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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES Town Board 1948-05-2424 County, Colorado,_ May 7 19.._... Minutes of a....r_eguLart ._.__i neeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Estes Park, I,arimer County, Colorado, Meeting held in the Town Hall in said Town of Estes Park on the ...2 t1Fv.w......-. day of..e......May ........................ ,A 'D. 19...48 at regular meeting hour. Meeting called to order by Mayor. 1�II�1_t? Present: Mayor Ronald C. Brodie Trustees: Q.E. Casey, S.M. Hurd, Merl Morehead, Glen Swearingen, Qeor;,e H. Watson. Also Present: Hatfield Chilson, Town Attorney Lee H. Tallant, Supt. of Works Maurice Cole, Supt. of Power Verne H. Fenton, Town Clerk Absent: Trustee Clarence (}raves. Minutes of the regular eeting held on the 10th day of May, 1948, read and approved as read. Mr. Hatfield Chileon, Town Attorney, reported to the Board the results of the action brought by the Town against the Union R.E.A. of Brighton, in the District Court of Larimer County. The Board expressed complete satisfaction with -the results of the csse and the manner .in which•the Attorney handled the case. Following the review, Trustee Watson in- troduced the following Resolution and moved that it be adopted. RESOLUTION E IT RESOLVED by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Estes Park Colorado, that the stipulation executed by the Mayor and Town Clerk and. the Town Attorneys for the dismiaial of Case No. 9771 in the District Court of Lorimer County, Colorado, being the case of the Town of Estes Park, Colorado, plaintiff, vs. Union Rural Electric Association, Inc. defendant, be and.the same is hereby ratified, approved and confired, and the dismissal.of said action by the Town .ttorn.eye.in accordance with said stipulation be and. the name is hereby ratified, approved nd confirmed. Trustee Casey econded the motion. Upon roll call s.id motion W s duly passed end said Resolution duly adopted by the following vote: Those voting "Yee-, Trustees Casey, Hurd, Morehead, Swearingen and Watson. Those voting "No", None. Mr. Frank Perrott and Mr. Dusty Walker appeared beofre the Board and. stated that they were soliciting donations from the Town merchants, for the purpose of purchasing a two-way radio to be installed in the Town police car. They stated that this ,,as a civic iesture on the part of the merchants and that the quoted price for the installation was $ 575.75. Mr. Walker ask that in the event the donations did not meet the purchase price, would the Town make up the difference. The Board having expressed their favorable opinion, Mayor 'Brodie informed the com""ittee that the Town would do so. A letter from Mr. David Lennox, Jr., under date of May 8, 1948, was read to the Board. Following a discussion, the Clerk was instructed to inform Mr. Lennox that the Town would not enter into a lease for a portion of the power plant site property, thimt they would not permit buildings to be erected thereon, that horses could not be kept thereon for pay, •;°t that Mr. Lennox could, by fixing the fence, keep his horses in the pasture ona day to day basin. A letter forMr. V.C. Rassmuseen was read to the Board, asking per.- missisn to operate one airplane for commercial purposes, at the Municipal airstrip. After discussing the proposal, the Clerk was informed that then Board did not think it pratical to operate the strip on a comserioal basis unless an air - ail contract wet in effeadt. The Clerk presented, and read, the Auditors Report covering the opera- tions of the Light & Power Department for the calander year, 1947, as submitted by Frank M. Holmes, C.P.A. of Denver. Following the review of the report by the Board, Trustee Casey moved that the report was satisfactory and that it be accepted. Trustee Morehead seconded the motion. Upon roll call said motion carried by the following vote: f Larimer County, Colorado, 19. Minutes of a ._.-________________________meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado. Meeting held in the Town Hall in said Town of Estes Parkon the day of _____________m.___._ns_m___w..we_.....w A. D. 19-__...a.. at regular meeting hour. Meeting called to order by Mayor Present: Mayor Trustee. Those voting "Yes", Trustees Casey, Hurd, Morehead, Swearingen and Watson. Those voting "No", None. Mr. Maurice Cole, Superintendent of Light & Power, presented estimated costs of establishing a construction camp at Meeker Park for the purpose of building the Allens Park power line, as compared with costs for transporting a construction crew from Estes Park to the site of the job. The estimated cost of transporting the crew to and from the site was $ 7,416.00 as compared with $ 4,260.00 for maintaining a camp at Meeker Park. Trustee Morehead moved that Mr. Cole be authorized to proceed to rent a house and take the necessary action to establish the camp. Trustee Hurd seconded the motion. Upon roll call said motion carried by the following vote: Those voting "Yes" Trustees Casey, Hurd, Morehead, Swearingen and Watson. Th.ose'voting "No", None. Trustee Casey moved that the Clerk be instructed to write a letter of appreciation to Glen H. Preston, for the time and effort given the Town relating the the District Court case of the Town vs; Union R.E.A. Trustee Swearingen seconded the -motion. Upon roll call said motion unanimously carried. Following a discussion regarding the annual convention of the Colorado Municipal League, to be held in Denver, June 10, 11, & 12, the Clerk was Instructed to make reservations for seven Town Officials. There being no -further business to come beftre the meeting, it was regularly, moved, seconded and carried that the meeting adjourn. Mayor Attest: