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1062 Councilman Madsen of the Public Utilities Committee took up the rratter of allowing George Kolb to pay for one water service at his residence on Ray Street instead of two as he had been charged of late months. Mr. Kolb made a complaint to Mr. Madsen, being unable to be present.at the meeting himself, stating that a relative of his was using the big house which he generally rented for sleeping quarters only and otherwise was making her home with him. Mr. Madsen remarked that Mr. Kol'b was willing to promptly settle up what he owed the Town if the privilege was allowed him. There was no objection on the p art. of the Council to Mr. Kolb paying the one service charge. Mr. Madsen spoke of the condition of the creek bank near the Cheese Factory'a nd reported same in bad shape. He told that the tanks at-the Cheese Factory were overflowing and that the water in the town well would shortly be affected and recommended that Dr. Church be notified and asked to investigate conditions there. The matter was referred to the clerk for attention. Mr. Madsen also took up thevmter account of William Messa who was somewhat in arrears. He mentioned that arrangements had been made with Mr. Messa to make tw-o payments on account in January and spoke with regards to shutting -off the water at the Messa property on Spring Street if Mr. Messa did not make his second payment on January 25th. Some discussion followed with regards the.'Messa account, both concerning water and delinquent taxes. Mayor.Pickard promised to look into the matter and see if something could be done to assist Mr. Idessa in this regard. Councilman Orloff, of the Laws and Judiciary Committee, brought up the two ordinances which were given their first reading at the December 4th meeting. The Clerk was then instructed to read.these ordinances for the second time. Ordinance No. 166 - - "An Ordinance Amending Subdivisions 15 and 16 of Section VIII of Ordinance No. 113 of the Town of Pleasanton ", was adopted on motion of Councilman Orloff, seconded by Councilman Apperson and with all Councilman present voting in favor of same. Ordinance No. 168 - - "An Ordinance Constituting Neal Street a Boulevard, Requiring the Operator of Every Vehicle to come to a Full Stop Before Entering Or Crossing Said Street And providing For the Enf)rcement Of This Ordinance ", was adopted -on motion of Councilman Orloff seconded by Councilman Madsen and with all Councilmen present voting in favor of sane. In the absence of Councilman Garatti,of the Street and Building Committee, the mayor asked for a few remarks from M.M. Rodrigues, Superintendent of Streets with regards to street conditionsir4lr,. Rodrigues reported on. Mr. Rodrigues made the recommendation that a certain light on Spring Street be disconnected and mowed to the intersection of'Railroad Avenue and Spring Street. The matter was referred to Councilman Garatti for attention. Mr. Rodrigues also took up the matter of putting a valve in the City hall in connection with the heating plant. This had been advised because certain rooms in the hall were used on Wednesday and holidays when the library part was closed and by having a valve properly placed the heat in the City Hall eould be turned off as regards the reading room and the club room-and thus considerable expense avoided. The Councilmembers were favorable to this suggestion and Mr. Rodrigues was instructed to look into the matter and report on the cost of same at the next meeting. Mr. Rodrigues was question with regards to the condition of the railroad crossings which had been ordered repaired sometime ago. He answered by saying the work generally had been satisfactory but that the Southern Pacific crossings and especially the one on Neal Street should be given further attention. He stated that some patching had been done on Neal Street crossing but that little benefit had accrued. The Council thendecided that a special meeting should be held next Monday evening, January 8th at which time the Roadmaster of the Southern Pacific at Niles should be notified to appear before the Council for a discussion of the crossings. Clerk Ernest W. Schween reported to the Council with regards to his visit to the Civil Works Administration office in Oakland and phone calls and letters which had been received since. He also stated that ag••soon as word would be received from the Western Pacific Railroad Company with regards to putting the ditch through their property and which had to be in writing that he expected that the Civil Works Administration would send word to the municipality that the work was to progress. The following resolutions were then-presented: Resolution No. 1488 -- Authorizing the payment of the salaries of the municipal, officers for the month of December and amounting t o $745.00. No.1489 - -- Authorizing the payment of seven coupons of interest at $12.50 each on water bonds and amounting to $87.50. Action on these resolutions were then taken as follows: Resolution No. 1488 -- Adopted on motion of Councilman Apperson seconded by Councilman Orloff and with all present voting in favor of same @xcepting Councilman Mad §*en Who -vcTtedrfavorably. on all exoeptidg, the salary of the Fire Chief on which he voted "No." Resolution No. 1489 -- Adopted on motion of Councilman Madsen seconded by Councilman Apperson and with all present voting in favor of:same.