HomeMy Public PortalAbout19580908 PO Regular Meeting, September 8 1958
Mayor Arthur W. Ellis in the chair.
'resent - Condit, Dorr, Fisher, Hager, D. ,lobe, R. Jobe, Scrivner,
Vanderfeltz and Willcoxon. 9
bsent - Jordan. 1 'j
A quorum was declared present.
Mayor Ellis spoke on the matter of the Councils action
concerning the collection and disposal of garbage and trash in the
i1City. Mr. B. Smith Reed acted as spokesman for a group of people
Ilopposing the location of a disposal area on the Elston Road near
'their property.
Reports of City Officers for the month of August were received!
A letter was received from Mrs. Florence Hyde on the matter of!
Improvement of Hough Park Road.
The letter was ordered filed.
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A letter was received from Mr. Jack Jordan, requesting the ii
:te-establishment of the grade of Livingston Street from Castle Drive!
o Ridgeway Drive and also the grade of Binder Drive from Hillsdale }
'Drive to Livingston Drive.
The matter was referred to the Street Committee and City 1!
;Engineer. !!
A letter was received from Mr. Jack Jordan calling attention �t
;Ito the condition of the sanitary sewer manhole in center of the 1!
block bounded by Ridgeway Drive, Binder Drive, Hillsdale Drive and
�Oakview Drive.
The matter was referred to the Street Committee.
A letter was received from Mr. E. P. Barnett, requesting
'permission to complete the portland cement pavement of James Street i
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to Ridgeway under private contract and under the direction of the
City Engineer.
i The request was granted. !�
A letter was received from Mr. Lee Rackers asking permission to
;'replace the sidewalk and curbing with new rolled curbing at his new
;store building at the corner of Dunklin and Clark Avenues.
The request was granted under supervision of the City Engineer'~
A request was received from Fire Chief John Sullivan,
;suggesting two proposals.
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(a) That the City Council purchase dress uniforms for the
firemen.
(b) Allow each fireman to purchase all his firefighting
clothing and uniforms as prescribed by Fire Wardens in
consideration of $15.00 per month per fireman' s clothing
!, allowance.
The request was referred to the Finance Committee.
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On motion of Mr. R. Jobe, the matter of no parking for trucks
of over � ton on East side of the 200 block Madeline Street was
referred to the Police Board.
The matter of a cab sign for Harry Baysinger on Madison Street
'was referred to the Police Board.
The Building and Grounds Committee recommended that Capt.
;;Harris of the Army Reserve and Mr. Dulle, meet with the Committee
Hof the Whole to work out a solution for the new building. i
i; The recommendation was approved.
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A petition against the improvement of Buchanan Street from
Riverside Drive to Hough Street was received.
The City Engineer after checking the protest, reported that
it had a majority of the property owners and a majority of the
front footage and was a legal protest.
It was moved by Mr. Scrivner and seconded by Mr. Willcoxon
that the Council take no further action regarding this improvement.
The motion was adopted.
On motion of Mrs. Fisher, seconded by Mr. Willcoxon, the
accounts which were approved by the Accounts and Claims Committee
:were ordered paid.
It was moved by Mr. Willcoxon and seconded by Mr. R. Jobe,
'that the Plumbing Inspector be instructed to see that ditches that
are dug in the streets by contractors et a1, are properly filled as
the need arises.
The motion was adopted.
On motion of Mr. Dorr, seconded by Mr. D. Jobe, the City
Engineer was instructed to secure a contractor to do work on Hart
Street between Industrial Drive and Miller Street.
The City Attorney spoke of the claim of Mrs. Ina Green, who
fell on Madison Street.
On motion of Mr. R. Jobe, seconded by Mr. Willcoxon, the
City Attorney was instructed to settle for $750.00 if possible.
On motion of Mr. Willcoxon, seconded by Mr. Dorr, the City
Engineer was instructed to advertise the two pieces of property in
Hy Cliff Park, and that the bids be made separately on each piece
of property.
The matter of drainage problem near the last house on Darlene
Street was referred to the Street Committee.
A bid of $700.00 was submitted by Edgar M. Eagan, Attorney
for Mildred E. Cherry and Sallie E. Eggleston, for property
advertised for sale.
On motion of Mr. Willcoxon, seconded by Mr. Scrivner, the bid
was accepted.
Bids on the improvement of Hilda Street, between William Street
and a point 415 feet south were received as follows:
E. P. Barnett $7,506.00
On motion of Mr. Dorr, seconded by Mr. Hager, the bid. of
Mr. Barnett was accepted.
Bids on the work necessary for the maintenance of Minnesota
Street between Holly Drive and Laurel Drive were received as follows:
Hunter Bros. Construction Co. $334.00
Pope Construction Co. 500.00
On motion of Mr. Willcoxon, seconded by Mr. Dorr, the bid of
:Hunter Bros. Construction Co. was accepted.
The following report was received from the Safety Committee.
"A called meeting of the Safety Chairmen of all Public and
Parochial Schools and the Safety Committee of the City Council met
in the Council Room of the City Hall at 7: 30 p.m. , Tuesday, August 26,
1958. Those in attendance were Mr. Monte Wilcoxen, Mr. Al Vanderfeltz
and Mrs. Gladys Fisher - City Council; Safety Officer-Lloyd Cordes;
Mrs. Ray Freeman-East; Mrs. L. Aber-South; Mr. Clyde Laughter-Moreau
Heights; Mr. Charles Edmonson-Southwest; Mr. John Hearne-West;
Mr. L. E. Bredeman-I.C. ; Mr. A. Angerer-Trinity Lutheran;
Mrs. Bernard Dugan-St. Peterls; with Mrs. G. Donald Shull-P.T.A.
Council, presiding.
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The purpose of this meeting was to bring together persons
;interested in Safety and Traffic problems pertaining to the schools
and to survey shat has been accomplished and offtr additional
(suggestions for improvement. The reports were as follows:
. Cordes: 1. All school crosswalks will be repainted by opening
of school.
2. Tw6lve new 20 M.P.H. signs have been put up.
3. Two men have been hired by city for crosswalks at
Ohio and Highway 50 West, and at Bolivar and New
Highway.
4. All School Boy Patrol equipment is ready for use.
. Dugan: 1. A three way boulevard stop be installed at the corn+ r
of West Main at Broadway. (This has a stop button
in the St.)
2. Consider the crossing at Broadway and McCarty.
(S.B. Patrol)
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. Edmondson:
I 1. Consider the possibility of having the city install '
a SCHOOL STOP sign at the streets leading from the
Armory Bldg.
ii 2. Paint crosswalks on both the streets leading into
I''i 4f the Armory.
3. Consider the number of children crossing High Street
at Bolivar as we may need a SLOW school crossing
zone and crosswalk here.
4. Consider the Kindergarten age children who return
home during the noon hour and those going. to school,'
during the noon hour.
IT WAS MOVED AND SECONDED THAT A STUDY BE MADE BY MR. CORDES AND
tR. L. PATTEN OF THE ST. MARY' S BLVD. TRAFFIC. REPORT READY BY
SEPT. 100 158.
. Bredeman.
1. Because of the highway traffic all cross walks on
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highways be repainted at frequent intervals.
20 Recommend SCHOOL ZONE be painted on the street in
addition to other signs.
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Hearne: 1. Paint NO STANDING zone around schools.
2. STOP signs be placed at Donald at West Main.
3. STOP sign be placed at Douglas at West Main. r
`�T WAS MOVED AND SECONDED THESE SIGNS BE SO. PLACED BEFORE SCHOOL
PENED.
4. Repaing yellow curb zone on west side of Dix Road
at West Main and label it LOADING ZONE.
' 5. For consideration--no walks are on Boonville Road
beyond 200 block for children walking from Meadow
Lane, Lowell and Livingston.
6. Consider--no walks are on West Main-Ten Mile Drive
j beyond Forest Hill for children walking from Binderfi
i Westmore, Ridgeway and Willow Drive.
0 ACTION WAS TAKEN ON #5 AND #6 AT THIS TIME. f
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It was unanimously agreed that much has been accomplished. by
he Safety Committee in the past for improving traffic hazards around
he schools. All school areas are well defined and marked as such.
,�e appreciate the cooperation of the City Council and their help.
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Each school asked to have the Posters on BIKE SAFETY from .
:Johnson and Johnson.
These have been ordered. Also, 5000 ,
'Identification Booklets on Bike Safety and First Aid have been
bordered from Johnson and Johnson and will soon be ready for !
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distribution.
The Farm Bureau of Missouri has again offered to reprint their
' Safety folder for all elementary school children of the City. Please
;ask your Principal for the number your school will need.
ALL SAFETY CHAIRMEN are urged to attend the P.T.A. School of
` Instruction and workshop to be hald at the Gordon School, Wednesday
1, evening at 6p.m. Price $100. Phone reservations into Mrs. G.H. Turne
6-3575 by Sunday Sept. 7th.
Be thinking about a TORNADO ALERT system, and what information
;! should be sent to parents.
I Respectfully submitted:
j Mrs. G. ,Donald Shull,
Safety bhairman, P.T.A. Council
On motion of Mr. Willcoxon, seconded by Mr. Scrivner, the report
was ordered filed and recorded in the minutes.
The following report was submitted by the Street Committee;
Alley between Buchanan Street, Lincoln Street and Edwards and
'!Riverside Drive. Recommend that Mr. Curtis open alley.
Alley south of Dunklin, drainage condition at 117.119 W. Dunklin
Not a City problem.
On motion of Mr. Hager, seconded by Mr. Willcoxon, the report was
approved.
The following construction report was received from the City
Engineer.
"Construction of Hillsdale Drive between Ronnie Avenue and Norris
j Drive.
The work was done by E. P. Barnett at the cost of $3453.401:
The report was approved.
The following resolution was adopted.
"WHEREAS, the availability of natural gas for industrial,
commercial and residential uses is a vital factor in the growth and
development of a community; and
WHEREAS, Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company is the only source
, of supply and the sole supplier of natural gas to Missouri Power &
Light Company, the distributor of natural gas in Jefferson City,
: Missouri; and
WHEREAS, Missouri Power & Light Company for many years has sought
to purchase a greater supply of natural gas from Panhandle Eastern
: Pipe Line Company for distribution in Jefferson City and other
; communities served by Missouri Power & Light Company; and
WHEREAS, it is a matter of public information that Panhandle
; Eastern Pipe Line Company has vast reserves of natural gas but will
': not construct the necessary facilities to make such natural gas
available to Missouri Power & Light Company and its- other distributors
in Missouri; and
WHEREAS, the industrial growth of Jefferson City and other communi,-
! ties served from Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company system in
? Missouri is seriously jeopardized and retarded by the lack of natural
; gas in the area;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Jefferson, Missouri,
that the Public Service Commission of Missouri and the Federal Power
Commission be requested to invoke any and all regulatory authority
as such bodies have to require Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company
. to improve and increase its facilities in order to make available
to Jefferson City and other communities in Missouri an adequate
supply of natural gas to meet the industrial, commercial and
residential needs of such communities."
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The following resolution was adopted.
"A resolution approving and adopting a workable program for the
City of Jefferson, Missouri
WHEREAS, as a condition t2 certain prescribed Federal financial
'and other aid and assistance, S ction 101 (c) of the Federal Housing,
Act of 1949, as amended, requires the submission to the Housing
:;and Home Finance Administrator by each locality of a Workable Program
:;(which shall include an official plan of action, as it exists from
"time to time, for effectively dealing with the problem of urban slum$;
and blight within the community and for the establishment and
!preservation of a well-planned community with well-organized environment .
;for adequate family life) for utilizing appropriate private and
:public resources to eliminate and prevent the development or spread of
`slums and urban blight, to encourage needed urban rehabilitation, to<i
'provide for the redevelopment of blighted, deteriorated, or slum areis,
or to undertake such of the aforesaid activities or other feasible
community activities as may be suitably employed to achieve the
objectives of such a program; and
WHEREAS, THERE HAS BEEN PREPARED ON BEHALF OF THE City of
Jefferson for presentation to the said Housing and Home Finance
;Administrator such a plan of action, which plan has been fully
" reviewed and considered by the governing body of said city, which
plan appears to be an acceptable and effective plan of action for
the aforesaid purposes; and '
,i WHEREAS, it is the desire, purpose, and intent of the govern-
3ng body of this city to utilize available appropriate private- and
;Public resources to the end that our city may rid itself of and
,prevent the development or spread of slums and urban blight and
'Undertake such of the aforesaid activities or other feasible communim.
ty activities as may be suitably employed to achieve the objectives of
'such plan: NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON,
STATE OF MISSOURI, that the hereinabove mentioned Workable Program
for said city be, and the same is hereby, approved and adopted as
the official plan of action of our community for effectively dealing"
with the problem of urban slums and blight- within this community and
;for the establishment and preservation of a well-planned community
±with welldorganized environment for adequate family life, and the
;Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to present such Workable
:Program, together with all required supporting documents and state-
ments, to the Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency
for approval pursuant to the provisions of said Titie I. Housing
Act of 1949, as amended.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 25th day of ~f1Adgu t �A.D. , 195$"
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Mayor Ellis retired from the Chair and President Pro Tom,
Mrs. Gladys Fisher took the chair and presided during the remainder
6f the meeting.
The following resolution was adopted.
"Be it resolved, by the City Council of the City of Jefferson, .
�i ssouri, that E.P. Barnett Construction Co. , be awarded the Contract
for the Construction of Hilda Street between William Street--south,
:the said E. P. Barnett Const. Co. having the lowest and best bid."
The following resolution was adopted.
"Be it resolved, by the City Council of the City of Jefferson, ;
Missouri, that Hunter Bros. Const. Co. , be awarded the Contract
for the Construction of Minnesota Avenue between Holly Drive and
;�aurel Drive, the said Hunter Bros. Const. Co. having the lowest
pnd best Bid."
! The following resolution was adopted.
i "Be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Jefferson,
:Missouri, that the work of constzmcting Hillsdale Drive, from Ronnie.
Avenue to Norris Drive be and is hereby approved as the Council finds
that said work was done according to plans and specifications':'.
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Regular Meeting, September 8 1958
16648/ The following ordinance was introduced.
"An ordinance to appropriate money for the month of August, 1958.
i Read lot time at length, 2nd timb by title and on motion of
:'Mrs. Fisher, seconded by Mr. R. Jobe, the rules were suspended and
' the ordinance was read the 3rd time by title and placed on final
passage and passed by the following vote.
,,Ayes - Condit, Dorr, Fisher, Hager, D. Jobe, R. Jobe, Scrivner, i
Vanderfeltz and Willcoxon. 9
(iAbsent - Jords.n. 1
6649/ The following ordinance was introduced.
"An ordinance to appropriate money for the month of ?i
(September, 1958."
Read lot time at length, 2nd time by title and on motion of
Mr. Willcoxon, seconded by Mr. R. Jobe, the rules were suspended and;
{ the ordinance was read the 3rd time by title and placed on final
;passage and was passed by the following vote.
jAyes - Condit, Dorr, Fisher, Hager, D. Jobe, R. Jobe and Willcoxon.
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!Absent - Jordan, Scrivner and Vanderfeltz. 3
16650/ The following ordinance was introduced.
j "An ordinance repealing ordinance Number 6638 and enacting in
; lieu thereof an ordinance providing for the construction of sewers
in Sewer District No. 97 "A", within the City of Jefferson, Missouri:".
Read lot time at length, 2nd time by title and on motion of
Mr. Hager, seconded by Mr. Dorr, the rules were suspended and
( the ordinance was read the 3rd time by title and placed on final
;jpassage and was passed by the following vote.
`Ayes - Condit, Dorr, Fisher, Hager, D. Jobe, R. Jobe, Scrivner,
Vanderfeltz and Willcoxon. 9
;Absent - Jordan. 1
6651/ The following ordinance was introduced.
"An ordinance of the City of Jefferson, Missouri, establishing, t
the grade of Minnesota Avenue, from the east curb line of Holly
: Drive, west 340 feet." I`
Read lot time at length, 2nd time by title and on motion of
Mr. Willcoxon, seconded by Mr. R. Jobe, the rules were suspended andi
, the ordinance was read the 3rd time by title and placed on final
passage and was passed by the following vote.
!Ayes - Condit, Dorr, Fisher, Hager, D. Jobe, R. Jobe, Scrivner,
Vanderfeltz and Willcoxon. 9
jAbsent - Jordan. 1
'6652/ The following ordinance was introduced.
"An ordinance levying and assessing a special tax bill againsCI,
the lots or tracks of land fronting or abutting on the roadway of !!
;Hillsdale Drive, from the west curb line of Ronnie Avenue to the }
;west curb line of Norris Drive in the City of Jefferson, Missouri,
;for the improvement of the said roadway by grading, curbing and
;`guttering and paving with portland cement concrete."
Read lot time at length, 2nd time by title and on motion of
Mr. Scrivner, seconded by Mr. Willcoxon, the rules were suspended and
;the ordinance was read the 3rd time by title and placed on final
passage and was passed by the following vote.
Ayes - Condit, Dorr, Fisher, Hager, D. Jobe, R. Jobe, Scrivner,
Vanderfeltz and Willcoxon. 9
;Absent - Jordan. 1
,6653/ The following ordinance was introduced.
"An ordinance authorizing and directing the Mayor and the
'City Clerk of the City of Jefferson, Missouri, to execute for and
,on behalf of the City of Jefferson, Missouri, a proper quit-claim
deed in favor of Sallie E. Eggleson and Mildred E. Cherry as
tenants in common to certain specifically described real estate
, located within the City of Jefferson and County of Cole, Missouri,
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An return for the a"nt of the sum of $700.00 to the City of
as arson, Missouri.
Read let time at length, 2nd time by title and on motion of
Willcoxon, seconded by Mr. Scrivner, . the rules were suspended ano
it he ordinance was read the 3rd time by title and placed on final 1
, aseage and was passed by the following vote.
Ayes - Condit, Dorr, Fisher, Hager, D. Jobe, R. Jobe, Scrivner,i
Vanderfeltz and Willcoxon. 9
Absent - Jordan. 1
6654/ The following ordinance was introduced.
"An ordinance requiring the operators of all motor vehicles I
thin the City of Jefferson, Missouri, to bring the. same to a
full and complete stop on Adams Street before entering the inter-
action of Adams and Union Street, and. to bring the same to a full
:land complete stop on Houchin Street before Entering the intersection;
f Houchin and Dunklin Streets, and providing a penalty for the ,i
iolation thereof.
Read lot time at length, 2nd time by title and on motion of
. R. Jobe, seconded by Mr. Willcoxon, the rules were suspended
nd the ordinance was read the 3rd time by title and placed on final;
assage and was passed. by the following vote.
yes -. Condit,, Dorr, Fisher, Hager, D. Jobe, R. Jobe, Scrivner,
Vanderfeltz and Willcoxon. 9
bsent - Jordan. 1
On motion made and seconded the Council recessed subject to
all of the chair. i
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