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City Council Minutes 1957 05-15-57 Minutes of A Special Joint Board Meeting of the Borough of Yorkville and the Borough of Bristol held on the 15th day of Mayy,1957. At the Pursuant to the following notice: By order of the PresiThel of the Board of Trusteed of the Village of Yorkville, Kendal County, Illinois, you are hereby notified of a special meetin of the President and Board of Trustees of said Village to be Wednesday, May 15, 1957, at the Village Hall of said Village i:00 P.M. , to meet with the Board of Trustees of the Village of Bristol regarding the combing of the Village of Yorkville and the Village of Bristol. Also to pass an election ordinance" Date this 12th dap of May, A.D. 1957, at Unkville, Illinois. Paul A.Merkel, Village Clerk, Village of Yorkville. Also pursuant to the following notice. N By order of the President of the Board of Trustees Of the Village of Bristol, Kendall County, Illinois, you are hereby notified of a special meeting of the President and the Board of Trustees of said Vill to be held Wednesday,May 159 1957, at the Village Hall in the Village of Yorkville, Illinois, at 8:00 P.M. to meet with the Board of Trustees of the Village of Yorkville regarding the com- bining of the Village of Yorkville and the Village of Bristol. Also to pass an election erdinancep . Dated this 12th day of May, A.D. 1957, at Yorkville, Illinois. Elmer Honker, Village Clerk, Village of Bristol. The meeting was called to order by President WindettI being the President of the older of the two Villago's. Upon motion bei made by Trustee Russell Hughes of the Village of Yorkville, socended by President Sleeser of the Village of Bristol, Paul A. Merkel was elected to act as Clerk Pro-Tess for the joint meeting. Whereupon said 91erk Merkel read the above call and then the following roll call was made: Borough of Yorkville, present: President Windett, Trustees Delbert Trummel, Russell Hughos, Carl Schobert, Leonard Olson, Walter Olsen, William Randles. Absent: None. Borough of Bristol, present: President Covell Sleeser, Trustees: Howard Blackman, Duane Hayden, Gilford Johnson, Homer Dickson, and Winifred Prickett. Absent: George Whitfield. President Windett then s*Jted that the purpose of this meeting was to decide upon the division of the United City of the Village of Yorkville into Wards. After discussion being had, it was moved and unanimously adopted by bath boards voting jointly that the following Wards be designated as the Wards for the Unite City of the Village of Yorkville, Illinois. Said motion being; by Trustee Duane Hayden, seconded by Trustee William Randles. WARD No. 1- shall consist of all that part of the United City which lies South of a line described as followsmommencing on the Nest Boundary of the United City at known pint O Read,section of the center line Of the highway , the Borough of Yorkvillq thence: Northeasterly along the center line *I said Fox Road to the intersection of the center line of Franklin Street in said Borough, thence: Easterly along the center line of Franklin Street and such center line extended Easterly in a straight line to the East Boundary of the United City. Minutes of a Special Joint Board Meeting of the Bar®ugh of Yorkville and the Borough of Bristol held on the 15th day of May, 1957, at the Village Hall at 8:00 P.M. T (Continued) WARD No.2- shall consist of all that part of the United City which lies North of a line described as follows: commencing on the West Boundary of the United City at the point of intersect- ion of the center line of the highway known as Fox Road, in the Borough of Yorkville, thence; Northeasterly along the center line of said Fox Road to the intersection of the center line of Frankl n Street in said Borough, thence: Easterly along the center line of Franklin Street and such center line extended Easterly in a straillrht line to the East Boundary of the United City, and south of a line which is the center line of Main Street in the Borough of Bristol and such line extended in a straight line to the last and West Boundaries of said United City. WAU No.3— shall consist of all that part of the United City which lies North of a line which is the center line of Main Stree in the Borough of Bristol and such line extended in a straight line to the East and Wost boundaries of said United City. Trustee Winifred Pricett then moved, and Trustee Leonard Olsolt seconded the motion which was unanimously adepted: that Attorney C.R. Ohse and Attorney Roger Clark be directed to draft an eleeti n ordinance calling an election for the United. City and that eUd Attorney's be directed to take all necessary steps in order to validate the union of the Village of Yorkville and the Village of Bristol into the United City of the Village of Yorkville There being no further business to come before the meeting, the meeting was, upon motion of Trustee Carl Schubert, seconded by Trustee Howard Blackman: adjourned. Whereupon said meeting was adjourned. Clerk Pro&Tem M"