The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-10-29
Meeting called to order.

| During the session of the Committee
of the Whole, 1t was the opinion of the
City Attorney that the City had no legal
right to grant more than five Retailers
"On Sale" licenses to sell Intoxicating
| liquors, counting the clubs within the
number, and therefore, in his opinion,
! the application of Martin Skala, ST.,
should be denied.
Report Of the Committee of the
Whole was read as follows:
Ely, Minnesota, october 20, 1885,
To the Honorable Mayor and City
! Council,
City of Ely, Minnesota.
Gentlemen:
We, your Committee of the Whole, to
whom certain matters were referred,
beg to report and recommend as fol-
lows:
l. That the matter of the proposed
1 trunk sanitary sewer and water
/ line extensions on Second Avenue
East from the alley between James
and Boundary Streets, south of the
City Limits be laid on the table.
2. That the several acquisitions be ap-
proved and referred to the City
Clerk with power to act.
8. That Martin Skala, ST., be granted
a Retailers "On Sale" license to
sell intoxicating liquors at sol East
Sheridan Street, and that his
| bond be approved, accepted and
filed.
4. That the bids covering 1000 feet
/ of az Inch fire hose be laid on
the table until the next regular
meeting, and that the Fire Light
and Water Committee be instructed
to investigate the need for the hose
and report at the next regular
| meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
i The Committee of the Whole,
BY JOHN N. MAXI, Chairman.
Moved by Alderman Skala, supported
by Alderman Slabodnik, that the re-
port of the Committee of the Whole be
accepted and filed, and the recon-
mendationS be carried out.
Vote as follows:
Il Yes: Aldermen Ellis, Maxi, Skala,
zgonc, Mayor Banovetz.
j Alderman Maxi stated that inasmuch
as he had previously voted against two
other liquor licenses and Leona Gordon
had been granted liquor license, Mr..
Skala should also receive liquor IL
cense.
Alderman Schweiger voted mo on
Item No. 2, voted mo" on Item No.
for the reason that in the City At
torney's opinion it is not permissible
to grant another "On Sale" liquor Ii
cense, and voted Eyes ON the re-
mainder of the report.
4 Alderman Slabodnik voted mo" on
Item No. 2 for the reason that the Sales
and Purchasing Committee should take
care of the acquisitions, and voted "Yes''
on the remainder of the report.
Motion carried.
Moved by Alderman Ellis, supported
by Alderman Maxi, that Mr.. P. M. Oh
sen, Architect, Duluth, Minnesota, be
employed as Consulting Architect on
the proposed new Community Building
project, Docket No. Mimi 1897, for a
fee of 90, calculated on the same basis
as the $50 fee allowed Mr. VIM. M.
Ingemann, Architect, and that Mr..
Olsen's services be made part of the
project costs.
Vote as follows:
Yes: Aldermen Ellis, Maxi, Skala,
zgonc "a.
No: Aldermen Schweiger, Slabodnik,
Mavor Ranovetz (2)
Alderman Schweiger voted against
the motion for the reason that in his
opinion the City does not require the
services of consulting architect on
this project.
| Alderman Slabodnik voted against the
motion for the reason that in his
opinion as much as possible from the
funds available should be expended on
the building and not for additional
architects. Motion carried.
! Moved by Alderman Slabodnik, sup
ported by Alderman Schweiger, that
the City Attorney and the City En-
gineer be instructed to investigate the
amount of architectural fees allowable