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The Commission of the City of Bozeman met in regular session in the
Commission Room, City Hall Building, Wednesday, November 27, 1963 at 1:00
o'clock p.m. Present were Mayor Staudaher, Commissioner Sedivy, Commis-
sioner Morrow, City Manager Cutting, Asa't. C1ty Manager Frysl1e, City
Attorney Berg and the Clerk.
Commissioner Morrow opened the meeting with a prayer and the tol~ow-
ing proceedings were had:
Minutes of the last regular session were read and it was moved byCommis-
sioner Sedivy, seconded by Commissioner Morrow, that the minutes as corrected
to oontents and spelling be approved and the motion was oarried by the follOw-
ing Aye and No vote: those voting Aye being Mayor Staudaher, Commis sioner
Sedivy and Commissioner Morrow; t~ose. vot1ngN?, none.
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November 2", 1963
Report of State Building Inspeotor
Industrial Accident Board
The report of the November 27, 196~ inspectlonof the ~ity Hall performed
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by John R. Mieh1e, inspec tor for thes(afety;depa.rtmen t, o.f. the Sta te Indus trial
Accident Board, was presented by Mr. Miehle. 'l'he report stated the City Hall
is very unsound and unsafe for occupancy and cited a number of other serious
deficiencies of the structure.
Death of President John F. Kennedy
Resolution No. 1102
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Mayor Staudaher officially noted the death of President of the United
States John F. Kennedy.
The City Commission then passed and adopted the following resolution:
COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 1108
A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN,
GALLATIN COUNTY, MONTANA IN MEMORIAM TO PRESIDENT
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY.
WHEREAS, President John F. Kennedy, thirty.fifth President of
the United States, was struck down on Friday, November 22, 1963 by a
hidden assassin and was taken from us by God's will, and
WHEREAS, we, like all American citizens and civilized people
everywhere, are shocked and horrified beyond expression at this
untimely and senseless loss of our great President and the dynamic
leadership upon which the United States and the world is so muo~
dependent.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF BOZEMAN:
Tha tit is the desire of this Ci ty adm1nls tra tion to take
offic1al note of this dark tragedy and express its extreme feeling at
outraged grief;
That the reverence and humility at John F. Kennedy, his sense ot
justioe, his patienoe and forebearance, his devotion to duty, to his
country, and to his family 8 re in the highesttradi tion of our Amerioan
way of life and will be an everlasting inspiration to all men; and
That we rededioate ourselves to those qualities and to this
Nation's basic principles of justice and liberty and ever strive to
eliminate the opportunity for the perpetration of suoh dastard~y acts
of the assassin, of the misguided, and of the mean and the v1cious.
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(Continued on Pa~e No. 373)
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AND BE IT FURTHER ESOLVED, that our deepest sympathies go out to the "'resident's
bereaved widow, lira. Jacqueline Kennedy and their children ind to the President's
family, and that this Resolution be spread on the minutes Of this Commission and
a properly oertified copy be appropriately tranmnitted to Mrs. Kennedy.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Commission at its regular meeting
held on the 27th day or November, 1963. Z
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OSCAR E. CUTTING, City Manager
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Clerk of The City Commission
Discussion
Final Acceptanoe of Sewer Projects (SID Nots. 425 & 426)
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The Commission was referred to its diseussion during the previous meeting,
November BOth, pertaining to the acceptance of the contract work on the East
and South Side Sewer Projects, SID No's. 425 and 426, and the deferment of act10n
on the matter until this meeting. T. G. Haggerty of the Haggerty-Messmer Company
again appeared and presented a written statement in behalf of his company and at
the request of the City Attorney it was moved by Commissioner Sedivy, seconded
by Commissioner Morrow, that the matter be tabled until December 18, 1963, to
allow time for further study. The motion was carried by the rOl1owingAye and
No vote: those voting Aye ,being Mayor Staudaher, Commissioner Sedivy and
Commissioner Morrow; those voting ~o, none.
Award of Bid
Water Department Backhoe
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The Superintendent of the Water Department and the C1 ty Engineer having
completed their tabulation of the bids submitted on November 2v, 1963, for the
purohase of a new backhoe unU for use by the Water Department recommended
that the City purohase the John Deere tractor with backhoe and loader attach-
ments including options number one and four as offered by the Gallatin Equip-
ment Company upon the basis of its net low bid of $3,402.10, including ~ade-
the recommendation and it was
Morrow
Commissioner ~ that the
in of the City's present unit as advertised. The City Manager conourred in
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moved by Commissioner JAAtomr/, seconded bY' (Mtp;. 12/4/63)
purchase contract be awarded to Gallatin Equip-
ment Company as recommended. The motion was carried by the following Are and
No vote: those voting Aye being Mayor Staudaher, Commissioner lVlorrow and
Commissioner Sedivy; those voting ~o, none.
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Adjournment
There being no further business to come before the Commission
at this time it was moved by Commissioner Morrow, seconded by
Commissioner Sedivy, that the meeting adjourn and the motion was carried
by the following Aye and No vote: those voting Aye being MaY'or
Staudaher, Commissioner Morrow and Commissioner SedivY'; those
voting No. none.
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Ma yor
ATTEST:
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Clerk of t e City Commission
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