Show 3 1 I LEAGUE fAGUE FAVORS DES MOINES PLAN J Committee to Be Appointed to toGo toGo toGo Go to Iowa to Study Pr posed System il J 3 is 1 15 4 i NEW DIRECTORS CHOSEN isS S TANGIBLE EFFORTS TO CHANGE CITY GOVERNMENT Endorsement of or the idea of or government commission for tor Salt Lake along lines bv b I b similar to the plan now in vogue in Des DesS enthusiastically and S Ii Moines was 23 voted by b the Civic Improvement lu IU e In its meeting In the T Y M 1 C Co A AS AJ J 12 1 S vt evening evanin e Three new directors Sam P Morris and andI t 4 K M Richard SJ 23 I Edwin F Holmes were elected l IS igi The Civic Improvement league meeting 6 6 was very well Welt attended and the follow Ine Irig In directors were ere present V MOnt MOntE E FerrY FerrY president O 0 H II Hewlett vice 59 President Robert B Porter secretary U 13 l p F B Stephens Carl A Badger BadJer Henry tl l W Lawrence Lawrence W G Farrell William B BU U 14 Wallace Walla John D Spencer Oscar L Cox CoxS S I M I H lL Walker Valker Mrs Georgia Foote D DH H 11 Livingston and Rev Re Elmer I Goshen 3 Lawrence presented the reso Henry I W V z the com corn commission commission that tho directors approve a mission plan of government for Salt Lake LakeIn 2 plan of or In conformity with the general government which now rules the city of oft 3 t 4 Des Moines The resolution had the tho 4 stamp tamp of or unanimous approval placed on onit onit z it bY bv the vote of or the members oj The The report of the committee appointed some time ago by b the organization to perfect t a plan of ot government that would i suit 1 Salt Lakes conditions was as submit submitted submitted ted by Frank B Stephens after acter weeks of or consideration by b the tho committee Ac Action Action tion on the report was postponed until a committee from Ull organization can canT canz z T visit Des Moines to thoroughly Inquire into the there President W V Mont Ferry Ferr was delegated to appoint the committee to go 10 to Des DesMoines Moines with the understanding that Mr Ferry would be a member of ot that com corn committee committee The committee may also visit Galveston Tex to inquire into the Gal Galeston Galveston veston eston plan of commission government I The report submitted by b Mr Ir Stephens I follows Committees Report To the Board of Directors of or the Salt Lake City Civic Improvement nt League Your committee on legislation respect respectfully respectfully fully fuU reports that it has given considers consideration tion to the matter of or the form of ot legisla legislation legislation tion lion which it would recommend for the tile purpose of adopting a n commissioner system S Stern torn tern of or government and begs to report as follows Number umber of Commissioners Your com corn committee committee has hac given very ver careful consideration lion tion to this question In Galveston there are aro five commissioners In Des Moines Joines five fhe in the city it of Washington three thre and under th the county commissioner system tern tem for tOl county government the usual number three in Des Moines the plan has 1138 been adopted of or having each commis commissioner stoner act as the head of or a city depart department ment Your committee will ill watch wat h the de do development of this plan with a great deal of or Interest Int rest but the unanimous judgment of ot this committee is tha thai there are very er erman many man objections to it We Ye believe that it would uld tend to build up factions in the board of or commissioners that they would not give ghe sufficient consideration to the business s of or the city as a whole and that there would be a tendency to logrolling I and agreeing to keep their hands off orr each others departments Your Tour committee is Js isIf of or If the opinion that tile tIe cW should have haye havethe the th advantage of ot the of or orthe the board upon all Important questions that the board should act as us a unit rather than as segregated Into fh committees of one each We e are of 0 th thO opinion also that It would be necessary to pay pa as high a sary sa r to each toRch member of ot a board boord of fire rhe as na It would to each member of a aboard hoard board of three In order to obtain the right kind of or men and the recommendation of ot your our committee is that the number of commissioners be limited to three that they be not required to act as heads of ot departments but that the board of three thris be expected to 1 united consid consideration ration to the administration of all aU de do departments l Elected at Large ShUl Sh ll the Commissioners Be Elected From orom Wards or at Large It Is the unan unanimous unanImous recommendation of or your our committee that the commissioners should be elected at large from the whole city thus doing away awa with the tho pernicious ward war system Length of Term Your committee rec roe recommends that the first thre commission commissioners ers era bo be two for two years ears and one for four years and that biennially bi there thereafter thereafter thereafter after two to commissioners one lne for fr two to years ears and one for a term of or years Ears hat Other Oth r Officers Shall Be Elected Your Tour committee an au 1 di tor be bl elected by lu the voters otErs of ot the city at large whose duty d t It shall hall be to audit all nil of the eit s accounts account and perform all aU other duties which usually devolve upon such an officer and that the other oW officers ers cers of the city be appointed by b the Salary SaJa of Commissioner Your 1011 com corn committee committeE recommends that hat the of If the tM b M be GOO a year each Primary Election Your committee e tec WC that the th commissioners and flu au tor be nominated at a primary election Id in accordance with th the provisions f fP t P r Des es Moines bill bU These provisions are substantially as follows A primary election is held for tor nomina ion 1 of or commissioners on the second Mon Men di tv general municipal elec n Any An person desiring to a for an elective city office Is re rl rei i 1 r d J at least ten days Jays prior to the said Im election to file with tile the proper i v r a statement of M his candidacy c d jh h shall sl b be accompanied by la a petition f r I at least Ita qu tn vote ote s 1 te qualifications ns of or f the tho person proposed to be nominated these names are ro rf published l for three days ten days be ore nrc the primary election and at such mary e election the tha t Q names of or the can candate Matesi date fi for tor r nomination are lire printed in al 11 a ha order onIer but have no party part name namen n i and the voters oters would be bo to vote ote for one candidate for fot and three candidates for commis II mrs hrs TS The polls are kept open all aU day dayS dayt da das S it t a general irEn ral election let with judges and of or election In the usual way wa and aM a i voters otEn are ae a permitted to ir r choice hoice of or candidates The six sit names i ing in the highest number num of votes for would b be the candidates for fori i regular election and the two names a the highest number of ot votes otES for tor tor r would be the candidates lor tor audi cn 1 it at the regular regula election when there ld Id oe no party but th rh t names of or these candidates would wouW be bf Tinted and furnished to the voters or ii 11 the cas case of or Salt Lake City placed uon n the voting oUng machines and the voters would h instructed instruct lo to 0 vote Yote for one candidate fl auditor and three candidates for corn con Right of Recall Right Ri ht of Recall The Des Moines ss 8 fra Im rn provides for tr 1 the right Ight of recall of ot otar any ar elected city Ity officer by tile the people ani mir r t C recommends its adoption f r 15 5 per cent Ent of or the legal voters oter at the preceding 1 p ln city lih election halt hall petition that in election b be held to determine whether r not an officer r or officers shall e re To Toled 1 ll led d and required to resign their offices ofie hn In an election shall be held to determine hether ht ther or not such officer or 3 tall Lall all be beo recalled and If It the majority vote ote fl 11 favor of o so 10 doing the effect would be remove such officer or officers from rn t Publicity of or Proceedings The Des MOt system requires that every everT ance o 0 resolution appropriating money noney s ordering any street Improvement or or making or authorizing the mak n ng K or any contract granting any fran franis he is or o right to occupy or use the streets str bridges or public places In the e Cv lh shall be complete In the form in rb Vb it is Js finally proposed and remain He i Witt the city clerk for public in for at least one week before the final passage or adoption thereof It also provides for o complete publicity of or city elt af at fairs airs requiring monthly statements of or all receipts and antI expenditures and that the same be given Ien to the th newspapers It fur ther provides for lor the annual examination of or the books boo of the city Your committee recommends that these provisions be b adopted Protest and Referendum Protest and Referendum The Des Moines plan ilan provides that no ordinance nce passed by b the council except when other otherwise otherwise otherwise wise required by b the general laws of or the state or by the provisions of or an act except an ordinance for fol Immediate preservation of public peace health or safety which contains a statement of Its urgency and is passed by a vote ote of or the council shall go into effect before ten days from the time of or Its final passage and If dur ing said ten days das a petition signed by the electors of or the city equal in number to 25 per cent of ot the entire vote yote cast at the last preceding general municipal election protesting against the passage of such ordinance be presented to the council the same shall be suspended from coin going into operation op and it shall be the duty of ot the council to reconsider said ordinance If the same Is not entirely repealed the council shall shah submit the ordinance to a vote of or the electors of or the city elt either at the general election If It occurs within ninety days pr at a special municipal elec eke tion to be called for that purpose and such ordinance shall not go into effect or become operative unless a majority of the tho qualified electors voting on the same shall vote ote In favor faor thereof The act provides for tor the right of or Initiative so 80 that If It the council refuses to pass s needed ordinances the people can compel the passage thereof in a similar manner It Is not at all aU probable that such pro provisions provisions provisions visions would ever eer be exercised but your our committee is of the opinion that the they would have hare a salutary s utU effect and would afford a remedy remey in case conditions con arose aroe for tor calling for such action and recommends recommends mends monds that such provisions be adopted There are ara doubtless many man other provi provisions provIsions which should be incorporated and which would occur to a committee giving very careful and thorough consideration to the tho preparation of a bill finally to bo ho introduced introduced in introduced but your our committee recommends recommends recommends mends that a commission system be adopted tji general features as herein outlined Respectfully submitted F B STEPHENS JOSEPH J CORUM OSCAR L COX tOX WILLIAM H II KING G GI M I H II WALKER THO S WEIR CARL A BADGER |