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9~ -- . - ,_. -- Council Chambers, Eugene, Oreg'on. M . ....... I August 13, 1928. -.... ; (-~":. '.,-. ......,.' Minutes of' the regular meeting of the Common Council held at the hour of 7:30 o"clock P. M. on August 13th, 1928, there being present Mayor A. L. Williamso and all members of the Council, except McCully, Washburne, and Reid, who were absent. Meeting called to ol'der by the Mayor at 7:30 o'clock P. M. ("l . . . - A communication from Daivd Langmabk and Thfurshall Fields was read, in which said parties were asking for an exclusive franchise for the use of th e A v i at 'i on Field. A letter was also read from Tex Rankin, in which said party protested against the letting of a contract to anyone company for the exclusive use of the Avaition Field. lJhe ses two comlIIunicat ions, together wi th the. one recei ved from the Hobi Aiiways Company at, a former meeting, were refer'red to the Judiciary Committee and the City Attorney:'f_o!' further consideration and report at the next me'eting of the Council. Gouncilman Rugh s])oke against t,he letting of a contract to any Company or Gompanies for the Aviation Field. A communication from Frank Scott, Business Agent for" the "'ommon Laborers, asking that a mimLmum wage of $5.00 for eight hours work be established by the Council togetper with the petition from the Hod Carriers Union presented to the Council on July 234d, was referred to the Judiciary Coauni ttee for report at the next meeting of the Council. \ ,- The City Attorney .reported on the matter of the assessment against the Holeman property, and recommended that a former proposal in which a reduction of 50% was offered be again offered, and, on motion, the C ounci 1 adopited such prqposal, providing it would be acceptable tq th e par ties. A letter from H. T. Holden was read, in which he claims damages to a pair of shoe s on ac c O\lnt of kicking an 0 b s truc t ion in the sidewalk in front of Broder I Bros. but no action was taken in the ma tter. The appoint"lent of John lfields as Assistant Recor~er was made by Mayor A. L. Williamson, and the following resolution was adopted by the Council confirming such appointment: -R E SOL UTI 0 N- RESOLVED: That pursuant to the appointment heretofore made by Hon. / , A. L. Williamson, Mayor of the City of Eugene,' appoint~ng John Fields . as Assistant Recorder and also as Recorder pro-tem, with auth.ndl'ity to act " ,as Police Judge in the absence of the Recorder, when the Recorder is un- able to ac t, be and the same is hereby in all things confirmed, and the " said Recorder is hereby authorized and empowered to perform all the duties r and exercise all of the au thority of said Recorder in the absence of the Recorder or when the Recorder is unable to ac t , both as Clerk of the Common Council and as Police Magistrate ot the City of Eugene. . As, per the call, bids were opened for the paving of Twelfth Avenue from Charnelton Street to Polk Street except the Block between Van Buran and Tyler Streets as follows: (For Vibrolithic Pavement~ $~6,167.50 I Stien Bros. "- (for Warrenite;::Bitulithic Pavement) Warren C onstruc ti on Co. $30,884.05 S tien Bros. 28,834.35 ....