The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-05-26
School Board Proceedings

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Adjourned regular meeting of the
Board of Education May 20, 1914.
All members present except Com
missioners Molzahn and Bittner.
The following resolution by Com
missioner Woodland was adopted all
voting in the affirmative.
Resolved, that the Board of Edu-
cation has, by the death of Carl K.
Field, lost a valued and efficient clerk,
Resolved further, that an express
sion of our sincere sympathy be con-
veyed to his widow in her bereave-
ment, and that a copy of these reso-
.lutions be spread upon the records
of this Board, and a copy transmitted
to his widow.
The Finance committee to whom
was referred the question of consider
ing the advisability of insuring the
school building in the city of Water
town, Wisconsin, in the State In
surance Fund presented the follow
ing resolution:
Resolved, That from and after the
first day of July, 1914, all school
buildings and school property belong
ing to the City of Watertown, Wis, be
insured in the State Insurance Fund,
under Section 1879, Chapter TIA of
the Session Laws of 1913, provided
that the insurance then in force shall
remain in force until terminated, as
provided in the policies;
That four years premium is to be
paid in advance for five years. insur-
ance.
The clerk of the Board of Educa-
ton of Watertown, Wis, is hereby di-
rected to carry out the provisions CT
this resolution.
On motion resolution was adopted,
all voting in the affirmative except
Commissioners Chapman, Blumenfeld
and Cebell
The Special committee on High
School Building presented the follow
ing report:
The Honorable Board of Education,
Watertown, Wis.
Gentlemen:
Your Special committee on High
School Building report back without
recommendation the proposals Of
Parkinson & Dockendorff, architects,
of La Crosse, Wis, for drawing plans
and specifications and superinten-
dence for proposed High school build
ing in this city, and submit herewith
for the final action of the Board their
offers for compensation in writing.
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your committee from Claude e. Starck
of Madison, Wis, for drawing such
plans and specifications.
VIM. f. Voss,
William H. Woodland,
M. F. Blumenfeld,
Thomas J. Berto,
Special Committee.
Following are the terms of compen-
sation demanded by the architects:
Claude Stark: 37a per cent of cost
of building, payments to be made as
follows: 21a per cent of cost on de-
livery and acceptance of plans, one
half per cent of cost when building
is under roof and one-half per cent of
cost when building is completed and
accepted by the architects and own
ers.
Prkinson and Dockendorff: Five
per cent of cost of building, payment
to be made as follows: Three per
cent of the cost of said building with
in 80 days after plans, details and
specifications are delivered to said
owners, one per cent when building
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when building is completed and accept
ed by the architects and owners.
The motion by Commissioner Wood
ard to employ Claude and Starck as
architects was lost, three members,
Voss, Blumenfeld and Woodland vot-
ing the affirmative. Commissioner
Conway then moved that Parkinson
& Dockendorff be employed as archi-
tects providing they would embody in
their contract the following amend
ment:
That the architects agree to put a
daily superintendent on the building
whose services shall be worth up to
$500 per day which shall be paid by
said architects out of their cOmpen-
sation of per cent, the superinten-
dent to be selected by this board if it
so desires but to be man who will
take his orders from and work un-
der the direction of the architects.
On motion the amendement was
adopted. The question then being on
the original motion to employ Park
inson & Dockendorff as architests the
same as adopted, all voting in the
affirmative except Commissioners
Woodard and Blumenfeld.
On motion by Commissioner Con