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Home My Public Portal AboutM 1925-04-08 - CC~~ ~~Jrit Oral Rcpt ITnf C~d,journed Regular t~teeting C~nril B 1925 1925 a,!-'1,3p P,~-~-. The Board of ~i~'rustees of the Citzr of L,vnwood met in adiourned regular session at the City- Hall 205 `~' r~ulford Ave Z~Jednesday April 8, Present: Trustees Hotz Anderson Sherer Tweed`T Schouten Absent: None President Schouten in the Chair. City Catty and Clerk present `l'he minutes of the meeting of April 1 1.925 were read and ap- proved Coms A communication from A ~' `1'hornas asking that action be taken in the matter of the condemnation of a certain struct,tire claimed to be a nuisance and fire menace of_ lots 35 and 36 block 22, was read and refer- red to the City Atty for retort . Coms I:2r Scrimsher called the attention of the Board to ]_ack of drain- age at ir~terseetion of 'r~.c]_id Cwe and Belle-Vernon Cave. This was referred to the CityT mgr Courts "Jester Commissicner Anderson reported that his department contem- plated taking up a certain iir.used, and unnecessary, 3" wooden pine line on Virginia St in tract 6554, and stated that he thought the same could be dispcsed of to the advantage of the City. President Schouten, as Commissioner of F'inar~ce, reported that he had made partial arra~xgements for an audit of the City accounts, 'put that same would not be done for several weeks Bus This being; the time and place set for the receiving of sealed bids, or proposals, for the work of improvement as contemplated under Resolution of Intention Ido 229, the Clerk reported that certain bids were on file. On motion made and carried the Clerk was instructed to oven, examine and publicly declare all bids on file for this work, where- upon the Clerk opened, examined and publicly declared bids from the fol- lowing~ persons : carry T Brown, Frank p flROSher, Chas R 'TJest, The FrzT Bros Contracting; Co, F' C Paton, Sorensen ??c rJiclleal, Harry F Hi11, "?Sill ~' Peck, Chalmers & Ford, R ~,^J Sallee and C L Robinson. Or. motion. made and carried ~~11 bids were referred to the Cit~r >~g~r for recommendation. A new Ordinance entitled "An Ord.inar.ce of the Board of 7.'rustees of the Cit~r of Lsmwood, Cal. , annulling certain sections of Crdinance Zoo 51," was read for the second time. A motion bar Trustee Sherer seconded ,by Trustee Hotz that said. Ordinance be declared read for the second time and laid over for third reading'. and final passage, r^ras carried bar the following vote: Aves: `T'rustees Hotz Anderson Sherer ~>chouten Noes : Trustee `T'weedy Absent: None The Board having in contemplation the purchase of certain lots for the purpose of maintaining a material yard thereon, a Resolution en- titled "Resolution of the T3oard of `T'rustees of the Cit~T of Lynwood de- claring that public necessity and convenience requires the acquisition of certain real propert.~r for street improvement purx~oses, directing the President of the Board of Trustees to take such steps as may be necess- ary, and authorizing the payment of the purchase price of said real prop- erty out of the Street Improvement F'und," was read. Cn motion by Trustee Sherer seconded by Trustee Anderson said Resolution being Resolution No 246 was adopted bar the following vote: Cayes: Trustees Hotz Anderson Sherer >chouten Aloes: Trustee Tweedy ,,bsent : T1one A Resolution entitled "Resolution of the Board of Trustees of the CitTr of r,~mwood, California, declaring their intention to order the laying out, opening, extending and widening of certain streets, aver_ues, highways, alleys ar_d other public places in the City of Lynwood, and abandoning; all proceedings heretofore taken pursuant to City Ordinances Numbered 30, 43 and 46," was read. On motion b~T Trustee .?nderson secor_d- ed by Trustee Ifotz said IZeso)_ution being Resolution of Intention No 247 vas adopted by the following vote: Aves: Trustees Hotz Anderson Sherer Tweedy Schouten Noes: None Absent: None The Board realizing the necessity and convenience of the City P~Rarshal assluning the duties of a Deputy Sheriff, the following; Resolu- tion arras Offered: !'resolution of the Board of Trustees of the City of Lynwood requesting the County Board of Supervisors and the County Sher- iff' to call in the Deputy Sheriff's badge heretofore given to former City r.4arshal Irkfitz, and. that the present. City marshal Johnson be ap- pointed a Deputy Sheriff." On motion by Trustee Ilotz seconded by Trus- tee Sherer said Resolution. being Resolution No 24~s was adox?ted by the following vote: Ayes : Trustees rlotz Anderson Sherer `>chou.ten Noes: Trustee `1_'weedy. Cibsent: None _,~ .- ~, :..~ ~: "" Tdew T1nf 'police Commissioner 1{otz r°eported that tY~ere was uncertainty in regard to when certain cells could be obtained for the ,jail under contemplation, and stated tYiat if same could not be obtained within a reasonable length of time that they would be dispensed with and the fail constructed under a different plan. The following demands were audited: C=eneral Fund No 1179 F T~~ Lynch ITouse nu~bering map x;175.00 80 Con utilities Co Cit~r phones 13.80 ~?1 J J Otto Supplies fire house 16.70 82 F ?,~ Downey Premi~~.m r.~arshal Bond 10.00 8~3 3 Rebers " Clerk-Recorder bonds 10.00 84 ArTrs E ~,J Slattery Court reporting 2.25 ~'S Lynwood Electric Co ~^~irir~~ & StlppliPS Fire house 18.78 ~~ St Imp Fund No 245 A Rivoux Labor `r 36.00 46 So Cal Edison Co Street Lights 11±.34 47 Carl Koos Labor 12.00 48 F t;rms trong " 17.00 49 L V Rouen " 12.C0 50 Cudahy Ave T~ursery Trees-for parkways 25.00 51 Guarantee 'T'itle Co Purchase price lots 424-5-6-7 1109.60 ti~dater Fund No 631 Edith Nause Refund of deposit ?" 3.00 52 5o Cal Edison Co Light ~.c ?'ower 100.32 33 Reber ~ Reber Premium ':later Clerk bond 2.50 A motion bar Trustee Anderson seconded by `Trustee Hotz that the above demands be allowed and warrants ordered drawn for same, was carried by the following vote: Ayes: Trustees Hotz Anderson Sherer Schouten ?foes : T1one Absent: T1one Not voting: Trustee ?'weeder Bus T~4r L H Piles, representing the BR.cTi Siren, explained the mec- hanism and volume of different sirens, and offered the use of a fire- alarm siren on tr~.al. The same was accepted with thanks bus The bids for the work of imx~rovement under Resolution of In- tention No 229 having been returned to the Board with the statement that the bid of Harry T Brown was the lowest, and the recommendation that t?~e same be accepted and contract awarded accordingly. A Resolu- tion entitled 'TA Resolution of Award of Contract for the improvement of portions of Josephine Street, Virginia Street, Agnes Street, Esther Street, and the first Alley southerl~t of Lynwood Road, in the City of Lynwood, California,!' was read. On motion by Trustee Anderson seconded by Trustee Tweedy said Resolution being Resolution No 249 was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Trustees Hotz Anderson Sherer Tweed~* Schouten Noes: None Absent: None On motion Bard adjourned. Attest: -~ _ _ _ ______ Q /,` Preside t oard Trustees /____ ___ ~~~__~ Cit~T o L,Tnwood Clerk