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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-04-55 Council MinutesMINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF LITTLE CANADA The regular meeting of the Council of the Villa e of Lit- tle Canada was held at the Little Canada Fire Station on ~uesday, January 1+, 1955 at 7:30 P.M. The following Council members were present: Louis W. Melancon, Mayor; Roy Y. Nadeau, Clerk; Edward R. Loeffler, Carl Spooned, Johrr M. Vitale, Trustees. Also present were Fred P. Mernmer, Village Attorney, Oscar F. Londin, building Inspector, Albert C. Johnson, Electrical Inspector, and Ernest Ehnstrom, Treasurer. The oath of office was administered to officials who were elected on December 7, 1951. S~-corn in were Roy P. Nadeau, Clerk, John Vitale, Trustee, Joseph Ornan, Justice oP Peace, and Joseph Auge, Canst.ablev These newly elected officials each signed a written copy of his oath of office, all of which were filed with 1a~e Clerk as a permanent record of the Village. The minutes of the last. meeting were read and approved. Upon motion by Nadeau, seconded by Vitale, it was "RESOLVED, That. Carl Spooner be appointed as acting mayor to act in the absence of the Mayor f'or the year 195j." Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 The resolution vras adopted. Upon motion by Loeffler, seconded by Vitale, it was "RESOLVED, That Philip O. Ducharme be appointed as assessor for the Village of Little Canada for the year 1955." Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 The resolution was adopted. Upon irotion by Spooner, seconded by Loeffler, it was "RESOLVED, That the Clerlt be and is hereby authorized to obtain bonds for the village offi- cials who are required by law to be bonded." Ayes - 5 Nays «- 0 ~. The resolution vas ~,~~t,~ed. ~~ ° ~: regular Meeting - January L~., 1955 Upon motion by Loeffler, seconded by Vitale, it was VillageEAt.torFneytfor thedyearMly55~~~be appointed Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 The resolution was adopted. Upon motion by Loeffler, seconded by Spooner, it was "RESOLVED, That Oscar Londin be and i.s hereby appointed 13uilding Inspector and Albert C. Johnson be and is hereby appointed Electrical Inspector for the year 1955•" Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 The resolution was adopted. Upon motion by Spooner, seconded by Loeffler, it was "RESOLVED, Thal, Milner W. Carley be and is hereby appointed pillage Engineer for th.e year 1955." Ayes b 5 Nays - 0 The r•esolut.ion was adopted. Upon motion by Vitale, seconded by Loeffler, it was "RESOLVED, That Louis G. Jesperson be and i.s hereby appointed Superintendent of Roads and Streets for the Village of Little Canada for the year 1955 to be compensated on an hourly basis for work done, it being understood that he will actually do road and street work using his equipment. from tune to time as necessary and is authorized as Superintendent to engage the, services or equipment of other employees if, a,s and where necessary." Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 The resoiution vaas adopted. Upori motion by Nadeau, seconded by Spooner, it was "RESOLVED, That the Electrical Inspector's fees be and are hereby estabiishecl at the same rate for 195 as they were during 1954." Ayes _ 5 Nay> - 0 The resoiution was adopted. 2 Regular Meeting - January tl, 1955 Upon motion by Nadeau, seconded by Vitale, it was "RESOLVED, That Joseph Auge, newly elected constable, be and is hereby appointed as police officer for the Village to continue in that ca- pacity until further action of the Council, and that the Clerk provide badges at the expense of the Village as provided for other village police officers. Ayes - ~ Nays - 0 The resolution was adopted. Upon motion by Nadeau, seconded by Vitale, it. was "RESOLVED, That the Ramsey County Engineer- ing department be and is hereby designated and authorized to remove snow and to sand all village roads and do such other maintenance and improve- ment work as from time to time is ordered by the Village Council." Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 The resolution was adopted. Upon motion by Spooner, seconded by Loeffler, it was "RI;5OLVED, That the Clerk be and is hereby authorized to purchase all necessary supplies anal equipment in the conduct of his office and such other supplies a.s are required by other officers of the village." Ayes -~ ~ Nays - 0 The resolution was adopted. Upon motion by Vitale, seconded by Nadeau, it was "RESOLVED, That. the regular meeting date of the Village Council during the year 1955 be desig- nated as the first. Tuesday of each month at 7x30 o'clock P.M., the meeting place to be in the Lit- tle Canada Fire Hall." Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 The resolution was adopted. Uporr motion by Spooner, seconded by Loeffler, it was "RESOLVED, That the First State Ban}t of St. Paul be and is hereby designated as the arthori.zed depositary for village funds." Ayes - ~ Nays - 0 The resolution was adopted. - ~ - Regular Meeting - January !i, 1955 Upon motion by Loeffler, seconded by Vitale, it was "RESOLVED, That hereby designated as paper." the Rose 'T'ribune. be and is the offir,ial village news- Ayes - 5 The resolution was adopted. Nays _ 0 Upon motion by Spooner, seconded by Loeffler, it was "RESOLVED, That S. Edward Ericson be and is hereby appointed as deputy clerk of the vil- lage." Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 The resolution was adopted. The Mayor recognized Mr. H. D. Van Krevelen of the State Highway I)epartrnent who was present for the purpose of presenting new layout, plats of Highway ~~10 and a resolution requested by the State Highway Department.. Mr. Van Krevelen and another employee of the I-li.ghway Department who was with him presented maps and explained de- tails. A great number of questions were asked by the Council and other persons present. After discussion the Council took under con- side.rat.i on the proposed resolution which had been prepared by the Highway Department. Upon motion by Spooner, seconded by Vitale, it was "RESOLVED, That the resolution as prepared by the State Highway Department be and is hereby adopted and is inserted in and made a part of the minutes of this meeting and attached to these mintzt:es and fully set, forth herein." Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 The resolution was adopted. Mr, Van Krevelen, before leaving, told the Council, that he would be back at a future date with further construction details for Council consideration and approval. The, Mayor then recognized Mr. M. Tretter af' the Northern States Power Company. Mr. Tretter presented a map of the village showing the locations of homes and explained further about the Northern States Power Company~s plans to bring gas service into the Village. He explained t11at the homes North of County Road "B" from Rice Street to Edgerton could be serviced early this spring, Following Tretter~s explartation, Mr. Memmer, Village Attorney, called the attention of the Council to the fact that in the City of White Bear steps were being considered to form a competii:ive private gas distribution com- pany which would obtain its supply of gas from a northern natural gas (+ Regular Meeting - January (1_, 1955 company pipe line to be constructed from Farmington, Minnesota to Duluth, Minnesota. It was pointed out that the village probably should take cognizance of the developments in White Bear and inves- tigate them before making a final decision on granting a franchise to the Northern States Power Company. After considerable discussion the Council informally requested that the A~ayor appoint a committee of two to cherk into the devebpments at White Bear and report back to the Council at its February meeting. The Mayor promptly appointed John Vitale and Edward Loeffler 1:o make this investigation and report;. Such action having been taken, the matter of the gas franchise for Northern States Power Company was continued until the February meet- ing. The hour of eight o~clock having arrived, the Mayor re- verted the order of business to hearings that were set for that hour The first hearing involved the petition to vacate a platted road which had never been graded appearing on the plat. of Dawson~s Subur- ban Acre Lots running in a Northwesterly and Southeasterly direction and ltnown as Little Canada Road. Mr. Henry Schroeder of (1.10 E. County Road "B" stated that he was present in order to express him« self in favor of this vacation. No one appeared to oppose the vaca- tion. Upon motion by Nadeau, seconded by Loeffler, it was "RESOLVED, That the Little Canada Road, un- graded, which appeared in the plat of Dawson's Suburban Acre Lots running Northwesterly and South« easterly be and is hereby vacated and that. a copy of this resolution be filed with the Register of Deeds and such other county officials as the law requires." Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 The resolution was adopted. The next petition for hearing was a petition t.o vacate that portion of Morrison Street North of Park Street and South of Little Canada Road. The Clerk announced that notice of this hearing had been published and posted as required by law and Mr. Dion appeared in favor of the vacation. No persons appeared against it. Upon motion by Spooner, seconded by Vitale, it was "RESOLVED, That. Morrison Street: North of Park Street and South of Little Canada Road be and is hereby vacated and that a copy of this resolution be filed with the Register of Deeds and such other county officials as by law required." Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 The resolution was adopted. - j - Regular Meeting _ ,January 4.,1955 The next petition scheduled for hearing was a petition to rezone certain lots in Terrace Heights Addition on the corner of Rice Street and Demont Road, being the Southeast corner of that intersection. The Clerk announced that the notice of this hearing had been properly posted as required by the zoning laws and no per- sons appeared either for or against, the petition. The petition which was on file had been signed by all interested persons living nearby. Upon motion by Loef'fier, seconded by Nadeau, it was "RESOLVED, That the following described pro- perty be and is hereby rezoned from the classifi- cation of "A Residence." to the classification of "Business": Lots 1, 2, 3, i~, 5,26, 2`7, 28, 29 and 30 in Block 2, Terrace Heights, Ramsey County, Minnesota; and the Clerk is hereby instructed to notify the county authorities of this zoning change so it will be properly recorded." Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 The resdution was adopted. The AQayor stated that, the next order of business was the consideration of salaries for the Mayor and Council pursuant. to the authorization granted by the voters in the election of December 7, 1954.. Upon motion by Loeffler, seconded by Nadeau, it was "}2ESOL.VED, That the Mayor's salary be and is hereby established at Thirty-five Dollars (~~35,00) per month, said schedule to continue in effect, until changed by future Council action." Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 The resolution was adopted. Upon motion by Nadeau, seconded by Melancon, it was "RESOLVED, That the salaries of the three trus- tees be and is hereby established at Twenty-rive Dollars ($~>25.00) per month for each trustee, said salary schedule to remain in effect until future action by the Council." Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 The resolution was adopted. - 6 - Regular Meeting .- January L~., 1955 Upon motion by Spooner, seconded by Vitale, it was "RE;SOLVED, That the salary of the Village Treasurer be and is hereby established at Twenty- fi.ve Dollars 0625.00) per month, said rate to re- main in force until future action of the Village Council." Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 The resalution was adopted. Upon motion by I.oe.ffler, seconded by Vitale, it was "RESOLVED, That the salary of the Clerk be continued at Fifty Dollars 0650.00) per month." AYES - 5 Nays - 0 The resolution was adopted. Upon motion by Loeffler, seconded by Vitale, it was "RESOLVE.1), That the clerk be and is hereby authorized to employ clef°ical and secretarial assistance and that. such secretary be paid Thirty Dol.tars (~G30.00) per month." Ayes - 5 Nays - O The resolution was adopted. Upon motion by Vitale, seconded by Loeffler, it was "RESOLVED, That all money in the Drag Fund be transferred to the Road and. Bridge Rund and Chat the Drag Fund be discontinued since the law does not provide a Drag Fund for villages." Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 The resolution was adopted. Mr. Memmer informed the Council that the village can le- gally enter a contract with a volunteer fire association for fire protection within the village. He pointed out that this is estab- lished by an attorney general's opinion which was rendered in March, 7.951- to the attorney for the Village of Bayport, Minnesota, where that village employs the services of the Bayport Volunteer Fire As- sociation. It will therefore riot be necessary to seek any special legislation for this purpose. Upon motion by Nadeau, seconded by Spooner, it was "RESOLVED, "that the Village Council pay to the Little Canada Fire Department the sum of Three Thousand Dollars (~G3,000.00) for fire protection 7 _ Regular Meeting - January !~, 1955 during the year 1954 and that the Council im- mediately proceed to negotiate a contract with the fire association for the year 1952, this payment of Three Thousand llollars ($63,000.00) being made on the basis that such sum had been provided for in the taxes levied by the Town but which taxes were in fact paid to the Vil- lage after incorporation." Ayes - 5 Nays - 0 The resolution was adopted. Lip on motion by Spooner, seconded by Nadeau, the meeting adjourned at 10:30 P.M. Respectf-~}lly submitted, . waaeau - B -