Council Proceedings

LOFFICIALl. CouncíL Cha.mber, June 20, 1891. special meeting. Called to order Ijy President Cooley. Eoll cali. Present -.AK ,, Martin,. Allmwudinger, Fillmore, O'Hearn, Ferguson, Taylor, Rehberg, Huil, Kitson, Pres. Cöoley. Absent- Aid. Herz. The cali íor tlie special meeting was read. To íie Honorable , The City Council of Ann Arbor. The Special Committee selected by J-ou from the Council, The Board of Public Works and the Business Men's Association to examine the subject of sewerage, beg leave to report that they have given the subject careful consiueration and that they are oï the opinión that the system planned and reeominended by Prof. Charles E. Greene wil] be ampie for the requirejneoits of ' this city, even should it doublé in population. We therefore earnestly recommend to the Comnion Council the adoption as the system of sewerage for the city of Ann Arbor, the one plauned and recommeaded Tjy Prof.Charles E. reene Your committee feel confident that if the Common Council adopt that plan the city of Ann Arbor will secure satisfactory eewerage and at less cost to property owners than by any other plan known to them. Your eommittee also examined the subject of ways and means and report that there Es a strong probability that there is yet time to procure the necessary legislation to enable the city to raise the necessary funds by leetóing bonds or partly by taxation and partly by bonding. The only Other wray would be by spreading a tax (to be voted by the people) of $20,000, on the rolls, in addition to the regular tax of the year. which we regard is too heavy for a single year. We thirefore recommend xhat the Common Council appoint a committee of three to go to Lansing and endeavor to secure the passage of an act to embody these features. The mibmission to the people of a proposition to raise the sum of $0,000 of which $2,000 shall be spread on the rolls for this year, the remaining $18 - 000 to be divided imto six equal iiistallments of $3,000, the first to be paid the year affcer the last of the Hospital bonds is paid, the others following yearly thereafter. As the construction of lateral sewers Will be called for at once, we reommend that the cost of these be assessed to the p roperty benefitted, as has been done at Kalamazoo. The laterals will cali for immediate outlay on the part of many of our residents, as will also the house connections with them. We therefore believe it will be gocid policy to issue bonds to pay for the main sewer, that both items involved in the matter may joint committee on sewers be received and adopted. Yeas- Aid. Maan, Winee, Martin, Allnot fall upon our tax-payers at one time. Respectfttlly submitted, T. 1. KEECH, JNO. R. MIXER. Clmirman pro tem. ( Leri: o: ' ommittee. Ann Arbor, June 19, 1891. By Aid. Wines: Resolved, That the report of the to submit that they have had the matter onder eoneideration, and -would respectfully report as iollows: mendinger. Fillmore, O'Hearn. Ferguson, Taylor, Rehberg, Hall, Kitson, and President Cooley, Nays - None. Ann Arbor, Michigan, i June 20, 1891. ( To the Common Council : Tour committee on sewers beg leave R. Whitman be appointed by this Council for the purpose of prospinThat two meetings of the joint committee have been held in which the various questions bearing upon sewering the city were thoroughly considered. Your committee recommend the Rdoption of the import of the joint committee, and also that a committee of three, consisting of the Mayor, fhe City Attorney and the Hou. Chas, the Common Council committee on ing this matter to the Legislature at Lansing and gecuring the passage of an act authorizing this city to vaise the necessary fonds as set forth in the recommeaidations of the joint committee. ) CHRISTIAN MARTIN, L. D. WIi:s. M. E. COOLEY, Committee. Aid. Hall moved that the report of sewers be received and adopted. Yeas- Aid. Manu, Wines, Martin, Allmendinger, Fillmore, O'Hearn, FerKvson, Taylor, Rehberg, Hall, Kitson, and President Cooley, Nays- None. By Aid. "Wines: i Resolved, That tlie committee to visit the legislatvire shall be emi)overed to fill vacancieg. Car ried. By Aid. Wines: Resolved, That the City Clerk furaish certified copies of the reports of the two committees amd of this jng's proceedings to the committee ' ?oi(ng to Xaneing. ; Carried. Council then adjovu-ned.