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~8~ Fireman Schultz Letter of June 21 from Fireman Stanley P. Schultz expressing re salary appreciation for his salary increase was read and ordered filed. Bills: On motion by Hustrulid, seconded by Cartwright, the following bills-were ordered paid: St Paul Dispatch, 1/10 weed notice cost, X8.37 General Elec. Supply Co., 12 - 60 A. lamps, 6-lb, X1.60 Minn, Fire Extinguisher Co., Inc., two C02 recharges, $7.00 N.L. Splett, application ~ license forms, $5.00 NK Bell Telephone Co., ^Jfi '6-5200, including Bell ~ Light sta. install. & monthly charges, X107.03 McClain ~ Hedman, supplies for Clerk, $1.30 Walter S. Booth R: Son, license forms, X1.78 Street bill for ~1u,272.75 for work performed by the County on our streets to be paid in during the month of May, was considered separately. At request installments of the council, our Village Engineer had checked ±re wrork, the Clerk said, and reported that there was no question about the amount of bituminous material used. Said he found that the road beds had not been prepared for the bituminous surfacing and that this was apparent in the breaking up of the streets in some areas. Engineer Carley, he said, advised adoption of a system of checking and programming the streets each year before going ahead with needed repairs. The Clerk also reported that the County was agreeable to accepting payment of the bill in installments as our tax money became: available for the purpose, Cartwright then moved that the initial payment on the relay street bill be X5,000.00. Seconded by Stewart and motion carried unanimously. Street Shavor moved that the Clerk be instructed to write the Street expenditures Commissioner that the Village not be obligated for any further limited street and bridge expenditures, excepting completion of the oiling program, without specific authorization of the Council. Seconded by Cartwri~?ht and motion carried unanimously. Hermes Messrs. A.F. Johannsen, 1729 N. Snelling, and R.A. Shelgren, rezoning 1735 N. Snelling, appeared before the council in connection with protested the rezoning of the Hermes property, Lot 7, The Crossroads, from Residence A to Business District. Said they were on vacation at the time of the public hearing on this matter, and did not have opportunity to bring out the fact that there was a previous agreement between Mr. Hermes and the property owners covering Lot 7 of The Crossroads, which the Council should consider. Attorney Graham reported that Mr. Johansen had turned over to him a r estricted property certificate signed by Hermes and people who were the owners of the Crossroads section that Lot 7 was to be a residential lot. Attorney Graham then read the agreement. After discussion, Mr. N.L. Hermes, who was present, agreed that he would not sell the property or put it to any business use before the next council meeting set for July 13 ,' 1955, and in the mean time that he would try to work out something with the property owners.