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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/24/1944 Business MeetingJanuary 24, 1944 The City Commission met in regular session, Mayor Mogren and Commissioners White and Clark present on roll call. Moved by Mogren, seconded by White that the minutes of the regular meeting of Monday, January 17, 1944 be approved as read: carried Mogren, White and Clark voting aye on roll call. Resolution No. C -591, A RESOLUTION authorizing and directing the sale of-the rock crusher plant to George G. Ensminger and Company. WHEREAS, .the City of Yakima owns a rock crusher plant for which it has no present or immediate use and which has not been used by the City for.more thanCa year,' and WHEREAS, by making a sale of said rock crusher plant the same be removed from idleness and used in national defense work, and WHEREAS, George G. Ensminger and Company have offered to purchas said rock crusher plant and to pay therefor-Fifteen Thousand Four Hundred Fifty and No /100 Dollars ($$15,450.00) cash provided that immediate sale thereof is made to him so that he can have immediate possession thereof in connection with his defense work, now therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA-0 That the rock crusher plant of the City of Yakima together with its miscellaneous spare parts, supplies and tools be sold and that the offer of George .'G. Ensminger ,and Company be accepted and that the Mayor-and Clerk of the City of Yakim be and they are authorized and directed to execute a Bill of Sale thereto to said purchaser for said purchase price, to -wit: Fifteen Thousand Four Hundred Fifty and No /100 Dollars ($15,450.00). BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that an emergency exists in that said rock crusher plant is needed by said purchaser immediately for work in national defene and unless said immediate sale is made said purchaser will not be available at aaA d price and that there is not time to call for bids and that since.said.price offered exceeds the price paid by the City of Yakima when it purchased said rock crusher plant It is ordered that.said sale be made worthwith. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the proceeds received from the sale of said rock crusher plant be placed in the Cumulative Reserve Fund for Street Depart - ment Equipment heretofore created and set up under ordina.nee No. :B -575. PASSED AND ADOPTED BY the City Commission this 24th day of January, 1944. A. W.. Mogren Mayor Geo . W.. Clark ATTEST: Pearl Benjamin (SEAL) Commissioner City Clerk R. W. White Commissioner 1 ATTEST: r C 1 t y, C l e r k �?99 A Moved by Clark, seconded by.White that Resolution No..0-5.91 be adopted as read: carried Mogren, WY-.ite and Clark voting eye on roll calla ORDINANCE B- 601,a.mend.ing section 4 of Ordinance No. A -774 entitled, "AN ORDINANCE relating to and regulating card rooms and the operation of card tables; providing for the payment -of a, license fee for the purpose of regulation and revenue, providing a penalty for its violation and declaring any "emergency, "revoking all licenses issued pursuant to said Ordinance No. A -774 providing for the refund of 1944 license fees and providing for new and larger license fees and declaring an emergency, was introduced by Mogren and read by the City Clerk. Moved by Clark, seconded by White that Ordinance No. B -601 be passed to its second reading and read by title only: carried Mogren, White and Clark voting aye on roll call. Moved by Clark, seconded by White that Ordinance No. B -601 be passed to its third reading and read in full: carried Mogren, White and Clark voting aye on roll call. Moved by Clark, seconded by White that Ordinance No. B -601 be passed as finally read: carried Mogren, White and Clark voting aye on roll call. Moved by Mogren, seconded by White that we do now adjourn: carried Mogren, White and Clark voting aye on roll call. 1 ATTEST: r C 1 t y, C l e r k �?99 A