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February 9th, !~3. capacity, three of which are being mounted on trucks and_will give us added prOtection. These trucks will carry, in addition to the pumper, ladders, hose, fire extinguishers and other equipment. When completed, we will have six such units and will give the City much needed increased protection. We were fortunate.during the year.in securing priorities for two new fire epginesof Nack design, one of 750 gallon c~Oacity and one of 1,CO0 gallon capacity; also a 85'~ aerial truck of Peter Pirsch make. It is expected that the truck will be delivered in April and the ladder within ninety days. However, due to government regulations, there may be some delay, but it is my sincere hope that all of the equipment will be delivered by the of June. The City h~s purchased two life nebs,one to be carried on the aerial truck and one on the City service truck. This additional life saving feature is welcomed by the Fire Department, because the need is great as a protective 2suture in the event of fires. During t9~2, the Department answered 971 alarms which was an in crease of 53 ever the year 195t. The Department answered twenty four calls for the inhalabor, ten were dead on arrival and fourteen were revived~by the inhalator squad. The approximate fire loss was $167,105.50, an increase of $62,259. over the year 1941. .HEALTH DEPARTNENT The Health Bepartment, which was established as an independent branch of the City Government during ~he latter part of the year 19~l,.added many new servicesl during 1~2, which included e~oansion of their program o f controlling communicable diseases, holding nurses~ classes, expanded laboratory services, restaurant ~nd food inspection en!arged~ s~nitaryp rogram revised and improved by the installation o f an inaependent milk sanitation program. . . There has been a great increase in the cost of supplies and neces- sary equipment and our load in this Department has been greatly increased. We have two addi - tional people on ~he City payroll, one from the StateDepartment and an additional Public Health nurse from the U.S. Public Health Service. It was the misfortune of this Department to lose the services of D. W.Nurden, who baa served the Oity faithfully over a number of years. Ttis Department is doing everything within its power and wilt con- tinue to do anything necessary to protect the health of our citizens. PUBLIO_.SERVIOE DEPARTMENT During the year 1~2, we had great difficulty in maintaining the collection of refuse and the repair of our streets. The first was due to the limitation of man pewee and higher wages paid by construction and naval establishments with which the'City government found it impossible to compete. ~ne difficulty with reference to street repair was due to our inability t~ secure asphalt from the Federal Government. ~ehave had a great a~oun~ of turnover which has constantly caused us to ~eplace existing ~ersonnel with inexper- ienced men. tn addition, we have found it lmpossiOle to secure trucks and we are at this time working on securing additional equipment from t~e Office of Defense Transportation. in 1~O, 1~3,~2~ ~ons of trash an~ garOage were collected at a cos~ of'$19,137.O5. In 1~,2, we collected 213,954 tons at a cost of $35,256.00. In round figures, ~here was an increase of five per cent in tonnage and cost. ~ite ~f~en, the question o f street improvements is brought to oar attention, but~due ~o asphalt products Oeing critical materials and essential in many pluases of the war program, this is impossible ~o secure. It is needless to report that there is a shortage of tanks and tank cars ~o move asphalt, due to the need of fuel oils for War demands I doubt seriously whether munl$ipalities will be allowed asphalt during the coming year for anything except vital~maintenance work. We did about $15,000. new ~rk during the year and did a consider- able amount of pa~ rig. The Federal Government assisted us by expending about $368,000. for pavement covering First St., Seventh St., Gosport Road and Green St. A. considerable amount of drainage, street extension, sanitar~ sewers andstreet cleaning was accomplished by this ~e - par~ment andevery effor~ ~s made So keep the street clean and t~ collect the garbage and trash as expeditiously as possible. Under the Lanham Act Community Facilities Bill, the City has asked for considerable assistance f~om the Federal Governmett. It is not the intention o f the Oity to propose or ask for Federal aid on any p rejects except those made necessary by the influx of people to this community. The 0ity will share its responsibility in all of this enlarged Pro-I gram necessitated by War work, and will only seek Government a sslstance ~uhen and if we feel it can be JUstified and the need is critical." O~ mo~ion ordered filed. 8th - ~ne Manager presented the following ordinance: "AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF AN EX-OFFICIO GAME WARDEN, AND PRESORIBING HIS POWERS LAND DUTIES." On motion-of Mr. Hutehins, said ordinance was placed o n its first ~eading. 9th - ~'We face a very strenuous and hazardous yea~ in 1943 to maintain ou~_budget requirements ~th the g~eat increase in costs against the possibility o f decrease in revenue from the following sourc~s: 1. Reduction in income from parking meters. 2. Reduction in'court fines due ~o abatement of traffic. 3. Potential reduction in automobile city licenses.