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Adjourned Regular Meeting Oct 14 1y25 a
The Board of Trustees of the City ~f Lynwood met in adjourned
regular session at the City Ha11 205 uVest Mulford Ave ~lednesday Oct 14
1925 at 7:30 pm
Present: Trustees Hutchinson Tweedy Gordy Reed Downey
Absent: None
City Attorney City Engineer and Clerk present
rresident Downey in the Chair
The minutes of the meeting of Oct 7 were road and approved
Spl Coms Trustee Hutchinson reported that the matter of supplying seats *-•.
for Mod~eska station had been taken up witn pertain parties, and could
not say whether same would be supplied. In the event that same was not
supplied he recommended that street• crew construct necessary seats for
the station. Report accepted. He also reported that the matter a1'
boys npsrating push-~cai~s and skates upon sidewalks in the business dist-
rict had been referred to the Ivlarshal with instructions to stop this
practice.
tTnf bus A bill from the Hirsch Co amounting to x"150 for a siren was
presented. `t`his siren having been loaned to the City. a motion was made
and carried that the Clerk be instructed to notify said Company that
the City did not wish to purchase same.
The matter of procuring prices for a hose partition for the fire
engine havin~Z been referred to the Fire Commissioner he submitted the
following proposals : Hirsch Co X100, J E F.ggieston ~~35. Ane~:~t~cvmmehded
the acceptance .of the offer of J E Eggleston. A motion by Trustee Gordy.
seconded by Trustee Reed that the Fire Commissioner be authorized to ac-
cept the offer of J E Eg~rlestan for the construction of d hose partition
far the fire engine, was carried btr the following vote:
Ayes : 't'rustees Hutchinson Tweedy Gordy Reed Downey
Noes : None
Absent: None
A motion by Trustee Gordy seconded by Trustee Hutchinson that the
bill of Fairbanks Aiorse & Co amounting to Eight Hundred Forty Fight &
50/100 Dollars far a motor and automatic starter installed at Plant Ato ~l,
as per contract with said Company, be allowed and warrant ordered. drawn for""
same, was carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Trustees Hutchinson Tweedy Gordy Reed Downey
Noes: None
Absent: None
The City Engineer read a letter proposed to be subm~.tted to the
County Planning Commission regarding the route for the extension of Santa
Fe Avenue through the City. A motion was made and carried. that said letter
be accepted and forwarded to the County Planning Commission.
The Cit~r T'ngineer reported on the matter of the proposed drain-
age a~stem to be constructed along Santa Fe Avenue, stating that there
were two ways to pay for same, either by an assessment district, in which
event the cost would be nearly prohibitive, or by taking filnndy'from the
County Flood Control ~"und. He recommended that the matter be fully ex-
plained to the Counts Board of Supervisors and a request ~d~ that Bfl~ts
and exnenses~of same be taken from the Flood Control Fund. A motion was
made and carried that the Citsr Engineer be instructed to write a letter
to the Eount~T~xBobrd° bf~ Supervisors embodying his recommendations and
submit same to the Roard for their approval at the next meeting.
~Phe hearing of protests on the work or improvement as contempla-
ted under Resolution of Tntentior~ P1o 245 having been continued to this
date, on motion made and carried same was continued to the next regular
meeting of the Board.
This being the time and place set for the receiving of sealed
bids or proposals for the work or improvement as contemplated under Reso-
lution of intention No 265 the Clerk announced that there were eight bids
on file. The Citzr Attorney recommended that a motion be made to:bpen, ex-
amine and publicly declare said bids. Whereupon a motion by Trustee Feed
seconded by Trustee Gordy that the Clerk be instructed to open, examine
and publicly declare all bids on file, was carried by the following vote:
Ayes: Trustees Hutchinson Gordy Reed Downe~T
Noes : `T'rustee Tweedy
Absent: None
Trustee `Pweedy prot,asted anenin~ of said bids.
i~he~reLipon the C Jerk ~c~pened 'examined 'and 'publicly ~ declardd ' b ids -•
from the following persons and :f inns : LA Fl.eetrie ~ ~~orks x'48 960, 00 ~ H H
'stalker ~51,292~00, John .R Davies `50,400.00, ~Ha~rry T Bro-v~n~ x"50,498.00,
Harry M Rouse :~~49,945.00, A C Rice ~~49,15£~.OQ; '~laiker~: ~c•.;Martin ~~49,018.00,
Fritz ~iebarth X48,758.00
The City Attorney recommended that in view of the fact that further
proceedings had been taken in Court relative to this matter, that further
action be deferred until the City Attorney could have time to study Appeal
and recommended that Board adjourn to same fixed time. A motion by Trustee
Feed seconded by `i~ustee Hutchinson that the bids be referred to the City
Engineer to report on same at the next meeting of the Board, was carried
by the following vote:
Ayes: Trustees Hutchinson Gordy Reed Downey
does : Trustee Tweedy
Absent: None
On motion Board adjourned to meet Thursday Oct 15 1925 at the usual
time and place.
Attest:
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Clerk.
~'~~sident Board Trustees
City of Lynwood