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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06061979SPECIAL EMERGENCY MEETING, JUNE 6, 1979 THE WORKSHOP MEETING ON JUNE 6, 1979, POLICE CHIEF JAMES CUMMINS INFORMED THE COUNCIL THAT THERE HAS BEEN 3 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS RECENTLY ON BARBER STREET. IN ONE CASE WHICH WENT TO COURT, THE JUDGE HANDED DOWN A "NOT GUILTY" VERDICT SINCE THERE ARE NO STOP SIGNS ON STREETS LEADING INTO A MAIN ARTERIAL STREET. THE SUPREME COURT HAS RULED THAT LACK OF STOP SIGNS AT INTERSECTIONS IS CAUSE TO BRING SUIT AGAINST A CITY. SINCE IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT STREET SIGNS BE ERECTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, MAYOR FLOOD ADJOURNED THE WORKSHOP MEETING AND CALLED FOR A MOTION TO HAVE AN EMERGENCY MEETING. MOTION BY VICE MAYOR GRAY, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN MCKINLEY, TO CALL AN EMERGENCY MEETING. CARRIED. MOTION BY VICE MAYOR GRAY, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN MCKINLEY, TO GO TO BIDS FOR STOP SIGNS. CARRIED MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN MCKINLEY, SECONDED BY VICE MAYOR GRAY, TO ADJOURN THE SPECIAL EMERGENCY MEETING. CARRIED. CITY CLERK MAYOR :IAL MEETING, JUNE 6, 1979 ONLY ONE BID WAS RECEIVED FROM SNOW REPA~OP,__~OR~_~IERC~N THE AMOUNT OF $2,997.80. VICE MAYOR GRAY SUGGESTED THAT THE BID BE TURNED~ER ~HE AWARDS COMMITTEE WITH THE REQUEST THEIR RECOMMENDATION TO ACCEPT OR REJECT.