10/30/1939203
MINUTES OF A SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DES
PLAINES HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS
ON THE 30th DAY OF OCTOBER, 1939 AT
THE HOUR OF 8:00 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order by Mayor Hobart
M. Ahbe, presiding, with Aldermen Johnson, Carroll, Henrich, Loos, Dopheide,
Friott, Schwanbeck and Campagna responding to the roll call. (Alderman
Carlson and Lemke were absent during the entire meeting). The Clerk re-
ported a quorum present.
READING OF THE CALL FOR SPECIAL MEETING: The Clerk then read the
following call for special meeting and waiver of notice:
October 27, 1939
To the members of the City Council
of the City of Des Plaines
Gentlemen:
You are hereby notified that upon order of Mayor
Hobart M. Ahbe, there will be a special meeting of the City
Council of the City of Des Plaines at 8 P.M. Monday, Octo-
ber 30, 1939 in the council chambers for the purpose of
making an additional appropriation for the Motor Fuel Tax
Section 6 CS (widening of Pearson Street), and to consider
such other matters of city business as may need attention.
Very truly yours,
Signed: EDGAR J. FRIEDRICH,
City Clerk
WAIVER OF NOTICE
We, the undersigned members of the City Council of the City of
Des Plaines, do hereby waive notice of the time, place, date and
purpose of a special meeting of the City Council of the City of
Des Plaines to be held on the 30th day of Uctober, A.D. 1939, at
8 P.M. in the council chambers, and do hereby consent to the
holding of such meeting and to the transaction of any and all
business that may come before such meeting:
MAYOR HOBART M. AHBE
JAMES J. CARROLL
ELMER JOHNSON
OTTO W.J. HENRICH
FRED A. LOOS
WALTER L. DOPHEIDE
CLIFFORD CARLSON
JOHN W. LEMKE
ERNEST H. FRIOTT
THEODORE SCHJANBECK
SAMUEL C. CAMPAGNA
KENNETH G. MEYER
EDGAR N. FLETCHER
ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION M.F.T.
read the following proposed resolution:
that
Law:
the
H.M. Ahbe
James J. Carroll
Elmer Johnson
Otto Menrich
Fred A. Loos
Walter L. Dopheide
Clifford Carlson
John WW. Lemke
H.E. Friott
Theodore bchwanbeck
Samuel Campagna
K.G. tie yer
Edgar N. Fletcher
SECTION 6 -CS: The Clerk then
Supplemental #3
RESOLUTION FOR IMPROVEMENT BY MUNI-
' CIPALITY UNDER THE MOTOR FUEL TAX LAW.
BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Des Plaines, Illinois,
following described street be improved under the motor Fuel Tax
PERSON STREET, which also known as Arterial Street No. 5
from Thacker to River Road, a dista nce of
approximately feet, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the proposed improvement consist of
widening with concrete pavement and curb and gutter.
Note: See Resolution 1017 38 appropriating $7,500.00
See Resolution 3 13 39 appropriating 1,500.00
See Resoltuion 8/7 39 appropriating 6,500.00
construction 16 feet wide and shall be designated as Section 6 -CS.
That there is hereby appropriated the additional sum of Three
Thousand Five Hundred and no/100 - - - -(83,500.00) for the improvement of
said section from the municipality's allotment of Motor Fuel Tax funds.
That said work shall be done by contract; and,
BE IF FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Clerk is hereby directed to
transmit two certified copies of this resolution to the Department of
Public Works and Buildings, Division of Highways, through its District
Engineer's office at Chicago, Illinois.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the Oity of Des
Plaines, Illinois, this day of
1939 A.D.
EDGAR J. FRIEDRICH, City Clerk.
The motion was made by Alderman Johnson and seconded by Alderman
Dopheide to adopt this proposed resolution. The motion was voted upon by
acclamation whereupon the Mayor declared the motion unanimously carried
and the said resolution adopted.
CHANGE ORDER - READVERTISING MFT SECTION 6 -CS: The Clerk then
read the following proposed resolution:
RESOLUTION
(Motor Fuel Tax Section 6 -CS)
WHEREAS, subsequent to an award made October 2, 1939 by the City
Council of the City of Des Plaines, the Mayor and City Clerk on October 5,
1939 entered into a contract with Milburn Bros., Inc., in the total sum of
$16,891.31 for the construction of Motor Fuel Tax Section 6 -CS, also known
as the widening of Pearson Street, and
WHEREAS, the State Highway Department did on October 16, 1939 for-
mally approve the said award and contract, and
WHEREAS, it now appears that the cost of the following items
included in the said contract are substantially in excess of the engineer's
estimate therefor, namely:
APPROX. UNIT
ITEMS QUANTITY PRICE AMOUNT
Concrete Light Standards with
Bracket 4 each $135.00 $ 540.00
Reflector -refractor Luminaries 4 each 70.00 280.00
ff6-5000 Volt Calbe (single
conductor) 1000 1nFt. .43 430.00
Series Transformers 4 each 85.00 340.00
#10-600 Volt Flat Twin Type
Pole Cable 120 lnl't. 1.25 150.00
$ 1,740.00
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Des
Plaines that the said items totalling $1,740.00 be and the same are hereby
deducted from the said contract with Milburn Bros., Inc., for the construction
of Motor Fuel Tax Section 6 -CS; and that the City Engineer be and the same is
hereby authorized and directed to file with the State Highway Department the
necessary change order covering the said deduction, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk be and the same ishereby
authorized and directed (subject to approval of the State Highway Department) to
re -advertise for bids for the said items in the Des Plaines$oJurban Mmes
ADOPTED by the City Council of the
City of Des Plaines this day
of A.D. 1939.
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The motion was made by Alderman Johnson and seconded by
Alderman Carroll to adopt this proposed resolution. The motion was
voted upon by acclamation whereupon the mayor declared the motion
unanimously carried and the said resolution adopted.
REJECT CLAIM OF EDWIN BRANDT: The Clerk then read the fol-
lowing report:
To Kenneth G. Meyer, City Attorney, at the meeting of the City
Council, held October 16, 1939, the following matter was referred to you:
The letter of Edwin Brandt, 5723 N. Menard Ave. Chicago, Ill-
inois, claiming damages in the sum of $6.75 for damage to his automobile
caused by striking manhole projecting above street level.
You will find a copy of the said letter typed on the reverse
side hereof.
Signed: E.J. Friedrich,
City Clerk.
To the Mayor and City Council:
Your Attorney has investigda d the above and has found that
the street upon which the accident occurred was under construction and in
the absence of any barricades or signs indicating that travel on the
street was at the risk of the driver, 1 am of the opinion that the City
Cei is liable and the claim is just and should be paid.
I, your Attorney, there recommend payment of the claim of
$6.75.
Signed: Kenneth G. Meyer,
City Attorney
The motion was made by Alderman Dopheide and seconded by Alder-
man Carroll to reject the recommendation contained in this report and
deny the said claim. The motion was voted upon by acclamation whereupon
the Mayor declared the motion unanimously carried and the said claim
denied.
APPROVE PLAT OF "CUMBERLAND EAST": The Clerk then submitted
for approval a plat entitled:
H.M. Cornell's
CUMBERLa'_ND EAST
Being a Subdivision in the SW of
Section 8, Township 41 North, Range
12 East of the 3rd ±'rincipal meri-
dian in Uook County, Illinois.
The motion was made by Alderman Dopheide and seconded by Alder-
man Johnson to approve the said plat, and to authorize and direct the
Mayor and City Clerk to sign the said plat for and in the name of the
City of Des Plaines. The motion was voted upon by acclamation whereupon
the mayor declared the motion unanimously carried and the said plat
approved.
AUTHORIZE RECOVERY OF BACK TAXES: Kenneth G. Meyer, City
Attorney, then reported that he has been in touch with a law firm which
offers to make the necessary audit of the County Treasure's books on
a 2O7. contingent basis and recover such back taxes as have been col-
lected by the County Treasurer for the City of Des Plaines, and have not
been re-rnitted. The motion was made by Alderman Henrich and seconded by
alderman Carroll to instruct the City Attorney to notify the law firm
in question that the City Council is in favor of the plan suggested.
The motion was voted upon by acclamation whereupon the Mayor declared
the motion carried.
ADJOURNMENT: The motion was made by Alderman Schwanbeck and
seconded by Alderman Johnson to adjourn. The motion was voted upon by
acclamation whereupon the Mayor declared the motion carried and the
Council regularly adjourned.
EDG
R DRICH, City Clerk