HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Minutes 11.17.1942Minutes of the City council of Laurel
~'ovember 17, 1942
The City Council of the City of Laurel met ire regular sessio~t
in the Counc i1 Ch~.mber and was cal.lsd to order bar Mayor Conrad at
7:30 o'clock 1~. November l7, 1942.
Upon roll nazi the following aldermen answered;-:~resex~~
McManus
Fullez~
Thomson
Feuerbacher
Gomar
Parker
V ordahl
The minutes of November 3rd v~ere read ar~d approved.
The:~::~report of the City Eng3.neer on the expenses f flr the Sewage
Disposal Plant was presented and read. I~ was moved by Vo~dahl and
seconded by parker the report be appraved. The motion carried.
din application fog a permit by Barney & ~iar~ley to cor~struc~ a
brick, concrete and steel, fire proof smokehouse ors'-:the back of
W 27 9" of Lot 5, Block 1, Eas~G Laurel Subdiviaio~, way prese~lted
and read. ,after discussion ~.t was moved by Thomson and secar~ded by
McNfanu~ the application be referred to the Fire & Police Commit~es
and City Engineer v~ith author3.tyv~~to act. The motion carried.
An application to the State Board of Equal3.zation for refund
'of gasoline tax an 1545 gallons was presented. It was moved by
~Tordahl and seconded by Thomson t~.e application be approved. The
. motion carried.
A~ application by Paul Gjefle, Seeretar~r of the Trades a~ad Industry Giub of the Laurel High School, was presented and read,
ire which they asked for the use of the Main Central Building iz~
Riverside Park for a dance November 25, 1942. Tt eras moved b~
Thomson and 9ecanded by Fuller that permission be granted t o them
for the use of the building and zoo charge be made Por re~~, and
that the Club pay tl~.e gas and light expense. The motion carried.
bill for 1942 ~ax.es an city property amounting to X452.53,
was presented. It waa moved bar Parker and seconded by Thom~o~a
the bill be paid. The motion carried.
letter from the filar Praductior~ Board vas presented and read in which they stated that in view of the ir~ve~tigatior~ made by the
United Sates Pub3.ic Heath Service of the r~ecess3.ty far the com-
pletiora of the Sewage D3~sposal Plant, which report stated that the
constructiv~t is not adjudged urgen;t~.~r necessary to public health
or to the national. war program activities and that the construct3.on
of the plant i~ part of a lo*~g rage program to preserve the qual.itp
ox the wager ~.n ~cne xe~.lc~w~~one x~.ver, your raques~ zor ~ nign.e~
rating on the mst~rials needed to complete the treatment plant is
der~3.ed and suggested 'ghat the proposed construction be deferred
until after the emergency.
1et~er from Geo. H. Smith was presented ar~d read, encl.osiz~g
a bill for X21,40, being the cosh of repairs to a 1940 Plymouth
coupe, which was damaged bar a truck drives by Aent~y Schmidt, Jr.
on lay 25, 1942. He also stated that a bill had. been presented
to R. J. t~dilliams ~r Saga, ~uho has the ins~rar~ce on the ci~~r truck, artd that dir. ~~i1~.iams had not taken care of the matter. It was
moved by Vordahl aid seconded by Parker the rriatter be referred to
the ~tree~ & Alley committee. The motion carried.
A ~.etter from C. H. Storms, City ~r~gin~er, wag presented and
read, in which he asked ghat the council reconsider their aetior~ of the previous meeting regarding the week he was absent from the
city ar~d the vote to reduce h3.s wa~ran~ accordin~lg~. After d~.s-
cussio~ it was, moved by Parker and seconded b~ A~cManus the weeks
absence be gran'~ed ors the merits of` ~ ~~aation d that fir, Stormst
be paid the amouiat which was dedue~ed from his warrant for the
month of October. The motion carr3.ed.
~'he res3gnatiot~ of Ro~ella Fritz, Gitg Clerk, was presented
Minutes of the pity ;Council of Laurel
November l7, 1942
and read. It was moved by Vordahl and seconded by Thomson the resignation be accepted, ~°he motion carried.
The Mayor appointed hiss Ti11.3.e Hohextdorf, City Clerk to fill
the unexpired term of Rosella Fritz, resigned, at X140.00 per month.
It was moved by Vordahl and ~eeonded b~ mhomsor~ the appoin~mer~t be
approved. The motion carried.
The Mayor appointed James G. Bare as policeman to fi1~. the
vacancy caused bar the resignation of Lou Franzen. It eras gnoved by
Thomson and seconded by Parker the appointment bs approved. The
mot ion e~rried.
It ~uas moved b~ ~TOrdahl and seconded by Thomson the ~syor
appoint a special committee to pregare a r~solutio~ of appreciation
for the services of Rosel.la Frig as City Clerk. The motion carried.
The Mayor, thereupon, appointed Thomson, Vordahl. ar~d Fuller and the
C~.ty A~to~^r~ey as the commit~se.
The ma~~er of ~ p~~king permit for the bus owned and operated by the ~Totor Transit Company, Billings, was again presented and
discussed. It was moved by Vordahl and seconded by Thomson the
matter be referred to the Police Comm3.ttee. The motion cQrri~d.
It eras moved and seconded we do x~ow adjourn . The ino~ ior~
carried,
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Approved this let da~r of ~ec~embe~, 1942,
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