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19480217 Regular City Council Meeting - Minutes MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON HELD ON FEBRUARY 17,1948 AT 2:00 P.M. IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY COUNCIL 4 305 SANTA FE A VENlJE . VERNON COUNCILMEN PRESENT: COUNCILMEN ABSENT: Furlong, Anderson, Trowbridge and Mailliard Leonis The Mayor of the City being absent, the City Clerk called the meet- ing to order and requested that a Mayor pro tem be elected for the meeting. It was moved by Anderson, secondedQr Mailliard that Councilman Fur- long act as Mayor Pro Tem. Motion carried. The Mayor Pro Tem then called the meeting to order. It was moved by Anderson, seconded by Mailliard that the minutes of the previous meeting be approved. Motion carried. Communication from the City Engineer requesting authority to employ Mr. John D. Merrill as Inspector, effective February 16, 1948, at the rate of $300.00 per month, was read. It was moved by Anderson, seconded byTrowbridge, that the communi- cation be filed and request granted. Motion carried. Communication from the City Engineer requesting authority to employ Mr. Donald Matteis as Chainman, effective February 18, 1948, at the rate of $175.00 per month, was read. It was moved by Trowbridge, seconded by Mailliard, that the communi- cation be filed and request granted. ~~tion carried. Communication from Vernon Kilhs in regard to'application for permiss- ion to run waste water into sewers, was read. It was moved by Anderson, seconded by Mailliard, that the communi- cation be filed and the matter referred to the City Engineer. Motion carried. Communication from County Road Department offering to paint white stripe in center of Downey Road for the cost of $40.00, was read. The work will be done in connection with the painting of Downey Road in County terri- tory, 4900 feet within the City of Vernon and 4200 in County. It was moved by Trowbridge, seconded by Mailliard, that the commu- nication be filed and offer approved and accepted. Motion carried. Communication from West Coast Fast Freight requesting permit to con- duct a business of assembling and distributing general commodities by motor freight at 4500 Pacific Blvd., was read. ' It was moved by Anderson, seconded by Trowbridge, that the communica- tion be filed and the matter laid over until the next meeting. Motion carried. Communication from Apex Drum Cleaners requesting permit to conduct a business of drum reconditioning on southeast corner of property recently occupied by Wilshire Oil Company, was read. C(" .~. 0 1. It was moved by Anderson, seconded by Trowbridge, that the com- munication be filed and the matter referred to the City Engineer. Motion carried. Communication from Brunner & Lay, Ltd., requesting permit to conduct and operate the business of Vermont Tool & Supply Co., at 2425 E. 37th Street, was read. It was moved by Trowbridge, seconded by Mailliard, that the commu- nication be filed and permit granted. Motion carried. Communication from The Pratt Construction Co. requesting permit to conduct the business of specializing in the sale and manufacture of pre-fabricated houses and other allied products on west side of Soto Street, south of 26th street, was read. It was moved by Mailliard, seconded by Anderson, that the communi- cation be filed and permit granted. Motion carried. Communication from Monte Goldblatt requesting a permit to operate the lunchroom at the Venus Food Co. 3317 E. 50th Street (Communication from Venus Food Co. Attached), was read. It was moved by Anderson, seconded by Mailliard, that the commu- nication be filed and ~he matter referred to the Police Department. Motion carried. Communication from Doyle packing Co. requesting permission to move their business from 4703 E. 50th Street (CMD) to another location in the Central Manufacturing District, w~s read. It was moved by Mailliard, seconded by Trowbridge, that the commu- nication be filed and permit granted. Motion carried. Communication from Acme Steel Company requesting curb painting at 4901 Pacific Blvd., was read. It was moved by Anderson, seconded by Trowbridge, that the communi- cation be filed and the matter referred to the Police Department. Motion carried. Communication from National Titanium Company requesting curb paint- ing at 2330 E. 37th street, was read. It was moved by Anderson, seconded by Trowbridge, that the communi- cation be filed and the matter referred to the Police Department. Motion carried. Co~unication from L. Kaufrman Company requesting curb painting at 2801 E. Vernon Avenue, was read. It was moved by Anderson, seconded by Mailliard, that the communi- cation be filed and the matter referred to the Police Department. Motion carried. . Communication from Associated Oil Co., requesting curb painting at 2406 E. 28th Street, was read. It was moved by Trowbridge, seconded by Mailliard, that the communi- cation be filed and the matter referred to the Police Department. Motion carried. Communication from A-B Sign Service requesting curb painting at 2044 E. 45th Street, was read. 2. C""'J ,_..' " It wax moved by Mailliard, seconded by Anderson, that the commu- nication be filed and the matter referred to the Police Department. Motion carried. Communication from Brunner & Lay, Inc. requesting permit to haul refuse ~rom premises at 2425 E. 37th Street, upon and along the streets of the City of Vernon, was read. It was moved by Anderson, seconded by Trowbridge, that the commu- nication be filed and permit granted. Motion carried. Communication from Robert L. James requesting permit to operate a garage at 4339 Exchange Avenue, was read. It was moved by Mailliard, seconded by Anderson, that the communi- cation be filed and permit granted. Motion carried. Communication from Los Angeles City Board of Education requesting permit to haul brush and tree stumps from Vernon Elementary School, Vernon and Santa Fe Avenues, along the streets of the City of Vernon, was read. It was moved by Anderson, seconded by Mailliard, that the communi- cation be filed and permit granted. Motion carried. Communication from Mission Dry Corp. requesting permit to haul refuse from premises at 5001 S. Soto Street, along and upon the streets of the City of Vernon, was read. It was moved by Trowbridge, seconded by Mailliard, that the com- munication be filed and permit granted. Motion carried. Report of C. A. Heinze, Consulting Engineer on operations of electrical system by Southern California Edison Co. for month of December, 1947 was read. It was moved by Trowbridge, seconded by Mailliard, that the report be filed. Mbtion carried. Report of the Vernon Industrial Deve~6pment Association for period ending December 31, 1947 was read. It was moved by Mailliard, seconded by Trowbridge, that the report be filed. Motion carried. Report of the Police Department was read. It was moved by Anderson, seconded by Mailliard, that the report be filed. Motion carried. Report of the Committee on Street Maintenance, Building, Purchas- ing and Library was read. It was moved by Mailliard, seconded by Anderson, that the report be filed. Motion carried. RESOLUTION No. 1363, a Resolution accepting the Proposal of the of the County of Los Angeles Through its Road Commissioner for the Painting of a Traffic Strip on Downey Road, was read. It was moved by Mailliard, seconded by Trowbrige, that Resolution No. 1363 be adopted. Motion carried. 3. 98 ORDINANCE NO. 613, an Ordinance of the City of Vernon amending Section No. 3 of Ordinance No. 571 of said City, was read for first reading. It was moved by Anderson, seconded by Trowbridge, that Ordinance No. 613 be passed for first reading. Motion carried. . ORDINANCE No. 614, an Ordinance Appropriating from the General Fund of said City the sum of $15,000.00 per annum for a period of five years from January 1, 1948 for the purpose of providing a fund to be used for publicity and advertising of said city, and providing the manner and purposes in and for which said appropriation shall be used and expended and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk of said City to enter into a contract with the Vernon Industrial Development Association providing for the use and expenditure of such fuinds for such purposes, was read for first reading. It was moved by Anderson, seconded by Trowbridge, that Ordinance No. 614, be passed for first ~eading. Motion carried. Communication from the Fire Chief fixing vacations for the Fire Department personnel, the same having been approved by the Fire and Police Commissioners, was read. It was moved by Trowbridge, seconded by Anderson, that the commu- nication be filed and the action of the Fire Chief in fixing the vacation time for the personnel, be approved. Motion carried. The following applications, all having the approval of the City Engineer, were read: APPLICATION 13554 APPLICATION 13555 , APPLICATION 13556 APPLICATION 13557 APPLICATION 13558 APPLICAmION 13559 APPLICATION 13560 APPLICATION 13561 APPLICATION 13562 APPLICATION 13563 So. Calif. Water Co. to repair water main at 2022 E. 45th Street So. Calif. water Co. to repair water main at 2385 E. ~7th Street So. Calif. water Co. to repair water main at 2048 E. 52nd Street So. Calif. Water Co. to J;'epair water main at 2050 E. 52nd Street So. Calif. Gas Co. to abandon and relay sas service at 2335 E. 38th Street So.' Calif. Gas Co. to abandon and relay gas service at 2149 E. 37th St. So. Calif. Gas Co. to abandon gas service at 2501 E. 26th So. Calif. Gas Co. to drill and fill bar holes to repair leaks in NIS vernon A venue from Santa Fe Avenue to 3QO Ft. west of Santa Fe Avenue, and East and west side of Santa Fe Avenue from vernon Avenue to 300 ft. south of Vernon Avenue. So. Calif. Gas Co. to install gas service at 51B6 Pacific Blvd. H. Levine Cooperage Co. to construct 2 driveways, side- walk and pave shoulder area with 8 in. A.C. pavement and remove spur track in Nls 54th St. from Soto St. to 620 Ft. E/o Soto St. 4. 89 APPLICATION 13564 APPLICATION 13565 APPLICATION 13566 APPLICATION 13567 APPLICATION 13568 APPLICATION 13569 So. Pacific Co. to repair broken rail in spur track in East roadway of Alameda St. from 51st St. to 50 ft. south of 51st street Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Co. to install two 6 in. C. I. water pipe lines across Alcoa Avenue Cornelius Packing Co. to remove portion of existing building in sidewalk area and construct sidewalk and remodel driveway at 3811 S. soto Street Los Angeles City School District to remove 4 dead pepper trees in parkway area in S/S Vernon Avenue, W/O Santa Fe Avenue Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. to abandon man- hole and construct manhole over main sewer in 49th Street between Santa Fe Avenue and Hampton Street Wm. Carter Jr. to make sewer connection at 3300 Leonis Blvd It was moved by Trowbridge, seconded by Maillia~d, that the appli- cations be filed and permits granted. Motion carried. Demands on the General Fund in the sum of $25,084.16, consisting of the following items, were read: Payroll Fire Department Police Department City Engineering Street & Water Department City Clerk GIty Treasurer Police Court Light & Power Building Department Health Department City Attorney Janitor Expenses Police Department R. D. Harrison J. M. Moss Herbert Showalter R. E. Hennrick H. E. Smith J. I. Pond Alex Christian N. T. Robertson K. A. Boadway H. H. Decker H.F. Looney W. M. Strickland R. E. Owen S. J. Alexander L. R. Elliott E. Giles Pacific Telephone Co. $ 5,221.65 2,066.08 1,368.62 2,771.25 152.50 78.75 131.25 393.75 225.00' 31.05 150.00 90.00 $ 12, &79.90 27.50 27.50 27.50 27.50 27.50 25.61 27.50 27.50 27.50 27.50 27.50 27.50 27.50 27.50 21.81 9.16 .75 5. 1F'.0 j ,,',"!'~ _' .';.~'4',"", Fire Department Paciric Telephone co. So. Calir. Gas Co. General Motors Truck Div. Western Hardware Co. Parkhouse Bros. Associated Oil Co. Hughey & Phillips Garner Appliance Co. Mine Sarety Appliance Mine Sarety Appliance Coast Radiator Co. Redshop Towel Service Enderle Hardware Co. M. J. Sopp Co. Parkhouse Bros. Joslyn Paciric Co. F. H. Donnelly J. J. Lawton J. J. Lawton Paciric Telephone Co. So. Calir. Edison co. Paciric Telephone Co. City Enginaering Department Vernon Blue Print Co. Paciric Telephone Co. Surveyors Service Co. Modern Orrice Appliance RVM Carbon & Ribbon Co. $ 5.00 6.61 1.51 5.68 . 4.27 99.04 10.25 30.75 138.38 6.92 8.50 2.00 20.81 6.40 4.61 30.27 12.96 436.42 420.34 .75 8.40 14.65 13.22 ,4.70 23.37 12.45 8.71 83.65 3.04 17.69 2.77 8.48 22.93 19.29 30.64 2.00 7.37 33.50 188.94 6.45 29.17 8.95 41.77 36.80 6.54 3.07 40.39 54.09 67.91 5.28 4.44 28.12 Street Department I. Ybarra Natl. Cyl1nder Gas Co. Harper & Reynolds Parkhouse Bros. Genl. Petroleum Corp. Auto Electric Service Consolidated Roek Products Vernon Paving Co. Advance Saw Wor~s Maas Steel Corp. J.E. Bauer Co. J.E.Bauer Co. Auto Club olr So. Calir. So. Calir. Edison Co. Auto Club or So. Calir. Trarric Si~ls So. Calif Edison Co. So. Calir. Edison Co. City Clerk So. Calir. Stationers Co. So. Calir. Stationers c8. So. Calif. Stationers Co. Petty Cash Care or Building & Grounds Bandini Fertilizer Co. So. Calif. Disenrecting Co. So. Calir. Disenfecting Co. Johnson Plumbing & Heating Co. iF,;- .1.lj1 6. Library Los Angeles Daily Journal City Treasurer Citizens National Bank Re:funds Wm. P. Neil Co. Ewing J. Hart Buttress & McClellan Milosevich & Zarubica Constr. Water Department American Cast Iron Pipe Co. American Cast Iron Pipe Co. Baker Oil Tools, Inc. Bandini Fertilizer Co. Barber-Bridge Drilling Corp. Ltd. Barber-Bridge Drilling Corp. Ltd. E. D. Bullard Co. Carter Hardware Co. Inc. James B. Clow & Sons City Concrete Brick & Tile Co. Ducommun Metals & Supply Co. Eastside Printers & Stationers Hersey Mfg. Co. Hersey Mfg. Co. Hersey Mfg. Co. Hersey Mfg. Co. Hersey Mfg. Co. Hersey Mfg. Co. Homeli teC orp . Keenan Pipe & Supply Co. Morris P. Kirk & Son, Inc. Koppers Company, Inc. Lord-Babcock, Inc. Lord-Babcock, Inc. Mueller Co. Natl. Cylinder Gas Co. Pacific Tel & Tel Co. Pacific Tel & Tel Co. Pakco Co. Par:khouse Bros. Petty cash - Water Dept. Plant Rubber & Asbestos Works R. A. Reed Electric Co. R. A. Reed Electric Co. So. Calif. Edison Co. . So. Calif. Edison Co. R. W. Sparling Carl Wilson E. K. Wood Lumber Co. Light & PRwer Co. Joint Pole Committee Petty Cash, Light & Power $ 15.00 36.00 162.75 5.00 10.00 10.00 334.40 837.88 115.63 13.58 1,107.00 1,575.00 24.60 51.25 4.79 114.80 2.19 4.25 731.64 172.21 114.82 57.19 55.10 180.90 32.13 34.23 343.38 45.61 31.00 27.04 110.85 .62 6.13 9.67 12.03 5 · 33. 8.96 26.47 157.18 26.12 4.67 3,141.73 2.34 50.00 84.30 . 3.25 .26 $25,084.16 It was moved by Trowbridge, seconded by Mailliard, that the demands be allowed and warrants drawn for the same. Motion carried. There being no further business to come before the meeting, it was moved by Anderson, seconded by Trowbridge, that the meeting adjourn. Motion carried. ATTEST: ~ ~;;-...1.'.t..>......'.~.y... Cl~~k .. · (.> ... n.' '\ 1'~"...r) _',u."", 7.