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Home My WebLink About1950/03/20 - ADMIN - Minutes - City Council - Regular March 20, 1950 347 REGULAR MEETING MARCH 20, 1950 • A meeting of the Village Council was called to order by Mayor Erickson at :8:22 P. .M., with the following Council Members present at roll call as follows: Trustee Bolmgren Trustee Jorvig Trustee Perkins Clerk Justad Mayor Erickson Verified Claims On motion of Trustee Bolmgren, seconded by Trustee Perkins, the following III verified claims were approved, and the Mayor 'and Clerk are hereby authorized to issue warrants covering same, by unanimous vote of Council Members present by roll call as follows: Trustee Bolmgren, yea; Trustee Jorvig, yea; Trustee Perkins, yea; Clerk Justad, yea.; Mayor Erickson, yea: A. 'Anderson 118.00 R. Baden 38.40. Jotin Balich 198.00 C. J. Betley 162.80 H. .J. Bolmgren 60.00 - J. W. Brockman 118.80 C. F. Cihoski 47.95 John .Connery _ 140.80 R. 'B. Connery 165.00 James R. Dahl 136.50 Elsie Dahlstrom 70.30 Marjorie Dale 72.20 C. L. Dickinson 75.00 Al Donahue 170.38 Mary E. Dunkum 76.00 0. B. Erickson 80.00 E. Ferch 127.40 Irwin Freeland 142.00 H. Frieborg 136.15 Ted Gardner 132.00 George Gibson 150.00 Edwin Gilbert 150.00 11 " 25.60 H. Girard 150.00 Donald Glassing 136.50 Truman Hedwall 142.00 Esther Helmer 41.65 Orlo Hemstock 55.00 Carl Iverson 142.00 Alvera Johnson 61.60 Clyde Johnson 136.50 J. 0. Johnson 126.90 K. Johnson 165.00 L. M. Johnson - 142.00 C. W. Jones , 140.80 Earl Jones 145.20 Anna Jorgenson 31.00 Torval Jorvig _ 60.00 Walter Jungblut , 102.60 Joseph Justad 215.00 III Mildred Kadlec 34.00 Maynard Kays 138.75 Robert Kays 120.83 Vernice Larson 82.50 Roy.Lea - 116.20 C. Lindgren 152.60 0. R. Mc Gary 120.40 Omar Mc Gary 139.00 Louis Mc Nellis 123.20 Vance Marfell 131.60 Mildred Melbourne 82.50 Andy Nelson • 165.00 H. Nelson 158.58 E. Omestad ' 120.83 Dorothy Owens 36.00 Ellida, Parchem 107.50 Wm. M. Pascoe 118.80 H. W. Perkins 60.00 Glen Peterson 138.95 Gertrude Renner 115.90 W. J. Sahl 121.80 Kurt Scheibe 150.00 F. J. Senander 150.00 R. Senander 135.00 Fred Sewall 116.78 Phil. W. Smith 270.83 Clyde Sorenson 131.50 Robert Sorenson 142.00 Chas. Soutter, Jr. 145.20 Robert Standal 136.50 Peter Stienstra 165.00 Gunnar Stromer 135.20 E. Taylor 75.60 Leroy Theiss 108.00 Ira M. Vraalstad 165.00 J. A. Werner 165.00 Dan Whalen 142.00 C. M. Williams 165.00 J. S. Williams 115.00 Martha Wylie 88.00 Burt Zila 177.46 American City Magazone 12.00 American Linen Supply Co. 4.74 Baldwin Supply Co. 5.70 Brookside Drug Store 2.46 . Phaifis Petvo1eaAA - 79.60 Commonwealth Electric Co. 64.55 Community Chest & Council of III Crown Rubber Stamp Co. 6.43 Hennepin county 1.25 De Voe & Reynolds 15.60 Eco, Incorporated 7.38 II It n 4.27 Falk Paper Company 1.75 11" "' ! 19.70 Finance and Commerce 4.80 Floyd!s Lock & Key Service 9.65 Freelands Grocery 5.67 Goodwin Joss Laboratories 8.00 - n '' .52 Hennepin-Lake-Stationery • 5.90 " " .75 Hobart Brothers 61.48 Homelite Corporation .84 " " 8.67 Landers,Norblom,Christenson 181.58 Nels P. Larsen 50.00 Wm. H. Mc Coy 79.60 Miller-Davis Company 69.75 Minar Company 5.05 II n n 3.00 u n 6.55 It It n 1.50 It n 3.06 II '! '! 5.00 Minikada Hardware 5.12 '-' " it 4.50 Mpls. Gas Company 45.49 34S :.0 March 20. 1950 C--) Verified Claims, Continued ?.:a. Miller-Davis Company 24.90 Minneapolis Iron Store 11.25 n n n 1.65 Mpls., Northfield & So. Ry. 1.00 ft it II 1.20 Minn. Fire Extinguisher Co. 3.75 n 11 It 18.60 E. T. Montgomery 335.00 11 n 1! 7.79 n n tt 16.00 n it n 13.95 n 1t n 290.00 • 1t n it 3.75 it It It 40.00 " " n .75 Tom Motzko 1.15 f1 " 11 6.70 Nattl. Fire Protection 12.50 n1! 1! 5. 50 Northern States Power Company 1.00 n It n 4.85 0 n It n 12.00 11n It 15.00 NW Bell Telephone Co. 66.60 Paper, Calmenson_Co. 26.97 Ellida C. Parchem 13.79 Mrs. H. 0. Ritchie 3.30 Rodgers Hydraulic, Inc. 5.52 H. A. Rogers Co. 16.50 Rockwell Mfg. Co. 8.00 tt n n n 55.00 Service Parts Co. 1.00 St..Louis Park_DISPATCH 3.99 Standard Oil Company 6.85 -tt n tt n 12.00 Structural Clay Products 2.50 '1t 11 " It 23.40 Ira M. Vraalstad 27.26 Wm. H. ,Ziegler Co. . 9.64 John R. Coan, Postmaster 26.32 Change of Date for Opening Bids Due to error in advertisement, and shortness of time, it was thought - advisable not to open bids received for water meters, copperhorns and corporation stops, and readvertise for same. • On motion of Trustee Bolmgren, seconded by Trustee Perkins, the Clerk was instructed to advertise for bids for water meters, copperhorns and corporation stops in quantities as appeared in advertisement in the St. Louis Park Dispatch March 15, 1950 with bids to be opened April 3, 1950. Motion was passed by unanimous vote of the Council. Bids for Wheel Type Tractor-Mower and Weed Sprayor Pursuant to advertisement in the St. Louis Park Dispatch, sealed bids Were received for the furnishing One (1) Wheel Type Tractor-Mower and Weedsprayer from the following bidders: • Name of Bidder Tractor Mower Weed Sprayer 1. Rosholt Equipment Company 1,544.00 139.20 2. Geo. T. Ryan Co. 1,602.53 3. Phillippi-Murphy Eqpt. Co. 2,078.00 Included 4. Wm. H. Ziegler Co. , 2,117.00 350.00 5'. Borchert-Ingersoll Co. 1,393.62 6. Lyon Chemical Company 281.25 • On motion of Trustee Bolmgren, seconded by Trustee Perkins, the above bids were referred to the Village Engineer and Chairman of the Street Department Com- mittee for tabulation and recommendation, by unanimous vote of the Council. Licenses • On motion of Trustee Bolmgren, seconded by Trustee Jorvig, the following applications for 1950 licenses were approved, and the Mayor and Clerk are hereby authorized to issue licenses to expire December 31, 1950, by unanimous vote of the Council: • St. Louis Park Driving Range Cigarette • n n n 11 n - Soft Drink A. G. Biebighauser_ _ Electrical Farrell Grocery ' Cigarette n n Milk Retail 't 11 Soft Drink • II n 3.2 Beer Off Sale • Buy-Rite Super Market Cigarettes - n tt n rt Milk Retail n 11 n It 3.2 Beer Off Sale Petitions On motion of Trustee Bolmgren, seconded by Trustee Perkins, the following petitions were referred to the Village Engineer and Chairman of the Street and Sewer Department Committees for checking and recommendation, by unanimous vote of the Council: • March 20, 1950 349 Petitions, Continued P-490 PETITION FOR GRADING, signed by L. C. Johnson, 2736 Kentucky Avenue and others, dated February 20, 1950, for grading of ALLEY IN BLOCK 6, THE BRONX. _ • P-524 PETITION FOR SANITARY SEWER, signed by U. S. Grant, Jr., 4336 Excelsior Boulevard, dated March 8, 1950, for the construction of sanitary sewer IN THE N. S. EXCELSIOR BOULEVARD FROM NATCHEZ AVENUE TO JOPPA AVENUE. Petition of Water Main P-508 On motion of Trustee Bolmgren, seconded by Trustee Jorvig, the petition signed by Emil Mathison, 3445 Colfax Avenue South and others, for the construction of water mains in RHODE ISLAND AVENUE FROM MINNETONKA TO WEST 31ST STREET, dated March 4, 1950, was referred to the Water Superintendent and Chairman of the Water Department Committee for checking and recommendation, by unanimous vote of the Council. Permission to Place Poles - N.S.Power Co. On motion of Trustee Jorvig, seconded by Trustee Bolmgren, the following poles were approved to be placed by Northern States Power Company, by unanimous vote of the Council: 2 Poles on Walker Street between Texas and Virginia Avenues. 7 Poles on Excelsior Boulevard between Dakota Avenue and Meadowbrook Boulevard. Resolution On motion of Trustee Jorvig, seconded by Trustee Bolmgren, the following resolution was adopted by unanimous vote of the Council: RESOLUTION CANCELING WEED DESTRUCTION BE IT RESOLVED by the Village Council of the Village .of St. Louis Park that the following assessments made in 1947 be hereby canceled for_the reason that weed destruction was billed in error against Lot 25, Block 2, Park Manor, and the Mayor and Clerk are hereby authorized to refund the amount paid upon receipt of a verified claim signed by the taxpayer. Name of Owner Legal Description Amount to be Refunded H. 0. Ritchie Lot 25, Block 2 1947 2700 Blackstone Avenue _Park Manor $3.30 Resolution On motion of Trustee Perkins, seconded by Trustee Bolmgren, the following resolution was adopted by unanimous vote of the Council: RESOLUTION CANCELING WEED DESTRUCTION BE IT RESOLVED by the Village Council of the Village of St. Louis Park that the following assessments made in 1948, be hereby canceled for the reason that weed destruction was billedin error against the following described lots, and the Treasurer and Auditor of Hennepin County be hereby authorized to cancel the same upon their respective records for the year 1948. TO BE CANCELED BY COUNTY AUDITOR T. P. Bonner Minikanda Terrace 2nd 1948 3754 Inglewood Avenue Lot 12, Block 2 $7.20 R. E. Lindgren Brookside 4060 Alabama Avenue Lot 2, Block 9 2.20 W. K. Freed Brookside 6.60 4656 S. Garfield Ave. Lot 8, Block 3 Agnes M. Limborg Park Manor 3.60 2749 Blackstone Ave. Lot 18, Block 2 I. I. Christensen St. Louis Park Center 2.80 6228 Oxford Street Lot 13, Block 49 35o March 20, 1950 COC C`) Report of The Railroad and Warehouse Commission A report from the Railroad and Warehouse Commission, dated March 9, 1950 IN THE MATTER OF-A PETITION OF THE MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. LOUIS RAILWAY COMPANY AND THE CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, ST. PAUL AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY FOR AN ORDER AMENDING COMMISSION_ORDERS REQUIRING FLAGMAN SERVICES AT THE CROSSINGS OF WOODDALE AVENUE AND BRUNSWICK AVENUE AND THE TRACKS OF THE MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. LOUIS RAILWAY COMPANY AND THE CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, ST. .PAUL AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY IN THE VILLAGE OF ST. LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA, was read and ordered filed. Salary Increase - Dan Whalen , On motion of.Trustee Bolmgren, seconded by Trustee Perkins, the salary of Police Officer Dan Whalen was increased from $278.00 to $284.00 per month, effective March 15, 1950, to conform with the automatic increases for Police Officers, by unanimous vote of the Council. III Bid Awarded - Police Car Mayor Erickson, Chairman of the Police Committee recommended that the order for new police car be awarded to the Minar Company as per their bid received March 13, 1950. On motion of Trustee Perkins, seconded by Trustee Jorvig, the bid of the Minar Company for the furnishing of One (1) Two-door Custom Sedan for the Police Department, received March 13, 1950, in the amount of1825.00, was deemed to be the lowest bid of a responsible bidder, and the Clerk is hereby authorized to issue a purchase order for same to the Minar Company as per bid. Motion was passed by unanimous vote of the Council. Permit for Temporary Building • On motion of Trustee Bolmgren, seconded by Trustee Jorvig, the Building Inspector was instructed to_ issue a temporary building permit to E. 0. Rodberg for a commercial building for purpose of selling Dairy Mor at 5060 Excelsior Boulevard. Motion was passed by four yeas. Trustee Perkins not voting. Restaurant License On motion of Trustee Jorvig, seconded by Trustee Bolmgren, the application of E. 0. Rodberg for a license to operate a restaurant at 5060 Excelsior Blvd. was approved, and the Mayor and Clerk were instructed to issue same for the current year ending December 31, 1950. Motion was passed by four yeas. Trustee Perkins not voting. Advertise-for Bids for Water Mains On motion of Trustee Bolmgren, seconded by Trustee Perkins, the plans and specifications for water main extensions prepared by the Village Engineer for the following locations were approved, and the Clerk was instructed to advertise for bids, to be opened April 10, 1950, by unanimous vote of the Council: — --- I Improve- 53-23 Virginia Ave from W 36tH ment to North line of Donneybrook 1 No Location ' Terrace 2nd Addition P-1 Raleigh Ave from W 26th St to - p-24 W94ming Ave from W 36th St W 27th St to .North line of Donneybrook, P-2 Vernon Ave from S Village Terrace 2nd Addition limits to W 44th St p-25 Xylon Ave from W 36th St to P-3 Mackey Ave from S Village•' North line of Donne}brook Ter- limits to W 44th St race 2nd Addition P-4 Brook Avenue from S Village P-28 Yuion Ave from W 36th St to limits to W 44th St North line of Donneybrook Ter- • P-5 Coolidge Ave from S-Village • race 2nd"from limits to W 44th St P-27 South St from Taft St West 213' P-6 Browndale Ave from S Village, p-28 Louisiana Ave from Minnetonka J 1 limits to W 44th St Blvd to W 31st St ` p-7 West 44th St from Vernon Ave p.29 Meadow Brook Lane from Mead- to Glen Place owbrook',Blvd to North end P-8 East Parkwoods Road from W 'P-30„ Meadowbrook, Blvd from Excel; i line of Lot 22 Westridge to sior Blvd to Excelsioi Blvd Westridge Lane P,-31 Excelsior Blvd from Dakota Ave 1 Parklands Road from East Park- -to N & S c(f Sec 21 T 117 R Zl woods Road to N end P-32 Excelsior Blvd from'N & S c/1 P-9 Texas Ave from MinnetonkaSec 20 T 117 R 21 to West Vil- Blvd to W 34th St loge limits q P-10 Minetonka Blvd from Ken- p-33 Minnetonka Blvd from Nevada tuckny•Ave to Louisiana Ave Ave to Oregon Ave ..; P-11 Louisiana Ave from Minnetonka P-34' Oregon 'Ave froth -Minnetonka Blvd to W 28th St P-12 Sumter Ave from Minnetonka; P-35 Blvd LaBlvd to W' 31st St '-ne 'from Yosemite Ave tt Bivd to W 32 , St East to CreekI P-13 Maryland Ave from Minnetonka ,Yosg mite Ave from Wird-'Lane Blvd to W 32nd St NortIi to a Listing ma , 1P-14 Utah Ave from Minnetonka P-36,'Rhode Island Ave from Minne- Blvd to W 32nd St tonita Blvd to W 31st St P-15 Minnetonka Blvd from Maryland P-37 Webster Ave from 831d St to I Ave to Nevada Ave So1ith•line Lot 71! Norwaldo Ad- P-16 Nevada Ave from Minnetonka . dation - " Blvd to W 32nd St P-38 Minrieton ea—Bivd•from Louisiana P-17 Utah Ave from W 33rd St to Ave to Maaryland Ave W 34th St a P-39 Marylane ; from`Minnetonka _ P-18 Virginia Ave from W 33rd St Blvd to W 2011,St''M , 'to W 34th St P-40 Minnetonka:'B1*S'Itr013ii Oregon I P-19 Wyoming Ave from W '33rd St ' Ave to Utah Ave to W 34th St p-41 Pennsylvania Ave from•Minne- West 34th St from Wyoming l toilka Blvd to W. 31st St - Ave to Xylon Ave p-92 Quebec AviO4�,Brom.., innetonka P-20 Xylon Ave from W 33rd St to Blvd -to W-3'ist St y W 34th St p-43 Oregon tCve from Minnetonka P-21 West 36th St from Texas Ave Blvd to W 29th St to Yukon Ave P-22 Utah Ave from W 36th St to North line of Donneybrook Ter- .ra02nd Addit�n March 20, 1950 351 Mayor Erickson Mayor Erickson left the meeting at this time - 9:00 P. M. Trustee Perkins assumed the chair. - Meeting Adjourned The meeting was adjourned by' Mayor pro tem H. W. Perkins at 9:30 P. M. t iliV ; - O. B - -:,,1,�i,y r III ATTEST: 4 - PH J i STA/ Clerk 'f SPECIAL MEETING MARCH 27, 1950 A meeting of the Village Council was called to order by Mayor Erickson at 8:22 P. M., with the following Council Members present at roll call: • 1 Trustee Bolmgren Trustee Jorvig Trustee Perkins Clerk Justad Mayor Erickson Verified Claims On motion of Trustee Jorvig, seconded by Trustee Bolmgren, the following verified claims were approved, and the Mayor and Clerk are hereby authorized to III issue warrants covering same, by unanimous vote of Council Members present by roll call as follows: Trustee Bolmgren, yea; Trustee Jorvig, yea; Trustee Perkins, yea; Clerk Justad, yea; Mayor Erickson, yea: Badger Meter Mfg. Co. 13.05 Behning Hardware 1.49 C. Ed. Christy 11.80 E. I. Dupont Co. 14.65 it ►t n 2.68 DeVoe & Raynolds Co. 9.87 . The Flox Company 668.56 Franklin Co-operative Cry. Assn. 6.00 Hennepin County 97.00 n it it " 6.00 Hobart Brothers Co. 10.00 " " +' " 6.00 Holt Nursery - 15.00 tt It ►t " 6.43 ' Wm. H. Mc Coy 30.34 Miller-Davis Company y 1.25 ►t n 1► 7.50 ►t it t► 17.40 •n it it 147.20 n It n 51.30 n ►t n 14.00 " " " - 22.80 . The Minar Company .78 " !t t! 4.50 " " n 72.54 Minikada Hardware 1.19 Treasurer, City of Mpls. 210.00 Minneapolis Iron Store 9.93 Montgomery Ward & Co. 51.80 tt It Tt 4.30 Tom Motzko • 27.50 " " it 1.00 Nat'l. Recreation Assn. 4.50 ►! " 11 10.65 Northern States Power Company, NW Bell Telephone Co. 141.55 2,099.06 n it It ►t 130.05 W. S. Nott Company 17.17 Plehal Heating Co. . 8.10 Republic Creosoting Co. 19.10 H. A. Rogers Co. 8.05 III Rosholt Equipment Co. 9.95 St. Louis Park Dispatch X6:80 3•dc Paul A. Schmitt Music Co. 3.94 ti II 1115.00 II n II II 1111.92 Service Parts Co. 11.02 Skelgas Company _ 8.76 Smith Welding Co. .50 Standard Oil Company 168.00 Street Department 282.92 Underwood Corporation - 10.60 - Bids for Fire Engine - Pursuant to advertisement in the St. Louis Park Dispatch, sealed bids were received for One (1) motor driven, 750 gallon quadruple combination fire engine as per- specifications on file with the Village Clerk, from the following bidders -----