Minutes of a Special Meeting of the Orem City Council Held March 11, 1948 at 3:40 P.M

March 11, 1948

Minutes of a special meeting of the Orem City Council held March 11, 1948 at 3:40 P.M. in the Orem City Hall. Present were Mayor J. W. Gillman, Councilmen Edwards, Jensen, Durham, Richards, Johnson, and Clerk Pyne. Mayor Gillman was in charge of the meeting.

Minutes of meeting of February 24, 1948, were read and approved on motion of Councilman Vic Durham, seconded by Council E. H. Johnson and passed.

The Police Report as prepared by Chief Sterling Harding for the month of February was read to the Council. The need of an additional patrol car was discussed with several models being priced.

Mayor Gillman reported that he and Councilman Jensen had attended the Alta Ditch Company stockholders meeting at Provo on Wednesday. The bringing of Lost Creek water through the Alta Ditch was discussed.

A financial report was given for the two months of 1948 by the Recorder with the Public Safety, Roads, Water and Fire Departments being listed.

Sealed bids were opened by the Mayor on the Construction of the Scera Well Pump house. Taylor and Carter Construction Co. bid $782.40, excluding excavation and backfill, Christiansen Construction Co. bid $792.60, excluding excavation and backfill.

It was moved by Councilman Vic Durham, seconded by Councilman Woodruff Jensen and passed that Taylor and Carter Construction Co. be awarded the bid for the construction of the Pump House at Scera Well. The amount of the bid is $782.40. The construction is to be completed on or before April 15, 1948.

It was moved by Councilman Philo T. Edwards, seconded by Councilman Woodruff Jensen and passed that the Utah Power & Light Co. be instructed to install a street light on the corner of 9thSouth and Lincoln Avenue in Christeele Acres.

The water rates were discussed with a suggestion by Mayor J. W. Gillman that the Water Department bring in a recommendation next meeting as to what the minimum rate charge and amount to be allowed should be.

It was moved by Councilman A. A. Richards, seconded by Councilman E. H. Johnson and passed that the following bills be paid: Lyle McDonald, Postmaster--$6.00; Ada Skinner--$140.90; Orland E. Pyne--$100.00; Frederick Thorne--$40.00; Sterling A. Harding--$97.80; Lois Downs--$45.00; Clarence Downs--$29.00; Victor Christensen--$100.00; Ralph Sorensen--$29.00; Alfred Hansen--$5.00; Owen Nielsen--$6.40; Martell Keetch--$103.13; Frank Ferguson--$7.70; Leo Broadhead--$86.30; Scott Thompson--$96.00; Orem City Corporation--$30.00; Orem City Corporation--$4.00; Walter B. Cox--$5.00; Owen Nielsen--$59.20; Wilford Pierce--$142.50; Martell Keetch--$9.37; Frank Ferguson--$84.80; Orem City Corporation--$18.40; E. J. Simmons--$256.35; E. J. Simmons--$6.15; Rex Blackley--$5.00; N. A. Jacobsen--$360.00; Frank Ferguson--$95.00; Howard R. Ferguson--$6.73; Owen Nielsen--$6.40; Stanley Ferguson--$58.40; Wilford Pierce--$127.50; Verl's Super Service--$2.50; Field Welding & Repair--$90.50; Rio Grande Motor Way, Inc,--$2.89; Carbon Freight Line, Inc.--$9.51; Walker Welding--$10.00; The Galigher Co.--$11.62; Waterworks Equipment Co.--$500.00; Wasatch Chemical Co.--$47.73; Orem Appliance--$7.70; Utah Power & Light Co.--$142.24; Provo Plumbing & Heating--$227.47; L. W. Dalton--$600.00; Lincoln Service--$8.85; Kenneth Cook--$30.00; Utah Hardware &Implement Co.--$9.95; P. L. Larsen--$1.19; Edward E. Wickman--$95.25; Irene S. Burr--$21.00; Don Lunceford--$42.00; Helen Mitchell--$27.30; Salt Lake Tribune--$1.50; Farmers & Merchants Bank--$410.00; Zion's Savings & Trust Co.--$40.00; Utah State Prison--$246.00; Dick Barnett--$10.00; Lamar Peacock--$3.00; L. V. Beckman--$49.00; Utah Society for the Physically Handicapped, Inc.--$2.00; Kenner Clayton--$187.47; Leo Mecham--$21.25; Egan Electric--$282.91;FrederickThorne--$44.00; Scott Thompson--$100.00; Kenneth Wilkinson--$87.50;SterlingA.Harding--$100.00; Ralph Sorensen--$34.00; Victor Christensen-$100.00; Martell Keetch--$112.50; Leo Broadhead--$95.00; Howard R. Jacobsen--$80.77; Owen Nielsen--$51.20; Ralph Peters--$87.50; Helen Mitchell--$31.20. Orland E. Pyne--$100.00; Verl's Super Service--$37.80; Lyle McDonald, Postmaster--$6.00; Naylor Auto Co.--$2,219.17; Max Pederson--$26.89; Utah Oil Refining Co.--$87.92; Mount A' Lake Association--$12.80; National Army & Navy Dept. Store--$77.70; Lincoln Service--$122.00; Burr's Sporting Goods--$136.58; ZCMI--$135.00; Rio Grande Motor Way, Inc.--$2.48; Utah Power & Light Co.--$143.29; Wasatch Furnace & Appliance--$4.50; A-1 Typewriter Co.--$23.85; Provo Foundry & Machine Co.--$16.00; Marine Cleaners--$3.00; Standard Supply Co.--$22.50; Lorenzo Smith & Son--$296.42; Richards Twin Pines--$44.65; Provo Motor Parts--$0.88; B.& H. Pharmacy--$0.60; Samuel I..Levin--$82.30; L. N. Curtis--$17.49; Ken's Auto Parts--$2.79; Utah Office Supply--$37.40; Utah Valley Publishing Co.--$19.00; Orem Cash Store--$216.00; Weston Kofford--$14.95; Andrus Title & Abstract Co.--$7.50; State Land Board--$136.37; Orem Auto Electric--$7.00; Keystone Envelope Co.--$22.80; Utah Hardware & Implement Co.--$0.68; Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co.--$24.18.

Meeting was adjourned on motion of Councilman Philo T. Edwards, seconded by Councilman A. A. Richards and passed.