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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes - 04/26/1937 - City Council COUNCIL ROOM APPIL 26TH, 1937 • - 1 The Annual Meeting of the City Council was held Monday evening with Mayor Doherty presiding. Alder- men present were : Buss , Ferwerda , Freund , Justen, Kreutzer , Overton. Absent : None . Motion by Kreutzer, seconded by Freund that the minutes of the previous meeting be approved as read. Motion carried . Motion by Buss , sec -nded b.,r Overton that the Treasurei ' s report be approved as read. Motion carried. Motion by Ferwerda , seconded by Kreutzer , that the City Collector ' s Annual rePort be approved as read . Motion carried . I'.otion by Overton, seconded by Ferwerda, that the following bills be paid as approved by the finance committee . Potion carried . Lisle 7. Bassett Judge of Election $5 .00 Mary G. Doherty Clerk of Election 5 .00 Margaratha Sourl ing Judge of Election 5.00 Miter Gorman " " tt5 .00 TIayme Harrison Clerk " 5 .00 Florence Antholz " " " 5 .00 Ella Newman II " It 5 .00 L.A. Ericson Rent 10.00 G.P. Steilen Judge " II5 .00 L.F. Newman " ` " " 5.00 Geor reBohr " " " . 5 .00 Gertrude Weber Clerk " " 5 .0° Maud Rothermel. " n n 5.00 Susie Bishop n n " 5 .00.• P. E. Buch Rent 10.00 Joseph N. Miller Judge " " 5.00 Mathias Reimer It It It 5 .00 Mabel Wheeler " It II 5 .00 Vera Purvey Clerk " " 5 .00 May Powers) " " " 5 .00 Stoffel & Reihansperger Truck Insurance 50.45 Peter A. Meiss Commissions , postage 6.50' I.M. Niesen Caretaker Sunt . Service 50.00 Fred C. Felts n Sewer', n 75.90 Ilk Alexander Lumber Co. Coal 10.36 Peter Wirfs Police Service 95 .00 John Wthrtz Marshall Service 11n.00 '"'.� . Feltz Caretaker Street Service 100.00 Mayme Buss Commissions , etc . 25 .4" Robert Tho pson Board of Health Service 15 .00 Ben J. Brefeld It " " " 15 .00 Dr. D.G. '-jells " " " " 15 .00 W.R. -iickl_er Asst . Chief , Truck Driver 350.00 Henry L. Cowlin Attorney Service 200.00 Robert L. Weber Treasurer Service 30.00 Tar 2 - arri l ,6 i6 R. I. Overton Alderman Service i.J. Kreutzer �� „ 25 •r 17.P. Justen 25 .00 George P. Freund „ • 2�5 .00 n Fred Ferwerda 5 . _n Edward J. Buss 25 .0n Peter A. i'eiss „ 25 .00 Clerk rk 75 .00 Peter J. Doherty Y;a Tor 40.n0 The f ol_lowin7 communications were read . A letter from irs . Frank J. Lennartz , soliciting sale of Road Oil was read . A letter from Nenr T L . Cowlin, City Attorney for the City of icHenry , quoting the law on Fccbli.n ' devices ,was re a . otiop by Buss , seconded hy i reutzer, that t-e followin anol ications n a goner �'�� bonds bea.c �.= ote;.? on payment of and e ) rnval of License Comttee. Class "A" Tavern Pri ci als. Theodore tic'Iiessle Sureties Caroline Schiessie Jacob Steffes Mae H. Dietz J.E. Diedrich Ben J. Dietz John A. Anderson lFiath Caner Louis Althoff Joseph J. Liller T _r,PtT Conway Albert Purvey Ernie 'Freund, Caroline Justen Jacob Justen -illiam Pries Voss iT Georg_ e B. Tonyan J. C. Hollis John A. Thennes Joseph .,7. Refiner Theo. 7. Winkel John 7. Freund N. E. Barbian Alberta.rbian :path B. Lures Arthur Smith Gerald J. Carey Floyd A . Coleman Y. E. Barbian John J. Karis A. E. • Noonan "''alter F. Carey C.J. Reihcns-oermer J. C. Bickler H.E. Barbien H. E. B-nch Harry Fredricks Katherine Worts T4ge 3- jrPri l 26+I,, IA37 Principals • Sureties Herman J. Steffen -Jacob Steffes Mathias Ste''fes ricLola ,e ''Tett B.J. Brefeld P.7. Freund Gus Un t,i. 11/1 Henry J. Miller Charles Unti Class "B" Tavern Thomas P. Bolger Rev F. r (Pkg. Liquor) onwa:r C.J. Reihansperger ls JohnJ. Kar (Bottled _ is Everett Hunter Albert Barbian H.J. Schnaitman-iicTrenr;r Brewing Co . Wm. H. Helmer (l�anufact _?rer and Dist . of ors ina_l Anton F. Blake Pac': des ) Motion carried. .tb HERri/ �:a;�ror Ovcrt n annoi_nted Alderman Overton , Ferwerda , and Justen to canvass the votes of the city election held ' A~'ril 2r'th , 1937 . The committee re )orted their acceptance of the votes as recorded . Motion by Kreutzer, seconded by us Overton } the hi .The.st number of Justen, stfor R. I.h having received office of Mayor , be decl_arod elected . Motion carr.:_ed , Motion by buss , seconded by Ferwerde that Earl R. 7alsh having recieved the highest number of votes for t:Te of "ice of City Clerk , be dec red elected , l-Rtion carried. Motion by Ferwerda , seconded by Freund , that Robert L. `",Aber hnvi:n:: received the highest n ,mber of votes of the office of City Treasurer, be declared elected . Motion carried. Motion by Kreutzer, seconded by Justen that John A. liol-;er and roeenh T Re ner having; received the highest number or votes for Alder-:;an of the First 71ard , be declared . elected . lotion carried . Motion by Freund , seconded by Justen that Edward J. Buss and Herman J. Kreutzer having received the highest number of votes in the Second 7a.rd , be declared elected. Moti ". carried.. Motion by Justen , seconded by Kreutzer, that George P. Freund and Fred Ferwerda having received the highest number of votes in the Third Ward , be declared .elected , Motion carried . Terms of office for Alderman were decided by a flipped coin with the following results . Four year terms Refiner Kreutzer,� � _o tier, Freund Two year terms bol _,er, Buss , Ferwerda a. rift! from CTe CityrCouncil of�,Schools ,� presented to Mayor Doherty