The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-31
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
- OF THE -
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF ELY.
Council Chambers, Ely, Minnesota.
Tuesday, December %, 1896.

The Call was read as IOllOWS.
Ely, Minnesota, December 20, 1896.
To Mayor Steve A. Banovetz, Aldermen
R. G. Ellis, John N. Maxi, Frank
Schweiger, Martin Skala, Jr., John j.
Slabodnik and Frank zgonc.
Members of the City Council of the
City of Ely,
Ely, Minnesota.
Gentlemen:
You and each of you are hereby noti-
fled that there will be special meeting
of the City Council of the City of Ely,
Minnesota, in the Council Chambers at
the City Hall, in said city, at eight Cd
o'clock p M, on Tuesday, the goth day
of December 1886, for the purpose of
considering and acting on matters per-
tanning to the construction of the COM
munity building, project known as
Docket No. MINI. 1097-D.
By order of the Mayor.
A. o. KNUTSON, City Clerk.
City of Ely, Minnesota.
I, E. A. LeBeau, as one of the Police
Officers of the City of Ely, Minnesota,
do hereby certify that true copy of
the foregoing notice was delivered by
me to each of the above-named men,
bers of the City Council of the City of
Ely, Minnesota, on the goth day of
December, 1886, within the territorial
limits of the City of Ely, Minnesota.
E. A. LeBEAU, Police Officer,
ritv nf E1v Minnesota
Present: Aldermen Ellis, Maxi, Sch
weiger, Skala, Slabodnik, zgonc, Mayor
BanovetZ.
Absent: None.
Communication from MIR. R. A. Rad
ford, State Director, PWA, pertaining
to the City's request for an extension
of time for the start of the community
building project was read and ordered
filed.
The Council went into executive ses-
sion to consider the matters pertaining
to the construction of the community
building, Docket No Mimi 1O97-D.
The Council reassembled.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the
City of Ely, as the governing body of
the City of Ely, after deciding to build
Community Center Building in Ely,
Minnesota, caused plans and specifica-
tons to be prepared and gave notice
that bids would be received on a GER
tain date for the construction of said
building, which notice called for bids
in the alternate for stone construction
or construction of monolithic concrete,
and,
WHEREAS, the architect employed by
the City of Ely prepared an estimate as
to the probable cost of the construction
of said building and on the basis of said
estimate the City of Ely applied to the
Public Works Administration and re-
ceived favorable action on said applica-
ton in the form of a grant in the sum
of $4,000 based upon the estimate of
the said architect, and
WHEREAS, bids were opened on
December Is, 1896, as submitted by
various contractors bidding in the al
ternate of stone construction of said
building and the construction of the
same from monolithic concrete, which
bids over ran the original estimate OF
the architect so that it was apparent
that additional money would have to be
raised by Bond Issue, and the $83 SOC
which the Public Works Administration
had indicated would be given by grant
to the City of Ely, and
WHEREAS, the majority of the City
Council of the City of Ely being of the
opinion that public opinion was and is
in favor of stone construction and that
building of stone would be more prac-
tical in Ely, and to that end accepted
the bid of the lowest bidder for stone
construction of said building subject to
the approval of the Public Works Ad-
ministration and subject to the raising
of additional funds, and,
WHEREAS, it is estimated that a
sum of approximately $4,000 as a maxi
mum will have to be provided over and
above the 100000 previously raised by
Bond Issue and the $4,000 grant herein
mentioned, by the City of Ely, if no adj
ditional grant is forthcoming from the
Public Works Administration, and,
WHEREAS, it is apparent that the
additional sum herein mentioned must
be raised by Bond Issue or by saving
from the 1887 expenditures or in part
by additional grant, and,
WHEREAS, The City Council of the
City of Ely is convinced that the adj
ditional amount required to pay for the
construction of said building as herein
set out can be paid from the general
funds of the City of Ely during 1897 if
no additional grant can be obtained
from the Public Works Administration
and if it is thought inexpedient to sub
NIT to the people of Ely the question of
Bond Issue for the additional amount
or if said question is submitted and
results in a negative vote, and,
WHEREAS, the minimum income for
the City of Ely for 1887 will be approx
mately $4,000, and the City Council
of the City of Ely is convinced that the
expenditures of the City of Ely for 1887
can be held under $780, for all pur-
poses, leaving the sum of $4,000 for
payment of the additional amount
needed for the total payment which
will be due for said building, and,
WHEREAS, the City Council of the
City of Ely wishes to indicate by APP
propriate action its intention to pay
said additional amount which will be
required as herein set out by savings in
expenditures during 1887 if no additional