HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 11/20/1961 - City Council REGULAR MEETING
NOVEMBER 20, 1961
The City Council met in regular semi-monthly meeting with
Mayor Doherty presiding. Aldermen present: Bolger, Conway, Pitzen,
Schaefer, Smith. Absent: Brown.
Motion by Pitzen, seconded by Conway, to approve the minutes
of the last regular meeting held November 6, as read. Motion carried.
Motion by Pitzen, seconded by Bolger, to pay Bacon Bros. &
Smith $12,289.36 due on contract for Waterworks Improvements as per Ck. #18
certification by W. A. Rakow and Associates, engineers. Motion carried.
Motion by Conway, seconded by Schaefer, to pay Graver Tank and
Manufacturing Company $3500.00 due on Waterworks Improvements contract, Ck. #20
upon final approval submitted by W. A. Rakow and Associates, engineers.
Motion carried.
Motion by Bolger, seconded by Smith, to pay W. A. Rakow and
Associates $3861.89 due for engineering services on Waterworks Improvement Ck. #19
project. Motion carried.
Motion by Schaefer, seconded by Bolger, to instruct the city
police to visit marinas within the city limits of McHenry, with members
of the Clean Streams Committee, for the purpose of issuing warning tags
regarding sealing of heads on boats, police to be instructed to contact
the City Attorney before taking such action. Motion carried.
Motion by Conway, seconded by Schaefer, to adopt ordinance
fixing interest rate for $40,000.00 Waterworks and Sewerage Revenue
Bonds, Series of 1961, of the City of McHenry, interest rate being
h per annum. Motion carried.
Motion by Pitzen, seconded by Bolger, to approve the payment
of $3400.00 interest and service charge of $8.50 on Waterworks and Ck. #2445
Sewer Revenue Bonds to American National Bank and Trust Company of
Chicago. Motion carried.
Motion by Bolger, seconded by Smith, to issue check in the amount
of $500.00 to the McHenry Chamber of Commerce as the city's participation Ck. #276
in the 1961 Christmas decoration program. Motion carried.
Motion by Bolger, seconded by Smith, to instruct Fred J. Meyer,
Supt. of Public Works, to determine 2-acre area adjacent to the waterworks
plant which Edwin V. Knox proposes to sell to the City of McHenry and to
submit the information to the City Attorney for the drawing of necessary
papers. Motion carried.
Motion by Smith, seconded by Pitzen, to adjourn. Motion carried.
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EARL R. W LSH, CITY CLERK DONALD P. DOHERTY, MAYOR
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