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Home My WebLink About1936-04-20� MINUTES 4�55 City Hall, Monday April 20th, 1936. Pursuant to adjournment of April 6th, the City Council met and was called to order at 7:00 b ! clock P.1u1. by Mayor Talbert. Councilmen present: Marion, Chamness, Warner, Tovatt, Talbert. Councilmen absent None. Shooting of The Clerk_ read a letter from F D Decker, Long Beach, in which he Seals & Pelicans called the attention of the City Council to:the indiscriminate shooting of seals and pelicans along the beach. The matter was ordered referred to the State Fish and Game Commission. Application On motion by Marion seconded by Chamness, the application of Arthur H. Schade to operate cafe at the Sea Breeze Camp was accepted and ordered f iled. Application The application of Tom Timmons for.position as pier wharf inger and caretaker of the municipal camp was read and ordered filed. Application The application of A. J. Parker for position on the police force was --".read and referred to the police committee of the new Council. -�, Strip of Land Attorney Overacker informed the Council that Mrs. Stewart asked for along Frank- fort payment of $200.00 net to her for the strip of road along Frankfort Street, C that she also stated that the City must stand the.expense of any search of title. Ids. Overacker stated that it might be necessary to go through con- demnation proceedings to acquire the land. The matter was referred back to the City Attorney to continue his investigation and to secure from the title company an estimate of cost of title search. Demands On motion by Tovatt seconded by Chamness, demands approved by the finance committee were ordered paid. There being no further business to come before the Council in adjourned session, on motion by Marion seconded by Warner, the Council adjourned. City Clerk and exoff icio Clerk of the City Council. �Jt Mayor ATTEST: — C7 A City Clerk 0 .4 5. MINUTES City Hall, Monday April 20th, 1936 Pursuant to laws governing cities of the fifth and sixth classes, the City.Council.met and was.called to order at 7:30 P.M. by Mayor Talbert for the purpose of canvassing votes cast at the General Muni- cipal Election held Tuesday, April 14th, 1936. rd Councilmen present: Marion, Chamness, Warner, Tovatt, Talbert. r Councilmen absent None. Canvass of The City Council then proceeded to canvass the ballots of the ballots April 14th, 1936 election in accordance with law. After having examined the records of the April 14th election and declaring the same to be correct except the following errors which were corrected, the Council then directed the City Clerk to open and examine the absent voters' ballots. The errors above referred to were as follows: .0n.the Election Board's "Result of Votes Cast" Precinct "B" showed Robert M. Marshall 33 votes, the game record Precinct "D" showed Robert B. Hosmer 24 votes and Robert M. Marshall 81 votes, whereas the Talley List for Precinct "B" gave Robert M. Marshall 34 votes and Precinct "D" gave Robert B. Hosmer 81 votes and Robert M. Marshall 24 votes. The Clerk was directed by the Council to make the correction and to make the records agree with the. Talley List. Absentee The Clerk then presented the envelopes containing absent Votes voter ballots and informed the Council that the following ballots had not been.returned up to 5:00 o'clock P.M. this date: Berl E. Cady, Ballot #2463 and Lawrence K. Ridenour, Ballot #2479. The Clerk also informed the Council that no more mail would be received until 7:30 o'clock A. M. April 21st. City Attorney Overacker in- formed the Council that it was his opinion that it was not necessary to wait for the two outstanding ballots before proceeding to canvass the absent voter ballots. Whereupon the Council proceeded to check signatures with the Great Register and canvass the absentee ballots as required by law.. In the canvass it was found that envelope containing the vote of Earl Brownfield had not been signed by the voter, whereupon Attorney Overacker challenged the vote for the reason that it was not properly cast in accordance with law and, on motion by Warner seconded by Chamness, the challenge was allowed. The result of the canvass of absentee votes was as follows: Consolidated Precinct "A" 8 votes. Consolidated Precinct "B" 18 votes and one challenge vote. , Consolidated Precinct "C" 6 votes. Consolidated Precinct "D" 9 votes. Total 41 votes allowed and one vote challenged and thrown out. The, Council then proceeded to count the Absentee Ballots. Resolution The Clerk then presented and read Resolution #741, the original #741 of which is on file in the office of the City Clerk and open to public inspection, same being the City Council's Resolution declaring the results of the above named election and, on motion by Chamness seconded by Marion, Resolution #741 was passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Councilmen Marion, Chamness, Tovatt, Warner, Talbert. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. - y Results of .. The result of the above named election is as follows: Election 1. The whole number of votes cast in the City at said election was y 1 1625. 2. The names of the persons voted for and the propositions voted upon. 3. The office to fill which each person was voted for.. 4. The number of votes given at each precinct to each of such persons and for and against such propositions. 5. The number given in the City to each of such persons.and for and against such propositions voted upon are as fol'1'oWs: NAME OF PERSONS __ =; ABSENTEE TOTAL VOTED FOR OFFICE PRECINCTS TOTAL VOTES VOTES Leland S. Chamness Councilman 150 124 162 168 604 11:`.9 613- Walter E. Dabney Councilman 78 78 80 81 31T 9 326~---- Arndt L. Henrickson Councilman 155 168 195 199 717 12 729-- Carl M. Hill Councilman 62 89 89 146 386 5 391 Kim I.A. Holsombach Councilman 22 17 20 37 96 3 99 Robt. B. Hosmer Councilman 47 42 24 81 194 6 200' Robt. M. Marshall Councilman 33 34 30 24 121 1 122 Arthur W. Morehouse Councilman 127 135 134 198 594 17 611 — Eddy B. Stevens Councilman 50 62 47 56 215 12 227 Anthony Tovatt Councilman 147 113 110 95 465 13 478 Solomon H. White Councilman 132 83 96 71 382 15 397 Herbert A. Wood Councilman 101 94 102 103 400 6 406 Gores' Councilman 2 2 2 4 Chas. R. Furr City Clerk 243 214 199 209 865 36 901 C. W. Patrick City Clerk 121 130 159 215 625 2 627 Chas. R. Nutt, Sr. City Clerk 1 1 1 W. R. Clifton City Clerk 1 1 1 Luther Arthur Treasurer 102 168 121 179 570 1.4 584 Bayard Butcher Treasurer 257 171 230 227 885 25 910 G W. Jacobs Treasurer 1 1 1 That the propositions voted upon, the number of votes given in each precinct for and against each of said propositions, the absentee vote for and against each of said propositions, together with the whole number of votes given for and against each proposition in the entire city, are as %� follows: ILbN PROPOSITIONS. PRECINCTS TOTAL ABSENTEE r.:: ,iTOTAL' VOTES VOTES A B C D Shall an Ordinance Permit- ting the City Council of YES 268 220 201 233 922 24 946 the City of Huntington Beach to Exceed the 51 NO 90. 122 138 160 510 7 517 Limitation for the Purpose of Constructing a Beach Pavilion be Adopted? II Shall an Ordinance Pro- YES 1.07 98 86 121 412 13 4.25 viding for the Erection of a Beach Bowl, to: Cost not to Exceed $15,000.00 be NO 207 191 222 220 840 18 858 Adopted? 4*1 Shall an Ordinance Permit- ting the Creation and.Es- YES 135 151 -109 129 524 15 539 tablishment of a Civil Service System for the Police Department and Fire Department of the City of NO 223 183 230 255 891 17 908 Huntington Beach be Adopted? IV Shall an Ordinance Author- izing the City Council of YES 202 181 152 220 755 16 771 the City of Huntington Beach to Construct and/or Acquire a Municipal Water ;..;ENO 129 136 179 151 595 13 608 System be Adopted? Vote of On motion by -Marion seconded by Talbert, the Council extended thanks a vote of thanks to retiring Councilman Tovatt for his services during the past two years. There being no further business to come before the Council, on motion by Marion seconded by Chamness, the Council adjourned. Motion put and carried. City Clerk and exofficio Clerk of the City Council. Mayor ATTE a} CO" City Clerk q 0 �. MINUTES City Hall, 8:30 P.m. Z=ft&g�p April 20th, 1936. Oath of In accordance with law governing cities of the fifth and sixth Office classes, Mayor Talbert administered the oath of office to the newly elected city clerk C. R. Furr. .Whereupon the City Clerk administered the oath of office to the following newly elected officers: Leland S. Chamness;Councilman, Arndt L. Henrickson Councilman, Arthur W. More- --. --- house Councilman and Bayard Butcher City Treasurer. New -Council trVhereupon each of the above named officials took their seats seated u d around the Council table. The Clerk then called the meeting to order and announced that the first order of business would be the election_of a president of the Council to serve during the ensuing two years. President Councilman Morehouse moved that Councilman Willis H. Warner.be appointed appointed president of the Council for the ensuing two years. The motion was seconded:by Councilman Chamness, put and carried unanimously. Mayor Mayor Warner addressed the Council thanking them for the confidence Warner imposed in him and pledging his best efforts in serving the City during the term of his office. Councilman Councilman T. B. Talbert addressed the Council and thanked them for Talbert their cooperation during his term of office as Mayor and pledging his support during the remainder of his term as councilman. Appointments- Mayor Warner announced that the first order of business would be Dent. Heads the appointment of the various department heads. There was some discussion relative to the filing of applications for the various positions and the Clerk informed the Mayor that no written applications had been filed in his office. Whereupon the following motion was made by Councilman Chamness: "That all appointive offices be and are declared vacant and that applica- tions by the present holders of the offices be and are considered received and filed as of this date". The motion was seconded by -Councilman Morehouse, put and carried unanimously. City Attly The following motion by Councilman Henric�son: "That Ray H. Overacker be re -appointed City Attorney at a salary.of $135.00 per month with an additional allowance of $50.00 per month to cover stenographic expenses. �► Term of appointment to be subject to the will and pleasure of the City Council". The motion was seconded by Councilman Chamness: Councilman Morehouse moved an amendment to the motion making the salary of Attorney Overacker $100.00 per month instead of $135.00 per month. There being no second to the motion, the Chair declared the motion lost for want of a second. Whereupon the original motion was put and carried unanimously. Chief of Following motion .by Councilman Chamness: "That Police Officer H. L. Police Grant be made Chief of Police at a salary of $205.00 per month, term of 460 � N appointment to be subject to the will and pleasure of the City Council". Motion seconded by Councilman Henrickson, put and carried unanimously. Chief - Following motion by Henrickson: "That J. K. Sargent be re - Fire Dept. appointed Fire Chief of the City of Huntington Beach at a salary of $185.00 per month. Term of appointment to be subject to the will and pleasure of the City Council". Motion seconded by Councilman Chamness, put and carried unanimously.. City Engineer Following motion by Councilman-Henrickson; "That Harry.A. Overmyer be appointed City Engineer at a salary of $205.00 per month. Term.of office to be subject to the will and pleasure of the City Counc1111. Motion seconded by Councilman Talbert, put and carried unanimously. Surat. of Following motion by Councilman Chamness: "That Henry Wirth be Streets appointed Superintendent of Streets at a salary of $180.00 per month, term of office to be subject to the will and pleasure of -the City Council". Motion seconded by Councilman Talbert,:`put and carried unanimously. City Judge Following motion by Councilman Chamness: "That C. P. Pann be appointed City Judge at the salary of $60.00 per month, term of office to be subject to the will and pleasure of the City Council". Motion seconded by Councilman Morehouse, put and. -carried, Talbert voting City Controller Following motion by Councilman Chamness: " "That C. R. Furr be appointed.City Controller at the salary of $135.00 per month, term of service subject to the will and pleasure of the City Council". Motion seconded by Councilman Henrickson, put and carried unanimously. B1dg.Insp. Following motion by Councilman Chamness: "That Harry A. Overmyer Sewer Inspt. etc be appointed building inspector and that Henry Wirth be appointed sewer inspector, electrical inspector and plumbing inspector. Both to serve without extra salary and at the will and pleasure of the City Council". Motion seconded by Councilman Henrickson, put and carried unanimously. Councilman Councilman Talbert addressed the Council and those present and Talbert stated that in line with recent recommendations, he was in favor of doing away with the salary of all City Councilmen for the reason that the position was an honorary opo and that the members thereof should receive no money consideration for their services. Committees Mayor Warner announced the appointment of the following committees: appointed POLICE_AND FIRE - A. L. Henrickson, Chairman Lee Chamness. FINANCE _ A. W. Morehouse, Chairman A. L. Henrickson. PJIUSIC AND PRO1MOTION ` A. W. Morehouse, Chairman Lee Chamness. STREETS AND PARKS _ W. H. Warner, Chairman Lee Chamness. e 1 1 PUBLIC UTILITIES & SENERS W. H. Warner, Chairman T. B. Talbert. 46.. BUILDING AND IMPROVEMENTS T. B. Talbert, Chairman A. W. Morehouse. OIL AND INDUSTRY" A. L Henrickson, Chairman W. H. Warner. BEACH AND PIER Lee Chamn'ess, Chairman W. H. Warner. Council There being no further business to come before the Council, on adjourned motion by Talbert seconded by H6nrickson, the Council adjourned. City Clerk and exofficio Clerk of the City Council. Mayo ATTEST: City Clerk I A-