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R. O. P. 95 1920 t At a regular meeting of the City Cm3_ucil Febr,3ary 1Vth there Messrs-- T. A. Bunting, M. Po Claud~ N,'H. Cutpepp~p, Jo T. Hanvey, Eo H. Wright, 5. Also the City Mar~ger. were present: The minutes of the regular m~eting Februa~y loth were read and were approved. REPORTS OF DEPARTMh~NTS Noreport Public Service-- R&ferred Februar~y 10th A co.~um3nieation from th~ City ~nag~ setting forth'that the St. Cleanin~! Trash & Garba_ge, and St. Re~ G~s on ~L~proved S~eets h~ve been C?~t~iledS0 as to keep the ~ny e~oe~di t~es with~ the ~dget for !720. Also ~hat the ~es t~$~Hout t~ City are badly ~ need of attentien and that t~ c~tch bas~s sho~d be cleaned periodloa!ty. ~og~ess as to City ~nage~ sub,its estimates' f~P 'the foi!ow~g w0~k:- sidewalk on ~ No~th side of Hig~ at, set'in the lO00 block, ~ ft., $950.00; redeck'the' West~P~k View Bf, idge with 3 ~; flooring, $5,525.00; paving on Cook~ street, 'between~Glasgow and-~Hig~, .-~cl~inE~c~b~, $!3,059.00; side- walk on both sides of Sixth Avenue, ~m 8o~ty~ ~ G~mgow, 8 ft. wide, $5,~44.00. It is recom~nded t~t t~ work be done. A co~ication ~om the City ~nager ~at~ t~t the 0fflee~s ~ charge of t~ ca, ts for street ~ie~i~ claim that the d~ivers are no~ s~ficient to meet the dem~ds in order to ~- ta~ efficiency. Manager ~ street paving, as shown on blueprint and Recommendation f~,m the City ~OgreS's. Recommendation of the Ozty Manager -that he '~be authorized to hav~ prepared plans, snecifi- cations, and detaml estmmates of eost~ looking to tb~ const~ctlon tf sewers, all app'~ten~uees and 'equipment in connection therewith in Area #~ znd 'the East part of~ ~ea #2 submitted, and let contracts for construction of same as soon as funds ean Be'Provided'and set aside for this p~- pose; the cost of all engineer.~work In eonnection the_ewzth to b~p~id out of such fur~s hereafter provided for the sewer area herein mentioned; and t~at $2,~CO.00 be made available at once for the necessary preliminary work before letting e0nt~aet. Eef¢~red,%~ the,.i~uc~ Department without reoe~mend~tio~ from the Committee. Reso%ution of the ~adison Wa~d Civic League that the Co,nc'il au~horzze the condemnation of sufficient lands through Ge~der 'Creekfor t~e our00~e ofe~%endingm. Washing$on street to Liu- co!n st, ee~ and Sixth street to ~ashington andHa~ri~on Street§. It is recomm~en~ed that this resolution be re~erred to the City .P~nager. (Signed) i W . · .... "~ ~ .~. Culpepper, Cha~mano On motion, the financial matters in the ~eport were referred to the Fin~,nce Dep~rtment, and the balance of the report was adopted~ e st;z~z ~.e s. i Public P~oper ty-- No report Public safety-- Public Wel fare ~- No report No report Finance-- · ' ' "Owing to the cau~in~ed ~l/ne~s:of I~.~ ~erbert an8 his family which upon the ad- vice of his physician has ~pt him eonfi~d to his home, it D~s'been i~ossible for t~ F~anee 'Co~ittee to held a seethe and work out reports for the 'Co~ctI ~etin~ of this eveni~. "As reputed at t~ last ~et~g of the~Oo~il~bhe Co~itt~e is agreed tb~t a reco~enda- '{i0n ~s to ~n ~crease ~sal~ies of ~mbers of~ t~ Potie~ and Fire Departr~nts will beco~ effective as of Janua~ l, 1920. Other matters ~ta~ to ~creases of City employees bo~ for the Seh~l teachers will also be worked 0ut~by ~the C0~ittee ~d a report form~ted just as soon as ~. Herbert i~ ~r~tted by his p~sician t~ at~end a C~ittee meet~g, which ~. H~bert~advised over p~ne ~ t~s will Be ~!day. If t~oo~itt~ i~ able to hold%his ~etLug ~id%v we will req~est that a Council ~et~g be held Monday evenly,at which t~me the repo~ts will be ~de." (Si~ned) T.A. B%~t~E, Special Water Committee-~ ProgPe ss. The following co~muunications were read from the City Manager: let. Notice that on Februm~y l~th he appeared W~ E. ~tc~tl as~a p~tr0!~n For special duty~in~co~eCtion with the Portsmout~ Uotton Oil RefLu~g C-o~y~s pl~t; and 't~t'~ ~.s appeared M. A.' No~ecook as a ~er of t~ Fly~g Sq~d for Chambers F~ Engi~ Co., said appo~tment to be effective sleight Febru~ ~ motion, the notices were ordered to be filed. [