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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07311911_1�E�lle4- L eeti ng. City Hall, ✓ of the sale . He stated oposition to receive the re :pilling 00 O of bonds de a sub - regular d. and index d :. 'osber book for and umphreys ower to act. adjourned. is Palo Altc, Cal., July 31, 1911 The Council of the City of Palo Alto met on the above date,pursuant to the following call; 'We, the following members of the Council of the City of Palo Alto, hereby call a meeting of said Council to be held 1or.day, July 31st, 1911, at 8 p.m., for the purpose of consid- ering and taking action upon printing the Codified Ordinances of the City, the sale of bonds, and preliminary consideration of the budget. (signed) H.A.Miilis E.C.Thcits :N . A.LaPeire . P .Henry T . B . Dc'iwn,: ng A. N . Umph r ey s ET.V.andervoort W.F.Hyde The meeting was called to order by Mayor Jordan. oll call as follows: ows: present; Ackley, Congdon, Downing, Hettinger, Hyde, Jordan, LaPeire ;:illss, Mosher, Thoits, Umphreys, Vail. ;,sent: Henry, Vandervoort, Wing. Contract for Frintin.fa Codified Ordinances. The Auditing and Accounts Committee presented the follow - in; report: "To the Honorable the Council of the City of Palo Alto: Gentlemen.: Your committee on Auditing and Accounts has received bids. for printing the Codified Ordinances of the City of Palo Alto as follows: The Citizen, 1000 copies $900.00 F. A. Stuar.., 1000 " 546.00 Times Pub. Col000 " 500.00 J. A. Quel:c e 1000 400.00 J.A.Quelle 2000 " 550.00 Your Committee recommends that a contract be entered into With J.A. Quelle to print 2000 copies at the price quoted. Your cOmittee further recommends that 500 copies of the Charter and toendments thereto be printed and bound separately at an approximate cost of $30.00." On motion of Mosher and Congdon the report was accepted and the recommendations adopted by unanimous vote on roll call. Vail Mosher h t t f _. Sri copies and moved that the matter o,, a r.,; 50 c a of the Codified Ordinances bound in cloth be referred to the Audi hnc', and Accounts Committee with power to act. The motion was a - 'tooted. Consideration of Budget. Milils moved that as soon as the estimates by the various departments of the city government for the annual budget are com- pleted they be turned over to the Ways & : eans Committee. The mo- tion was seconded by Hyde and adopted. Resolution Passed Acceptini: Bids :or Bonds. Millis, Chairman of the W'Jeys & Means ns Commi ttee, rspor ted =;`t his Committee had referred the matter of the bid of G. G. 3 ye & Co. for the purchase of '30, 500.09 of the bones, voted on April 8,' 1911, to the Council without recommendation. A. resolution was introduced on motion of Vail and Downing entitled *A resolution providing for the sale of 'Palo Alto Public Service Bonds,' issued in accordance with the provisions of Ordi- a"•Ce No. 55 of the City of Palo Alto." The Mayor called Mr. Hyde to the chair and spoke to the :lotion. The matter was di scuesed at some length by other members of the Council. The motion •to adopt the resolution was passed by the following vote on roll call. Ayes: Congdon, Downing, Hyde, i:.i:.s Mosher, T ioit s, Umphreys, Vail. Noes: Ackley, Hettinger, Jordan, La Peire . Ordinance No. 55 --First Readin,<-.. Ordinance No. 55, entitled: "A^ ordinance _..rovidinT for the incurring of a bonded indebtedness for the City' of Palo Alto, in the County of Santa Clara, State of California, in the sum of $30,500.00 in gold coin of the UnitPd States of America, to pay the cost of certain public municipal improvements of said City, and providing for the issuance 3f bonds evidencing sash indebt- edness," was introduced and given first reading. On motion of Hyde and. Hettinger the clerk was instruct- ed to notify Messrs. G.O.Bly. yer & Co. that at a special meeting a resolution accepting their bid was passed and that an ordinance providing for the issuance of the bonds would come up for final action at a regular meeting on August 14, e 9 e 1 . Thoits moved that it be expressed as the sense of the Council that the City Officials employed by the Council be granted a two weeks' vacation under salary if they have been employed for one year, and one week's vacation if employed during six months. The motion, was seconded by Mosher and passed. On motion of Millis and Vail the Council adjourned. r City Clerk K 'he Councilof s.cn on tn:is date at ap. call ._ follows: Present: ..ckle`.', Congdon Pei re, _lli s '_�sh , ts. .hP .:e called m e t: :e' -notes Ecualisat The _: e minutes of tr:,ved as read. 7i11 ^.so.., eti ti pet. fi r from, that the or re' _mince rooms b£„ amen'ed to r&ate. :.r., was rend and refer. Com ;mice -'=C^. Rec'-i Communications versify, the 7alo .Ll t':l Vol + C,-.=ber of Commerce and t, „rcered placed on file. On motion cf ui Alto Chamber of Commerce tanford 17niversity. Ordinance No. (Sal Ordinance No. 51 the :ncurr V Cf bonded) in t::p COa::,,y « r n $3Q,5OC. in gold 'coin o_ CC `, ofCertct:n public :'::I: rroi'.'.aj.n for the issuing wag 7 en second read.i rte } %"' vote on roll all: .Ves: Congdon, "Downing, . Il, Vande,voort, Wing. Lckley, Hettinger, -hoi t o . Ordinance .ro. jc Ordinance taxes for the r'ity or .as introduced and Fiver Peso:. 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