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Boz eman, !:Ion tana
May 2nd, 1942
The Commission of the City of Bozeman met in an ad.lourned session, in the CommisO"'ion
Room, Cit;T Hall Building, Saturda;T morning, !J!ay 2nd, 1942, at 10:30 o'cloclc A. ~'iT. Those
being preson t were Ua;~or Bus ch, Commis s ioner Landoe, Commis s ioner Sorenson, C:i. ty Attorney
Aitken, City ManRser ~]lnnell an~ the Clerk, when the followinp proceedings were had:
Jointl~eetinr:: with r,To-n tana Armor;! Board
Mr. II. H. Richardson, Dr. Paul Greene, mombers of the Montana Armory Board and
AL1IT1J8t H. Lake, former City ManAger, met with the City Commission to disC1JSS the leasing
of the Armory Builclinp; b;r The Cl ty of Bozeman.
Mr. Richardson, Chairman of the Armor7;T Board, presented copies of the total expen-
di tures of the WPA and the Montana Armory Boord on the Bozeman Armory, totaling :~)175, 499.37,
which amount is considerably in excess of the original estimate, due to Architect's Fee,
Admlnistrative Costs, and skilled labor which waS hired when WPA labor was not available.
Mr. Richardson slJ.gcrested, as a basis for discussion, th8t the Armory Board take over
all operating costs; that The City of Bozeman pay the $50,530.00 as originally planned
and dedicate all rentals to the Armory Board. The Commission explained to Mr. Richardson
and the Board thAt The City of Bozeman planned to make tho paytnents on the ~)50,530.00
pleclrred, by the rentals recei vec1 from the Armory, v!hereupon Tfr. Hichnrclson f' ta ted the
excess cost mipht be taken care of by the Armory Board from another source.
City Manager Quinnell read the original apreemont, with somo minor changes which
were made for clearness.
The ~,Tee t-ing then adj ourned un ti1 2: 00 0' cloc k P. ~.~. this same c1a y.
Mr. Tom Busha of the Armory Board was present at this adj01Jrned meeting.
The agreement read b;' City Man8.ger ,Quinnell was discllssed at length by the Commission
and the members of the Armory Board, and it was dec ided to present the Agreemen t to the
Attorney General, who is the attorney for the Ar7'ory Board, for his opinion, surrgestions,
or approval, and then have the Apreement submitted to the Commission for eyamination and
approval.
Adj Ol,Jrnmon t
There being no f1Jrther business to come before the Commission a t this time, it was
moved by Commiscd.oner Landoe, seconded by Commissioner Busch that tLe meeting ad,jOlJrn and
the motion was carried b~T the following Aye and :No vote;tho,'"'e votinr- Aye being Eayor
Bus ch and Commis s ioner Landoe; those voting No, none.
Attest:
~-~L J~d:;,r::-2-=~~
Clerk of the Cit? Commissjon