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I. I I I :1 ""llllIl 591 ~ --~ 1 Council Chambers, Eugene, Oregon January 26, 1942 The minutes of the regular council meeting held Monday evening, January 26th, 1942 at 7:30 o'clock. All councilmen were present with the ex- ception of Stewart. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and ?pproved and the meeting herewith called to order. The Judiciary Committee reported regarding the refund asked for by J. T. Lorang1for a traffic ticket dated Novemoer 22, 1941 for $2.00 and a refund for a traffic' ticket by Mrs. Hazel Adams'for $1.00 dated October 21, 1941. The Judiciary Committee recommended that these two refunds be not allowed. On motion made and seconded the recommendation of the committee was adopted. -s; CJl 4 "'" - 2 3 The 1!'ina nee Commit tee had no report. Councilman Barette reported for the Street Committee and stated with the two floods, the s'ilver thaw and the recent wind storm, the street department had been loaded with work. He said it seemed there were several trees that need- ed taking out entirely and a lot of others needed trimming. It was the committee' recommendation that some expert tr~e man should be employed to go over the situation. He stated it might be better to spend a few hundred dollars at this time than to' take chances and payout considerable money -on damage suits later on. He said th6 street department could do a lot of the\work b~t he felt there should be some experienced man to supervise the work. Councilman Hawn stated he had been in the tree business over the telephone for the last tow weeks with people asking to have the trees in the parking trimmed after the silver thaw. He steted he agreed with Mr. Barette that someone should be employed to direct this work. Mr. Bond said he thought it would be a good idea to encourage property owners to do as much of this work as pos'sible. Councilman Hawn stated that a man had contacted him and said he would be willing to go around with some city employee and spot the trees that needed attention and in that v,ay an estimate could be made as to the cost of the work. The matter was referred to the Street and Park Committees to '4~ report back at the next council meeting. At this time Councilman Stewart came in. Councilman Barette brought up the subject of a hydraulic hOi,st for the street department's use in handline: repairs to' the equipment. He st~ted that a ten .toil hoist could be bought for $430.00 and a three ton hoist for $215.00. He said it was his recommendation that the ten ton hoist be purchased. Mr. Farringt9 st~ted he believed the lighter hoist might be used as the only equipment that could not be put on the three ton hoist would be the sweeper, the roller and the flusher. Mr. Bond stated he did not believe there was such a thing as a ten ton hoist in town'and he thought the lighter hoist would satisfy the city's needs. After considerable discussion the matter was referred to the Street Department to 5~ report back at the next meeting. Councilman Barette reported that Mr. Clubb had finally found a gas tank suitable for the street department's needs at the barn at 101 West 5th Street This was a 550 gallon, 12 gauge steel tank and could be bought in Portland for $60.00. Delivery could be rnade at once and freight charges would be about $3.00. On motion made and seconded the council authorized the street department to make this purchase~ 6'ii-... 7~ Engineer Clubb stated that the street department was in need of a battery charger and one could be purchased for $29.00. On motion by Bond and seconded by Farrington the street department was authorized to make this purchase. Mayor Large stated the 7th Street work was nearly completed and lilhe highway department had started to put in stop signs. 'They would like to have an ordinance by the city making this a through street. Attorney Calkins reported there was already an ordinance passed by the city providing for this. Councilman Stewart said that on account of making 6th and 7th Streets one way streets, there was sorne property owners between Almaden and Taylor that would have to go a long way around in order to get into their property on account of cross streets not being cut through. He said he just wi~hed to.report on this and thought it was 8 something the ci ty should be considering. ~ The Health Cormnittee had no report. Councilman Hawn reported for the Parks Department that Mr. Lamb was. home from the hospital but as yet was not able to do full time work. He said the crew of men under the direction of Mr. Casey on Sunday, January 18th had cut smne eight or ten cords of wood in Hendrick's Park under the direction of assis- tant Superintendent Junne. He stated the wood was st.ill in the Park,but it . seemed to be the opinion of the people doing the work that this wood was to go to the Red Cross. He said that when they had the trees cleaned up in Skinner's Butte Park, this would provide wood for the city's use for two or three years. Mr. Hawn also, said the storm had done some damage to the fence in HendriCk's Park ~