| Show saip TO BE NOT A 1 CITY officials OFFICIAL 6 HAVE STARTED AN investigation morr of salt lake may fail to re belvo money salary ln creao from standard at the meeting of the city las evening a communication was received from mayor glasmann referring back to that body the revised city ordinance relating to the increasing of salaries 0 city officers anslen un slen ta kether faith the that he did not think that certain of the city officials salaries should oe increased at this time and thus burden the taxpayers councilman chambers randau davidzon David Bon balne emmett boyes arid were present on motion 0 Em juett councilman chambers wae elected chairman ot the ff tn the absence of j dent carr the city recorder reported a communication muni cation from the mayor returning unsigned the revised ordinance las to the increasing of the salaries of the city officers which was read to the president and members of the city council gentlemen I 1 return herewith the ordinance the salaries and compensations of the cit c officers without my approval 1 I believe the city council raise from 20 to 26 par month is just also the balce of the chief of police and the fire chief to per month but I 1 do not think the taxpayers can afford to stand any immediate increase inthe in the salary of all tho officers I 1 note several officers who received only 65 per month when I 1 was first installed as mayor and their salaries have been from time to time under the present administration until they now receive 90 per month and yet it s proposed to make their compensations to per month I 1 cannot see why an increase should be made at this time when the salaries the city is paying cause first class men to seek the offices the mayor and city council should taace into consideration the taxpayers of the city I 1 do not believe that they are prepared pie pared to pay out several thousand dollars additional each year jor salaries when the present officers have done the work of the same offices at present salaries in a very efficient manner the tax rate is over 20 mills and ake officers should make an effort to reduce rather than increase taxes very respectfully submitted signed GLASMANN mayor latter the reading ot tha communication councilman davidson made a motion to strike from the ordinance the paragraphs relating lo 10 creasing or the salaries 0 appointive officers with the exception ot those relating to the increase oc the salaries of the chief of police and thai of the chief engineer of the fire department the motion being seconded under a suspension of the rules the ordinance was taken ap and passed to a third reading councilman emmett moved that he ordinance be further considered and offered as an amendment that the salary of the chiy treasurer be made instead of as provided considerable discussion was raised by the offering 0 this amendment but on being put to a vote the stood 6 to 1 in favor of the amendment the ordinance then anter a suspension ot the passed to a third reading on the amendment and was again referred v the mayor tor consideration the as referred to the mayor now filea the salaries of the different officials as follows mayor 1200 councilmen flo per month additional as chairmen of the various committees tre asmer city attorney 1500 chiet of police 1600 chief engineer of tha alre department 1500 the election committee reported appointing substitutes for those who had declined to serve the sidewalk committee reported on the petition ot K C manson superintendent of the southern pacific company ashing that a rear bo allowed for the building ot the sidewalk on wall avenue between twenty first and twenty second street recommended hat the petition be granted the recommendation was adopted the same committee reported on the petition of mrs and others asking that the interest on the special ax tor sewer district for the year 1903 be remitted recommended that the petition be granted sanitary inspector powers reported four new cases of diphtheria and four cases in quarantine report ordered filed communications from city engineer parker he reported no protests against the construction oc a sidewalk on adams avenue between twenty sixth and twenty eveith streets the engineer was instructed to draw up an ordinance levying and assessing a tax for the same he reported that the city had acquired jurisdiction for the of a sidewalk on twenty street between washington and wall avenues by a small margin the protest ors the akam to having the work done anth spring on motion of writ was deferred until next year engineer parker reported ou the done on twenty fourth street recently by P J coraa stating that it was not good and recommending that estimates tor the be withheld pending tho acceptance of the work by the city engineers gi office williams moved the adoption ot the engineers report and that he he instructed not to allow estimates until the work was satisfactory carried he reported recommending that the claim of jones wryght for work done on twenty third street be allowed williams that the cla imbe allowed carried the recommendation of the city engineer that one cement water trough be built as an experiment aras read williams stated that he had talked with contractor onell and that the latter had stated that he would build a cement trough for 13 1 3 less than wooden troughs could be constructed and would guarantee the same for five years and offered a motion instructing ting the engineer 10 have two troughs built carried he also reported unfavorably on the recommendation of the street supervisor per visor that cement be for wood on the walks on the river bridge the was adopted plans show in the curbs and profiles for the canyon road between washington venue avenue a and jefferson avenue were submitted they were allowed to lay over for one week he reported that jurisdiction had been gained for the building of a sidewalk on jefferson avenue between twenty second and twenty third streets the building of the same was allowed to go over until next spring city treasurer Hal veroa reported that had been paid into the city treasury by the utah state bank the same being interest on sewer bonds report filed A protest was received from it J stevena against the building of sidewalk on twenty fourth street just east of the utah national bank building this apar and asked that the matter be ilet erred until spring emmett that the protest be and thai the work be ordered done carried fred reported poll taxes amounting to having been paid in labor and submitted a claim for 2475 commissions the report was ordered filed and the claim allowed A liquor license was granted to jesse redrock to date from october ast 1st to do business at wall avenue A communication received from elijah parr relating to the condition of washington avenue at the corner of street was read and referred to the city engineer the petition of mary to have interest inte iest on tax assessment re was to the tax committee councilman moyes stated that a number of citizens had called his attention to the condition of the of track on both sides of ogden river bridge both being dangerous to traffic and asked that the transit company be notified to remove the tracks at once he put his suggestion in the form of a motion which was carried on motion of paine the council adjourned to meet monday night |
