PWCommittee - MINUTES - 4/23/1965MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS MEETING HELD ON APRIL 23,
1965 AT 3:45 P.M.
CHAIRMAN WEAVER CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER, ALDERMAN BUDISH,
SUPERINTENDENT BERTRAM AND MAYOR GOTTFRIED WERE PRESENT. ALDERMAN
WIESELMANN WAS ABSENT.
DISCUSSION WAS HELD RELATIVE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF DISCONTINUING
THE PRACTICE OF THE CITY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT INSTALLING PRIVATE
CULVERTS. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT APPROXIMATELY $2,000.00 A YEAR
IS SPENT ON THIS. MANY COMMUNITIES ARE NOW REQUIRING THE BUILDER
TO HAVE THIS WORK DONE AS WELL AS CONCRETE ENDS INSTALLED. THIS
MATTER IS BEING TAKEN UNDER ADVISEMENT FOR FURTHER STUDY.
ALDERMAN BUDISH MOVED AND ALDERMAN WEAVER SECONDED A MOTION TO
APPROVE PAYMENT OF $490.00 TO SORENSON & SONS, CONTRACTORS, FOR
BRIDGE WORK DONE ON THE TESS CORNERS ROAD, MOTION CARRIED.
THIS RECOMMENDATION WILL BE TRANSMITTED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
FOR THEIR APPROVAL.
LETTERING OF ALL TRUCKS TO CHANGE THE DESIGN FROM TOWN OF MUSKEGO
TO THE CITY OF flUSKEG WILL BE POSTPONED UNTIL THE NEW S-TON
DUMP TRUCK IS RECEIVED IN ORDER THAT ALL LETTERING CAN BE MATCHED.
ALDERMAN CLEAVER MOVED TO LET BIDS FOR I-3/4 TON TRUCK. BIDS WILL
BE RECEIVED MAY LIST, 1965, 4:00 P.M., AT THE CITY HALL OF THE
CITY 0F MUSKEGO. ALDERMAN BUDISH SECONDED THE MOTION AND IT
CARRIED. SUP'T. BERTRAM ASKED THAT CONSIDERATION BEG GIVEN TO
HIRING AN ADDITIONAL MAN. HE INDICATED THAT THE MANY MILES OF
CITY ROADS AND DRAINAGE DITCHES WHICH REQUIRE CONSTANT MOWING
REQUIRES A MAN TO SPEND FULL-TIME AT THIS JOB ALON$THROUGHOUT
THE ENTIRE SUMMER. HE ALSO INDICATED THAT MUCH WORK, SUCH
AS REMOVAL OF DEAD DUTCH-ELM TREES AND DITCHING AND ROAD MAINTENANCE
HAD TO BE POSTPONED DUE TO LACK OF SUFFICIENT PERSONNEL. THE
HIGHWAY COMMITTEE INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD STUDY THE REQUEST
FURTHER AND CONSULT WITH THE PERSONNEL COMMITTEE ON IT. DIS-
CUSSION WAS HELD RELATIVE TO THE NEED OF EDUCATING THE REST 0~
THE ALDERMAN AS TO THE ACTIVITIES OF THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT AND
THE POSSIBLE FUTURE NEEDS OF THIS a$$$RTMENT. THERE WAS ALSO
A DISCUSSION HELD AS TO THE FUTURE PLANS WHICH THE HIGHWAY DEPART-
MENT WILL BE DIRECTLY CONCERNED WITH. ALDERMAN BUDISH MOVED THAT
A FIELD TRIP BE ARRANGED TO TOUR THE CITY IN ORDER THAT THE
ALDERMEN CAN BECOME BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH PROBLEMS RELATED TO
THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPT. ALDERMAN WEAVER SECONDED THE MOTION,
MOTION CARRIED. A DATE WILL BE SET FOR EARLY - IN THE MONTH OF
MAY. ALDERMAN BUDISH MOVED, AS SECONDED BY ALDERMAN WEAVER, TO
ADJOURN.
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 5:00 P.M.
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RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,