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06-20-22 Regular Adjourned~:.;,; `.., .Council Chamber June 20, 1922. P Q M e "~ O?.. '~ O ~- d b s. he Council met in regular ad~oarned session, the presiding. Councilmen present were Mr. Jacobs, . Keen, Mr. Ranson,'Mr. Scott, and Mr. Sundy. Mr. George oP. Jonas, representing the Palm Beach Improvement Company submitted a request in writing to the Council asking for a proposition by which electric would be furnished the company for a develop_ proposition on the ocean front three miles from the southern line of the city drawn due east to the ocean. Mr: Jnoas further personally explained his desires ~u the Council and requested consideration of the matter an early response. The Council promised consider- tion. Mr. Strunk, representing'Fairbanka, Morse do Company s'. appeared before the Council and explained in detail the z` lease sys~e~"''and contract of the Company , having in mind the acquisition by the city of a 50 H.P. engine, and gave in detail figures of the approximate cast of the machinery under the lease system and the terms of ?' rental payments. ~' On motion oP Mr. Keen, seconded by Mr. Sundy, the ..~ Mayor and City Clerk were authorized to sign a contract with Fai~phks, Morse & Company in accordance with thB~ ~` proposition..of Mr. Strunk for consideration at the next ~:~. regular meet of the Council with view of ratification by ordinance,, roll call, the motion was adopted those ~~, ,: ~. r-r '~ O voting it the affirmative being Mr, Keen, Mr. Ranson, Mr. Scott, and Mr. Sundy, tdr. Jacobs did not vote. Bar. O. Helland submitted to the Council a verbal request for a contract with the City far a term of three gears by which he would be furnished electric current to operate a 35 H. P. motor, a 2 H.P. motor, and a 1 H.P. motor, twenty four hour service, at his ice plant, at a flat rate of ~10 per day, seven days per week, the contract to be terminated by the city if it was so desired after it was ascertained that the O rs 4: ~' o- F... :' ~~ current could not be furnished for said compensation upon giving 60 days notice and the purchase of the electrical equipment installed in'view of the aceep~ tance of this proposal,less proper deducgions for (depreciation, f- A motion by Mr. Keen that it is the sense of the Council that the proposal of Mr. HeTland be accepted ~, r and that the Clerk draw a contract embodying the .terms ~3 of the. proposition to be submitted to the Council for g approval,. was unanimously adopted. ~` On motion of Mr. .Jacobs, seconded by Mr. Scott, George A. Long was employed as engineer to make a y ~ tracing and blue prints of the existing water system, ~" ~ ararT and of the .proposed extension of the system, the eom-~' pensatior~~i~he ?30.00. The moony was, on roll call, adopted by unani- ~~ ~~ =; mous v VVV Cler * a,.Mayor ~ s ,t Aa