City Council Minutes 1916 10-04-16 Yorkville,I-.linois October,2,1916
Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Yorkville, Illinois. Theme being :.ass than a quorum
present the meeting was adjourned till Tlednesday Evening Oct.4th
1916 at 8 O' clock P.M.
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Village Clerk.
,Yorkville, Kendall County,Illinois.
October 4-�h,1916.
The Board met pursuant to adjournment. President VoClell-
and called the meeting to order ar 8 o'clockP.M:
The roll call was taken the following members -responding
President McClelland, Trustees; M.N.Be .eher,A.C.Merkel,
W.G.Wollenweber and .George D.Ament. Trustees absent;
George Ohee and F.E.Ament.
The minutes of the previous reg.ilar and special meetings
were read and approved as read.
At this time the clerk read a ;ommunicattLon from -the
Chicago Telephone dompany,the substance of which was a petition
to the Board to pass an amendment to tae franchise now held by
the said Chicago Telephone Co. The matter was further consider d
later in the meeting.
The following bills were thken read by the olerk.
A.J.Carter bill to Sept,20th,1916. 2.48
A,C.Merkel,Bill to Oet.2nd,1916. 125.98
r G.Wollenweber One gal Oil .50
Public Service Co. Pumping,Aug.19, to Sept 19,16 $14.95
Public Service Co. ,Lighting, July,310to Aug.31. 178.00
Public Service Co. Lighting, Aug,31,to Sept. 30. $78.00
R.A.McClelland Flaming Blue grin& 1.25
Harry, Hiskey Labor and mate=rial on Femm walk 153.75
Jay Widney, Bill for one concrete crossing walk $25.00
On a motion by George D.Ament,seconded by
W.G.Wollenweber,the bills with the exception by the Widney bill
were referred to the finance committee with instruction that if
they were found correct orders were to Ve drawn for same.Motion
carried the following members voting in the affirmative;
M.N.Beeeher, A.C.Merkel,W. G.Wollenweber and Geroge D.Ament.
George D;Ament made a motion that the
Village pay one half of the Widney bill.The motion was seconded
by M.N.Beecher. The yeas and nays were taken on the motion with
following result. Beecher,Yea,Merkel Yea Wollenweber Yea
George D.Ament Yea. Motion declared carried.
At this $ime the Board indulged in a discussio
concerning the purchasing of the water pipe laid in Franklin
Street by A.C.Merkel. On a motion by Trustee Beecher seconded
by Trustee Wollenweber the matter was deferred until another
time. At this time Trustee Beecher for and on behalf od
A;C.Merkel made a verbal application for a crossing walk on
Mill street from Franklin street to Merkle' s property.
.A motion was made by Trustee Wollenweber seconded by
Trustee George Ament that the Street and Alley committee by.
instructed to cause to be constructed a$ the intersection of
Franklin and Mill streets a crossing walk as applied for by
Merkel. The motion was carried all members present affirming th
motion
At this time the clerk read a'proposed Amendasnt
to an ordinance previously granted to the' Chieago Temrephone Co.
The same entitled as follwos;
AN ORDINACE AMENDING AN ORDINANCE PA:SED OCTOBER
BY .THE PRESIDENT AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTS?'S OF THE VILLAGE OF YOR-*
ILLE,ILLINOISa GRANTING CHICAGO TELEPHONE COMPANY CERTAIN RIGHTS Il T
HE VILLAGE OF YORKVILLE, ILLINOIS.
A motion was duly made and seconded that the above.
mentioned AMENDED ORDINANCE be passed as read. The yeas and nays
were taken on the passage of the said or(iinanoe .the following mem -
bars affirming .the passage :thereof; .M..N.13eeoher,W.G.Wollenweber,
A.G.Merkel and George D.Ament. .
Thule being no further buitness the board adjourns 4
Village Clark.
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