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-: ---~._-+~- -----_._- - ~. _.~~ 583 I . I . I I- I / 24 .;.1t /25 The council authorized payment of $50.00 to court reporter Richard N. Appling for transcript of the Henry T. Gallagher hearing before the Civil Service Commissio . Councilman Reid made a motion that the city of Eueenebe held not responsible for such expenses in the future. The Recorder pointed out ~that the Budget Committee and Council had ap;roved the expenditure of moneys from the emergency fund in the t _..,.' sum of ~t200.00 and trois could be expended as the commission saw fit. It was the ,...;:.J1 Recorder's belief that the commission would not expect to pursue such procedures in"iGO future cases. ~ The Clayton Kirkland and Jack C. Danner offer of $200.00 per lot for lots 25, 26 and 27, Block 27, r'airmount Heights Addition was referred to the Finance Com- mittee for consideration. Communication from Leo Wray protesting the moving of the Knights of Pythias building was held for further consideration. L~tter from the Board of Appe~s rB- commending that a permit be granted to the Knights of Pythias to move their buildin to the south side of their premises at the corner of 11th and Ulive Streets and /26 to reroof the building was also held. The council sustained the recommendation or the Board of Appeals to grant T. G Kaarhus a permi t to erect an addi tion to the west side of his wood working shop at 1796 13th Avenue East according to plans submitted. /27 Recommendation of the Board of Appeals to grant J. W. Dorfler permission to conduct a coffee and tea shop at 1524 Willamette ~treet was sustained by the /28 council. Communication from the Civil Service Commission relating the decision held by the Commission in regard to officer Henry T. Gallagher's hearing was read and /29 ordered f il ed. Letter from Kaarhus Craft Shop whereby an employee requested return of $1.00 fine imposed upon him for double-parking was presented and upon learning that the double-parking took place in front of the Montgomery-ward Store and inasmuch as ~ards has an excellent service entrance at the rear of the building, it was m~ed /~O and seconded that the request for refund be denied and it was so ordered. Reports from the Public Library and office of the Health Officer for the month of February were presented and ordered filed. /32 31 The following bids for purchase of a car for the bngineer Department were presented and upon motion made and seconded were referred to the Finance Committee and City Engineer for consideration: Ford V8 Stan fordor sedan 60 hip Willy's Sedan DeLuxe 1937 Model 1937 Chev Master fordor sedan 1937 Chev Master fordor sedan, with trunk 1937 Chev DeLuxe fordor sedan 1937 Chev DeLuxe fordor sedan, with trunk 682.90 625.00 699.91 716.57 767.08 782.79 The City Recorder presented bids from the various insurance companies for public liability on streets and sidewalks with premiums ranging from $825.00 to~,$2115..00 annuallY. The Emery, Beeson Company quoted a premium of ~p570.00 annually Tor sidewalk liability only. The entire matter was placed in the hands /33 of the Judiciary Committee for study. . Upori motion made and seconded the council cancelled the $919.00 of~er of Ray- mond H. Fawver for property described as "Beginning at a point 255.5 feet south of the southeast corner of Lot 9 in Huddleston's Addition to ~ugene, run thence 48 feet south, thence 66 feet, thence 66 feet to the place of beginning" and accepted the $946.00 offer of D. F. Mains for the same tract of land. /34 Upon motion made and seconded the council cancelled the ~p173.00 offer of Claude Loper for Lot 6, Block 2, Tiff's Plat due to failure on the part of the / 35. second party to execute the contract on his behalf. Communication dated March 13, 1937 from W. B. Dillard, Lane County Clerk, stating that an offer of $500.00 had been received for the west 100 feet of Lot 7 and Lot 8, except the bouth'44.33 feet of the east 00 feet, Block 17, Gross Additio was presented. Letter to Lane County Court, by City hngineer Clubb citing that the city of ~ugene has assessments and interest in the sum of $629.72 in the property and requested the city's interest to be protected was read and ordered filed as presented. /36 An ordinance amending Section 8 of ordinance No. 7709 entitled "An ordinance regulating the use, conduct and control of vehicles upon the streets and alleys of the city of Eugene, and prescribing penalties for the violation thereof, and re- pealing ordinances numbered 3890, 5993, 6118, 6264, 6590, and 7536, and all ordi- nanes or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith, and declaring an emergency," was read the first. time and passed to its second and third readings by ~itle under suspension of the rule by unanimous consent of the council and was placed upon its ~