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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/25/1946 Business Meeting & 3/27, 3/301946 Adjourned Meetings�. �� d1 : &.. March 25th, 1946 The City Commission met in regular session, Mayor Mogren and Commissioners Sanford end Clark present on roll call. Moved by Mogren, seconded by Sanford that the minutes of.the regular meeting of Monday, March 11th, 1946 be approved as read: carried, Mogren, Sanford and Clark voting aye on roll call. Moved by Clark, seconded by Sanford that the City Engineer having reported the completion of the work in L.I.D. No. 596 by the Contractor, said work is hereby accept- ed and the City Engineer authorized to prepare an assessment roll therefor, and the City Clerk instructed to ggive notice of hearing on said roll by publication as required for Monday, April 15, 1946.at.9 o'clock. A.M: carried, Mogren, Sanf ad and Clark voting aye an roll. call. Moved,byo8a.nford, seconded by Mogren that the following claims be allowed and the City Clerk instructed to issue warrants as follows: Current Expense $300.44; Street $69.71; Irrigation $5.00: carried, Mogren, Sanford and Clark voting aye on roll call. ORDINANCE NO. B -695, AN ORDINANCE providing for the annexation by the City of Yakima, Wash.ngton, of certain property contiguous to the present.bound.aries of said city. Moved. by Clark, seconded by Mogren that Ordinance No. B -695 be passed as read: carried Mogren, Sanford and Clark voting aye on roll call. Moved by Mogren, seconded by.Clark that we do now adjourn to meet Thursday, March 27, 1946 at 4 o'clock P.M. ADJOURNED MEETINq, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1946, 4 P.M. The-Ci.y Commission met pursuant to adjournment, Mayor Mogren and Commissioners Sanford and Clark. present on roll call. RESOLU °PION NO. C -679, This resolution, and the recitals embodied herein, are adopted b; the City Commission of the City of Yakima this 29th day of March, 1946, the Commission being duly assembled. for the transaction of official business, and all members of the Commission being present and concurring in the adoption hereof namely: WHEREAS Pacific Power & Light Company, hereinafter sometimes re- ferred to as "the.Company ", is and.for may.years.has been engaged in furnishing electri service within the corporate limits of the City of Yakima as a public service company, subject to regulation as to its rates, rules, practices, and service in the manner pro- vided by low; and said Pacific Power & Light Company is the only company or agency en- gaged in furnishing such;service within the city,.a.nd is the only company or agency in position to furnish the City with the special post.street lighting service required by the City: and. WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. B -609 of the City of Yakima, approved July 11, 1944, the City of Yakima granted an electric franchise to the Company for the term of twenty -five years from said July 11, 1944, and Section .7 of said ordinance re- quired the Company at its own cost and expense to construct, install and provide such modern and efficient system or systems for lighting the streets, highways, bridges, and public places of the City, and to maintain and operate such system or systems, a,s the City Commission may from time to time request, all at and upon reasonable rates, terms and conditions; and WHEREAS, the City now desires to make provision for the present and future special post street lighting requirements of the City, and.the Company in conformity with the provisions of said Section 7 of said Ordinance No. B -609, has offered to enter into a ten -year contract with the City for such special post street lighting service, which shall be supplied from new systems to be installed, owned, and maintained by the Company, and from the existing Naches Avenue System to be owned and maintained by the City, all as provided in the form of contract hereinafter referre to; and WHEREAS, the xity Commission has before it for consideration a. proposed ten -year contract between the City and the Company, providing for the Company's furnishing all such special post street lighting service required by the City, and said proposed contract has been.approved ag to form by the City Attorney, and a. copy thereof, as so approved by the City Attorney, ha.s been placed on file with the City Clerk and is identified herein by such reference; and WHEREAS, the City Commission has determined that the terms, pro- visions, and conditions set forth in said. proposed contract are just,fa.ir, and reason= able, and in conformity with the provisions of Section 7 of said Ordinance No. B -609, and, with the Company's published. tariff schedule applicable to special post street lighting service on file with the Department of Public .Utilities of Washington, and that the interests of the City and. the citizens and the inhabitants thereof.will best be served by the City's entering into said proposed contract with the Company for such special post street lighting service: NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby RESOLVED: that it is necessary for the public peace and safety of the City of Yakima and the residents and inhhbita.nts thereof that provision be made by contract with said. Pacific Power & Light Company for such special post,-street lighting service for. lighting the streets and public places,of the City for the term of ten years as provided in the proposed contract referred to in the foregoing recitals; and FURTHER RESOLVED: that the execution by the City of Yakima of a contract with the said Pacific Power & Light Company, providing for the latter's supplying such special post street lighting service to the City upon the terms and conditions and for the ten -year period set forth in the proposed contract referred to i F, 448 March 25th, 1946 the foregoing recitals hereof, be and the same is hereby approved and that the Mayor and the City Clerk of the City of Yakima be and they hereby are respectively authorized a.nd directed to exe- cute and deliver such contract in the name and behalf of said City, with the seal of the City of Yakima impressed thereonnand attested by the City Clerk. PASSED BY THE CITY COMMISSION this 28th day of March,.1946, by the following vote and roll call: Mogren, Yes: Sanford, Yes; Clark,. -Yes. A. W. Mogren Yeas: 3 Mayor Nays: 0 Champ Sanford Commissioner Geo. W. Clark (S E A L) Commissioner ATTEST: Pearl Benjamin City Clerk Moved by Mogren, eeconded by Sanford that Resolution No. C -679 be adopted as read: carried, Mogren, Sanford and. Clark voting aye on roll call. Moved by Mogren, seconded by Sanford that we do adjourn to meet Saturday, March 30th, 1946 at 9 o'clock A. M: carried, Mogren, Sanford and Clark voting aye on roll call'. ADJOURNED MEETIivG, SATURDAY, MARCH 301h, 1946, 9 A.M. The City Commission met pursuant to adjournment, Mayor Mogren, and Commissioners Sanfo and Claf ;k present on roll call. Moved by Sanford, seconded'by Mogren that the payrolls for the month of March 1946,' be allowed and the City Clerk authorized to issue warrants as follows: Various Depts. $4,366.60; Engineering $1,257.13; Fire Department $$9,360.00; Police Department $7,279.99; Health Department $1,192.50; F. R. &_ P.. $1,772.30; P. R. & P x$72.50; Cemetei x$200.00; Street Department $310.00; I,ibra.ry $1',361.77; Irrigation 4786.39; carried, Mogren,,Sanford and Clark voting aye on roll call. Mover? by Mogren, `seconded by Sanford that we do now adjourn: carried, Mogren, Sanford and Clark voting aye on roll call. ATTEST C.i tjt C l e r k p i 1