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02-11-24 RegularF G3 9' Council Chamber Februarq 11, 1924 The Council m in regular session, the 2dagor ;presiding. Present: Councilmen Malone, Ranson, and Walker. *. ;Absent: Councilmen Johnson and Sunda. _; The minutes of the previous meetings were read i ;and approved. ~. ;> ~,.. . r ~~ ~,: ,`, The C^ rk laid before the Council letter froms,: ~Attorneq Blau 1~ stating reasons whq he could not subIDi° to this session of the Council a street paving crdinano®;, also a letter from Sheriff Baker relevant to the naming o AL. L. Neil as a deputq sheriff. On the presentatdon of current bills, a motiot bq Mr. Walker, seconded bq Mr. Ranson was adopted, refer the bills to the Finance Committee. To complete the comb mittee the Magor had naigpd Mr. Malone as a member pro tC in the absence of Mr. Su'Enda. -The bills having been audited, on motion oft '~~; ~ ; ., VPalker, theq were reported back to the Council with the,; 'r; recommendation that th~eq be paid, and on roll call tha;bf were ordered paid by unanimous vote. Gou~silman Sunda appeared aid sat with the Coin The hour oY 8 o'clock. having arrived a motion b Mr. Ranao~hat 'the: reeept3on of bids -for: the:: ereetiari~ .4< the proposed Municipal Building be closed etas unanimously adopted. r~:~ Three bids were submitted: ~ r~~`, ,I7rwin J. Sinks, X1!3,365.00 ~~~; .~sv ~, :a ~. ~' ,1 r~ ~. ~,. ~' y+' '. ~' Mr. Walker being a member of the Council, tj~;e Mayor announced that there was a quorum,.oY the Council present without 2~4r. Walker, and he then retired before lany farther considera~$on of the bids sub~itted. i ;~< On motion of Mr. Ranson, seconded by Mr. Malone, the matter of awarding the contract was deferred until the architect could ~~' a eliminations to bring the cost of the ' ~~ ~:~. building with` appropriation, sll hide egoeeding tfie;~ available fund, the several bidders to be supplied with; k revised plane and given an opportunity. to revise thlir`bid to conform to the revised plans. The Clerk presented the appl3eation of Rhaden-- Brothers Por the erection of a building for storage or garage purposes on lot 6, block 69, facing on Swinton -° Avenue, connecting with the present building. The propose building to be one stor~`46' wide with a depth of 90', constructed of concrete blocks with built-np roof, at estimated cost of X2600.00. On motion of Mr. Raneon,,;i onded by Mr. Sundt', th~Clerk was directed to issue t] necessary permit. Mr.#Walker, Cbhirman of the Committee on PoliQe~ • ~ and Sanitation submitted an ordinance entitled: _,; AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE PARKING OF AUTOMO- BILES, OTHE~`VEHICLES, MOTORCYCLES, BICYCLES ON THE~PU~~C STREETS; REQUIRING THE USE OF MUFFLERS WITH THE CUT-OIIT.' CLOSED WHILE OPERATING IN THE CITY, AND PRESCRIBING PEA; ~ , >~:' TIES FOR VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE._, ~., do mo~ien et Mr. Ranson the ;~+~diaanoe was refs: ~' k _, u 4 ,. ` ~ ~~; K4.A ~:. Ito the Committee on Ordinances. j Mr. Malone, from the Committee on Ordinances, ~'~- !reported theordinanee back to the Council with therecom- >~~ ~ emendation that it be placed on its first reading, The ree- w ,ommendation having been approved, the ordinance was read m~, ~-~ ,a first time, and in full. On motion of Mr. Malone, the rules were suspend ,.~'~ and the ordinaewas read a second time, and by eaptio h, Mr. Malone, the ordinance declaring itselY to bE an emergency ordinance, moved that the ordinance be placed I Ion its third reading and final passage. The motion having (been sustained by unanimous vote-the ordinance was read a third time, and in fall. On the final passage. of the ordi `;, the vote. was unanimous. ,_ ~~ .-~ ~.--~' preset ~~~ { 'd as' .~,1* s ~a: .'~ .;3 of .the Ma .~ ,. ,3: is .N ~,: ~;; ;, The Council adjourned subject to .the call, ~k. 'tGL.EJIG Mayor. a~.~ The Clerk repotted to the Council that the owner of Block 132, and the S~ of the S2 of Block 131, and thes' Easy 135 oY the S} of Block 123 had not appeared or any data on which a deposit or contract coul.dbe-base thorized by the Council~nnder date of January 28 , 19 ,~,- ~? '"~: a- p ti .