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Home My WebLink About1941-12-26 384 Bozeman, Montana December 26th, 1941 The Commission of The Cit? of BozemAn met in re,[~)llar session in tbe Commission Room, City Hall .Bc:dlding, Frida;T evening, December 26tl:l, 1941, at 7:30 o'clock P.~t. 'llhose being present 'Nere Mayor Hoey, Commissioner Busch, Comrn~ssioner Sorenson, City ~i~anager quinnell, JJirector of Finance Walter Davis, and the Clerk when the followinp: proceedings were had to-wit: The minutes of the last regular session were read, and it was moved by Commissioner Sorenson. seconded by Commissioner Busch that the minutos be approved as read and the motion was Garried by the following Aye and No voto; those voting Aye being ..i..ayor Hoey, Commissioner Busch and Commissioner Sorenson; those voting No, none. Employment in Street Department Mr. Chet Baker and J. E. Pardew a "Rpeared before the Commis sion and a sked why they had not been called to work in the Street Department; that they bad not been informed they were discharged, and therefore they were lmable to understand why they were not called recentlv when the Street Department had used men from other dep8rtments to carry on its work. 'rhe men s ta ted further the? hacl worked for tIle City for a numb er of years dlJrinp- the summ~'r months and fel t ttey Sh0111() be given preference to men in other departments wben there is work to be done ':n the Street Department. Mr. Baker and l\iir. Pardew were :i.nformee] the ma tter wOlJ.ld be inves tiga ted and the Street Foreman would inform t!-:..em as to why they were not called. Bond of City ~anager 'hlinnell The bond of Fred quinnell, as City ~,~anager, in the RmOlmt of ~,I;20oo.00 was presented. It was moved by Commissioner Busch, seconded by Commissioner Sorenson that tr-le bono be accepted and approved and the motion was carri,ed by the following Aye and No vote; those voting Aye being Mayor Hoe;?, COlTiyris:::doner Busch and Commissioner Sorenson; those voting No, none. Petition: Re Fire Fighting Equipment Mr. C A Trultt, G. D. DOY'g,ld, L. Westlake,N. :. Nelson, H. \J. Embry, A. Coleman, ,J. G. Ragsdal e, and T. Marley, membe.rs 0 f the LoeB 1 Defens e Committee were pres en t and presented a pet~tion recommending the purchase of a 750-f!8llon Pumper with ladder, 1000 feet of 2t" hose and 300 fet of l~" hose, together with gas masks and othe~ pieces of eqlJ,ipment for trle Fire Departmen t. A Communication from the Chief of the Fire Department W8S read li~t-ng the equip- ment needed, which incllJd 8(1 uniforms, fire fi7h ting clothing, Gas and Smoke ?/fasks, and the 750-gallon Pumper eq'Jippec1 wi t}j hose and ladder as mentioned above. Mr. E. Ii. StIefel and Brooke Hartman of the Charnb er of Commerce and 'N. G. Lowe of the Jr. Chamber of Commerce were also present and stated their ore;anizations would like to back-up the recommendations of the Local Defense Committee. The members of the Local Defense Committee present wereinformed tbat the City Commis~ion would lnvestlQ'ate the nGed for this equ 'pment, and give the matter of its ~)rchase careful consIderation. Fire Insurance Dis tri but ion The ~tanar:'r read 8. communica tion from tbe Executi ve Commi ttee of the Bozeman In- surance Association recommending that the distrib1.Jtion of the $77,300.00 insurance I I I I I I 3... R~~ "jt) awarded to the .tJ)z eman Insuranc e As soc ia tiOD be dis trlbu ted as fo lloills : Bennett-Stith Agency H. L. Casey c. E. Coul~ton Fabricl{ Be Cook Gallatin Abstract Co. Heidel Agency $ 10,000.00 3,800.00 2,000.00 3,000.00 5,000.00 10,000.00 ;,i; 4,500.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 5,000.00 30,000.00 H. D. Korslund ~,~ar;r O. Smi th A. E. Stafford Fred Williams Wai tei & Complny It was moved by Commissioner Sorenson, seconded b;T Commissioner Busch that the rec- commendstion of the Boz eman Insurance Associa tion be approved and the motion was carried by the following A":Te and No vote; those vot'1ng Aye being JLayor lloey, Commissioner Bllsch and Commissioner Soren2on; those voting No, none. Ad j ournmsn t There beinr.; no further business to come before the Comrnis':don at ttis time, it was moved by- Comrris.. ion er Sorons on, second ed by Commis s1 on er B1JS eh tr.a t the me e ting ad jnlJ I'n and the motion \"Ias carrie:l by the follow:ng Aye a.nd No vote; tlJOr'18 vot:Lng Aye being ~ ~ .M1.yor Hoe;T, Commissioner Busch and Comm:l.ssioner ~orenson; th08G voting Fa, none. Attest: A ~ ~~-~~: ~, ~-"f the Commission