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614 I" .~ .,', At this time, Councilman Brownson arrived. Mr. Shumaker stated that it was necessary that control headquarters be set up, that under present conditions things were running at loose ends for a lack of centralization. He stated that it was the Army's recommendation that there should be five phone trunk lines installed for the headquarters but that it was imperative that headquarters with at least one telephone line be installed. There was considerable discussion,by the council regarding what set-up was immediately necessary. Nlr. Howard 1V1erriam, Co-ordinator for the Lane County O.C.D. was present and stated that he had to r~ke extensive monthly reports to the Army regarding the Lane County work and that one of the questions in this report was what was the City of Eugene doing. He said that so far he had to report that there was nocentral headquarters and that it was quite likely that there might be some orders issued from the Army regarding the situation. A motion was made by Councilman Hawn and seconded by Councilman Brownson that money b~ appropriated out of the Emergency Fund until July 1st for an office to be set up in the City Hall and that one trunk-line telephone be installed; the location of the office to be determined by Mayor Large and Mr. Shumaker. This motion was carried. Councilman Stewart explained that if this headquarter were set up in the Fire Department that he thought a Fireman could be delegated to answer the phone. The matter of Emergency Casualty Stations was brought up and it was explained that Dr. Thompson expected these three stations to be installed, but he supposed one at the Eugene Hospit~l, one at the Walker Clinic, and one at the Sacred Heart Hospital. Councilman Hawn stated that it seemed to him that the City should order a at least one of these Casualty Stations. Mayor Large stated that the Government had an appropriation of a million dollars to furnish suppiies to Cities of over 10,00 population within 300 miles of the coa~t line, and in the list allotted to Eugene there were two of the Casualty Stations listed. Councilman Bond stated that it was not definite when the Government would be able to furnish supplies to Cities of over 10,000, and if the City needed anything of the kind, they would need it badly and he did not believe it was wise to set up an organization without something for them to work with. After some further discussion by the Council a motion was mad~ and seconded that an order be placed for one Casualty Station at a price of :jp450.00 to be paid for out of the Emergency Fund. This motion was carried. A motion was made by Councilman Bond and seconded by Councilman 'Hawn that the palance of the proposed Budget for the O.C.D be referred to the City Budget Committee. I ~ ...... ~'" J .,~ ~ I 3 The Judiciary Committee had no report. I The Finance Committee reported n~gardillg a proposal from Adolph and Miriam Stumpf to trade a part of their lot at 2112 Emerald Street for a part of a lot in that location owned by the City. The City to trade the West i of Lot 2, Block 23, Gross Addition for the East i of Lot 1 in the same block. Mr. Farrington explained that this was a good trade for the City, as it would leave the City a much better... tf'RCt, ~han they': now owned. ~_It, was the A'I PPRfll.5 L. jl-PiVI,NZ:; \4L-R'eA:OY :e.E~1V ........D~ .,.. recommendation of the Finance Comm~t eeAt a~ th~s trade be made. Qa motion by Douncilman Stewart and seco~ded by Councilman Bond, the recom~endation of the Finance Committee was approved and the Mayor and the Recorder were authorized to sign the necessary papers to make the transfer. '4 At this time, Councilman Farrington brought up the matter of the salary paid Mr. Ray Pence in the Recorder's Office. ne pointed out that Mr. Pence was receiving only $115.00 a month and that he thought he was entitled to more money, and that he wished to make a motion that Mr. Pence be paid $125.00 a month for the months of April, May, and June. Councilman Bond stated that he was friendly to the suggestion of Mr. Farrington regarding the change in this salary, but that he did not believe it was a good plan to make the change before the first of July when the new Budget would go into effect. He stated that if a change were made at this time, there might be others wishing changes and he did not think it was a good policy to Change before Budget making time. Mr. Farrington stated that Mr. Pence was receiving the lowest salary of anyone and that he did not think it was right. The motion of Mr. Farrington was seconded by Mr. Stewart and all Councilman present voting Aye, except Councilman Bond, who voted no. The motion was declared carried. Councilman Farrington, chairman of the Finance Committee, presented the bills for the month of March, 1942, with a recommendation that they be allowed and warrants drawn for the same. The ayes and nays were called, councilmen voting aye: Bond, Farrington, Koppe, Barette, Stewart, Brownson, Hawn, and Pennington; nay, none. The recommendation was unanimously approved. I 5 6 General Fund Eugene Public Library Aetna Life InS. Company ~etna Life Ins. Company John Fields, Recorder Pro Tem John Fields, Recorder Pro Tem Eugene Hospital & Clinic Pacific Hospital Association Associated Oil Company R. A. Babb:LCO. $1,041.66 124.00 61.35 10.05 9'7.31 28.00 94.00 54.63 539.00 Ballou & Wright, Broadway, Inc. R. E. Buck S. M. Calkins Calkins & Calkins Eugene HardwaFe Company Packer Scott Company Carlson, Hatton, & Hay Central Heating Company $ ~Aili. 48 32.06 ~n30 126.00 1.15 116.98 66.60 40.51 28.75 I ~