HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES Town Board 1950-10-23JIobin of QEoteli dark, Larimer County, Colorado, October 23
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Minutes of a regular meeting 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 �3
dayof October
, A. D. 19 50 at regular meeting hour.
Meeting called to order by Mayor Ronald C. Brodie
Present: Mayor Ronald C. Brodie Trustees: G.E. Casey, Clarence
Graves, Chas. Herzog, George H. Watson.
Also Present: Lee H Tallant, Supt. of Works
Verne H. Fanton, Town Clerk
Absent: Trustees Merl Morehead and Jess Poling.
Minutes of the regular meeting held on October 9, read and approved
as read.
The Clerk presented the application of Bert J. McConnell for renewal
of a Drug Store Liquor License for the year 1951. Trustee Watson
moved that it be approved. Trustee Graves seconded the motion. Upon
roll call said motion carried by the following vote: Those voting "Yes"
Trustees Casey, Graves, Herzog and Watson. Those voting "No" none.
Lee Tailant informed the Board that Mr. Fred Wolpert had offered to pur—
chase the used stoker, removed from the Town Hall heating plant, at a
price of $ 50.00. The Board authorized the sale.
At the suggestion of the Clerk, the Board reviewed the present Town
plumbing license fees. Following a discussion the Clerk was instructed
to draw an Ordinance including the following fees:
Initial Master Plumbers License Fee, $ 100.00
Renewal " " " " 35.00
Initial Journeyman's " " 15.00
Renewal " " " 5.00
Trustee G.E. Casey, Chairman of the Building Committee, reviewed cer—
tain sections of the building code. Following a discussion, the Board
declared the following interpretations to be correct and to be followed
by the committee:
All Bearing walla must be at least twelve inches,
All walls abbutting public streets and alleys, that are not bearing
wallsrp may be eight inch,
For this purpose, an abbuting wall means a wall within ten feet of a
public Right of Way.
A request from the Chamber of Commerce was presented, asking the Town
to subscribe $ 500.00 toward the annual budget of the Chamber. After
discussion Trustee Herzog moved that the Town contribute $ 200.00 at
this time and pledge $ 300 to be paid during July, 1951, the money
to be taken from Occupations License proceeds. Trustee Watson seconded
the motion. Upon roll call said motion carried by the following vote:
Those voting "Yes" Trustees Casey, Graves, Herzog, and Watson.
Those voting "No" none.
The Public Building Committee reported that they had met with the Clerk
and reviewed all insurance policies of the Town. The following recom—
mendations of the Committee were approved by the Board: Fire Dept. Jail
& offices, building contents changed from $ 6,500.00 to $ 500.00.
Power Plant, outside equipment, changed from $ 5,700.00 to $ 4,000.00
Power Plant, small cottage, changed from $ 1,100.00 to $ 1,800.00
Power Plant, Building, from $ 10,000.00 to $ 7,500.00
Chamber of Commerce Building, new policy, $ 5,000.00
Money and securities policy, new, g 50.00 annual minimum premium.
Cancel present Town shops Burglary.
With the approval of the Board Mayor Brodie instructed the Clerk to
follow—up all correspondence and information, in order to oppose any
plans for creating artificial snow in this area.
Theme being no further business, by motion, the meeting adjourned.
Attest: - ... .. ..... Mayor
Town Clerk