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Minutes 09-08-58P_RES~ E~£: L. C. Chadwel!, DIayor. ~artin Durkin, Vice ~ayor ~tt Partin. Harvey 0yer. James J, ~ahoney. City Clerk D.V.Wil!iam~. Sell Taylor, Chief of Police Car~er. Carl Stone. The meeting w~s ~alled to order by the~l~ayor at 7.30 who said it had been called as a public hearing on the estimated CftyB~dget for the year %eginnIngNovember !, 1958, and ending An audience of over 200 citizens was present a_~d filled the auditorium of the new City Hall which was being used for thefir~t t i~e. The CotLueilmen alternated in reading aloud t~_eb various' items of t he Budget. Er. Durkin read ghe estimated Budget for ali Departments, stating the present amot%ut of bonded indebtedness as $~20,~51.00, The ~ayor said each Department would be go~ over and each item discussed. A msmber of the audzeno~ asked the ~fayor to present the members of the ou-ucil and other City ofzlclals at the Council table to the public, which he did, Er. ~Iahoney said he understood ~he estimated Budget was 1 ,00o:oo above cur estimated income. Regarding the Police Department budget he had no objection but v~s ~prised to see another figure thrown in since the last budget submitted, without consultation. The ~!ayor said it was diseased. ~r. ~honey said he thought it~ had been left at the $&5,500.00 figure, with which i, Tr. Oyer agreed. The ~i~yor said it v~s not too late to delete it. ~Ir. ~!ahoney said he was not opposed ~o the addition. Er. ~lrkin said he felt one patrolman shou/d be allocated as an investigator~ to be designated Ins~ctor. The 5~ayor agreed with him and said two patrolmen are needed. ]~fr. l{aheney thought the man could have a dual capacity to fill the duties mentioned by ~r. I~rkin and also fill in ~ith other duties° Police Chief Car~er said such a man ~%ould have to be specially trained and would have to receive a higher salary than a patrolman. A lady in the audience complained of a lack of street li&~_ts on 35th Street and was assured by tyro ~yer that with the increase bein~ allowed for lights in this year's budget a ~oo~ ~mber of s~e% !igh~s should be provided. ~fr. ]~honey moved the amount of $2,?00.00 for highway lighting be deleted from the estimated budget. ~fr. Durkin seconded. Eotion carried. One member of the audience said this vms a good move and that the amount sho?~ld be turned over to residential lights. Mr. Durkin moved ~his sum be !ou~ to residential lightir~. Mr. Par~tn seconded. ~otion carried. With reference to the proposed appointment of a new City Engineer at an estimated salary of 28,000.00, l~r. Mahoney thou&hr this would be of 'benefit , ~ut after looking over the ma~v applications that have come in for City Managers he found many have had City ~n~ger and Engineering experience as well, and he thought ~ could use a man with the combined ~-nowted~e of both. He would therefore like to ~hange this item from C~ty En~ineer to City ~nager with Engineering experi- ence, and that such a man he thought could be obtained for the s~me After discussion it v~s agreed to insert'~ity ~,~uager or City Engineer~ o ~r. ~honey asked how the figure of $20,000.00 for m~intenance of the City dump had been arrived at without discussion. -ne D~ayor explained the 40 acres couldnnot be opened up without equipment, and we do not have a piece of equipmen~ in the City with which to handle the job, and we ~ither have to _out off the opening for a year or budget for it now. In reply to a question from Er. Mahoney, Mr. Taylor said he had checked prices when ~roPar~zn' suggested negotiatin~ with the County Co~ission for this sa~ forty acres, and the cost of proper equi~ent ~o maintzin the d~mp was $20,000o00~ ~r. ~Tahoney said he would be in favor o~i~hie umount if we can get the old dump filled in and covered Upo P~garding the oroposed Recreation Director POSition at $5,000.00 a year, ~r. ~ahoney agreed this would greatly help to co-ordinate all recreational activities. The M~yor thought this one item which could be dispensed with for this year, although it is needed. In discussing the old City Hall for recreational purposes, the 2~vor expressed the opinion that it could be used as a firet-clas~ library. ~r. D~honey said that ~-ntil the old City Hall property can be disposed of it could fill a pressing need for facilities for young folk and to this end $1,000.00 has been put in the Budget for repair to the building. ~ ' ' ~ ~hms v~ll fil~ the presen~ need and show how large a building we shall need° For that reason he said he is in favor of deleting the fJ lB -3- $i0,000.00 budgeted ~his year for such a building. The Mayor asked wh~t the ~nite people would say to our cutting out $t0,000.00 for them and paying $?,500.00 for the colore~. ~r. Durkin thought the old City Hal! not an ideal place as a recreational center and that a s~m should be set aside each year so that in time there would be a good center for the children of the City. He thought it m better place for a police station or a library. Some me~%ers of the audience expressed agreement others disagreement, with these snggestior~. ' Mr. 0yer moved the reserve of ~10,000.00 for the Reereation~tCenter be cut in half and that the Recreation figure of $5,000 for a Recreation Director be included, together with the $1,000.00 for City Hall re- pairs. ~r. Durkin seconded. Er. ~ahoney voted 'No'. Ur. Partin voted '~es'. The D~yor voted 'No'. ~'~ ~8~ · ~r. ~ahoney said we have a ~ildingwhich could be ou~,oin operation in thirty days and it must be used for mu~icipal p~arpose~, the most useful in his opinion being for the children, he therefore proposes the ~0,000.00 be deleted this year and use some of the $5,000.00 set aside last year in addition to the $1,000,00 set aside for this year_for repairs. ~r. 0yer said he feels an a~a~ ~on to ou~ fund for a recreational building should be mad~e this year; this will allow a future Commission to add to a reserve item, or to place the funds for a Police and Fire Station and %~ can cut ~5,000o00 out of our budget this year. i~ro l~%hene~Eoved that the tr~st fund of $15,000.00 set aside from ~.-e sale of cemetery lots, and intended for a fund for perpetual care of the lots, he taken ou ~ · ~ - ~ o% the specmal~coount an~ 'ce carried to so~e other more vita~ purpose that ma~ arise. ~her~ was no second. ~r~ Durkin moved the s~mount of $2,695.00 be taken fro~he fun of $~-3,000 and be used for 9~e ~vr~- · . ~ d Park, '' b ......... s ~n connection with Eemorial wn~c_ will reduce th~ amount of $8,$0B.00 ml!ocated in the ~udget for that purpose. There was no second. Er. 0yet moved the ~emorial Park b~dget item be pzssed as written. 3~r. Pa~in seconded. ~r. Maheney and l~r. Durkin voted 'No' The ~ayor voted in favor, ~otion carried. ~.~r. ~ahoney moved the incomes in future from these two sources be included clearly in our b~dget and in our audit. ~r. I~rkin seconded. ~r. M~honey said he ~ees no ~ntion of labor in correction ~th the bud~t esti~te of $20,000.00 for a City Gar~ ~nd ~sked ~ether a~v savi~ ~ be made this year on that ~o~t~ In a long discr~s~on on the garage it s%~s exDlained it was necessary to avoid doim~ all work in the open, and to provide storage for mn over- head crane a~J There w~s strong objection from a member of the audience to s~nding ~Z0,000.00 for the garage. .... Mahoney suggested deleting She Recreation Director for this year in the amount of $6,000.00, leavio~ the tax at~tement in. ~r. 0yet moved the figure for tax abatement be reduced from $6,000.00 to $2,000°00. Er, Durkin seconded. Eotion carried. ~r, 0yet moved the $5,000.00 reserve for Casino improvements be eliminated, ~r. Durkin seconded. ~otion carried. Er. 0yer moved siimination of a new police car in favor of a foot patrolman. He later withdrew this motion. Er. Eahoney suggested that if the City stopped paying off its bon~ed indebtedness beyond the a_mount called for ar~uua~ly, there could be ~ reduction of I mill~ in taxes, that ie from 3 to 2 mills. In res.,oonse to a question from She audience, ~rs. Williams sta~ed that the millage for the i. a~ S. was set in compliance with the bonding agreement and under the instraetions of the auditi~ fir~who set up the City's acco~.nting system, ~,r, 0yer moved the amo~uit budgeted for a ga-~ge be changed from tE0,000o00 to ~1~,000.00, Ur. Pa~in seconded. L~ion carried. ~r. Dur~n moved the millage be set at I4 mills: ~ mi!~ to publicity. 3 mills I. & S. ~ ~ ~d ~[r. a~n seconded. ~r, ~E~oney, as he does not ~ree ~_th the milla~ set for the I. & S. f~d, voted 'no~. Motion carried. l~r. 0yer moved, Er. Durkin seconded, the meeting adjourn. ~tion carried. City Cier?<.