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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1937 09-07 CC MIN104 National City, California September 7, 1937 A regular meeting of the City Council called to order at 7:30 P.M. by the Mayor. Councilmen present: Cordingly, Thatcher, Warner, Bird. Minutes of the regular meeting of August 17, 1937 special meeting of August 27, 1937, read and approved. Bills audited by the Finance General payroll ---Sept. Street Dept. ___ Library 3rd payment -City Hall General expenditures Moved by Cordingly, allowed to -wit: Committee presented: 1 u $ 2,194.10 455.00 408.70 5,400.00 1,323.01 $ 9,780.81 Kilcrease, and the seconded by Kilcrease, t hat the bills and warrants drawn for same. Carried, by the following Ayes: Councilman Cordingly, Kilc'rease,Thatcher, Warner, Bird. Nayes: Councilmen, none. Absent: none. be vote ./ Mr. Chas Stein present and protested the appltation for permission to install a junk yard on First Avenue. Mayor Bird informed him that he would be notified when the Planning Commission -:._y:holda a public hearing on the application. vMr. J.E.Cline requested the filling of the SE corner of inter- section of 24th and National Avenue. Moved by Cordingly, seconded by Kilcrease, that the matter be referred to the Sup't of Streets Finnerty. Carried, all Councilmen present voting aye. 'Notice from the State Board of Equalisation of the application of transfer of liquor license to Ed. McConley, read and ordered filed. Communication Faulkner, Oakes and Faulkner in regards to an annual audit, read and ordered filed. /Request of Joseph Ruffa for the renoval of the palm trees in the parking on East 12th st from National Avenue to A Avenue, read. Moved by Thatcher, seconded by Warner, that the request be filed. Carried, all Councilmen present voting aye. " Annual Report of Maintenance of State highway route in the City of National City, by the State Department of Public Works_ Division of Highways, District Xl, read and ordered filed. Notice of the Ninth Annual Fall Convention of the California Sewage Works Assn, read andvordered filed. 105 League of California Municipalities communication regarding the changes in the laws relating to Public deposits, read and ordered filed. - Communication from W.F.Raber, President of the San Diego - California Club read and ordered filed. Report of the City Court for the month of August, 1937, of $ 1,381.005read and ordered filed. ✓Petition of the residents and taxpayers in the vicinity of First Street and Alberta Court, protesting the the licensing of a hand Laundry at the that location, read and referred to the Planning Commission. f Statement of thenCity Auditor to the State Board of Equalization of the Assessed Valuation of all taxable real and personal property for the year 1937-1938, read and ordered filed. -Request of the Veterans Welfare Board for the cancellation of the 1937-1938 taxes on property now under Welfare Board loan, referred to the City Attorney for Resolution. `'�i9 p G 'RESOLUTION NO. 1906, entitled " RESOLUTION OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF CITY OR COUNTY" governing the deposit of City Funds with the Bank, read. Moved by Thatcher, seconded by Warner, that the Resolution be adopted. Carried, by the following vote to -wit: Ayes: Councilmen, Cordingly, Kilcrease, Thatcher, Warner, Bird. Nayes: Councilmen none. Absent: none. Moved by Kilcrease, seconded by Cordingly, that the renewal policies on the Library be accepted and placed on file. Carried, by the following vote to -wit: Ayes: Councilmen Cordingly, Kilcrease, Thatcher, Warner, Bird. Nayes: Councilmen none. Absent: none. yoy ✓RESOLUTION NO. 1907, Fixing the Tax Rate and Levying the Taxes for the fiscal year 1937-1938, read. Moved by Cordingly, seconded by Kilcrease, that the Resolution be adopted. Carried, by the following vote to -wit: Ayes: Councilmen Cordingly, Kilcrease, Thatcher, Warner, Bird. Nayes: Councilmen, none. Absent: none. V Moved by Cordingly, seconded by Warner, that a warrant in the amount of $ 37.95 be drawn in favor of the F. Geo. James, Treasurer of the Olympic Committee to cover additional expenses. Carried, by the following vote to -wit: 106 Ayes: Councilmen, Cordingly; Kilcrease, Thatcher, Warner, bird. Nayes: Councilmen,/none. Absent: none. 'Moved by Kilcrease, seconded by Cordingly, that a warrant in the amount of $ 6.75 be drawn in favor of B.J.Gautereaux, Sup't of the Municipal Plunge, to cover certain admissions to the plunge. Carried, by the following vote to -wit: Ayes: Councilmen, Cordingly, Wilcrease, Thatcher, Warner, Bird. Nayes: Councilmen, none. Absent: none. 'Resignation of Arnold F. Cayser, from the office of City Engineer, to be effective October 1, 1937, presented. No discussion. Moved by Cordingly, seconded by Warner, that the resignation be accepted. Carried all Councilmen present voting aye. 'City Attorney reported in regards to the request of the Sunset Oil Company for the permission to remove the wharf. City's liability if wharf is not removed, cited. Moved by Cordingly, seconded by Warner, that the City Attorney be instructed to inform the Sunset Oil Company that permission haslbeen granted for the removal of the wharf. Carried, all Councilmen present voting aye. 'City Auditor Harry E. Bonnell presented the audit for the period July 1, 1936 to June 30, 1937 and requested the following cancellations and transfers: Moved by Warner, seconded by Kilcrease, that the warrant No. 23675 in the amount of $ 15.98 issued to the Burroughs Adding Machine Co., be cancelled. Carried. --Moved by Thatcher, seconded by Cordingly, that the warrant No. 20628 in the amount of $ 1.00 issued from the Fire Fund, be cancelled. Carried. Moved by Thatcher, seconded by Warner, that the following transfers be authorized: $�1,680.00 from the State Auto tax fund to the General Fund, 177.50 from the M.I. B. fund to Sinking Fund No. 7. Carried, by the following vote to -At: Ayes:' Councilmen Cordingly, Kilcrease, Thatcher, Warner, Bird. Nayes: Councilmen none. Absent: none. Moved by Kilcrease, seconded by Thatcher, that the audit be accepted and placed on file. Carried, all Councilmen present voting aye. Chief Bird requested the installation of a fire hydrant at 4th and Norton, a hydrant at 16th st, east of Lanoitan Avenue, and one at 107 approximately 450' east of Highland Avenue on Melrose Street. Moved by Warner, seconded by Thatcher, that the fire hydrants be installed and the City Clerk instructed to notify the Water Company. Carried, by the following vote to wit: Ayes: Councilmen, Cordingly, Kilcrease, Thatcher, Warner, Bird. Nayes: Councilmen none. Absent: none. Moved by Cordingly, seconded by Warner, that the firm of harry A. Bonnel and Associates be retained auditors for the fiscal year 1937- 1938 at $ 300.00 per annum. Carried, by the following vote to -wit; Ayes: Councilmen, Cordingly, Kilcrease, Thatcher, Warner, Bird. Nayes: Councilmen none. Absent: none. _ ..City Representative Bird instructed to secure a list of furnishing and equipment as desired by the various departmsnts and submit it to the Council. Being no further business, it was moved by Kilcrease,s econded. by Cordingly, that the meeting adjourn. Carried, all Councilmen present voting aye. Attest: Respectfully submitted Mayor of the City of National City, California ro,,A City Clerk