Minutes 1946/01/07
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Gilroy ,California
January 7,1946.
This regular monthly meeting of the Common Council is called to
order by His Honor Mayor George C.Milias.
Present:Councilmen George A.Martin,George M.Mason,J.H.Wentworth,
David V.Stout. Absent:Councilmen Nat Heiner,Henry J.Schilling.
Minutes of the meeting December 3rd,1945 are read and approved.
A communication is read from Jack Thomas applying for a license
to hold Mexican dances for the coming year of 1946.
A communication s1gned:.,by.Mrs.Leonard Moniz,Mrs.Ethel Martines,
Mrs.Donald Thome,Mrs.Norma Harley and Mrs.H.Foster, complaining
about the water standing in the wading pool located on the Sever-
ance school grounds,is read. The Kayor referes this communication
through the Clerk to the Gilroy Kiwanis Club,the organization that
sponsored and constructed the pool.
A cO~lunication is read from the California Automobile Association
stating that permission would have to be obtained ~rom the state
H~ghway Department to erect signs on main entrances to the city-
"TRAFFIC LAWS STRICTLY ENFORCED"- the writer stating further that
he believed all motorists are conscious of the 'fact that all laws
are strictly enforced where sufficient enforcement is available.
A communication is read from the Gilroy Rotary Club inviting
the Mayor and members of the Council to attend their lunoheon
meeting,January lOth, at which time Mr.Feederick K.DuPuy,Airport
Engineer, would address the club. The Clerk is instruoted to
obtain the names of the Councilmen who would attend and inform the
olub secretary.
A communication signed by members of the several panels of the
Gilroy Rationing Board, thanking the Council for past favors, is
read.
A comaunication is read from the Division of Highways stating
that a number of cities had requested a traffic survey by the
Safety Council and that the Gilroy survey would be made as soon
as possible, also that the pedesrtian crosswalks on Monterey Street
would be repainted as soon as conditions permit.
A rpport on water samples taken by the Santa Clara County Health
Department is read and ordered placed on file.
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Letters from the California Automobile Association,the Gilroy
Rationing Board and the Division of Highways are' ordered filed.
Motion by Councilman Martl~~seoonded by Councilman Stout and
carried that Jack Thomas be granted a license to hold Mexican dances
for the calendar year 1946.
This being the time specified,in letter sent to the several oil
companies, calling for bids to furnish the city's gasoline require-
ments for the period January 14,1946 to January 15,1947-e:1ght bids
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are p resented and read:
Seaside Oil Company-12i~ per gallon;General Petroleum Corporation-
13~ per gallon;SUell Oil Company-13~ per gallon;Union Oil Company
of California-13)1 per gallon;Tide Water Assooiated Oil Company-
13)1 p,er gallon;Standard Oil Company 0 f California-13~ per gallon;
Richfie~d,Oil Corporation-ll 6/10~ per gallon; Lomas Oil Company-
l2t)l per gallon.
Motion by Councilman Stout ,seconded by Councilman Martin and
carried that the Richfield Oil Corporation be awarded the contract
to furnish the city with it's gasoline requirements for the period
January 15,1946 to January 15,1947 at the bid price of 11 6/10~
per gallon.
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The matter of the annual banquet for the telephone operators
is discussed and placed in the hands of the Traffic Officer to
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make all necessary arrangements.
The matter of the condition of the broadcasting transmitter
is discussed and the Clekr is instructed to write to the Kaar
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Engineering Company,Palo Alto,California, asking that they send
a man here to check over the station and place it at it's maximum
efficiency.
The Mayor states that Night Officer Walsh is going to the hospital
for am operation and it will be necessary to have another officer
on duty.
It is unanimously agreed that Officer Dan Lemos be asked to
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assume Officers Walsh's duties,tenporarily.
The Mayor now discusses the problem of ventilation in the Clerk's
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Office. This matter is referred to the Building and Grounds
Commi tte~ for",1nvestigati on and report.
The Clerk is instructed to call Harold Crow,chairman of the
Forestry Board,and ascertain the type of tree the city should
recommend that p~operty owners plant in the parkway.areas.
The Clerk iax instructed to write a letter to Mr.H.P.Atkinson
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asking him to remove the log cabin-type house from the sidewalk in
front of the Builders Supply Company,Northe Monterey Street, as several
oomplaints had been made about this structure to members 0 f the CounciL
Mr.Ed.Hanna, surveyor, now appears before the Council to discuss
the opening of a'20 ropt alley in the Renz Subdivision from Hanna
Street to Carmel Street,between First Street and Broadway. The Clerk
is instructed to write to the several property owners along the
proposed alley route to ascertain if they would be willing to give
the necessary footage for the proposed alley.
The matter of extending the sewer lines north of the city limits
is discussed. It is unanimously agreed that the property owners
interested submit ~igures and information with respect to having
this area brought into the city.
Mr.Hartman,representing the Paramount Pest Control Service,now
appears before the Council to discuss rat control at the city garbage
dump.
It is unanimously agreed that the matter of a contract for pest
control at the garbage dump be investigated by the Sewer Committee
and report their findings to the Council.
Reports 0 f the City Officers are presented and read.
Motion by Councilman Stout,sconded by Councilmam Martin and carried
that the re per ts of city offi cers be accepted as read and placed on
time.
~~ Motion by Councilman Stout,seconded by Councilman Martin and carried
that bills as presented be allowed aud warrants ordered drawn on the
Treasurer.
Adjourned subject to the
call of the chair.
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City Cle
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