The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-17
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
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CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF ELY.

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Council Chambers, Ely, Minnesota.
Tuesday, December Is, 1896.
REGULAR MEETING.
Regular meeting OF the City Council
was called to order at sos O'Clock P. NJ.
by Mayor Steve A Banovetz.
Present: Aldermen Ellis, Maxi, Sch
weiger, Skala, Slabodnik, Zgonc, Mayor
Banovetz.
Absent: None.
Consideration Of the minutes.
Moved by Alderman Skala, supported
by Alderman Schweiger, that the min
utes Of the special meeting November
80, 1886, Regular meeting December 1,
1886, special meeting December 3, 1886
and adjourned regular meeting Dec
ember II, 1886. be approved. Carried
Verified claim of the City Treasurer,
covering the following items, was read:
Semi-annual interest at 4Go
due January l, 1897, on
$4,000 Waterworks Plant
SOnOS, Observation-Disclosures. 81 ,OoOOU
To payment due January l,
1887 on Bonds No. 5, 6, and
8, Waterworks Plant Bonds,
1884 Issue: Bonds at
100000 each, maturing, -. 1000 90
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&SsGAs . . = SOOOJ+OU
Moved by Alderman Zgonc, supported
by Alderman Slabodnik, that the claim
be approved and the City Clerk be auth
orized to draw an order on the City
Treasurer in payment thereof. Carried.
Opinion Of the City Attorney was
read, recommending that the claim Of
Joseph Zobec in the sum Of $3.50 for
expenses incurred by him in connection
with his injury be reduced from s57 80
to $500 and allowed in that amount,
Moved by Alderman Skala, supported
by Alderman Schweiger, that the
opinion Of the City Attorney be &C
cepted and filed, and that Mr. Joseph
Zobec be allowed $500 for expenses
incurred by him in connection with his
proper verified claim. Carried.
Communication from the City At
torney was read, suggesting that Mr..
Joseph zobec, because of the injury to
his arm, might be given some light work
that he could perform.
Moved by Alderman Skala, supported
by Alderman Schweiger, that the COM
munication be accepted and filed, and
that the Street Commissioner be in
structed to give Mr.. Zobec some light
work that he could perform. Carried.
Opinion Of the City Attorney, re-
garding the claim of Lenci, Lenci &
Englund, Contractors, in the amount of
s66l.oo, alleged TO be due them on their
contract for the construction Of the
waterworks plant, project known as
PWA Docket No. 1456, was read.
Communication from Lenci, Lenci
& Englund, Contractors, was read, ask
ing the Council to take some action be-
fore the close Of the year on their
claim in the amount Of approximately
sS61.Oo, alleged to be due them on their
waterworks plant contract.
Moved by Alderman Skala, supported
by Alderman Schweiger, that the
opinion Of the City Attorney and the
communication from Lenci, Lenci &
Englund be accepted and filed. Car
ried
Report Of the Street Commissioner
showing labor employed during Novem-
Der, 1896, was read and ordered filed.
Requsition from the Street Commits
sioner's Department for supplies was
read.
Moved by Alderman Skala, supported
by Alderman Zgonc, that the reQuisi-
tons be referred to the City Clerk with
power to act.
Vote as follows:
Yes: Aldermen Ellis, Maxi, Skala,
zgonc, Mayor Banovetz go.
No: Aldermen Schweiger, Slabodnik
%.
Motion carried.
Communication from Mrs. Anton
Moravitz, Matron, Detention Hospital,
was read, asking the Council to replace
the old electric stove at the Detention
Hospital with the electric stove taken
from the old community building.
Moved by Alderman Maxi, supported
by Alderman Skala, that the commune
cation be accepted and filed, and that
the electric stove from the community
building be installed in the Detention
Hospital. Carried.
Communications from Joseph Mantel
Insurance Agency, First National Bank
Of Ely, and the Friedsburg Service
Agency, each asking for the builders
risk insurance during the construction
Of the new community building, were
read
Moved by Alderman Zgonc, supported
by Alderman Skala, that the communi-
cations be accepted and filed, and that
the builders risk insurance during the
construction Of the community building
be placed with the Joseph Mantel In
surance Agency, providing it is neces-
sary for the City to carry such insur-
ance. Carried.
Communication from Joseph A. Mertel
was read, notifying the City that on
November %, 1896, he sustained an
injury by falling on one of the City's