Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, June 22, 1911 to February 7, 1922, lvc000001-194

Office of the City Clerk Las Vegas, Nevada, February 2nd, 1916. At a regular meeting of the Board of City Commissioners in and for the City of Las Vegas Nevada, held on the 2nd day of February A.D .1916. Present Hon. W.E. Hawkins Mayor, With City Commissioners, C.P. Ball, F.E. Matzdorf, 0.D. Hicks, and W.H. Elwell. Minutes of the last regular meeting read and approved as read. Reports of City Treasurer and Municipal Judge read and approved as read, no report from the City on account of his being absent from the City. All claims against the City were allowed and ordered paid by said Board as appears more fully from the files on file with the Clerk of this Board, except the claim of M.B. Lawrence in the sum $12.37 which was laid over for investigation and report by the City Clerk upon his return* A petition from the tax payers residing and owning property abutting on the East side of Main Street from its intersection with Stewart street to the intersection with Garcia Street was received and read and the following resolution was adopted on the matter, " Resolved that the City Street Commissioner be, and he is hereby ordered to make or cause to be made estimates of the expenses of Constructing a sidewalk on the East side Side of Main street from the North line of the sidewalk on the Stewart Street Southerly to the south Line of the Sidewalk on Garcia Street, in accordance with the provisions and requests of the said petitioners, and providing for the cost of such construction to he made by a special assessment to the full extent provided by Charter , and the balance of the cost, if any to be stood and born by the City of Las Vegas Nevada and make or cause to be made and file such plats and diagrams together with the estimated cost, with the City Clerk for public examination. upon the vote being taken on the above resolution the following vote was recorded. Commissioners 0.D. Hicks, aye, F.E. Matzdorf, aye, W.H. Elwell, aye, and his honor the Mayor W.E. Hawkins voting aye, Commissioner C.P. Ball being absent. Upon motion being duly made and carried it was order d that the following resolution be adopted, Resolved " That the City Attorney be, and he is hereby ordered to draft and present at the next Regular meeting of the Board proper Ordinances providing for the construction of a sidewalk on the East side of Main street, in accordance with the provisions and requests of said petitioners and providing for the cost of said construction to be made by special assessment to the full extent providing by charter , and the balance of the cost , if any, to be stood and borne by the City of Las Vegas, Nevada, the vote was cast for the above resolution towit:— Commissioners 0.D. Hicks aye. F.E. Matzdorf, aye, W.H. Elwell, aye, and his honor the Mayor W.E. Hawkins voting aye, Commissioner C.P. Ball being absent and not voting. After due consideration upon the part of the Board it was upon motion being duly made and carried At this time a communication was read from the Parker Brown Auto concern of Goldfield regarding the sale of a fire and chemical engine , and after due consideration upon the part of the Board it was duly carried and ordered that the Clerk be instructed to place said letter on file and take up with the Reo people of Reno and other concerns the matter of fire trucks and chemicals for said City. There being no further business before the Board it was upon motion being duly made and carried ordered that this Board stand adjourned until the next meet of the Board.