The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-09-29
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
- OF THE -
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF ELY.
Council Chamber, Ely, Minnesota.

Council Chamber, Ely, Minnesota.
Tuesday September 26. 1888.
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING.
Adjourned regular meeting of the
City Council was called to order at
800 o'clock P. NJ, by Mayor John A.
Harri.
Present. Aldermen Banovetz, Carl
son, Kapsch, Koschak, Tauzell, Mayor
Harri.
Absent: Alderman Thompson.
Communication from the Minnesota
Tax Commission, advising that mineral
hearings will be held in st. Paul, Min
nesota, on Monday, october 9, 1888, was
read and ordered filed.
Communication from the County
Auditor, st. Louis County, Minnesota,
advising that the County Board will
consider the appropriation of funds for
the improvement of the Ely Airport
when making the levy for 1884, was
read and ordered filed.
Communication from the Federal
Emergency Administration of Public
Works, State Advisory Board, st. Paul
Minnesota, advising that January LIST
1884, is the dead line announced by
Washington as the date after which
no applications by municipalities will
be received for federal loans, or grants
under the National Recovery Act, was
read and ordered laid on the table to
be taken up by the Committee of the
Whole at the next regular meeting.
Surety bond of Daniel Toms as
Police Officer, in the amount Of ST.
10000, with the Maryland Casualty
Company as surety thereon, was read
Moved by Alderman Tauzell, sup
ported by Alderman Kapsch, that the
bond of Daniel Toms as Police Officer
be approved, accepted, and filed. Car
ried
WHEREAS, For the past few years
curtailed mining operations, with re-
sultant lack of employment for local
labor has necessitated larger expendi-
lures by the City of Ely in order to
provide relief for those unemployed
which larger expenditures necessitated
larger levies, and
WHEREAS, The City Council now
feels, after thorough investigation that
mining operations will be resumed in
the very near future to an extent which
will allow the City of Ely to discontinue
their program of unemployment relief
in large part, and
WHEREAS, The diScontinuance of
such unemployment relief will materi-
ally lessen city expenditures for the
remainder of 1888 and the year 1884
and to that extent the budget and
levy for 1884 may be decreased, and
WHEREAS, 1t appears that it is to
the advantage of all taxpayers that the
expenditures and levy for 1884 be as
small as the economical operation of
the City will permit, and
WHEREAS, 1t appears that with local
labor taken care of by resumed mining
operations the expenditures for 1884
may reasonably and without unforeseen
difficulties be greatly reduced,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE TT RE-
SOLVED, That the 1888 tax levy of the
City of Ely be fixed at an amount not
exceeding $25O,0OO.
Alderman Kapsch offered the fore
going resolution and moved its
adoption, which motion to adopt was
seconded by Alderman Carlson.
The Mayor ruled the foregoing
resolution and the motion to adopt as
being out of order.
Moved by Alderman Kapsch, sup
ported by Alderman Carlson, that an
appeal be taken from the decision OF
the Mayor that the foregoing resolu-
tion was out of order, and that such
decision be reversed. Carried.
Alderman Banovetz, as Acting Mayor
then put the foregoing resolution in
its original form and the motion to
adopt and the following vote was taken
thereon:
Ayes: Aldermen Banovetz, Carlson,
Kapsch, Koschak, Tauzell.
Noes: Mayor Harri.
The resolution was adopted.
WHEREAS, The people of Ely have
at all times believed that there should
be complete cooperation between the
City administration and the mining
industry upon which the prosperity of
the city depends, and
WHEREAS, The City Council is con-
vinced that every possible effort should
now be made to reconcile the diff
ferences existing between the taxing
authorities and the mining taxpayers
upon sound basis that Is fair and
equitable to all concerned,
NOW, THEREFORE,, BE TT RE-
SOLVED, That in order to reconcile the
differences mentioned and to promote
the general welfare and prosperity of