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<br />IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND JAIL WE HAVE
<br />THE FORCES BY ELEVEN MEN AND TWO METER MAIDS.
<br />THE POLICE FORCES WERE TO REPLACE MEN TAKEN TO
<br />IN 1953.
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<br />MODERNIZED EQUIPMENT, INCREASED
<br />NINE OF THE PERSONNEL ADDED TO
<br />OPERATE THE NEW JAIL OPENED
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<br />GROWS FROM MUTUAL FEELINGS THAT THE GOALS OF THE ORGANIZATION ARE GOOD AND
<br />THAT ITS MEMBERS ARE APPRECIATED FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION. MORALE IS A FEELING
<br />OF BELO~iING." IN BASIC RESPECT, HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THAT MORALE OF ALL DE-
<br />PARTMENTS IS HIGH AND THE EMPLOYEES DO BELIEVE THEY ARE MAKING A WORTHWHILE
<br />CONTRIBUTION AND ARE APPRECIATED FOR THIS CONTRIBUTION. THIS APPRECIATION
<br />MAY WELL BE EXPRESSED IN.A GENERAL WAY. I BELIEVE THE SPIRIT OF DEVOTION
<br />AND LOYALTY TO THE ENDEAVORS OF THE GROUP ARE EXCELLENT.
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<br />I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT MY WORK AND HAVE NEVER HAD ANY
<br />OTHER DESIRE THAN TO SERVE THE COUNCIL AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE. MY OFFICE IS
<br />OPERATED ON THE OPEN DOOR POLICY, AND NO ONE IS DENIED AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE ME.
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<br />THE PROGRESS OF THE CITY IS NOT BASED ON THE CITY MANAGER ALONE, BUT IS
<br />BASED ON A COOPERATIVE TEAM COMPOSED OF THE CITIZENS, MAYOR, COUNcil, AND THE
<br />ADMINISTRATIVE FORCES. A FEW OF THE THINGS THIS TEAM HAS ACCOMPLISHED SINCE
<br />MY COMING HERE ARE LISTED BELOW:
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<br />WE HAVE ESTABLISHED CENTRALIZED PURCHASING, INSTITUTED MACHINE BOOKKEEP-
<br />ING, ADOPTED A STANDARD CLASSIFICATION Of ACCOUNTS, ADOPTED A POSITION CLASSI-
<br />FICATION AND RECOMMENDED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR ALL POSITIONS IN THE CITY, .
<br />CODIFIED ALL CITY ORDINANCES, REVISED MANY ORDINANCES SUCH AS THE ELECTRICAL
<br />CODE, HOTEL, MOTEL, ROOMING HOUSE, LODGING HOUSE AND TRAILER PARKS, NURSING
<br />AND CONVALESCENT HOMES, MILK ~ND MEAT INSPECTION, AND THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING
<br />ORDINANCE OF THE CITY.
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<br />IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WE HAVE BUILT ONE NEW SUB-STATION, OPENED UP
<br />ANOTHER SUB-STATION IN RENTED QUARTERS, AND INCREASED THE FORCES BY TWENTY-
<br />THREE MEN IN ORDER TO OPERATE THESE TWO SUB-STATIONS. WE ARE AT PRESENT WORK-
<br />ING ON A NEW SUB-STATION TO REPLACE THE ONE HOUSED IN RENTED QUARTERS WHICH
<br />WILL INCLUDE A DRILL TOWER WHERE ALL TRAINING WILL BE CONDUCTED AND A REPAIR
<br />SHOP-. WE HAVE WORKED UNCEASINGLY TOWARD A LOWERING Of THE CITY'S RATING
<br />SCHEDULE fROM GRADE IV TO GRADE III.
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<br />WHEN YOU BREAK THE MILES OF STREETS, SEWERS AND SIDEWALKS DOWN INTO THE
<br />SMALL INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS REQUIRING ~HREE ORDINANCES AND SEPARATE CONTRACTS
<br />fOR EACH PROJECT, AND WHEN ONE CONSIDERS THE SIDE RANGE OF PROJECTS WHICH
<br />THE CITY HAS BEEN AND IS ENGAGED IN AND THE NECESSITY fOR DETAilED ACTION BY
<br />THE COUNCIL, BY CITIZENS AND BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFf, COUPLED WITH THE
<br />DAY TO DAY NORMAL WORK LOAD, IT READILY APPEARS WE HAVE BEEN BUSY.
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<br />WE HAVE MADE MANY IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PARK SYSTEM BY THE ADDITION Of
<br />BALLFIELDS AND PtAYGROUNDS, OPENED UP TWO NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, GRADED AND
<br />SEEDED THE LARGER PORTION Of A 78 ACRE PARK, AND HAVE SECURED AND STARTED
<br />TO DEVELOP A NEW 43 ACRE PARK ON- THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY; ALSO, WE HAVE
<br />CONSTRUCTED EUGENE'S SECOND SWIMMING POOL.
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<br />IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WE HAVE COMPLETED 20.47 MILES OF PERMA-
<br />NENT TYPE PAVING WITH CURB AND GUTTER, 35.29 MILES OF SANITARY SEWERS, II
<br />MILES OF STORM SEWERS, 11.23 MILES OF SIDEWALKS, BUILT FOUR PUMPING STATIONS
<br />AND COMPLETED A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT WHICH WAS 75% COMPLETE WHEN I ARRIVED
<br />IN THE CITY~ WE HAVE CONSTRUCTED A $300,600 SANITARY 1NTERCEPTOR SEWER fOR
<br />THE RELIEf OF THE SOUTHEAST SECTION Of THE CITY~ WE HAVE COMPLETED 1.25
<br />MILES OF CONCRETE LINING OF THE AMAZON THROUGH THE MAIN PORT~ON Of TOWN WITH
<br />NECESSARY BRIDGES, ALSO WIDENED THE AMAZON fROM THE END Of THE LINING TO FERN
<br />RIDGE' RESERVOIR. ALL THIS AMAZON WORK WAS DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THEARMY
<br />ENGINEERS AT A TOTAL APPROXIMATE COST Of $1,500,000, THE CITY'S SHARE BEING
<br />$450,000. WE HAVE RECENTLY COMPLETED A $460,000 PROJECT AT THE MUNICIPAL
<br />AIRPORT, AND WE ARE NOW WORKING ON PLANS fOR THE COMP~ETION Of OUR ADMINI-
<br />STRATION BUILDING AT THE AIRPORT.
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<br />IN MAY WE WILL HAVE COMPLETED A $700,000 NEW LIBRARY; INSTALLED OVER
<br />400 INTERSECTIONAL STREET LIGHTS; AND INSTALLED STREET NAME SIGNS ON ALL
<br />INTERSECTIONS IN TOWN.
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<br />IN 1957 THE ADMINISTRATIVE fORCES PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL A~D BUDGET
<br />COMMITTEE A 10-YEAR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM fOR THE CITY Of EUGENE WITH THE
<br />RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BUDGET COMMITTEE OR A CITIZENS COMMITTEE REPRESENTING
<br />A CROSS-SECTION OF BUSINESS, INDUSTRY, LABOR, ~GRICULTURE, PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE
<br />AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE MAKE ADDITIONAL STUDIES OF THIS PROGRAM SO THAT THE
<br />BE~T PROGRAM POSSIBLE MIGHT BE ACHIEVED. No ACTION ~AS TAKEN ON ~HIS REPORT,
<br />ALTHOUGH THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAfF HAS USED IT AS A GUIDE IN PREPARING ANNUAL
<br />8UDGETS. CITIZENS COMMITTE~S SUCH AS THAT JUST DESCRIBED HAVE PROVEN VERY
<br />SUCCESSFUL IN OTHER COMMUNIT~ES. I WOULD AGAIN RECOMMEND THAT SUCH A COM-
<br />MITTEEBE APPOINTED, THAT OUR 10-YEAR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BE BROUGHT UP TO .
<br />DATE AND PROJECTED TO THE fUTURE, SO fUTURE WORK CAN BE WELL PLANNED ON THE
<br />BASIS Of WHAT IS TO BE DONE AS WELL AS HOW IT IS TO BE fiNANCED."
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