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A motion was made, ;; seconded, and carried that the Commission refer each individual request to the ~ i 15 ii Council and that the Recorder be instructed to ask the Commission to furnish more '-*~ i detailed report regarding the request of Earl Ramsey and the Monroe Lumber Company as ~; to just what streets tlley wished to use and that requests for this type of hauling i! should state at what point they wished to enter the city' and jast what streets they J wished to travel over. d .;1 lj The requests for these permits brought protest from different members of the ;: Council regarding the speed a t which logging trucks were travelling over the StreetSj H of the City of Eugene, and the bad condition of mufflers on logging trucks and othe~ ;! hauling trucks wi thin the City, and also the excessive and unB.ecessary use of II musical horns and other horns. Councilman Hawn stated that he could see no excuse 16 ~ for the excessive 'speed allowed the trucks on the City streets and that he did not ii like it at all. Councilman Koppe said there had been an accident by' one of the trucks :1 on 6th Street recently. A motion was made by Bond and second ed by Farrington tha t :i the speed of trucks should be enforced to the letter of the law and also tha t the il use of defective mufflers and loud horns should be curtailed. The motion was carrieki. iJ " A letter from the Standard Oil Company regarding installation of gasoline ;; facilities at the new airport was read. This letter explained that owing to the l71! present conditions caused by the war that the installations at the airport promised ;1 by the Standard Oil Company would no t be made at this time. ~ A petition signed by ei~ht citizens, requesting that a certain part of 18 ~i Riverwood Addition now lying outside of the City limits be annexed to the City :1 was read. No action was taken by the Council a t this time. 'I Ii A letter of resignation from Claude R. Bradway, employee of the Fire 19 Ii Department, was read, Mr. Bradway requested that this resignation take effect as ~ of July 15, 1942. The resignation was accepted. ': 'I II A letter from D. W. Carley, Police Pa trolman" requesting a leave of absence, 'I Ii stating that he is enlisting in the United States' Navy, and asking that the 20 :! , :: leave of absence be effective as of August 1, 1942 was read. A motion was made , :; by Bond and seconded by Farrington, and carried, that this leave of absence be ;1 granted Mr. Carley. :J I' Mayor Large at this time explained that it seemed to be necessary to make '! some relaxation of rules regarding applications for positions in the Police and ~ Fire Departments. He stated that it would probably be necessary to raise the age :1 limits and that the present requirement regarding a year's residence inside the ;; City before appointment should be waved for the duration of the war. Councilman !; Hawn exolained that he was not a menber of either the Police or Fire Committee 21;; but that the matter had been called to his attention and that he thought some such ': arrangement should be made. After some discussion on this subject, a motion was :imade by Hawn and seconded by Farrington that the requirement of a year's residence i' in the City prior to appointment be wavee for the duration of the war on the condi- J tion that the applicant should establish his residence inside the City limits, and I: that such appointments would be only for the duration of the war. The motion was Ii: carried. 1:, ;! At this time Mayor Large stated there was a vacancy on the Police force and 22'1 tha t he wished to appoint Ervin C. Joll for this position, to commence work on :'i July 15, 1942. On motion made, seconded, and carried,' the appointment was confirmed. " I, i, Mayor Large also stated that there had been applications received from ;; brothers to serve on the Fire Department and asked if the Council thought there was 231 any objection to appoihting one or more brothers to work in different departments. i; It was the census of the Council that there was no reason why this should not be done. " I . !; The Recorder explained that in the six months budget for 1942 in the ~treet dDepartment the sum of $1000.00 hf;d been set up as repairs for bridges over hhe ::Mill Race and the Amazon, that at the end of June, 1942, this work of repairing 24': the bridges had not been completed and there was a balance of $140.07 left in this ;: fund, that the Street Department was asking bhat this balance be carrie~ over I ::as a special fund to com:plete the job. A motion was made by Bond and seconded ::, by Farrington that this $140.07 be carried over as a special fund to help complete . ~the work on the bridge repairs. The motion was carried. :: A letter from Henry A. Tromp, requesting cancellation of the twenty-five cent 1i sewer charge on a bill for the '11. o. Russell property at 1163 Oak Street was read. 25:: Mr. Tromp explained that he had charge of this property while Mr. Russell w8;s out ;[of town and he felt that this twenty-five cent sewer charge should not be placed :~on this bill. On motion made, seconded and carried, the letter was ordered tabled. ,i " i.i .ill