The Seward Polaris & Kenai Peninsula Aleutian Chain News

City
Council Notes

The first thing on the docket Monday night was the city's payroll which amounted to $2608.33.

With $1150.00 in the bank the payroll is $1450.33 short. Put to a vote which would sanction payment as soon as an amount came in which would total the $2608.33 and allow payment of the whole payroll. Councilmen Kennedy, Fuller, S. favorable and Sellers Dahl and Miller had made and seconded the motion. Therefore sanction will be given probably at the next meeting as the payroll was tabled.

A letter was read for the Supt. of the Seward Hospital asking that a new roof be put on and a new lawn be put in.

This was referred to the Hospital Committee.

A letter from Dr. Albrecht was read in regard to the pledge of $1000.00 of which only $600.00 was paid last year to the Public Health Department of which Mrs. Bie is the head.

Four large oil tanks and the pipelines metal are to be declared surplus and the WAA will probably offer them for sale soon a letter informed the city.

An additional amount of insurance at $13.90 per 1000 for one year or $27.80 per 1000 for three years was offered to the city on the U.S.O. The letter from E. Webb was tabled.

Tax on slot machines for 1947-8 may or may not have been paid it was indicated and ordinance No. 156 is being looked into and checked.

The ordinance shows a tax of $60.00 per year on each machine may be collected.

Seward Electric System operational and payroll bills were allowed and will be paid. The largest item was $1742.81 for oil. The S. E. S. funds are entirely separate from the city's or taxpayer's money and may not be used by the city.

According to ordinance No. 155 which was dated 1942 and founded on the request of the Governor to eliminate fireworks, etc. because of sabotage possibilities, no fireworks may be sold or fired within the city limits at any time.

While the ordinance lists cap pistols and sparklers as unlawful, the fire chief states thru firemen-councilmen present that he has no objection to these and change in the ordinance may be made later.

All bids were turned down by the council on the school additions.

Bids were asked on the Home Economic room, a permanent installation, in the basement with a June 7th limit on the bids.

Separate bids on plumbing and construction by Patrick Bogan or the Seward Plumbing & Heating Shop and Gerrit Hoogland of the Seward Cabinet Boat Shop were received in the amount of $1021.05 and $6990.00 respectively.

Bids which came in after the dead line were those of R. D. Muller, plumber whose bid was $975 and James Cameron for $6717.

Cameron whose bid on the school addition for $96,430 was in before June 7th was also turned down.

This paper contains a second call for bids and the dead line will be the 7th of July, which according to Territorial Law will give time for the bids to be legally advertised.

A special meeting of the council July 8th will likely be called.

Three councilmen, a member or two of the School Board and Supt. Carlson will go into the situation, inspecting the premises and listing the specifications by which the bidders will be guided on Tuesday evening, June 22nd.

The council approved the drawing of a check for $524.00 from the tax funds for payment to the Territory. This is for school tax, auto and drivers licenses.

Ordinance No. 190 went through the 3rd reading and was passed.

It will go into effect July 1. There was but one dissenting vote, that of Dr. Sellers who claimed the sales tax of 2% should be lessened on sales of larger articles such as cars and refrigerators.

This protest came too late to be of any avail and was not favored by council members.

The matter of vacations for city employees was taken up and Chief Clark will start his 2-week vacation with his two assistants following. Andy Anderson of Anchorage is the "stand by."