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Council Chambers, City Council.
City Hall - City of Lodi
:onday, October 7th., 1929.
This regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Lodi was called to order b the L'ayor at 8 o'clock P.11. at the
place and on the date first above written, Councilmen Hale,Roach,
'3hattuck, Weihe and Spooner present, none absent.
,he minutes of the last regular meeting held September
16th.,1929 were read, approved as read and so endorsed by the
Mayor.
Rev. H. A. Shuder of the First Congregational Church
addressed the Council regarding the organization of a connunity
center to further the efforts of the Americanization Department
of the Lodi Union High School su gestin that the City contribute
the use of the lower floor of the old City Hall and aso make
sane small expenditures in fitting it up for this purpose. The
proposition meeting with the unanimous approval of -the Council,
it was regularly moved and carried that he Americanization
Center be allowed the use of this floor of the building and that
the Street Superintendent take out the old partitions and store
them in the basement of the new City Hall.
in the matter of the reception of sealed bids for the
making of test excavations ; the Clerk reported no bids received
and on motion of Councilman Shattuck, the following resolution
was adopted :-
RESCLUTION NO. 596
JHEREAS, as directed by this City Council at a regular
meeting held September 3rd.,1929, publication was had of a notice
inviting sealed bids or proposals for the making of certain test
excavations at the dam -site of the proposed hydro -electric devel-
opnent on the Mokelumne River above the town of Lancha ?lana as is
evidenced by�:he affidavit of. the principal Clerk of the publishers
of The Lodi Sentinel now on file in the office of the City Clerk,
a copy of said notice being attached hereto and made a part hereof;
AND, :7iR:EAS , this being the date set in said notice for the
reception, opening and canvassing of the sealed proposals called for
therein and no proposals therefore have been received;
BE IT RESOLVED that this, the City -Council of the City of
Lodi hereby finds that the publication of -said notice ,las had in
time, form and manner as reouired by law and ordinance; that the
specifications therefore were properly and legally drawn and
adopted and that no proposals for doing the work were received up
to the hour of 7 o'clock ?X. of Monday, October 7th.,1929;
BE IT ALSO RESOLVED, that this, the City Council of the
City of Lodi, hereby declares and determines that this work can
be performed more ecomamically by day labor and the supplies
therefore purchased in the open market than otherwise ;mould be
the case should re -advertisement be had.
RESOLVED ALSO, that the City Engineer of this City and
Mr `i.A.Eakart Consulting Engineer employed by this Cit be, and
they are hereby instructed to proceed+wiuh the making of the
excavations called for in the specifications for the work as
heretofore adopted and they are herein authorized and directed to
procure the necessary supplies and hire the labor necessary to
make and complete the excavations contemplated.
J. Y. SHAT TUCK, Councilman
The foregoing Resolution No. 596 was thereupon adopted by
the following vote: -
AYES, Councilmen, Shattuck,Roach,Hale,.+eihe & Spooner.
NOES, Councilmen, None. _ABSENT, Councilmen, None: