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Kent Washington, January 5, 1948.
Regular meeting of the City Council present , Mayor Mooney,
Councilmen, Edline , Farman, Morrill, Seeman, Sells, Thornton
Worth.
Minutes of December 15, read and approved;
Report of officers read and filed. ; Police Report.
Communications read from Joint Fact-Finding Committee
for a meeting to be held at Auburn January 22, 1948.
This hearing will concern highway, roads and street matters
in this community.
Letter was received from a Mr. O.C.Nelson, non resident
property owner in Kent,with offices in the White Bldg. Seattle,
notifing the Council that he intends to serve an injuction,
if the Council proceeds with the Sewage Treatment Plant, with
out an election, that his opinon is that the City Council is
k being sold down the river.
Motion was passed to adopt the Walmsley Flat to Kent .
Bid was received from the Kent Motors for $1424.60 for a new
police car and an allowance of $850.00 for the old car,the bid
was referred to the police commettee for investigation.
Bid was received from the Nelson Equipment for a front end
loader for -the mower tractor for the amount of $ 1020.00, by
motion this bid was rejected. i
Motion was passed for the attorney to draw up an ordinance
pertaining to parking meters.
Mr. Geo. Allen presented to the council the way he had been
treated in Kent, with the setting up his hamburger stand, and
thoughtthe council was wrong by not letting him break several
ordinances, which has been set up in the past to controll such
buisness as his.
Mayor laid out a program for his committees to work on in
the coming year.
CLAIMS PRESENTED AND ALLOWED AS FOLLOWS;
Payroll December $3579.86
Automatic Deodorant Co Supplies 8.00
Kent News Journal Publishing 14.06
Thornton Auto Repair Police Repair 8.49
Pacific Tel & Tel. Co Phones 12.75
Fridin Calculating Co Calculator 399.13
Valley Typewriter Exchange Typewriter 150.10
Trick & Murray Office Supplies .90
Sheehans Service Gas & Oil 130.08
Valley Garage Repair 36.66
E.G.Forbes Engineering 75•22
Dept. of Labor & Industries Ins. & Med. Aid 51.$0
P.S.P.&.L.CD Lights 305.99
State Tax Commission Excise Tax 180.21
American Water Works Assn. Dues 10.00
Federal Pipe & Tank Co Supplies 65.18
Kent Motors Pickup Truck 862.78
Ray L. Cavanaugh Office Work 24.00
Marckmann & Williams Supplies 22•35
Homelite Corporation Portable Pump 301.28
Pacific Water Works Supplies 139.63
King County Rd. Dist # 2 Material 39.00
Clarks Welding Shop Street Pole 11.33
Meade Sand & Gravel Material 14.94
Kent Cement Block Co Tile Pipe 18.89
Lumber Stores Street Material 95.46
White River Feed Co Fish Feed 8.09
C.V.Erath Contract 752•86
The - Quarrie Corp. Books 7 114.07
Gaylord Bros Inc Supplies 7.65
Americana Corporation Books 7. 50
The Grumiaux News Co Books 63. 50
Sipes Transfer Fuel Oil . 139.45
MEET GAD RNED
Chas. Bridges City Clerk.