| Show ours are reduced over the mayors veto IOWN ON the council gouid not allow hie mayor to chike li nt alic weir dam the city chui coui cil was in session monday absent and hullaway Hulla oaY smoot drak co were granted a liquor mrs atcha mi gain the council or a remittance u her calv laxen tu the beum ol 01 5 aaa remitted rhe following follo winK waa then read by recorder dixon PROVO jolin D dixon calv recorder isar I 1 return disapproved the bill for KU ordinance as a substitute for entitled salaries 0 of by the city council the 24 h inal for tho following reas ouy farat I 1 aji of the opinion that many of the reductions sailed in the sab bill are and in compa abib both the labor and bibily of the officer referred to for instance that of ter ia one of tho uloet important undesirable and positions in the city and consequently requires a first alts all loudd man 10 till the position po such men are not easily found and when selected not he asked to serve the illy r the antica ot hia office require hiru to a the citha demands abc aay and al noura of both night and day in certain se ana of the year for a bea halary than 6 per month ae here paid I 1 luither consider that the if streets be paid at the ol 01 0 per month for tha time actually and necessarily spent in the performance of his duties 1 am of the opinion however that the interest of thy city ann cnn baat be sub served by combining this office with that of r at present in which instance ane salary of one office only is the ea sauce of this opinion the eident of waterworks water works 0 o virtue of hia oai e IB really and in fact the cua dian of onehundred one hundred and thirty thousand dollars of the cita property to fill llila birb and important trust a man of skilled ability ie required and it does appear to xue to esk buch a man to work for less than 60 per month bo simply assured a 11 broye to be bad economy all the citizens of a municipality to a creater or less extent are dependent for th protection of both person and property upon ane lenco of a policeman to till position with honor a man of mem qualities earnest purpose ee and adov temptation and reproach reo roach is re quiren for tha vertices eerT ices a mat and I 1 nope we anav be able to select 1 feel confident the citizens of would not consider 50 per month an salary even in these hard times I 1 am also ot the opinion that ine per diem 0 deputy watern aaa and deputy oi streets eh mid each be for per vicea actually performed I 1 very much question the propriety of reducing the salary of tho recorder from ax per annun to that of 50 acho lias many important duties to perform and as it is necessary nece esary fo im to helep hh office open every day will necessarily occupy all ot his time the ordinance as it now elands ia indeed a very salary with re kd to his offie e however my mind ia not so well as upon the others referred to and wil not consequently express a positive opinion but would ask vou to ancin consider carefully the salary of abia office I 1 also repeat the opinion laet above written with to ano and further siy that abia is a very im position one in which the incumbent to furnish a bond of 23 ajo I 1 trust the balance may all be adjusted for the beet interest of the city very respectfully lafayetta mayor the laid on the table to come under miscellaneous business nTa or cm city john debooth submitted his retort for the moate ending nov 30 1895 the report showed abrea cases before hidu 5 collected in fines and one cabe accepted superintendent of waterworks Water works homer abe following t to faya and men berb of the city council GENT LaMEs I 1 herewith submit my report or the year 1895 in 1894 I 1 rei heivad feet of 3 auch pipe feet of yi inch pipe fluit enough cocks and lead to make fourteen lead goose necks in my report ending dec 31 1894 1 raDor led 03 teet of inch pipe 5 ja feet Vs pipa and twelve lead goose necks tuo report was accepted for the year ending N v 30 1895 the pipe fund baa brown 25 which ebona a gain in amount paid tor pipe and amount r forB amu the pipe fund con of 13 GO yet due from B Y academy and buo from evaa valued at ona lead boosa neck valued at I 1 haye now on band feet of inch pipe and 60 iett of inch pipe counts 1840 due from oats and thirteen je gowe necks I 1 eod the pipe up to aug at 6 cen per foot pipe and 5 cents per foot bips pips alter ibis pipe rael ead pipe wag sold for ces md pipe for 0 every person thaine water and buying pipe has reined a bill for easam and upon payment tiago received M chipta I 1 have purchased from the utah plumbing supply co 2018 feet of pipe and leei cl h na a 21 feet cl all od I 1 have purchased mueller manure co illinoia Illia oia forty eight lead goose and lor which I 1 same I 1 haval put in jorty seven new water and for aba putting in e ibele dervic eB I 1 hava as provided y ordinance and the anse IAH been credited I 1 baa put in al where taisy did not hare it atken in the honas and in no case have I 1 charged one arnt or labor my object in doing the labor hrs been to cut down the of the taker and lo 10 induce people t UBO the city water I 1 hava worked cader the advice of the waterworks water works committee and mayor ead I 1 believe that ocr united has been ane means of increasing the takers in regards to olber labor T have repaired twelve leaks in the roe n repaired becea bevea lire and aclei Q edthe baina at acost of 3 the woo pipe sf ema to be a cooil condition I 1 have followed in aae with fraai the aih r ol 01 wa r work and tin it thia will bo submitted era HOMES the report WM referred to the committee on waterworks water works A was received from the davorin relation to the cocal ruction of the weir dam at the mouth ol 01 prove canavon he called attention to pending nuila between different canal and proto city in relation to the adonat of water each were entitled to aid on account of the of the weather at present he did not favor the immediata of tha dam nd naked for a of same tabled to chiae up uder or the committed commit tea on cemetery lepor ed that it bad the report and found it correct the committee on finance report d on the petition of hardy aarns for a remil taice of chy taxes cad commended common ded that be demut d adopted the mayora tet 0 to the bill relates was hec taken up the waa accepted rd the next question wag ahau ohau abs tbs cr denance pass mcewan blurted he ball rolling rol liag be was sorry to see the veto brought in the way it waa the given gerfe mere matters of opinion the mavor be said bad recon amended a reduction the committee the matter well and a a bince which parsed the council with ni a diason ting voto end now the mayo was asking j mamin nna council to chadee HB ho had no vote to suai ige was the teto ol 01 f s mayor he thought economy was needed ward did not th that the bad made ay iu the fixing of the sa leiea mayor holbrook aafred to bleat mcewan WEB opposed to his if it was on the the mayor got the floor and ed in relation to his he did not think it right to employ re pon aible persons for anca IOTT eal eries keeber left the chair end aard that when the matter waa considered conni dered it was not a ioa of what a kaaa ought tu be paid but the question was what can the the city affard to pay he we 3 in favor of the dill si it now stands the bill was passed over the mayors veto seven voting aya hoover voted no halladey bad holdaway TWO b sent the a avora in relation to the weir dam wa then taken up mcewan moved that the council do not recon aidar the question on notion of glazier the tion accepted without the tecola mendt tiong malwan called attention to a of the committee havone in bharga tha of tb odeca the 0 that committee that tha bridat be built at and the ni aminous of tha council on eama andi claimed that by the ordinances of could not aider isail baid let too much time pae elace ita the got the floor and bad orly dij a w words when caled him down claiming thai he hai no to speak before the coc icil not beine a legislative officer cor holding a legia office ha said he cleil the if that drentla man bit anything to fayhe do it in by a tots of the council uie mayor ira not allowed to proceed glazier moved that the matter be re aa it waa a very st question and involved the interest of different parties ward thought it a biao alep to recon sider the matter besides the pending 0 law the weather at present does not permit the work to be proceeded with he thought the mayor bad acted properly mcewan did not think the mavor bad been had taken his action too late he was also ol 01 the that ha county court could hold the city responsible for the action ot the city council knudsen wanted the matter reconsidered si tha matter was me ewan alone voting no on motion mcewan the matter will come ap for lurther at neat meeting the monthly salaries of the city officers and a number of claims all amounting to 10 were allowed and the several amounts appropriated council adjourned lor one week |
