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by Pflughaupt to approve the minutes of the regular Council
meeting held. July 2,1934 as written. The motion was voted
upon by acclamation, whereupon the Mayor declared the motion
unanimously carried, and minutes approved.
Alderman Huxmann, chairman of the Police Committee
reported that Officer Edwin Meyer is getting along nicely, and
that the cast will be removed from his leg in a day or two.
At the request of Alderman Huxmann, Mr. Harvey L.Rietz,
insurance agent, reported that the Associated Indemnity Corporation
is cancelling the City's compensation insurance policy as well
as its automobile liability policy, and that a letter and notice
of cancellation will be in the hands of the City Clerk in a few
days. He stated further that the City has been covered by identical
policies written by the United States Casualty Company, New York
City, at the same rates, by the same broker; and that the policies
dated July 1,1934 have already been delivered to the City Clerk.
The motion was made by Alderman Schwanbeck and seconded
by Meinshausen to instruct the Clerk to write the Soo Line Rail-
road asking that the Prospect Avenue (Park Avenue) crossing be
provided with concrete approaches. The motionwas voted upon
by acclamation, whereupon the Mayor declared the motion carried.
The motion was made by Alderman Bishop and seconded
by Meinshausen to adjourn. The motion was voted upon by
acclamation, whereupon the Mayor declared the motion carried
and the Council regularly adjourned.
2DGAR J.FRIEDRICH,City Clerk
MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DES PLAINES
HFT,D IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS ON MONDAY
THE 30th DAY OF JULY,A.D.1934 AT 8:00 P.M.
More than twenty-four hours before the hour set
for the meeting the following notice was sent to the Mayor
and members of the Councils
Suly 27 1934
NOTICE OF SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING
To the Members of the City Council
City of Des Plaines,Illinois
Dear Sirs
You are hereby notified that upon call of
Mayor George W.Kinder there will be a special meeting
of the City Council at the City Hall on Monday, July
3Cth, 1934 at 8:00 r.M.Sharp.
The purpose of the meeting is to settle an
important matter pertaining to Relief Work in Des
Plaines, and such other matters as may be timely.
Please be present promptly at eight o'clock,
as it is expected that the meeting will be a very
short one, and should be over in 30 minutes or so.
Respectfully,
E.T.FRIEDRICH,City Clerk
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The meeting was called to order by Mayor George
.Kinder, with Aldermen Carroll, Pflughaupt, Hux-
mann, Bishop, Frederick, Neal and Meinshausen-responding
to the roll call. Aldermen Ahbe and Schwanbeck w ere
absent.
WORK RELIEF:
Mayor Kinder then stated that out of the gang
of seventy-five men originally allowed on the Cityts
Work Relief Projects an average gang of only twelve
men has been assigned. He stated further that reports
seem to indicate that there are not enough men available
in Des Plaines who could be assigned to fill the quota
and that the authorities have asked that out of town
men be permitted on these projects, the City to pay
their transportation. The motion was made by Alderman
Huxmann and seconded by Bishop that the Mayor appoint
a special committee of five aldermen with full power to
act, to handle this matter. The motion was voted upon
by acclamation, whereupon the Mayor declared the motion
carried. Mayor Kinder thereupon appointed the following
aldermen as members of this committee: Aldermen Bishop,
Tulle, Meinshausen, Frederick and Neal.
RE -ZONING t
The Clerk, then read the following petition:
July 30, 1934
TO THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF DES PLAINES s
Gentlemen:
We hereby request that Lots 16,
17, 18, 19 in Block 2 of Mechanic's Addition
to Des Plaines, being Alies Subd. of the S
15 Acres, W 11, N.E.i etc be rezoned from
Commercial to Industrial Property.
Yours very truly,
H.c. and R.O.Sigwalt
Per- R.O.Sigvalt
The motion was made by Alderman Frederick and seconded
by Carroll to refer this petition to the Zoning Board
of Appeals with the recommendation that the necessary
steps be taken to grant this petition. The motion was
voted upon by acclamation, whereupon the Mayor declared
the motion carried.
At this point Alderman Huxmann was excused
from the meeting.
WIDENING LEE STREET:
The motion was made by Alderman Pflughaupt
and seconded by Meinshausen that the Streets and Side-
walks Committee and the City Engineer be instructed to
introduce at the next Council meeting a resolution
providing for the widening of Lee Street from the alley
behind the Masonic Temple Building northward to Perry
Street by means of State Motor Vehicle tax funds.' The
motion was voted upon by acclamation, whereupon the
Mayor declared the motion carried.
The motion was made by Alderman Meinshausen
and seconded by Frederick to adjourn. The motion was
voted upon by acclamation, whereupon the Mayor declared
the motion carried, and the Council regularly adjourned.
EDGAR I.FRIEDRICH,City Clerk