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Home My WebLink About12-13-55 Council Minutes1u~iNUT>/s or 'r1~TE M~ET1tuG~ Ol± 'T'HE V I LLACxE COITNC 1 L OT' "1'Ii I: V11,LAGE Oi~ L:CT'i"LE CAIVAllA ,. ;• b T'he regular meeting of t11e Council. of the Village of Lit- ti.e Canada was held at. the, Little Canada i'ire Hall on Tuesday, llecem- ber 13, 195x, at "7:3~ P,M. The following Council membc;rs were pre- sr-,ni;. Louis W. Melancon, iUayor; Roy P. Nadeau, Clerk; Carl Spooner, John. Vi. tale, 'trustees, Ed Loeff'l.er, `lrusi;ee, was absent. Also present were 1^red P. Nemmer, Vi.ilage Attorney, and Louis ,lesperson, Road Supervisor. The minutes of th<; regular meeting of November lst anal the special incetinq of November 1.6ttz were approved as read. ilQr. Joseph Oman, Justice; of Peace, was present, and explained the payment of certain fines which had been imposed by him on cases brought. to his court by deputy sheriffs. iV;r. Oman had remitted the fines to the Village Treasurer whereas they should Yra.ve been forwarded to the Cor.znty 't'reasurer. Upon motion by Vitale, seconded by ]Nadeau, it vans "RESOLVED, That the Clerk and Treasurer be and are hereby authorized and i.nstruct.ed to pay to tyre Couni;y of Ramsey the money erroneously paid into the Village Treasury by Joseph Oman, Justice of Peace, and said officers are hereby instructed to forward a checle :Poe the sum due to i;he County." .Ayes -• L~_ Nays _ 0 'T'he resol.ul.ior. was adopted. Ur. Nadeau explained that he ha.d received a check from the Northern States Power Company .in September in tyre amount of ~br,31a_5.,5G and that. he ha.d received information now from the Village Engineer and T;he Northern States Power Company that, the, remittance by the Northern States Power Company was made in error. The sum for which i;he company remitted in i;oi;al involved payments to Roseville, Little Canada and New Canada Township. `the amount owing to Little Canada was actually ~2f~.j.00, rot.lowing this explanation the. Counc.ii agreed that, remittance should be made without delay but that the Northern States Power Company ought to send a letter of explanation to have in our files. iJpon motion. by Vitale, sec, onded by Spooner, it was "RESOLVED, That the Clerk and 'Pr¢asurer are, hereby authorized and instr•uctcd to reimburse the Regular ]vleeting -~ December i;;, 1957 Northern States Power Company for overpayment in the amount of °6?_,100.,,0 upon receipt from the Nortlrrn States Power Company of a letter of ex- planat.ion." Ayes _ tl. Nays -- 0 1'he resolution was adopted. ttr< Merumer explained to the Council that he h.ad received a letter from the State Liquor Coimnissioner pertaining to closing hours and he read an amendment to the liquor licensing .law in the form of a new ordinance which would be numbered f20> Spooner moved to adopt ORDINANCE /{20 AIV ORDINANCE A1U1)`;NDTNCx SECTIOiV 19 OF ORDINANCE ;;E 111 1~'NT I TLED , "Aid ORD I NAIVCI: -REGULA'1" I IVG TI-I)=, SALE OF IIV'I'OXICATING LIQUOR Pli'1'H.IN T}iE VIL- hAGi~ OF LI'TTL,F, CANADA, PROVIDING FOR SUCH SALES t-1X DlJL.~' I.IC>•;i'VSED PiRSONS, ESTAI3LIS1-ISI~ICi REGULATIONS FbR TITE OPERATION OF PLACES wltERl3 SUCH IDiTOXICATI1uG LIQUOR IS SOLD, 1'RO- V I D I NG REGlJ1.,.GaT I O1vS FOR TI I L: GRANT S iuC3 OF SUCH LICE;ivSES, SE'I"I'TNG LICENSE FEES, PROVIDING PENAL'T'IES FOR 'T'HE VIOLATION THEREOF, AID RE- PEALIIVG A1.,L INCONS:tSTTN1' ORD]:1VANCLS. Nadeau seconded the motion. There being no further discuss.io?1, the IUlayor asked the Cierx to ca. 1.1 the roool. The roll being cal.lec9, there were Ayes !I, and Nays 0, as follows; T.., VJ, Nelanc,on Aye Ft. P. idadeau Aye C> Spooner Aye J. PJI< Vi. tale Aye So the ordinance was adopi>ed. Upon motion by Spooner, seconded by Nadeau, it vaas "RTSOLV/ED, That the Village recognize the heating and Air Conditioning L,xamination Board as the of:Pi.ci.al. examining body for gas i.nsta,ller .licensees in the VilLace of Liti:le Canada." Ayes - I{. Nays - 0 The resolution was adopted. PJlayor Melancon explained tb.ahe Council that he ha.d sub- mitted a petition to ti-ie Post Office for a change of mail route which the Post Office had granted, .. Regular Meeting - December 13, 1975 1~9r. IUemrner suggested that the Post Office be requested to install a mail collection box somevhere in the Village, of Little Can- ada. Upon. motion by Spooner, seconded by Nadeau., it was "RESOLVED, That the Cour~cii formally request. thai; the Post Office Department of St. Paul, asiting that a mail collection box be installed in the Vi.lla.ge of I..ittle Canada somewhere along Little Ca'~-- ada Road and tPrat. the Clerl: be instructed to forward to the Postiraaster a copy of this resolution," Ayes -~ ll. Nays - 0 The resolution Baas adopted. Mr. Nadeau read a letter ingineer, stating that no building property described as Lots 13, i~l- unless and. until the owne,r~ thereof solving the drainage problem which those lots. 'The C1er"It was advised for to this effect. from lUli lner VJ. Carley, Village permit should be issued on the end 15, Block LY, 'Terrace Heights, ma]<es suitable arrangeme.r,ts for would be created by fi.iling in to instruct the Building lnsper,- 'I'h.e Clerk gave the Council the following report on the Village election oi• December 6, 19?5~ iiCiay o r• 1_.. U!. Melancon . 192 Pdo oppositiorr L. W. Mel.ancon elected. T1"USt(:e: ldvaa.rd R. Loeffler . 1~7 No oppositiorr Edward R. Loeffler elected. 'Treasurer: li. W. Ehnstrom . 175 No oppositiorr E. W. Ehnstrom <:Iected. .Iustice oi• Peace, T~iyron R, Peterson. . 160 IVo oppositiorr Myron R. Peterson elected. Constable: henry G. Auge. . . 119 Paul ) Holmstrom. f31 IIenryv. Auge elected. '1•otal number of v es cast - 211; ballots sp• ed - 3. Regular iUteeting - December 13, 195`; Upon motion by Vitale, seconded by Spooner, it was "RESOLVED, "That the Clerli be and is hereby authorized to transfer ~~2,100.00 from the General fund to the Fire fund." Ayes _ 1.~. A~ays - 0 The resolution was adopted. Alr. Memrner reported to the Council the fact that Mr. i"ack- lam on Lal3ore Road is using his premises i'or a jun7t yard. Upon motion by Spooner, seconded by Vitale, it was "RESOLVED, That Mr. 1'ac}tiam be notified that he mvzst clean up his premises by May 1, 1956 and tha.i thereafter no further ,junlt operations wi11 be per.mitt,e.d." Aye s - !; Nays - 0 The resolution was a.dopte<]. The Clark explained that ~C.he Village owns the property on which the Flee 1-Ia11 is located; also that the Fire Hall itself and all of the equipment was purchased and paid for by the Little Canada Volunteer Fire Department, a Minnesota corporation. 11e also explained i;i~at recently the Fire Department has bought additional land con- sisting of thirty-five feet (3; ft.) on the Fast side of the present property of the Village and twenty-five feet (?~ ft.) on tiro South side. 'Che Fire Department. has paid approxinaat.ely 1717.,000.00 for this land and has submii;ted the fol7.owing proposal to the Village: That the Fire Department wi11 convey this additi.onai land to the Village and the Fire Department wi7.1 also construct at ii.s expense an addi- tion to the Fire 11a11 wlrich will. be used as a meeting room. In return for conveyi.ny the land 'to the Village the Tire Department wants the Village to grant the Tire Department a fifty-year lease on the premises. 'Phis rnat.ter was discussed at lengt7r and upon motion by Vitale, seconded by Spooner, it was "RESOLVED, 'C}zat the Village does hereby accept the additional. property from t.1~e Tire Department and also authorizes the preparation of a fifty-year ).ease on the premises, to be executed by the Vil- lage officials. The Village Attorney is hereby in- structed to draft the necessary deed and lease t.o accomplish t;he intentions of the Village .and the Fire Department." Ayes _ )_~ Nays - 0 The resolutionx was adopted. Upoz: motion by Nadeau, seconded by Spooner, it wa.s "RESOLVED, 'Chat t.h.e Road Supervisor, ltflr. Louis Jespers. be and is her°eby authori d and instructed - (Y - hegular Meeting - December ],3, 195> to maintain a skating rinlt for the people of tine Village on Savage Lane and also on Lalte Gervais>" Ayes - ~~. Nays - 0 "I'!ze resoi~ztion tua, adop,teda upon motion by Spooner, se<:onded by Vitale, the, meeting adjourned at 9:10 P.M. Respectf'u11y giik>mitted, .~avaae,au, C1e