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A recess followed during which the finance committee examined Claims No. 259 to 297 inclusive and amounting to $539.42, and corrected Claim No. 255 amounting to $32.00, as well as the officers' monthly reports. Following the recess, after which the meeting had been called to order again, Councilman Rivolta, of the finance committee, reported that the committee had approved Claims No. 259 to 297 inclusive. Also Claim No..255 had been approved. On his motion seconded by Councilman Madsen and with all the Councilmen present voting in favor or.same, the claims were ordered paid. Councilman Rivolta then reported that the finance committee had approved the officers' monthly reports and he made,a motion that they, be placed on file. %here being no objections they were ordered filed. Action on the communications received was taken as. follows: January 5th: -- Constitutional Rights Association. The Clerk was instructed to secure further information regarding the creation of the municipality public utility district in the bay district, advised by the Association. January 5th: -- Ernest W. Schween - -A discussion followed relative to the matter and Councilman Amaral presented resolution 1531, empowering the Clerk to employ a stenographer until further ordered by the Council at the sum of $25.00 per month for the doing and performing of such clerical and stenographic. work as may be necessary-.to the respective departments of the Town of Pleasanton. On motion of Councilman Madsen seconded by Councilman Olesen and with all the Councilmen in favor of same the resolution was adopted and, passed.. Councilman Amaral then presented Resolution 1534, a resolution providing that Downey Street be hereafter called Pleasanton Avenue. On motion of Councilman Amaral seconded by Councilman Madsen and with all 'the Councilmen in favor of same the resolution was passed. The Clerk then reported on a recent investigation conducted by Mr. Hanke of the rates etc. charged by thelPacific Gas & Electric Company to the municipality. The Clerk advised that with the exception of the main street sign where the rate was a little in excess of what it should be that everything otherwise was O.K. The Clerk then reported with reference to S.E.R.A. projects presented to the Administration and which were O.K d recently and upon which work would shortly be started. The Clerk also advised that S.E.R.A. engineers were anxious to get the Sewer.Farm project under way and that Mr. Hartley, one of the engineers, had advised that a limited amount of pipe would be available free for the work. The matter was referred to Councilman.Madsen with instructions to prepare same fdt a special meeting of the Council. The Clerk was instructed to communicate with Mr. Hartley concerning the pipe and also with the administration relative to getting local unemployed men on the payroll. The Clerk advised that the Standard Oil Company and the Union Oil Company had approached him relative to signing a contract for gasoline and also that the next order of gasoline was due the Standard Oil Company. The Clerk advised the Council as to how the gasoline accounts had been handled the past several months, and this matter was especially favored. The Council ordered that,the contracts should not be signed and the fegular method of ordering as heretofore be followed. Councilman Madsen of the Public Utilities Department reported that his department was progressing and that there was no special matters to be taken up. Councilman Amaral of the'Laws and Judiciary committee had nothing to report and his committee again brought up the matter of proper signs directing attention to the location of McKinley Park and that to date no sign had been erected. He also brought up numerous complaints regarding various streets in the municiia lity which should be designated as blind streets and asked that a survey be na de. He also suggested that a fence be placed in the vicinity of the S.P. tracks near the town jail and reported a recent small accident there. The sign matter as well as the fence was referred to Councilman Olesen for attention and action. Councilman Amaral also spoke with reference to show permits advising that a show had been given in November and which no permit had been asked, and also that there was one to be given in:. January for which no permit had yet been solicited. Advice was given by Councilman Olesen to the affect that the November show had been permitted on account of it,being understood at the November meeting that same would be in order. Councilman Madsen also queried with - xegar-,ds .to the January show and Mr. Silver, who was present at the meeting, advised that it would be given at the high school. Councilman Olesen of the Street and Building Committee spoke with reference to the amount of rubbish which the municipality was being expected to haul away each F turday,, by property owners. He advised that much of this really was Woe work Steve Adamian•w ho should be paid for same by the property owners concerned. He al reported that the Street Department could not be expected to do all the work especially where the contents of back yards was being emptied on the street in order to be picked up on Saturday by the Street Department. It was ordered' that this custom -which had prevailed of 'recent months - -be discouraged and the press be employed to assist in the matter. Mr. Rodrigues was present and explained