1915-03-01-1921-04-04.tif - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Council Ohambers, ~lgene, Oregon, June 1L~, 1915. Oouneil met in re~,allar monthly session, mhd was called to order by ~ayor Bell. Present Councilmen Parks, Polders~ Peter.~on, Devereaux, }~osher, Goodpasture and Quimby. The minutes of Council proceedings under dates of ~,~ay 10th, llth, 2kth and JUne 7th were read and approved. The l~yor announced that the election of a co~u~eilm~n to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Councilman Bo&~e was in order, ~nd Co~u~eilman Peterson no~.inated H. ~. Hollenbeck as Oouneilm~n from the Second Ward. No other nominations were m~de. Councilman Devereaux stated that without opposing the election of 1ir. ttollenbeck he would move that the election of a Uouncilman be deferred for one week in order to dispose o£ the Agate Avenue question by a ~ouncil familiar with the situation, t~otion was seconded, and the ayes and nays were called; Councilmen voti~g aye Parks, Devereaux, Nosher and Quimby, nay Polders, Peterson and Goodpast~n'e. Notion was declared car,-ted and the election of ~ Oo~u~cilman ordered con- tinued for one week. Petition for a lateral sewer in the alley between ~th & 10th Avenues from a point opposite Lot B, Block l, Wmllis-Dorris Addition West to Polk Street was recommended favorably by the Sewe~ Co~m~ittee. Recommend_ation was on motion ~dopted. The I~ire & Water Co~nittee repo~'ted ~dversely on the petition for street li~mts ~t three points on Blair Boulevard, and on the request of 'Hr. Bennett to make repairs on ~ wooden building on Eighth Avenue West in the fire limits, and on the request for an amendment to the fire limits, in the latter case suggesting that the fire limits should be generally revised by Ordinance. On motion the report of the I~'ire & Water Co~m~.ittee was adopted. The Street Com~tlttee reported that they were not able to substantiate l(r. Kinc~id's claim in regard to Oh~rnelton Street sidewalk improvement, and were unable to reoom_~end ar~y other action than that the ~ity proceed with the installation of the improvement. Said Com~.~ittee also reported favorable upon the petition to improve the mlley between llth and 12th Avenues from Cha~'nelton Street to Lincoln Street by grading ~nd g~velling, and also reco~m.~ended that objections be