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Home My WebLink About07011911_17• PBOCRW.DIN OF THE COUNCIL r . T^ CITY '�. PALO TO �S '.i lip. •.�1T L.:� v t l:..t1,J ALTO BEGINNING FI SC AL YEAR 1311-1.912 City Hall, Palo Alto, uu.i;y 1, ; r;1 9 The Council of the City of PaloAlto at 8 p.m., in accordance with the provisions City of Palo Alto. The City Clerk called the Council t that the oath of office had leen taken by the elect: i dvwau d Ackley, \'s, F. Henry, C. E. Jord and C. B. Wing. -Boll call as follows: Present: Ackley, Congdor., Henry, Hettinger, ;._'csher, Umphreys, Vail, Vandervoort, Wing. Absent: Downing, Hyde, 7.' oits. et on the : bo're date of the Charter of the o order and announced follo'.tii eg councilmen - an, 7. T. Vandervocrt, Jordan La eire, ..'i.11l s, Election of Mayor. The Clerk stated that the first business would be the e- lection of a mayor. Gillis and Hettinger moved that the Council proceed to elect a mayor by secret ballot without nominations, and the motion was adopted. Councilmen Hettinger and La Peire were appointed to act as tellers. The ballot resulted. as. follows: C. -..Jordan 10 votes; s H. A. Millis, 2 votes: On motion of \:ing and Congdon the election was made una n- imou s . ::ayor - Jordan took the chair and briefly t inked the Coun- cil for the honor conferred upon him. He commended the. successful tidministration of the past fiscal year and expressed the hope that the present year •m1 ht prove as successful Election of Board M.e:nberr, Millie and Congdon moved that the Council proceed to the election of members of_ the boards by electing sud.2 members s separate- ly by secret ballet without nominations and the notion. was adopted.. The election of a member of the Board of l u iz c Works to succeed Y. A. Buchan, term expired, resulted in 12 votes being cast r .r for ; . A. Buchan, and the .:ayor declared '::r. :>uch�.n elected. The election of a member of the Board of Public Safety to accee,d P. B. Simpson, term expired, resulted as follows: :First ballot: F.E.Woodard, 7 votes; r.B. Sirnpsor. vote; 7.C.Thoit$ vote. Second. ballot: E.E.Vfoodard 9 votes; F.L.Simpson 2 votes; .C.Thoits, 1 vote.. The Mayor declared.lr. Woodard elected and on motion of -illiv and. Hettinger the election was made unanimous. The election of a member of the Board of Public Library to succeed Julia R. Gilbert, term expired, resulted in 12 votes being oast for Julia B. Gilbert and the ,.;L`tj/Or declared L:."'.�'.�. Gilbert elected. i r�;.f.'C i cr7, of Clerk', Auditor Depute. ...1 C1 :C;f„ ,»" t t e" re.r. ed Poli judge. Millie and Vail moved that the Council proceed to the election off' City C"+erk, Audi -tor, Treasurer, City Attorney and Deputy Auditor by. secret ballot and t'r: :: motion was adopted. The ballot for City Clerk resulted in 1.2 votes being cast - for Frank Kasson and. he was. declared elected by the Mayor. The ballot for -Auditor resulted in 12 votes being cast for C.H. Jordan and he was- declared. elected. by the Mayor. The ballot for Treasurer resulted in. 12 votes being cast for Geo. R.oParkinson and he was declared elected cy t e: :'ayor, �j{ The ballotting for City Attorney resulted as follows: rst Ballot: eA�..:."coim, 6 votes; Egerton Lakin 2 votes; `rederi.ck Schneider- 1 vote; 3 ballots blank. Second Ballot: ? . .l cols 7 votes; Egerton Lakin 2 votes; ederick. Schneider 1 vote; 2 ballots blank. Third Ballot: N.E,Malcalm, 9 votes; Egerton Lakin votes; 1 ballot �Y y� Lf 1,.i4 i�:v ti+ux5� iYsf3�� yq?+f. t r The Mayor reclared ."r.Ma"1co1m elected. At ;.his time Councilman Thoits took his seat. The ballot for deputy Auditor reenited in 13 votes being, cast for 17. A. Westall, and the : ayox declared '.ise ti'estall elected, The 'oallotting for Police judge resulted an follows: First Ballot: Frederick Schneider 7 votes; ::onroe 4'homa, 5 votes; Walter Rodgers, 1 vote. Second Ballot: Frederick Schneider, 7 vote Monroe Thomas o vote' Third Ballot: Frederick Schneider : 5 votes; nroe Thomas , ' a 8 votes. The Mayor declared Lr. Thomas elected and on motion of Millis and La Peire the election wao made unanimous. Rest.;=, nzi`ion of F. W. Sne man. The resignation of F. W. Snerman :' a member of the Board of Public Library, said resignation to take effect on or before August 1, 1911, was read, and on motion of ;ring and La Peire the resignation was laid on the table'. until ..". e August meeting. Salaries of Officials. Congdon - - , and i•"il} i•3 1'.2QG4? that , salaries be fixed as fol- lows: s: Auditor. $135.00 per month; Clerk $ 1 , 0.00 Per month; Attorney, ye � p ,-, �oz eye .00 per month; Deputy Judge, Audi tor, $70.00 per month; Treasurer, 150.00 per month; roli ce fees. (Hettinger and ...a Peire move; to amend by making the sal- ary of the Auditor $150,00 per month, that of the Clerk $115.00 per month; and that of the Attor-r,ey$125.00 per month. The amendment was lost on roll call by the following vote: Ayes: Ackley, 1:enry, _.e.ttinger, Jordan, La a'eirP,., mprevs, Van- dervo ort . Noes: Congdon, 0 7'r•,d0n, ° 0s.^^.C':', r:ho_, t£;, Vail, Wing. The original motion was add ted on roll call by the fol- lowing vote: Ayes: Ackley, Congdon, Henry, Jordan, La eire, :'il1i 3 Moshe" Thoits, Umphreys, Vail, Va^.dervoort 1To. Hettinger. Completion of Assessment Roll, The City Clerk submitted a report in t .e matter of tr.e completion of the Assessment moll for t:.e fiscal year 1;11-1912 and on motion of bill i s and Condon the report was accepted and ordered filed. Jmphrey s and La Peire moved an adjournment, but the mo- tion failed of adoption. 1: 2421. of .Aud:ti;in & Accounts Committee. Councilman 'Thoits made a partry el report for the auditing and accounts committee showing that theexpendituresfor the fis- cal year 1910-1911 were approximately $2000.00 less than the ap- propriations made. Mayor Jordan stated that he would announce the personnel of the Counci:, Committees at a later date. Councilman Vail spoke in commendation of the work of the Board of Public Works and the Cite r„ ag7 nEeer in having the side- walks and vacant lots cleaned from weeds and ru-7ish and said the City had never been in a better physical condition. Mosher and Millis moved an adjournment but the motion failed of adoption. ` Appropriation for Screens, Councilman Wing moved that an appropriation not to ex- ceed y50,00 be made for window and door screens for the City The motion was seconded by Vail and adopted by unanimous vote on rolicall. Councilman Millis was granted a leave of absence of 60 d 3's. On motion Codgan and ;:-, of n .ilam, , ' c �, :;i.e Couric:l adjourned. i7 It `/1: ._, C i ty Clerk 44 The Council sion on the above date call as follows: Present: Ackley, .;o ngdc ;nphrey s, Vander voort . Absent: Downing, nyde. The minutes and approved as read. Reports. The report oa and on motion of .. .osher filed. The report o. of May was received, a. cepted and ordered file he report o. the City for the year 1 ;.:Wphrey s and Ackley wa. A reort of of property for the ye: Appointment of Coe The Mayor anr, rdttees of the Council Relat o . 2. .'.el at :o. 3. Relat V, F. E. C. V. G. . F. :0. 4. Relat 1.91 C. r. C. A. 7.1 A.