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~ 589 - -~..... - -.-.-. -. -- - - --~------ ----- I Councilman Bond also report~d that there was need for another filing cabinet in the Police Department. 'l'his cabinet could be purchased for $36.75 and he was 16~ making a motion to buy it. This motion was seconded by Brownson and carried. Councilman Stewart brought up the matter of sick leave for city employees. He said the recent action of allowing employees six days during the year for sickness only mentioned th~ street department and he thought it should extend to all city employees. Motion was made by;,-:'l,Br. owns onr'! and seconded by Barette that all 17 Ii'. city employees be allowed six days a year on account of sickness with pay. The Sewage'Disposal report, Police Department, Engineer's'and Police Matron's reports for the month of December, 1941 were read and ordered placed on 18 ,file. ,'.:::..., ~ ~ I I The Milk Inspector's report was read and after seading it, Councilman Bond asked what ,the extent of the restaurant inspection was. Councilman Hawn also brought up the question of the cracked dishes and cups at th~ restaurants and wondered if the:"ci ty did not have an ordinance against this. Counc ilman Brownson stated that previously there had been a detailed report by the health board but the recommendations in this report had been tabled temporarily. He st2ted that with only a part time health officer, there was not much that could be done regarding the restaurant inspections and that without some definite set up, no material improvement could be made. Mr. Brownson also stated that tl.iere was a state inspector who had worked in town and had closed some places on account of conditions, but that he did not think our milk inspector had been very firm even 19'ih...in some places where improvements should be made. The Electrical Inspector, Mr. Carlisle, handed in a report which was read at this time. Councilman Stewart stated he had aE3ked the e-lectrical inspector to make a report in order to determine about the inspection of the electrical wiring in the old buildings. He stated this was ~ very good report but he hoped in the 20 ~uture the inspector' would be able to devote more time to checking the old wiring. A rE?solution regarding the change of the fine in the dog ordinance No. 8696 was read. Attorney Calkins pointed out that the city's ordinance as passed provided for a $25.00 penalty whereas the state law set a limit of $10.00 and this resolution should be adopted to correct this ordinance. Motion was made and 21?-seconded and the resolution adopted. R E 8,0 L UTI 0 N WHEREAS, the Common Couuncil of the City of Eugene on the 14th day of Ootober, 1941 passed Ordinance No. 8696 providing for the licensing of dogs; which ordinance provides in Section 7 that upon conviction of a violation of the ordinance the person shall be fined not less than $5.00 nor more than $25.00 and the costs of the presecution, and ' WHEREAS, through a typog~ap~ical error the figure "$25.00" was written where the ordinance actually provided for "$10.00". Therefore The Recorder is hereby instructed and directed to correct Section 7 of said ordinance to read"---by a fine of not less than $5.00 nor more than $10.00." I Curb cut' number 932 was granted at 1924 Hilyard Street as recorumended by Engineer Clubb. The curb cut number 933 at 271 East 6th Avenue was granted as recommended by Engineer Clubb as follows: 30 foot cut, 40 fCbiDt cut and 30 foot cut 22\l! on 6th Avenue. A letter from Weikko M. Rasanen was read in which he asked damages on account of running into fallen limbs caused by the silver thaw. The letter was 23 ~ ordered placed on file. I Mayor Large stated the Chamber of Commerce had supplied the city with cards so that employees might designate amounts to be deducted from their salaries to buy defense bonds. Mayor Large stated there had been talk of the government making this procedure mandatory but that so far nothing had been done along that line. He stated however if any of. the city employees cared to designate sums to be deducted from salaries to buy stamps and bonds, the Recorder could make the 24 1i\deductions. The Recorder reported a letter from the Aetna Life Insurance Company dated December 17, 1941. The letter the life insurance company wrote pointed out that if city employees entered any branch of the military service an additional premium of $50.00 per year per $1,000 would be charged and this extra premium of $50.00 would be subject to change at any time. The letter stated that $10,000 government insurance was available and it was the recommendation of the Aetna Life Insurance Company that ifcity employees entered any of the military services, the group life ~