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After some discussion this matter was referred to the Finance Committee I to report back at the. next Council meeting. Councilman Stewart, reporting for the Fire and Water Committee, said he 6 had investigated reg8;rding the request for a new light at 24th and Olive, and that the committee was recommending that thisre granted. On motion made, seconded, and carried, this light was ordered installed. The Street Co~~ittee had no report. Councilman Brownson, reporting for the Health Committee, said that the Health Committee had met with the citizen's committee and Attorney E~ans regarding the matter of sick leave for City employees, which had been referred to his committ e. 7 He said it was the Committee's unanimous recommendation that City employees be allowed twelve working days sick leave during anyone year, and this waw not cumulative; no carry-over from one year to another would be allowed, and this take effect for the fiscal year beginning July 1, ,1942. Also, that standard forms be prepared 'for the employee to sign stating that he had been sick and that this form was to be O.K.'d by the head of the department and turned in to the Recorder. A I motion made by Stewart and seconded by Hawn that the recommendation of the Health'" : Committee be adopted, was carried. ! , Councilman Brownson also reported that there was some discussion among the 8 ~: garbage haulers regarding the O.P.A.' ruling that the advance in rates allowed by : the Council shouldn't be put in effect by the garbage haulers. Councilman Hawn said he had no report regarding the Parks, but that the 9 playground commission had completed negotiations with the University for the use of the swimming pool in Gerlinger Hall, and that arrangements seemed to be very sucdessful. He report~d that there had been $105.95 collected so far. The Sewer and Police Committees had no report. II i The Recorder presented the bills of the League of Oregon Cities in the amount ,. I of $416.76 which would be dues from July 1, 1942 to June 30, 1943. Mr. Virgil ! Langtry of the League of Oregon Cities was present and explained to the Council : work that the League is doing for the various cities. A letter from the League ! attached "to the bills stat~d that on account of" changing conditions it was necessar :! to raise the rate per capita from one cent to two cents. Mayor Large asked Mr. ~ Langtry if Bortland was corning in under these 90nditions and Mr. Langtry stated ! that the City of Portland was paying in about $5,000 and in addition had made a : special payment of $2,000 for some extra work. Councilman Koppe stated that he ~was in favor of maintaining membership in the League of Oregon Cities. Councilman 10 ! Stewart said that he was also very much in favor of maintaining membership in the I League. There was some discussion about what the Eugene Water Board paid the League of Oregon Cities for their part of the membership. Mr. Langtry stated tlEt . he was not sure what the payments were but he was of the opinion that they were : for legislative purposes only. A motion was made by Hawn and seconded by Bond : and carried that the matter of payment of this bill be referred to the Finance : Committee and that the Finance Committee take the matter up with the Eugene Water : Board wi th regard to what part should be paid by the Water Board. At this time the Recorder .read a letter from A. C. Dietz, Juvenile Officer, I regarding the two boys working in Dean's Shine Parlor at 865 Willamette. Mr. Dietz said that he found that these boys were both from poor families and had beenworkin I there for some time, making about $40 or $50 per month. He reported that the law : states that there shall be no minors or juveniles employed any place where beer i or wines are solk, and that he had given the mamagement till Saturday, August 8th, 11. to obtain other help. He stated also that he had checked all the places in Eugene where they have a shine parlor and where they also sell intoxicants, and had re- I quested them to obtain older help if they had juveniles working for them~ Mr. Diet ! was present at the meeting and stated that the two boys in question were about I 10 and 15years old. He also stated that he wished to thank the Police for the kind consideration shown him since he had been engaged in this work. CO\lncilman Bond spoke of the small boys selling newspapers Eiround the depot I I and on the streets after 9 o'clock at night. Mr. Dietz said this was a hard : situation to handle but that he had asked the agents for the Oregonian and Journal ~ to help keep these small boys off the streets after nine. He stated that after 12 I school statted he hoped to be able to keep all of the smaller children off the strets after the curfew time. He said later on he might ask the Council that the curfew be extended from nine to ten, but that he was not ready at this time to make that kind of recommendation. A letter ~rom the Building Inspector concerning the condition o~ a house at I i .....: