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Gilroy,California
August 23,1951
This adjourned meeting of the Common Council is called to order
by His Honor Mayor George C.Milias.
Present:Councilmen George M.Mason,J.H.Wentworth,James B.Thomas,
-- Carl W.Pate, Absent:Councilmen David V.St out,Dale D.Daniels.
The Mayor states that the purpose of this adjourned meeting is to
open and consider beds for the improvement of Sixth Street between
Church Street and Princeveslle Street.
Four bids are presented and read:George Augusta- :12,940.56; John
B.Paroline- `f10,180.84; Granite Construction Company - $10,768.70;
Fredrickson & Watson Construction Company - :9,161.40.
Motion by Councilman Pate,seconded by Councilman Ilason and carried
that the bid of Fredrickson and Watson Construction Company in the
amount of $9,161.40 for the improvement of Sixth Street between Church
Street and Princevalle Street (Project No.20,M.C.S.) be accepted after
approval by the City Attorney and the City Engineer and that all bids
be retained until the City Attorney Inspects and approves the low
bid.
Mr.Gennaro Filice and Mr.Frank Perrelli of the Filice and Perrelli
Canning Company are now invited by the Mayor to sit at the Council
table to discuss the matter of disposal of cannery waste and the dis-
ruption of operation of the city's sewage disposal plant.
I11r.Byron Brow n,Building Inspector, is how called by the Mayor to
report on his findings at the sewage disposal plant during the period
of the past several weeks.
ldr.Gennaro Filice is now asked by the Mayor to discuss the cannery's
side of the problem with reference to the City's problem at the sewage
disposal plant. 14r.Filice states that he and the company officials
are greatly distressed over the fact that the city ordered to cannery
to discontinue the use of the city garbage,dump to dump solid waste
from the cannery;that the company was forced to Durchase twenty acres
of land for disposal of solid wastes,as the result of this action by
the Council; that if at any time the city needed y$1,000. or X2,000.
to assist in operation of the sewer plant or system to call on the
company and they would be glad to assist;that the canning company
has done all the work they intend to do with reference to alleviating
trouble at the sewage disposal plant or in the city sewer system.
The Mayor now discusses the city's side of the question stating
that the request to dismontinue the use of the city garbage dump
came about as the result of a threatened law suit by E.M.Rea,vwner
of property adjoining the city sewer farm property;that the city
is willing at all times to do any reasonable thing to assist the
cannery.
The Mayor now instructs the Clerk to contact Mr.R.C.Stockman,
engineer in charge of the recent.alteration and additions to the
sewage disposal plant, and arrange to have a meeting with the
Qouncil at 1 o'clock P.M.,Saturday,August 25,1951.
Adjourned subject to the
call of the chair.
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