Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-04-10
MEETING OF COUNCIL
New Members Take Their
Seats--Appointmsnts
Made ~:

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German, Elvig, Roble and Wilczek,.
the last three of whom take the. place,
respectively, of Aldermen Lane, Enke
and Bolander of the old city council,
held it's first meeting Tuesday evening"
at the city hall Alderman Kiew6
was elected temporary chairman, aftog
which the election of officers for the
coming year took place, resulting as.
follows: President, George KieweI !
vice president, T. H. Dewey. &
The council then called upon Mayor.
Moeglein to make speech to which
Mr.. Moeglein responded that he had.
very little to say: but stated that he
hoped his relations with the new
council would be as harmonious as ii
was with the past one, which relations
were of the best. He then stated that.
First street should be macadamized
from First avenue southeast to First
avenue northeast, and that extra.
police be appointed on the force for q
month in the spring and fall, as the.
regular force is not large enough :toI
protect the city, as it should be, dur
ing these time, when there are as high
as twenty tourists given shelter in the
city hall each night.
Applications then being received,
upon vote, appointments were made:
after which the salaries of each official
was fixed for the coming year. The
successful ones and the amount of
their salaries are as follows:
City attorney-L. W. Vasaly, $3.50,
per year. :
City engineer-A. j. Fem. {
Janitor-Morris Coleman, $50 Per!
month.
Board of public works-First ward,
John Vertin: Second ward, T. J.i
Martin Third ward, F. F.. Turner.
Health omcer-Dr E. E. Hall. .
Member of Board of health-Secord
ward Henry Colombo; Third ward
j. A. Peterson
Street commissioner-Fra Heroux,
So. 90 per day, the understanding
being that he was to help in the
repairing and cleaning of the side
walks and crossings himself.
Scavenger-C St. Marie.
Poundmaster-Geo. Robins. The:
salary of the aldermen and mayer
were fixed at $1.00 per year; Of the.
city clerk, at $50 per year the chief
of police, $50 per month; patrolmen,
$55 per month, and railroad crossing
policeman, who is hired by the rails
road company but is of service to tbA.
CITY,, SO per month 5.-sz-Se: sssssgss
In only few instances were there
more than one application made for
any one Office or appointment.
A. Brunelle offered to do the ianitor
work of the city hall and wash the
towels for $38. 90 per month.
A letter from the state board of con-
troll, calling attention to the fact that
iSt. Otto's Orphanage failed to comply
with the statute relating to protection
against fire, was then read by the city
attorney.
! The next meeting of the city council
will be held April %
The salary of the city attorney and
patrolman at the railroad crossing
was at first made $500 per year and
81 per month respectively, but on re-
consideration they were made the
same as last year.
President Kiewel appointed the
following committees:
Street-Roble, Bastien, Dewey.
Poor-Elvig, Germain, Wilczek.
Fire-Dewey, Elvig, Roble
Purchasing-Wilczek, Germ in,
Bastien.
| Building-Bastien, Dewey, Roble.
Finance Germain, Wilczek, Elvig
Auditing-Roble. Elvig, Dewey.