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A regutar meeting of the Burlingame Cit;r Council vras held
above given date. I,,'leeting cailed to order at B:OO p.n.
in tl-re Chair.
Burlingarne, CaU-fornia
March 2O, 1950
on the
Mayor Love
RolI Ca11: Present Councilmen: Atwater-Hunt-Love-Si-mondsAbsent Councllmen: Dahl
FolLowing Ro1L Call Ltayor tove announced that he had received a copy
of tho Judgment entered March 20, 1950 in the Superlon Court of the
State of Caltfor-nia in and for the County of San },{ateo vrhereln it
was o::de::ed that Councilmen Peter Dahl- be removed from office and
hls offiee declared vacsnt. Pursuant to the said onder the Ivlayor
dj"reeted that the offlce held by Councilman Dahl be declared vacant
and tirat a copy of the said Superlor Court onder be spread upon theminutes. (See Page 155) r.-
The mlnutos of the previous nreeting of }tarch 6, 1950, as submltted to
membens of the Councll and as posted on the Bulletin Board ln the
City HaIl, $/ere unanimously accepted and approved on motion of
Counci}nan Atwater and seconded. by Councj-Iman Hunt.
I{onday, filanch 20, 1950, 8:OO otclock prltr., was the time scheduled for
the opening of bids for Parking Lot Improvements at the rear of the
Police Ganage on Prtmrose Road. Th.e Clerk opened and read. the follow-
lng blds:
Totai Base Bl-d Alternate ]'io. I Altornate I'tro. 2F?ank YI. Smlth
19th & Bayshore
San lvlateo, CaLif.
Deduct
liIr 964. Ou $rclo. oo
L. C. SmithFirst Avenue
San l*tateo, Calif.'{f 1, e1z. oo {izto.,.to qNlZO. OO
Lowrle Paving Co. r Inc.
1755 Evans Avenue
San Jlfancisco, Ca1if. ';';2r257.70 iltag. oo t;i1l-O. O0
fhe above bld.s were accompanied by bid bonds.
The blds as submitted yrere refer::ed to the City Attorney and the
Pu::chaslng Agent for study and recomnendation to the Councll laterin the eveningts meeting.
A letter dated lr'larch 17, 1950, was read fnom Chlef Edwa::d J. Lei.s,
Burlingame Fire Department, recolilnending that a contract be executed
by the mayor for and in behalf of the Clty of Burlingame with the
State Boand of Education permitting Edward I'r1att of the BurllngameFire Depantment to serve as instructor in fire traini-ng for a th::ee
month period beginnlng Apnil l and ending June 30, 1950.', Resolution
I{o. 8-50, introduced by Couneilman llunt, who moved its passage, was
seconded by Councllman Atwater and car"nled by the unanlmousaffirmative vote of the members thereof, authorizlng the executionof the conti:act. Councilman Simonds moved that Edward L{att nelrortto the State Depa::tment of Edueation and th.at a leave of absence be
granted to l!tn. }llatt for the pe::lod April 1 to June 5O, 1950,
seconded by Councilman i{unt and unanlmously carnled.
A Lotter dated l,{arch 1?, 1950, was read f::om the Clvil ServLce
Commission submittlng the eI-lgtble llst fo:: City Electnlclan as
follows:
Ennest H. Hi1ls fII 806 East 16th Avenue, lian l{ateo
Councilman $lmonds moved that tlre eligible list as submitted be
acceptedrseeonded by Councilman Hunt anct u-nanimousl,v camied.
Following a prevj.ous request from the Director of Public V''Iorks,
Hrnest H. Hl1ls was appointed to the posi-tion of City iilectrici-an,
effective April 1, 1950, subject to the passing of a satisfactory
medieal exarrination, on notj.on of Cou.ncilnan $irnonds, seconded by
Councilman Ilunt and unanimously carried. i',{r. HlIIs, present at
the meeting, rvas introduced.
Deduet
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Followlng a request by K. S. Eltch, Director of ffrbIic lry'orks,
dated I{a::ch B, L950, Ar thu:: H. Wor.sfold, the next eliglble on theIlst for gardener in the Park Departmirnt, was appolnted to ttrepositlon, effective Aprll- 1, subjoet to the satisfactory pass!.ngof a medical examinatLon, on motlon of Couneilman Atwater,
seconded by Councllman Sl.monds and unanlmously carried.
On a motion lntroduced by Councilman S5.monds, seconded by Council-
raen Hunt and unanLmous 1y carr5-ed, the appoJ-nhaent of the nexteligtbJ.e on the J.lst fon g::oundsman ln the Pa::k Depantnent, DavLdKuenl1l, was confir,ned, followlng a reguest subadtted by I(. S.trttch, Dlrectol. of PubLlc llllor.ks - such appointmont effectiveApr"il 1, 195O and subJect to the passing of a satisfactory medical
examl,nat ion.
A letter dated March 17, 1950, f::om K. S. Fitch, DLrecto:: ofPubllc llrorks, requesting tho appolntnent of two utllltymen i.n theIYater Department was r.ead and actLon withheld pendlng a discussLonof the sub ject.
A Letter dated L{arch 8, 1950, was read l'rom K. S. trLtch, Dirocto:rof hrb1lc lllonks, x"equestl.ng the appointment of a gar.dener-equip-nent ope:rator ln the Park Depaitment. On motion of CouncilmanSlmonds, No. 1 on the ellglble Il-st, Canl L. tlertz, was appointed.to the posltLon, effectl,ve Ap::i1 1, 1950, seconded by Councilman
Hunt and unanimous 1y canrled.
A letter datod llarch L7, 1950, was read firom K. .S. Eltch, Di.rectorof Pub1lc V,/orks, requestlng the establlshment of an eligible Listfoz' utilityman Ln the St::eet Department. Councilman Simonds movedthat the Clvil Serrylce Conmission be requested to prepare a tistas lrequested, seconded by Councilman i{unt and unanlmously carried.
A letter dated ldarch 17, 1950, togetiie:: with an option executedthe 14th day of Llarch, fgsU, was read from K. S. Fitch in vrhich
vr'as reconulended that the opti-on be accepted. Councllnran Huntlntroduced and moved the passage of ResolutLon No. 9-5O, author-izing the acceptance of the option to purchase a portj-on of LotBlock 1, Toriwr of Burlingarae.
I1{-151E SUPERIOR COURT 0F THll STATE 0F CALITDR}IIA; L; AliD IfoR TIrtr
COU],iTY OF SAIiI ]..[ATEO
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TIrE PEoPtrlj 0F TI{E STATE 0F CALrFOnifIA, )
Plaintiff, )
-vs - )
PETUR DAHL, )
De fendant .
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]io. SOBOO Dept. 3
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JUDG]1,M]i]T
It appearing that the Grand. Jury of the County of San
{?!9o, State of Callfonnla, havLng, on the 2nd day of Februar.y,1950, dul-y pnesented an accusatlon, on flle hereln, undor thep::ovlsions of Section 3O60 of the Governnent Code of the State ofCali.fornl-a, charging defendant, IETER IU,HL, with certaln speclfi-cations of wilful and cor.rupt mlsconduct as a city official ofthe Ctty of Bu::llngane, County of San lJateo, Stat6 of Californiaiand
It f\rrther appearlng that said accusation was personal.lypl9q9nled by the Distrlct Attorney of San t{ateo County to satd -
IETER DAIIL, on the 5rd day of FebrLlary, 19EO; and it ir:rtherappearlng that on sald, date IETffi DAHL was served with a ,tl,totice
!9_4,ppear bofore tho Super"lor Count on Thursday, lbbrrra::y 16,195O, to angvJer sald Accusationn; and
___ - _ {_t f\rthe r appearlng that on February 16, 195O, saidPETbR DAEL appeared aJId made a notion to continu6 said matter to
February 2'7, 1950, which said motLon vras granted; and
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It.llr:rthen appearing that on Februa::y 27 , A}SO, dofendant apwith hls_counsel, Bruce Trerlhof, Esq., and ent6red hls plea'trnot gulltyn, and the Court set l,larch 10, 1gSO, as the hatet:rial upon said accusation; and
It further. appearing that on the l3th day of llarch,1950, the action came on :-egu.1ar'Iy fon tnla1, said PETER DAHLappearing personally and belng represented by counsel of hls ournselection, Bruco llle::lhof , Esq., the people belng repr"osentod by IJeoT. Englert, Depuly District Attorney; a Jury of-twelve persona wasregrJ-ar'Iy lrnpaneled and swor.n to t::y said attlon; witneises on thepart-of the PeopLe and the defendant were sworn and examined; afterheaning the evldence, the argrments of couneel and ins trlic tl-ons ofthe Court, the Jury retl-::ed to consider theln verdict, and sub-sequently, returned. into Court wlth the verdlct signed by theIbreman, and being called, answered to thein names and d.id say, Tle,tho -JurT, flnd the defendant, PETER DAHL, guilty of wilfirl nti-conduct in of fLce r'.
In accordance vrl th the afo::esal,d verdlct, the Courthgfqby finds defendant, PETER IAIII, gul1ty of each of the acts ofwlIful mlsconduct charged in said i.ccusation;
WIIEREFORE, by vi::tue of the Iaw, and by reason ofthe premises aforesald, it ls ordered, adjudged and docreed thatsald defondant, PETER ,Hl, be and he is hereby immeCliately romovedas 91ty councilman of the Clty of Burlingame, County of San Mateo,State of CalLfornia.
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APIIIOl*-h:L
p eare dofof
Reporlrs of the ,r5.re Departnont, the pollce Department and the lollceJudge for the month of Fbbruary, 1950, ryet"e read ancl ordored ft1ed.
TLre. second reading of Ordlnance llo. 486, pertaining to bicycles, waspostponed on motLon of Councilman Hunt, seconded by CounclimanSimonds and unanlraous 1y carried.
Claims Nos. 8251 to B4O5 lncluslve vrere read and waryants ordereddravm on the City Treasury for their respectivo amounts on notion ofCouncilman Hunt, seconded by Councilman Simonds and unanimouslycarrie d.
Befer.z'ing to the blds submitted prevLously at the nreeting, relativeto Par"king I,ot fmprovements, it was the ::ecomnendafi.on oi-Dlrectonof Publlc Works Fitch and Clty .A.ttorney Karme 1 that the contr.act beawarded to ttre Low bldder, the L. C. Snith Co., of San lrlateo, at theunit prices quoted and in the total ostlmated imount of tilrBiZ.OO.Councllman Slmonds thereupon introciuced and noved the paisige ofResolutLon No. 1O-50 accepting the bld and authorlzlng tne l(ayor toexecute the contract wlth the L. C. Smlth C ompany for-and ln Lehalfof the Clty of Bur'Iingame. The motion was seconded by CounciJ:nanHunt and carried by the unanj.mous affirmative vote of the CounclJ.
memb ers .
Questioned by the Council, as to sidewalk repains within the City,Street Foreman, Charles A. T/ilson reported followlng certain lnpi,ove-ments being undertaken in Ray Park, vork on sLdewalk repalr wouldagain rosume and every e ffo::t be made to correct sidevralk and streeteonditions, as soon as possible. Director of pubLic lllorks Fitch andStreet Foreman trViLson were Lnstructed to corroborate on plans forthe repaving of some ol the streets within the City.
Lirs. Charlotte Johnson, newly elected chainnan of the Llbrary Boand,was introduced.
Tfrere being no further business, the meeting was adjourned on motionof Councilman At$/ater, seconded by Councilmarr Hunt and unanlmouslycarri e d.
Done in open Court this
(sisned)
20th day of L{arch, 195O.
Iiurray Draper
JUDGE OF T Hll ABO VE ]',IA].,{ED SU}TR]OR COURT
nespectfi-t).ly subm
Dan il. Love, Jr.
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