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MINUTES OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD REGULAR METING
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LIVONIA
On September 2£3, 1953, above meeting was held at 33Q01 Five Mile Road,
Livonia, Michigan, and was called to order at approximately 8:10 P. M , by the
President of the Council, Harr S. Wolfe Roll was called with the following
result. Present-- Harry S Wolfe, Wilson W. Edgar, riarold Bower, John Whitehead,
Nettie Carey and William J Taylor Absent-- Raymond E Grimm
Minutes of the 102nd regular meeting held on September 14, 1953, and
adjourned to September 18, 1953, were read and approved
By Councilman Taylor, seconded by Councilman Carey and unanimously
adopted as follows, it was.
# 674 RESOLVED, that, the City Clerk open and read all sealed bids
received on new Ford car for the Police Department
The City Clerk thereupon opened and read the following sealed bids:
(1) Bill Brown, Inc $ 819 27
(2) Clarence Bell, Inc .. $ 1,140 51
(3) Paul J Wiedman, Inc. .. $ 822.85
By Councilman Bower, seconded by Councilman Whitehead and unanimously
adopted as follows, it was.
# 675 RESOLVED, that, the foregoing bids be referred to the
Director of Public Safety for his report and recommendation.
The City Clerk next presented to the Council written report and recommenda-
tion of the Traffic Commission, dated September 28, 1953, recommending that the City
employ Special School Traffic Police and that an appropriation be made in an amount
sufficient to pay the wages of such Police and the cost of their equipment Attached
to such report was a schedule for installation of School Signs and Speed Signs in
the vicinity of Schools, and likewise a recommended new schedule fixing speed limits
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throughout the entire City
The following persons appeared before the Council and made statements in
connection with the foregoing report Mr Jack iickox, Chairman of the Traffic
Commission, Mr Sidney Eder, member of the Trar'fic Commission, Mr William Potts,
representative of the Detroit Automobile Club, Mr William W Brashear, City
Attorney; Mr James L Hagen, Director of Public Safety, and Mr rlarold dultquist,
Superintendent of Public Works
Mr Potts of the Detroit Automobile Club stated that he had made an in-
vestigation of Livonia traffic conditions and his findings and recommendations were
substantially the same as those of the Traffic Commission
By Councilman Whitehead, seconded by Councilman Bower and adopted as
follows, it was:
# 676 RESOLVED, that, the Council does hereby approve report and
recommendations of the Traffic Commission dated September 28, 1953;
that, pursuant to such recommendations, the Police Department is re-
quested to employ fourteen (14) Special School Traffic Police, who
shall be under the control and supervision of the Police Department;
that the sum of $2,6'74 00 is hereby appropriated from the Unallocated
Fund to the Police Department to pay the wages for such Special
School Traffic Police and for their equipment.
A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolution with the following result
AYES Edgar, Power, Whitehead, Carey, Taylor and Wolfe.
NAYS: None
By Councilman Carey, seconded by Councilman Tailor and unanimously
adopted as follows, it was•
# 677 RESOLVED, that, twenty-five (25) mile an hour speed limit
and school crossing signs be erected around and near all schools as
recommended in the report of the Traffic Commission dated September
28, 1953
By Councilman Edgar, seconded by Councilman Carey and unanimously
adopted as follows, it was.
# 678 RESOLVED, that, the City Attorney be requested to prepare
an amendment to the Traffic Ordinance (Ordinance No. 21) in accordance
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with the recommendations of the 'T'raffic Commission dated September 22nd
and September 28th, 1953
By Councilman Taylor, seconded by Councilman Whitehead and adopted as
follows, it was:
# 679 RESOLVED, that, on recommendation of the Director of Public
Safety dated September 8, 1953, the sum of $1,589 68 is hereby
appropriated to the Police Department from the Unallocated Fund for
the payment of certain bills incurred as a result of the General
Motors Plant fire on August 12, 1953, which bills are attached to
such recommendation
A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolution with the following result:
AYES. Edgar, Bower, Whitehead, Carey, Taylor and Wolfe
NAYS None.
Councilman Taylor as Chairman of the Municipal Waste Committee discussed
the matter of garbage disposal and presented to the Council certain bids on equip-
ment needed in disposing of garbage, such bids being from the Michigan Tractor and
Machinery Company, Wolverine Tractor and Equipment Company and the Earle Equipment
Company
A ten minute recess was called, following which the meeting was resumed
with all members of the Council present who were named as present in the original
roll call of this meeting
By Councilman Edgar, seconded by Councilman Bower and adopted as follows,
it was
# 680 RESOLVED, that, pursuant to the recommendations of the
Director of Public Safety, the low bid of Bill Brown, Inc , in
the amount of $819 27 for new Ford Police Car is hereby accepted
and the City Clerk is authorized to issue a Purchase Order
consistent with such bid
A roll call vote was conducted on the foregoing resolution with the following
result
AYES• Edgar, Bower, Whitehead, Carey, Taylor and Wolfe
NAYS: None
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By Councilman Taylor, seconded by Councilman Care and adopted as follows,
it was:
# 681 RESOLVED, that, on recommendation of the Department of
Public Works dated September 10, 1953, the performance by George
A Odien, Inc , of his contract with the City of Livonia for
construction of angling road culvert is hereby accepted, that the
Final Estimate (No 3) of the City Engineer on such contract is
hereby approved; and payment by the City Treasurer of the sum of
$1,568.20 to such contractor is hereby authorized
A roll call vote was conducted on the foregoing resolution with the following result.
AYES. Edgar Bower, Whitehead, Carey, Taylor and Wolfe
r,,AYS None
By Councilman Edgar, seconded by Councilman Bower and adopted as follows,
it was-
# 682 RESOLVED, that, the Council having considered the request
dated September 16, 1953 of Warner & Warner, Engineers, acting for
Park Building Company, for approval of Smokier-Rousseau Subdivision,
Part of Northwest 1/4 of Section 32, Town 1 South Range 9 East, City
of Livonia, Wayne County, Michigan, which Subdivision is one of three
units all bearing the same name but having different numbers, and the
Council likewise having considered the plans for the improvements in
said Smokler-Rousseau Subdivision, as prepared by Warner & Warner and
as approved by the Department of Public Works under date of September
26, 1953; and the Council having further considered a communication
from the Director of Public Works dated September 26, 1953 recommend-
ing that said Smokier-Rousseau Subdivision be approved and that Bonds
in certain amounts be furnished to the City of Livonia, and it further
appearing that tentative approval of said Subdivision was given by the
City Planning Commission dated January 9, 1953, the City Council does
hereby approve said plans for improvements and does further approve
the proposed plat of said Smokler-Rousseau Subdivision, provided,
however, than such approval is made on the following conditions.
(1) All of such improvements shall be installed in con-
fo mance with the Plat Ordinance (No 44) of the City
of Livonia and the rules and regulations of the
Department of Public Works, wi+hin a period of two
years from the date of this resolution,
(2) That the installation of such improvements shall be
supervised and inspected by the Department of Public
Works and such improvemerts shall not be considered
as having beer satisfactorily installed until there
is filed with the Council a Certificate as provided
in Section 14 of said Ordinance No 44,
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(3) And the City Clerk shall affix her signature on said
Plat as evidence of +his approval onl on satisfactory
installa ion of said improvements or, in lieu thereon',
upor filing titimtr her b the proprietors of such Sub-
division a Bond +o the Cit of Livonia either in the
cash amount of Eigrty-five thousand (185,000 00) Dollars
or signed by ar approved surety compan3 it • he amount of
Ninet,, thousand (1°0,000 00) Dolla„s, ah.Lch Bond shall
be in such for:.: as may be approved by the City Attorney
A roll call vote was conducted on . he foregong resolution with +he following
result:
AYES Edgar, Bower, Whitehead, Carey, Tayior and Wolfe
NAYS' None
A letter from Calvin Roberts, Fire Ch_ef, pertaining to installation of
Fire Hydrants necessjtate' by the zoning changes, was read and placed on file.
By CouncilLar Carey, seconc'ed bv Councilman Taylor and aranimously adopted
as follows, it was-
- # 683 RESOLVED, that, the recommendations of the city Planning
Commission dated September 18, 1953 on petition #2-23 of Best
Block Company are hereby approved and the Cita Attorney is requested
to prepare an ordinance in accordance with such recommendations
By Councilman Edgar, seconded by Councilman Carey and unanimously adopted
as follows, it was'
# 684 RESOLVED, that, the recommendations of the City Planning
Commission dated September 18, 19c3 on petition #Z-25 of Mrs Donald
q Stover, et al, are hereby approved and the City Attorney is
requested to prepare an ordinance in accordance with such
recommendations.
By Councilman Whitehead, seconded by Coun.,ilman Taylor and unanimously
adopted as follows, it was
# 685 RESOLVED, that, the recommendations of the City Planning
Commission dated September 18, 1953 or petition #Z-26 of Bernie V
Binkley are hereb3 approved and uhe City Attorney is requested to
prepare an ordinance in accordance with such recommendations
By Councilman Carey, seconded by Councilman Whitehead and unanimously
adopted as follows, it was:
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# 686 RESOLVED, that, the recommendations of the City Planning
Commission dated September 18, 1953 on petition #Z-27 of Adolph
111 Bohl are hereby approved and the City Attorney is requested to
prepare an ordinance in accordance with such recommendations
By Councilman Bower, seconded by Councilman Taylor and unanimously adopted
as follows, it was.
# 687 RESOLVED, that, the recommendations of the City Planning
Commission dated September 18, 1953 on petition #Z-29, initiated
by the City Planning Commission, are hereby approved and the City
Attorney is requested to prepare an ordinance in accordance with
such recommendations
By Councilman Edgar, seconded by Councilman Taylor and unanimously adopted
as follows, it was:
# 688 RESOLVED, that, the letter of Arthur F Newmarch dated
September 17, 1953 and letter of Associate Veteran's Cab, dated
September 18, 1953, requesting permits to operate taxicabs, be
placed on the table for further consideration
By Councilman Taylor, seconded by Councilman Bower and adopted as follows,
At was.
# 689 RESOLVED, that, pursuant to recommendation of the Director
of Public Works dated September 23, 1953, the sum of $578.60 is hereby
appropriated from the Unallocated Fund for installation of gas service
to the Dog Pound.
A roll call vote was conducted on the foregoing resolution with the following result:
AYES Edgar, Bower, Whitehead, Carey, Taylor and Wolfe
NAYS• None.
By Councilman Edgar, Seconded by Councilman Whitehead and adopted as
follows, it was.
# 690 RESOLVED, that, the Council having passed a resolution on
March 9, 1053, approving the plat of Greenette Subdivision and the
proprietors of such subdivision, Abe Green, Aubrey H. Ettenheimer and
Henry S Alper, having given to the City of Livonia a bond in the amount
of $60,000 00 as required by such resolution and such proprietors having
subsequently by letter dated July 23, 1953, requested some expression
from the Council that it is not in+ended that the half road on the South
boundary of said subdivision, which road will be known as Orangelawn, be
paved at this time, and it appearing to the Council that such half road
should not be paved at this time because the South half of such road
has not yet been dedicated, and that such road known as Orangelawn should
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not be paved within said subdivision until a dedication of the South half
Ill
thereof is made, the Council does hereby authorize the City Clerk to
direct a letter to the proprietors of said subdivision or to whom so ever
may be concerned stating the intention of the Council not to have said
road known as Orangelawn to be paved at the present time; that such paving
will be deferred until such future time as it may be required by the Council
and on dedicatior of the South half of such road; and that the Department
of Public Works is hereby directed to determine the reasonable cost of
paving the North half of such street and report the amount of such cost
to the Council with a recommendation as to the fixing of a new bond, in
order that said $60,000.00 bond can be promptly released; provided, however,
that this resolution of itself does not in any way release said $60,000 00
bond nor discharge the sureties therein
A roll call vote was conducted on the foregoing resolution with the following result:
AYES: Edgar, Bower, Whitehead, Carey, Taylor and Wolfe.
NAYS None
By Councilman Bower, seconded by Councilman Taylor and adopted as follows,
it was
# 691 RESOLVED, that, consideration having been given to a letter
from Henry S. Alper and Abe Green dated March 19, 1953, and to the
recommendations of the Department of Public Works and City Attorney,
the City of Livonia will accept from said denry S Alper and Abe Green
the cash sum of $20,000 00 as a deposit to be used in and applied on
the cost of constructing the West 1/2 of the concrete paving of
Deering Avenue between Plymouth Road and West Chicago Road; that said
Henry S Alper and Abe Green will agree to pay to the City of Livonia
one-half of such cost, inasmuch as they are the owners of all of the
lots and parcels of land within Thomas Elliot Subdivision situated
on the West side of Deering Avenue between Plymouth Road and West
Chicago Road, that said Henry S Alper and Ace Green will be given
credit on the above obligation, for the amount of such deposit, as
soon as the entire cost of such paving is ascertained, and they will
agree to promptly reimburse the City of Livonia for any difference
between said deposit and one-half of the actual cost of such paving;
that such paving shall be constructed in accordance with the ordinances
of the City of Livonia and the regulations of the Department of
Public Works, that such pavement shall be of concrete eight inches
thick and such pavement shall be a total width of thirty feet; that
the date upon which the construction of such paving will be commenced,
as well as the date upon which such paving will be completed, are as
yet undetermined and may not be fixed for some time, it being clearly
understood that no time has been fixed within which the City shall
commence and complete such paving, although it is contemplated that
such paving will be eventually constructed; that, on the making
an agreement
of
such cash deposit with the City of Livonia accompanied by
in such fora as may be consistent with this resolution and approved
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by the City Attorney, the City Clerk is authorized to direct a letter
to the Federal Housing Administration or to whom so ever may be concerned
111 stating that the Cit of Livonia intends to eventually pave Deering
Avenue between Plymouth Road and West Chicago Road to a width of
thirty feet and that, when said street is paved, none of the lots or
parcels of land situated on the West side of said street, in naThd omas
Elliot Subdivision between Plymouth t �hofRoad thendCostSt ofCsuchg, Rpaving
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be assessed or charged for any p
A roll call vote was conducted on the foregoing resolution with the following result.
AYES• Edgar, Bower, Whitehead, Carey, Taylor and Wolfe
NAYS. None
By Councilman Whitehead, seconded by Councilman Taylor and adopted as
follows, it was
# 692 RESOLVED, that, the repot of the lsance thereof isfor
here-
the
month of August 1953 is hereby approved and asummary
by placed upon the minutes as follows:
General, Administrative and Legislative: 633 86
Executive 63 03
Legislative 1,380, 5 03
III City Treasurer 1,04225 7
City Clerk33
Administrative and Legislative 237 800.00
Department of Law 25 25
Election Commission 125 00
Justice Court 104 82
66
Civil Service Commission 120 00
Civilian Defense 20.49
Court Building 786 07
736 17
City all
City Planning Commission i6
Board of Appeals _______2L22 $ 8,627 74
Department of Public Safety
927 0
Folice Department 4,303.50
Fire Department 96 84
Inspection Department 5,499 19
Department of Public Works
24,426 50 24,426 50
Department of Parks & Recreation
893.27 893 27
General Ledger AccountsIt 6,906 94
Insurance 18,075.28
Contracts Payable
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III Acquisition of Land $ 27 75
Advances 24,379 36
City Hall 213.70
Credit - Deposits on Bbls -(10 00)
Dept of Public Works-Inventories 151 20
Earned Discount 33 29
Accounts Receivable 5.00
49,783 02
TOTAL. $ 89,229.72
A roll call vote was conducted on the foregoing resolution with the following result:
AYES. Edgar, Bower, Whitehead, Carey, Taylor and Wolfe.
NAYS None
By Councilman Bower, seconded by Councilman Carey and unanimously adopted
as follows, it was.
# 693 RESOLVED, that, the proposed amendments to the City Charter
be tabled to the adjournment of this meeting on October 5, 1953
IIIBy Councilman Taylor, seconded lwi Councilman Whitehead and unanimously
adopted as follows, it was
# 694 RESOLVED, that, the action and determination of the Council
as to the confirmation of Sewer Special Assessment District No. 4 be
adjourned to Monday, October 5, 1953 at .•00 P M
By Councilman Edgar, seconded by Councilman Whitehead and unanimously
adopted as follows, it was.
# 695 RESOLVED, that, the City Auditor, Herbert M Ferry, repor+
in detail to the Council on shortage recently discovered in the
Water Department
By Councilman Whitehead seconded by Councilman Carey and adopted as
follows, it was
# 690 RESOLVED, that, bids be taken on the paving of Farmington
Road from Pl,rmoutr Road South to new Fire Station, and the City
Clerk is requested to advertise for such bids in conformance with
the Financial Ordinance
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On motion of Councilman Bower, seconded by Councilman Whitehead and
unanimously adopted this 103-d regular meeting of the Council was adjourned
to Monday, October 5, 1953, at 8:00 P M The time of this adjournment being
11:45 P.M., September 28, 1953
':arie 1 Clark, City Clens
A+tested.
Ha r;, S. Wo e, Pres—aent
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