HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/07/1918 VB minutes May 7th. I9I8.
President William Busse called the meeting to order at 8.00 o'clock
P /M.
The clerk thereupon made the following announcement.
State of Illinois) 88.
County of Cook )
1, Henry J Shard, clerk of the Village of Mount Prospect
County of Cook in the State aforesaid, and keeper of the records and
files thereof, do hereby certify that at an election held in the Village
of Mount Prospect, County of Cook, State of Illinois, on Tuesday, April
the sixteenth 1918 the following named persons were duly elected to the
office set opposite their respective names and each of them has filled
• in my office the oath of office required by law.
Henry Beigel Village Trustee
Ernest Gosch Village Trustee
Henry Holste Village Trustee
Henry J Ehard Village Clerk.
Signed Henry J. Shard.
Village Clerk.
The Clerk thereupon called the roll the following trustees re-
sponding present to -wit, Beigel, Busse, Gooch, Haberkamp, Holste,
Pohlmann.
The clerk read the minutes of the meetings of April 2nd and Apr.
I9th and same were on motion duly made, seconded and carried accepted
as read.
The treasurers report , as follows, was read and ordered planed
on file.
Ballanoe on hand April 2 nd - - -- 4427.12
Receipts (dog lioenses) - - -- 6:00
Total - - -- 433.12
Expenditures 363.46
Bal. on hand 469.66.
Thereupon the clerk read the following comunioations from the
Village President.
To the Members of the Board of Trustees:
Gentlemen:
By virtue of authority Conferred upon me
by ordinance, I hereby appoint the following standing committees, and
respeotfully ask your concurrence therein.
Finance Judiciary Police LightMg.
Henry Haberkamp -- Chairman Ernest Gosch-- Dhairman. Renry Beiga--Chairman
John W Pohlmann Henry Haberkamp. Louis 0 Busse
Louis 0 Busse. Henry Beigel. John. W Pohlman.
-- continued
Fire & Water, ea �}i : &. Drainage. Street Sidewalk.
.
J.W. Pohlmann -- Garman Louis O. Busse Chairman. Henry Holste Chairman
Ernest Gooch Henry Holste Henry Beigel
Henry Holste Henry Haberkamp. Ernest Gooch.
To the Members of the Board of Trustees:
Gentlemen:
By virtue of authority conferred upon me by ordinance
I hereby appoint Christian D. Busse as Village treasurer for one year,
and respectfully ask your concurrence therein.
It was duly moved by trustee Busse seconded by trustee Holste that
the appointment of the president of standing committees and treasurer be
oonourred in.
Roll Call.
Beigel aye Gosch aye Holste aye
Busse aye Haberkamp aye Pohlmann aye.
Motion carried ayes 6 nays none.
Thereupon the bond of the Village olerk amounting too $500.00
with George Busse and William Kirchoff as shurities was presented.
It was duly moved by trustee PohlmArr, seconded by trustee Hab-
erkamp that said bond be approved and aooepted.
Roll Call.
Beigel aye Gooch aye Holste aye/
Busse aye Haberkamp aye Pohlmann aye.
Motion oarried ayes six nays none.
Thereupon the clerk read the applications of Adolph Wills &
Henry Behrens Jr. for dram -shop license together with the bond of
of eaoh applicant , said bond of adolph Wille bearing the names of
William Willie and Edward Busse as bondeihen and that of Henry
Behrens Jr. bearing the name of Martin Busse and William C Wills, as
beisaIn:uandth of said bonds having been duly aoknowledged before
a notary public.
It was duly moved by trustee Holste, seconded by trustee Gooch
that said bonds be approved and licenses be granted.
Roll Call
Beigel aye Gooch aye Holste aye
Busse aye Haberkamp aye Pohlmann aye.
Motion carried ayes six nays none.
Thereupon the following letter from attorney Ralph L Peck was
read by the clerk , and it was ordered that said letter be incorpoW-
in the minutes of this meeting.
"The Public Utilities Commission has advised us that a print-
ed copy of the decision in gas case No. 7253, in which your Village
is interested, would be mailed to each municipality interested, and
emus that you reoeivrd it.
The decision provided that it should not take effect unless
accepted by the Public Service 0o. of Hothern Illinois within twenty
days from date of se -rvioe of the order. The Secretary of the Commission
now advises us that the acoeptance:of 'Was Public Servioe Company of
Nothern I11. was received on April 27th.
The decision speaks for itself, but might be briefly summed up
as follows:-
The Public Servioe Co. is given the right to reduce the quality
of the gas but is required to furnish all lighting tips with mantle
burners and is also required to reduce the rate to be charged. this
reduction is 5 cents on the first 1000 cubic feet in any one month
and I0 cents per I000 on each addional 1000 used in any month.
thus a consumer who uses three thousand cubic feet a month would
save 25 cents , or an average of eight and one third cents per 1000.
This reduction in price is the commission's determination of the
compensation to the consumer for the loss in quality.
The Public Service Co. strenously insisted that there be no
reduction in the pride, claiming that it needed all the saving in order
to make up for the increased cost of production; but this the
Commission held would amount indirectly to an increase in rate,
whioh was not warranted under the evidenoe introduced inthe case.
Yours very truly
Signed Ralph L Peck.
Signed F.W. Pringle Secy. of the Assn of
Chairman. Municipalities.
Thereupon the olerk read the following bills having been 0.Ked
by the proper oommittees.
Wm. Saner Labor $I.80
Henry Hammer' -- 305
Fred Biermann " 32.10
�✓' Henry J. Ehard - - -Dog Tags & Stat. 4470
Albert Wills - - -- Crush stone I0740
Total 149.•65
It was duly moved by trustee Haberkamp , seconded by trustee
Busse that said bills be paid and that the clerk be directed to
issue warrants for same.
Roll Call
Beigel aye Gosoh aye Holste aye
Busse aye Haberkamp aye Pohlmann aye.
Motion carried ayes six nays none.
The clerk reported that bill for $24.00 from William Wills
for Hall rent had not been paid on acoount of insufficient funds
in the contingent fund.
Thereupon trustee Haberkamp moved that the Treasurer be dir-
reoted to transfer $24.00 from the street lighting fund to the
oontingent fend and p a0 from the fire protection fund and $70.00
from the Polioe protection fund to the Street fund.
(:2 Said motion was seconded by trustee Pohlmann.
Roll Call
Beigel aye Gosch aye Holste aye.
Busse aye Haberkamp aye. Pohlmann aye.
Motion oarried ayes eix nays none.
Thereupon it was duly moved seconded .and . carried that the olerk
and treasurer be direeted close their books upon the payment of
the bills passed at this meeting and that render a report of all
expenditures and:'.. transfers fund for fund.
The olerk then informed the trustees that he had received two
metal signs warning automobiles of their approaching a sdhobl .
It was duly moved by trustee Pohlmann seconded by trustee Haber -
kamp that the street and sidewalk committee be authorized and inst-
tructed to erreot said signs on dentral about one block east and
west of the public sohool house, and that the clerk be directed,to
thank the Chicago 'Motor - Club for the signs.
Roll gall
Beigel aye ? osch aye Holste aye
Busse aye Haberkamp aye Pohlmann aye.
Motion Carried aye six nays none.
The clerk thereupon reported that the use of typewriter he had
used in the passed year could no longer be had, and that the village
could purchase a good second, hand UUderwOOdr typewriter for the sum
of 450.00 from Walter Mueller.
It was duly moved by trustee Beigel seconded by trustee Busse
that the Clerk be authorized and direoted to purchase said machine
for the sum of 450.00.
Roll Call.
Beigel aye Goseh aye Holste aye
Busse aye Raberkamp aye Pohlmann aye.
Motion oarried ayes six nays none.
On motion duly made seconded and carried meeting adjourned.
Minutes approved this day June I9I8.
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