HomeMy WebLinkAbout08191952City Hall, Palo Alto, California,
,august 19, 1952.
The Council, ;of . the City off; ;Palo Alto met in special
on rthis,Aate at; 9:00 A .M.,. pursuant to the following.
" As• Mayor ,of ;the. City of Palo Alto, I hereby call
a special,:meeting of the -Council of the City of.
Palo ;Alto to.` tie; Yield at tl'e hour of 9:00 A .M. on
Tuesday, August 19, 1952, in the council chamber
at the„City"; Hall, for the purpose of receiving a
report from;,Corrmittee No 5 relative to the Police
Coot, aCtoun
Mayor Mitchell presided and roll call was as follow:':.
Present: Bower, Cathcar.t,-Drydale, Gaspar, P 11, Marshall
Mitchell,=Montrouii.,, Sltnpson, Wells, Wickett.
Cashea, Miller.
The Mayor read the fo,l3owing statement to the Council:
"In makingT the annual audit, of city accounts, the
auditors ;reported; a" ,disc_repancy: in the account of the
Police Court.,'Trust Fund, :which required a detailed
investigation'. This account:. is -for bail money only and
is -the account in'which'bail money is deposited subject
to action, by they PoliceCourt
.'Tie auditors_ brought this discrepancy to the
attention.of the Council -on August 11, 1952. It was
disc.ussed:.with'' the: Committee of the Whole that evening
and Committee No 5 was asked, to investigate.
"It appears, that nr. May 8th 'Judge Doyle drew a
counter check against the:Police CourtTrust Fund for
which there; was o:: supporting; voucher:., Later two
checks drawn by Judge Doyle `on :the Anglo Bank, one on
July 17th ;and ;one On: J1.1y 2kth, :were. 'cashed , at the Bank
of America and:. charged against this account, after payment
had been ,refused, `at the -Anglo; Bank for lack of funds.
The total of these three checks amounted to $525.00.
"On
to cover
"The
and. Judge
July 30th Judge Doyle deposited personal funds
the .discrepancy.
committee has:;,chocked with the Bank of America,
Doyle has -admitted the accuracy of these facts."
The:following letter was received from Judge Doyle
and"was read by the Mayor:
"To the: Honorable:, City Council:
"Certain personal "matters have made it necessary
for me to make".a change. I therefore tender my
resignation as Poliae.:Judge to take effect .immediately.
I have greatly enjoyed my service to the people of
Palo Alto and hope that I may sometime serve them again."
On motion of. Simpson and Wells, the resignation was
accepted,
1
The Council then proceeded to
of a Police Judge`, to fill the vacancy.
and Gaspar :were;; appointed tellers.
On the first ballot Edward E.
and was declared elected Police Judge
ballot for ;the election
Councilmen Drysdale _-
Hardy received -11 votes
1t was moved,;-, seconded. and carried by unanimous vote
on roll Call that, the Controller be, Made responsible for. the
operation; and supervision ;of the. Traffic Fines Bureau, -..and
that: Judge Hardy t s appointment as Police Judge be on a ` part time
basis and hia compensation`be fixed at $500.00 per month.
On motion of. Montrouil and Hill, the Council adjourne
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