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Home My WebLink About03-01-1932 Minutes364 Regular Session _ CRATMRS March 1st, 1932. ROLL CALL: City council met in regular sessdon with Mayor McGee presiding and fol- lowing -councilmen present: Burns, Haylett, Skinnell and Wirth; absent were Anderson; Meyer and Partch. MINUTES OF MEETING HELD Feb. 16th were read and approved. CLAIMS AGAINST CURRENT EXPENSE: Following claims against Current ExpenseFund were read and motion was made by Haylett, seconded by Skinnell that the bills be paid; roll call showed all votin fo th 4- 5 r e mo i on . WARRANT 140. 4P 9631_9637 Payroll of various offices for month of February 420.Q0 9638_9640 Payroll of library for'month of February _ _ 119.25. 9641_9643 _ do. Police Dept. do. 390.00 9644-9646 do. Street Dept. do. 291.00 96442 S..H. De Pile, fertilizer for city hall _ 8.00 9648 9649 _ American LaFrance & Foamite Corpn.,fire extinguisher matl. 19.50 .9650 John W. Graham Co., books for library _ _ 126.32 Mayfair Agency, do. 76.00 9651 P. P. & Z. Co., lights for library _ _ 120,63 9652 Lee Perry Co.; floor brush for library _ _ 2.75 9653 _ Gaylord Bros., suplies for library 19.13 9654 Republic Publishing Co., rebinding books for library 27.40 9655 Kleeb Lumber Co., coal for library _ _ _ 28.15 9656 The Junior Literary Guild, magazines _ 37.00 9657 The H. W. Wilson Coo, books for library, _ 1.75 9658 Literary Guild of American, do. do. 3.00 9659 City Treasurer, water for library _ 2.00 9660 W. J. Diehm, hauling bulbs & fertilizer for park 3.50 9661 _ Economy Supe rservice, alcohol for Street Dept. 1.00 9662 _ Pasco Paint & Picture Store, headboards for cemetery 8.75 9663 E. M. Welsh Motors, batteries for Police Dept. 9664 Williams Motor go., car parts for Street Dept. 080 6.25 9665 9666 k sx9±x Pasco Electli c Shop, light globes for Police Dept. 6.21 9667 New Pasco Drug Co., poisoned wheat for Street Dept. 2.00 9668 Maude Heater, salary as police matron, Febrgary _- 15.00 Roff Motor Co., car repairs,_ -insurance'- 15.80 ` 9669 State Treasurer, medical aid & indust. _ 6.57 9670- Pasco Hardware Co.., tools, Street Dept. 9671_9680 Fire Dept. pay roll for month of February _ _ 35.00 9691 _ CityCafe, meals for prisoners _ 8.25 9682 9683 Cox Investment Co., insurance for volunteer firemen 42.50 Columbia Hardware Co., material for Street Dept. _ 16.47 1755.23 CLAIMS AGAINST WATER FUND WERE READ and motion was made by Haylett, that bills be paid; rollcall showed unanimous vote: seconded by Wirth 1608_1611 Payroll of Water Dept. for month of February, _ 590.00 1612 _ _ Tacoma Electrochemical Co., chlorine 15.00 1613 Economy Superservice, repairs for cars 2.25 1614 1615 _ Wallace & Tiernan Co., chlorinator repairs _ Water Works & Power Eqpt. Co., material 10.12 1616 C. B. McNeese, gre4.sing car _ 104.80 1.75 1617 Standard Oil Co., kerosene _ 9.91 1618 1619 Fred G. Harris, sump pump R. B. McFarland, reimburse revolving fund for freight;etc. 15.00 6.96 1620 W. S. Darley & Co., tools 57.93 1621 Stanard Print Co., making 12 blue prints _ _ 1.25 1622 _ Yakima Bindery & Prtg. Co., binder for treasurer 9.19 1623 State Treasurer, indust. insurance & Medical aid 4.56 1625 Pasco Hardware Co., tools & material _ 4.23 832.95 Claim before the & dietri buting of i. E. Swain, amount $111.85, for unloading /10" cast iron pipe was brought carried 3 to council; motion made by Haylett, secs ndedby Burns, that the bill be paid; 1 on roll call, as follows: Ayes: Burns, Haylett, Skinnell; No, Wirth. WARRANT #1624, favor R. 4. Swain, $'111.85, issued. Communication read from E. E. Yarwood, relative to his burned buildings, that the matter was in the hands of his anent, H. Warden. advising Clerk deduction to reported he had on file waivers from elective officers covering a ten percent be made from their rate of pay for the balance of their :kmxm present term. Haylett reported for Light Committee on matter of two cent per KWH rate for current used on pole lights as compared to Kennewick's rate of l-xc per KWH, that the committee had met with Manager Skill of the P. P. & L. Co. and discussedthe matter; Mr. Skill had advised them that if they would burn all pole lights all night, they would undoubtedly be given the same rate Kennewick had. Kennewick using 56 poles, used a little over 200 KWH more than did Pasco with 74 poles, due to the fact that Paseo, burned 44 poles all night and turned 30 lights off previous to midnight. Bills showed a monthly consumption of approximately 6000 KWH for the past two months. The committee was instructed to, continue their investigation and make a further report at the next meeting. Haylett called attention to matter of light globes, statement from clerk's office showing 216 purchased during 1931; he stated that he had prepared a chart showing all poled and that street department would indicate on this chart in future when they replaced any of the lights, so that a check could be kept as to length of time globes were btrning . Report of Police Judge read and ordered filed. Clerk submitted a report covering insurance in force; this report showed 09000. on the city hall, 01000.00 on furnishings and $8000. on the building, while at the library the building was covered -with 09000. and contents $5000., a total of $14000. No action taken, al�ho matter was discussed. /- ✓Tk stated that City Attorney had asked him to bringbefore ,m e f passinga motion that E. A. the council the l�� Davis be appointed to represent the city in the matte c taring title to lots the city was buying from the county; matter referred to the S t & Alley Committee. „a At the request of Haylett, city clerk was instructed to write to the Expanding March .1st, (Continued) Sewer Machine Co., Nappanee, Ind. and ask them to furnish all their literature and catalogs. SIREN ALARM FOR FIRS; DEPT. The Fire Dept. wanted a siren alarm, reported Haylett and were willing to pay for it themselves; -as they could get it on time payments, but they wanted the city to underwrite the purchase. The cost would be about $275.00 and the members of the department thought they would be able to pay down $100.00 to $125.00, and the balance could be paid off in year payments, bearing interest at 6/o. Motion made by Skinnell, seconded by Burns, that the city back the Fire Dept. in the matter of securing this siren and motion was carried unanimously. IN THE MATTER OF FIRE HYDRANT AT 12th & A St., Water Committee thru Haylett and McFarland, that when relaying the new pipe, a tee be provided, so that some time in the future a hydrant could be installed. RELAYING WATER MAINS: McFarland stated to the council that he had sixty to 75 applicants for work when he started to relay water mains and wanted to, if possible, spread the work out as much as possible among unemployed and he asked whether council had any suggestions to make in the matter. He was advised that the matter was entirely in his hands and he was to handle the work. REVOLVING FUND FOR WATER MANAGER: In order to pay off men when thru, a revolving fund of $300. was authorized for the Water, lAanager, upon. motion made by Haylett,'seconded by Wirth, and carried without dissent on roll call. WARRANT No. 1626, amount $300.00,, favor R. B. McFaklaadt issued. RATE OF -PAY FOR LABORERS ON RELAYING MAINS. Matter of rat a to be padd men engaged in relaying water mains was discussed and motion was made by Burns, seconded by Skinnell, that this matter be left in the hands of.water menager; motion carried. ADJOURNMENT: Motion made by mirth, seconded by Skinnell, that meeting adjourn: . motion carried. ATTEST: C y Clerk. C. -0 IA Mayor Passed and approved the /� day of 1932. City Glerk.