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Only one bid was received on the purchase of a new p:o]oi.ce car and this was opened at this time. The bid from the'Mayiield Sales and Service offered a four door station wagon for X2,265.00. Mayor .Hodgson suggested that time f®r bids be extended, but was told by ~1r. Edelman that this could not be done. It ~ra.s moved by Mr. Swanson, seconded by Mr. Taylor, that all. bids be rejected and the clerk be authorized to remadvertise for bids. Roll Calls Byes ®Messrs Swanson, Taylor, Whiting, Beard & Oatess. Nays -None. • Motion Carried The Clerk then advised Council that bills for repairs on the police car were running rather high. Mayor 13odgson then brought up the matter of vacating I~laple Grove and Mr. Edelman read Ordinance No. 177 to Council. Mra Jacques, who bras present, was asked if he had been able to come to~ar~y agreement for easements with the abutting property owners on Maple Grove and answered 9n the negative. After further conversation, Mr. Beard introduced Ordinance No. 48l~ entitleds "An Ordinance to Vacate Maple Grove Road from the Northerly Line of Seneca Road in a Southerly Direction to the South Corporation Line of the Village of Mayfield", which Ordinance was read to Council. Mayor Hodgson then-said that he thought it advisable to hold off on any consideration of the sewage question until a full council was present. Mr. Edelman reported that he had attended a Solicitor's meeting in Mr. La,nsdaley s office for the purpose of determining a method of petitioning Common Pleas-Court for a Sewer and dater Da.stricta A Resolution was drawn, petitioning the establishment of a Sewer and-Water Commission to be joined by all the Municipalities, and participation could be had for the payment of l0 cents a head by each municipality. He stated that he could go further into these plans, but thought it might go to a comm~.ttee to be considered. The matter was tabled until some future time. Mayor Hodgson reported that he had numerous appeals from various areas for water.. He-spoke of Highland and Lander Roads in particular and said Highland Heights Village was going to bring water down Highland Road to our Village. Line, He stated further that we Ind been asked to share on a 50~ 50 basis on-a Lander~Road main. He therefore, had asked our engineer for figures on these two projects. Our ~"~ngineer reported that from Highland Village to S.O.M. Road, 2100 feet were involved and that the crater.department insisted on a 16 inch . main on this road. This would cost approximately X16.10 per Lineal foot and total around ~38,6l~8.00. Highland Heights had-broken it down to ~.0~ village share and•60~ abutting_property.owners share. On this basis, our village share Vroul.d amount to X15,500.00 and property owners would pay a,~23,200 as their share. On Lander, 2700 feet were involved at a cost of ~10.3~. per lineal foot for a., l2 inch main. Total cost of x$28,000.00 would be shared by both villages, with a village portion of x$1877.00 and property owners share of X13,905.00. These mains were to be ].aid on the horth side of 3.