Trustee Hale. On motion of Trustee Mettler, the Board adjourned to 8 o'clock P.M., Tebruary 15th -1923. Attest:- r` 7-1 L is Clerk.