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A Special Meeting

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Day
25
Month
May
Year
1888
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Public Domain
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At the special meeting Monday evening, all the council was present with the exception of Aklerman Barl.er, of the sixth ward. A communicatiou received f rom C. T. Parshall, clerk of Ann Arbor Town, relative to depositiDg dead animáis on lands adjacent to the city and requesting the councll to provide a place for their burial was referred to the General Fund Comrnitte. The Finance Committee made the following report which was adopted. To the Hon. Common Councïl of the city of Ann Arbor, Mich. Your committee on finance would respectfully cali the attention of the couucil to the necessity of takiug sorne action immediately, looking to the raising of a sum of money necessary to meet the outstauding warrants, and to pay the necessary expenses of the city government for the eurrent year. The general fund, out of which the salary of all city officials should be paid and also out of which the street Iighting bilis must be met, is already over drawn to a considerable extent. The general street fund, out of which workmen upon our streets raust be paid, and out of which all bridges and culverts made or repaired must be paid for is also overdrawn, and warrants drawn upon either of these f unds cannot be paid by the city treasurer. ConBequently our city witnesses the humiliating spectacle of having labnrers and others holding its orders, going to money lenders and banks and submitting to a shave in order to receive the cash while the city is abundantly able to pay its obligations promptly. In view of this state of affairs we uii?e immediate action and recommend that a meeting of the tax paying electors of the city of Ann Arbor be called for Monday, June 4, 1888, to be held at the city Hall, commencing at 10:45 o'clock in the forenoou of that day, polls to be opened and remain open until 4 o'clock in the afternoon for the purpose of allowing said electors an opportunity to vote upon a procosition to raise five thousand dollar by tax for the general fund. The bai ui?used to read: "For the tax of five inousand dollars- Yes" and "For the tax oE tive thousand dollars- No.1 And your coniBnittee would further recommend that they be erapowered to prepare a statement of the flnancial copdition of the city and have the same printed for general distribution, showing the necessity for such action . All of which is respectfully submitted. Christian Martin, L. D. VVines, , Thos. Kearns. ïhe general street committee, to wbom was referred the petition of John J. Robison. complaining that the city had not done what it agreed to do in reference to lowering Main St. in front of his premises, made the following report: We find the matter of lowering saia street was brought ap in the council on the third day of May, 1886, andreferred by vote of said council to the general street committee and the city engineer with power to act; and we also find that said committee did consider the said matter and were unammous in their opinión that said street should be lowered to the grade as shown by the stake set by the city engineer. We also find that said street has not been lowered as agreed to. Believingthat municipal corporations, as well as individuals, should fulfill promisesïmade and obhgations entered into, we therefore recommend that this council cause said street to be brought to the grde agreed to and shown by the records ot the city enginenr. Nelson Sutherland, Christian Martin, Earl Ware, Fred Barker. Aid. Miller, of the fire committee. made a verbal report stating that on inspection of the public cisteras, he found three that were out of Qrder and empty and that the steamer was out of order and needed repairs. On motion of Aid. Allmendinger, the fire committee were instructed to place the steamer and public cisterns in good repair and to üll the latter as a reserve in case of fire. The bond of John Kahoe was presen ted and accepted. The bond of August Roehm was referred back to the committee to report at next meeting. On motion of Aid. Spokes, the Fire committee were instructed to interview the Water Co. in regard to testing the hydrants and furnishing map showing location of water mains and hydrants. A motion by Aid. Ware that the rent for all defective hydrants be deducted from the water rent for the periods they are known to be defective, was carried. The matter of ascertaning the natural water course on WestFirst street, on aiotiou of Aid. Martin, was referred to the street committee. On motion of Aid. Wines, the chairman of the sidewalk committee was ordered to grade and relay the sidewalk on the north side of Monroe street between State and Packard street, as ordered by the council last year, and assess the expense to the adjacent property. The following resolution was introdeced by alderman Martin and adopted. Resolved, That a special meeting be held at Firemens Hall from 10:45 in the forenoon until 4 o'clock in the afternoon of that day at which time a proposition to raise five thousand dollars for general purposes by taxation upon the entire taxable property of the city shall be submitted to the property taxEayers of the city. At the meeting allots used shall read, "For the tax of $5,000- Yes," "For the tax of 35,000.- No," and those voting "For the tax of ?ö,000, Yes," shall be deemed to be voting in favor of ralsing said sum in that manner and those voting, "For the tax $5,000, No," shall be deemed as voting against the raising of said sum. A motion by Aid. Allmendinger that eight hundred dollars be transferred from the contingent f und to .the general street f und, to be replaced Feb l, was carried. The bill of the Electric Light Co. was referred to the finance committee. A motion that the council meet hereafterat 7:30 o'clock p. m„ local time, by Aid. Miller, was carried. A motion of Aid. Ware's that the pólice committee be iustructed to appoint two patrolmen, was not acted upon and the council adjourned.

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