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.i I It I . I . ~._-- - - - ~-- - -- , . --_._-- '..'._-- ~ 581 Council Chambers, City Hall March 22. 1937 1 The minutes of the adjourned meeting of the common council held at the hour of 7:30 o'clock P. M., March 22, 1937, City Hall. Mayor Large called the meeting to order. All councilmen were present except Mr. Reid. w., .00 f~ ,,~ The minutes of the previous meeting were presented and as there were no 2 corrections appearing, they were ordered filed. Charles P. Poole appeared before the council on behalf of the Odd Fellows band asking permission for maintenance of concessions in Skinner's Butte Park for a Fourth of July celebration with all proceeds to be apRlied for the benefit of the band. The request was referred to the Park Board with the suggestion that a recommendation from that body be made at the subsequent meeting and it was so /3 ordered. A Mr. Milne, proprietor of building (formerly known as the Damp Wash La~y) located on Olive between 13th and 14th appeared before the council asking the type of building the city would consider satisfactory as a probable site for that loca- tion. Mr. Milne suggested two possibilities: (1) the establishment. of an auto- wrecking yard and parts sales department or (2) establishment of a casket-making firm. Mr. Milne was requested to consult the building inspector to determine the proper type of business for that locality. /4 /5 /6 At this time Charles A. Hardy, attorney, presented a petition together with photograph of a proposed erection of a service station by the Richfield Oil Company at the corner of 6th an~ Jefferson Streets. Attorney Hardy pointed out that the petition had been signed by thirty-five families liVing in the immediate vicinity and further specified that the erection of such a building would be a convenience to the neighborhood and tend to improve property values therein rather than to depreciate them. It was pointed out that application for construction of a service station at the above corner had been before the Board of Appeals and Planning Com- mission and both bodies had denied the application. In view of the fact that a petition had been received from the neighbors favoring such a proposal, he felt that the matter should again be referred to the Board of Appeals and Planning Com- mission for reconsideration and report and it was gO ordered. . Upon recommendation of Councilman Hendershott, chairman of the Finance Com- mittee the offer of Charles T. Frisbee to pay $361.93;cash 81.93 and the balance at the rate of $14.00 per month wi th interest at 6% on d.eferred payments payable each month in addition to the $14.00 on property described as "Commencing 100 feet south of the Northwest corner of Lot 4, Block 23, Fairmount Addition, thence South 50 feet, thence east 160 feet, thence North 50 feet, thence west 160 feet to the place of beginning was approved and it was so ordered. It was the recommendation of the Finance Committee that the $400.00 offer of R. F. Jepsen for Lot 3, Block 1, Gilmore Addition be rejected and a counter-offer (7 of $525.00 be extended. The recomlliendation was unanimously approved. The Finance Committee recommended rejection of the $250.00 offer of Mrs. George C. Berreman for the 00uth 60 feet of Lot 5, Block 3, James Huddleston's A.mended Addition and extended a counter-offer of $300.00 on a basis of $50.00 down, $10.00 per month and 6% on the unpaid balance. The recoIDmendation was duly ap- proved. /8 It was the recommenda~ion of the Finance Committee that the $200.00 offer of Homer B. Legge, 2479 Potter, for Lot 6, Block 2, Tiff's Plat be accepted and it / 9 was so ordered. Councilman Hanns, chairman of the Fire and Water Committe~, asked that per- mission be granted Fire Chief Nu.sbaum to sell two links of condemned fire hose and /10 it \lIas so authorized. It was the recommendation of the Fire and Water Committee that the request of J. S. Willcox for installation of a street light at 25th and Nixon be filed /11 and it was so ordered. Mayor Large referred to the Fire and Water Committee the problem of making charges for services of tITe fire department on calls outside of the city limits. Councilman Hanns reported that he had been making an extensive study of this mat- ter for some time and his Committee would have a recommendation within a period of six weeks. ' /12 Councilman Farrington, chairman of the Health Committee, reported that the contract with R. R. Hughes, city dump caretaker, will expire on May 1, 1937 and made the following suggestions to the council for study before letting another con- tract: 1. Rather than one year, the contract should be let for two or three. 2. Caretaker should have sole right of salvage of all disposals of city dump. ~~._._-~ - ~