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Home My WebLink About04-20-1939 MinutesREGULAR SESSION COUNCIL CHAMBERS APRIL 28 1939. CALL TO ORDER: Meeting called to order at eight thirty PM. by Mayor Raymond Hicks. ROLL CALL: Roll call by clerk councilmen present were Burns, Downey, Linderman & Pangle absent were McDonnell, Partch and Westby. READING OF THE MINUTES: Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved as read. BILLS & COMMUNICATIONS: A letter was read from the Association of Washington Cities, relative to Finan Officers' Sectional Meeting, to be held in Spokane May the 19th & 19th. This meeting was discussed at length, also the meeting of the Pacific Water we Association to be held in Tacoma Apr i the 11th, 12th., & 18th. Motion made by Pangle and seconded by Burns that mea s be made available to send representati to these meetings. Motion carried. REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES: Street Committee given more time to investigate out laying sewer service, and widening Yakima Street. Building Committee not ready to report on blanket coverage insurance. Cemetery Committee granted more time on determining changes in prices of lots, account Mr Westby's illmess. REPORTS FROM OFFICERS: The City Treasurer'8 March report was reviewed; The Water Department's Monthly Report was read and discussed. City Clerk presented the Monthly Budget Reports. C. M. O'Brien advises he has filed application to have the R. A. Kling grope put up for sale. INSTRUCTION & READING OFORDINANCES & RESOLUTIONS: ORDINANCE NUMBER 443 declaring an emergency and providing for a Deputy City CL and for compensating such deputy City Clerk for Services to be rendered. Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Pasco as follows; SECTION ONE: WHEREAS: an emergency has arisin which could not have beasonable been foreseen the time of making the budget for the year 1939, which emergency requires the expenditure of monjtenotrprovided for in the budget. Such emergency being occasi by the increase of work in the office of the City Clerk, growing out of the col lection of license fees, and out of the fact that the duties of the City Clerk were believed not to be sufficient to require an assistant in such office. AND WHEREAS. it now develops that such work does require an assistant therein a it is estimated that it will require an expenditure of $300.00 over and above that provided for in said budget for the office of City Clerk. THEREFORE, The City Council does hereby declare an emergency to exist requiring expenditure of $300.00 over and above the amount in the budget for the office o City Clerk. SECTION TWO: THE City Clerk be and is hereby authorized to employ as assistant or deputy for a salary not exceeding $25,00 per month, and that emergency warrents be issued pay the salary of such deputy when. so employed. SECTION THREE: This ordinance shall take effect five days from and after its passage and publi cation. Motion made by Downey and deconded by Burns that Ordinance number 443 has had its first reading, va.rried by vote of four. Motion made by Pangle seconded by Downey that Ordinance number 443 have its sec reading by title only. Motion made by Downey and seconded by Pangle that ordinance number 443 has had second reading. carried by vote of four. (FINISHED BUSINESS: Relative to work on Third Street the WPA crew is in need of a concrete mixer; Mayor Hicks in favor of selling or trading ca.terpillar,to obtain more useful equipment, all agree that the City should have a mixer for use in the various departments, arrangements could be made to obtain by a joint purcgase. For the present City Clerk to write Wm Knox, WPA Zone Engineer,Division of Operation, Yakima, asking if a mixer would be available for this project; Also to advise Mr. Collier that on his next trip to Pasco the Street Committee of the Council would like an interview with him. Pangle and Downey produced litature on a small gasoline power mixer with water mixer to cost 435.00 dollars known as the Jagear. Telephone polls on Third Street in the vicinity of the High School and Park, no to be moved, since the widening of that street. Mr. Downey to contact Mr Skill ascertain how this situation is to be handled. AD JOURN ME; N T : A telephone poll and a few trees at the intersection of Yaktma and Sylvester being removed and set back on account of view:,obotruction. Motion made by Linderman seconded by Burns that the meeting,adjourn until next regular meeting. --- _ C � i ATTST Mayor City lerc lestI (v Passed and appro this__�l---- day of 1939. 1{y C1,rk AR MEETING TO ORDER: - Meeting called to order at 9:30 P.M. by Mayor PorteMem Burns. CALL Roll Called by the Clerk, Councilmen present were, Burns, Downey, Pangle and Partch. Absent were Linderman, McDonnell and Westby. 9 & COMMUNICATIONS: On account of Art Partch having to leave the meeting at nine oclock, Motion was made by Downey and seconded by Pangle that regular order of business be set aside and the claims against the City be taken care of. A claim for x'1,134.21 from the Hugh G. Purcell Company, covering Pipe, lead & Oakum for the River View Park, was with held and the Clerk instructed to write the Company relative to omitting sales tax and inquire about the .7311 price per foot accoubt, the amount purchased being shipped by 40,000 pound car load rate. The following claims were read and ordered paid, motion made by Partch and Seco by Pangle, Carried by roll call vote of four. rrent No. Varlous Departments Amt. 702 _ _ Howard Cooper Co. Fire Hose & Fittings _ _ _ _ _ $295.00 3 American LaFrance Foamite Co. Carrying Racks fire truck 24.22 4 U. S. Laundry Fire Room Laundry 5.11 5 Huston Motor Co. Flange .50 6 Damon Morgan Labor City Park 6.00 7 Alfred Myers " " It 3. bo 9 Frank Olay It River View Park 15.00 9 Columbia Hardware Co. Paint& Brush 1.49 10 C. M. O'Brien Office Help & Rent 10.00 11 Puget Sound News Co. New Books 28.69 12 Columbia Hardware Cc Lawn Rake 1.50 13 " It Grass Seed 1.65 14 Mrs. E. Noland Police Matron 2.00 15 Void Void 16 Pasco Eletric Shop Splicing Cable 3.95 17 City Water Dept. Material & Labor 9.99 19 Pasco Plumbing & Heating Co. Oil Burner & fittings `820.62 19 Western Golf Course Supply Co. Wheel for Motor Mower 4.00 20 A. E. Hinckley Work on 1939 Annual report 17.50 21 Union Oil Company 210 gal gas 33.60 22 Standard Oil Co. 500 gas diesel oil 41.25 23 General Petroleum Oil and service 14.71 24 C9ty Treasurer Misc 10.11 25 White River lumber Go Cement & Lumber 16.14 26 Pasco Hardware Co. Pipe & Fittings 33.99 27 Pasco Herald Ordinance & Supplies 55.35 29 Pasco Auto Company Spot Light Handle 4.10 29 Pacific Telephone Cc Service 5.95 30 City Water Department Hydrants & Water 246.65 31 Pacific Power & Light City lights 221.89 $1,624.03 Street Department 379 Pacific Power & Ligut Co. Lighting Service 120.72 390 Gerry's Sales & Service Repair of tires 1.00 391 Kilmer & Sons Saw files 9.49 392 Patrick & McDuffie Purolator filter 5.95 393 Roy Krueger labor 16.00 394 Roy Krueger Auto Parts & Battery 43.98 395 Columbia Hardware Cc Paint & Brushes 26.90 396 Pasco Hard*dre Company aawrgiles 1.90 397 Pasco Herald Cc Warrents 9.40 399 Union Oil Comnany Gasmline 64.63 399 White River Lumber Cm lath & Cement 2.91 390 Pacific Power & Light Under Pass & Orn Lights 133.90 391 Pasco Eletric Shop Repair to Traffic Light 2,50 WATER DEPT. 3540 Void 41 Pasco Machine Company Work on pipes 16.17 42 Void 43 Void 44 Pasco Herald Co. Warrents,Clumnar,bids 17.78 45 The Bristol Co. Chart, Ink, Ins. Etc 11.34 46 Excise Tak Cimmission Revenue Tax for April 177.91 47 American Water Works Assn. Menbership Fee 10.00 49 Neptune Meter Co Meter &.-Parts 103.49 49 Olympic Foundry Co. Tee & Reducer 19.99 50 D. Burt Bryan Repair Clock Gaguue 3.50 51 Wallace & Tiernan Sales Corp Metefr & Scale 22.60 52 Rensselaer Valve Co. Hydrant Fittings 9.11 53 Hughes & Co. Adaptor, Wire Etc. 60.62 54 Pennsylvania Salt Mfg Co. Chlorine 40.50 55 City Treasurer Draft, Freight, Stamps Etc. 19.11 56 Pacific Power & Light Co. Service from March to Maylst 612.93 57 Pasco Plumbing & Heating CO 150 # gate 3.50 59 White River Lumber Cc Clay & Lumber 28:OO' 59 Pasco Hardware Cc Light Globes ,73 60 Current Expense 40 gal Gasoline 6.90 436.88 3.223.99 I