11-03-1952 VCM
VILLAGE OF ELK RIVER COUNCIL MEETING
November 3, 1952
A regular meeting was held at the Municipal Building on Nov 3, 1952.
Members present:
E.A. Parent, Mayor; Harry Dow, Dan Bailey, R.A. Ryding, Trustees; H.A. Briggs,
Clerk
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Parent. The minutes of the last meeting were read and
approved.
A motion was made by Bailey and seconded by Ryding to ask the village attorney to start
condemnation proceedings to obtain title to tract of land on west shore of Lake Orono for park
purposes. Land is now owned by Wexter estate south of Highway 10. Motion carried.
A motion was made by Dow and seconded by Bailey to issue official notice to the Municipal Liquor
Store and beer taverns in the village not to sell liquor nor beer to the following persons:
Harley Rohlf and J. Madsen
Motion carried and the village marshall instructed to prepare such notices.
For the reason that the village has no further use for one of the jail cells a motion was made by
Ryding and seconded by Dow to sell one jail cell to Fred Brenteson for $35 per ton. Carried.
For the past two years, certain work on the sewer has been paid for out of the General and Road
and Bridge Funds. To correct this, a motion was made by Bailey and seconded by Ryding to transfer
from the Sewer Maintenance Fund to the General Fund $500.00 for 1951 and $500.00 for 1952.
Motion carried and the clerk was asked to have the transfer made.
The matter of the village election was brought up. A motion was made by Briggs and seconded by
Bailey to have the polls open from 9:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. Motion carried.
A motion was made by Briggs and seconded by Ryding to allow village treasurer to hold over for
one more year or until 1953 to confirm to recent state law which requires the treasurer to be elected
in odd numbered years. Carried.
Building permits were approved for Oscar Odegard and Bernard Fiers.
The following bills were allowed and ordered paid.
Dares – chaire rental 13.50
Dares – dehumidifier 139.75
Rosenwald-Cooper Inc – signs 18.72
Minn Fire Extinguisher Co – supplies 3.00
Star News and Pub – Ordinance No. 44 7.20
Farm Bureau – fuel oil 39.99
Fire Department – services 139.50
Anthony Burgoyne – hauling 59.00
Joe Schway – cleaning furnace (hall) 4.00
Oliver Micheau – uniform 87.03
N.W. Bell Tele Co – Oct 8.85
Zella M Page – janitor service 7.00
E.R. Utilities – lights (mch) 38.59
E.R. Utilities – street lights 100.00
E.R. Utilities – hydrant rent 56.00
Zella M Page – library books 52.07
State Farm Ins Co – ins 44.44
Zella M Page – Oct salary 70.00
August Leider – labor 39.10
August Leider – labor 118.15
E.R. Lmbr Mch Co – mdse for sewer 12.85
Central Lmbr Co – mdse for sewer 14.61
Meeting adjourned.
H.A. Briggs
Clerk