Pleasant Hill History Center

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“To preserve the history of Pleasant Hill and Newton Township through documents, pictures, and artifacts.”

Located in Pleasant Hill, Ohio at 8 East Monument Street

Pleasant Hill History Center
8 East Monument Street
Pleasant Hill, OH 45359
PleasantHillHC@Yahoo.com

Minutes

In 1934, the Federal Civil Works Administration of Ohio compiled an index to the Records of the Village of Pleasant Hill.

The following is the Index to the Minutes of Council:

"These minutes do not contain all motions, resolutions and ordinances passed by council, but rather include the most important ones."

Date		Description	Book	Page
June	1866	First Council Meeting	A	3
July	1866	By-Laws Adopted	A	4
July	1866	Sidewalks regulate with High St. and west side of Main St.	A	9
July	1866	Punishment of crimes and misdemeanors	A	10
July	1866	Regulate the selling of liquors	A	15
Aug.	1866	With of sidewalk and gutters on each side of Main St.	A	17
Aug.	1866	Mayor Chief executive officer	A	20
Apr.	1867	Prevent sale of beer and intoxicating liquors on Sabbath in city	A	27
Aug.	1867	Alley thru Hill St.	A	35
Apr.	1868	Election officers and council	A	38
May	1868	Erect Calaboose, costs	A	42
May	1869	Town Plat recorded in Miami Co. records	A	55
July	1869	Prohibiting sale of Ale, Beer. Etc.	A	57
Sept.	1869	Summoning and impaneling jury before Mayor	A	69
Oct.	1869	Width of Main St. south	A	62
Jan.	1870	Regulating and license for Public Auctions, Show, and Exhibitions	A	65
Jan.	1870	Fine and forfeitures collected by Mayor paid over to Village Treas.	A	66
Jan.	1871	Regulating width of sidewalks on Main St. south of Troy Pike	A	79
Oct.	1871	Committee appointed to settle account between Corp. & John Whitmer	A	103
Oct.	1871	Committee appointed to see to erecting cisterns & construct Hooks & Lad	A	104
Jan.	1872	Complete Town Plat. Buy lot of Hopewell Church to open gravel pit	A	108
July	1872	Committee on renting hall for Corporation and Twp. Purposes	A	130
Aug.	1872	Ladders purchased for Fire Dept.	A	132
Jan.	1874	Sale Bonds Money to be appropriated to P. Hill school for bldg. fund.	A	154
Apr.	1875	Henry Reiber to open street on west side and alley north of same	A	191
May	1875	Purchase ground north of Old Gravel Yard for an addition to cemetery	A	193
June	1875	Build fence at Old Gravel Pit on hog path and charge it to N.L. Hill	A	195
June	1875	Open alley on south side of Main St. on line with alley on west side	A	196
Oct.	1875	Property owners on east side of Main St. shall gravel or pave their sidewalks	A	202
Mch.	1876	Paving and guttering east side of Main St.	A	205
July	1876	P. Hill Cemetery Plat recorded on page 1 to 7 in record book of Cemetery Tru	A	215
Aug.	1876	Stone culvert across Main St. Intersection the gutter on Walnut St.	A	216
Sept.	1876	Sidewalks and gutters on north and south side of North St.	A	218
Apr.	1877	Due to imperfections and errors, a survey and plat of P. Hill be made	A	229
May	1877	Unlawful to keep groceries, restaurants, saloons open on Sundays	A	235
July	1877	Fines for punishment of vagrants and prostitutes	A	254
Apr.	1878	Order to transfer dead from old cemetery to new cemetery	A	246
Sept.	1878	Crossing at Teeter's corner and Jay's corner on Main Street	A	261
Mch.	1878	Sidewalks and gutters on both sides of High St. from Main to Long	A	266
Sept.	1879	Hill St. Changed to Church Street Open High St. from west end	A	274
Jan.	1880	Sidewalks north and south sides of Main Cross St. from Main to Pearson	A	278
May	1880	New Plat of Village accepted	A	286
June	1880	New Plat recorded	A	287
July	1880	Sidewalk north side of Main Cross St.	A	288
July	1880	New Plat framed	A	289
Sept.	1880	Select Calaboose site	A	290
Nov.	1880	Bought R.R. Depot for Calaboose	A	292
Nov.	1880	Bought half lot #95 for Calaboose site	A	293
June	1881	Streets opened Church & High to Walnut	A	300
July	1881	High St. opened William St. & Church St. extended Iddings Plat Accepted	A	301
Aug.	1882	Specifications for Calaboose	A	317
Nov.	1882	Regulate sale of Liquors and Billiard rooms	A	328
Apr.	1883	Shoe-McCleary Addition	B	1
May	1883	Defend Village against John Iddings injunction on S. Main St.	B	2
June	1883	Main Cross St. south to Hill St. cut down	B	3
July	1883	Water on east side of Main St. taken north to culvert at corporation	B	7
July	1883	Liquor restrain	B	8
Mch.	1884	Withdraw Township Trustee from man….	B	16
May	1884	By Laws of corporation and council	B	21
July	1884	Stone walk between Coate's store and Post Office	B	25
Aug.	1884	No record of alley between R. Hoffman and John Shoe	B	27
Aug.	1884	Playing ball on streets or alleys	B	28
May	1885	Shed for Fire Apparatus	B	35
May	1885	Church Street extension	B	36
June	1885	Purchased Fire Apparatus	B	40
July	1885	Fire Committee authorized to erect building for apparatus	B	41
Aug.	1885	Purchase Fire bell	B	43
Aug.	1885	Engine house completed	B	45
Nov.	1885	Iddings Addition	B	49
Dec.	1885	Street Lamps	B	50
Feb.	1886	Plat of Out Lot #17	B	53
Mch.	1886	Compromise Iddings and P. Hill	B	54
May	1886	Regulation height of shade trees	B	57
Aug.	1886	Open Long St. from High St. to school	B	61
Aug.	1886	South side of Main Cross St. to R. R. curbed and paved	B	61
Aug.	1886	Engineer to establish grades and lines for water system	B	62
Aug.	1886	Plat and profile adopted for high and Main St. west to Pearson St.	B	63
Sept.	1886	Prohibiting Saloons under "Dow Law"	B	65
Sept.	1886	Improving E. Main Cross Street	B	68
Oct.	1886	Enforce safety of chimneys, flues, etc.	B	72
Jan.	1887	Order Stock Pound built	B	79
Mch.	1887	John Iddings Law suit	B	83
July	1887	Construct sidewalks on Walnut St. from Main west to Church	B	93
Aug.	1887	Purchase Fire Extinguisher	B	95
Jan.	1888	Establish additional rules relating to Cemetery	B	102
Feb.	1888	Alley opened between Hill Ave and Main Cross St. from Church St.	B	104
Nov.	1888	Hill Ave. opened from Main St. to west line of Pearson and Church	B	116
Aug.	1889	Streets and Alleys in Wm Furnas and Iddings addition accepted	B	128
Apr.	1890	Borrow money for purchase of cemetery land	B	143
Aug.	1890	Cemetery grounds purchased	B	148
May	1891	No Alley between lot #100 and #16	B	162
June	1891	Board of health established	B	163
July	1891	L.O. Beery deeds ground for sidewalks	B	168
Aug.	1891	Request for sidewalks to cemetery	B	171
Aug.	1891	Street lamps at R. Road crossings	B	171
Aug.	1891	Bids for grading, curbing, and graveling north side or lot #71	B	171
Aug.	1891	Improve Church St. between Main Cross St. and Hill Ave.	B	173
Feb.	1892	Zenas Pierce and Nathaniel Hill against P. Hill in Opening Hill Ave.	B	182
May	1892	Corp. donate to Post #369 GAR for lots in P. Hill Cemetery	B	190
June	1892	Council to pay $50 on #36 Hall safe, provided Township Trustees pay balance	B	192
July	1892	Culvert constructed on Main Cross St. across Church St. to Hoffman shop	B	194
July	1892	N. B. Teeter donates well at SW corner Main & High to council	B	196
Aug.	1892	Safe purchased jointly by Twp. And Corp. $50 set aside from Fire Fund	B	197
Mch.	1893	First Election of Officers under Australian system	B	204
Apr.	1893	Wm. Patty Pres of new Board of Health	B	206
July	1893	Zenas Pierce alley Vacating alley in rear of lots #153 & #154	B	213
Aug.	1893	Employ Attorney to examine books of Village	B	215
Oct.	1893	Prohibiting sale of Intoxicating liquors within corporation limits	B	220
Feb.	1894	Petition signed by Citizens to purchase location for Canning factory	B	224
Feb.	1894	Appropriation of $400 from General Fund to purchase…..	B	225
May	1894	Sewer removed and crossing put in at Long and Main Cross St.	C	2
May	1894	Duties and compensation of Marshall	C	5
May	1894	Prevention of fast driving thru Village also bicycle riding on streets	C	5
May	1894	Enforce safety of chimney flues	C	6
May	1894	Construct sidewalk on north side of Main Cross St. of RR and Pearson	C	7
May	1894	Creating Fire Dept.	C	8
May	1894	Prevention schemes of chance and regulate sale of goods	C	8
May	1894	Prohibiting Circus Menagerie, concert public show or any exhibition for pay	C	8
May	1894	Prevent obstruction streets, sidewalks, and alleys in village	C	9
May	1894	Prevent deposit of ashes brush or garbage in streets or alleys	C	9
May	1894	Prohibit boys and girls under 13 and 15 yrs. of age from spending any nights	C	10
May	1894	Providing for jurors in Mayor's court in P. Hill	C	10
June	1894	Cutting down hill at Mrs. Mikesells	C	16
Aug.	1894	Water course or outlet on Main Cross St. and Pearson Ave.	C	21
Aug.	1894	Cutting Mikesell's hill and constructing sidewalk to cemetery	C	21
Aug.	1894	Peddler's license	C	22
Aug.	1894	Carrying concealed weapons	C	23
Sept.	1894	Deed to canning factory presented	C	24
Dec.	1894	Constructing sidewalks and gutters on Main St.	C	34
Jan.	1895	Granting IOOF band right to erect band stand	C	36
Jan.	1895	Council to sell land occupied by Canning factory	C	37
Feb.	1895	If Canning factory sold, Council would have to proceed under sec.2673	C	40
Feb.	1895	Sale of land by Council	C	42
Mch.	1895	Mayor to make deed to P. Hill Canning factory	C	44
Mch.	1895	Franchise granted to Progress Tel. & Telegraph Co.	C	44
June	1895	Curbing on Main Cross St. & Walnut St. on west side Main St.	C	53
Aug.	1895	Right to place Monument in center of Main St.	C	57
Aug.	1895	Investigate a supply of water for corporation	C	58
Oct.	1895	Curbing east side of Main from North to Main Cross	C	64
Dec.	1895	Changing name of Main Cross St. to Monument Ave	C	73
July	1896	Not to drive faster than eight miles thru town	C	100
Aug.	1896	Driveway made from depot to W. Main Cross St.	C	103
Sept.	1896	Combined plat of P. Hill and Cemetery	C	107
Dec.	1896	Create Fire Dept.	C	116
Apr.	1897	Put up sign for contagious disease	C	150
May	1897	Open gutters on both sides High St. west to R.R. to Pearson Ave.	C	153
June	1897	Settlement of lights between CH&D RR to Village	C	157
July	1897	Construct crossing on south side of High St. west to Patty & Myers Wareh	C	176
Sept.	1897	Selling of corporation interest in safe	C	195
Sept.	1897	Changing of Potter's field in cemetery	C
Oct.	1897	Township trustees willing for Corp. to use Township House	D	1
Oct.	1897	Mrs. Patty curb line granted	D	6
Nov.	1897	Myers & Patty culvert on Monument Ave entrance to warehouse	D	8
Nov.	1897	N.B. Teeter furnish council room on third floor of his story building	D	9
Feb.	1898	Contract for lighting street lamps	D	34
Feb.	1898	Name street in Fred Deeter addition	D	36
Feb.	1898	Dedication land by Myers $ Patty on west side of Elevator St. to P. Hill	D	38
Apr.	1898	Repeal of liquors laws defeated	D	58
Nov.	1898	Council secures full new set of Books for Cemetery Trustees	D	67
Dec.	1898	Application for Traction Line Franchise	D	71
Jan.	1899	Received bids of Traction Co. for carrying passengers	D	74
Feb.	1899	Paving sidewalks on Main St.	D	76
Feb.	1899	Dayton & Troy traction Co. to construct and operate Railway route #1	D	80
May	1899	Levy tax for municipal purposes Curbing & Sidewalks both sides Main St.	D	87
June	1899	Sewers from Minnich Alley to Main at Walnut	D	92
Sept.	1899	Sewer pipe sold to Minnich	D	96
Feb.	1900	Property owners on Main St. assessed per foot to pay for sidewalks	D	107
Apr.	1900	Traction line Franchise granted	D	115
Sept.	1900	Petition vacation on land on east side of Elevator St. from High to Monument	D	123
Nov.	1900	Improve Main St. north of Walnut by constructing curb and gutters	D	126
Dec.	1900	Sewer drainage constructed across field of Reiber heirs	D	132
Mch.	1901	Traction road thru Village	D	138
Apr.	1901	Permit CH&D RR to cross West Monument Ave at canning factory switch	D	145
Apr.	1901	Case of J. Austin Yount vs Village	D	148
May	1901	Council share expense of water drainage on M. D. Spitler premises	D	150
June	1901	Commissioner for ditch Faulkner	D	151
July	1901	Extended time of D & T traction line	D	162
Sept.	1901	Remonstrance Faulkner ditch	D	168
Oct.	1901	Plan submitted for grade of Traction line on Main St.	D	173
Oct.	1901	J. A. Yount vs Village judgement and cost	D	174
Nov.	1901	County commissioners put Trolley line in center of Main St.	D	179
Nov.	1901	Committee to confer with Mary Faulkner with reference to ditch	D	179
Mch.	1902	Bonds issued purpose of constructing……	D	188
Apr.	1902	Widening Main St. at N. & S. ends	D	197
May	1902	Band stand obstruction on Main St. moved to Village lot.	D	200
May	1902	D.C.&P. Traction Co., help construct P. Hill ditch and widen Main St.	D	201
May	1902	D.C.&P. Traction Co. granted time extension to complete Railway	D	203
June	1902	Paving of street used by Traction	D	206
July	1902	Street com. reported survey on Hill Ave made and corner stones placed	D	209
July	1902	F.M. Longnaker contract of paving Monument square	D	212
Aug.	1902	Removal of Band Stand to Village lot	D	216
Aug.	1902	Two crossings on Main St. at Pearl and Henry Streets	D	217
Oct.	1902	D.C.&P. Traction Co. entertains Village Officials	D	223
Dec.	1902	Purchase new Fire Hose	D	226
Dec.	1902	Wm. Yarber, Greenville asked for franchise for Trolley to run east and west	D	227
Mch.	1903	All sidewalks on Main St. accepted except in front of Favorite's	D	239
Mch.	1903	Right to use streets and alleys of Village for telephone purposes	D	240
Apr.	1903	County Commissioners right to construct ditch	D	243
May	1903	Curfew	D	250
June	1903	Petition to narrow Monument Ave. and widen sidewalks	D	253
Aug.	1903	Build sidewalks on North St. from Main to School House	D	258
Sept.	1903	Bids open for Monument Ave work	D	259
Feb.	1904	Bell Telephone Co. wants Franchise to erect poles for lines	D	274
Apr.	1904	Contracts awarded for cement flor in new and old engine houses	D	279
Apr.	1904	Band stand to sell to highest bidder	D	279
Apr.	1904	Contract awarded to build addition to Fire House	D	280
Aug.	1904	Improve E. Monument Ave. cement walks	E	1
Aug.	1904	Prescribing duties of board of trustees of sinking fund	E	1
Oct.	1904	Improvement of W. Monument Ave from Church St. to Pearson Ave.	E	9
Nov.	1904	Sidewalk from Rench's to west line	E	15
Dec.	1904	Streets walks and gutters on W. Monument Ave. completed	E	19
Dec.	1904	Bonds sold to "Sinking Fund" money deposited in Bank	E	19
Mch.	1905	Purchase cage put in Council room	E	29
June	1905	Improve Henry St. from Main to Church	E	40
Sept.	1905	Sidewalk width changed from 11' to 12'	E	55
Oct.	1905	Public bldg., erected by Township and Village	E	66
Oct.	1905	Tax levied on taxing property in Township and Village money to build building	E	66
Aug.	1906	Proposed buying land from John Shoe for Alley	E	106
Sept.	1906	Martindale's allowed to move gutter	E	112
Feb.	1907	Shoe alley controversy	E	129
Mch.	1907	Plat shows no alley running between Hoffman's and Lee Stout	E	132
Mch.	1907	Lay out alley south side of Lot #16 from Williams to Church St.	E	133
Mch.	1907	Settlement between Shoe $ petitioners	E	136
Apr.	1907	Teeter Sunnyside addition	E	137
Jan.	1908	Waterworks and Sewer Com. secured option on springs at Divens and Moss	E
Mch.	1908	Issue bonds for purpose of erection Waterworks	E	189
Mch.	1908	Board of Trustees of Public Affairs be established	E	190
Mch.	1908	General plan of sewerage for Village	E	191
May	1908	Unlawful to spit around in public	E	200
June	1908	waterworks and Sewerage separate propositions	E	204
July	1908	Mrs. Shoemaker desired to withdraw some of her land from corporation	E	212
Aug.	1908	Opening of sewer on Longnaker property	E	220
Sept.	1908	Mansfield bank highest bid for bonds	E	232
Oct.	1908	Width of street along Brown property	E	233
Jan.	1909	Alberry presented matter of electric lights	E	249
Feb.	1909	Meat Peddler's license	E	255
Apr.	1909	Approve Longnaker & Cain Plat	E	261
May	1909	Construct sidewalks, curbs and gutters on Hill Ave from Main to Williams	E	271
June	1909	Discussion as to best place to erect Waterworks	E	279
July	1909	Lee Stauffer Addition	E	281
July	1909	Will Seng proposed to sell village ground for Waterworks	E	184
Nov.	1909	Alley along Beery Bldg.	E	307
Feb.	1910	Teeter land to be left in Village Corp.	E	326
Oct.	1910	Fix old State Rd. from west of cemetery on Walnut St. to Waterworks station	E	373
Nov.	1910	Funds transferred from Bldg. & Loan to Pleasant Hill Bank	E	382
Mch.	1911	Issue and sell Bonds for Waterworks	F	2
May	1911	P. Hill Banking Co.'s bid only one received for Waterworks	F	11
June	1911	Traction Co. to settle for Franchise by July first	F	12
June	1911	Cross walk at Stutzman's corner	F	14
July	1911	Meters for heaviest water consumers	F	17
July	1911	Berry Home Coming	F	17
Sept.	1911	Sewer proposition discussed	F	23
Nov.	1911	Sidewalks, curbs, gutters on Grace St. Hill Ave and Williams St.	F	30
May	1912	Curb on E. High and Maple St..	F	63
May	1912	Sidewalks on N. side of Walnut St. from Main to Harrisons	F	69
June	1912	Franchise for Gas Service	F	73
Sept.	1912	Build fence on south side of cemetery and entrance	F	85
Mch.	1914	Franchise granted for Electric Light Plant	F	162
June	1914	Prohibit burning of rubbish, leaves, paper on street	F	180
Sept.	1914	Sprinkling system	F	195
Nov.	1914	DC&P to repair Main St where tracks are	F	91
Sept.	1915	Issue Bonds for purpose of resurfacing & Improving streets	F	251
Dec.	1915	Tax levied on all taxable property to pay interest on bonds	F	262
Oct.	1916	Part payment of Bank note	G	5
Feb.	1917	Whether there is deed for N.B. Teeter ground off Lot #48	G	17
Mch.	1917	W. C. Storms plat	G	21
June	1917	Regards to Waterworks & Englewood Dam	G	29
Aug.	1917	Auto speed law enforced	G	41
Sept.	1917	Move Christian Church parsonage back off the street	G	43
Nov.	1917	Fire bell placed on Water Tower	G	47
Jan.	1918	People in need of fuel	G	58
May	1918	Sign contract with Miami Conservancy	G	71
Nov.	1918	Change franchise of Lighting Co.	G	88
Dec.	1918	Paving Main Street	G	90
Jan.	1919	Improving Main St. length & width	G	106
Apr.	1919	Annexation of territory to Village	G	113
Apr.	1920	Road built to Waterworks	G	150
Apr.	1920	Make new plat of Chas. Harrison's lot	G	151
July	1921	Cain & Patty ditch petition completed	G	189
Feb.	1922	New Pump and motor for pumping water for village	G	210
June	1922	Oiling street	G	223
July	1922	Permit orderly game of baseball on Sunday	G	227
Feb.	1923	Streets to be oiled	G	243
Apr.	1923	Improving Hill Ave	G	250
June	1923	Petition for oiling High St. between Church & Williams St.	G	254
July	1923	Amt Assesses property owners for oiling	G	258
Feb.	1924	Improvement of Main St.	G	291
Apr.	1924	Oiling of Monument Ave. Maple Hill and Long St.	H	2
May	1924	Edward Landis Case	H	5
May	1924	Change of Time	H	6
June	1924	Gravel for Locust St.	H	8
July	1924	Alley trouble between Mr. Long and Mrs. DeBra	H	9
Oct.	1924	Improving Main St. width	H	80
Feb.	1925	Changing street light from High St at RR to High between Church & Williams	H	92
June	1926	Main St. repaired by rolling & oiling	H	103
Mch.	1926	Traffic & Parking regulations	H	124
May	1926	Water main extension discussed	H	130
June	1926	Franchise to the Ohio Fuel & Gas Co.	H	134
Sept.	1926	Sewer across Williams St from Seng's corner to Teeter's corner	H	146
Nov.	1926	Wm Eby relative to tearing up rails of DC&P	H	149
Apr.	1927	Change time from Central S.T. to E.S.T	H	160
Apr.	1927	Constructing single County ditch in Pleasant Hill	H	161
May	1927	Organize Volunteer Fire Co.	H	164
June	1927	Issue bonds Amt. to be expended for fire-fighting apparatus	H	166
July	1927	Bus Line	H	168
Dec.	1927	Ditch from point wet of Cemetery gate east to sewer	H	184
Mch.	1928	Purchase Fire Truck	H	195
July	1928	D.P.&L. Co. Transmission line	H	205
Sept.	1928	Traffic regulations	H	216
Mch.	1930	Herbst complaint relative to water way of S. Long St.	H	253
Apr.	1930	Sidney Strong special deputy for school children	H	258
Jan.	1931	Deposit funds in Citizens National Bank at Covington	H	280
Mch.	1932	Contract with Buckeye Light & Power Co. to furnish Power at Waterworks	H	309
May	1932	Purchase reflectors for Monument	H	316
Aug.	1932	Part of Fire Truck Bonds returned	H	328
Aug.	1932	Build gutter along south side of Rench's property	H	328
Oct.	1932	Discontinue lighting of Village No funds	H	338
Dec.	1932	Paying of note to Citizens National Bank	H	344
June	1933	Ascertain number of lights needed in Village	H	357
Oct.	1933	Repair prison and engine room	H	370
Jan.	1934	Application for CWA work	H	380
Feb.	1934	Bid for Village funds by Citizens National Bank	H	384

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