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Home My WebLink About09/04/1923 VB minutes September 4th, 1923. The President called the meeting to order. The Clerk called the roll, all trustees responding present. Minutes of the meeting of July 3rd, 1923 were read and same were, on motion duly made, seconded and carried, approved as read. Treasurer's report as follows was read and ordered placed on file. CORPORATE FUND Balance on hand last meeting $624..01 Received Loan from Mt. Prospect Nat.Bank 650.00 " from Henry J. Ehard 13.00 Total $1287.01 Expenditures 1217.04 Balance on hand $ 69.97 WATER WORKS BOND FUND Balance on hand last meeting $4261.50 Paid Chicago Bridge and 'ron '+orks 4261.50 Balance none. WATER FUND Balance on hand last meeting 185.10 Received from Henry J. Ehard 54.50 239.60 Expenditures 12.85 Balanoe.an hand $ 226.75 WATER LFaDS FUND Balance on hand last meeting $ 2390.00 Expenditures 2249.62 Balance on hand $ 140.38 SPECIAL ASSESSMENT #1 FUND Balance on hand last meeting ,1430.35 ` Expenditures - Chas. M. Porter Co. $553.48 Geo. Busse 23.64 577.12 Balance on hand $ 853.23 Thereupon Mr. Gates of the Illinois Bell Tele- phone Co. advised the board that telephone posts on which they proposed to connect their line from the Elmhurst Road to Central Road would be set along the dividing fence line of the N. W. Ry. Co.'s and the Burke Farm South of the railroad tracks,and the Clerk read permit signed by N. F. Burke and Mary J. Burke, granting per- mission to the Telephone Co. to set their post along said fence. It was duly moved, seconded and carried that permit to set poles along the west property line of Elm- hurst Road and along the north side of Central Road in the Village limits be granted to the Illinois Bell Telephone Co. Thereupon the i lerk read the following bills, said bills having been approved by the proper committees. John Heide - cutting weeds $3.00 Walter Mueller repairing crossings 6.00 Hy Holste cutting weeds 13.00 Wm. Busse 1 gal. oil 1.35 Public Service Co. Aug. St. Lights 63.84 Consoer Zngr.Co. bal. due 5% fee water work plant 41.15 I11. Bell. Tel. Co. - long distance calls 1.25 Henry J. Ehard long dist. tel. calls .50 130.09 It was duly moved by trustee Haas, seconded by trustee Jahncke,that said bills be paid and the clerk be directed to issue warrants for same. ROLL CALL Ayes: Gosch, Haas, Heide, Jahnoke, Mecklenburg, Pohlmann. Nays: None. Motion carried - ayes six, nays none. Thereupon the nark read the following bills for water service lead supplies and work, said bills having been approved by the proper committees. c Henson and Hubbell 25 unions 1 - 2" curb cock 1-2" corp cock l-2"- 5' to 6' shut off box $57.49. T' 15 - 5' to 6' *in. shut off box 41.04 T° 2 - 5' to 6' 2 in. shut off box 5.47 2 flanging tools 2.15 3 - 3 in. taps 23.04 1 Tapping Machine 129.30 25 2" corp. cock 252 curb cocks 111.00 Raymond Lead Work 1727 lbs. lead pipe 4- in 145.30 Albert Tassi 1 gal. lard oil 2.25 24 taps - 441 ft. n .63 277.83 Total $ 794.87 It was duly moved by trustee Haas, seconded by trustee Heide, that said bills be paid and the clerk be directed to issue warrants for same. ROLL CALL Ayes: Gosch, Haas, Heide, Jahneke, Mecklenburg, Pohlmann. Nays: None. Motion carried - ayes six, nays none. Thereupon it was moved by trustee Heide, seconded by trustee Jahneke, that the President be authorized to sign and the clerk to countersign and issue warrants to pay Mr. Tassi for amounts due him from time to time, upon the bills being approved by the Finance Committee and the water leads collector. ROLL CALL Ayes: Gosch, Haas, Heide, Jahneke, Mecklenburg, Pohlmann. Nays: None. Motion carried - ayes six, nays none. Thereupon the following statement of donations, collected by Mr. George Busse for covering the cost of installing and main- taining an electric light on top of water tower was submitted, said report being accompanied with a check for $20.00. c Collected for Electric Light on Tower $69.00 Expense H. F. Meyn $3.00 Johnson 25.00 Siemro 21.00 • ;49 Leaves a bal. of $20.00 to the Village for maintenance. Subscribers are as follows: Wm. Busse 5.00 A. F. Jahnke 2.00 Henry Beigel 5.00 Albert Wille 5.00 Ed Busse 5.00 L. C. Busse 5.00 Jack Cykal 5.00 F. Balwin 1.00 C. D. Busse 5.00 R. Ninneman 5.00 Wm. Busse & Son 5.00 H. Heide 2.00 Wm. Busse, Jr. 5.00 D. Friedrich, Jr. 2.00 J. W. Pohlman 2.00 H. J. Ehard 2.00 George Busse 6.00 H. F. Meyn 2.00 $69.00 It was duly moved, seconded and carried, that the $20.00 be accepted, said amount to be credited to the general corporate fund. Thereupon the clerk read the following applications for permissions to dig up streets. Evanston August 28, 1923 Village of Mt. Prospect, Mt. Prospect. Application is hereby made by the PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS to perform work as specified below. To install gas service on Wille St. and Central for A. Landmeier. PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY Of Northern Illinois (Signed) BY D. W. Burtis. c Sept. 3 1923 To the Honorable President and Members of the Village Board of the Village of Mount Prospect, Illinois: Gentlemen: I hereby make application for permission to dig up Wille 6treet from lot line of lot 3 block 1 of Ernst Busse Add. to Mt. Prospect to drain tile in said Wille St. for the purpose of laying a drain tile to my new residence. Signed Amos Landmeier. It was duly moved, seconded and carried, that said permits be granted and that Mr. Amos Landmeier be required to deposit the sum of $10.00 as a guarantee that refill would be properly made, said $10.00 to be refunded upon order of the Village Board. Thereupon it was duly moved by trustee Haas, seconded by trustee Jahncke, that the President be authorized to sign and the clerk to countersign and issue warrant for the sum of $63.75 in favor of Edward Zinkel in payment for 127- hrs. time devoted by Mr. Zinkel during the month of August, 1923, running village pump. ROLL CALL .ayes: Gosch, Haas, Heide, Jahncke, Mecklenburg, Pohlmann. Nays: None. Motion carried - ayes six, nays none. Thereupon it was moved by trustee Pohlmann, seconded by trustee Haas, that the chairman of the Street and Sidewalk Committee be authorized and directed to have three cement aprons installed at the intersection of Elm Street and Busse Ave. and to lay plank erOOeings at the north side of Busse Ave. across Elm St. and the east side of Elm Street across Busse Ave. ROT,L CALL Ayes: Gosch, Haas, Heide, Jahncke, Mecklenburg, Pohlmann. Nays: None. Motion carried - ayes six, nays none. Thereupon the President left the meeting, as he had an important engagement to keep. Trustee Gosch acted as chairman of the meeting. Thereupon it was duly moved, seconded and carried, that the clerk be directed to write to Chas. M. Porter Co. advising them that drain tile in Evergreen Ave. east of Owen Street, which had been disturbed by them when laying water - main, had not been working since disturbed, and that Mr. Walter Pohlmann had reported that he had suffered considerable loss to his crops on account of said drain not working proper- ly and that he had demanded that the village pay him for his damaged crops, or else he would sue, also that the village expected said Chas. M. Porter Co. to live up to their contract and properly replace all drain tiles disturbed by them at once. Thereupon it was duly moved by trustee Mecklenburg, seconded by trustee Haas, that water leads collector be authorized to employ a plumber to install water meters as soon as mains had been flushed. ROLL CALL Ayes: Gosch, Haas, Heide, Jahncke, Mecklenburg, Pohlmann. Nays: None. Motion carried - ayes six, nays none. Thereupon it was duly moved by trustee Jahncke, seconded by trustee Pohlmann, that the clerk be directed to purchase 6 keys for each outside door of the Municipal Building. ROLL CALL Ayes: Gosch, Haas, Heide, Jahncke, Mecklenburg, Pohlmann. • Nays: None. Motion carried - ayes six, nays none. On motion duly made, seconded and carried, meeting adjourned. Minutes approved this day of October, 1923. c , /