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Home My Public Portal AboutM 1939-12-19 - CC6i REGULAR i~~~EETI CdG~DECEi',~iBER _191939 The City Council of the City of ~.~ync~ood met in a regular sess- ion in the Council Chamber of the City Hall, 11331 Flaza Street, on above date, a.t 7:3C P. ~,t. In the absence of ~~Tayor Lake, the meeting Vaas called to order by the City Clerk, and upon roll call it showed the follo~r?in~~ present: Councilmen Christensen, r:?ever and Snyder. Absent: Councilmen Nation and Lake. The City Clerk announced that in the absence of the ~aiayor a motion Mould be in order for the appointment of a.r~~'ayor ~_ro tem and tem- porary chairman. Thereupon it ~nias moved by Councilman C'r.ristensen and seconded by Council :ran Weyer that Councilma?~ Snyder be appointed temporary chair- man. and Ytayor pro tern. All members of the Council present voting aye, , the T~~ayor declared the motion duly carried and it ~=as so or. tiered. ~°' It v7a.s moved by Councilman T~:eyer any'. seconded by Councilman Christensen that the minutes of the pr=vi_ous regular meeting of ~:~ecember 5, 1939 be approved as v~!ritten. A11 members of the Cerunoi? ~_ r~~Ge-nt vot- ing aye, the R~ayor declared themotion duly carried. WRITTEN CONI~~~~UNICATIONS: A communication v-as received from the ~~Iunicipal Finance :~`ff'ice7s' Association recommending that some officer be appointed to report the earnings of all. employees for thf calendar year 1~3p to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue before February 15, 194~~. Thereupon it was ,roved by Councilman Christensen and seconded by Counci,lma.n ~`~ieyer that City Treas- urere P;~offitt be appointed and deli r°nated as tr:e Officer to report the earnin~;s of Gity employees of the City of Lyn~lood to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue as required by lave. All members of the Council present voting; aye, tree T,~ayor declared the motion duly carried. A communicaticr was received fro.Y! C. T. Gilliam & Associates offerin~~ to make a survey of tree expenses involved in Street Lighting and ?Rater pumping, the cost not be :^ore than one-half of the actual savings and benefits derived by t'r~e City. There being no objection, sai.~' matter ~R7as referred to the City Engir_eer for study and report. A communication alas received from Claude Clark, President of the Eedera`ed Church Brotherhood, submitting a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of said body ~1'r}ich recorZrnends that the Council rigid- ly enforce Ordinance i`1o. 299, a.nd a.ry other anti-gambling Ordinance now n effect. There l~in~ no ob.tection, said matter ti'~a.S referred to the City Attorney Ruby to c'r_eck into the contents of the Ordinance and re~aort his findings at t};.e next meeting of the Council. A communication was received frog the Board of Fire Underwriters of the Pacific enclosing a. copy of report on the Acceptance Test run re- cently made on Seagrave P~ariper No. A3C3C which the City recently v_urchased, showing that the test v~ras entirely satisfactory and is acceptable to this office a.s a sta.nda_~~d pug?per of ?5C gallon= per minute rating. There being no objection, said ccmmunication and report ~rere ordered filed. The health report ~~~as rFCeived and ordered filed. UNFIPdISHED BUSINESS: City Attorney Ruby addressed the Counci7_ to the effect that up- on investi~~ation re finds that tre land tY~..= t tree City recently purchased as a. park site is leased by an indivi dual and that same has two years to run, stating that they a.re pa.yi n~: a r~nta:l fee of '~6';O.OC per year, x`300 ''"+~~ being due in January a.nd X300 in July of next year, therefore suggesting that the Council authorize hire to :'lake d_e;:and that the Ja.nua.ry payment be paid into escrot~, and_ sL:bse~_-ue,~t rental fees be paid to the City of Lym~rood. Thereupon it ti~ias :roved by Gouncilr.,an C~ ristensen and seccnded by Councilman ~',"eyer that the City Attorney be authorized an~~: instructed to hake a de;r,anc~ that said_rayment of °~30~. due i n January be deposited in escror,~ to inure to thF Cit~,r of LynM=ood. All r~ie~nbers of the Geuncil present voting a:ye, the '~.a~ror declared the motion du1r carried and it tx.as ao ordered. An opinion was received Elam the City P.ttorney in ccnnecticn ~r.~itr~ tY~e sug~-estion th.~ t a.n ordinance be a~~~?^ted tiA,^ich c~~~uld discontinue the granting of a. r.iscount to all Tr•-ter e,ncumers ~i'ro pa.y their v~tater bills on or before the 2~?th of each north, and substitute therefor a penalty after the 2"th of eacr~ month, etatin~ that in his opinion he does r.ot believe that such Or~_inance ;=?ould be legal, suggesting that the ac- counting system be revised to eliminate anT; confusion that may exist in ~~ the bookkeeping records on account of such discount. There bein~• no objet- tion, the communication was ordered filed. A communication was received from t'~~e Pacific Electric Railway Company to the effect that they have not completed their investigation in conr~ectior, with recuest far ::ore lights for the outside waiting room at their station, hov~Tever, that they will, after which they wi]_1 communicate further so advising. NE'N BUSINESS: The City Glerk stated that two fire insurance policies expire on January 30, 1940, covering buil^ing~s a.nd contents, being for coverage of ~10,00~0.00 each and Al Youngs being the a;=ent who wrote the insurance last time. Thereupon it z~^a.s moved by Councilman ^'eyer and_ seconded by Councilman Christensen t'r1a_t Al Young be requested to rewrite said, fire insurance for a terrri of three years ar.d divide commissions equally betU•.~een the following agents: T~+Iessrs. Claude L. Reber, A, L. Young, Wood and Wood, H.F. Zeiser, Floyd- B. Rowlee, G. VP. Rehfeld, E. S. Cava.nugh, F. B. Roberts and James ~". Walker. Roll Call: Ayes: Councilmen C'r~ristensen, T;Ie~~er and Snyder.• Aloes : PTOne Absent:Council.en Nation 2nd. Lake. The follo?fTing de~~ands v,Tere presented: GENERAL FUND P~'ATER DEPARTT~~IENT Petty Cash-Treas. Off, ~ 20.29 City Trea~c.urer 19.25 H. P. Camera Shop 11.49 CTeneral Fund 27.00 L. A, County Health 4.25 So. Calif. Tel. Co. 8.00 J.I~~1.E. Brown TC?. D. 5.00 General Fund 57.30 ~'. P. Fuller & Co. .80 Indu=trial Sta. & Ptg. Co. 37.70 Water Dept. 52.00 Payroll Account 481.00 John ',Nell s 50.00 Fomni TL~~f'g. Co . 146.05 Lyn~~;goo d Electric Co. 1.26 James, Jones Company, Inc. 132.76 ySo. Ca lif. Gas Co. 15.76 I. C. Stone & Sans 77.00 STREET Ii1IPRCtIEI~~ENT FUA1D Fierson-DeLane, Inc. 495.00 General Fund 95.88 Jimmie ?Nal~er 26.42 So. Calif. Gas Co. .85 C. H. Davis 16.63 General Fund 163.54 Industrial Sta. & Ptg. Co. 61.43 Payroll Account 380.00 City Shop 122.95 F. C, Parker 5.50 So. Ga.lif. Edison Co. 114.62 - So. Calif. Telephone Co. 98.43 '- Stores Inventory 159.24 T~v2ac's F i~: It Shop 1.00 Payroll Account 2, 417.09 It was moved by Councilman T~~eyer and seconded by Councilman Christensen that the der:~ands~ be allowed and warrants be drawn on theCity Treasurer for said various amounts. Roll Call: • Ayes: Councilmen Christensen, r~'eyer and Snyder Noes: None Absent ~ CounciL,len Nation and- Lake It Sias moved by Councilman Christensen and_ seconded by Council- man T~Feyer that the City Treasurer be instructed to deliver pay checks of City employees on the 20th of December in lieu of the regular payday of the 22nd in order to provide money for Christmas shopping. All members of the Council present voting aye, thie T~~la.yor declared the motion duly carried. It was moved. by Councilman '~eyer and seconded by Councilman Christensen that the offices of the City Hall be closed all day on Satur- day, December 23rd, 1939. All members of the Council present voting aye, the n~a,-;ror declared the motion duly carried. and it a?as so ordered. It eras moved by Councilman Christensen and seconded by Council- man ",ieyer that the meetinE adjourn to January 2nd, 194G, at 7:30 P.T,.i. All r~mbers of the Council present voting aye, the T~Ta.yor declared the motion d_ul.y carried and it was so ordered. T~~IAYO F TH CI OF LYNj~~'OOD ATTEST: CI'~Y CLERK, ~ CITY~~OF LYN~r'OOD~~