HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - January 16, 1911• Public Wall,Lodi.Cglifornia.Jan.16,1911
In regular session of the Hoard of Trustees of the City
of Lodi,the following trustees being present: J.M.Blodgett,O.E.La+'rence,
C.A.Rich and L.Villinger. Trustee F.O.Hale arriving later. -President
Lawrence presiding. Attorney Jones and Engineer Tumelty being present.
The Minutes of the meeting of Jan.11,1911,were read and
approved.
S.N.Feese was granted permission to make improvements to
his dwelling at 200 N.Sacramento St.,and Miss Anna Brack was allowed
permission to replace trees in front of her property at the corner
of Oak and Stockton Sts.,under direction of the Supt.of Ste.
An application from Fred Setzer for a reduction °fills Z
license was read. No action taken.
The following Claims against the City for labor on the new
lighting system,being 0.Ked.by E.Morisette,were allowed and ordered
paid:
J.Harnly,
RM.Atkinson,
A.Taylor,
R.E.Eyerly,
L.R.Holmes,
G.W.Osborn,
J.Asbury,
A.Anderson.
J.L.McComber,
Total, —4116.00
A Report from H.H.Henderson on the progress of the water
system was read and filed.
The matter of street improvement was taken up and the folow—
ing Resolution was read by Attorney Jones:
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS,the City of Lodi is a City of the sixth class,a City
where there is no City Engineer,the Board of Trustees of said City
having never appointed any person to be City Engineer,and never having
appointed any person to discharge the duties laid down as those of
City Engineer in the Act of the Legislature entitled,eAn act to pro—
vide for work upon streets,lanes,alleys,courts,places and sidewalks,
and for the construction of sewers within, municipalities",approved
March 18,1885,inclusive of all acts amendatory thereof or supplement—
ary thereto,and,
WHEREAS,this Board of Trustees of said City of Lodi is about
to cause certain street work to be done and improvements to be in
and upon public streets in said City of Lodi,the same to be done and
$1.25
5.00
10.00
17.00
3.75
21.25
23.75
17.00
17.00
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made by virtue of said Act of the Legislature,inclusive of said amend-
atory and supplemental Aets,be it,thereforeby this the said Board
of Trustees of the City of Lodi,
RESOLVED:. that R.C.Tumelty,a civil engineer,is a suitable person
to be appointed to discharge,and he is hereby appointed to discharge
the duties in said Act and in said amendatory and supplemental Acts
laid down as those of City Engineer and to be City Engineer of the
City of Lodi unto all the purposes and with all the powers,duties
and authority of City Engineer which are contemplated in or by said
Act or Acts,in work or improvements to be done or made thereunder
and in all matters incident to or preliminary to the same or in any
wise requisite to be done to the end of doing said work,making said
improvements and making a valid assessment therefor,and until this
his appointment be revoked.
And further
RESOLVED: that the compensation of the said R.C.Tumelty for services
to be rendered at the request of this Board of Trustees by him under
this appointment,be and the same is fixed as follows,to-wit:
FIRST.
For furnishing surveying and engineering necessary to be done
under said Act (commonly known as the "Vrooman Act." ),for pians,spec-
ifications and estimates of cost and all other things necessary or
proper under said Act for the Engineer to do to advance.the particul-
ar street proceeding to a stage where the contract for doing the
work may be let,inclusive among other things,of a diagram of the
district or lands to be assessed for the work,the fee or compensation
of said Engineer shall be three per cent of the cost of construction,
computed upon the amount of the contract price for doing the work
of construction and in the•absence of such data,corlputed upon the
estimate of the coat of the work furnished by the Engineer and
adopted by this Board of Trustees.
SECOND.
For all other surveying and engineering work necessary and
proper in or about the work involved in a street proceeding under
said "Vrooman Act" in order that such proceeding may be complete,
inclusive of all necessary and proper engineering work,such as
continuous superintendence of all portions of the work and all•
necessary and proper inspections,examinations and testa of work,
materials and processes and methods of manipulation in or about
the work,inclusive of all parte of the contractor's plant,an addit-
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conal three per cent of the cost of construction,to be computed as
aforesaid in the.case of the other three per cent.
The fees or compensation so as aforesaid contemplated are
those provided for in the said "Vrooman Act",are to be included as
incidental expenses in the assessment to be made under and by virtue
of said Act, and the City of Lodi is not to be liable therefor or
chargeable therewith,save and except in case the work be abandoned
by this Board of Trustees after passing the Resmlution of Intention
and before the letting of the contract,and in any case subject to
deduction for any failure of the engineer to perform his duties or
obligations under this appointment or said"Vrooman Act".
It was iioved by Trustee Blodgett that the resolution be
adopted as read. The motion was.seconded and carried by the following
vote:
Ayes: J.M.Blodgett,G.E.Lawrence and L.Vi111nger.
Noes: C.A.Rich. Absent and not voting: F.O.Hale.
The propasl of R.C.Tumelty to do certain work free of
charge was then read,and if was resolved to accept the proposal,the
vote being as follows:
Ayes: J.M.Blodgett,G.E.Lawrence,and L.Villinger.
Noes: C.A.Rich. Absent and not voting: F.O.Hale.
It was moved by Trustee Rich that the President of the Board
be authorized to sign in the name of and on behalf of the City of
Lodi a letter to the Pacific Tel.& Tel.Co. requesting the use of
certain poles for the street lighting and fire alarm system,and also
an order for 80 poles from the same Company. The motion was carried
and it was so ordered.
Upon the motion of Trustee Rioh,seconded by Trustees Hale
and Villinger,Superintendent Henning was authorized to take the
necessary steps to acquire on behalf of the City a certain piece of
land for a transformer house.
The Clerk was instructed to write H.H.Henderson asking him
to set a date for a committee meeting* with the Board this week.
The Board then on motion adjourned till Jan.23,1911,at the
usual hour and place.
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