Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-04-18
The OLD
COUNCIL RETIRES
New Council Takes Charge and
MayOr-EIeGt Makes Address
and Appointments.

Su III the absence OF the mayor. The
roll call showed thai all the alder
men Of the old council were present
The council proceeded in the regular
order Of business. Several petitions
for the laying Of water mains were
reported upon fav0rabIy by the com
mittee and on motion these reports
were adopted On recommendation
BY the City Attorney, and on motion.
put and carried, a rebate of taxes
amounting to $3.50 was ordered PAID
to John GaIIog There being no IN
finished business, the old coun-
Gil adjourned. The old council was
in session eleven and one-haIf min
utes
NEW COUNCIL CONVENES.
Mayor Joseph A. Cohen took the
chair amid the hand clapping of
ykaose who had assembled to wish sue
S'eess to the new administration
Mayor Cohen brought the gavel
down with one sharp rap and called
the new council to order. The May
addressed the council as follows:
Gentlemen, and Common Council
of the City of Grand Rapids:
81 assume this office as your May
or with great pleasure. I, is my
earnest desire to get your co-opera-
tton to my office, and give me your
united support in the good work I
want to accomplish. Without your
support | am unable to accomplish
anything With it we can make this
Administration a success. We must
make good to the City of Grand Rap
ids By all means and make a good
showing for this Administration.
1t is impossible for me to appoint
all Of you Aldermen to chairmanships
but I want all Of you gentlemen who
will be appointed, to work in har-
mony and put your shoulders to
the wheel as a Get-to-Gether Club,
and give the City Of Grand Rapids
the best Administration ever had.
/ would like to make the following
suggestions, and hope to have your
earnest support in the same:
/. To give the City Of Grand
Rapids a good, clean, administration.
2. Business System. Everything
to be done on business principles.
A dollars worth of service for e
very dollar of taxes collected.
8. Our City Clerk to keep a set
Of books, whereby the Receipts and
Disbursements Of the several depart
ments Of the city affairs can be east
ly ascertained.
4. Our City Water Works to be a
separate department. Purchase all
materials necessary and pay for
same Open a seperate bank account
for this department and at the end
Of the year, if any surplus is on hand
such surplus to be loaned to the City
without any interest. This win en-
able our City Water Works to pro-
vide for rainy day in the future.
Revise our water rates so as to have
uniform graded scale of charges.
and not to interfere with the Rate
Commissioners.
5. TO pay our City Iaborers e,
very two weeks
O. To purchase a Stone Crusher
and Steam Roller, and fix up our
streets where it is most necessary.
z To build a Fire-Engine House.
and have a paid-up Fire Department
consisting of at least three men. The
said Engine House to be located on
the vest side. Purchase two hors-
'es tor said purposes, so as not to
interfere with the Volunteer Fire De
partment on the East Side.
S. To instruct the City Civil En-
sineer to stake out paths in the
Library Park for cement walks. on
The east side, and purchase one doz-
en- ParE Benches for said Park.
3. All policemen to be dressed
in Ike uniform, with belts and
Billy" clubs, and make a good ap-
pearance, and have the day and night
forces alternate every two weeks.
Al the aldermen were present as
shown by the roll call. The following
committees We're appointed
Fdnance-Nash, Ketchum. and
Yeske
General Busfness-Payne, Lukas-
eski and Mosber.
Streets Ellis, Pribbanow and Nc
Carthy.
-Gettslaff, Damon and
Lukasesh.
sewer-Jeffrey, Rilmeyer and Whit
rock
F G GiIkey to succeed R. Row
land on the Police and Fire Commits
sion
Mrs. G. ]. Kaudy as Library Com
missioner.
Alderman Nash moved that the ap-
pointments be approved as recommen
ed
The motion was put and carried
unanimously
Next came the election of Presi-
dent Of the Council. Alderman Davis
nominated Alderman Jeffrey. Al
German Nash nominated Alderman
Ellis. The Mayor was about to call
for vote when Alderman Jeffrey
withdrew his name to cast unani-
nous ballot for Alderman Ellis.
The bonds for City Treasurer were
fixed at $50, 900 and for City Clerk
at $1,000.
The city clerk was Instructed tc
obtain bids for the city printing and
city depository.
The following officers were appoint
ed by the Mayor:
CITY Attorney-Geo. P. Hambrecht.
Cit. CIerk-M. G. Gordon.
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