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576 , -'-' -- - ,- - ---- ,- - - - - -, - -- either department, that the last man on should be the first man off. In this case Mr. Neil F. Ellis would be the last one in the police department and Mr. ,7. Schanno woul~ be the last one in the fire department. The motion was carried. # . ."., (,,. I ~t Mayor Large stated that owing to war conditions it had been necessary "'-J to have the Northwestern Power Company lines moved from the airport property. 0: He said the C.A.A. had sent a'man down here and it was necessa.ry that the power lines be moved at once. He had authorized this work to be done and it was nearly . completed. The City would have to pay the bill, however, it was not definite what it would be, probably aroune $700.00. ,Councilman Bond said in view of the emergen y situation, he believed the Mayor had acted wisely an,"lthis situation. A motion' by Bond and seconded by Stewart that the Mayor be given a vote of confidence for 8 this work was carried. I Councilman Hawn stated a group of merchants consisting of W.S. Garrett, Ford Hand and one or two others had approached him regarding tickets for ovextime parking from now until after Christmas. He stated this should probably be in Mr. Bond's hands but these people had come to him and requested courtesy tickets be given in place of the regular overtime parking tickets. Councilman Bond stated the same group had contacted him and he told them he was n0t ready to make a decision offhand but that he had suggested to them that the regular overtime park ng tickets should be :gi ven and 'when they appeared at the poli ce office they could be told that owing to the holiday season they would be excused for their first offense but they would be asked not to repeat the offense again. This privilege would in noviw~y apply to the merchants or their employees. Mr. Bond stDted that this was satisfactory with the merchants. A motion was made by Bond and seconded 9 by Hawn that this plan be adopted. Motion was carried. Councilman Bond said the Police Department had requested that he bring up at the council meeting the question of ammunition for the policemen. He sa id the policemen had to pay for their own ammunition for both practice and actual use. He said the ammunition the police officers had at this time was getting old and should be used. He stated it was-his recommendation the council should buy the police department a thousand rounds of ammunition which would cost about $25.00. A motion by Stewart and seconded by Hawn that the city purchase for the 10 Police Department a thousand rounds of ammunition was carried. Councilman Bond said Chief Bergman had talked to him regarding the I licensing of bicycles. He explained ~here was a license plate similiar to the automobile license and there was wire and a lead seal to fasten it on. He said it was their intention to attach these plates to each b~cycle and make a charge of 251t for 'this. He said this bicycle regulation idea had been worked successfull in several Uregon cities and it was one of the things recommended by the P.T.A. Safety Council in their report to him. He stated that Chief Bergman said there would be about, 3000 bicycles to reiister. The c,ost ~f the plates would be $100.0 and the wire $18.00 and the seals 5.00, stationary $25.00, making a total of $148.00. The charge of 251t for each tag would bring in $750.00. ' Councilman Stewa said he thougt this was too much money to take away from the students when their parents have such hard work meeting all of the demands made on the students and he thought the tags should be furnished free. Councilman Hawn said there should be some way of using a part of this money to induce the bicycle riders to observe traffic regulations. He said some kind of a school s.llould be carried on and prize given for the best cooperation with the ordinance (bicycle). Both Mr. Hawn and Mr. Brownson thought this money should not be placed in the General Fund but should be put in a special fund where it could be used for betterment of bicycle regulations. Councilman Bond stated it was the police department's intention tbchavesahio1ficerlgo to each school and give instructions regardihg the bicycle ordinance and bicycle traffic regulations. The school board said they would compel all students to get these licenses. It was agreed that the Chief should be given authority to purchase pmates, wires and seals and that at the next council meeting some sort of an' agreement should be worked out regarding the disposition of the 11 funds. I Councilman Stewart said 'on account of the new firemen it would be necessary to have more equipment in the fire department. He said there would have to be new beds and new bedding, turnout suits and material for the making of new lockers. He said th$s would probably cost in the neighborhood of $300 or $400 and there appeared to be sufficient funds in the Fire Department for this. A motion by Stewart, seconded by Farrington that the committee be authorized to 1 make these purchases was carried. Councilman Stewart stated that the Fire Department was in need of new I hose. He explained that even with the five hundred feet which was ordered and not yet delivered they would not have sufficient hose. He said when they were on a run and the hose got wet, it would either have to be put back in the truck wet or some of the trucks would have to be without hose. Resaid there 'Shollad be at least another 1000 feet of hose, because of the war emergency. He thought it was necessary that this be purchased and paid out of the emergency fund. After considerable discussion regarding the matter the Recorder was authorized to ad- vertize for bids for fire hose to be opened at the next council meeting. At the next council meeting a decision could be made as to whether or not it was adYisable ~~ to purchase the hose at this time. .....