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A motion was made by ~- ...\".;O Councilman Stewart and seconded by Councilman Davis and carried that street i .lights at these two intersections be installed. tYi . ~l Councilman Stewart also referred to the matter of the overflow of the crl gutter at Dr. Richmonds property at 258 East Broadway. The matter had been . I before the Council a numper of t~es before and. again at the meeting on , I 12 f November 13th at which the Recorder was instructed ~o write a letter to Dr. Richmond concerning this. Councilman Stewart stated that the sidewalk in front of Dr. Richmonds prIDperty and also the alley just west of the building was also in bad shape. That there was a pool of water nearly 3 feet square that was ankle deept when it was raining. Councilman Stewart stated that he I talked with Engineer Clubb regarding the sidewalk and that he had promised the , matter would be taken care of. After some discussion regarding the overflow i a motion was made by Bailey and seconded by Stewart that previous requests had brought no results and that the Council felt further delay was unnecessary; that the Recorder be instructed to write to Dr. Richmond that if the matter was not corrected at once the Coupcil would declare this a nuisapceand take lega~ steps to correct the matter. On vote the motion was carried. , ! Councilman Bailey reporting for the Health Deoartment stated that the I matter of a survey of the Eugene Milk shed had been recommended to him and , that he had been advised that the Oregon Sta~e Board of Health would make the 13 ! s~rvey with no cost to the City, that the request for this survey had been , made by Dr. Lindgre~ of the County Health Dept. Councilman Bailey also reported that the dangerous intersection at Villard, 13th and Franklin Blvd, had been called to his attention. He stated there had been 3 accidents at this i~ter6ection inoone week of which one. was ra ther serious.- He stated there was a bus-stop at this ~ntersection and it , had been suggested to him that a traffic lane sho~ld be painted across Frank- I 14 : lin Boulevard for the safety of persons living on the north side of the Blvd. After some discussion. the matter was referred to the Street and Police Depts. I to see what could be worked out~ Parks Department - no report , Sewer Department - no report Police Department- no report Councilman Hawn at this time brought up the. matter of signing of complaints regarding the enforcement of ordinance in the Health Department. He stated that Dr. Helterline had refused to sign complain~s and he wanted to have the matter cleared up by the Council. Attorney Calkins explained to the 15 Council that it was zustomary for the heads of the Depts to sign complaints when it was necessary to take this action. A motion was made Qy Farr~ngton and ,seconded by Bailey that Dr. Helterline be instructed to sign c~mplaints necessary for the enforcement of ordinances in his Departments and th~t the Recorder should address a letter to Dr. Helterline to this,affect. On vote the motion was carried. At this time Councilman Farrington ~tated that he wished ,to recommend to the Council the name of DM.~eane Seeger as manager of the City.of Eugene at ~n annual salary of $6500.00 payable monthly, the salary to commence at 16 the time that Mr. Seeger stabted his services. This was made in the form of a motion by Councilman Farrington and seconded by Councilman Hawn and on vote was unanimously carr~ed. A letter from Mr. Seeger addressed to Councilman Farrington, as Chairman of the Finance Committee dated December 26th was read i to the Council by the Recorder at this time. The letter s~ated that Mr. I Seeger had been granted a release from the Boeing Aircraft Company to be effective February 1, 1945. Mr. Seeger stated that he was anxious to have a i meeting with the Mayor and Council in the near future, possibly the second weeK in January. The Recorder was instructed to notify Mr. Seeger that.they would be glad to m~et with him at his convenience early in January and the letter was ordered placed on file. t I Mayor Large stated at this time that as long as they were on the subject of approintments ~hat it was necessary to appoint a temporary treasurer for the I 17i City of Eugene on account of the Council having accepted the resignation of A. E. Hulegaard as of D~cember 31s~. That it would be necessary to have some one with a bond take over the treasurers office temporarily until the new , manager should arrive and make the pe~manent appointment. Mayor Large stated I that he was appointing John Fields for this temporary Treasurers job. A.motion wasmade by Farrington and seconded by Bailey and carried that the appointment be comfirmed~ 18 : The report of the Eugene Water Board for Sewage charges 'for the month i of November, 1944 was ordered placed on file. \ \ I . ~