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f3e~•ular t~leeting Mch 10 1n26
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The hoard of Trustees of the Citzr of L~mwaod met in regular se~-
sian at the Cit?* Hall 205 ~~lest Mulford Ave '~`iednesda~* ~~iarch 10 1926 at
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7:30 nm
Present: Trustees Tweedy Roberts Gordy ~qurray C=reenamyer
Absent: None
City Attorne~,T'ngineer and Clerk present
President Greenamver in the Chair
_ 2ne minutes of tY~e meetings of Feb 17, 20, 24 and Mch 3 were
approved . ~~--f'`"'
tiYrit Coms ~~..yy,,GaAn application for a position as day fireman or motorcycle~of-
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ficer`
w~Cs read and filed.
A communication was read. from the Long Beach Blvd l~ssn ccin-
veying the information that the members of the Board of Trustees, the
Cit~r Atty and Clerk had been made honorary members of the said Assn, and•
extendin~Z an invitation to attend the meetings of the Assn. The Clerk was '
instructed to reply, expressing thanks and acceptance of the invitation. .
Rent Comrs Light Comr A~urray spoke on the matter of a lighting system for
the unlighted portion of the City. Stating that he had been informed that
there :Had-been- no •ufotest= a~aif~.st the overhead lighting system as rec-
commended by the Lighting Committee. Also stating that if this was the
desire of the people that he was in favor of proceeding to install lights
as soon as possible. 'his was laid over to the next meeting.
Trustee Murray asked the opinion of the Ysoard regarding the
pa~,nnent for the use of a private car used in the water department during,
the last 30 days. Other members expressed themselves as favoring a reas-
onable payment, a motion btr Trustee ~?urray seconded btr Trustee Tweedy
that J J Stover be allowed X10 for the use of his automobile by the water
dex~artment to date, was carried by the following vote:
Ayes : Trustees Tweedy Roberts C=ordy ivturray Greenamyer
Noes: None
Ahsent: None
Trustee Roberts spoke on the matter of exchanging a used motor,
and other discarded pumping equipment far a track. After discussing the °~~.''
matter a motion was made and carried that, the Chair appt~int a committee --•~
to report on -same. The Chair appointed `Trustees C=ordy F?oberts and T~4urray
as such Committee.
Fire Commissioner Tweedy stated that, additional fire hose was
needed bZ- the fire department. and asked that the Y~oard purchase approx-
imat~ely 50o feet of 2' in 2 ply hose. A motion by Trustee Roberts sec-
onded by Trustee `gtlrray that the matter be referred to the President
and the Fire Commissioner with power to act, was carried by the fallow8
ing vote:
Ayes: Trustees Tweedy Roberts Gordy hurray C=reenamyer
Noes: None
Absent: None
`1'he matter of hiring a fireman to take charp,'e of the fire en-
._._ give during the day was laid over to the next meeting.
'~?Tnf Bus In accordance with instructions of the Board the City +, gi- `
peer stated that the activities of his office in the matter of the sewer
system for the City was covered by his report of T~'ebruary 3 1926, the
same being on file in the office of the City Clerk. He also stated that
his bill for material and labor used in connection with the installa-
tion of a sewer system in the City amounted to X9549.20, and that legal
expense incurred amounted to 31,.40, making a total of ~10366.60.r
--~New~3us The financial reports of the '~Tater and City Clerks for"the
monor of February were read and filed.
A Resolution entitled "A Resolution of the hoard of Trustees
of the CitT~ of Ltrnwood, ~a1., declaring its intention to call a General
P~funicipal Election in accordance with the provisions of the Tlection
Laws of the State of California." was read. On motion by Trustee Tweedy
seconded by Trustee r~turray said Resolution being Resolution No 290 was
adopted by the following vote:
Ayes : 'T'rustees Tweedy Roberts Gordy l~urra~r Greenamyer
Noes: None
Absent: None
The City Attorney stated that in reply to the. question asked
him by the City Clerk as to the status of a person elected to take the
position of aperson recalled when the person so recalled was a duly'
elected officer and ~e~igneds~-after, t,he.~teC~ll petitio~i.was filed, it
'~ was his ~~ `~ 2 opin•ion~tha:~ the person so elected would hold office for
`: the remainder of the term of the person so recalled. `T'his ruling ap-
~1~Jin~t~tti~:.the~~st~at oCCt~pied by Trustee Roberts on the Board of Trustees.
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The following demands were allowed:
General Fund:
No 1596 C Entenmann ~Tewelrv Co Badges fire department 4~ 36.75-
97 D ill Semmens Examination of prisoner 3.00:
98 Edison Co Lights 23.59
99 Twin Harbor Press Off ice stati~nerv 31.25-
'Na t er Fund
No 91~~:P~cif is TanY 8c;: Pine Co New main contract x'4267.25 `'~
1~ Edison Co Power and light 139.63u-
~ motion bz* Trust,ee Tweedy seconded bV Trustee Gord~~ that the
above demands be allowed a~r~ d warrants ordered drawn for sAme was carried
bar the following vote:
Ades: `t'rustees Tweed y Roberts Gordy ~?Iurray Greenamyer
rloes : None
Absent: None
Attest:
Clerk
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President Board 'l~ustees C ~t of
Lynwood
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