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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/05/1935 VB minutes Minutes of the regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Mount Prospect, held at the Village Hall in said Village, on the 5th day of February, 1935. The President called the meeting to order at eight o'clock P.M., and the clerk called the roll. The following were found to be present: Mr. Herman Meyn, President, and Messrs. Beigel, Budlong, Carlson, Haas, Niebuhr and Wille. Absent none. It was moved by Trustee Beigel and seconded by Trustee Niebuhr, that the minutes of the meeting of December 10th be accepted as read. The motion carried by vote of acclamation. It was moved by Trustee Beigel and seconded by Trustee Wille that the following Treasurer's report be accepted as read. Motion carried. Treasurer's Report Receipts: Balance on hand last report Holste - 1933 taxes - 1662.53 Paul Holste - taxes - R. & N. 335.20 Wm. Annen - Wheeling 1933 Taxes - 419.28 Wm. Annen - Wheeling R. & B. 84.53 H. F. Meyn - Liquor License 15.00 53107.34 Expenditures 781.91 Balance - 52325.43 Water Fund: Balance on hand last report $5111.49 J. C. Bencic - Coll. 101.70 J. C. Bencic - Coll. 303.63 J. C. Bencic - Coll. 386.72 J. C. Bencic - Coll. 116.47 6020.01 Expenditures 491.13 Balance 5528.88 Water Extension Fund: Balance on hand last report 157.41 Q Vehicle Fund: Deficit last report (112.89) E. L. Busse 87.74 ( 25.15) Expenditures 149.93 Deficit (175.09) General Fund "An Deficit last report ( 57.03) Expenditures .10� 2_ .55 Fire Truck Fund: Balance on hand last report 38.25 It was moved by Trustee Beigel and seconded by Trustee Budlong that the Special Assessment report be placed on file. Motion carried by vote of acclamation. TrusteeBeigel made a motion that the following bills be paid, which was seconded by Trustee Haas. Trustees Beigel, Budlong, Haas, Niebuhr and Wille voted Aye. The President thereupon declared the motion carried. - BILLS- Judges and Clerks of Election 30.00v.„ Public Service Company 20.83r. Public Service Company 19.99 Public Service Company 1.23.29 Public Service Company 123.29 " Public Service Company 40.30 Public Service Company 16.63 ,�! Cook County Herald - election supplies 21.30 // E' `� "°! Pingel the Printer - election supplies 6.50 C John Bencic, shecking fire truck 3.00 Pingel the Printer - election supplies 11.50N �+,� Albert Wille,Lumber & Coal Co. 222.49h,///o A /// Mt. Prospect Pharmacy - ink and water .76,. O . H. F. Meyn, parts and labor 13.78N Luitwieler Corp. 7.12n. W. C. Mulso - salary 150.00VN W. C. Mulso - garage rent - 2.50,w1 / George Whittenberg - salary - 140.00, George Whittenberg - garage rent - 2.501k Illinois Bell Telephone Co. 1.40N. P. G. Pettibone & Co., - election supplies - 11.16t Busse - Bierman Co. - supplies - 22.25,,,,, New Amsterdam Casualty Co., insurance - 109.23r. Chicago Pulley & shafting Co. belt - 18.20r, Pittsburg Equitable Meter Co. - gaskets - 1.00v\ R. F. Huecker - parts and service - 12.10r. Busse Motor Sales , parts and service - 37.76T\ The necessity for acquiring additional land for the location of the proposed underground storage tank and other facilities and improvements to the waterworks system described in the ordinance passed by the President and Board of Trustees of this Village on November 7, 1934, came up for consideration, and the Q President announced that he had had several talks with the owner of the property adjoining the present well site of the Village, in Block 1 of Busse and. Wille' s Resubdivision in Mount Prospect, and that such property could be purchased for the sum of 4 2500, and that that was the lowest price the owner thereof would accept; that he had 0 made inquiries as to prices and believed that the price was a fair one for the property. After a discussion of the question Mr. Haas presented the following resolution and moved its adoption: "WHEREAS it will be necessary to acquire additional land for the location of the underground storage tank and other facilities and improvements to the waterworks system of this Village, as contemplated in and by the loan and grant agreement between this Village and the United States of America, and the ordinance passed pursuant to such agreement; and, WHEREAS upon investigation of the President and Board of Trustees of this Village it is found that the hereinafter described parcel of land, which adjoins one of the present wells and pumping sites belonging to the waterworks system of thid Village, can be purchased from ELLA WILLE , the owner thereof, for the sum of TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($2500); and, WHEREAS said parcel of land is most suitable to the Village for the purpose for which it is to be used, as it adjoins and can be made part of the said existing well and premises, belonging to �•r this Village; and, WHEREAS the price of TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS (?x,2500) demanded by the owner of said parcel of land is a fair and reason- able price therefor, and does not, in the judgment of this Board, exceed the fair cash and marketable value thereof; and WHEREAS this Board feels that it is to the best interest of this Village to purchase said parcel of land as and for the necessary addition to an extension of the premises now owned by this Village at the northeast corner thereof, as part of its present waterworks system; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED That this Village purchase said premises, being described as follows, to -wit: That part of Block One (1) in Busse & Wille's Resubdivision in Mount Prospect, in the West Half of Section Twelve (12), Township Forty -one (41) North, Range Eleven (11) East of the Third Principal Meridian, described as follows: Com- mencing at a point in the East line of said. Block One (1), 165.59 feet North of the Southeast Corner of said Block; thence North 149.98 feet to the intersection of the East line of said Block One (1) with a line 149 feet South of and parallel to the North line of said Block One (1); thence West c along said line 149 feet South of and parallel to the North line of said Block One (1), a distance of 251.94 feet, to its intersection with a line parallel to and 141 feet northeasterly of the south- westerly line of said Block One (1); thence South- easterly along said line parallel to and 141 feet northeasterly of the southwesterly line of said Block One (1), a distance of 295.80 feet, to its intersection with the East line of said Block One (1), the point of beginning, including the sheds located thereon, (Excepting therefrom the North 30 feet of the East 30 feet of said tract herein described, owned by the Village of Mount Prospect, provided the seller shall furnish to this Village a good and merchantable title to said premises free and clear of all encumbrances, special assessments and past and current general taxes; that the price shall be TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($2500.00), payable in cash out of proceeds of the sale to the United States Government of vrater Revenue Bonds as contemplated in and by said contract between this Village and the United States of America, when such bonds shall have been delivered to the Government and the proceeds of sale received. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that said purchase be made subject to the approval, if same shall be required, of the Federal Emergency Administration of Public "orks. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the President of this Village and the Village Clerk be authorized and directed to execute a contract for the purchase of said parcel of land, embodying the foregoing provisions ". The motion for the adoption of said resolution was seconded by Mr. Beigel and the roll was called with the following result: Mr. Beigel voting aye; Mr. Budlong voting aye; Mr. Haas Voting aye; Mr. Niebuhr voting aye; Mr. ViTille voting aye. No one voting nay. Thereupon the President declared the motion for the adoption of said resolution carried. It was moved by Trustee Bud and seconded by Trustee Haas that the Village Board endorse the local National Housing program, and make same a work project under the P.W.A. The motion carried by a vote of acclamation. There being no further business to come before the meeting same on motion made, seconded and carried, was adjourned.