Minutes 1941/01/06
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Gilroy,Californ1a.
January 6,1941.
This regular monthly meeting of the Common Council is oal1ed to
order by His Honor Mayor George C.Milias,Jr.
Present:Councilmen George M.Mason,James Battersby,Nat He~ner,
J.H.Wentworth. Absent:Coun01lmen George A.Mar.iD,Jaok Rogers.
Minutes of the meetings of Deoember 2nd and 17th,1940, are read
and approved.
This being the time speoified in letters sent to ten laeeligasoline
dealers asking for bids to turn1.h the oity wi~h gasoline for a
twelve months period, January 15,1941 to January 14,1942, the
following bids are received and rea4:
Standard Oil Company of California, Shell Oil Company,Inc..Seaside
Oil Company, Tide Water Assooiated Oil Company,Gilmore Oil Company.
The Texas Company. Riohfield Oil Corporation.
MOtion by Counoilman Wentworth, seoonded by Counoilman Heiner and
carried that the gasoline business for the ensuing twelve months be
divided between the Shell Oil Company.Ino.,Stamard Oil Company of
California and the Seaside Oil Company.t tll02~ per gallon.
Mr.Kirby MoAtee ,manager of the Gil1"oy Telephone Company, now appears
before the Counoil and presents an application tor a franchise tor
the Gilroy Telephone Company tor a period of twenty-five years.
The applioation for franchise tran. the Gilroy Telephone Company
is read by the City Clerk.
RESOLUTION NO. 129 is presented and read.
Motion by Councilman Battersby, seoonded by Counoilman Bainer that
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RESOLUTION NO.129 be adopted.
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RESOLUTION NO. lIt
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Mayor and Common Council of
the City of Gilroy,
THAT WHEREAS an application for a telephone and
telegraph franchise has been filed with the Common Council of
this City by the Gilroy Telephone Company, and this Body
proposes to grant a franchise for .that purpose,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, that the fact of said application
shall be advertised and bids for said franchise invited in
the manner and for the time required by law. That the time
for the receiving of such bids shall be up to 5 o'clock, P. M.
of the 17th day of February, 1941. Said notice to be
publiShed in the Gilroy Evening Dispatch for ten (10) suc-
cessive days, or as often during said period as said paper
is published, the full publication to be completed not less
than twenty (20) days before the 17th day of February,
1941.
Approved and adopted t.nis 6th day of Janue.ry, 1941,
at a regular meeting of the Common Council of the City of
Gilroy.
AYES: Councilme~ George M.Mason,James Battersby,
Nat He1ner,J.H.Wentworth.
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABS~~T: Councilmen: George A.Mart1n,Jack Rogers.
ATTEST:
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City Cle~
Mr.George Smith appears before the Council to discuss his pro-rata
of insurance business for the fire insurance on the Wheeler Civic
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Audi toriw;n.
The Mayor announces that a meeting with all local insurance agents
and th~ Common Council w1l1: be pelf. in:~he..._Couhe 11 Chambers ,Monday J
January 13th, at 8 o'clook P.M.
The Mayor anDounces that work on Miller Slough will oontinue when-
ever the ground dries sufficiently for the shovel to operate.
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The Clerk is instruoted to write to the Southern Pacific Company
calling their attention to a previous letter from the city with ref-
erenoe to the condition of several crossings in the oity and to
ascertain what the company intends to do to remedy the situation.
The Clerk is instructed to send an Enoroaohment Permit to the
Division of Highways asking that pea.alBian crosswalks be painted
on Old Gilroy street at the Maple Street and Chestnut Street inter-
seotions and that permission be granted to place Division of High-
way approved Sohool Crossing signs at both of these intersections.
The Mayor announoes that all sidewalks in the oity will be in-
speoted by the Superintendent ot Streets and a report of hi8~t~nding.
will,be_made to the Council.
The Mayor states that Miss.Edith Hornbeck has nade a request to' place
a mail. box on oity property on North Monterey Street. This matter is
referred to the Water Superintendent.
Motion by Counoilman Mason, seconded by Counoilman Wentworth and
carried that the sum of $200.00 be transferred trom the General Fund
to the Library Fund.
The Mayor discusses the prevalanoe of mistletoe in trees on private
property and the danger of infeotion ID trees in park ways fram this
condition. This matter is reterred to the Forestry Board for in-
vestigation and report.
Motion by Counoilman Mason, seoonded by Councilman Heiner and
carried that the sum of $40.14 be transferred from the General Fund
to the 1905 Munic ipal BonA Fund.
Counoilman Heiner discusses the location of a tire plug at MOnterey
and Old Gilroy Street. The Water Committee is instructed to proceed
with the installation of a fire plug,in a location to be .elected by
them, at Monterey and Old Gilroy Streets.
Motion by Councilman Battersby, seconded by Counoilman Heiner and
carried that t50.00 additional be added to the Petty Cash Fund of
the Water Department.
The chairman of the Stteet Connnittee and the Superintement of
streets are requested by the Mayor to investigate a stonn water
oondition at the oorner of Old Gilroy am Chestnut streets.
A oommunication is read from Postmaster R.M.Martin thanking the
Council for the use of spaoe in the Clerk's offioe during alien
reg istration.
Reports of the City officers are read.
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Motion by Councilman BattersPy,seconded by Councilman Wentworth
and carried that the reports of the city offioers be acoepted as
read and plaoed on file.
Motion by Counoilman Heiner,secoDded by Counoilman Mason and
oarried that the bills as pResented be allowed and warrants ordered
drawn on the Treasurer.
Adjourned subject to the
the oal1 of the chair.
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