HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 1918-04-15 Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the City of South San Francisco
held, Monday, April,l~,!918.
Tkis meeting was c~'lted to order at 8' 0 clock P.M.,by Trustee J.H. Kelley
"President of the Board".
Roll-call
Re!l-ceil found tbefotlowing Trustees present,to wit;
F.Y:. C~nnin~ham,H.F. Heal~, G.W. Holston, Goo. E. W~.~lace and J.E. Xelley.
Absent Trustees None.
The minutes of the ~revious meetin~ wer~ read and upon'me,ion of Trustee Wallace seconded by
Trustee~ Holston ama re~lar!~z carrie8 were s~pproved ~'s read.
~o corm~uicat on was received from /..Z. C~'pTclli asking yOr::rliggici~ to USO the City Hall for
Ban~ practice on Frigo.. o~- .... ln~ of each week.
iiovod b~z Trustee Cunninghem seconded by Trustee Healy that the permission be granted.
The reverts of Cit'-- officers for t?,e month of i,h.rch were then read the report of ~_e Cit[ Clerk
shov.~ed tbe fo!lo~i~s balances.
General Fund ~1122.69 /ibrar~ Pund 1028.81 ~TInkin~ Fund 2459,FZ CitF E~-]! .Fund 5290.44
;,'eed Fund 190.5Z
~Ireet .... 3ends Series "A" -z~_~8.57
Street 3ends " ,,u,, 70.~6
'-froot Bonds " "C" 209.14
~treet Bonds " "D" 828.54
?~reet Bonds" Z 7.07
e re~'ort of ~. Cit-- ~ ~
..... t~'e ~rlv,.surer checked with that of ti:e City Clerk.
The report of the City r,~corder ~howed that the sum of~2Ol.00 ha.~] been collected through
office furi~ 12, e month of Nsrch for which he enclosed check.
T?e rorrOrt of the C tv He~ ~ 1 ~ ' ' ~ ' ~
, . ~.lt: office~ wssa!sc ~oceived at this meeting ~.how~,~ that 26 Children
ha5 been attended and S5 o~crat~o}~s ~rfornod.
~Jo"ed b-? Trustee ~.unnin?ham secor, ded b? Trustee Healy that the reFort~ of City officers received
at tn~ meeting b~ accepted and filed.
motion carried
The returas showing the result of the General Municipal~ E~ection we~e taken up at this time
and after beln~ canvas ed by the 3oerd of ~rhstees,.,~_e following resolution was introduced by Tr~t~
Cunningham.
~ IN Tar ¥I~Y 0P SOU9!i ~i~ FRAi~ICtSC0
APRIL8, 1918.
o n .k~a}ici~at election was ]:eld in tko City of FoutLSan Fr~.ncisco,onthe 6th day
of A~"ri!,]9}~:,for tko electicn ':f tu~o members oi' .,..e ~o~rd of ~rt~stees o~ s~,_, Cmt.,,C~t., clerk and
C~ty 1.'re~:surer: and
Wk~reas the Cit:' Clerk of sa, id Ci ,, has ~resented to t]:e Board of Trustees of said Cit:~ of
S,-n Prsucisco,s.!] the returns of tko votes caa, t at said election ;and
,,:ne~e~s s~mo 3card of Tr~stees h~s ins],ected and examined a]l s~id returns;
Jew, therefore, resolved by said Board of Trustees th~ t said Board of Trustees hereb~' find as
follows:
The total uu~.ber of votes cast ir~ ~outh ~ n Fr~ncisco municipal Election yrecinct Xo.1
ZZg~ the total m~nber of votes cast in ~o~t} S~n Francisco ~.kmicipal election precinct ~o. 2 was
In S~,u~ Sr~ Francisco ..... ~c~_~ electie~ ~reciuct No. the s~veral candidates for members of
of the Board of Trustees receive~ the number of ~otes,respec iveli~,.~et oDposite their ~m~ctive na~
ss fo] lows:
Frederick William Franklin Brown
Fred Alonzo Cunnin~hsm
fil}~ert Joseph Eschelbach
Silvio Nieri
81
207
166
154
-In oouth ~'~ F ~ ~ .cinct 2 t~oe . r~.,] c
~,o. _. se~e sndidates for members of the
...... ~ r~:.~cisco municipal election ~re '~
. re~ ..ective names ss
Boar~ of Trustees received tko number of votes,resrective!v set o~osi~e ~ '
fo I Iows:
Albert ~0~eph Eschel])[lCh la5
Silvio N~eri "~0.
The total number of votes ca;vt for each of the several c~ndi~.tes for member~~' of the Bovril of Truste
respectively,are set o?Eosite their respective n~mes as fellows:
Frederick Wi!!ir.~} Franklin Brown
Prod Alonzo Cunnin~har~:
21bert ~Joseph Eschelbach
Silvio Neiri
246
410
351
284
~--~,_ ' r ......~co m-~nicir, sl election Precinct No 1 tke several
received the number of votes,respectively,set o.,zI, osite their names
~Wi!lism Joseph Smith _I6Z
c~udidates~-- City Clerk
as follows:
..... l[6'~c'0~,'~i';{fiica'%'on was received from. /..I,. C~-pT'o?li askin? r. ormissic:: to use the tit7 Hal% flor
Ban~ rrsctice on Fri~.~ .~n.~ of
...... OoC~l
iloved ~ v m .... tee ann:ngham seconded b.,
.... ~. ~' '~ru~tee Healy that the ~ermission be granted.
The re~orts of Cit-' officers for the month of ,.Nrch were tLen read the reT..ort of t_,_u Cji( Ciera:
showed *~ .
~.e fo!lowinS ~slances,
General Pund ~1122.69 Librarl Pund 1~28.81 SInkins Pund 2459,F3 City i~'~! Pund 5290,44
Leed Pund 190.53
T1reet gouda Series "A" 1_48.57
Street BcndS " "~" 70.56
~- treet Be, nd s " "C"
P. treet Bonds " "D" 828.54
.~ _n~, ~ 7.07
i'] e re crt of ~. ..
,~. t'-e Cit-- Tr?csurer che~kee Yvit;~ that of tl:e Cit-~ Clerk.
~ re~ort of the City r,~corder ,~howed t~:~',t the sam of~Ol. O0 ha, d been collected through
office furin~ i}-,e month of .'..lsr~:h for which he enclosed check.
Tl, e retort of the C,ty Healt;,~ office~ wssa!s~ 2.t~ceive8 at this meeting showing that 26 Children
had been attended and $5 o:-orat~oNs ~rfor?:ed.
},{o--ed b-~ Trustee ~,unninFham seconded by Trustee Healy that the re,-ortd of City officers received
at this meeting b~ accepted and filed.
motion carried
The returns showing the result of tho Genersl Municipal E~ection were taken up at this time
and after befn~ canvas ed bT.' the Board of ~rhstees,.~e following resolution was introduced by Trite
C~ nni ngham.
~S~':~Tn~ CANVASSING vwr'~r~ ~,, ~ ~.
.....:~'°ULT 0P r,~r::~ ........ ~,~ i,iUNICIPAL ELECTION I{EI.D IN THi' ~i~ 0P SOUTH S~_N~' FRANCISCO
APRIl8, 1918.
,,.~,~ereas a ~o'~era! }..]~n~c~m~t election was }:eld.:t in tho C~tv of SoutLSan Pr~.ncisco,onthe Sd~. da7
of L,--ri!,]9~. ~:,for tko ~ectzon' oi' ~-'o,,~o members of . e '3o~rd' of~ ~rnstees~ . of s~:id Cit~,,,Cit:, Clerk and
Citl ?re~:surer: and
7/k reas the Cit:- Clerk of s~,~id C'. : has ~resented to t}:e Board of Trustees of said Cik of So~th
S-n Francisco,a!/ the returns of tko votes caa't at said election ;and
'~' ~ 'c} ,r~,tees has ins~,ected amc1 e}:amined all s~id returns;
l;ow, ~herefore, resolved bF sald Board of l'rus~ees ~t:~ t soid Board of Trustees hereby find as
foil ows:
The {o~a,i nur:'~er of votes c~s~ 1:~ Bough S. n Pr~.Nolsco nuniciyei Eleo$ion proclno~ go.1 w~s
~9; ~ke ~o~al }r~nber of vo~es oas~ in ~on~} S:n Pr~ncisco 5llunicipal e!eo$ion }",reoino~ l;o. S was 416
In gc, u~k ~:'n Fr~uclsoo r.~,~e~a_~ el. ec~iou ~reoz. no~ ~o.1 ~he ~veral oandida~e~ for members of
of ~ke ncerd~ of ~"'~ustees recelved ~he number of vooes,res.:eo~ve!.~,~.e~~ ~ ! ' i opposite ~he~r
ss follows:
Frederick Wil!icm Franklin Brown
Fred Alonzo Cunninjfham
!Ibert Joseph :~cL. elbach
Silvio Nieri
81
207
166
154
~In ~outh S~n Fr~,ncisco municipal electinn Precinct No, 2 the sever~.] c~:ndidates for members of the
Board of Trustees received tke number of votes,resrective].v set o~osi~e their re?pective names ss
~ --' Trustee~
The total number of votes cawt for each of the several c~ndid~tes for r.?.enbers of t~',e Bcer~ o~
· ~,re set orrosite their resr, ective ~-as ~s
n~ ...... follows:
respective!:?', ,. ~
Frederick Wi!!i~'r: Franklin Brown
Pred Alonzo C:~nnind~,m
llYert Joseph Eschelbach
2ilvio i~eiri
246
410
351
284
In ~outh"'-~- .k _,:l~co mvniclr, a/ ~ection.~_ 2rocinct ,,"o.I the sever~_
receive~ the number of votes,respectively,set osTosite their names
J~i!liam Joseph Smith ,I6Z
~oseph Gardner Walker .!~
c'ndioates _~r City Clerk
follows:
194 ·
In South Can Frsncisco election precinct No. 2 the several candidates for City Clerk received
the number of votes respectfully,set opposite their respective names as follows:
William' Joseph Smith 24V
Joseph O~rdner Walker 146
The tot~l number of votes, c~st for each of tko several candidate~'~ for oit~
the n~:~es of said candidates ~s fo~ows: ~
William Joserh ?r:ut~, 410
Josepk ~ardner ,~l}:er 507
Clerk
is set o~posite
I~ ?~i'uth san Francisd6 election precinct ,'~o. 1 t}:e candidate for Tressurer received the number of
votes set orposite his nam~ as follows:
Edwsrd Philip Kauffmann 254
In South~,-,,-n ~,~c~sco"~ ~ ~ , n~micip.~l election precinct, No. ~ t~,l~e c~,ndidats of '"~reasurer-
the n;~mber of votes o~osite his name as follows:
Zdward Philip Kauffm~nn £82 '
received
The total number of votes cast for t)~ candidate for Tressurer is set opposite his nome as
follows:
ldward Philip Kauffmann ~Z6
Sa~e Bo~r~ of Trustees of the City of S~uth San Francisco hereby declares Ehat Fred Alonzo
Cuunin~ham and Albert Joseph Eschelbzch were duly elected at said General municipal election
as members of the Board of Trustees of tho City of South San Francisco tL~t William Joseph ~ ith
~ ,~enera iT:,a! al~tion es C]t,,, Clerk: that Edv, ard Pki!ip Zauffm~nn
wss d]~.!77 elected ~t sold Oenera! -kzz~ici~a! election ~s Treasurer.
The City Clerk is hcreby ordered to iesue certificates of election to the severe3 persons
hereinbefore declared to be duly elected.
I here]',y certif-,~ tkat the foregoi~g resolution w;s regularly introduced and a~do?ted b~- the
Bo~r~ of Tr~stees nf tke Cit;- of
~"~ ~ CV.~ ~ ~ VOLe:
Ayes, Trustees P.A. Cunnim-tham, ii.F. t{e;ly,G.b, lJolston, Geo. H. Wrliace and J.ii. Xelley.
Noes Trustees None
Absent Tr~stees U~ue. ·
Willisn J. Smith Clerk of the City of South ,~,n Pr~nci~.co,Cao!.
_ ' . ' ~ ut,~ S~n Francisco
In sccord~,nce with t~,o resolution of the Board of Trustees of the Cit/ of °o
aeclarin~ F ]. Cunnin~ham snd ~:. ~,sc,_elbach duly elected tn the o~ ~ice of Cit
-e--e, ~ ,oe~..~:~ed a~. suc~ mere'nets of ~, ~ ~ ~o~ r5 o~ ,~tees ~ftez %a~zng_ tke. n~,t~,~ ~_ of 'ffice.
i ~e selection of
~he first busin ss of th oar~ of .~.~ ~
It wss Povec] b-' ~rustee Cunnzn;~na~ seconded b:v Trustee tn~ ~ru~tee ~.~. ao!ston be
elected Chsirmsn off t~.,c 2oars] o*~ Tr~stees . .
-otter carried
.~ ~- ~ Bnard
Trustee ~.~. Ho!ston was then seate~ as Chsirman of the of Trustees.
The followin~ Committees were then appointed by the Chairman.
Street Co?_~mittee
~. Y. Heal??
· . =e=ley
A.J. Zschelbach
Public Utilities Ceumittee
2.J. ~'~oche!bach~o
l,i. P. He~',l~?
~' ~' ............... ~'io ° 'ts _
:ne matter of tl_e alplica-tionSof the =zcke,,zc,,c ilotor staf'e C, ompa~[f aha t.r?e .P~scner tot ,, ,~e
Company were postponea unti~ ~,~ nda~7 ' 6
· he application of tie Bayshore Delivery TO carr;~ freight
" ~.' snd the date of hearing was s~t for Nonda,7 May,IS, .
bss received at t~s meeting , 1918
The -~o' __ .
~ ,~owin~ demands a?ainsrt the Cit--were presen~e~] for ,a ,,ent tko s ~e ~ ~-- been a}prnved
by t; e finance committee.
South S.P. Water Company, wa%er used
,L. Bort~li repairi~ C~:ty Jail
Jail snd drinking fountain ',, 92.00
~ 12.00
10.
Edwsr~ Philip i~auffmann 254
In Sauth ~'n -. ~
~'~r~.n.cisco m~micip, sl election precinct No. 2 t,~e c~ndidats o£ easurer
t'.,::a n~mber of votes o~asi'ce hi? name [~,s follows:
~dward Phi!i~ Kauffm~nn ~8~:
re~; eive~
The total number of votes cast for t} o, candidste for Tressurer is set opposite his nsme
follows:
Edwar~ Philip Kauffmann 536
Sa~e Bcsr~ of Trustees of the City of S~uth San Francisco hereby declares ~hat F~'ed Alonzo
Cunnin~ham and ~lbert Joseph Eschelb~ch were duly elected at said General municipal election
as members of the Board of Trustees of the City off South San ~'~'ancisco tLat William Joseph ~.~ith
was ~ulT/ electe~ at ssi~ General ~[~niciI~a! el~ction ~s C~ty Clerk; that Edv, ard Philip ~auffmsnn
was d~.!y eZected ~t ssid General .[u~ici~a! election ~s Treasurer.
The City Clerk is ha reby or~ere~ 2o issue certificates off election to the several persons
hereinbeffore dec!are~ to be duly elected.
I hereby certif:; that the foregoi~g resolution wrs regular![z introduced and t~do?ted b: the
Bo~,rd of Tr~stees of the Cit~ of S-~,n~' S~n Francisco ,this l~th. ~]'· ~' of A~ri~,~ II, IS,b:~ t~e
fo7 icy f ~ vote:
ATzes, Trustees F.A. Cunning:ham,
Noes Trustees None
Absent Trustees
.... ~-~ Jr] lace ~n~ J.E. Xe?ley.
He; ~y,~.~. iJolston, Goo .... :
Clerk of the C±ty of South S~n ,-~r~nci~,co,Cao!.
In accordsnce with t]~o resolution of the Board of Trustees of the City of ~out~ San Francisco
declarin~ F.Y. Cunnin~rham end Z. Eschelbach dul[~ elected ~o the office of Cit~~ TrBstees thej
were ~es~ed as such mem~oers of "2:,~,,e ~o~ r~ o~ ~'~ru~tees~ ~ftez ~akin~ the. Oath of )ffice.
The first business of the,n~, ~oar~] of U~'-a~te~ v~%~ ~',e selection of a Ch~irm~n.
It wes roved by Trustee C aC seconded htr Trustee thct Trustee G.i~~. Ho!stem be
elected Chairmen of t~o Board ~f Trustees . ' ~
' '[otio'n carried
Trustee S.W. kolston was then seate~ as Chsirman of the Bnard of Trustees.
The follow'nM Committees were then appointed by the Chairman·
Street Cor:mittee
l~. F. Healy
· ~e~ley
A.J. Lsche~bach
?ub!ic Utilities Co~umittee
3.J. Esche!bach
F./.. C,,:anin~ha~m
¢
The matter of tT~e aIplicetionSof the ?ic~,~ick i,[oter stale Compan[~ a:~,~ the Yischer [~[ot~r
Comps. ny were Lostpone~ ~mtil ~,[ nda~z ~[a[~~, 6,
~h~ a?p]ica~ion~ of t~o" Be?shore ~e/ivery T0 cart~ frei~ht~_.. I~ r~u~b +~o~,,, Cit~ ~-,'~'~ C~ut~- S~ n ~h'anc~
.... ' 13 ~ o18
bss receive~ at this meeting sm0 the d~te of hearing was s~ for ~,,onda.7 May, ,_, .
The fo~]owin.~ dem~nds e~ainsrt -the Cit~' were ?resen~ao for ?a~.:e~nt t.~o s.~me v ..... . been
by t: e finance committee.
South S.F. %';ater Company~ water used b~~ Jail and drinking mountain :;~2.00
~. Bort~!i repairiffg C$ty Jail ~ 12.00
a. H~rder serv{ces o~ e~ection Board 10.
Zac. ~,. & E. Co. c~rrent for Ci,: ....
~2 <:. ~:s g~ E. Co Stre~t and sign lights 264 30
i,[.E. R:~an ] m~s for C~,-t-: flail I
i~sr~' F'] Bohn services on' election Board ' .75
I IITVJ
Georgi & Raffelli surplies
~,l]Ui~m Hyland services on election Board
Pac. Tel. &Te]. Co. c,':31s for Cit-? He31
J.[rs. Mae Robbins services on election 3card
C.E, Stahl ~ervicos on election ~Bo~rd
J~s Retta Woods services on election B_ard
%Irs. E. Daneri services on election Board
Richard W~:llace services on election Board
J.J. We]ch Poundm~ster fees
Enterprise Press Publishing Co. 'Pub]i~'hin~
Enterprise Publishing Co.
~
L~quor 0rdinance
Publishing Notice of election
$18.25
i~.
8~80
10,
10.
6.
57.00
8.65
Moved by Trustee Cunnin.=hem seconded b~rY Tr~stee Kelley that tT~e agove demands be paid ~.nd warrant
drawn for the various amount~.
motion carried
The following resoluticn v.s.s then introduced by Trustee Healy.
RESOLUTION APPOINTING Ai{CHITECT
Whereas the City of South S~,n Fr~.ncisco,has no City Hall; and
~¥'aereas the Board of
Trustees of the City oi' South S~n Francismo contempletes submitting to the quzlified electors of
said City the question of incurring a bonded indebtidness for the construction of a City Hall;
~nd
Where~s it is n~cess~ry to ~point architects to prepary prelininary plans and to determine
the proper estimete of the cost of the proposed municipal improvrnent and in ~ll ]awful woys t~
orotect and preserve the ~ghts and interests of said municip~!ity: and
~~ W~P ~ $~b~'~e~ ~c~i~ectS ~u~lifi'ed"~6~i~oen~'~rvSs~s~~ &~n~{r~i~s'
o~sai~-,~r~sed:7Ol~wH~l~i~n~ to ~e~ant"an~.es~imate of the!cost thereO~:_ -.~ ~'~ .~. ' . .~ ~,
ResolVed.~Y t~bc9~ard of Tr~stees of t~,e C~t~; of oo uth San F~ancisco that said architects
Werner and Coffey,be, gnd they hereb~ are appointbd to prepare an estimate of the cost,plans,
s~ecificati~ns and other preliminary d~ts in order that said Board of' Trustees of the City of Soul
S4n ~'r~ncisco may deteemine and~ubmit to an election,~s provided by l~w,the proposition of
incurring a bonded indebtidne~s for the ob~e~:o~ipurp~se ~einb~re ~et[for~9~ic~L~pp0int~ani
i~'~sdbJ~ctt~sthe following e~ress conditions;
In the event that s~id Board of Trustees sh~ll fail or re,se to c~ll an election to submit
to the electors of s~id City the question of incurrin~ a bonded indebtidness for the construction
of ~ ~lty H~ll, or in the event th~_t the qua~ified e~ct~s of s:.id City of South S~:n Francisco
sh~R~ refuse to ~uthorize, in the msnner provided by law ,the incurring of a bonded indebitedness
for t~e construction of r City H:~l ,or in the event th~J~, s~:id ~o~rd of ~rustees shsll not,by reso
2ution re~ar2y adopted srprove ~nd ~cceDt any plans u'hich srid ~rchitects may subnit ~to s~id
Board of Trustees, or in the e*ent that shid Board of Trustees may be unable to sell for par and
eccrued interest any bonds which ma? be regularly suthori~ed to represent the indebitedness
hereinbefore mentionod,then in any one of s~id events said architects shs~l receive no compensatio
whatever: othe~ise, said architects sha2~ receive the fo].lowing compensation ~ s~x ~.er cent of th
complete cos~ of the b~Xlding ,which fees shall pay for the u,~eperation of t~ll~g$~aral plans,
~etzil drawings, working d.r~wings,specifications and ~uTerintendenc~ of construction snd au~itin
of ~ccounts ,which comrons~tion sha~ be Tayab~e .a~ fol2ows: One-third of t?..e ~nount of s~.id fees
~.~hen. the cont~ct for szid building is let one third of said fees when said building is completed
~nd the remz. inder of fees thirty-f~ve (~5) days ~fter completion of s~id building and acceptance
thereof by s~id Board of T~stees.
I hereby certify th~tthe foregoing resolution re~lerly introduced and ado?ted by ihe
Board of Trustees of the City of South S~n Francisco this 15m~. ~w of A~ril,1918,by the folloWing
vote;'
~'yes T~'ustees F.A. C~mningham ~.'~. Ese~lbach ,~.~. healy,
Noes Trustees J.H. Kelley.
~bsent Trustees None.
William J.Smith City Clerk
Moved by Trustee Eschelb~ch seconded by Trustee Kelley th~,t
building known as the Badrn Hotel to the e:~tent of $775.00
~:otion c~rried
A ZYnding be ellowed to repair the
~,ioved by Trustee Healy seconded by Trustee C~?nnin~h~m thmt the Board adjourn until 1,ionday i~Iay 6,18
to meet ~t #Z10 linden ~ve ~t 8' o c~ock
e~ ,
Liotion c~rried
Tine of ad journuent 10.~0 p.m.
Respectfully submitted
· Willia~ J. Smith Cit.v Cl~erk