JUN 1946 TO JUL 1950 - Laserfiche WebLink

0298 FIRE DEPT. AND CITY HALL: Councilman - Hansen stated that he•had- nothing in particular to- report but that Fire Chief Amaral would report for the Fire Dept. Chief Amaral then stated that it was advisable to install a partition in the hose bed of the new Fire truck at an estimated cost of•125.00 in order to allow for 2 hose 'lines. He also reported that he had made a fire inspection of the Rose Hotel and had certain small improvements made. He recommend- ed that permits for renovation not be issued until a fire survey is made of the building to be renovated or altered. The installation of the partition on the fire truck was recommended by Councilman Hansen and agreed to by the Council. Councilman Hansen advised that the roof on the City Hall had been repaired where damaged by erection bf the Chamber bf Commerce 'Chr isi mas- sign.' He also advised that, to date, he had been unable to get a plasterer to repair the Improvement Club room. Mayor Trimingham complimented Councilman Hansen for his excellent /YRriroviding Christmas lighting at the City Hall. PUBLIC UTILITIES: Councilman Mezza reported that Chas. Viada was working part time, that the ditch at the Sewer Farm had been cleaned and the S.P.R.R. had also cleaned their part of the ditch and that the County would clean the ditch east of the road. He stated that he had one more pour to e• complete the concrete.pipe at the Sewer Farm.. He proposed that a pump be installed at the Sever Farm to pump into 3 ponds to take advantage of the greater capacity that exists but can not be utilized with the. present gravity•flow. He was.author- ized by the Council to proceed with this work. He also reported that +a check on the Sunol pipe line showed that to elate the loss of water was not excessive. Mayor Trimingham directed the Clerk to contact Mr. Ramseier relative to progress being made on the sewage disposal survey. - City Attorney Nilson advised the Council that he had a preliminary title report on a portion of Ray St. at S.P.h:.R. crossing. He also reported that it had come to his attention that settlement of Hagstrom's Store had broken a plate glass window and it was possible that the Town might be blamed for the settlement as being caused by a broken water main. Water Dept. Supt. Geo. Sobiela stated that the leakage came from a broken pipe in back of the meter and was no responsibility of 'the Town. • Mayor. Trimingham reported that he had attended a meeting called by the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors relative to the allocation of State Hiway construction funds for the year 1947-48. The Division of Hiways budget totalled 423,000,000 but none of the money was for work tin Alameda County. A Committee of delegates from all Alameda County cities and towns was being organized to attend a meeting with Mr. Purcell of the Hiway Dept. at Sacramento on January 9. Mayor Trimingham requested the Council members to give some thought to the advisability of having Committees of three members each to handle routine matters for the various departments rather than having them referred to the entir,eCouncil as is necessary at present. Water Dept. Supt. Sobiela suggested that a 4" main be installed in Pleasanton Avenue before the proposed paving work is done. Councilman Mezza was authorized to investigate as to the advisability of procuring a used pipe jack reportedly available for sale by the City of Hayward. Supt. of Streets Fredricksen reported that the trees in front of the Mendonca property on Main St. were to be topped January 10. RESOLUTION No. 1932 fixing fees for street opening permits was adopted on motion of Councilman Oxsen, seconded by Councilman Hansen and approved by all Councilmen present. RESOLUTION No. 1934 fixing the salary of the City Judge was adopted on motion of Councilman Hansen, seconded by Councilman Brenner and approved by all Councilmen present. RESOLUTION No. 1933 authorizing payment of salaries in the amount of 1,85000 for the month of December was adopted on motion of Councilman Oxsen, seconded by Councilman Mezza and approved by all Councilmen present.