HomeMy WebLinkAboutgr00090_000003_pg043PROCEEDINGS OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL
VILLAGE OF MOUNDS VIEW
RJ MSEY COUNTY, I:INNESOTA.
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A special meeting of the Mounds View Village Council was
called to order at 8:00 p. m,i May 31, 1960, at the Arden Hills
Village Hall, 140 West Highway #96.
Members Present:
Mayor PJlan.B. Crane
Clerk Earl E. Smith
Trustees Melford C. Christensen
Donald Hodges
Attorney Richard Meyers
Fiscal Agent Robert Ehlers
Engineer C. V. Comstock
Lester Knutson
Member Absent at beginning
of meeting: Perry Malvin.
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Allan Crane who
proceeded to call fcr bids for the construction of Waterworks
Project #1960-2 (Construction of laterals in the Pinewood and
Twelve Oaks areas.) lifter twice calling for bids and receiving
no submissions after the second call, Mayor Crane announced
that bids were closed. The following bids were received and
announced by the clerk and given to the Engineer Mr. Comstock
who read the amount of each bid for each project described with-
in the specifications:
1. Herbst Construction Company.
2. Sandstrom and Hafner, Inc.
3. Lam.tti and Sons, Inc.
4. F artini General Constractors,
5. Re and Excavating Co.
6. McKesson Sewer and Water, Inc.
Motion by Christensen, seconded by Hodges to accept the
bids and refer them to Comstock and Davis, Village Engineers,
for review with the specifidations for the project. 4 ayes,
motion carried. Mr. Malvin absent during call of roll.
Mayor Crane then asked for business from the floor and
upon such call, Trustee Christensen requested to be heard.
Mr. Christensen reported on the article carried in the St. Paul
Dispatch concerning the publicity received by the village regard-
ing certain actions by citizens in the village against the Vil-
lage Clerk. Mr. Christensen then stated that many of the facts
which appeared in the paper were not true and that much of the
news article in the St. Paul paper was instigated by one or more
citizens trying to do away with the present clerk by forcing his
resignation or as stated by these citizens "Out to get him" in
view of the situation surroun ;ing the clerk's election to office
in defeating a friend of these petbple. In view of the fact that
Mr. Christensen felt that much of the article in the newspaper
was not true or only half - truths, according to all the facts,
Mr. Christensen moved, seconded by Smith that a letter be for-
warded to the St. Paul paper asking that the paper check with