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<br />I! Council Chambers, Eugene, Oregon.
<br />, ij July 13, 1942
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<br />I i The minutes of the regular meeting held Monday evening, July 13, 1942 at ~
<br />~ 7:30 P.M. All councilmen present with the exception of Koppe and Stewart.
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<br />;1 Dave Evans addressed the Council in regard to sick leaves for the City
<br />" employees. He said that at the meeting on June 22, 1942, he was speaking only
<br />:! for the Police Department, but that at this time he was representing the Police
<br />:1 Department, the Fire Department, and the Street Department, in fact, all the
<br />;J City employees. He stated that petitions had been signed by substantial
<br />~ businessmen of the City of Eugene and that these would be turned over to the
<br />:! Council. He requested that a committee be appointed by the Mayor, and that
<br />, the committee, in addition to the Council members should consist of' a rep-
<br />:i resentative from the City employees, and also one from the businessmen of the
<br />Ii City. He stated that they were asking for a fifteen-day sick leave allowance
<br />" for the City employees. He stated that it appeared to be the reason that the
<br />:, Council had discontinued the sick leave was on account of abuse of this privilege
<br />:1 and that he felt the abuse should be done away with by placing some regulations,
<br />~I and that sick leave should be restored. At this time Councilman Koppe appeared.
<br />'j Mr. Evans stated that the City had already lost some employees and on account of
<br />:j conditions would lose others, and that he thought the t something should be
<br />:, done favorable to the employees to encourage them to stay wi th the City. He
<br />:1 stated that the situation had been thoroughly explained to whoever the petitions
<br />i had been presented, and that they were familiar with what they were signing,
<br />;i and that they were mostly the heads of businesses or professional men, and that
<br />II there were about 140 names on the nine different petitions, and that at this
<br />! time he wished to present them to the Mayor with a request that the committee
<br />~ be appointed for future consideration. Fattier Leipzig was present and addressed
<br />:1 the Council regarding this sick leave. He said he was interested in the state-
<br />:i ment that the matter had been fully explained to the parties who had signed
<br />:! the, petitions, as often times in 'Circulating petitions this was not done. He
<br />) said he was deeply interested in the matter' and endorsed the idea that a
<br />1 '1 committee should be appointed to further investigate the situation. He stated
<br />I :, that it was very necessary that the City have a full Fire and Police force, and
<br />'! that as they were rather underpaid he felt that this matter of sick leave should
<br />. :! be given serious consideration. R. A. :Mclnnis addressed the Council and stated /
<br />:\ that he was representing the Central Labor Council and the Building Trades ~
<br />J Council and stated that he shared ,the views of the previous speakers and urged
<br />;1 that the .committee be appointed to ma~e the investigation. George Hal ton also
<br />;1 addressed the 'Council and stated that under the' present conditions the City
<br />l _employees did not have too much to look forward to, and that he felt that this
<br />:,i sick leave: should be restored to the City employees, and was heartily in favor
<br />il of appointing the committee to make the investigation. As there were no others,
<br />'I who wished to address the Council on the subject, the Mayor stated that he would
<br />1 like to hear from the Council as to what they wished to do in the:ma tter. ,
<br />:i Councilman Brownson stated that he thought the matter should have had more con-
<br />:: sideration at the time the sick leave was done away with, and that he was heartily
<br />," in f'avor of a committee being appointed. Mayor Large stated that he fel t that
<br />:! the Gommi ttee should be limited to Council members and that at the committee
<br />if meetings anyone could be heard that desired to represent the employees. Council-
<br />',: man Farrington stated that he felt that a good deal of cinsideration had been
<br />,; given this sub je ct previously. A motion was made by Brownson and seconded by
<br />:! Hawn that a committee of Council members be appointed by the Mayor. The motion
<br />:~ was carried. Mayor Large stated that he believed that this matter should be
<br />; left in the hands of the Health Committee, and that he would appoint the Health
<br />;: Committee, which consists of Brownson, Farrington, and Bond, to hold such hearings
<br />~ regarding the subject as they see fit.
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<br />:t . Mr. Ralph Kindler, representing the property owners in the McMillan Street
<br />I district asked that improvements be made to the streets in that locality. Mr.
<br />:; Barette. explained that on account of the late spring the City was behind in its
<br />2 :: work, and that at this time it was necessary to complete repairs to the bridges
<br />" over the Mill Race and the Amazon slough, and that a little later the work in
<br />, this district would be taken care of.
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<br />i: Mr. F. G. Knox, secretary of. the Fair Grounds Association, asked what, had
<br />~ been done regarding the refund for th~ Russell Brothers Circus license bf $100.00.
<br />I:! At this time the Mayor asked the Recorder to read the letter from the Russell
<br />I' Bros. Circus,' asking for a refund of the $100.00 license fee which had been paid.
<br />. The letter stated that the circus had been set up south of the Amazon slough
<br />!: in the Fair Grounds, and therefore was outside the City limits, and that they
<br />:: felt they were entitled to a refund of the $100.00 license fee that had been paid.
<br />: The letter stated that the circus had been set up south of the Amazon slough
<br />r: in the Fair Grounds, and therefore was outside the City limits, and Councilman
<br />i! Hawn stated that it appeared to be a case of the City and the County bidding
<br />,: against each other for the fees, and that he did not like the attitude and was
<br />;; not in favor of refunding the money. Councilman Farrington stated he would like
<br />~, to know why Mr. Knox had explaiaed to the Circus people that if they would move
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