BOOK 20_1945-05-21 to 1946-09-03

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148 ,. lzv . City Mona *ex 33lom renortec. thrt he hO not been oble to P-'ive further study to the matter of a central stores svetem. Councilmen Armstron7, as c'ha.irm^n of the committee, advised he e7-�ected- to h-ve e xecom.nendl-tion to prerent to the Council et the next meeting'. The mutt Pr serried on the omendc, City YanaiTer Blom renorted th^t he hod ,:it tnP s-ecifici^tions prepared for the nuroba.se of new fire equipment covering tiro 1000 C.P.M. unite. He believed the s'-,Pcifications a,rP in proper form and recommended thrt he be authorized to advertise for bids to bP received wt the next meetinp, of the Council on Decem- ber 3. Councilmr..n Anderson moved, seconded by Councilm^n Britcchri, that the City 11-n^ger be authorized to advertise for bids on fire Pquirment. Alotion reseed unanimously. City AlenoF.er Blom advised thrt it wis n'nperently the intent to nay :gin -mount of .14000 down on the purchase of new ecuin:nent which -,•,ould mean th^t the pur- chase wo'Ald heve to be ;rode on the basis of o. rents l rg'xeemeat-:,hioh takes r hi^h interest rate, rs the sizecessful bidder would t^ke the agreement to a bank and discount it to obtain the money. He sugrPsted thrt, if norsible, the funds ba t^ken from sone -ccount ^nd cosh raid.for the equinment. After some discussian, it was decided that it mould be e.nnronrirte to take tce money from the Post '?^r Fund. Councilm^n Gronrer ne'cen if the rricr' of tnP qnl� of the old e;:_uinment, Toul d. be _ dntermininr' factor of the price ,of the net, equinin-nt. City ?,tanager Blom advised thet the tr^o nieces of old Pqui^ment Id be nut up for bid nt the snm- time bids ere ns'red for on the nel:equinment. Mayor Hilton rsked if specific type or make of Pyui'Dmert :^^a to be rsked for, to which Citv MLnc�er Blom -advised th-t the srecific:ticrs "-P set up by the Bonrd of Fire Underrritprs ^nd thrt rll bidF, wrrild tiCve to meet them, but thai the Council is not obliTpd to ^ccPr>t the lowPet bid. Mavor Hilton ^s)zed thrt it be included in the bids that the Council did not nave to -scant the lowest bid. City 'L^a,nnr;er Blom stated he would li?ce to have nn ,rnportutlity to take the bids rnd pr -pyre nn analysis before ati:=G,rding the bid. Councilman Armstrong moved, seconded by Councilmc.'1 _inderson, the t tae ^ou-nt of the Of mire T. 1 . " i idet ue taken Prow the Post .'lar Fund. Councilmen Gr:.a Pr, under the question, thrt the money gained from the sale of old equipment be used to reduce the cost of the new equip - Ment. City Man^texVlom ^dnised that would be covered in the bids by stating that the amount bid on the old equipment will be placed on the price bid on the new equipment. Motion passed unCmimously. City Clerk Dodge recd communicction from Mr. and Mrs Emmett Donnelly, 435 Arch Street, c?lline attention to tifnat apperrs to be nn error in the zoning; mato c.s published in Jnrunry, 1941, and ^skim th;^,t the man be Corrected. The let- ter stl-ted tnct no notice r.rs ever Piven nronA"ty O'.nerF effected th^.t four lots on Birch Q'treet ":ere to be onr.n!TPd 'nom second residentic.l district to business district. It• r.^s their contention tho.t Finoe the. P'enerclly eccepted procedi.ire of rpr onin,- :: s not fnllo'sed, the lots in yup tior. _,;.,re still in tune second reFidentirl di�,trirt n,rd the nronerty omens F.-.n,zld not be obliged to institute reznn_in=T'proceedings to estcrlisn the frct but thct the map should be chin -ed. City Attornezr 'RcCnrtny--ffvisee thrt the r^CttC'r kI-d come before • C 1 Cl