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02-25-1925 - Regular Meeting - Minutes.• 1vINUTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES of the CITY OF WEST COVINA West Covina, Cal., February 25, 1925 The Board of Trustees of the City of West Covina met at the West Covina Club House on the 25th day of February, 1925. Present: Trustees Gloege, King, 3,11axson, Watts and Yarnell; absent: None. Minutes of the meeting of February 11th read and approved. • The following bills, having been audited by the auditing committee, on motion of Trustee ydatts, seconded by Trustee King and. carried, were approved, subject to the audit of the Clerk, and ordered paid: Dumpp Truck Smith 905.00 C. D. Wolfinger 1.25 Total, 906.25 A communication from Peter L. Ferry dated February 18th was read relative to his bill against the City of West Covina, xxxxrgad and it was found that the bill, as corrected did not conform to the exceptions we had taken, and the Clerk was in- structed to continue negptiations to have the bill brought down to its correct amount. The question of improving Sunset Avenue came up and. after considerable discussion it was unanimously agreed to improve Arroyo from Sunset to Glendora in preference and on motion of ° Trustee Watts, seconded by Trustee Yarnell and carried, the sum of $150.00 was appropriated to cover the expense of tearing up 6he old oil surface on Arroyo to permit of a new surface being applied. This conclusion was arrived. at after it had been explained by Street Superintendent Weaver that the County would do this work for us at a rate of $25.00 per day and it was estimated that it could be consumated within a period of not to exceed six days. The Clerk was instructed to write the City Attorney to as- certain whether or not it would be advisable to institute Nuit • against the '~Whiting Finance Companyy for taxes that should pro- pperly be paid in West Covina - it bein understood this was their principal place of business and that they had paid their taxes in Los Angeles under protest; the Clerk was also instructed to ask the City Attorney if there was any possible way byy which our spring election and the expense incident thereto couJ.d be side-stepped. Discussion followed on the proposed new County hiPing, way to parallel the Pacific Electric an on motion of trustee seconded by Trustee Gloege and carried the Mayor appointed Trustees Gloege and King toserve as a committee of two and a.�reed to personally act in conjunction with them, with a view o endeavoring to have this new highway come down either Arroyo or Double Avenue, instead of any of the other routes now pro- posed. 61 -2- Thereupon, on motion duly made, seconded. and carried, the meeting adjourned to meet on call at 7 o'clock P.M. The foregoing minutes of the meeting of the Board of Trustee of the City of West Covina of February 25, 1925, are duly recorded on pages 60 and 61 of the book of records of said beard. , , Approbed this `- ay of Itlarch, 1925. President of the Board of Trustees Attest: City of West Covina. Clerk. •