Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, February 17, 1954 to September 21, 1955, lvc000009-273

Bid No. 54.23 - Traffic Signals Awarded Bid No. 54.24 Off-Street Parking Area Paving Awarded PROPOSED PURCHASE Steel Building City Bams BIDS FOR BLUEPRINT MACHINE & OFFICE EQUIPMENT Opening Set PROPOSED OFF-STREET Parking Site 1st and Stewart GAMING APPLICATION New Showboat LIQUOR APPLICATION New Showboat Paragraph 3b)- add upon fifteen (15) days notice and proceed with due diligence. This was agreeable to the representatives of the Nev. So. Gas Co. Paragraph 3c)- Add, comply with all ordinances of the City and statues of the State. This was agreeable to the representatives of the Nevada Southern Gas Company. Mr. Cannon further stated that the City would like to set up certain rules and regulations, and add a provision that in the event of default the Board of Commissioners can require the Nevada Southern Gas Company to appear to show cause why the franchise should not be revoked. Thereafter Commissioner Sharp moved the transfer of the gas franchise from the Las Vegas Gas Company to the Nevada Southern Gas Company as revised, be approved and the Mayor and Clerk authorized to sign same. Motion seconded by Commissioner Bunker and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Bunker, Sharp and His Honor Mayor Pro Tem Whipple voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Mayor Baker and Commissioner Jarrett. It was requested that this matter be placed on the agenda for the next regular meeting on September 1, 1954, in order that the franchise transfer can be reaffirmed when a full Board is present. George Wade, City Engineer, recommended that the Bid of Harry Brewer Company for the installation of Traffic Signals and Street Lighting system at the intersection of Fremont Street with 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 12th Streets and Electric Traffic Signal system and construction of Traffic Islands at the intersection of Charleston Boulevard and Maryland Parkway, known as Bid No. 54.23, be accepted and in the total amount of $37,300.00. Commissioner Bunker moved that upon the recommendation of the City Engineer that Bid No. 54.23 be awarded to Harry Brewer Company in the total amount of $37,300.00 and the Mayor and Clerk authorized to sign the contract. Motion seconded by Commissioner Sharp and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Bunker, Sharp and His Honor Mayor Pro Tem Whipple voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Mayor Baker and Commissioner Jarrett. At this time George Wade, City Engineer, recommended that the bid of the Pahlen Construction Company in the total amount of $14,530.65 for the construction of improvements of Off-Street parking areas, be accepted. Said bid is known as Bid No. 54.24. Commissioner Bunker moved that upon the recommendation of the City Engineer that Bid No. 54.24 be awarded to Pahlen Construction Company in the total amount of $14,530.65, and the Mayor and Clerk authorized to sign the contract. Motion seconded by Commissioner Sharp and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Bunker, Sharp and His Honor Mayor Pro Tem Whipple voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Mayor Baker and Commissioner Jarrett. Director of Public Works George Wade requested permission at this time to purchase a steel building for the City Barns for warehouse purposes. No action was taken at this time other than to place the matter on the agenda for the regular meeting September 1, 1954. The Director of Public Works George Wade requested permission at this time that the Board set a date for the opening of bids for a blueprint machine for the Engineering Department and office equipment for the Public Works Department. Commissioner Sharp moved that bids be opened for a blueprint machine and office equipment for the Public Works Department on September 1, 1954. Motion seconded by Commissioner Bunker and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Bunker, Sharp and His Honor Mayor Pro Tem Whipple voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Mayor Baker and Commissioner Jarrett. City Manager, George Rounthwaite, read a letter from John Mendoza attorney for Quadalupe Santa Cruz on the proposed purchase of her property on the comer of 1st and Stewart Streets for off-street parking. Action on this matter was deferred until a full board is present. The request of the City Engineer for permission to purchase concrete bumpers at a cost of approximately $1.25 per foot. Action was deferred until bids can be received at the next regular meeting on September 1, 1954. At this time the Board considered the application of Ruby Kolod, Morris Kleinman, Moe Dalitz, Roy Earl, Joseph H. Kelley, Bernard Rothkoff, C. J. Jones, and George Rosen, Desert Showboat, Inc., doing business as the Showboat on the Boulder Highway for a gaming license for the third quarter of 1954. This application was for 78 slots, 2 Roulette, 4 "21" games, 2 Craps and 1 Bingo with 300 chairs.' Thereafter Commissioner Bunker moved on the recommendation of the Chief of Police that the gaming license of the Showboat be granted in the names shown on the application for 78 slots, 2 Roulette, 4 "21" games, 2 Craps, and 1 Bingo with 300 Chairs for the third quarter of 1954. Motion seconded by Commissioner Sharp and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Bunker, Sharp and His Honor Mayor Pro Tem Whipple voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Mayor Baker and Commissioner Jarrett. Commissioner Sharp stated that the firm of Zick and Sharp did structural drawings on the casino only of the Showboat for William J. Moore, only. That is their only interest in this project. Commissioner Bunker moved the application of the Desert Showboat, Inc., dba Showboat for a Tavern Liquor License and a Cocktail Lounge License for the third quarter of 1954 be granted. Motion seconded by Commissioner Sharp and carried by the following vote: Commissioners Bunker, Sharp and His Honor Mayor Pro tem Whipple voting aye; noes, none. Absent: Mayor Baker and Commissioner Jarrett. 8-24-54