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~ 499 ---"--'.~'-'+ - I Council Chambers, Eugene, Oregon June 9, 1941 The minutes of the regular meeting of ,the Common Council held on Monday evening June 9, 1941, at 7:30 o'clock 'P. M.' Mayor Elisha Large presJbded~'over the meeting. Councilmen present were: Sam C. Bond, Louis Koppe, E. A. Barette, Ira O. Stewart, Orren Brownson, A. L. Hawn and John Pennington; absent A. C. Farrington ~~ ~'-'.... , "'~'.., ~- 1 I The minutes of the previous meeting were presented and ordered placed on 2 file. The meeting was herewith called to order. Mr.H. E. Cully addressed the council in regard ,to recent action by the Eugene Realty Board condemning the City and County action concerning the sale 'of tax foreclosed property. Mr. Cully explained that he is not in accord wit'h the real estate board's action and that he did not believe that city lots should be sold at just any price to get them back on the tax rolls. In fact he thought some of the city 10ts were priced too cheaply. He said he was speaking only for himself and not for any group. He further stated that he thought the worst situation regar. ding the city lots was a feeling that there was no established price and the public felt by coming to the city they could get a reduction on the prices asked. It was pointed out by the Finance Committee that they had been adhearing rather closely to the appraised price only when customers had agreed to build within a certain 3 length of time then some concessions had been made. I Dr. Paul E. Anderson acting City Health Officer was present and asked that he might be allowed to read two letters. He read a copy of a letter that had been addressed to the Mayor and the Common Council some two or three weeks previous and also a letter dated June 9th, stating that unless the council would be willing to give him a vote of confidence for both pas t services rendered and new services anticipated he desired the council to accept his resignation as City Health Officer He stated in this letter that he would like it clearly understood that he was actin as City Health Officer only because he felt it a chance to serve in the national emergency rather than for ulterior motives. A motion was made by Councilman Brown- son and seconded by Councilman Hawn that a vote of confidence be extended to Dr. Anderson; Mr. W. L. Van Loan, Chariman of the Lane County Health Service, addresse the council and stated that he thought too t there 'was more or less a misunderstandi in regard to Dr. Anderson's work. He explained that the request for examinations by the Civil Service Board was expressly limited from Dr. Anderson's work. He explained that the budget of the Lane County Health Department amounted to about $30,000 a year but at this time Dr. Anderson was receiving a salary of only $50 a month. He further explained that Dr. Anderson felt that these examinations for the Civil Service Board ,should not be perforrned by him in the capacity of his health work. Councilman Bond asked Dr. Anderson if he had'nt always had the full cooperation of the City Council in his work and Dr. Anderson replied he had. Dr. Anderson stated that rather than have any misunderstanding regarding the present Civil Service examinations, that he would perform this work free of charge at his private office when not working as a Health Officer. Councilman Bond asked Mr. Van Loan what he thought should be done about the Civil Service rule asking the Health Officer to make the examinations and Mr. Van Loan stated he was not prepared to answer that question. Mr. Van Loan said that school teachers were required to have a physical examination once each year, at their own expense and that this repo had to be approved by the City Health Officer. Councilman Hawn stated he thought there was a wrong conception of the work of _the Health Department, and that the Department was responsible to some thousand people for work and that they should be supported by the City Council. Councilman Brownson stated that he thought applican s for Civil Service positions should pay for their own physical examinations and Councilman Bond said that he would agree with that but di~ not quite understand what to do about the rule of the Civil Service Commission in regard to the matter. Attorney Calkins was asked to explain the situation as th the Civil Service making the rules. Attorney Calkins referred to the charter amendment establishing the Civil Service Commission and stated that there was nothing in that regarding the Commission's rights to make the rules. In the last analysis the Council could do whatever they saw fit in the matter. After considerable discussion the question was called for and Mr. Brownson's previous motion, extending a vote of confidence to Dr. Anderson, was carried. The Council then asked that the matter of phy~ical examina tions fort:1the,:'?-pplicants be referred to the Civil Service Board with the request that they change their rule asking that the work be done by the Health 4 Officer. I, 1 I Councilman Barette brought up the question of the curb cut for the Union Oil Company station at 591 Willamette Street. Mr. Zenger representing the Union Oil Company was present and stated that the additional space for cuts asked for at the station would not reduce the parking space on the street. He said the amoun of cuts they now had was 53 feet and they were asking for 57 feet but they would be located ~1fferently from the ones they now had. Helexplained that the new station at 6th and Willamette would be just like the new one at 11th and Willamette. What they were asking for was that the cut on Willamette extend closer to 6th Street. The difference would necessi tat,e the moving of the ornamental light post but that there would still be plenty of room for it just behind the traffic signal light. He stated that the company would be satisfied with cuts located the same as the cuts for the station at 11th and Willamette. Engineer Clubb was asked to explain regal ding the situation. He said it was his recommendation that cuts be allowed ~