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Home My WebLink AboutCC 01-27-1958 ~;;:IlwT.ci.S OF RBGTjI';.h I\,':E~TILG COt NCIL OF THE VILI,Ac;B OF ABLE}, jilLLS Monday, January 27, 1958 The mee t in2 was ca lIed to order at 8 :05 by Y18yor Ashbach. nOLI, CALL: Present; ,Ashbach, DeLal1c:e, '''infrey, Stromquist. . i.,layor Asnbach x'ead a letter froill Carl Lanzer stating his resip:nation as Tx'ustee on the Arden Hills Council. rhe resignation was due to ill health. hiI'. LaGger r'ecO/llil:ended tile apf'ointn,ent of ",x'. :-ienr'y- Drepeau, Jr., his opponent in the last village election. Upon motion by Winfrey, seconded by DeLange, ~~. Crepeau was appomnted by the Council to serve as Trustee. j,lotion passed. ;,I.r. Crepeau was sworn into office by the Village Clerk. hiI'. Axel New:J1Bn, a resident of Arden Hills offered to donate to the Village ,?f luden Hills a plat of ground of approx. ten acres in the Arden !Iills J3 area to be used for playground and nmnicipal use. ~I.r. Newman offered the land on condition tha t the village erec t a ~:100 ,000.00 building on the location. Council thanked Mr. Newman for the offer and will give the matter consideration. ,,:a:\,or AsI1bach made the following cOl1ullittee appointments: Finance Committee- Lorx'aine Stromquist Public ~elfare Con~ittee- L. H. ~infrey Public,;orks Comrnittee- B. J. DeLange Public Safej;"y Committee- Henr'y Crepeau . group of residents from Grant Avenue inquired about the storm sewer and road improvement px'oject for 3rant Ave. ;,:1'. Leroy Nelson, 1935 Grant Avenue, felt that tl1e residents on tne hiGher end of Grant Avenue should be assessed for road il;;provement but not for' the stox'm sewer,. as l1e stated tt.ey would not benefit from it. Council informed tile group that p'oper legal notices had been published, a public hearinG held, which was favorable to the proposed proJect, and tb.at Council is now committed to proceed with the project under the local rr"provement code. lIr. Krannak inquired as to sta tusof the proposed ShoreY/ood lIills# 7 pIa t. Upon faotion by DeLange, seconded by Stromquist, prelin;inary approval was given the Shorewood Hills #7 pIa" as revised 1-5-1958. Motion passed. :\:1'. Arthur Prom stated he felt the villa."e needs two policemen per car for night patrolling. . I\:rs. Stromc;.uist read the recolmnendations of the Liquor COlnl'littee in reEard to the liquor question. The corr~ittee report was filed with Clerk records. l.lx'. head explained details of the report. Council will HE hold an open meeting on therr18tter of liquor licensing at the Fe~ruary 10, 1958 meeting of the Council. L':dU\\\C", C(;i.~:lJr:w", L.i:;lCr,T: :.Irs. stromquist x'eported that a meeting of the Finance Committee was held January 23 with all committee members px'esent. The cOl1ll1littee discussed the f1nancin[': of the Grant Avenue road iruprovement and suggested that we find out how the neizhborhooc :canks usually handle such financ in[. After ca 111n[; two banks, S trolllquis t reported tr..a t the the NeYi 21'iS::1-ton I:'anl{ l"landles this t~<;e of' .c~_[]cd1C-lni:: '\~.::'~Jl &..street iHl.!.,;l'o'ver;~ent bend l',.;.nni~(' five ..-er~:ls at ali-:r'oxi~L.9.tely 4 to 4'4 ~~ interest. The Falcon Hei;,l,ts Bank infol'1J:ed us that tLey ",s~lallJ' :,rant a street improvement loan to run two to three year's at 5)~ simple intel'est. Dr. ;-i!. S. Sekhon was appointed by Council as Public Health Officer. The Council appointed the followinJ to sel've on the Public Health Com;nittee: Dr. ~. S. Sekhon, Chairman, ~TS. Fhylis Olmen, ~~s. Ona Sabine. Mi'. [,;onroe Kronstedt was appointed by Counc il as Civil Defense Director for tr.e Village. . A letter from A.dolph !.leyer in recard to \\:oci:kK:g to L. II. ',anfrey's committee. water level was referred J..la:for AsI,bach recom::nended that Shcl'e7;ood ....rive in the Johanna Narrows plat, a new street not yet a ccepted by the village, be snowplowed for the winter of 1958. t,rr. Delange to attend to the matter. Cn the :7latter of .the November 1957 claim of Roy Cwen, former 3uilding Inspector, after Council discussion, ',.infrey moved, Delange seconded the motion that Clay Kelly be paid SO~ of ~76.50 from the total *292.50 for his inspection, and that hoy Owne be paid 90% of the I'emainder ~NJt of the ~292.50 for his issuance of buildinG permits and the partial inspection of buildings. ;,lotion passed. 'cpon motion by Delange, seconded by Crepeau, Victor Weber was appointed Foliice Chief for 1958, retroactive to January 1, 1958. Motion passed. Upon motion by DeLance, seconded by Stromquist, Jerome ';;asielewski and Jack 'nolf 'Nere appointed police officers fa:::' 1958. lcotion passed. \.;."\"D"5 ri:r'."infrey stated he had instructed George'-p" to ';Jork as police officer , fOl' January, 1953 and felt t.nat Lr. SalttI'oS srlOuld be paid for' the months work. Tile matter was I'eferred to Public Safety Comrnittee Chail'.J:an, Mr. Crepeau. Upon motion by Viinfrey, seconded by DeLanGe, contracts wer.e &warded to the following low bidders for the Grant Avenue project: Ray Sina- Stabilization of road ~4,348.85 ;trank Saratori- Storm sewers, (~3 ,462.00 ;,lotion passed. Attorney Courtney was instructed to proceed with condemnation for eas[.lent for storm sewer as :[IlJlXI!ll per resolution passed December 31, 1957. Iv.!'. Car ley's Ie t ter re[arding the projec t was filed with Clerk records. . ATTCmiJ::Y' S HEPGET: Mr. "ourtney repol'ted that t:"le village carl abolish the office of Constable, and described the legal procedure for so doing. To do so by the next annual election, Council should act on the matter by the August 1958 mee ting. :,;r. nans prechtel was appointed Assessor for 1958 by tIle "o,,"ncil. ::-pon motion by ','infrey, seconded by DeLange, ;.:argaret Steinkraus was a ppointed to a tiU'ee year term as a member of the coard of Appeals, term beginning January 1, 1958. ~otion passed. Upon mot ion by Stl'or,lquis t, see onded by Vlinfre y, the following appointments were made for 1958: Building Inspector- Clay Kelly Ass't GUilding inspector- John Johnson Plumbing lnspector- George Oster Eeating lnspectol'- Harry Thompson :,'otion passed. . c.::pon motion by Winfrey, seconded by Crepeau, Eo J. DeLange was appointed Acting 1~yor for 1955. Kotion passed". 0pon motion by DeLange, seconded by Crepeau, The hose Tribune was designated official village newspaper. Dotion passed. t.ngineer Carley submitted a ',':ritten pl'oposal to the village to consider, in event we need more sewer surveys. The Council requested Clerk to send a letter to Sherriff's office inform- ing them c~ the time and place that Village Justice Court is held. Douglas Farthany stated tl1at he would print a set of oour villase ordinances iCl booklet form as a rate of about ,~50.00 for 25 books. Glerk to call ot:'ler printing concerns for exti:;mtes. Worth ;(ead stated we should perhaps check into matte!' of proposed grant of arsenal land to the highway department. l.:ayor Ashbach to clleck into the mat tel'. Claims 1262 thru 1279 were read and approved. T~e meeting vlTas adjourned at 10:15 P.Iv:. ~ff:1. (k~) LC;3.sLT O. ASHBACH, l,IAYCF~ .