HomeMy WebLinkAbout12111911City Hall, Palo Alto, Dec. 1 1 , 1911
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12.50
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o::.rned.
The Council of the City of a' Palo Altc -et F4,?-
.,....n on this cate, at 7:,,0 p.m., with 1ayor .Tordan presidinf. Roll
Call at follows:
?resent. Ackley, Congdon, ettin&e.r, Hyde, Jordan, La ?Fire, ..ilhi s,
20s::C.', at //o,,? ts, mphr+yey , Vail, d,iin .
:.i a�
I.. e%. . Downing, Henry, Vandervoort.
minutes ter,., i r m ti M- d ovemoe�.
The of the regular ..eft' a,i � G. �
were
read and approved as read.
Re Jo: t of Coanarii `•tee No. 1.
Chairman Hettinger of Committee .:`c. 1, made a report on
&hers referred to said committee.
ThP recommendation that the claim of ilton L. F.lutter for
alleged damages be not allowed was, on motion of -let tn er .. -.
,.v.: •: Pr, adopted.
The recommendation that the. Board of '':duration -be ^emit
te_ t. ••`_^ .a e f'� from City at cost, plus the char..,,e for
�_�: �u purchase s . fuel oil ro the
a i from oar and hauling, was, on motion of '1"osher and Win4,:,
adopted,,
The comr:itee recommended that the City pay the cost of
on University rug at r provided t e o er a>',
�.e, the Circle, .3'. ;�,.,.. .. of
,,. - rs
OCR � ,..3��.t:iY2� ;J�T'_.,i � t^� col s t0 P guyed `0 said buildings.
Engineer ;Sy},.bee reported that he had secured such permission and
estimated the cost of the sign at $172.50. A motion by and
Hettinger that 5200 be transferred from the general fund to the
_ y to defray of that
.,,ACF'� l� :l•,.."lt, fund the cost said sign and ....� the
aaara. of Public c Works be instructed to proceed with its cons :.ruC-
.:.0 .h war adopted by unanimous vote call.
e, 'riTaoLi9 on roll
i rma ' ' ` of I'
Chairman i'+,�_�% Committee No. 4 recommended,in the
.; tter of insurance for the city employees,that such in urance be
not carried, and also that the State Industrial Liability Board be
notified that the City of Palo Alto desires to be placedunder the
operation of the Employers' Liability Act. On motion of S Is and
T^oits, the recommendation was adopted.
The committee recommended the purchase,for the use of
Assessor, of an insurance map book at a cost of 425. On motion
o. Villas and Hydte, the recommendation was adopted by unanimous
7!):,,e on roll call.
The committee recommended that personal property taxes
±scorrectl✓ assessed. against the following persons be refunded:
oO
...0:":4.5 C. .�:(•',i,io
rna„^ 1.90
:e. ... Kimball
Yr3. azlett 1.90
..rs. -. ta. er .95
y
Mos. B, Blare .95
-on motion of Millis and Wing the reco''^mienda tion was adopt-
ed by unanimous vote on roll call. •
In the matter of the protest of Loretta B. Hart against
the a.± t. ..•5 the committee
' e • e
assessed valuation on♦y.�;rr property, CO. .a_ t.tif't- �t`
Co_ziended that the Clerk be instructed to notify Yrs. Hart that he
`ci Otest should have been brought afore the Board of Fcluli __c.^.
GSM that the Council has no power to make a change at t a late
The recommendation was adopted on motion of
i'° Edon.
oort C: Soar: n and C'ficial..
The report of the Board of Public Wo , for C o.:'>._ ,
was on motion of Wing and 'Mosher accepted
The repo. of the Bard of Public Safety for
,o•r,'• ::e•r
a J aaa 1. ✓ � -
wal, on notion of 7illis and 7oSher accepted and C•._ _ _'•.
��l•.••,,.i*�,��'�a.��i.-�.k�r�r�. ix«i��F,,,!i.r�"i+yy!#���.� :.., ti v �.
Tfle report of the Treasurer for :4v e 1. er, 1 91 i , was on
motion of L ocher and Umphreys, accepted and ordered -"fled.
.
The report of the Auditor for ''overt:ber, 101 1 , was
motion of Vail and rasher, accepted and ordered fi: ed.
City Attorney Yalcoim submitted a report in thematter
of the deposit of funds received from the sale of sonde The mat-
ter was discussed by the Council and a statement was made by
Treasurer, G. R. Parkinson, rkinson, who asked '_,o action �.e delayed. On
motion of `�i :Lc and. ?` the report ortwas laid v.. table until
.ash r, 4AM� .�i:..t� on �:r t:e next meetig.
Bias for Walks and Curbs.
his being the time for Opening bids for the construc-
tion of sidewalks and curbs in accordance 'A`.; ".n Resolution o3 In-
tention No. 2, adopted August 14th, 1 11 , b: is were opened and
read from the following:
Balobau ;h and Turner.
T, 1'..6: 1r h e s" o n
Charles Ackley
A. B. Ri "lovi ch
On motion of :vin(:: and ."ocher, ._.r? ..d;. were referred to
h ::oa the ' r:3 of Public Works and said �otii.'!'d .4 `^rn,,,,ry _.„a to meet to
consider said bid as possible.
;,con as
Adiourned to Coll.
t
Vail moved that when the Council a ours,, it adjourn
subject to the call of the Chair. The motion wan seconded by
Mosher and adopted.
Ordinances.
An ordinance regulating the i nsis } . r: of ;,n"- _:y T p<,: and
f ixtures was given second readi.:':.0 an ..on motion of and ,, er
action on the same was deferred t0 the ad,jvu_;;.F'Ci meeting.
An ordinance in re6;a_ d to reports from public service
was first T .i ' a:d refer•. to Committee
corporations given lis •F'' r. t. "�, :,^r_', o
No. 1.
Transfer of Fund.
On motion of Congdon and Hyde, -')9 in the Water
Fund was ordered transferred to the Cpneral Fund.
Claims Allowed.
The followi n claims were reported from CoM i ttee %. 5
and on motion of Umphreys and Thoits, warrants were ordered drawn
in payment of same by unanimous vote. on ,: oil coil.
San Jose Eng. Co., half tone of City has r; .Ox
' .6P:"+.an C^.. Erbe, cards 2,50
Ti •yes Pub. Co., street resolutions.. ......... ... . ... 24.10
,T,A.(„uelle, printing Cod. Ord, and ChFsr.. r 611.35
E, Balsbaugh, � Sbaugh, Katherine streest ar, i',' .. . . . . . . . x'31.50 u
W.C, ,.iorabi n, rebate on license tam. •• • 2.00
t'..,.:--aicoa.m, municipal law boos
rillis moved that a notice be posted at
window that copies of the COdi ied Ordinances " ay
payers on application. •
On motion of ddosher and ConL;'don, the Council adjourned.
1
The ccu,71cil J r
gy,tc.r session on dat
Jordan, pursuant to the ...
n-,eet..~g on T'ece:rdoe= 11
as follows:
?r -:sent: .Aekley, Con,
, wing.
nbe::t : .')JW' i n „ Hyde,
Pesolut_o . of sward.
• :e t
the notter of the
f...,i elival7k,s and concrete C
2, adopted
to _ve none, a..0
”ere „maculated
14o
t 0
•w'c.•2 ig f nts pr's souare
foot fr
• re.solut..on
tr'oduced and on motion
vote on roll c;.,11.
atr[ et
..,o n wnich tne city to
kept. , thou,:,ht
$:. 1 !7'. .:e c .ease up .. -
.. icy
of .he c
for 4treet ze
K.. �. , r. -port and the'. Alta ..:a
T c-
Geo. R. .-2r .. ns
t:• disposition of
pinion ..f the City 1-
d,posit in the Crock
t..a,, sum in a
o,lso withdrawn all moneys.
the amount so w: h,-;:ra\
once haC, `L,l cea in .,i
.. _ _ :' nson a
:e cO nd^ a-' sec _i ty rC
:. .-lieve the First
..c.: or .,oraan th
Chart,
w .lj
7illis thouht
nnend the charter. :_emov
lO1 .• MJ the deposit of
to . nvest1 4, • to and to s':
t ne` reanur a to 71'7° s
'c,
''i :Oval of .:.e Council.
°Opte;..
:i :e e
• and
reloth to .. r ti
City -..,tor ne_j and tne
yr i__..:ce, :i0. u
,..-sented by the
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