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Municipal Building, Lodi,Cal.,.Tan.3, 1916.
The Board of Trustees of the City of Lodi convened in regular
session at 8:00 p.m. There were present Trustees Hale, Black, Keeney,
Deaver and Folendorf.
Minutes of.the previous.meeting were read and approved.
Report of the City Marshal for the month of December, 1915, was
read and ordered filed.
The report of City Treasurer Lorenz for the quarter ending Dec.
31, 1915, was read and ordered Piled.
A communication was read from Supt. C.. H. Ketcham,. regarding the
water rate charged the Southern Pacific Company, stating the company
would entertain a proposal from the City for a contract at a reduced
rate, and.maintainingthat the company can put in its own plant and
pump water at a cost of 4 to 5 cents per 1000 gallons. The matter was
referred to a committee of the whole.
C. E. Longton presented a petition signed by property owners
representing 64 gb of the frontage or. West Oak street, from the east
line of School street to the east line of Hutchins street, requesting
that the. said street be improved by paving with a Warrenite pavement.
Trustee Keeney moved, seconded by Trustee Black, that the City
Engineer be instructed to prepare and submit to the Board at its next
regular meeting plans and specifications for improving, with Warrer:-
ite pavement, under the Vrooman Act, oak street, from the east line of
School street to the east line of Hutchins street, in the City of Lo di.
The motion was carried by the following vote: Ayes -Keeney, Black, Dea-
ver and Folendorf. Nays -Hale. Absent -Bone,
Perrin Brothers, in a communication, proposed to sell to the
City of Lodi a piece of land adjoining the City's property in block
29, for *700. Referred to Utilities Committee.
Trustee Black moved, seconded by Trustee Deaver, that the City
Clerk be instructed to communicate with the proper railroad authori-
ties regarding the placing of a flagman or a tower and gates at the
Pine street crossing of the Southern Pacific tracks. The motion was
carried.
Miscellaneous claims amounting to $2747.96 having been passed
by the finance committee were presented.
Objection being made by Trustee Folendorf to paying the claim
of the Southern Pacific Company for $1.00 rental for ground upon
which the Tokay arch stands, Trustee Keeney moved that all other
bills be allowed and ordered paid. The motion carried unanimously.
Trustee Keeney then moved that the claim of the Southern Paci-
fic Company for *1.00 annual rental or the ground upon which the
arch stands be paid. The motion received a second and was carried,
Trustee Folendorf voting "No."
The question of submitting to a vote at the April election
the advisability of the adoption of a freeholders' charter by the
City was again taken up for discussion. The first requisite for the
adoption of such a charter being a population of at least 3500, and
the U.S.census of 1910 crediting the City with a less figure, it was
moved by Trustee Folendorf, seconded by Trustee Keeney, that Trustee
Deaver be authorized to Supervise the work of taking a special cen-
sus. The motion carried unanimously.
The board adjourned. A
Attest:
City Clerk.