1956-08-13PERMANENT
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REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
of
DAIRY CITY
August 13, 1956
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Van Dyke at 7:30
P M in the offices of the City Hall at 5731 Orange Avenue, Dairy
City, California
Upon roll call the following councilmen were present:
Alfred E. Arnold, -Walter J Arrowood, Thomas A Baroldi, Jacob
Van Dyke Absent: Jacob Van Leeuwen, Jr. Also present were
Nat Neff and H. Rodger Howell
Upon motion of Councilman Arrowood, seconded and unanimously
carried, H. Rodger Howell was appointed Clerk pro
purpose of keeping a record of the Minutes of the
The Minutes of the organizational meeting of
were read and upon motion of Councilman Arrowood,
unanimously carried were approved.
Clerk pro tem Howell informed the City Council that he had
received two written bids concerning the insurance coverage for the
City They were opened and read The first bid opened was that of
Lee Smith & Company, Santa Ana, California, which, meeting the terms
and conditions of the specifications previously submitted by the
City Attorney and Lngineer, proposed an annual premium of $ *6? ?? .
The second bid opened was that of Robbins -Bristol, Inc , which,
meeting the terms and conditions of the specifications previously
submitted by the City Attorney and Engineer, proposed an annual
premium of $ 3S) 2 I-. Attached to the Robbins -Bristol, Inc
bid was a form of the policy that would be issued. A general
discussion then followed as to the merits or demerits of the bids
received and as to why Tom Bromley & Son who had previously
tem for the
meeting.
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seconded and
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given the City Council a temporary rider insuring its coverage
had not submitted a bid. It was thereupon moved by Councilman
Arnold, seconded by Councilman Baroldi and unanimously carried
that the bid of Robbins -Bristol, Inc. of $357 24 be and the same
is hereby accepted with the understanding that it may be cancelled
next Monday, August 20, 1956, without liability for premium upon
the City and that if it is not cancelled at that time it will
automatically be in effect for the full year
John Oosten thereupon presented himself to the City Council
and said that he and others south and slightly east of the City
were interested in annexing to Dairy City He said their properties
were south of Bryant and west of Hansen. A discussion then
followed after which Mr. Oosten asked for an indication of whether
the proposed annexation if it did occur would receive a favorable
consideration by the councilmen. The councilmen indicated to
Mr Oosten that they would favorably look towards the annexation
of their respective properties to Dairy City as they were
proposed to be used for agricultural and industrial purposes.
Councilman Arnold brought to the attention of the City
Council the consideration of annexing certain commercial properties
north of Lincoln Boulevard. After considerable discussion and
an examination of the maps the council expressed a favorable view
towards the annexing of such commercial properties
Jack Ware of Duane Wheeler Company presented himself to the
City Council and explained the services that his company offered
to cities and requested an opportunity to demonstrate to Dairy
City the type of services his company presented
Mr L R Van Noord, Assistant Manager of the Artesia Branch
of Security First National Bank presented himself to the City
Council and expressed the interest of his bank in the formation
of the new city and said that they would be very interested and
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desirable in handling the city's funds
iLrs Carl Tarutman presented herself to the City Council
and said that she had been to the Orange County Planning Commission
regarding establishing of a trailer park on the west side of
Wacker Street between Ball and Orange She said that she had been
getting considerable run -a -round from the County offices and
was interested in finding out what the City was going to do
regarding this matter After considerable discussion involving
spot zoning and master plan zoning, upon motion of Councilman
Arnold, seconded by Councilman Arrowood and unanimously carried
the request of Mrs Tarutman for a re -zoning for a trailer park
was taken under submission
Councilman Arnold then introduced to the councilmen Air
G McCarney and Sam Rosen who councilman Arnold proposed as
his appointees on the citizens' advisory committee A geleral
discussion then followed concerning the size and scope of the
citizens' advisory committee and it was generally agreed that
each councilman would attempt to have his two appointees here
for a regular meeting with the City Council on Monday, August 27,
1956
The appointment of a chief of police for the City of Dairy
City was then discussed and after considerable discussion as
to respective candidates it was moved by Vice Mayor Arnold,
seconded by Councilman Arrowood and unanimously carried that
Ralph R. Ellsworth be appointed Chief of Police to serve
at the pleasure of the City Council and without compensation
The appointment of a city manager was then discussed at
great length by the various members of the council, including
an explanation of the interviews of prospective candidates. It
was thereupon moved by Councilman Baroldi, seconded by Vice Mayor
Arnold and unanimously carried that Burton We.setterg be and he
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is hereby hired as City Manager of Dairy City to serve at the
pleasure of the City Council on a part-time basis at the rate
of $275 00 per month, said services to commence immediately.
A discussion of the use of various agencies of Orange County
by the City then followed and in particular the Orange County
Planning Commission. It was thereupon moved by Councilman
Arrowood, seconded by Vice Mayor Arnold and unanimously carried
that a form of contract be prepared covering the use of the
Orange County Planning Commission as a City Planning Commission
by Dairy City for processing and handling of matters relating to
land uses, variances, zoning, etc
It was moved by Councilman Arrowood, seconded by Councilman
Baroldi and unanimously carried that the Mayor be authorized
and directed to send a letter to the Orange County Road
Department requesting that the Road Department temporarily
continue maintenance of the roads within the City pending the
entering into a formal contract between the City and the Road
Department.
There being no further business to come before the City
Council, upon motion of Councilman Baroldi, seconded by Council-
man Arrowood and unanimously carried the meeting was adjourned
to 7:30 P M , August 20, 1956
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Respectfully submitted,
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Clerk
or