HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/03/24 December 3, 1924.
Regular meeting of City Oommissi~n held on Wednesday December 3, 1924 at
10.00 o'c~,ck a,m. with M"yor McCall in the chair and commissioners Buffington
and Casad present at roll call.
Mimutes of previous~meeting read and approved as read.
Replat of Block 1, Naval Addition to ~ecatur. submitted by ~r. W. H. Ellis
and Winnie Ellis. ~oti~n by ~ir. ~cCall, seconded by L~r. ~asad, that the replat
of BlooE 1 of Naval ~ddition to Decatur be approved and acc&prod by the 0ity~
carried ume~imously on roll call.
City 01erk reported that he.had duly canvassed the returns of the regular and
special election held on December 1, 1924 and found the returns thereof to be as
foll owe:
PREOINCT: 1 2 S 4 § 6 ? TOT~L
~0R ~AYOH
~E. J. McCall 161 14§ 164 1~§ 147 93 6~ 930
~. L. ~hi~e 14§ 172 184 168 226 112 126 1122
~0R O01~ISSIONERS
L. A. Bender 70 81 106 t20 104 48 129 668
A. G. Brown 121 120 108 85 112 ?3 S2 651
C. 0. 0asad 235 265 27S 2?3 294 1~ 128 162Z
O. S. Halverson 158 140 188 132 213 115 ?6 1022
T. O. Buffington 1 1
SPECIAL ELEDTION:
~0R 246 2§8 276 246 286 162 139 1613
AGAINST 50 50 66 59 72 35' 45 377
December 3, 1924 (Cont'd)
MotiOn by ~r. l~oCall, seconded by ~ir, Burlington, that Mr. ~. L. White, for
Mayor, and M.r.C.O. 0asad and Mr. Carl S. Halverson,for CommissiOners, having
received ~the highest number of vo~es cast at the city general elsc~tion held on
December l, 1924, be declared elected to the respective offices; carried unanimously
on roll call.
i~otion by Mr. McCall, seconded by Mr. Casad, that the special election on
salary increase ordinance'~ be declared carried; carried unanimously on roll call.
Clerk read Ordinance ~804, being an ordinance ~roviding for perpetual care
for part of the cemetery. Mo$ion by Mr.. ~cCatl, seconded by Mr. Burlington, that
Ordinance ~804 be passed and adored~ aS read; carried unanimously on roll call.
Notion by ~r. ~uffingtor~, seconded b2 i~r. McCall, tha~ all bills approved by
a majority of the Commission be all,wed and warrants drawn f~or same; carried unan-
imously on roll call. ,
Commissioner Oasad reported ~hat he, had made an investigation of the complaint
that washing machines on sidewalk in fron~ of 270 Fourth Street were causing the
sidewalk to crack and se~'tle, and found that the washing machines were not causing
any damage t~ sidewalk, and reco~mnendSd that the question of obstructing the side-
walk be taken up with all simil~ propositions in the city.
Commissioner Gasad ~'epor~ed that ~t~eI Job of timbering tunnel at ~-4 reservoir
had been completed and recommended that bids and plans be received on the' sealing
of the reservoir.
There being no £urther ~lxSl~ess ~o come before the Commission the meeting
was duly adjourned. ~
~ity Olerk.