OCR Text |
Show ! CITY COUNCIL i 1 A routine business meeting of ; the city council was held Wed-'. Wed-'. nesday night according to Eugene , Morris, recorder. Miscellaneous bills totaling $2,596.70 and the ! regular payroll amounting to i $1400.00 were okehed for payment pay-ment as was $2,368.69 for the payment of the new police car. '. However a refund of about $100 . on excise tax on the police car is expected Mr. Morris said. Fire Chief John J. Creedon was present at the meeting to report on the findings of the committee named to study all the bids that were submitted for the new- fire truck. After due consideration of all bids received, receiv-ed, an American La France Foamite Co. type truck was selected. se-lected. Contract for the new fire truck was awarded to Lorenzo Smith and Co. of Salt Lake City who were represented at the meeting by Edward L. Smith and D. O. Eliason. Cost of the new truck is' $17,508.50. An allowance of $1,000 on the old truck will make the cost of the new truck $16,508.50. Delivery of the new truck is expected to be made sometime in the later part qf this year. A motion to raise the budget in the general fund by $5,000.00 was- passed by council members. The increase in the general fund was necessary so as to be able to make the down payment on the new fire truck. Another motion made and approved ap-proved by the council was the transfer of $1,753.20 from the unappropriated un-appropriated fund to the police department. The week of May 23 has been designated as annual spring clean-up week. |