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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCCMin_54Jul14REGULAR MEETING, WEDNESDAY, JULY 11~, 1954 Meeting called to order at 7:l~0 P.M., roll call recording the following council members present: Robert E. Stenzinger, Pdayor; George J. Shavor, Trustee; Andrew Hustrulid, Trustee; David P. Cartwright, Trustee; Clyde J. Stewart, Clerk. Also present -William E. Olsen, Treasurer, and Frank N. Graham, Attorney. Minutes of June 23, 1951 were heard and approved as read. M.G.I. Following Master Gas Installers' licenses, together with licenses Nos. checks each for X625.00 covering license fee th ru June 30, 30, 31, 32, 33, 1955, were received and ordered approved on motion by 3~, 35, 36 ~ 37. Cartwright, seconded by Hustrulid; Standard Heating Co., #30 Custom Furnace & Air Conditioning Co., #31 Hassinger Stroud Heating #32 Crown Gas Heating Co. !~33 A.B.C. Heating Co. Inc. ,~#3I; ~~gidwest Equipt. Service Co., #35 Rod Button Heating Service, #36 Paul Falz & Co. #37 48 Regn. Nos. 33 !~ 34 Requisition #33, daily report forms for Village police, and Requisition #3Lt, office supplies for fire department, were ordered approved on motion by Hustrulid, seconded by Cartwright. Gas house connection Copy of Engineer Carley's letter of July 10 to the damage to streets Northern States Power Company re damage caused to our streets in making house connections for natural gas, was read and the clerk instructed to check as to the Company's reply. Maple Knoll drainage Engineer Carley's Vetter of June 30, together with sketch streets showing the plan which was used for drainage of the low spot on the grade of Garden avenue in ~~iaple Knoll addition, was considered. In connection with stabilizing the streets in this area, Hustrulid moved that Carley be authorized to inspect the work as it is being done. Seconded by Stenzinger and motion carried unanimously. Reimbursement for In accord with estimate by Villa ge Engineer Carley as to gas main damage. damage caused by the installation of natural gas mains in 3 alleys ,4~ 1 street alley betvreen Albert R~ pascal, south of Larpenteur, X100.00 n " Pascal & Arona, south of Larpenteur, 100.00 n rr ~' n '~ north of Larpenteur, 10800 Tatum street, Larpenteur to Roselawn, 261;.00; Hustrulid moved acceptance of the Power Company's offer to reimburse the Village for repairing said alleys and street in the amount of ~55L~.00. Cartwright seconded and motion carried unanimously. Bills: On motion by Hustrulid, seconded by Cartwright, the following bills were ordered paid; Henry J. Dachtera, policing ~ mileage to 7-1, ?k118.29 Earl Smith " " " to 6-28 120.31 James Waller et n rr to 7-12 103.72 490 Bills (cont'd) Don Arndt, expenses,supervising policing to 7-11~, 9620.00 N.L. Splett, 500 police daily report forms, 968.25 Amer. Linen Supply, linen serv. to 5/28, °$13,15. ~' 25 lbs. wiping cloths, X58.25 Baden's Pure Oil, cup grease, 6-29, 80¢. Minn.Fire Exting. Co., Inc., 6 AF canisters, 2 pr boots, & !~ chemox cannisters, X86.86 n n n ~r CO 2 recharge, 7-13, X3.50 u u rr n C0 2 n 7_13 3.50 NW Bell Telephone Co., Ne 5200, 7-10, $61?_.20 Power Brake & Equipt. Inc., repair brakes,install m,cyl.,4kS7.57 St Paul Book ~ Sta,, office supplies,F..D., 99¢ Standard Oil Co., 1 gal insect sprayF~$1.80 Geo. E. Swanson., car mileage, 6-54 R St Croix regional Grantsburg, X23.56 O.J, Rental 8c Sales Co., 1 cyl, oxygen, 7-1, X3.70 Vol. firemen's payroll, June, 9688.00 Nor. States Power, water heater elec. , 7-12, `~1~. Sit n +r rr rr elec. serv, , 7-12, .~13. Q2 P~~inn. Fire Extinguisher Co., Inc., 2 M.S. helmets, X27,00 Minn. Fire Equipt. Co., 2 firemen's coats, X33.77 Walter S.Booth ?~. Son, applic ~ license forms, ~3.~b Briggs,Gilbert,?~,orton,Kyle ~ P.acartney, legal services ,June,~6100 Nick Christensen,fees bldg permits 379 thru 387, X115,99 Farnham Sta. & School Supply, 1 columnar pad for treas., X2.20 General Electric Supp~ry Corp., 1 5-125 fan .e,~ ex cord, 9~21,0l~ r~icClain & Redman, office supplies, clk. , X2.75 Nor. States Power Co., gas service pipe in tallation, X58.50 ~VHR~FS ) NW Bell Tel. Co., Psi 5050, 7-1-54, X17.85 The Rose Tribune, publish Ord. #29, 6-17, ?63.30 h~ilner vy ,Carley, en gr. services , 4695.00 Ramsey Co. Treas,, 195 allotment O.D. as of 6-25, ~k829.00 Nor. States Power Co,, street lighting, 7-12, $70.00 Gas connection After discussion, Shavor moved authorizing the gas service Village Hall pipe connection of 105 ft. by the Northern States Power Co. in order to make natural gas available in the Village Hall, only 65 feet of said connection to be charged for at the rate of 90¢ per ft., or 358.50, Stenzinger seconded and motion carried unanimously. Proposed Cities Messrs. N.W. Seiffert and Grant May, representing the Cities Service Oil Station Service Oil Company, 500 Robert Street, St Paul, stated their Company would like to make application to construct a gasoline service station on the southeast corner of Larpenteur and Snelling. After discussion and checking of proposed plans, dir. Seiffert and Mr, May were instructed to fill out an application for building permit and to present same for con- sideration at the council's July 28 meeting. Klatt property Dwight Reichow, School Board member, and Conrad Klatt appeared before the council in connection with the proposed development of the Klatt property north of the Falcon Heights grade school. After discussion, Shavor~moved approval of the grades as shown on the plan, subject to approval of said grades by Engineer Carley. Stewart seconded and motion carried unanimously. 491 1 1 1 Plat - The plat of Klatt's Addition, received from the Ramsey Cow~ty Klatt's Plat Commission, was referred to Attorney Graham with Addition instructions to check our planning procedure and to send said plat to our Planning Commission for their consideration. Police Don Arndt submitted daily .reports for our three Village police officers, showing number of arrests, patrolling, etc., and answered questions in this connection. Building Building .Inspector Christensen reported on a request he had Inspector from a building contractor to fill in Lot 2, Block 10, Northome Second Addition, to the property line with the fill for the slope encroaching or_ Lot 1 oomed by the Village. Stewart moved that the building inspector, the Mayor and Trustee Shavor arrange to look over the property and determine the lot line and the amount of dirt that would encroach on Village property and to report back to the council. Cartwright seconded and motion carried unanimously. Bldg. Inspector Building Inspector Christensen stated that in checking the reports ceiling height newly completed home at 1l~83 California Avenue `Vest that at 7l~83 Calif. the ceiling measured 7 ft. instead of 7a ft. as required violates bldg. code by our building code. The attorney was asked to write the contractor, O.J. Husby & Sons, for an explanation. Robert J. Steiner Letter of July 9, 1954 from Robert J. Steiner, 1731 Simpson, garage to Building; Inspector Christensen, together with Steiner's proposed building plans with location for garage not behind the dwelling, was referred to Attorney Graham for answering. Vacations - firemen .The Fire Chief submitted the 195Lt vacation schedule for himself and the other two paid firemen, with proposal that since no relief fireman was available for service during such vacations, that the firemen regularly employed be authorized to work extra during vacation periods. Hustrulid moved approval of the vacation schedule as proposed, seconded by Stenzinger and so ordered. 1~,"aple Knoll Attorney Graham reported on his phone conversation with roads Engineer Carley regarding street levels in the Maple Knoll addition. After discussion, Shavor moved that ?ti2r. Carley be retained to inspect cors~ruction of the roads in Maple Knoll addition. Stenzinger seconded and motion carried unan imously. Regulations for Shavor then moved that our attorney be requested to secure construction of the necessary information from Engineer Carley for preparing roads. regulations governing the construction of roads in the Village and to report back at the-next meeting. S~esart seconded and motion carried unanimously. Fire Hose Cartwright reported that the fire department committee held a meeting two weeks ago with the Fire Chief present. Clarence Rekstad, member of the committee, had been notified that the committee would meet, but could not be reached the evening the meeting was held, Cartwright said. Cartwright reported the committee came to no conclusion regarding the various fire hose bids. He said f#a Rysgaard, committee member, and the Fire Chief favored purchase of nylon hose, but since the 49~ specifications read otherv~ise, the committee took no action. After discussion of the fire hose bids which the committee felt conformed with specifications, Hustrulid Fire Hose moved that the Village accept bid of the Minnesota Fire Equipment Company, of Minneapolis; namely, ~~1.51 per foot, F.O.B. Falcon Heights; 2~ 10th prox,, 60 days net, on 500 ft. of 22" ~`~wlill`~ 2~8 double jacket white untreated fire hose with 2-lug couplings, and that certified checks covering deposits of the unsuccessful bidders be returned. Stenzinger seconded and motion carried unanimously. Landscape Shavor reported on negotiations for landscaping service Village Hall needed for the Village Hall grounds, stating that Engineer grounds Carley had established grades and drawn up specifications. Later the engineer made some changes in the specifications and a bid for landscaping the grounds for under X500.00 was secured. Shavor said the change in the specifications requires seeding of the area instead. of sodding. Medical Emergency Stewart reported on his discussionswith Health Officer, Plan Dr. Krezowski and other local doctors as to a proposed medical emergency plan for the Village. Under the proposed plan a number of Falcon Heights doctors and some in nearby areas would answer emergency calls at the request of the patient's relatives, with the understanding that the patient would receive a statement for such services, but that the Village would assume no obligation for such payment, also that the doctor answering the call would release the patient to a physician of the patient's choice at any time desired. Ste~rart stated that several residents also expressed the desire for such emergency service, especially in coronaryT and similar emergencies. He said that addresses of doctors participating in the proposed plan, their phone numbers and when available for call, could be furnished to our Fire and Police departments so as to be available on call 2!t hou rs daily, After discussion, Stewart moved adoption of the proposed medical emergency plan as submitted, Hustrulid seconded and motion carried unanimously. 1 Cities Service ~ Cartwright moved that plot plans furnished by the Cities Oil Company Service Oil Company in connection with the proposed filling station on the southeast corner of Larpenteur and Snelling be referred to Per. J.E.P. Darrel, of the State Highway Department, and to the County Engineer to determine if the entrances in particular. conform with traffic safety regulations and recommendations of the state and county. Hustrulid seconded and motion carried unanimously. Adjournment: On motion, the meeting adjourned at 11:10 P.M. ~e~ , Cle Approved: ~~~ ~ ~ ayor l