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VILLAGE OF ELK RIVER COUNCIL MEETING May 4, 1953 A regular meeting was held at the Municipal Building on May 4, 1953. Members present: E.A. Parent, Mayor; Harry Dow, Dan Bailey, August Meyer, Trustees; H.A. Briggs, Clerk The meeting was called to order by Mayor Parent. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. John MacGibbon, Village Attorney, was present. There was some discussion regarding civil defense. A motion was made by Bailey and seconded by Meyer to blacktop part of State Street from Highway 169 two blocks west and to put seal coat on other streets where needed. Motion carried. Ben Roper and F.J. Mack met with the Council regarding sewer construction in Walker Addition. The matter was carried over to a later date. A motion was made by Briggs and seconded by Meyer to raise pay of Marshall Micheau to $265.00 a month salary plus $70.00 per month for use of car. Carried. Building permits were approved for Ben Roper, F.J. Mack and L.C. Baldowsky. The following bills were allowed and ordered paid: Farm Bureau – fuel for hall 28.20 Farm Bureau – gas and oil 24.90 Bury and Carlson – blacktop 22.00 Minn. Fire Ext. Co – mdse 28.76 Skelly Oil Co – fuel for hall 28.34 Star News – notices 4.50 Dwight B Moyer – surveying 29.80 Vernon Cemetery Assn – dues 6.00 Hettrick Bros – gas 2.10 First Nat’l Bank Agcy – insurance 50.04 State Farm Ins Co – ins on truck 44.44 Standard Oil Co – fuel for hall 24.67 W.F. Bank Elec. – wiring fire hall 132.59 Farm Bureau – gas and oil 4.15 Oil Co of Elk River – gas fire truck 3.00, fuel for hall 29.43 Fire Department – fires 227.00 Zella M Page – salary 70.00 Zella M Page – library books 41.28 Zella M Page – janitor service 7.00 Bob McMillan – labor 16.00 Morris Wilson – use pipe 100.00