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1914-04-23 Dana City Council Meeting MinutesSpecial session to decide how many electric lights Dana's streets needed. Council approved C.A. Swanson's bond (John Dolan, surety), directed the…
1914-05-04 Dana City Council Meeting MinutesRegular council meeting. Bills allowed for gasoline and mantles, gravel, hall rent, marshal salary, and expenses and rent on a band stand site. Mayor…
1914-06-08 Dana City Council Meeting MinutesRegular council meeting. A.J. McNurlen's resignation as clerk was accepted and John De Boer elected to fill the unexpired term. Council approved a…
1914-07-06 Dana City Council Meeting MinutesRegular council meeting. Bills audited for crossing labor at 25 cents an hour, hauling, stationery, street commissioner work (with struck-through…
1914-08-03 Dana City Council Meeting MinutesRegular council meeting with Councilman Kettell absent. Council struck a $10.00 poll-tax item from Street Commissioner Magers' bill. Routine bills…
1914-08-17 Dana Town Council Minutes (Special Session)Special session of the Dana Town Council. Council authorizes a $10 warrant for one year's dues in the League of Iowa Municipalities and will write to…
1914-09-07 Dana Town Council MinutesRegular session. Clerk to procure a new set of ordinances. Bills allowed, including $53.97 [?] to Brunton Mc[?] for crossway materials, which the…
1914-10-05 Dana City Council Meeting MinutesRegular session, T. M. Ferguson absent. Mayor reports a license fee collected from the Home Comedy Co. Bills for gravel, a dog killed and buried, hall…
1914-11-02 Dana City Council Meeting MinutesRegular session followed by a short meeting of the council as Board of Health, with no business. The Street Commissioner's bill for street labor…
1914-12-07 Dana City Council Meeting MinutesRegular session; F. M. Ferguson absent. Communications on the electric light franchise are read. Bills are allowed, including a fee for an opinion on…
1914-12-09 Dana City Council Meeting Minutes (Adjourned Session)Adjourned session, all five councilmen present. The ordinance granting a franchise to the Iowa Railway and Light Company to build and operate an…
1914-12-09 Iowa Railway and Light Company Electric Franchise Ordinance and Notice of Special ElectionComplete typewritten text of the ordinance granting Iowa Railway and Light Company a 25-year, non-exclusive franchise to build and operate electric…
1914-12-15 Dana City Council Meeting Minutes (Adjourned Session)Adjourned session continuing the Dec 9, 1914 meeting. Councilman W. H. Kittell introduces a resolution submitting the Dec 9 franchise ordinance to the…
1915-01-04 Dana City Council Meeting MinutesRegular session. Mayor R. G. Martin's resignation is accepted. Councilman W. H. Kittell is elected Mayor by ballot (3 votes to 1 for F. M. Ferguson)…
1915-01-18 Electric Franchise Special Election - Official Ballot and Official ReturnsElection papers from Dana's special election of Jan 18, 1915 on the Iowa Railway and Light Company electric franchise. The Official Ballot prints the…
1915-02-01 Dana City Council Meeting MinutesRegular session, Mayor W. H. Kittell presiding, all five councilmen present. Bills, election expense vouchers and warrants for election judges and…
1915-03-01 Dana City Council Meeting MinutesRegular session; G. D. Johnson absent. Bills are approved, including G. F. Hollingshead's bill for feeding tramps and Wm. Magers' bill for shoveling…
1915-04-06 Dana City Council Meeting MinutesRegular session; Melvin Collins absent. Bills are approved, including a warrant for the ordinance book. The Council fills Collins's vacancy: G. E.…
1915-05-03 Dana City Council Meeting MinutesRegular session; Mayor Kittell administers the oath of office to Wm. Dana as Councilman, as elected the previous month. Warrants are issued for the…
1915-06-07 Dana City Council Meeting MinutesRegular session; all members present, with Wm. Dana now seated. The Finance Committee's audited bills are allowed: J. C. Jones for setting hitching…
1915-07-05 Dana City Council Meeting MinutesRegular session opening the July 5, 1915 adoption of Dana's revised ordinances. Frank G. Pierce's bill of $31.00 for revising the ordinances and…
1915-07-05 Dana City Council Meeting Minutes - Ordinance No. 01 (Repealing Certain Ordinances)Ordinance No. 1, "An Ordinance Repealing Certain Ordinances" as titled in the minutes, introduced by Councilman R. G. Martin at the July 5, 1915…
1915-07-05 Dana City Council Meeting Minutes - Ordinance No. 02 (Establishing the Town Seal and Fixing Its Uses)Ordinance No. 2, "An Ordinance Establishing the Town Seal and Fixing Its Uses" as titled in the minutes, introduced by Councilman R. G. Martin at the…
1915-07-05 Dana City Council Meeting Minutes - Ordinance No. 03 (Fixing Names of Streets)Ordinance No. 3, "An Ordinance Fixing Names of Streets" as titled in the minutes, introduced by Councilman R. G. Martin at the July 5, 1915 regular…
1915-07-05 Dana City Council Meeting Minutes - Ordinance No. 04 (Providing for the Election, Appointment and Qualifications of Officers)Ordinance No. 4, "An Ordinance Providing for the Election, Appointment and Qualifications of Officers" as titled in the minutes, introduced by…