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REPORT ON BIDS FOR TAX ACCOUNTING MACHINE AND FOR THE BUDETARY ACCOUNTING MACHINE. The following bids were received for a tax accounting machine: National Cash Register Company $4,794.00 Burroughs Corporation 4,400.59 The following bids were received for the replacement of the budgetary Accounting Machiner National Cash Register Company $6,831.90 Remington Rand 5,635.b6 Burroughs Corporation 3#634.59 The City Manager and the City Auditor recommend the low bids of the Burroughs Corporation for both the mod Tax Accounting and Budgetary Accounting Machines be accepted. Councilman Stout movedapproval of the recommendation, seconded by Councilman Spillers and carried. REPORT ON BIDS FOR AIR COMPRESSOR, STREET DEPARTMENT. The City Manager asked that this be held over for one 04 week. Councilman Stout moved to carry this on the agenda for one week, seconded by Councilman Spillers ..r and carried. REPORT ON BIDS FOR BRANCH LIBRARY. The City Attorney stated that the bids should be checked. The Clerk read the bids which were as follows: Stephen Pacific $46,666 Arthur Bros. 44,412 Ray L. Spaulding 40,472 The low bid, $40,472, plus architect's fee of $2,428.32 (6%), would make a total cost of $429900.32. Councilman Stout mo ed, seconded by Councilman Spillers, that the low bid of Ray L. Spaulding be accepted. The motion carried. ACCEPTANCE OF IMPROVEMENT IN POPLAR HESS—EBENER. The City Engineer, in his letter, stated that improvements in the Poplar—Hess—Ebener project have been satisfactorily completed by the contractor. He recommended that this project be accepted subject to correction of any defects in materials and workmanship which might appear within one year from date of acceptance, and subject to correction of any work required by the City Council after the public hearing on this project. Councilman Spillers moved approval of the City Engineerts recommendation, seconded by Councilman Herkner and carried. COMMUNICATION FROM MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION. The Clerk read the letter wherein they asked for permission to conduct a house to house march during the last week of November. Councilman Spillers moved approval of the request, seconded by Councilman Weiss. Councilman Granger stated that at one time the Council has decided that they would refer these meters to the Community Chest and if they did not object to the campaign then the Council would go along with the request. He was of the opinion that all campaigns were supposed to be grouped under the United Crusade campaign. This was followed by discussion. Councilman Spillers withdrew his motion and then moved that this be referred to the City Manager for a report back in one week with the thought in mind of checking this matter with the United Crusade, seconded by Councilman Weiss and carried. PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS REZONING OF A PORTION OF LOT 19, BLOCK 24, STERLING HIGHLANDS N0. 1 FROM AN ft -1 DISTRICT TO AN R-4 DISTRICT. The Mayor stated that this will have to be set for a public hearing. Councilman Spillers moved to set this matter for a public hearing in two weeks, Octibber 15, seconded by Councilman Stout and carried. CITY ATTORNEY REPORT ON MARSHALL STREET IMPROVEMENTS. Mro, Co Be Currie stated that everything was in order, on" however they requested the Council to ask the P. G. & E. and the P. T. & T. to put in underground %mod utilities on Marshall Street from Walnut Street to Jefferson Avenue. City Engineer Jain recommended that this be authorized by the Council. Councilman Spillers moved approval of the City Engineer's recommendation., seconded by Councilman Weiss and carried. The City Attorney reported that $4,500 of the gas tax funds was set aside for this work, however, the bids were in excess of the estimate. A meeting was held last week with Water Superintendent Winter