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HomeMy Public PortalAboutM 1930-04-29 - CC~l ~DJOURN"uD ~'~'GULnB ~~TIF~G ~,~RIZ 29th, 1930. 'J,'he City council met in an adjourned regular sessions on above date at the pity Mall, 11331 ?'laza Street, at '7:30 '~. M. a~Iayor Snodgrass in the chair. councilmen Tvreedy, Skelton, lln.derson, Yimble and Snod- grass ansvrered the roll call. City attorney Hess and engineer ~3ateman were present. the minutes of the previous adjourned regular meeting of .~.pril 22nd were read and approved. ti`1RI`.t'TBId C~:'~~IUNICATIONS A wri ten communication was received from the Lynwood Chamber of Commerce inviting the Council and official family to attend their meeting Thursday noon I;ia~? 1st. It was moved by Councilman eke It on and s e cIInde d by C o unc ilman ~'we e dy that the Council accept the invitation and as many as can attend. I;Totion was carried and so ordered. ~~ written communication was received from the 1'ae ific Electric ~~ailway regarding tho drainage proposition at 4231 I'ern- wood =venue. I~,yor Snodgrass appointed Councilman 'vaeedy and City, r~ttornpy Less as a committee to confer with the ~'ngineer of the ~~ailroad ~%ompany regarding this matter. A resolution on firmistice Davy Observance from hyncvood Post X30. 85, ~ihe l~merican Legion, was receivew. It was mowed by Councilman ~~ndersonand seconded by Councilman 'weed~,T that the pity council cooperate with the 1'.merican Legion in the promotion of and conducting of armistice day- progra3~s in the Cit~r of Lynwood each year. 7:-iotion was carried and so ordered. An invitation from the Long Beach Boulevard tjssoeiaton was received. It eras moved bJ~ Couucilman ;~kelton and seconded by Councilman ~inderson that same be filed with the Glerk and those desiring to go take advantage of the invitation. Motion was car- ried and so ordered. ~s Communication was ing that the Council grant her Hess informed the ~auncil that arias to former officers . 1'he~ Skelton and seconded by ~%ounc is write r~Irs . Rutter informing hey Council to grant her request. ~~ written c ommunicaJ~ nell and Associates, '?n.blic .~cc auditing the financial records moved by councilman y~imble and that same be ordered placed on ordered . received from dice ~~. Rutter ask- vacation tivith pay. City ~sttorney they had no authority to pay sal- eu?~on it was moved by Gouncilm~ man tinderson that the City Clerk that it is impossible for the Lldtion was carried and so ordered. ion was received fror~Iarry .~. Bon- ountants and 11uditars regarding and accounts of the City. It was seconded by Councilman 1inderson file . I~Tot ion vras carried and ~ o It was moved bT; Councilmon .~nderson and seconded b~- Councilman Skelton that in the future the reading in full of all communications, applications, ate., be dispensed vrith and that the City ~%lerk merely state the nature of the communication, application, etc., unless the ~%ouncil instruct him to read same in full. roll Call: ~s,~es : councilmen `twee dy, Skel ~ on, mnderson, Iamb le ,Snodgrass . Does: Done. l'he following applications for employment were received: ~. p:. }~rkfitz, applying for a position on the ~''olice Department or i'ire Department; ~. C. I~eadley applying for position as Building Inspector; Geo. ~. `~c~onald applying for position as Building Inspector; ~. L. Hodge applying for position as Janitor; ~. G. Merrill applying for position as `tract Superintendent; Iilary Z. Scott applying for position as police T;Iatr:on; and s'rank Bober applying for position of any nature v~rth City. There being no objection, the ~"ayor ordered the applications placed on file. Report from the County ~iealth .department was received and ordered placed ion file . ~i written communication fron Asia Becotte asking per- mit to open a card reading parlor in the CitGr of I~yn~vood, was re- Q:eived. It was moved b~- Councilman Anderson anal seconded bar Coun- cilman Skelton that she be granted the permit subject to the scrutiny of Chief Done y. Roll Gall: Ayes : ~%ouncilmen Skelton, Anderson, Kimble and Snodgrass. I1'oes : IZane . I3ot Voting: Councilman ~'tFTeedy. ~. petition was received from prop:ert~ owners in the ~~ ~ovrney 't''ract signed b~- ~~arr~T 1witchell and 4~ other propert~7 o~~ners, petiti~~ning the Council to improve Colyer, Cornish, Hulme, ~~t~.ndard, aampson and Jackson Ixvenues and lel*ris goad pith sidewalks, curbs, water service, ~,•ut ter, pavement and cast iron street lights . It yaas moved b~ councilman ~'weed<<- and seconded b~• councilman Skelton that same be referredto yngineor Bateman for checking. doll Gall: fives: Councilmen 1ti=reedy,~kelton,:s~nderson,I•~irnble Snodgrass. I1oes : ddone . ~. resolution was presented regarding the abatement of ,feeds in the Git~~ of ~,yr~.~°rood and its; ~lttorne~T Hess stated tYr t he wished t o check same before any action be taken b ~; the C Dune i1. Cit, Clerk ~+7~derson vas instructed b~; the T.~.~~or to get pric®s on electrical permit books for -wilding Department from local print- in~~ fires ORfii~ C vI'~it1i,TICy~'' I~ HS %~. Z~idle~, Cit?- ~~anager of Compton addressed the Council regardin ~ the improvement of Belle '~ern~n Boulevard f Santa ~~'e ~ , stat- ing that the plans came before the Council a~ Common and he had been delegated to get in touch crith the Council of Lyn~7ood to find out their sentiment relative t o the drainage proposition l~~rhich is pro- posod to run along said roue . ^,fter considerable discussion regard- ing this matter, I:ayor ~nodf~rass informed Cit;~~ I'~anager didley that the Cit,~;~ Council .;f Z~?nyrood ~srere not in a position at this time to give a definite ansWaer on this pr ©position as they mere not fully informed as to the cost of same, etc., and thL~t the~T ~rould check up vrith :engineer Batemsn'regard.ing same and report back to the GitJT Council .of Compton. ~. ~3. Gray also addressed the -~oard regarding this matter. Ld. Ingram residin ~ on California qtr©et addressed the Council relative to the unsiF~~htl~,• condition of the ground at ~?lant No. 2 of the grater ~epartrnent. ta'ater ~unerintendent Cummings stated that the condition would be remedied very soon. ~ . `?. ~-organ residing on Orchard street addcessed the Council relative to the clean-up campaign, stating that 'nis neighbor had cut off some palm limbs presuming that tYze ;street Department would pick same up, but u~? to date the ~ have not done s o . street Cuperintnedent Cogs~rell st~:ted thG.t the street ~epartrient rnen had not covered all the streets as het and have not been in his district at all, but ti~rould pick sar:~e up "hen they; get t'rre-re . '~+ater Commissioner finders on reported th:~t t:r~e water situa- tion in ~entu-ry square had beon taken care of. ~aater superintendent Cummings stated that the lo~Fr water pressure eras due to a broken water pipe , also that a tirater plug had been gulled gut . Ur1FIT~IaI-y.B BU~aT1 ~~ Cit~,= .r~ttorne~~ Bess reported in regards to the a~~ount of bond required on Cit~7 of_Cicials, stating th~.t he could not ~°ive complete information, but that he had called a fetiv -~onding• Corlp~nies and they inworrned hire t'n~lt the a;?proximate ~:anount of bond carried for `y'reasurers liras ~~.bout one-fourtY~ o-r one-third of the maximum amount of mone~T the `t'reasurer handles betti~~een auditing periods. ~it~ ~~ttorno~: ~~ess also reported reg~,rdin~: the resolution for circulating of ~~etitions for ant;7 improvement in the City.- of I~~~n- c~rood, which he arras instructed to dra~~r up at the last ra©etin~;, stat- ing that ~, co:~~,- arras in the hands of Councilman ~ke3ton for considera- tion b.~, the Council. This matter tiJas laid over until next meeting. c It eras moved b~- Councilman Skelton and seconded b~~ Gouncil- man _-ndc-rs on that the City '-reasure r be bonded in the amount of ~15,0OO.OU, the assistant 't'reasurer for -;2,500.00 and the Citt,° Llerk for ~~1,000.00. F.~~ 11 G~11: .~.~es: councilmen T~treed~-,~kelton,~`~_nde~•san,Irimblo s.nd Cnodgrass. Hoes : T?one . ~yhe I-favor declared a recess at x:30 and. 2.t 9:45 the meeting was called to order. pity l~ttorne- Hess reported back on the resolution for a- batement of weeds in the Cit~;~ of ::~,mcaood at this time, stating that the resolution was not sufficient in t?~~at it did not contain a des- cription of the properties affected. `a'he-reupor_ it eras moved by Council- man S~imb le and seconded b`,~ C Dune ilm~.n ~°lnde rs on that the C itv C leak be instructed to fill in tY~e descr~.ption of pro~erti :s assessed last year in order that tY~e resolution gill comply. ~ritb. the law. moll Gall: .F:.U~es~ Councilmen '~'weedy,~kel~on,Anderson~.Y~imble and unodgrass. Noes : Hone . It ~°ras moved b; Councilman ukelton and seconded b~ Council- man r~weedy that .~~ssistant 't'reasurer Sylvia T:Titts act as Court Clerk ~~ ~Q ~: and that h~ r salary.? be increase d from ;100.00 t v ~",110.00 and the Cit, ,attorney be instructed to draw u~~ a salary Ordinance for same j~o11 Call: !yes: Councilmen,~~ti~~eedy,~l~elton,~,nderson,F~imble ~. Snodgrass Noes : Tone . City ~ttorne~~ Hess stated ~h. t the records of the City of Zs,~.wo od did not have a salary ordinance for various tirorkmen of the ~%it~, calbng the attention t o the C ~uncil th~~t the 1a~r s o re- gizires . ~}hereu on the ?~:~ayor instructed the City clerk to procure the name of all ~ity employees and submit same to City Attorney Hess so that he can draw up a salary;• Ordinance ~r~hich will comely with the law. ~~~ was moved b~T Councilman T~irnble and seconded by Coun- cilman Tweed) that ~'eG.rl I~iorris be appointed Deputy in the City Clerk's office on probation of the Counci 1 and ~%lerk ~.t a salary of x;,110.00 per month and the Cit~T ~~tto-rney be instructed to dracnr un a salary +Ordinance regarding same. Roll ~a1.1: 1yes : Councilmen vreedy,Skelton,Andprs on,L:imble c. Snodgrass . Noes : Tv one . It was moved by Councilman Kimble and seconded by Coun- cilman Skelton that the books be audited for the last four gears and that the I:~ayor appoint a committee Frith power to act regarding employing reput~.ble public accounts for the audit. Roll Call: Ages: Councilmen 1'wo©dy,Skelton,~=nderson,Himble ~,nd Snodgrass. Foes: Done. ~:~a~~or Snodgrass appointed Uouncilmen ~:imble and Tweed~T. 2~~a.yor Snodgrass appointed Councilman llddie ~. gimble as Commissioner of Health and Pu'g3.ic Safety and stated that the other Councilman would retain the Departments previously appointed to them, to-wit: Forrest Snodgrass,Commissioner of Finance, ~~. :S. Skelton, Cor:imissianer of Tire and notice, Jackson ~i'ti,~eedL-, C'ornmissioner of Street and Parks I~,rs C . underson, Gor:~missioner of eater and bights It Trras moved b;~ Councilman l~nderson and seconded by -Coun- cilman Tweed;- that the office of Assistant Clerk in the ~+`ater Depart- ment now held ~y s~ril. Bailey be declared vacant and that 'fir. t"T. Chap- man be employed in his place at a story of 560.00 per month for half time service, and at the same rate for services in addition to half time, effective ~~a~;~ 1st, and that the City httorney be in- structed to draw up a salary ordinance for same. Roll Call; Ages: ~%ouncilmen `IZFreedy,Anderson,Y,imble and Snodgrass. Noes: None. Not Voting: Councilman Skelton. 1'he following demands E~ere presented: GENERAL :FUND : GEI3~~,4:i~ FUND CON' l' . Roscoe R. Hess X5.00 Chas. ~.. Acker 92.50 Sylvia T~Titts 50.00 Gladys Buell 50.00 George ~:~ . done y 112.50 Uhas .r . Cumr.~ings l .00 H . ~% . Gardner 100.00 J . ~.~ . 'rant 2.00 PlovTd Richardson 92 .50 ~'. k~ . I,aier 2.00 Claire Dederick 92.50 S°; . Daetweiler 3.00 Joe Beier 92.50 R. RodLrell 2.00 Jno . ?;' . ~e nee tt '75.OU H . Rutter 1.00 u. {. 1'er~rilliger 75.00 I.:7. J. Schwenk 2.00 ~;dgar ?~ . Sharp 92.50 ~ . Zevris 4.00 C . ~~ . j~oberts 93.'75 ~ . Gallaher 2.00 "d. B. Crumley 81.25 G. h. Gallaher 8.00 S. Critchfeidl 8'7.50 J. ~iilliams 65.00 arch G . ~,~cZ~:y 50.00 G . rr . Mice 65.00 Arthur ~:~ . Cessna 62.50 ~C~ . T:1. Gehart 1.31 John `.~ . Fairbanks 110.00 I:~illard ~' . Johnson 239.45 ~~ . ~' . Skelton 10.00 STET Du:~?A~?Ti,~TIT ~~.rs G. Anderson 10.c;0 xloyd ie ar son 25.00 Jackson Tweedy 1 O.pO Joe Beier 5.00 .~.ddie Yirnble 5.00 Ohas . .mac ke r 5.00 Forrest D.Snodgrass 5.00 ~'. ?:~. porter 65.00 ~~ . ~r . .~nde rs on 15 8.00 R . ~~ . Be 11 '75.00 Chas . (:. lee d 60.00 Ira L . Cogswe 11 93.5 ~~` . 0 . DeBusk 65.00 20 j1~1~.TL11 ~=x~ti;.~T11-:1~i` B. Oockerill 24.00 -`-. '°c oberts 24.00 G. ~~ . Haddock 12 .00 ~ . ~'aY 12 .00 . J . Hati~ley 12 .40 Z. J'. Roberts 24.00 C . ~1. ri iggins 12~ 00 A . y~ . ':~U,rshall 12 .00 J . y~ . hite le J 16.00 H . J . Graco 513.50 '~l. ~~umrnerfield 4.00 ~. y~odz;~ell '75.00 . I:nuc ke ~ 16.00 ~ ~ . ~ . Dark 52.00 Carl Foos 16.00 Ii. ~ . ~~utte-r '75.00 Geo . Froee 12 .00 C . y Cummings 93.75 J. Ij. Bushed 4.00 C . ~+. ?t~:~rley 15.00 C . 0 . ~~e ith 26.00 'slm . Bai1e vT 30.00 C . Br~~ant 60.00 It was moved b~;- ~ouneilman T~reed~ and seconded b~. Goun- eilman eke lion that the demands be allowed ani vTarrants ordered drawn on the Cite treasurer for said various mounts. Ro11 Oall: ~'~~~es : Oouncilman Skelton,Tweed~r,l~ndtiRlrson,?~imble and Snod- grass . Tao es : TTo ne . It was moved b~- ~%ouncilman Skelton and seconded b~? Coun- cilman ~inderson that the meeting adjourn to :~'uesda;; night lTa~r 6th, at '7:30 I'. 1:~. i.'otion tTras carried anc~ so ordered. ~ `. t ,. i i /~ 7 T.i€i R `:.-F i t C,L T`: C'F MOOD • .~TTES J ,~, ~s T~ 0 +' CITY OF ZY ~ d OD .