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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCCMin_59Jan8 1129 REGiTLAR MEETING JANUARY 8th, 1959. Meeting was called to order at 7 P. M., the following Council Members being present: Harold C. Nilsen, Mayor; George J. Shavor, Trustee; Willis Warkentien, Trustee and Paul Coppini, Trustee. Also present were Frank N. Graham, Village Attorney, Wm. E. Olsen, Treasurer and Ethel E. White, Deputy Clerk and Deputy Treasurer. Acting Mayor Nominations for the office of Acting Mayor for 1959 were called for. George J, Shavor was nominated. There being no further nominations, George J. Shavor was duly and unanimously appointed to the office of Acting Mayor for 1959. Village Nilsen moved that the firm of Briggs, Gilbert, Morton, Kyle & Attorneys Macartney be engaged as Village Attorneys for the year 1959. Second- ed by Utecht and motion carried unanimously. Deputy Clerk Upon the request of the Village Clerk and after discussion, Warken- tien moved that the Village Clerk be authorized to appoint a Deputy Clerk. Seconded by Shavor and motion carried unanimously. The Village Clerk then reported that he appointed Ethel E. White as Deputy Clerk of the Village of Falcon Heights. Deputy Upon the request of the Village Treasurer and after discussion, Treasurer Coppini moved that the Village Treasurer be authorized to appoint a Deputy Treasurer. Seconded by Warkentien and motion carried un- animously. The Village Treasurer then a-~pointed Ethel E. White Deputy Treasurer of the Village of Falcon Heights. Bonds After discussion, Nilsen moved th a±, the Village Clerk's bond be sat at X500.00, and that it be renewed for a tyro year period, That the Deputy Clerk's bond be set at X1000.00 and that it be renewed for one year. Seconded by Shavor and motion carried unanimously. Financial In connection with preparing the financial statement for the year statement ended December 31st, 1958, Shavor moved that the Clerk and Treasurer be authorized to arrange for assistance on the same basis as last year, to publish the said financial statement in the lase Tribune and to see that all necessary work be done in connection with the financial statement. to see that the accounts of Clerk Wm. R. Utecht are approved. Seconded by Co;opini and motion carried unanimously. Legal News- The following resolution was adopted by unanimous vote on motion paper by Utecht, seconded by Shavor: RESOLVED, That the Rose Tribune, a legal newspaper of general eir'- culation in the Village of Falcon Heights be and hereby is desig- nated as the official newspaper of the Village of Falcon Heights., in-which shall be published such ordinances and other matters as are required by law to be so published, and such matters as the Council may deem it advisable and in the public interest to have published in this manner for the year 1959. Depositories The following resolution was moved by Warkentien' seconded by Shavor and adopted unanimously. RESOLVED, That the Falcon Heights State Bank of Falcon Heights, J Y 1130 FALCOAi Heights State Bank Sinking Fund Account Minnesota, be and hereby is designated as a depository for the funds of the Village of Falcon Heights, and that the Village Treasurer is authorized to deposit general Village Funds therein to the amount of forty-five thousand dollars (ffil~5,000.) RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Present Collateral furnished by the Falcon Heights State Bank consisting of fortes thousand dollars ($lt0,000.) face value of •U. S. Government Obligations accompanied by an assignment providing that in case of default on the part of the Falcon Heights State Bank, the council has full power and authority to sell ,the collateral or so much as may be necessary to realize the full amount due the municipality, is hereby approved, said collateral having a market value in excess of 10~ over the amount of the above authorized deposit in excess of the amount guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. RESOLVED FURTHER, That checks of the Village of Falcon Heights drawn upon the sand bank account shall be honored by said bank only if signed by the Mayor, the Clerk and the Treasurer of the Village of Falcon Heights, Minnesota. RESOLVED FURTHER, that this designation shall be effective only until the end of the present council year. The following Resolution was moved by Warkentien, seconded by Shavor and adopted unanimously: RESOLVED, That the Falcon Heights State Bank of Falcon Heights, Minnesota, be and hereby is designated as a depository for the funds of the Village of Falcon Heights, and that the Village Treasurer is authorized to deposit Village funds therein to the amount of one-hundred-thousand dollars ($100,000.) belonging to the "Village of Falcon Heights, Minnesota, Sanitary Suer System, Improvement No. 1, Sinking Fund Account." RESOLVED FURTHER, That the present collateral furnished by Falcon Heights State Bank consisting of one-hundred-fifteen-thousand $115,000.) face value of U. S. Treasury Bonds accompanied by an assignment providing that in case of default on the part of Falcon Heights Bank, the Council has full power and authority to sell the collateral or so much as may be necessary to realize the full amount due the municipality, is hereby approved, said collateral having a market value in excess of 10~ over the amount of the above authorized deposit in excess of the amount guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. RESOLVED FURTHER, That checks of the Village of Falcon Heights drawn upon the ~aid<'.bank account shall be honored by said bank only if signed by the Mayor, the Clerk and the Treasurer of the Village of Falcon Heights, Minnesota. RESOLVED FURTHER, That this designation shall be effective only until the end of the present council year. 1 1 ~~.~.v~ 1 i1 1 First Nat'l. The following Resolution was moved by Utecht, seconded by Bank Con- Nilsen and adopted unanimously: struction Fund Account RESOLVED, That the Village of Falcon Heights Construction Fund Account at the First National Bank of St. Paul be closed, and that ~Itm. E. Olsen, Village Treasurer be and he hereby is, authorized to advise the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis to release that collateral securities pledged by the First National Bank of St. Paul, to secure deposits in this account and to enclose with this letter the original copy of Custodian Receipt No. !tlt3 and also the endorsement of substitution for that receipt dated May 16th, 1958. Safety Nilsen moved that the Village continue renting a Safety Deposit Deposit Box at the Falcon Heights State Bank. Seconded by ~Varkentien Box and motion carried unanimously. Posting On Motion by Utecht, seconded by Nilsen and unanimously carried, Places the following posting places were designated for 1959= 1. R].omberg's Store, Iowa and Hamline Avenue. 2, National Tea Store, Larpenteur & Snelling Avenues. 3. Falcon Heights Pharmacy, Snelling and Larpenteur Aves. Council On motion by Utecht, seconded by Shavor, it was voted unanimously Meetings that beginning Thursday, January 8th, 1959, regular meetings of the Council be held on the second and fourth 2'hursday of each month in the Village Hall beginning at 7 P. M. with adjournment at 11 P. M., with the provision that if the meeting date falls on a legal holiday that the meeting will be held on the next secular day or such other date as may be determined by the Council. Special On motion by Coppini, seconded by Warkentien, it was voted unanimously Council that Special Council Meetings can be set by vote of the Council at Meetings any regular Council Meeting, or can be set by latter mailed to each of the councilmen postmarked at least two days prior to date of meeting. Building Warkentien moved the appointment of Nick Christensen as Building Inspector Inspector for the year 1959. Seconded by Shavor and motion carried unanimously. Public Warkentien moved the appointment of Donald E. Arndt, as Public Safety Comm. Safety Commissioner for the year 1959. Seconded by Shavor and motion carried unanimously. Village Gas Shavor moved the appointment of Frank B. Eha as Village Gas Inspector Inspector for the year 1959. Seconded by Utecht and motion unan- imously carried. Village Utecht moved the appointment of William Jastrow as Village Plumbing Plumbing Inspector for the year 1959. Seconded by Shavor and motion unan- Inspector imously carried. Ramsey Co. Utecht moved that the appointment of Trustee George J. Shavor. Municipal to the Ramsey County Municipalities Association Committee on Off. Assn. Building Cases and Licensing be approved. Seconded by Nilsen Committee and unanimously carried. G 1~.v2 Asst. Shavor moved the appointment of Wm. P. Carroll as Assist- Assessor ant Assessor for th® year 1959. Seconded by Nilsen and motion unanimously carried. Weed Inspector Nilsen moved the appointment of Wm. P. Carroll as Weed Inspector for the year 1959. Seconded by Utecht and motion unanimously carried. Electrical Nilsen moved the appointment of Stan Sayre as Electrical Inspector Inspector for the year 1959. Seconded by Utecht and unanimously carried. Bond It was moved by Warkentien that the bonds covering Wm. R. Utecht Approval and Ethel E. White, issued by the General Insurance Company of America be approved. Seconded by Coppini and motion unanimously carried. Salaries Utecht moved the adoption of the following monthly salaries: Mayor, X6$0.00; each Trustee, 60.00; Clerk, 60.00, Treasurer, !675.00; Fire Chief, l~50.00, Public Safety Commissioner, X40.00. Seconded by Shavor and motion unanimously carried, Ramsey After discussion, Nilsen moved that the Village of Falcon Heights County 2 way rene~r the contract with Ramsey County for two way radio service Police Radio for'the unit installed in the Falcon Heights Police car, at a cost of $300.00 a year. Seconded by Warkentien and unanimously carried. Board of Nilsen moved the appointment of Robert C. Blomberg, 1481 Hoyt Health Avenue to the Board of Health, his term to expire December 31, 19b1. Seconded by Utecht, and motion unanimously carried. Planning Nilsen moved the appointment of David P. Cartwrighty 1800 No. Commission Albert, to the Village Planning Commission, his term to expire December 31st, 1961. Seconded by Warkentien and unanimously carried. Street & Shavor moved the appointment of W. L. Hindermann, 1512 Calif- Drainage ornia, and E. J. Pennig, Sr., 1795 Fry Street to the Street Committee and Drainage Commission for the village. Seconded by Utecht and unanimously carried. Development Nilsex: moved the appointment of the following men as Village Committee Development Committee: Wm. B. Korstad, 1625 Garden, Chairman; David P. Cartrirright, 1800 No. Albert; Edwin A. Johnson, 1718 Arona; Bernard J. Rechtiene, 1484 Iowa; Earl C. Killmer, 1700 Larpenteur and Wm. F. Lindig, 1681 Larpenteur Ave., W. Recreation It was moved by Coppini that the following Recreation Committees Committee be approved: WEST FALCON HEIGHTS: Curtis L. Larson, 1$85 Tatum, Chairman; Richard H. Rust, 1922 Autumn St.; LeRoy E. Jarl, 1984 Autumn St.; Mrs. Warren Fall, 1837 Tatum; Mrs. Frank Irving, 145 Tatum; John Kiel, 1842 Tatum; and Gordon N. Martin, 1765 Fairview. IDAHO & SHELLING: Joseph Garske, 1576 No. Snelling, Chairman; Carl Kaechele, 1542 Idaho; Wayne Sorenson, 1537 Iowa; J. Maguire, J 1529 Iowa; Richard Ahmann, 15lt0 Iowa and George Kilgore, ~~.`~3 1l~9t~ Idaho. FALCON HEIGHTS SCHOOL: Lewis J. Rustad, 1723 Hamline; Chairman; Andrei L. Keller, 1852 No. Pascal; L. V, Riley, 18l~7 No. Pascal; and tNesley Schmidt, 1907 Pascal. Seconded by Uteeht and unanimously carried. Hearing on RESOLUTION FOR HEARING ON PROPOSED ASSESSMENT: Assessments for the WHEREAS, By Resolution Passed by the Council on December 18th, 1958, Improvement the Village Clerk was asked to prepare a proposed assessment of the of Alleys cost of the improvement of the following alleyss Alley - Block 7, Cables Hemline Heights (Alley between Iowan Hoyt from Pascal to Albert) Alley - Block 8, Cables Hemline Heights (Alley in block bounded by Albert, Iowa, Hemline and Hoyt) Alley - Block 12, Northome 3rd Addition (Alley Sound by Aronay California, Pascal and Idaho) AND 1~HEREAS the Clerk has notified the Council that such proposed assessment has been completed and filed in his off ice for Public Inspection, noar Therefore Be It Pesolved by the Village Councils 1. A Hearing shall be held on the 29th day of January, 1959, in the Village Hall at 8 P. M. to pass upon such proposed assessment' and at such time and place all persons owning property affected by such improvements will be given an opportunity to be heard with reference to such assessment 2. The Village Clerk is hereby directed to cause a notice of the hearing on the proposed assessment to be published once in the official newspaper at 1 east two weeks prior to the hearing and he shall state in the notice the total cost of the improvement Adoption of the above resolution was moved by Nilseni seconded by Shavor and unanimously carried. Special Nilsen moved that the Council set a special meeting for 7 P. M. Meeting January 29th, 1959. Seconded by Shavor and unanimously carried. Police Don Arndt, Public Safety Commissioners reported: Columbia Heights Manual give their Police six paid holidays. New Brighton have none at present, but are negotiating for six. Fridley grants six. Anoka, six. Our Night Policeman would prefer time off rather than extra pay for working holidays. Riley received X951.00 in fines in December; Hindermann, !E4lt2.00, making a total of X1393.00. Hindermann is leaving for a three month period in the arlr~r and will return about April 10th. Arndt has a Police Manual which he will bring in for inspection. Arndt thinks we should adopt the whole State Code Requisition regarding Traffic Offences. It was suggested we investigate. Utecht moved the approval of Requisition #155 coverin li ht b lb g g u s, #155 Fire etc. for the Fire Department. Seconded by Coppini and unanimously Dept, carried. r ~~l~~S Verified It was moved by Nilsen, seconded by W arkentien and unanimously Claim voted that the Village order 2000 verified account forms from Blanks Walter S. Booth & Son, 716-2nd Ave., So., Minneapolis, Minna Checks It was moved by Warkentien, seconded by Shavor and unanimously voted that the Village order 2000 checks, same as had before, starting with No. 7001, and put up in pads of 100 each, from Deluxe Check Printers, 530 No. Wheeler, St. Paul, Minn. Playgrounds Curtis L. Larson, Chairman of the West Falcon Heights Play- ground Committee submitted a copy of a letter he proposed. sending to Mr. Bernard L. Edmonds, playground architect. Letter was read, and it was moved b~r:Utecht, seconded by Shavor and unanimously voted that the letter to Mr. Edmonds by Mr. Larson be approved. Library After discussion, it was moved by Warkentien, seconded by Board Shavor and unanimously voted that the Proposal of the Ramsey County Municipal Officials Association and the Library Study Committee for a 2 year 2 mill tax levy for the purpose of building a new County Library Building be endorsed. Bills On motion by Coppini, seconded by Utecht, the following dills were ordered paid: Briggs, Gilbert, Morton, Kyle & Macartney 375.00 McClain Redman & Scheldt, office supplies 10.16 Minit Car Wash, police department 5.00 Kenneth Schmidt, policing December 108.00 Henry J. Dachtera, ditto 130.00 Midway Ford, repairs police car 116.67 Peter T. Petersen, policing December It8.00 F. H. Hdwe, Pks & P. G. 8,1al~, VH 23.81 32.25 Gary Niemc2yk, Pks & P. G. }1,00 Gary Niemczyk, ditto 65.50 Volunteers, fire and drill time 22l~.00 Jerome R. Johnson, mileage, police dept. 6.l~l~ Earl Smith, policing December 132.83 LeRoy Humphrey, ditto 122.27 Northern States Power, bill due Jan. 12 165.71 Peter Lametti Cons t. Co., ad3ust manholes 117.13 Butwin Sportswear, police uniform exp. lt0.00 Paramount Tailors, ditto 9l~,00 Thermo-Fax Sales, copy machine and paper 175.25 Bruce Hanson, Pks. & P. G. 19.50 Adjournment On motion, the meeting ad~ounred at 12 P. M. Signed _ ,~ erk. m Approved ayor. ~, _ . _ i Omission: Nilsen moved the appointment of the following Legislative Committee: Bernard J. Rechtiene, 11t81~ Iowa, chairman; Wm. B. Korstad, 1625 Garden, E. A. Johnson, 1718 Arona; and David P. Cartwright, 1800 No. .Albert. Seconded by Utecht and unanimously carried. 1 1 D