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03/18/1946458 tMINUTEB COATI' D . ) PASS SALARY ORDINANCE:4h Clerk read for first readingthe following proposed ordinance entitled: • AAA ORDINANCE DEFINING AND DESCRIBING THE SALARIES AND COMPENSATION TO BE PAID TO THE MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES OF THR CITY OF DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS., BE AS FOLLOWS: The motion was made by Alderman Campagna and seconded by McKay to suspend the rules and pass the proposed ordinance. The Mayor put the question and the 'lerk called the roll with the following result: Ayes: Aldermen Hohnson, Nap ieralski, Vavrinek, Wolfs. Icharringhausen, McKay, Harm, Campagna and Halverson. Nays: None. The Mayor declared the motion carried, the rules suspended, and the proposed ordinance before the Council for final passage. The motion was then made by Alderman Campagna and seconded by Napieralski to finally pass the proposed ordinance. The Mayor put the question and the Clerk called the roll with.the following result: Ayes: Aldermen Johnson, Napieralski, Vav- rinek, Wolf, Scharringhausen, McKay, Harm, Campagna and Halverson. Nays: None. Whereupon" the Mayor declared the motion carried and the said proposed ordinance finally passed. t APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Each member of the Ci_y Council having been supplied with a copy of the minutes of the regular meeting of February 18, 1946, the motion_ meas made by Aldermen' Halverson and cedonded by Wolf that the -said minutes be approved. 'the motion was made and voted upon by acclamation whereupon the Mayor declared it carried and the said minutes approved.' ADJOURNMENT: The motion vas made by 'Aderman Vavrinek and seconded by Schairinghausen to adjourn. The motion was voted upon by acclaiktion whereupon the Mayor declared the motion carried and the meeting regularly adjourned. • OTTO W. . HENRICH, CITY CLERK. MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS, HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, MONDAY. MARCH 18% 1946. • CALL. TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order by Mayor'G. Ylter Pflug- haupt, who presided, with Aldermen Johnson, Na iieralski, Vavrinek, Wolf, Kehe, Sehar- ringhausen, McKay, Harm, Campagna and Halverson respbnding to roll call: The Mayor informed the Council that a number of citizens of South Des Plaines were attending the'Council meeting, and if there were no objections, he would allow thifir spokesman to address the Council with whatever was on their mind. Mr. P. Callaghan then spoke regarding the% conditioa of several streets in their section and that they would like immediate action regarding their repair. The Mayor then called on Engineer E. N. Fletcher to explain City plans of street repair. Al- derman Halverson and Campagna also spoke about the repair work needed. The Mayor then informed those citizens that no doubt these repairs would be made as soon as possible and to their satisfaction. ' APPROVAL OF BILLS: The Finance Committee, through its Charman, Aldaman Kehe, then presented the following proposed resolution: RESOLVED THAT THE FOLLOWING BILLS ARE DUE AND PAYABLE AND THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK BE HEREBY AUTHORIZED • NO DRAW UP PROPER VOUCHERS IN PAYMENT OF SAME 16760 Harold J. Abbe $50.00 16761 Burroughs Adding Mach.Co. $ 18.60 16762 Moore Bus. Forms, Inc. 101.99 16763 Des Plaines Journal 49.50 16764 Otto W. J. Henrich 25.00 16765 D. P. Publ. eo. 52.00 16766 Des Plaines Cafe `7.58 16767 Village Electric & Rada . 95.65 16768 Des Plaines Journal 16.50 16769 Lien Chem. Co. 6.39 16770 D. P. Tire & Battery, 8.96 16771 Purnell and Wilson 7.71 16772 fi-H Electric Co. 300.00 16773 Lagerhausen Lbr. & Coal 11.92 16774 B. F, Kinder's Sons 11.87 16776 H -H Electric Co. 261.82 16777 P. J McNamee9 5.00 16778 Socony-Vacuumc0il Co. 5.66 16779 D. P. Motor Sales 19.68 16780 D. P. Tire & Batt. • 31.76 16781 Lagerhausen Lbr. & Coal '44.36 16782 Des Plaines Journal 10.00 1 1 (BILLS CONT'D. ) 16783 Omega Machine Co. 16785 Burroughs Adding Mach. Co. 16787 Fred Koelle 15789 The Seagrave Corp, 16791 Maine Township High School $ 11.44 16784 59.4:0 16786 75.00 16788 8.03 16790 250.00 D. P. Tire & Batt. $ 1.10 Des Plaines Journal 49.50 H. 0. Tibbitts 18.62 American-LaFranc Foamite. 49.80 The motion was then made by Alderman Kehe and seconded by Harm to adopt the said pro- posed resolution. The Mayor put the question and the Clerk called the roll with the following result: Ayes: Aldermen Johnson, Napieralski, Vavrinek, Wolf, Kehe, Scharringhausen, McKay, Harm, Campagna and Halverson. Nays: None. The Mayor there- upon declared the motion carried and the said resolution adopted. DOOLEY LETTER: `j'he Clerk then read the following letter: March 15, 1946 Des Plaines City Council City Hall, Des Plaines, Illinois Attn: Otto Henrich, Clerk Gentlemen: Will you please withdraw the petition filed with you for the rezoning of property, belonging to John Trefilek, known as 1876 Des Plaines Avenue. Very truly yours, (signed) H. A. Dooley HAD:omd The Mayor ordered the letter placed on file. CUMpERLAND EAST CIVIC ASSOCIATION: The Clerk then read the following: Des Plaines City Council Municipal Building Des Plaines, Illinois Gentlemen: deavoring these two tribute to designated The property owners of Third Avenue and North Golf Cul De Ssc are en - to raise money to install concrete curbing and asphalt top street along streets. The question has arisen ad to how much the city would be willing to con - defray their share. Their share being the footage fronting on the land as park at the foot of North Golf Cul De Sac. Further, the street at present time is nearly impassable. The water has been standing in holes most of the winter and now that the frost is coming out of the ground these holes have reached such depths that driving a car over them in anything but low gear is a distinct hazard. The City should immediately fill in these holes with limestone to avert the possibility of serious accident to someone. This would be a temporary repair since it appears that the weather is not fit to make permanent repair. Since this repair when it is made ( and its repairing is inevitable) will be costly would net the city be willing to assist the residents in defraying a portion of the cost of the project they are contemplating: Would it be possible to have the answer to these questions so they could be taken up in a meeting which is scheduled for Friday March 22, 1946. If we can settle the financial problems at this meeting, we believe we can have the money on deposit quickly and get the work under way within a few weeks. Respectfully yours, (signed) Ralph A. Milliman he letter was referred to the Finance and Streets Committees. DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT COMPANY: The Clerk read the following lett4rs February 28, 1946 Hon. Walter G. Pflughaupt Mayor of Des Plaines City Hall Des Plaines, Illinois Dear Sir. In October 1945 we ceased to build C-54 airplanes in the Douglas Chicago Plant for the Army Air Forces. Since that time, we have been engaged in disposal of 459 460 (DOUGLAS CO. LETTER C@IT'D.) inventory. In the near future, this clearance work will•be complete, the plant will be turned over to the Army Air Forces, and all our remaining company activities will be transferred to our Santa Monica headquarters. Mr.Louglas is anxious that we express his and our gratitude to the Chicago area companies and institutions who aided us in our task of organizing and operating the Douglas Chicago Plant. The assistance you have rendered sill always be remembered apprediatively. Very truly yours, DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT COMPANY, ING. (signed) R. F. Dalan The letter was ordered placed on file. DES PLAINES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: The Clerk read the following letter: March 8, 1946 Honorable Mayor and City Council Des Plaines, Illinois Gentlemen: The new Chamber of Commerce in theer Community Development Committee meeting voted that they would sponsor a Clean—up Week in the business district the date of which would coincide with the National Clear—up Week program. We hope that you will publish an open proclamation of this event. Perhaps it could be enlarged so that it would cover the entire community. MSS/LP Very truly yours, DES PLAINES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (signed) M. S. Smith, Secretary The letter was referred to the Public Relations Committee. TOWN DEVELOPMENT QQ RE QEST FOR WATER: The Clerk read the following: February 28, 1946, Hon. G. Walter Pflughaupt, Mayor and Members of the City Council of -Des Plaines City Hall, Des Plaines, Illinois Gentlemen: As you no doubt know, the plan of subdivision covering the property of Town Development Company located in Section 33, Township 41, Range 12 (formerly known as the American Airport) has had the full approval of the Cook County Zoning Board, and no small part of the credit for this approval is due to your cooperation and the helpful counsel of Aldermen Kehe, McKay, Napieralski and Engineer Fletcher, for which we have heretofore and do hereby again want to express our deep appreciation. We are now prepared to commence our activity promptly in connection *ith this property. We desire to make arrangements with you for your supplying tater to this property on terms mutually satisfactory. We would like to meet as early as possible with you or such committee or committees as you have or will designate for this purpose, to work out the terms of such arrangements. Yours very truly, TOWN DEVELOPMENT COMPANY (signed) Louis A. Mein The letter was referred to the Water Committee. EDD R. SCHLAGEL LETTER ON WATER SUPPLY: The Clerk then read the following: March 8, 1946 To the Honorable Mayor and City C ouncil City of Des Plaines Gentlemen: The water situation as described through the various articles published in the local press brings to my mind the same idea as Mr. Fabian used in his edi— (SCHLAGEL LETTER CONT'D.) 461 torial in the Des Plaines Journal issue of March 7, 1946, in which he stated - Quote "The above comments are offered to our city officials to let them know that their constituents are on their toes and thinking things out also." I, too, have been giving this water question a great deal of thought and. some investigation. Believe me, Gentlemen, I have no political asperations, but am prompted to address you solely from the idea that your body has erred seriously and to the great detriment to the welfare of the -City of Des Plaines and the entire community. With the many stories appearing in the public press about the drop in the water levels of this region and many indisputable proofs of the fallacy of dig- ging more wells, I would like to present some of these faets and figures. In our neighboring Mount Prospect a new well was recently completed and to the joy of the IIICity fathers an unusual flow of water resulted, BUT, the other two wells alreadyin use failed to produce water, result of digging another well in the same strata. Mr. Arthur N. Buswell, Chief.of the State Water Survey, recently recommended that all City and Village governments now using wells shold buy lake water whenever possible. In Maywood and Melrose Park, just last summer those cities were helpless for a few days until a supply from the Chicago mains was obtained. In the face of this, and the recommendations of your own Water Committee,that we must eventually go to Chicago for water, why in the name of sense waste money digging another well here in Des Plaines. We have on file the report of the engineering firm relative to the best water solution for Des Plaines. That report is outdated and outmoded as last yea='s caldndars, nice to look at the pictures, but the dates are haywire. So it is with wells now. What about this new well and its cost? The price given in the public press was $65,000.00. The public would like to know just what we might get for that money. That amount of money would sink a well but then there are the pumps and you - know that the cost of a Pomona pump runs anywhere up to $15,000.00, then there are connections to be made to the new well so that it could be softened and all the other incidental expense that will be only temporary at best. It is like the tavern owner who put two spigots on his barrel of beer so he could sell more beer. No one disputes the advisability of -selling water to out -of -the -City users, in fact, if we had an enormous supply of water, it would be simple to induce buyers, including large industrial users. I have recollections of years gone by when this City lost desirable industries for the lack of water. Now, as to the cost of wells versus City water. I have studied the matter IIIfrom many angles and am firmly convinced that the City of Des Plaines can EASILX finance any system of Chicago water. A City that purchased over $1,650,000'Errar Bonds in ONE sin%le drive and the local bank with deposites of over $10,000,000 surely cannot be considered as run down at the heels. Some time ago, I addressed your honorable ti,ody of a method of financing Chicago water and it was "placed on file" the usual method of saying, throw it in the waste basket.. I trust that this letter will not suffer the same fate, but that the people of Des Plaines may have more information on the subject before digging another hole in the ground. CHICAGO WATER: Are you or the general public of the City of Des Plaines aware of the Chicago water situation? Twenty-eight communities are now using Chicago water, among a few, Park Ridge, Skokie, Morton Grove, Lincolnwood and Niles not to for- get the large users, i.e., Oak Park, Cicero, Berwyn, Westchester, Brookfield, Elmwood Park, Diver Forest, Blue Island, Galumet City, Harvey and others. These cities rsed and purchased from the City of Chicago during 1945, the staggering total of Three Billion, Two Hundred Fourteen Million,. Five Hundred Fifteen Thousand cubic feet o£ water, or a total of 38, 573,575,000 gallons of water and Lake Michigan levels rose over fifteen inches in the same time. Sb we can see that it is impossible for the -lake to fail. Upon the purchase of water from the snitary district it will be necessary to abandon the use of the wells, and it would not be necessary to have them. Many items of equipment could be used in the pumping of the City water as well as shutting down the filtration of the water, unnecessary in the use of lake -water. Some point has been made of the temperature of well water as compared with City water. Temperatures taken by me at various places are as follows, -these are all tap water temperatures IIIand NOT from any cooling System 611 Webford Avenue, Des Plaines 57 1320 Clyborne Avenue, 2nd floor 56 5218 S. Ashland Abenue, 1st floor 52 Halsted and Wellington, 3rd floor 59 230 East Ohio St., 4th floor 58 Drinking fountain, Madison St. near Franklin St., 4.3).M. 53 These temperatures were all taken during the month of March, 1946. w (SCHLAGEL LETTER CONT'D.) Another fallacy that is played up is the attitude of the Chicago politicians. Some 350,000 people in the suburbs are using Chicago water and none of them appear to be at the mercy of the Chicago politician or is this another New Deal emergency? The cost of Chicago water and its relationship to our own home consumption. On a comparable basis our City to the Southeast Park Ridge used during 1945+ 68,755,00 cubic feet of water or 515.562.000 gallons at a cost to them of approximate $41,244.00. Park Ridge seems to be doing all right by itself at this rate, if their profit is only a mark up of 50%. From the figures given to me by Mr. Halverson, Water Committee Chairman, the use of water in Des Plaines approximates 1,000,000 gallons daily or a yearly use of 365,000,000 gallons compared to Park Ridge of 515.562.000 gallons. In my conversation with him, he assured me that the present well could and would pro— duce 1,500.000 gallons daily, an amount quite sufficient for present use. However, the standby requirements are still ample in case of breakdowns. The same would be he case whether we had a new well or procured Chicago water. New connections could be made to the Chicago system as quickly as a new well, providing the Board would get their well—mindedness out of their minds and go after Chicago Water with as much dexterity as they voted for another well. In a very short time, the City will take over the Douglas airport and water is available there. The statement that you cannot get water from there is disputed. The statement that mum the Government will assign the site to the City of Chicago, but not the water mains and other utilities is disputed. The ad— vertisement for the disposal of the Airport as published in the CHICAGO TRIBUNE on March 6, 1946, reads, Quite — "Disposal of this airport shall be made subject to the reservations, restrictions and conditions set forth" ---These utilities include among others, "The gas main running in a northerly direction from &yn Mawr Avenue." — "The water line running in a northerly—southerly direction from Bryn Mawr A enue to that portion of the plant not included in the area to be disposed of and all pipe lines, etc." This reservation is that the Government while turning over to the City of Chicago all water mains, reserves the right to obtain water for its own use, but nothing is indicated or stated that the City of Chicago would not have control of the water running to the airport. This makes the available supply of, water at Bryn Mawr Avenue or even closer, and not 5 or 6 miles to the City limits at Harlem Avenue as stated so many times in an attempt to.befog the issue. What will it cost Des P4aines for City water, what will the revenue estimatee, what will be the profits to pay the cost and retirement of bonds to meet the installation? Based on an estimated use of 1,250,000 gallons of water daily, estimate based on consumption et time of completion. The cost to the Des Plaines on that basis would be Daily consumption 1,250.000 gallons Yearly consumption 44,6,25.Op00 " At 8¢ per thousand $35.000.00 Leakage, loss in pumping, free water to schools and City use, concession to industrial users 5% of 22,312.500. The Park District uses less than 4,000.000 gallons yearly so this would be a large estimate for loss and free water. Net salable water, 423,947.500 gallons at 30¢ per thousand gallons and not the established price of 33¢per thousand cubic feet or 750 gallons. Total estimated receipts on this basis would be $125,000.00. Taking the 1946 appropriation for Water Department at $70.655. The total cost would be for Water $105.655.00 Leaving a balance of approximately $20.000.00 for the retirement of present Water bonds in addition to $300.000, I repeat $300,000 for City water and not $100.00 as estimated. These figures from the appropriation ordinance include the reirement of the present outstanding Water Revenue Bonds of some $90.000.00. Other items in future appropriation ordinances that could and would be eliminated are $15.000 for pumping, which could be cut at least 30%. Chemicals for water treatment $7,000 which would be eliminated entirely. Repairs to water works could be cut in half. Thus a cut from the present ordinance could be made of $14.000. leaving additional appropriation funds to be used for more needed im— provements as extension of water mains, etc., Having had considerable experience in appropriation ordinances the amount set forth I understand are based on 75% of collections, but in the case of water funds these are collectable to 90 to 95% as compared to 75% from general taxes collected upon real estate, therefore, I think and firmly believe that my estimates are very closely correct. I am also informed by Mr. Halverson that present collections in the Water Department are running better than $80,000.00 per year with a present surplus of about $20,000.00. Let's not sink that surplus in another well. Additional revenues are also available. Mr. Hewitt, Chicago Public Works Commissioner, said Quote "It was possible and practicable to supply all the incorporated towns within 30 miles of the loop." This means that Arlington Heights, Palatine and Mount Prospect would be asking for water and no douh would be aupplid (sCHLAOEL LETTER CONT'D.) from mains in Des Plaines. The sale of water by one City to another is common practice and does not violate any agreements with the City of Qiicago by those doing it. The City of Harvey obtaining all its water from Qiicago sells it in turn to the Villages of Hazelcrest, Markham, Posen, Dixmoor, Phenix and South Holland. Morton(bove sells water to the Village of Golf. This is a very substantial profit to those cities. The size of the mains for procuring water from(hicago is a matter for engineers skilled in that line. But,, we do know that a four inch main will flow 360 gallons per minute under gravity, so that. each doubling of diameter we get four times the volume. Thus a 16 inch main would produce enough water to flood all of Maine Township. Contrary to the general belief, no public bond issue is necessary to pay for the installation of(hicago water. The public would hot be asked to vote IIIsuch an issue. All costs could and would be met by the issuance of Water Revenue Bonds, maturing over a period twenty years Payable from water receipts exclusively. I have worked out a system of bonds maturing in twenty years at interest of 2 per annum. These bonds would be callable after the eighth or tenth year. Also.in these figures are the amounts needed to pay interest and retirement of Bonds with- out any great burden on the Water Department. By the time the first bonds are callable the growth of the City would, no doubt, be such that a sizable surplus would be available for calling of bonds. Here is the set-up. $300.000.00 Des Plaines, Illinois, 20 Water Revenue Bonds, Dated May 1, 1946. YEAR'RINCIPAL.Dec.lst INTEREST TOTAL :! 1946 --------..- ------ $4,375.00 $ 4,375.00 CNI 1947 --_-- ------ 7,500.00 7,500.00 cr, 1948 $13,000.00 7,500.00 20,500.00 = 1949 13,000.00 7,175.00 20,175.00 1950 13,000.00 6,850.00 19,850.00 1951 13,000.00 6,525.00 19,525.00 1952 14,000.00 6,200.00 20,200.00 1953 14,000.00 5,850.00 19,850.00 1954 14,000.00 5,500.00 19,500.00 1955 15,000.00 5,150.00 20,150.00 1956 15,000.00 4,775.00 19,775.00 1957 16,000.00 4,400.00 20,400.00 1958 16,000.00 4,000.00 20,000.00 III1959 16,000.00 3,600.00 19,600.00 1960 17 000.00 3,200.00 20,200.00 1961 17,000.00 2,775.00 19,775.00 19620,000.00 2,350.00 20350.00 1963 18,000.00 1,900.00 19,900.00 1964 19,000.00 1,450.00 20,450.00 1965 19,000.00 975.00 19,975.00 1966 20,000.00 500.00 20,500.00 Average annual principal and interest requirements 1946 to 1966, inclusive, $20,035.00. I am firmly convinced that the Water Department is fully able to meet these requirements in addition to other retirement of bonds now outstanding. Further advantages of these bonds, I shall be pleased to explain in detail to the Board personally. To sum up the situation, we have sufficient water for immediate needs, granting use of water to out -of -the -City users in any reasonable amount. We all agree that Chicago water is the only ultimate solution of our water problems. From the foregoing the bill CAN BE FINANCED from water sales. In addition to other require- ments to operate a proficient water system. So let us not make another mistake. Why buy a 65¢ belt for temporary security when a $3.00 pair of suspenders will keep us from getting daught with our pants down. To you gentlemen of the Board, I am cognisant of the many thankless labors which you must perform in your duties as City representatives. But let me assure you that any criticism in this note is NOT a 'gripe', but my sincere desire to get the best there is for Des Plaines, the best town in the United States, always IIImy home and forever will be. To Des Plaines, OUR City. Very truly yours, (signed) Edd R. Schlagel 611 Webford Avenue Des Plaines, Illinois The, letter was ordered placed on file where the Water Committee could obtain it for future study. COUNTY ZONING LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HE,INGL The Clerk then read: 463 6 (COUNTY NOTICE'CONT'D.) Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held on an application for a variation from the terms of the ?ening Ordinance of Cook County, Illinois, on March 21, 1946 at 4:30 P. M. (Central Standard Time) in Room 300, 160 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois. The property involved is located on the northeast corner of Des Plaines River R oad and Sherman Place in Maine Township, legally described as: Lot 20 in Block 1 in River -Rand Road Subdivision of Lots 1 to 8, both inc., in Bennett Block No. 18 and -Lots 1 to 13, both incl. in Rand Block No. 19 in Park Addition to Des Plaines, being part of the North one-half of Sections 16 and 17, Township 41 North, Range 12, East of the Third Principal Meridian. The proposed variation is with respect to the provision of the County Zoning Ordinance regarding the Minimum Setbacks from the Front Road or Street and Minimum Sideyard Provisions of said Ordinance: All Persons interested should attend and will be given an opportunity to be heard. ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS OF COOK COUNTY 1 The Municipal Development Committee informed the Mayor that one of that Committee would attend the hearing. ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSIOJJ%(C. & N. IVB Hy.): The Clerk read that part of the Commission Resolution on the change of protection at the River Road crossing of the Chicago and North Western Railroad. ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION (PUBLIC SERVICE): The Clerk read the hearing of the Commission to be held March 21, 1946. The Mayor referred the com- munication to the City Attorney. - • FIRST READING OFANORDINANCE,VACATING STREET: The Clerk then read for first reading the following ordinance entitled: AN ORDINANCE -VACATING CERTAIN PORTIONS OF ROSE AVENUE IN SPIKINGS' SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY -OF' DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS The Mayor referred the ordinance to the Munidipal Development Committee and the City Attorney. WATER AG NT:(Rand and River Road) The Clerk read the following: AGR•EEMEN_T THIS AGREEMENT Made and entered into by and between the OITY OF DES PLAINES, a municipal corporation in Cook County, Illinois, party of the first part and hereafter referred to a the /City" and WILLIAM LADENDORF, VINCENT W. KIRBY and C. H. GEWECKE, parties of the second part, WITNESSETH WHEREAS, the parties of the second part find it necessary to procure a water supply to service their respective homes and properties and are desirous of procuring such a supply from the City of Des Plaines in accordance with its Ordinances; and WHEREAS, the City of Des Planes is willing to supply said parties of the second part with water in adoordanoe with its ordinances; now, therefore: IN CONSIDERATION of the premises herein and the covenants hereinafter set forth, it is agreed as follows: 1. The City of Des Plaines hereby agrees to furnish water service to the parties of the second part insofar as it will not jeopardize the citizens of the City of Des Plaines during any emergency that may arise. 2. The parties of the second part hereby agree to: (a) Pay the cost of construction and installation of a water main from the City limits to their respective properties, and agree further to pay for the meter and all permit fees. (b> Pay for all engineering and inspection fees for such instal- lation which is to be in accordance with the plans and speci- fications of the City and under the direct superiision of the City Engineer of said City. (c) Pay for such water service, measured through a meter, the sum of $+].20 per 100 cubic feet of water, which said amounts shall be payable monthly; and in addition agree to pay the sum of $0.25 per month for the maintenance and as rental for a fire hydrant to be built at their cost in said mainextension. (d) Abide by all the ordinances of the City applicable to water service. 3. It is further mutually agreed that the parties of the second part hereby agree to procure all necessary easements for lands over which this pipe extension is to be made and to cause an easement to the City in addition to the parties of -the second part. 1 (AGREEMENT CONT'D.) 4. It is, mutually agreed that no other person shall conndet on said water main extension except upon the joint consent of the parities hereto. 5. The parties of the second part hereby agree to hold harmless the City of Des Plaines for turning off the water supply when occasioned by an emergency within theCity which would jeopardize its residents. The covenants and agreements herein contained shall inure to and extend to the heirs, administrators,, executors, successors and assigns of the parties hereto. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the City of D es Plaines has caused these presents to be signed by its Mayor and ittested to by its Clerk who affixes hereto the official seal; and the parties of the second part hereto set their hands and seals, all on this 18th day of March, A.D. 1946. The agreement was referred to the Water 'ommittee and if satisfactory, the Mayor and City Clerk were to sign same. RESOLUTION APPROVING PLANS OF NEW WELL: The Clerk read the following: RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE DIGGING OF A NEVI WELL AND DIRECTING THE ENGI- NEER TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS. WBEREAS, This.City Council has heretofore authorized and directed the City Engineer to prepare plans and specifications for the, digging of a new well and providing necessary equipment for the operation of such new well, and WHEREAS, said Engineer has submitted his plans and specifications ad di- ce:, rooted, and the City(buncil, having examined them and find them in order; now,theTefore: BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DES PLAINES, COOK @ COUNTY, ILLINOIS: Section 1. That the plans and specifications far the digging of a new well and providing for necessary equipment to operate said well, as submitted by the e ity Engineer, be and the same are hereby approved. Section 2. That the City Engineer be and he is hereby directed to ad- vertise for bids for the -digging of a well and for the equipment necessary to operate said well, which said bids shall be delivered to the City C lerk not later than 8:00 o'clock p.m.the 8th day of April, A.D.1946. Section 3. That said advertisement for bids shall be published in the IIIDes Plaines urT nal and the Suburban Times and in one Trade Journal or other publi- cation having a large circulation in the field of well digging and well furnishings. Section,. That this Resolution shall be in full force and effect forthwith upon its adoption. The motion was then made by Alderman Halverson and seconded by Johnson to adopt the said proposed resolution. The resolution was voted upon by acclamation whereupon the Mayor declared the motion carried andthe said resolution adopted. City Attorney Opeka informed the Council that a Supreme Court decision will allow the items of dues of Illinois Municipal League and similar organizations to be placed in the approprijation. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Each member of the City Council having been supplied with a copy of the minutes of the regular meeting of Lerch 4, 1946, the motion was made by Alderman Harm and seconded by Kehe that the said minutes be approved. The motion was voted upon by acclamation whereupon the Mayor declared the motion carried and the said minutes approved. AD/OURN MENT: The motion was made by Alderman Vavrinek and seconded by Scharringhausen to adjourn. The motion was voted upon by acclamation whereupon the Mayor declared the motion carried and the meeting regularly adjourned. • 00TT0 W. J. i CITY CLERK MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE . CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS, HELD IN THE COUNCIL G:iA?'BEPS, _ MONDAY EVENING. APRIL lst, 1?46. CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called -to order by Mayor G. Walter Pflug- haupt, who presided, with Aldermen Johnson, Napieralski, Vavrinek, Wolf, Kehe, S char- ringhausen, McKay, Harm and Campagna responding to roll call. Alderman Halverson was absent due to illness. • • • • • . • 465