12/28/1936 Meeting - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

~ 553 " ~ - - --. . . - ,- -- -- " - - ~ .. ~. - , ,- _7__~_.___. . . -- - - - . - .- , --. -_. _. - __ '0_ _ _~ __'W'______. __.. ___ - -- - - -- -- . - ,- -- - - ' ,. --- -- -'- - ,. - -- - -- - - , -- - ---- ---. - -- Mr. Obak Wallace of the,_ Rainbow Restaurant made a very strong plea for reversal of the" Committee's, action for refusing to grant him a Class B license. I Mr. Deburgh pointed out that inasmuch as the council had definitely increased the gran~ing of Class. B License, he felt that the Rainbow and the Club Cigar Vl Store were entitled to theirs. Upon motion made by 'Councilman Hendershott and duly -Q1 seconded that Class B Licenses be granted to Club Cigar Store, Rainbow and Cafe Del . ....:"' ;-,~ ,20 Rey, if the latter wished it, and this motion was carried and approved. . '.." ,-,,:>' Clarence Wilcox, proprietor of the White Palace'Restaurant, asked the council for a Hotel and Restaurant License for his place of business. Upon motion made by Councilman Hendershott and seconded by Lamb the balance of the recommenda- , 21 tions on beer and wine made by the Police Committee, as 'presented, were approved. After due consideration the Police Committee, by acting chairman Bond, re- commended that the police radio be purchased from RCA through the local agency, H. W. White Electric Company. A price of $1750.00 is to be paid with a payment of $750.00 down and $1000 to be paid when the installation is completed and accepted. It is further agreed that the equipment is to be maintained by the. city without \ charge for a period of ninety days after installation. The recommendation of the .. 22 Police Committee was unanimously approved. ~ Councilman Bond recommended that the Police Committee be empowered to pur- chase ~ome badly needed furniture from the emergency fund for the police headquarter . It was discussed whether or not such steps could be taken as they did not believe that this could be considered as an emergency. Attorney Calkins pointed out that the council as a levying body could transfer funds from the emergency fund to the Police account. ,Upon motion made and seconded, funds were ordered transferred ~rom the emergency to the Police fund and the Police Committee empowered to act to the /23 extent of $150.00 and this motion was unanimously approved. M'r s. w. H. Maxham, member of the Park Board, presented a report showing the work done by the WPA in 1936. She reported that Federal Funds amounting to ap- proximately $9,586.00 were spent on the parks during the past year. Councilman Carlson stated that he felt the citizen members of the Park Board deserve exception- al praise for the work thei had accomplished this year. Upon motion made and / 24 seconded, a vote of thanks was extended to the Park Board for th~ir fine services. I At this time discussion was opened by Councilman Bond with respect to Dale Croner's status on the force of the fire department. Mr. Bond stated that he had contacted two members of the Commission for their opinion in regard to amending the ordinance to read three months instead of six months service prior to passage of the civil service ordinance and one commissioner voiced definite disapproval with the other taking no stand at all. Mr. Zumwalt stated that Mr. Croner had visited I him on a number of occasions, and he felt that if the ordinance is amended that in . the future actions of similar nature will have to be taken by the council. Council- man Hendershott stated that the history of the Croner family showed that they were respectable and that steps should be taken to protect his job. Mr. Carlson felt that something should be done if it is within the province of the council to do it. Attorney Calkins pointed out-that the ordinance ,could be amended and made retro- active. Mr. F. J. Reese addressed the council, speaking on behalf of Mr. Croner~ I and pointing out that he was an efficient and qualified worker and should be retaine . He asked the council to do everything in their power to protect him. Mr. Lamb " requested Attorney Calkins to present the proposed ordinance which is an amendment f'" 2 5 to 8469. . An Ordinance amending Section 8 of Ordinance No. 8469 of the City of Eugene entitled "An Ordinance providing a system of Civil Service for paid firefighters in the City of Eugene.t1, passed by the Common Council Apri"l 13, 1936, and approved by the Mayor April 20, 1936, and declaring an emergency, was read the first time and passed to its second and third readings by unanimous consent of the council under suspension of title and was placed upon its final passage. The ayes and nays were called, councilmen voting aye, Lamb, Hendershott, Reid, Simon, 'Zumwalt, Bond, Harris and Carlson; nay, none; absent, none. The ordinance was declared passed and numbere /26 8498. . At this time Mayor Large made the following appointments for position in the fire and police departments, employment effective January 1, 1937~ For the Police Department the following were selected: Leonard Kearney, J. 'S. Willcox and I E. R. Nevers; Fire Depart~ent: C. A. Bradway, J. V. Green~ Robert A. Johnston and w. C. Volz. Upon motion made and seconded, the appointments were approved by the I ../ 27 council. At this time the City Recorder presented a financial statement of the City of Eugene with suggestions as to the future needs. A copy of the report is on file /28 in the office of the City Recorder. The Recorder presented a communication from attorney W. W. Harcombe regard- ing an injury received by a pedestrian in a fall on the bridge crossing the Amazon /29 river on Willamette Street. The matter ~as placed in the hands of the Judiciary Committee and City Attorney .for action. . The Josephine R. Campbell request for waiver of interest on assessment covering Lot 1, Block 6, Christian's 2nd Addition was referred to the Judiciary --..------- ~