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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes 1918-08-052 ~Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the City of South San 2raneiseo held Monday,A~gust,5,1918. This meeting wes ealled to order at 8' o eloek P.M., by Trustee G.W. Holstgn ~President of the Board". ' R~ll-eall Ro~l-~all found the fol. lowing Trustees,present ,to wit; E.A.Cunningham,M.F. Healy, A.J. Eschelbach, J.H. Kelley and Absent Trustees No~e. G.W. Holston. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and upon motion of Trustee Kelley seconded by Trustee He~ly and reguls, rly e~rried were approved as read. e e v f C. H w i s askin~ eomoensation for dela~ in locatin~ sewer A eo~munication wa~ ~o~ ~ ~oe~9,w~e~ ~e~ay was allege~ to have been eau~ed by obta~nimg l~teraI in front of ineorreet data from City Engimerrs offiee. Moved bN Trustee Cunningham seconded by. Trustee Kelley, that that the demand be reJeeted. Notion earried A eommunieation was reeeived from the Railroad Commission of the 8tate of California,asking tl~ that the Board of Trustees eonserve eleetrieity to the utmost and to this end asked that all eleetrie advertising signs be diseontinued. Moved bw Trustee Cunningham seeonded by Trustee Kelley that the City electric sign at Grand Ave and Diwislon Street be diseontinued,and the ~treet committee be instrueted to look over street lights with a view to eutting off some of the ~lgh~atin use at present. Motion carried Capt. G~eason an empYoye of the~Emergen~y fleet e0rporation appeared before the Board~$f Trus~ ess and asked that a number of special police be deputized by the Board of Trustees to gaurd Shipyard end Steel P~ant. The names of the men to be deputized not being at hand the matter was eo~tinued until Tuesdsy August 6,1918, at 12 o clock Noon. Areport was received from W.J. Kidd expert accountant who reported having completed the audit of the Cityn books and found everything correct. The report was received and ordered filed. A communication was received from thePrest -0 L;te Co., asking that a fire hydrant be placed at their plant . oved by Tru tee Cunnin~ham seconded by Trustee Esehelbaeh that the City Clerk be instructed ~o eonmUnica~e with the Eouth San Francisco WDter Company and ask that a fire hydrant be placed as per request of Pres~ '~ _ Lite Co. Motion carried Aeo m~unication w~s received by the Board of Trustees from E.H. Edwards Wire works through D.E. Curley secretary Manufaeturers assoeiation ,~sking, that a temporary fire alarm system be installed · The City Cler~ w~s instructed to eommuniate with the write,rand inform him the City eould not afford to spend the mone~t this time. The reports of City 0ffieers for the month of July were then read,the report of the City Clerk showed the followin~ ballances, ~979.?0 Sin~ing Fund SZ ~61 62 Weed Fund ~190.8Z General ~und $2,19~.?A Library Fund * , · City Ha~ Fund $1,93~.34 ~ "~? · ~ e The .report of the City Health officer mn~ ~mto~'thst~er~~A~&~e5~15 °~r~'~rts E$.e~v~& $~ this meeting. Moved by Trustee Kel ey seconded by Trustee Cunningham and re.gun.fly carried that the report of all City offieer~ received at this meetin~ be ~cceoted and filed. L!otion carried An aop~ication for a C~ass"B" ~iqor license wa~ received £ro~ ~ L. C~ntone of ~10 Division street., and upon motion of Trustee Cunningham se.nnded by Trustee Kelley and regularly carr~d the application was denied. A petition w~s received from the merchants of ~outh S~n Francisco asking that the present peddleing ordinance be amended to provide more protection for the merchant against the peddl~ No action taken at this meeting. An Ordin~.nce entitled AN ORDINANCE REGJLATi~G PU~ lC D~NCE$ i~ T~E CIT~ OF SOUT~ S~N PEN~LT~ FOR T~ VIOLATION THEREOF,AND HEP~LALING 0RDINAi~CE 88 And PROVIDING A * - · . C DANCES AND ENTER- FRANCISCO, _~ .... ~ ~ ~, o~c E T LE~ J, " iT ED AN OR~~$~I~N~I~ B~ THE BOARD O~ TRUSTEES 0P THE CITY O~ SOUT~ SA] ~ANOIBCO ON T~E 14th Day of FebruarT,191fi., was formally introdumed by Trustee Cunningham and laia over to ,omo up under regular order of business at the next ~eeting of the Board. Uoon motSon of Trustee Cunnin~ham seconded b7 Trustee letley that the co-operative storre bi ,llowed to improve their place of business to the e::tent of 20% .col the ortgin~l~a~s'~;~iu~ , the ..kmilding. Motion carried ~,~ ~ ~ having been appro~ The following demands against the City were presented for payment the same .v.~.., , ~,._v_,~..~~ev==ensa~xon for dela~ in lo~atin~ sewer 'ta~Y-~'~ont of ~5%~'~loek1~9,w~ie~ d~Iay ~A~-~Ilege~ to have been caused by obta~ning ineorreet data from City Engimerrs offiee. Moved bF Trustee Cunningham seconded by. Trustee Kelley, that that the demand be reJeeted. Motion carried A ¢ommunieation was reeeived from the Railroad Commission of the State of California,asking ti* that the Board of Trustees conserve electrieity to the utmost and to this end asked that all e~eetrie advertising signs be diseontinued. MoFed b~ Trustee Cunningham seeonded by Trustee Kelley that the City electric sign at Grand Ave and Diwis~on Street be discontinued,and the Street eommittee be instrueted to look over street lights with a view to eutting off some of the ~hta~in use at present. Motion carried Capt. G~eason an employe of the. Emergency fleet corporation appeared before the Board$$f Trus~ ecs and asked that a number of speeial police be deputized by the Board of Trustees to gaurd Shipyard and Steel P~ant. The names of the men to be deputized not being at hand the matter was eo~tinued until Tuesday August 6,1918, at 12 o clock Noon. Areport was reeeived from W.J. Kidd expert accountant who reported having completed the audit of the Cityn books and found everything correct. The report was received and ordered filed. A communication was received from thePrest -0 L;te Co., asking that a fire hydrant be placed at their plant . ovedby Trustee Cunninsham seconded by Trustee Esehelbaeh that the City Clerk be instructed o communicate with the ~outh San. FranCisco W~ter Company and ask that a fire hydrant be olaced as per request of Pres~ ~ . Lite Co. Motion carried A co mmunication w~s received by the Board of Trustees from E.H. Edwards Wire works through D.E. Curley secretary Manufaeturers assoeiation ,~sking, that a temporary fire alarm system be installed . The City Cler~ was instructed to eommuniate with the writeerand inform him the City eould not afford to spend the mone~-~,t this time. The reports of City 0ffieers for the month of July were then read,the report of the City Clerk showed the fo]].owin~ bal]ances, General Pund $2 193 74 Library Pund ~ , . ,979.70 Sinking Fund $3,561.62 Weed Fund ~190.53 City Ha]~ ~nnd $1,935.34 ~'~ The report of the City Health officer a~d $2~&to~-thot~rer~A~ o~B~n ~rts [~eo~v~'~ this meeting. · Moved by Trustee Kel ey seconded by Trustee Cunningham and regularly carried that the report of all City offieers received at this meetin~ be acceoted and filed. L!otion carried An application for a C]ass"B" ]iqor license was received from L. Cantone of ~10 Division street., and upon motion of Trustee Cunningham seennded by Trustee Kelley and regularly carr~d the application was denied. A petition was received from the merchants of South San Francisco asking that the present peddleing ordinance be amended to provide more protection for the merchant against the peddl~ No action taken at this meeting. An Ordinznce entitled AN ORDINANCE R~JLA~NG PU~I~ DANCES ii~ T~E CIT~ OF S0~TH S~N FRANCISCO, And PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF,AND REP~ZALING 0RDINAi~CE 88 ORDINANCE REGUI~TING P~BLIC DANCES AND ENTER- Ti NME T~ A ~ ~uv~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ --~-----OFi~HEN~TYN~Fp~I~NAF~S~CO~O~N~~I~ THEREOF"PAd'ED AND ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CITY O~ SOUTH sAN FEANCISCO ON THE l~th Day of February,1916., was formally introduced by Trustee Cunningham and laid over to acme up under regular order of business at the ne~t meeting of the Board. Upon motion of Trustee Cunnin~ham seconded by Trustee Kelley that the co-operative storre be allowed to improve their place of business to the e:ctent of 20% .eof the or~gin~l~a~s-tY~iua the ~railding. Motion earrted The following demands against the City were presented for payment the same having been appro~ by the finanee eommittee. 208 . P. Rus~iee cleaning d ri~king fountain B.Truax making one arrest J.H. Costa street eleaning Western Ssnd & Rock Co. ce~ load roek Pae. Tel. & Tel. Co. ~ ~i~ Phone 223 w P~e. Te] & Tel. Co. ~ Phone 32 w Georgia Raffeelli & Co. 5 s~ eoal W.J. Kidd Auditing City Pae. Gss & EeO street & sign ~hts So. City Garage houseing fire~a~us Gasoline Tte. James Carm~dy ?upplies for City' James Carmody groeeries furnished to small pox patient W.J. Smith money expended Recording deeds Stemps Ere. Pac. Gss & E. Co. current for CityHsll R.E. Walker Salsry as tru~k Driver $1.00 1.25 175.00 159.55 ~4,70 2.20 3.50 30.0o 286.84~ 90.75 17.15~ 33.35 10.13' 1.45. 2~.00 840.87 ~doved by Trustee Cunningham seconded by Trustee Ke!leythat the above demands be paid andwarrants dra~n for the various ~mounts. Motion ea~ried Moved by T~stee Esehelbaeh seconded by Trustee Kelleyth~t the Board adjourn until August 6,~$~to meet ~t ~310 Linden Ave., at 8 ' o eloek P.M. ~otion ea~ried Time of adjournment 9'~0 D~. · ~ Respectfully submitted~(~~ Cit~e~k