HomeMy WebLinkAboutgr00090_000002_pg100100 September 1, 1959
The regular meeting of the Mounds View Village Council was called to order by Mayor
James W. Gibson at 8:05 P.M. on September 1, 1959, at the Village Hall, 1450 West Highway
96.
The following members were present:
Mayor: James W. Gibson
Clerk: Earl E. Smith
Trustees: Donald Hodges
Melford Christensen
Deputy Clerk: Betty Walbridge
Legal Council: Richard Meyers
Treasurer:• Irene Edberg
At the opening of the meeting Mayor Gibson introduced Mr. Perry Malvin as an appointee
to the vacant trustee position on the council. Motion by Gibson, seconded by Hodges to
appoint Mr. Perry Malvin as new trustee to replace Mr. John Sullivan. After a lengthy
disnussion in which Christensen and Smith pointed out that they did not know the man and
was not aware of his qualifications and status as a candidate until this meeting Gibson
and Hodges voted aye; Smith and Christensen, no. Motion lost. Motion by Christensen,
seconded by Smith to appoint Allan Crane as new trustee. Smith and Christensen, aye; Gibson
and Hodges, no. Motion lost. Mayor Gibson sought the attorney's advise and the attorney
stated that the mayor carried two votes. Mayor Gibson then appointed Mr. jjalvin as trustee.
Motion by Christensen, seconded by Smith to delay the swearing in of Perry Malvin as Trustee
until the next meeting. Hodges, Smith, Gibson, no; Christensen, aye. Motion lost. Clerk
Smith swore in Perry Malvin as the new Trustee to replace klr, John L. Sullivan.
Clerk Smith read the minutes of the August 18th meeting. The following corrections
were made thereto: the paragraph referring to Ingram Rustad receiving a salary as Civil
Defense Director should be changed to receiving an expense account as Civil Defense Director.
In regard to the last paragraph involving the financial statement of 1958 Mr. Gibson stated
it was not proved one way or another, the council agreed to let the financial statement stand
as is and Mayor Gibson agreed to write the county attorney and tell him so. Mayor Gibson
then requested the attorney to check into the following five opinions:
1. Can the clerk of a village change the hours of a Deputy Clerk as setup by the
village council without the permission of the village council and recorded in the
official minutes of the village council?
2. Can a village clerk or village council grant a vacation to an employee of the village
without a motion of the village council and recorded in the village minutes?
3. Does the village clerk have the right and the authority to act as judge and jury
and question the integrity or the authority of the mayor of the village when the
mayor requests that the financial records be kept in the fire proof file in the
village office where he or anyone else may look at them at anytime?
4. Does the village clerk have the authority to lock up any of the vilage records so
that the mayor may not see them at anytime?
5. If there is a dispute between a member of the village council and the village clerk
as to the true facts of a meeting how can the dispute be settled and does the village
council have the right to order the clerk to correct the minutes?
Motion by Gibson, seconded by Smith that the attorney check the five opinions and render a
decision at the next regular council meeting which will be September 15. Motion carried
unanimously. Motion by Gibson to strike the last paragraph of the August 18 minutes. Motion
lost for a lack of a second. Motion by Christensen seconded by Hodges to approve the minutes