Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, November 7, 1949 to May 21, 1952, lvc000007-152

Nevada, will be held in the Council Chambers at the City Hall, 5th & Stewart, on the 31st day of July 1950, at the hour of 10:00 A.M. to consider the following matters: 1. Water Supply in the City of Las Vegas. s/ Shirley Ballinger______________ City Clerk ACCEPTANCE OF NOTICE We, the undersigned Mayor, Commissioners, City Manager and City Attorney of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, do hereby admit due service of the foregoing Notice of Special Meeting: s/ E. W. Cragin ____________________ s/ Reed Whipple______________________ s/ William Peccole___________________ s/ Robert T, Moore___________________ s/ Wendell Bunker ________ s/ C. W. Shelley A special meeting of the Board of the Board of Commissioners held this 31st day of July, 1950 was called to order at the hour of 10:00 A.M. by His Honor Mayor E. W. Cragin with the following members present: Commissioners Bunker, Moore, Peccole, Whipple; City Manager C. W. Shelley and City Clerk Shirley Ballinger. Absent: City Attorney Howard W. Cannon. Also present were representatives of the Las Vegas Land and Water Company and the Water Company and the Union Pacific Railroad Company, Commissioner Williams of the Pacific Service Commission; and Messrs. Pine and Hasset and Mrs. Habbart, members of the Advisory Water Committee for the Board of Commissioners. WATER SUPPLY Commissioner Bunker moved the City Attorney be instructed to prepare a formal For the City of Las Vegas demand on the Public Service Commission requiring the Las Vegas Land and Water Company, who hold a franchise to furnish water to the city, or the Union Pacific Company, to proceed immediately to augment the present water supply to the city. Motion seconded by Commissioner Peccole and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Bunker, Moore, Peccole, Whipple and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. Commissioner Moore moved the advisory Committee be brought in to investigate and to consult with the board on the advisability and feasibility of buying the Las Vegas Land and Water Company or the water facilities of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, Motion seconded by Commissioner Peccole and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Bunker, Moore, Peccole, Whipple and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. There being no further business to come before this special meeting, the meeting adjourned. Las Vegas, Nevada August 7, 1950 A regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners held this 7th day of August, 1950 was called to order at the hour of 3:30 P.M. by His Honor Mayor E. W. Cragin with the following members present: Commissioners Bunker, Moore, Peccole, Whipple; City Attorney Howard W. Cannon, City Manager C. W. Shelley and City Clerk Shirley Ballinger. PAYROLL WARRANTS Commissioner Moore moved Payroll Warrants Nos. 1141 and 1143 inclusive in the net sum of $24,917.69 be approved and the Mayor and City Clerk authorized to sign same. Motion seconded by Commissioner Whipple and carried by the following vote: Commissioner Bunker, Moore, Peccole, Whipple and His Honor voting aye; noes, none. MEADOWS ADDITION SEWER WHEREAS, the bid of Hannaford & Talbot - Juran & Moody, having been received BONDS - Awarded on the 26th day of June, 1950 and WHEREAS, said bid was rejected conditioned upon the successful low bidder, the State Board of Finance, complying with the terms of their bid; and, WHEREAS, the State Board of Finance, did not comply with the conditions as set forth in the Notice of Sale of said Las Vegas Meadows Addition Sanitary Sewer Bonds by completing the purchase of said bonds within thirty days, and WHEREAS, it is only necessary to sell bonds in the amount of $46,661.51 to cover the cost of the Las Vegas Meadows Addition Sanitary Sewer Improvement District; and