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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/15/1941 Meeting ~ 575, - . . ,-~ ---.. .~ _.- -~ -.--- - --_. - ~-~-- - - - - ,- ~ ---- --- -- - -- ._,.-.- ..- - '---'. NOTICE OF SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING I To the Members of ,the Common Council of the City of Eugene ~ '"'l NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on this 15th day of December, 1941, the Mayor of Eugene ;:)1 hereby calls a meeting to be held at 7:30 o'clock P. M. in the Council Chambers ;i~::::: of the City of Eugene for the following purposes: :c~,....,.. "~ For the purpose of passing an ordinance having to do with enforcing blackouts. Also, to appoint new pol~cemen and firemen ,and such other business as may come up. I Decembe-r 15, 1941 ' /s/ ELISHA lARGE Eugene, ore~on Mayor * * * * * * * Council Chambers,Eugene, Oregon December 15, 1941 All councilmen were present and the meeting was called to order by Mayor Large. Mayor Large explained that the meeting had ,been called for the adoption 1 of three ordinances in regard ,to national defense and traffic regulations. An ordinance relating to National defense, providing for observance of blackouts or other restrictions imposed by' civil authorities or by the army or navy of the United St8tes, providing for penalties for violation, and declaring an emergency, had its first reading and under suspension. of the rules was read for the second time. The Mayor called for objections and there being none, the ordinance had its third reqding. On roll call all councilmen voted aye. Ordinance 2 8704 was declared passed. "l;... An ordinance constituting and appointing the persons occupying the positions of Chief, Assistant Chief and Captain of the Fire Department of the City of Eugene, police officers of the City of Eugene, with authority to act as such and waiving the proyisions of the Civil_Service examination, had its first reading at this time and under suspension of the rules had its second reading. The Mayor I called for objections and there being none, the ordinance was read for the third time. Roll was called with all councilmen voting aye. Ordinance 8705 was declared 3 ~ passed. . An ordinance adopti~g by reference the provisions of the Uniform Traffic Act being Sections 115-301" to 115-3,101 of Oregon Compiled Laws Annotated, as amended by Oregon Laws, 1941 in so far as applicable in the City of Eugene, limit- ing the penalty to the limitations of the Charter of the City of Eugene, and declaring an emergency, had its first reeding and under sus pension of the rules,' was read for the ,second time. The Mayor called for objections arid there being none, the ordinance had its third reading. On roll call, all councilmen voted aye. 4 ~dinance 8706 was declared passed. Councilman Hawn stated it had been suggested that all of the councilmen should be sworn in as Deputy Sheriffs to serve in case of an emergency. H,e stated at the present time everyone was.:::part~cularly anxious tm,work as extra policemen but that in the course of two or three months the excitement would wear off and . many of them would not be available. He stated in event of an emergency, it would be necessary to have all of the police officers that could be had. Councilman Pennington pointed out that as a deputy sheriff the councilmen would not have' as ,much authority as if they were sworn in by the Police Reserves. A motion by Brown- son and seconded by Hawn that the Mayor and all of the councilmen should be deputiz d 5"'L was carried. Mayor Large said he wished to make the appointments for Policemen and Fire- I men at th~s time as authorized at the last council meeting. He appointed for Police officers, W. D. Crase and Neil F~ Ellis, to start work as of December 15th. On motion made and seconded the appointment of these two officers was confirmed by the council ahd their names ordered placed on the payroll. He then appointed as firemen, Gordon R. Byerly~ Ray Hicks Jr., Alanzo W. Knotts, Loren A. Skirvin and Kenneth H~ Schanno. All of these firemen to start work as of December 15th except Mr. Schanno who would start work ~on January 1st. On motion made and seconde the council confirmed the, appointmeiit'1-of"these firemen and their names were ordered 6 ~placed on the payroll. I Mayor Large said there was some controversy regarding Mr. Carley who was 'taking the place 'of."Leonard Kearney, who was on leave of absenc e in the police department and Mr. Cuddeback, who was taking the place of Robert Johnston, who was on leave of absence in the fire department. The questi,on was should these two men be continued as substitute-s or should they be placed on the permanent list and the la ter men be classed as,,:..substi tutes. Councilman Brownson, Hawn, Stewart and Bond all spoke in favor of put:t,i:ng Mr. Carley and Mr. Duddeback on the permanent list. A motion was made by Bond,:and seconded by Stewart that if and when~.:Mr. Johnston and Mr. Kearney should return for duty and it was necessary to remove anyone from ...4 576 , -'-' -- - ,- - ---- ,- - - - - -, - -- either department, that the last man on should be the first man off. In this case Mr. Neil F. Ellis would be the last one in the police department and Mr. ,7. Schanno woul~ be the last one in the fire department. The motion was carried. # . ."., (,,. I ~t Mayor Large stated that owing to war conditions it had been necessary "'-J to have the Northwestern Power Company lines moved from the airport property. 0: He said the C.A.A. had sent a'man down here and it was necessa.ry that the power lines be moved at once. He had authorized this work to be done and it was nearly . completed. The City would have to pay the bill, however, it was not definite what it would be, probably aroune $700.00. ,Councilman Bond said in view of the emergen y situation, he believed the Mayor had acted wisely an,"lthis situation. A motion' by Bond and seconded by Stewart that the Mayor be given a vote of confidence for 8 this work was carried. I Councilman Hawn stated a group of merchants consisting of W.S. Garrett, Ford Hand and one or two others had approached him regarding tickets for ovextime parking from now until after Christmas. He stated this should probably be in Mr. Bond's hands but these people had come to him and requested courtesy tickets be given in place of the regular overtime parking tickets. Councilman Bond stated the same group had contacted him and he told them he was n0t ready to make a decision offhand but that he had suggested to them that the regular overtime park ng tickets should be :gi ven and 'when they appeared at the poli ce office they could be told that owing to the holiday season they would be excused for their first offense but they would be asked not to repeat the offense again. This privilege would in noviw~y apply to the merchants or their employees. Mr. Bond stDted that this was satisfactory with the merchants. A motion was made by Bond and seconded 9 by Hawn that this plan be adopted. Motion was carried. Councilman Bond said the Police Department had requested that he bring up at the council meeting the question of ammunition for the policemen. He sa id the policemen had to pay for their own ammunition for both practice and actual use. He said the ammunition the police officers had at this time was getting old and should be used. He stated it was-his recommendation the council should buy the police department a thousand rounds of ammunition which would cost about $25.00. A motion by Stewart and seconded by Hawn that the city purchase for the 10 Police Department a thousand rounds of ammunition was carried. Councilman Bond said Chief Bergman had talked to him regarding the I licensing of bicycles. He explained ~here was a license plate similiar to the automobile license and there was wire and a lead seal to fasten it on. He said it was their intention to attach these plates to each b~cycle and make a charge of 251t for 'this. He said this bicycle regulation idea had been worked successfull in several Uregon cities and it was one of the things recommended by the P.T.A. Safety Council in their report to him. He stated that Chief Bergman said there would be about, 3000 bicycles to reiister. The c,ost ~f the plates would be $100.0 and the wire $18.00 and the seals 5.00, stationary $25.00, making a total of $148.00. The charge of 251t for each tag would bring in $750.00. ' Councilman Stewa said he thougt this was too much money to take away from the students when their parents have such hard work meeting all of the demands made on the students and he thought the tags should be furnished free. Councilman Hawn said there should be some way of using a part of this money to induce the bicycle riders to observe traffic regulations. He said some kind of a school s.llould be carried on and prize given for the best cooperation with the ordinance (bicycle). Both Mr. Hawn and Mr. Brownson thought this money should not be placed in the General Fund but should be put in a special fund where it could be used for betterment of bicycle regulations. Councilman Bond stated it was the police department's intention tbchavesahio1ficerlgo to each school and give instructions regardihg the bicycle ordinance and bicycle traffic regulations. The school board said they would compel all students to get these licenses. It was agreed that the Chief should be given authority to purchase pmates, wires and seals and that at the next council meeting some sort of an' agreement should be worked out regarding the disposition of the 11 funds. I Councilman Stewart said 'on account of the new firemen it would be necessary to have more equipment in the fire department. He said there would have to be new beds and new bedding, turnout suits and material for the making of new lockers. He said th$s would probably cost in the neighborhood of $300 or $400 and there appeared to be sufficient funds in the Fire Department for this. A motion by Stewart, seconded by Farrington that the committee be authorized to 1 make these purchases was carried. Councilman Stewart stated that the Fire Department was in need of new I hose. He explained that even with the five hundred feet which was ordered and not yet delivered they would not have sufficient hose. He said when they were on a run and the hose got wet, it would either have to be put back in the truck wet or some of the trucks would have to be without hose. Resaid there 'Shollad be at least another 1000 feet of hose, because of the war emergency. He thought it was necessary that this be purchased and paid out of the emergency fund. After considerable discussion regarding the matter the Recorder was authorized to ad- vertize for bids for fire hose to be opened at the next council meeting. At the next council meeting a decision could be made as to whether or not it was adYisable ~~ to purchase the hose at this time. ..... ~ 577 - -- -,. ---------- -- - ~_. - - . .- _ _ _.~ _r~ __ _ ~__ _ _. _ _ __ __" --- - ._-------- - - -. -... ..-.-- --- ----- .: ~.-.___. ___ _h__ --- -- -~._-----_._._-~~ Counc,ilman Stewart said that the Eugene Fire truck had been sent to Springfield during the recent fire and it was his understanding tha.t there was ~rl I an agre,ement between the two cities that when either one called for the others c..-J equipment the equipment would be se.nt., Mayor Large said it was his understanding r;f-.'J, -that there were strict rules regarding the Eugene fire department not going out L--'" of Eugene only when proper arrangments were made in advance. It was pointed out ''l"_;'''''' '1).\..... that certain districts around Eugene were paying the City for fire protection and it was not right for the department to go other than .these places. Mayor Large said he wondered who had ordered the equipment to be sent to Springfield.' Council man Stewart said he was out of town and did not know who authlDIlized the department to go. After some discussion, Councilman Stewart was instructed to bring in a I report at the next council meeting as to wbo authorized the department to go to , ~~ Springfield. Councilman Bond said the Hal Young had bought an interest with George Schaefers in the Recreation Fountain (bowling alley) and it was necessary for them to take out another liquor license for the last quarter of this year. He said this was simply a transfer from George Schaefers to George S.chaefers and Hal 15 Young. On motion made by Bond and seconded by Hawn this transfer was granted. There being no further business, the I I I ~