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Home My WebLink AboutCC Min 1956-04-17 j,' 26n i: U Fire Rings Fire Dept. Bond Elec. Fire Rings All fire-rings are now in place and ready for use. Fire Department-New Apparatus Bids are out and will. be opened at the next meeting of the City Council. It was moved by Lawhead and seconded by Flanagan to I adjourn. AYES: NOES. ABSENT: LaWhead, l"lanagan, Clark None Leonard, Calvo Motion carried. I 4~~ City Clerk and Ex-Officio ~lerk . of the Seal Beach City Council APproved:~~~L--- ,Mayor Attest: ~~~"'d' City Clerk I Seal Beach. California April 17. 1956 The City Council of the City of Seal Beach met in regular session at 7:30 p.m. with Mayor Clark presiding. The 'meeting was called to order with the Pledge of Allegiance. The invocation was given by Rev. Donald E. Curry, Assembly of God Church. Present: Mayor Clark Councilmen: Lawhead, Leonard, Flanagan, Calvo Absent. " None " This being the time and place fixed for the canvass of I the returns of the Special Election held on April 10, 1956, the returns of said election ( and the absentee votes cast at said election that have been received) were duly and regularly can- vassed as provided by law. It was moved by Leonard and seconded by Calvo that the following Resolution No. 92J, declaring the result of said canvass be adopted, and that it, together with the City Clerk's Statement. r- 261' be set forth in full in the minutes: AYES. NOES : ABSENT I Councilmen: Councilmen: Councilmen: Lawhead, Leonard, Flanagan, Calvo, Clark None None Motion carried. I RESOLUTION NO. 923 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING THE RESULT OF THE CANVASS OF ELECTION RETURNS OF ELECTION HELD IN SAID CITY ON APRIL 10, 1956. The City Council of the City ~f Seal Beach, Calif- ornia, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DETERMINE A1~ ORDER as follows: Section 1. That a special bond ~lection was duly called and regularly held in said city on the 10th day of April, 1956, at which election there was submitted to the qualified voters of said city the following proposition, to wit: BOND PROPOSITION: Shall the City of Seal Beach incur a bonded indebtedness in the principal amount of $60,000 for the purpose of the acquisition and construc- tion by said city of a certain municipal improvement, to wit: a fire station building, including the acquisition of all land, furni- ture, furnishings and other property necessary therefor. and the acquisition of fire fighting equipment, including a fire truck, apparatus, and equipment necessary therefor? Section 2. That the returns of said election have Reso. 923 I been duly and regularly canvassed by this City Council as pro- vided by law, and'all absentee balfots received have been counted and canvassed as provided by law. Section 3. That the votes cast in the precincts es- tablished for said election upon said proposition and for and against said proposition, the absentee votes cast upon said proposition and for and against said proposition, and the total \l.:>t 1 votes' cast at said election for and against said proposition and upon said proposition are as follows: I PREC INCT ~ lliL TOTAL NO. 1 9} 77 NO. 2 130 64 NO. 3 85 89 NO. 4 !:ll 60 NO. 5 120 50 NO. 6 79 73 NO. 7 93 74 NO. 8 91 70 262 YES lliL 772 557 ABSENTEE VOTES 20 15 Grand '.l:otal 792 m Section 4. Th~t the votes of less than two-thirds of all voters voting at said election were cast in favor of the adoption of said bond proposition, and said bond propsi- tion is hereby declared to have failed to carry at said election. II. Section 5. That the City Clerk of this City i~ here- by directed to enter this resolution in full in the minute~ of this City Council. ADOPTED, SIGNED AND APPROVED this 17th day of April, 1956. Geaf/.~ Mayor of the City of Seal Beach, California ATTEST I ~~~~ City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach, California (SEAL) I STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE CITY OF SEAL BEACH ) ) ) SSe I, Frederick W. Hickman, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach, C~l~fornia, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution w~~~a~opt~d by the City Council of said city and was approved by the Mayor df said city at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 17th day of April, 1956 and that it was so adopted as follows: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Councilmen: Lawhead, Leonard, Flanagan, Calvo, Clark Councilmen: None Councilmen: None ~u/.~~ City Clerk of the C ty of Seal Beach, California (SEAL) STATEMENT OF CITY CLERK I I, Frederick W. Hickman, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 923 is a full. true and aorrect state- ment of facts of canvass of the Special Bond election held in said city on the 10th day of April. 1956, and of the results, thereof as declared by said City Council, and said resolution as 263' entered in full on the minutes of said City Council is hereby adopted by me as ~y statement ,of the canvass of the returns of said election and the results thereof. Dated: April 17, 1956 I /~~.~~_. City Clerk of the City of Seal Beaqh, California ... (SEAL) Resolution No. 924 (Declaring the results of a General . Municipal Election) was presented by the City Attorney. It was moved by Lawhead and seconded by Leonard to adopt Resolution Reso .wL No. 924. AYES. NOES: Lawhead, Leonard, Flanagan, Calvo, Clark None Motion carried. , The Statement of the City Clerk as to the election results is made a part of these minutes and are hereto attached. At this point Mayor Clark called a five minute recess. 1 Upon reconvening Mayor Clark administered the oath of office to City Clerk-Elect Frederick W. Hickman. The newly elected and sworn Clerk then administered the oath of office to Councilmen-Elect Joe Harold Tancre and Harry Cleveland Ross, Jr. and City Treasurer-Elect James N. Scott. After Mayor Clark stepped down, the City Clerk announced that nominations for the office of Mayor would be accepted. Councilman Clark nominated Councilman Paul Calvo Mayor Calvo and it was seconded by Councilman Flanagan. There being no . . further nominations, Paul Calvo was elected Mayor by the follow- ing vote. AYES: NOES: PASS: Tancre, Ross, Flanagan, Clark None Calvo I Motion carried. Paul Calvo was seated as Mayor. Outgoing Councilman Leonard and Lawhead addressed the Council and audience, thanking them both for support during their terms of office. The next order of business was to open bids for Fire Equipment as advertised. The following bids were opened; Filre Dept Bids ': . 264. Res o. 925 Mayor Pro- Tem Reso. 926 1. The Republic Supply Company. 1-1000 GPM F.M.C. Fire Pumper $16,514.16 or 5 year lease option - $18,991.26 Check for $1,652.00 enclosed. 2. Yankee Motor Bodies Corporation 1-1000 GPM Triple Pumping Engine $16,986.00 plus tax or 5 year lease option - $20,355.00 Bond for 10% of bid enclosed. tax included 3. P. E. Van Pelt, Inc. 1-1000 GPM.Fire Engine $15,233.00 plus tax etc. or lease rental plus 5% interest Bond for $1600.00 enclosed. I It was moved by Clark and seconded by Tancre to refer the bids to the City Engineer for analysis and report. AYES: NOES I Tancre, Ross, Flanagan, Clark, Calvo None Motion carried. The minutes of the regular meeting of April 3rd and the adjourned meeting of April 5th, 1956 were read and approved on Mayor Calvo's motion. Reports of the City Treasurer and City Clerk for the month of March, 1956 were presented. It was moved by Clark and seconded by Flanagan to receive and file the City Officers reports. AYES: NOES: Tancre, Ross, Flanagan, Clark, Calvo None Motion carried. Demands numbering 3548 to 3645 inclusive, totaling II $9,523.78 as approved by the Finance Committee were presented. It was moved by Clark and seconded by Flanagan that the demands be allowed and warr.ants drawn on the Treasury for the same. AYES: NOES: Tancre, tloss. Flanagan, Clark, Calvo None Motion carried. Resolution No. 925 (Demands and Checks) was presented by the City Attorney. It was moved by Flanagan and seconded by Tancre to adopt Resolution No. 925. AYES: NOES: Tancre, Ross, Flanagan, Clark, Calvo None Motion carried. It was moved by Clark and seconded by Flanagan that Tancre be appointed Mayor Pro-Tem. I AYES: NOES: PASS: Ross, Flanagan, Clark, Calvo None Tancre Motion carried. Resolution No. 926 (Safe Deposit Box) was presented by the City Attorney. It was moved by Clark and seconded by Tancre to adopt Resolution No. 926. AYES: NOES . Tancre, Ross, Flanagan, Clark, Calvo None Motion carried. Engineer's Agenda Weed Abatement. After costs and methods of lot clean- ing were discussed, it was moved by Ross and seconded by Clark that Roy Thomas be instructed to clean the lots by the plowing method. AYES: NOES: Tancre, Ross, Flanagan, Clark, Calvo None 1 Motion carried. Sewer Plant. Mr. Marron reported that one Buda engine had broken down and should either' be repaired or converted to electrical equipment. Repairs estimated at $135.00 and con- version at less than $1000.00. After considerable discussion it was moved by Flanagan and seconded by Clark to convert to electricity. AYES~ NOES: Tancre, Flanagan, Clark, Calvo Ross Motion carried. I Letter from Lakewood Men's Chapter, City of Hope, for permission to sell fire-works was received. Permission denied in favor of local organizations and businessmen. Announcement of next regular meeting of the Orange County League, April 26th., City of Orange. Letter from Fire Chief Knighton recoMMending that Lot 265 Weeds SeweI plant Fire Works Fire 161 in Tract 2591 and Lot 384 in Tract 1817 be placed in' Fire Zone 'Dept. 1, and that the balance of lots in Tracts 2590, 2591 and 1817 be placed in Fire Zone 3. It was moved by Clark and seconded by Ross that the recoMMendations of the Fire Chief be approved. AYES: NOES: Tancre, Ross, Flanagan, Clark, Calvo None Motion carried. 1 Mrs. Jessie Jensen requested action on her letter of August, 1955, relative to the abolishment of the office of City Engineer. Mrs. Abata and Mrs. Nichols also entered the discuss- ion. At the suggestion of Mayor Calyo, that the new councilmen be given an opportunity to study the matter, the discussion closed. Newly elected Councilmen Tancre and Ross, City Clerk Hickman and City Treasurer Soott, all thanked the voters for their support in the recent election. AYES: NOES, . It was moved by Clark and seconded by Flanagan to adjourn Tancre, rloss, Flanagan, Clark, Calvo None Motion carried. City Eng. 266. 4o.~~ 5 City Cler and Ex-olfic 0 Clerk of the Seal Beach City Council Approved: ~@d~ ayor Attest: /u)~~ . C ty lerk I STATEMENT OF THE CITY CLERK I, F. W. HICKMAN, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY AND DECLARE, that at a meeting ~eld on April 17, 1956, the City Council of the City of Seal Beach canvassed the returns of the General Municipal Election held in said City on April 10, 1956 and that the results of said election That the w hole number of votes cast in said City were I are as follows: 1394. That the names of the persons voted for, the office for which they were voted, and the number of votes given in each precinct to each of said persons; That the Measures voted upon were: Bond Proposition: Shall the City of Seal Beach incur a bonded indebtness in the prinicipal amount of $60,000 for the purpose of the acquisition and construction by said city of a certain municipal improvement, to wit: a fire station building, including the acquisition of all land, furniture, furnishings and other property necessary therefor, and the acquisition of fire fighting equipment, including a fire truck, apparatus', and equipment necessary therefor? . Proposition No. 1. "Shall the ordinance making-it unlawful to drill for, or erect, construct or install any derriCk, I machinery or apparatus for the purpose of drilling for or pro- duoing oil, gas or other hydro-carbon substances from any well located within the upland portion of the territorial limits and boundaries of the City of Seal Beach, California, and providing penalties for the violation thereof, exempting therefrom the land and territory within the Naval Ammunition and Net Depot, and further exempting any terrItory annexed after January 1, 1956, and repealing Ordinance No. 446, be adopted?". . Proposition No.2. "Shall the City adopt the City Manager form of (lovernment?". ;, I 2G7 '.', Proposition No.3. "Shall the City Council be authorized and directed ~o formulate and place into operation an employees' retirement plan and be authorized to fix a special tax levy of not more: than l8~ per $100.00 valuation of all property in the City of Seal Beach in order to finance the City's contribution in such proposed plan?". NAMES OFFICE NUMBER OF VOTES CAST HARRY CLEVELAND ROSS COUNCILMAN Precinct No. 1 101 I NO'.2 96 No.3 108 No. ~ 74 No. 77 No. 6 79 No. 7 68 No. 8 74 Absentee Ballot 12 TOTAL OW" CYRUS W, SHEPARD COUNCILMAN Precinct No. 1 93 No. 2 .~~ No. J No. ~ 7$ No. 7$ No. 6 73 No. 7 64 No. 8 73 Absentee Ballot 6-#:- TOTAL ALBERT CLYDE SPENCER COUNCILMAN Precinct No. 1 73 No. 2 114 I No. 3 66 No. ~ 59 No. 87 No. 6 62 No.7 98 NO.,8 79 Absentee Ballot 20 b5ti JOE HAROLD TANCRE COUNCILMAN Preoinot No. 1 82 No. 2 107 No. 3 Ii No. ~ No. 98 No. 6 63 No. 7 105 No. 8 81 Absentee Ballot 23 wr . FREDERICK W. HICKMAN CITY CLERK Precinct Mo. 1 121 No. 2 131 No. 3 f~ I No. ~ No. 76 No. 6 8) No. 7 90 ~To. 8 77 Absentee Ballot 22 769"" - 268 SIDNEY MAXWELL KIRBY CITY CLERK Precinot No. 1 34 No. 2- 32 No. 3 33 No. ~ 39 No. 57 No. 6 19 No. 7 49 No.8 23 Absentee Ballot 8 TOTAL 294 NORMA E. .PRANTER CITY CLERK Precinct No. 1 19 I No. 2 32- No. 3 39 No. ~ 21 No. 38 No. 6 33 No. 7 32 No. 8 5~ Absentee Ballot TOTAL 27b FERN HENRYSON CITY CLERK Precinct No. 8 1 Absentee BS/llot 0 TOTAL 1 CECILE J'. HATTERS LEY CITY CLERK Prec ihc t No. 3 3 No. i 2 No. 2 No.8 1 Absentee Ballot 0 TOTAL 0 GRACE IRVINE CITY CLERK Precinct No.6 12 I Absentee Ballot 0 TOTAL 'iT" JAMES N.'SCOTT CITY TREASURER Precinct No. ,1 1~3 No.2- 1 8 No.3 139 No. ~ 115 No. 135 No.6 110 No.7 138 No. 8 128 Absentee Ballot 31 TOTAL lmr GRACE IRVINE CITY TREASURER Precinct No. 1 12 No. 2 16 No. 3 15 No. ~ 11 No. 9 -No. 7 7 No. 8 18 Absentee Ballot 0 tltl I WILLIAM ROBERTSON CITY TREASURER Precinct No. 4 1 Absentee Ballot 0 TOTAL -r DR. VAL SNEED CITY TREASURER Precinct No. J 1 Absentee Ballot 0 TOTAL 1 PROPOSITION NO. 1 I PROPOSITION NO. ~ Precinct No. 1 No. ~ No. ). No. 4 No. 5 N'o" 6 No.7 No. 8 Absentee Ballot TOTAL YES 113; 138 90 87 97 90 110 107 29 m;r 2C) NO 54 53- 76 48 63 39 54 47 6 4Ii2 99 85 108 81. li 83 105 ~ PROPOSITION NO: } Precinct No. 1 80 92 No. ~ 97 97 No. )- 7J 99 No. ~ 55 83. No. 80 86 No. 6 85 49 No. 7 57 106 No. 8 79 78 Absentee Ballot dt- .~ I TOTAL Dated: Precinct No. 1 No.2 No.3 No. 4 No.5 No. 6 No.7 No. 8 Absentee Ballot TOTAL 67 102 59 50 87 ' 61 79 52 19 570 ~' -~.~~~ c y Clerk or the C1ty of Seal Beach, California ~/"~ /r.r6 I