Show fsr I 1 CITY COUNCIL I 1 S t fryy 0 the first regular meeting of the city council tor for july was held thursday night with mayor tallon and all councilmen present the city officers pay roll tor for june julie amounted to and the current bills tor for month a total monthly expenditure of 0 all of these were or dr d bcd paid with the exception ot of a bill from dr A A browning tor for which included tor for attending a county patient which tile the council refuses to pay and the balance tor for fumigating fumi gating private homes which the owners refuse to pay so doc Is endeavoring to make city pay and tile the councilmen A will ill not stand tor for it moodily reports treasurer cash on hand june 1 receipts for me month making a total of I 1 V 16 warrants paid in june leaving a cash balance july 1 water department deficit june 1 warrants paid in june julie making total deficit of receipts tor for june were making the deficit july 1 amount in sinking fund drawing interest police court number of cases tor for june 57 tines fines imposed tines fines collected in cash committed in 2200 collected from may business 2000 making net collections city sexton eleven deaths in june 9 adults 2 children 10 males 1 female three bodies shipped away tor for interment 8 buried in home cemeteries light not satisfactory A communication was read from utah power and light company regarding center ot of street lighting council not satisfied with demonstrations st so BO tar far given and committee was avas given further time to make recommendations glenwood right ot of way henry shields attorney tor for mrs airs E nalson informed council that the matter concerning right of way over her I 1 land and to glenwood had been placed in his hands with full power to act and suggested a committee from council meet him on july ch and affect a settlement it possible turned down upon opinion of city attorney dark clark that mrs nelson had no claim against city whatever councilman paull moved that recorder inform mr air shields that the cites legal advisor had already given opinion regarding this matter and that city would take no further action roads bonds repaired city attorney dark clark informed council that mines operating company had bad repaired damage done to roads in upper portion of town as requested by city continued on page eight CITY COUNCIL continued from page five Sc contract let councilman tracy moved that the bids recently submitted to do city scavenger work be passed upon and contract awarded this met with opposition from the mayor who thought better service was given by day work councilmen contended that bids had been advertised tor for and action should bo be taken on same there were three bids namely nim J DrI brieley eley R J gill it was decided that as mr air gill was in an employee ot of city he was an ineligible bidder so his offer was not dot considered fitzgerald moved that contract be given to nim seconded by tracy and carried unanimously sidewalk district Ditri ct created councilman welsh brought up matter of creating sidewalk district and councilman paull promptly moved that a paying paving district from 1st ast street to ath street park avenue and side streets on west side id from main to park avenue be created and a notice be published to that effect the motion was unanimously ani carried good tax levy councilman welsh presented a resolution levying a city tax tor for 11 mills same as last year divided as follows general expense 4 mills sewerage etc 2 mills sinking fund 5 mills all councilmen voted aye in favor of resolution time cards abali died the mayor thought the present time card system was wrong and 01 on motion of paull same was abolished hereafter workmen must sign pay roll and receive warrant from recorder after the lie U P paull said IT P had a nasty and unsanitary dump pile just below town and moved that recorder inform company to remove same carried remove the tunic junk fitzgerald agreed with the park record that city lot toot foot of 0 main alain street should be cleared of junk and rubbish and on motion the marshal was instructed to have it cleaned up properly and keep it in shape the smoke question paull said that smoke from arof mines operating company was no not ot improving and on motion city attorney dark clark was instructed to interview officials and have them better conditions welsh moved to adjourn and the session came to an end |