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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL MINUTES 1951-01-15 Page 280 MINUTES OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH REGULAR MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LIVONIA JANUARY 15, 1951 The twenty-eighth regular meeting of the Council of the City of Livonia was held on January 15, 1951, at 33110 Five Mile Road, Livonia, Michigan The meeting was called to order at approximately 8 .01 P M. by the President of the Council, Harry S Wolfe. Roll was called with the following result: Present-- Harry S Wolfe, Wilson W Edgar, Raymond E Grimm, Nettie Carey, William Taylor and John Whitehead. Absent--Harvey Jahn. The minutes of the twenty-seventh regular meeting held on January 8, 1951, were read and on motion of Councilman Grimm, seconded by Councilman Carey and unanimously carried by the affirmative vote of all of the Councilmen named as present in the roll cal], of this meeting, it was : A 333 RESOLVED, that the minutes of the twenty-seventh regular meeting of the Council held January 8, 1951, be and hereby are approved as read. Communication Brom Livonia Business and Professional Men&s Association dated January 15, 1951, together with an oral statement of Jack Spanich, per- taining to the removal of rubbish in rear of business places on Plymouth Road, was considered. On motion of Councilman Grimm, seconded by Councilman Whitehead and unanimously carried by the affirmative vote of all of the Councilmen named as present in the roll call of this meeting, it was: 33 y RESOLVED, that the President appoint a committee of three to investigate the collection of garbage and rubbish and the possibility of regulating the same by Franchise, and to make a report and recommendations to the Council The President appointed to this committee, Councilmen Taylor, Grimm and Carey President Wolfe presented bronze plaque with the City Seal to Cylania A. Schaible and the Council extended to her its appreciation for her designing of such seal for the city Page 281 Insurance Committee, through Councilman Edgar, presented letter from lir Edward Blankenhagen dated January 10, 1951, in which he rejected his portion of insurance commissions. Councilman Grimm made a motion that the following resolution be adopted: A -335- RESOLVED, that Edward Blankenhagen be removed from the list of insurance agents participating in insurance commissions and that the share heretofore allocated to him be divided and distributed among the remaining agents who desire to participate therein, all in accordance with the action taken at the 24th regular meeting of the Council held November 27, 1950 The foregoing motion was seconded by Councilman Whitehead and a roll call vote was taken with the following result: YEAS. William Taylor, Raymond E Grimm, Nettie Carey, Wilson W Edgar, John Whitehead and Harry S. Wolfe NAYS• None. The President declared the foregoing resolution passed Councilman Grimm read the report of a special committee consisting of himself, Councilman Jahn and Councilman Edgar, wherein it was recommended that the Council provide sufficient funds to permit the employment of three additional policemen and one patrolman-clerk, in order that the Police Department might be adequately manned, in order that there be someone in charge of the office at all times, in order that the public might have reasonable police protection and in order that the Civilian Defense Program might be adequately supported Councilman Whitehead made a motion that the following resolution be adopted: 334- RESOLVED, that the report of the special committee on the hiring of extra patrolmen and a clerk for the Police Department be and hereby is accepted and approved; that an appropriation of $10,199 00 is hereby made for the purpose of employing three additional patrolmen and the sum of $3200.00 for the purpose of employing one patrolman-clerk; that such appropriation be made to the Police Department from the contingency fund; that said patrolman-clerk shall be under the direct supervision of the Director of Public Safety; and that this action is taken because of the present war emergency Lerand in order to properly carry out a Civilian Defense Program The foregoing motion was seconded by Councilman Taylor and a roll call vote was taken with the following result: Page 282 YEAS. William Taylor, Raymond E. Grimm, Nettie Carey, Wilson VI Edgar, John Whitehead and Harry S Wolfe NAYS. None. The President declared the foregoing resolution passed Councilman Carey made a report on the meeting with the reciprocal heating council attended by the plumbing and heating committee. Letter from Visiting Nurses Association dated December 18, 1950, was read and, with the consent of all members present, was placed on the table for further consideration. A ten minute recess was taken, following which the meeting was resumed with all members of the Council present who were named as present in the roll call at the opening of this meeting Report of Justice of the Peace Nye was read and, with the consent of all members present, was placed on file IL0 Letter dated January 11, 1951, from the Wayne County Planning Association was read and, with the consent of allmembers present, was placed on file Letter from Board of County Road Commissioners dated January 9, 1951, enclosing copy of resolution passed by said board, wherein said board took jurisdiction over Edward N Hines Drive was read; with the consent of all members present, was placed on file Councilman Whitehead made a motion that the following resolution be adopted: 4337 RESOLVED, that the following bills be paid, the same having been duly approved by the department heads in each instance and having been duly identified by the signature of the Council President and the City Clerk: Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co $ 20 00 Civil Service Commission 34 16 16 Miller Equipment Co. . . . 2745 00 The foregoing motion was seconded by Councilman Grimm and a roll call vote was taken with the following result: Page 283 YEAS: William Taylor, Raymond E Grimm, Nettie Carey, Wilson W Edgar, John Whitehead and Harry S. Wolfe NAYS: None. IL0 The President declared the foregoing resolution passed On motion of Councilman Whitehead, seconded by Councilman Taylor and unanimously carried by the affirmative vote of all of the Councilmen named as present in the roll call of this meeting, it was : /9-33 ff RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Livonia direct that a letter of welcome be sent to new businesses opening in the City and that such letter be prepared by the City Attorney, William Brashear, for mailing to the First National Bank in Plymouth. Letter from Wayne County Treasurer dated January 11, 1951, addressed to Carl Wagenschutz, City Treasurer, was read. Councilman Grimm made a motion that the following resolution be adopted: ,q- 339 WHEREAS, under Section 5 of Act 155, Public Acts of 1937, as amended, the owners are permitted to further redeem properties of which the State becomes the owner on May 1, 1951, WHEREAS, the municipalities in which the properties are located must approve the application of the owner to pay the 1947 and prior years taxes, and, WHEREAS, the convenience of the taxpaying public demands that the information be obtained and arrangements to pay said taxes be accomplished in one office, NON, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: 1 That, Harold E Stoll, Wayne County Treasurer, is, by this resolution, authorized to act as representative and agent of the City of Livonia for the purpose of approving the application of the property owners to pay the 1947 and prior years taxes and accept the necessary monies, the same to be forwarded to Lansing by him 2. That the County Treasurer is further authorized by: City of Livonia to request of the Department of Conservation, Lands Division, the withholding of properties from the auction sale, pro- vided that sufficient monies are deposited with the County Treasurer to effect redemption. 3 That the County Treasurer is to periodically report to: City of Livonia the properties withheld by him and that this (Council) is in turn to confirm said withholdings of the County Treasurerwith notice of same to the Department of Conservation, Lands Division 4. That a copy of this resolution be mailed to the Department of Conservation, Lands Division. Page 28!t The foregoing motion was seconded by Councilman Carey and a roll call vote was IL: taken with the following result: YEAS: William Taylor, Raymond E Grimm, Nettie Carey, Wilson W Edgar, John Whitehead and Harry S Wolfe. NAYS: None The President declared the above resolution passed Letter from Civil Service Commission dated January 15, 1951, recommending payment of back pay to William Newstead in the sum of $195 00 was read and considered Councilman Whitehead made a motion that the following resolution be adapted. 4'-3 y o RESOLVED, that the City Treasurer pay to William Newstead the strum of $195 00 as back pay, that such payment be authorized by pay roll voucher pursuant to the recommendation of the Civil Service Commission The foregoing motion was seconded by Councilman Edgar and a roll call vote was taken with the following result YEAS: William Taylor, Raymond E. Grimm, Nettie Carey, Wilson W. Edgar, John Whitehead and Harry S Wolfe. NAYS: None The President declared the above resolution passed. Letter from the Civil Service Commission dated January 15, 1951, was read On motion of Councilman Taylor, seconded by Councilman Carey and unanimously carried by the affirmative vote of all of the Councilmen named as present in the roll call of this meeting, it was: /?-3.5e/ RESOLVED, that the letter from the Civil Service Commission dated January 15, 1951, pertaining to the salary of department heads be placed on the table for consideration at the next regular meeting of the Council. Lester French, Director of Public Works, made a statement to the Council as to the cost of completing the Police Department Building. Councilman Edgar made a motion that the following resolution be adopted: Page 285 A 31/2 RESOLVED, that the sum of $2000.00 be and hereby is appropriated for the completion of the Police Department Building and that said sum be paid from the contingency fund The foregoing motion was seconded by Councilman Whitehead and a roll call vote was taken with the following result: YEAS: William Taylor, Raymond E Grimm, Nettie Carey, Wilson W Edgar, John Whitehead and Harry S. Wolfe. NAYS• None. The President declared the foregoing resolution passed The City Attorney, William Brashear, read to the Council a proposed Ordinance containing Rules and Regulations for the conducting of Council meetings Said Ordinance was introduced by Councilman Whitehead as follows: NO o2 y AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING RULES OF ORDER ILN OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LIVONIA THE CITY OF LIVONIA ORDAINS: Section 1. Title. This ordinance may be known and cited as "Rules of the Council " Section 2. ose. The purpose of this ordinance is to provide a fair, reasonable and efficient procedure for the conduct of such business as may properly come before the Council; to ascertain and subserve the will of the Council, rather than to restrain it; and facilitate, and not to obstruct, the expression of the Council's deliberate sense Section 3. Construction This ordinance shall be construed liberally in such manner as to best effectuate its purpose. Section !} Meeti ss Regular and special meetings of the Council shall be called and hellasrovided in Chapter IV of the Charter. The Council may adjourn any regular or special meeting to a later date certain, which adjournment shall not be beyond the time of the next regular meeting, and the adjourned meeting shall be considered as a continuation of the same regular or special meeting. Any postponement of a meeting for less than one day shall be considered a recess. Section 5. Order of Business. The business of all regular meetings of the Council shall be transacted as far as practicable in the following order: page 286 1. Call to order ILm 2. Invocation 3 Roll call. 4. Reading and correcting journal of the last session 5. Reports and communications from the mayor and other city officials. 6 Reports from committees 7 Unfinished business. 8. New business 9 Adjournment Section 6 Powers and Duties of President. The President shall take the chair at the time to which the meeting is adjourned or at the time provided for the opening of the meeting, shall immediately call the members to order and, on the appearance of a quorum, shall cause the journal of the preceding session to be read, unless otherwise ordered by the Council. He shall preserve order and decorum and may speak on points of order, rising in his seat for that purpose He shall interpret and enforce the rules provided by this ordinance, subject to an appeal to the Council He shall have a right to name any member to peform the duties of the chair, but such substitution shall not extend beyond an adjournment. He shall appoint the members of all committees. Section 7. Vice-President. The Council shall elect as Vice President one of its members other than the President The Vice-President, during the absence or disability of the President, shall have and exercise all the powers and duties of that office. Section 8 Duties of the Clerk. In addition to those duties specifically set forth in the Charter, the City Clerk shall (1) receive all petitions, complaints and communications and refer the same to the proper department for consideration and adjustment, and whenever the department fails to satisfy the correspondent within a reasonable time, he shall advise the Council if the head of such department be elected, or the mayor, if appointed; (2) keep the mayor and other city officials properly informed of action of the Council and present to them such matters as may require their signature; (3) present to the several committees and officials such matters as may have been referred to them, and (14) prepare in advance an agenda of business to come before each meeting, according to the order set forth in section 5 of this ordinance and pursuant to direction of the Council Section 9. Rights and Duties of Members When a member is about to speak he shall rise from his seat and respectfully address the chair, and when two or more members rise at once the President shall name the member who is first to speak. A member shall confine himself to the question under debate and avoid personalities No member shall speak more than once on any question without leave from the Council, nor more than ten minutes at any one time. Page 287 Section 10 Committees All special committees shall be appointed by the President and the first named member on such committee shall be its chairman. The Committee of the Whole shall consist of all of the members of the Council and shall meet informally at such time and place as may be designated by the Council Section 11 Attendance Required. The Departments of Public Safety, Public Works and Law shall be represented at all meetings of the Council Other city officials shall attend Council meetings on request of the Council. A police officer shall also attend meetings of the Council; shall execute the commands of the Council from time to time, together with all such process issued by authority of the Council, as shall be directed to him by the President; and shall keep order at all meetings under the direction of the President. Section 12 How Question shall be Put After stating the question, the President shall ask the Cferk to call-I-hi-5.11 and each member, when his name is called, shall express his will by either an «aye« or fnaytt vote. A member may change his vote at any time before the result of voting is announced by the President. Section 13 Motions Ho motion shall be debated or put unless it be seconded and properly staffed by the President A member may withdraw his motion at any time before it is put to a vote, provided there are no objections. Section 14. Precedence of Motions. When any question is under debate, no motions shall be received but the .foowing and they shall have precedence in the following order, to wit: 1. To adjourn. 2 To recess for a definite time 3. To lie on the table. 4. To call for the previous question 5. To postpone to a day certain 6 To refer 7 To amend 8. To postpone indefinitely Section 15 Division of the Question. A motion for the division of any question may be made when the qpestiOn7ilradmit of a division so distinct that if one part be taken away, the other will stand as an entire question for decision Section 16 Reports. All reports and recommendations from committees and officers shall be in writing, provided, however, that with the consent of the Council, a report may be dictated to the Clerk at a council meeting. Section 17. Appeal from Ruling of the Chair. An appeal from a ruling of the chair, if supported, sham be put to a vote of the Council No member shall speak more than once on a motion for appeal except by unanimous consent of the Council. Section 18 Ordinances and Resolutions Every ordinance, previous to its introduction by a committee or member of the Council, shall be approved as to farm and legality by the City Attorney. Every ordinance shall receive Page 288 at least two readings, provided, however, that the second reading may be made by title only. The second reading of an ordinance shall not take place at the same meeting at wh...ch it is introduced except in the case of ordinances which are declared to be emergency ordinances. All resolutions shall be submitted by motion and shall require support prior to debate and roll call, but ordinances may be introduced and discussed by the member or members introducing them Section 19 Journal. A journal of Council proceedings shall be kept as provided in the Char err.l-The language used in the journal shall be clear, concise, accurate and complete In order that such language may be brief, the following words and phrases, when used in the journal, shall have the following respective meanings: (1) "The minutes of the regular meeting of the Council, held , were read and approved," means that said minutes, after being read, were properly approved by resolution duly made, seconded and passed by an affirmative vote of the majority of the members named as present in the roll call of the meeting at which such minutes were read. (2) "By Councilman ," naming the particular member involved, means that said member "ma e a motion that the following resolution be adapted:" (3) "Seconded by Councilman ," naming the particular member involved, means that "the last mentioned motion was seconded" by said member ILw (It) "Adopted as follows :" means that "a roll call vote was duly taken on the question before the Council and the ayes and nays votes of the members were recorded as follows ." and that "the President declared that the foregoing resolution or ordinance was adopted " (5) "A roll call vote was taken" means that a vote was taken as pro- vided in Section 12 of this Ordinance (6) "Adopted" when used immediately following the taking of a vote on a motion means that said motion was duly passed by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members who were named as present at the roll call of the meeting at which said motion was made, and that the President has declared that said motion was duly passed. (7) "Passed" means "adopted " (8) "Rejected" means that a motion, resolution or ordinance, as the case may be, failed to be adopted, a roll call vote on the same having been duly taken (9) "Unanimously," when used immediately preceding the word "adapted" or the word "passed," means that the last mentioned motion was passed by a roll call vote which resulted in the vote "aye" being duly received from each member named as present in the roll call at the opening of the meeting at which said motion was made and from each member who entered Lor said meeting subsequent to such roll call and prior to the voting. page 289 (10) "Received and placed on file" means that the last mentioned communication, report or petition was received by the City Clerk, presented and read by the City Clerk to the Council, considered by the Council, and ordered to be placed on file by an affirmative vote of the majority of the members then present The decision of the Council to place such communication, report or petition on file:may be ascertained by roll call vote, on request of any member, or, in the absence of such request, by the President announcing "In the absence of any objection, the communication, report or petition is received and placed on file." The journal of each meeting shall show the full names of each Councilman in the roll call at the opening of such meeting, but thereafter only the last names of the members need be used, The City Clerk shall enter in the journal the exact time at which any member enters or leaves a meeting following such roll call. In the absence of any entry showing otherwise, it shall be conclusively presumed that each member named as present in the roll call remained continuously in the meeting until the same was duly adjourned Any member of the Council failing to vote on any matter upon which he may be required to vote shall be recorded as voting "aye" by the Clerk Whenever a vote is taken on any ordinance or on any resolution pertaining to the expenditure of money, appropriations or other financial matters, and in all instances at the request of any member, the "aye" or "nay" vote of each member shall be recorded Section 20. Parliamentary Authority. Council proceedings shall be ILE conducted in accordance with the Statutes of the State of Michigan, the Charter and the rules set forth in this Ordinance. Cushing's Manual of Parliamentary Practice shall govern such proceedings in all cases to which it is applicable and in which it is not inconsistent with such statutes, charter and rules Cushing's Manual of Parliamentary Practice shall be construed to mean the New Revised Edition by Paul E. Lowe, published by David McKay Company, Inc. Section 21 Amendment or Suspension This Ordinance may be amended in the same manner as other ordinances; provided, however, that, by the majority vote of all of the Councilmen elect, any or all of the rules set forth herein may be temporarily suspended for a specific time, matter or purpose, but not for a period extending beyond an adjournment of the meeting at which such suspension is voted. Section 22 Rules to be Part of Subsequent Minutes. The rules set forth in this ordinance, by this reference, shall become a part of the minutes of all subsequent meetings of the Council with the same effect as if said rules were word for word repeated therein Section 23. Re eall. All ordinances or parts or ordinances in conflict or inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed Section 2)4. Severability. In the event any portion or portions of this ordinance be held invalid for any reason, such holding shall not be construed as affecting any of the remaining portion of this ordinance. ILmo The last mentioned Ordinance was placed on the table for consideration at the next regular meeting of the Council. Page 290 The following ordinance introduced by Councilman Grimm at the 27th regular meeting of the Council held on January 8, 1951; AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTIONS 2.0, ! .0 AND 12 0 OF ORDINANCE NO. 16 OF THE CITY OF LIVONIA, ENTITLED: "AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF ELECTRIC WIRING, FTECTRIC DEVICES AND 'ELECTRIC MATERIAL, AND PROVIDING FOR PERMITS, INSPECTIONS AND LICENSES WITH RESPECT THERETO AND A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF " was read and a roll call vote thereon was taken with the following result. YEAS- William Taylor, Raymond E Grimm, Nettie Carey, Wilson W Edgar, John Whitehead and Harry S. Wolfe. NAYS: None. The President announced that the foregoing ordinance was adopted and will become effective on Friday, January 26, 1951. The following ordinance introduced by Councilman Grimm at the 27th regular meeting of the Council held on January 8, 1951, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 3 0 AND 5.0 OF ORDINANCE NO 17 OF THE CITY OF LIVONIA ENTITLED: "AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF PLUMBING AND DRAINAGE, AND OF MATERIALS USED IN PLUMBING AND DRAINAGE; AND PRO— VIDING FOR PERMITS, INSPECTIONS AND LICENSES WITH RESPECT THERETO AND A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF " was read and a roll call vote was taken with the following result: YEAS: William Taylor, Raymond E Grimm, Nettie Carey, Wilson W Edgar, John Whitehead and Harry S Wolfe. NAYS: None. The President announced that the foregoing ordinance was adopted and will became effective on Friday, January 26, 1951. On motion of Councilman Grimm, seconded by Councilman Taylor and unanimously carried the meeting was adjourned at 12 07 A M January 16, 1951. At e:ted: ItEai lW Clark, City Clerk ry S. ?o e, President / Page 291 110 MINUTES OF THE TWENTY-NINTH REGULAR FETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LIVONIA JANUARY 22, 1951 The twenty-ninth regular meeting of the Council of the City of Livonia was held on January 22, 1951, at 33110 Five Mile Road, Livonia, Michigan. The meeting was called to order at approximately 8:04 P M, by the President of the Council, Harry S. Wolfe. Roll was called with the following result: Present-- Harry S Wolfe, Wilson W Edgar, Raymond E Grimm, Nettie Carey, Harvey Jahn, William Taylor and John Whitehead. Absent--None. The minutes of the twenty-eighth regular meeting held on January 15, 1951, were read and on motion of Councilman Grimm, seconded by Councilman Taylor and unanimously carried by the affirmative vote of all of the Councilmen named IL0 as present in the roll call of this meeting, it was : ,63'V.3 RESOLVED, that the minutes of the twenty-eighth regular meeting of the Council held January 15, 1951, be and hereby are approved as read Mayor Ziegler presented to the Council a petition signed by 20 residents in the vicinity of the new Public Works Building on Farmington Road, asking that a water main be installed on Farmington Road between Plymouth Road and Schoolcraft This petition was placed on file Communication from Civil Service Commission dated January 15, 1951, pertaining to salary increases for department heads was taken from the table for further consideration Mr. John M Campbell and Mr LaVerne D Theisen, members of the Civil Service Commission, appeared in person and gave their views on this subject On motion of Councilman Carey, seconded by Councilman Taylor and unanimously carried by the affirmative vote of all of the Councilmen named as present in the roll call of this meeting, it was . Page 292 RESOLVED, that the matter of salary increases for department heads be referred to the Committee of the Whole for discussion at its next meeting Mr Al Roth, Consulting Engineer, presented on behalf of Sheldon Land Company proposed plat of Rosedale Gardens Subdivision #10, together with proposed sewer and water plans. On motion of Councilman Jahn, seconded by Councilman Taylor and unanimously carried by the affirmative vote of all of the Councilmen named as present in the roll call of this meeting, it was RESOLVED, that the proposed plat of Rosedale Gardens Subdivision #10, together with plans for water and sewer therein be referred to the City Planning Commission and the City Engineer for their recommendations and report, such recommendations and report to be made prior to the adjourned meeting of the Council to be set for January 29, 1951 The City Clerk, Marie Clark, advised the Council that Hubbell, Roth and Clark had given to the City, without charge, a complete set of blueprints of improvements in Rosedale Gardens #8 and #9 Subdivisions li; Mr Al Roth made a report to the Council on the status of the sewer project in Sections 25, 26, 35 and 36 of the City. The City Clerk read a communication from the City Planning Commission dated January 19, 1951, pertaining to the disposition of petitions numbered 16 to 23 inclusive Councilman Jahn made a motion that the following resolution be adopted- 71-3-2/6. RESOLVED, that the report and recommendations of the City Planning Commission on petitions numbered 16, 17, 19 and 22 for change of zoning classification be approved, and that the City Attorney be instructed to prepare an ordinance in accordance with the recommendations of the City Planning Commission. The foregoing motion was seconded by Councilman Edgar and a roll call vote was taken with the following result. YEAS- Raymond E Grimm, Harvey Jahn, Nettie Carey, Wilson W. Edgar, John Whitehead, William Taylor & Harry S. Wolfe lorm NAYS: None The President announced the foregoing resolution was adopted. Page 293 Councilman Taylor made a motion that the following resolution be adopted: Ibi A 3y7 RESOLVED, that the report and recommendations of the City Planning Commission on Petition #20 for change of zoning classification be and hereby is accepted and approved, and the City Attorney is instructed to prepare an ordinance in accordance with such recommendations The foregoing motion was seconded by Councilman Grimm and a roll call vote was taken with the following result: YEAS: Raymond E Grimm, Harvey Jahn, Wilson W Edgar, John Whitehead and William Taylor NAYS. None Councilman Wolfe and Carey abstained from voting because of possible financial interest in the foregoing motion. The President announced that the foregoing resolution was adopted. The City Clerk read to the Council a communication in regard to rent control and Mr. Harry Curtner made a statement concerning same The City Attorney, William Brashear, was instructed to investigate this matter. Communication from C Bruinckool, et al, dated January 15, 1951, for vacating of alley was presented to the Council. On motion of Councilman Grimm, seconded by Councilman Taylor and unanimously carried by the affirmative vote of all of the Councilmen named as present in the roll call of this meeting, it was: /1-31/Si RESOLVED, that petition of C. Bruinckool, et al, be and hereby is referred to the City Planning Commission for its recommendations and report Councilman Grimm made a statement to the Council on complaints received by him in respect to the severity of penalities contained in Ordinance #18, creating the Emergency Police Reserve Councilman Grimm also spoke to the Council on other complaints being received as to the construction of temporary buildings by the C. & 0. Railway Company on its right-of-way near Stark Road The following entitled ordinance which was introduced by Councilman Whitehead at the 28th regular meeting of the Council held January 15, 1951: Page 294 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING RULES OF ORDER OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LIVONIA was taken from the table and was read in full by the City Clerk. A roll call vote was then taken with the following result: YEAS. Raymond E Grimm, Harvey Jahn, Nettie Carey, Wilson W Edgar, John Whitehead, William Taylor & Harry S Wolfe NAYS: None The President announced that the foregoing ordinance was adopted and will become effective on the date of publication, February 16, 1951. Mayor Ziegler and Councilman Edgar spoke to the Council on the advisibility of the City purchasing voting machines and arrangements were made for the Council to visit Garden City and inspect its voting machines on Wednesday, January 31, 1951 Councilman Jahn made a motion that the following resolution be adopted: g--3yy RESOLVED, that this 29th regular meeting of the Council be and hereby is adjourned to Monday, January 29, 1951, at 9 P.M The foregoing motion was seconded by Councilman Whitehead and a roll call vote was taken with the following result. YEAS: Raymond E. Grimm, Harvey Jahn, Nettie Carey, Wilson W.. Edgar, John Whitehead, William Taylor & Harry S Wolfe NAYS• None The President announced the foregoing resolution was adopted and the meeting adjourned accordingly at 10:50 P M. Monday, January 22, 1951. Mari Clark; City Clerk Attested: l� / VJ ry S Wife,esi•ent