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Minutes of special meeting of the President and
Board of Trustees of the Village of Mount Prospect, Illinois,
held in the Village Hall of said Village on the 18th day of
December, A.D.1934, at the hour of 8:00 o'clock P.M., pursuant
to call of the President.
The meeting was called to order by President Meyn and
the Village Clerk presented the following call of said meeting
and reported that he had given notice to all the members of the
Board as required by the ordinances and rules of said Village:
"Dec. 14, 1934.
Mr. Edwin L. Busse
Village Clerk
Mt. Prospect, I11.
Dear Sir:
At your convenience kindly call a
meeting Tuesday, December 18th, at 8 o'clock
P.M. for the purpose of setting the election
date on the reservoir and other business which
may be brought before the meeting.
Yours truly,
Herman F. Meyn
President".
Thereupon, on call of the roll the following were
found to be present: Mr. Herman F. Meyn, President, and
Messrs. Beigel, Budlong, Carlson, Haas, Niebuhr and Wille,
trustees.
Absent: None.
A petition, signed by voters and citizens of the
Village of Mount Prospect, asking that the President and Board
of Trustees proceed withoit. further delay to carry out the terms
C of the ordinance providing for the improvements to the waterworks
system to be paid for by a loan and grant from the United States
Government, was presented and read by the clerk.
The question as to what action should be taken on the
petition arose and some members of the Board felt that both
this petition and the petition filed at the previous meeting CO
of December llth, asking that the above described ordinance be
voted on, be received in like manner.
Thereupon it was moved by Mr. Beigel that the motion
acted upon at the last meeting, to recognize the petition at
such meeting asking for a vote on the proposition contained
in said ordinance be reconsidered. The motion was seconded
by Mr. Haas and on call of the roll was unanimously carried.
The matter of said petition filed on December 11,1934,
being up for consideration, it was moved by Mr. Haas that said
petition be received and filed. The motion was seconded by Mr.
Wille and on call of the roll was unanimously carried.
Thereupon it was moved by Mr. Budlong that said
petition filed this day be received and filed. The motion was
seconded by Mr. Carlson and on call of the roll was unanimously
carried.
The matter of calling a special election for the
purpose of submitting to the voters the matter of the proposed
improvements to the waterworks system to be paid for by a loan
and grant from the United States government, all as more fully
contained in the ordinance for said improvethent, passed and
approved by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village
on the 7th day of November, 1934, came up for consideration
and the Clerk read an ordinance entitled:
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N ,� "An Ordinance Calling A Special Election to be Held
v6 on the 31st day of January, A.D.1935 ".
After a discussion of the matter it was moved by
Mr. Beigel that the ordinance be passed. The motion was seconded
by Mr. Haas and the roll was called with the following result:
Mr. Beigel voting aye;
Mr. Budlong voting nay;
Mr. Carlson voting ngy;
Mr. Haas voting aye;
Mr. Niebuhr voting nay;
Mr. Wille voting aye.
The result being 3 ayes and 3 nays, or a tie vote.
Thereupon the President voted, voting aye.
Thereupon the President declared the motion for the 3
passage of said ordinance carried and said ordinance duly passed.
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A motion was made by Mr. Budlong and seconded by Mr.
Carlson that the meeting adjourn. On call of the roll of the
members of the Board resulting in a tie, the President voted,
voting Nay. Whereupon said motion to adjourn was declared lost.
The next matter that came before the Board for dis-
cussion was the matter of submitting additional propositions to
the voters at the special election to be held on January 31st,
with a view to providing an opportunity to the voters to express
their preference between the improvement proposed in the ordinance
passed on November 7, 1934, and an elevated storage tank instead
of an underground storage tank. In the discussion the question
arose as to the definiteness with which aby alternate propositions
could or should be stated. After considerable discussion Mr. Wille
presented the following resolution and moved its adoption:
"WHEREAS there appears to be some division of opinion
among the voters of the Village of Mount Prospect whether
or not in the construction of certain improvements to the
waterworks system of the Village an underground storage tank
shall be provided, or whether an elevated tank shall be con-
structed instead of an underground storage tank, as one of
the means of creating storage capacity for the waterworks
system; and,
"WHEREAS an ordinance has been passed by the President
and Board of Trustees calling a special election on the
question of construction of improvements to the waterworks
system, as provided for in an ordinance passed by the Presi-
dent and Board of Trustees of this Village on November 7;',
1934; and
"WHEREAS it is ddemed advisable to determine the wishes
of the voters of this Village as to the type of storage
facilities desired by said voters;
"THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that there be submitted to
the voters of this Village at said special election also the
following propositions:
For an underground storage tank of 250,000 gallon
capacity to be constructed in connection with the
proposed improvement to the waterworks system of
the Village of Mount Prospect.
For an elevated storage tqnk of 100,000 gallon
capacity ".
The motion for the adoption of said resolution was
seconded by Mr. Haas. Thereupon Trustees Budlong Carlton and
Niebuhr withdrew from and left the meeting. The Clerk called
the roll with the following result:
Mr. Beigel voting aye;
Mr. Haas voting aye;
Mr. Wille voting aye.
Said thbee votes being all of the votes that were cast on said
motion for the adoption of said resolution. Thereupon, on
motion by Mr. Beigel, seconded by Mr. Wille, the meeting was
adjourned.
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